India & US: Trade-linked, Tech-Driven, Trust-Based

The India-US relationship is turning out to be the most critical bilateral engagement of the 21st century. With global economic and geopolitical action centred in south and east Asia, a convergence of interests between the two countries is shaping the new world order and also their national economies and politics. The recent surge of rhetoric needs translating into tangible and predictable integration of the two economies and societies. There is a need of quick wins for easier two-way flow of people, merchandize, technology, and capital. The elusive FTA needs to be realized, the trade and FDI need better balancing, and the partnership for advanced computing and green energy need swift outcomes. Mutual acceptance of domestic and foreign actions also needs improving. The leadership in both countries needs to find ways to enhance integration and reduce friction.

AI and Economy: Balancing Power in the Digital Age

AI is the new frontier of international contest for leadership and domination. The generative AI has already tilted the economic playing field and the self-enhancing power of AI is helping the heavily digitalized countries to become a distinct economic block. Massive investments in autonomous economic and security systems would allow the AI leaders to dictate the rules of global economy and geopolitics. The race for AI supremacy is disrupting the existing balance of power and splintering the world into enclaves of rival technologies and incompatible economies. The future of the global community and economy will increasingly be shaped by the AI leaders’ desire and ability to manage international cooperation, competition and confrontation in AI. AI’s own future depends on the world finding ways to tame it and share it.

Asia: US, India Roles in a Shifting Geopolitical Theatre

Geopolitics today must comprehend the Indo-Pacific that is becoming perhaps the biggest arena of strategic, political and economic contestation. Asia’s south and east are beginning to dominate the world’s production, trade and consumption and are shaping the technology, innovation and climate change agenda.

State of the world economy

The larger economies have proved resilient and have come through disruptions and distractions caused by lockdowns, wars, sanctions, supply breakdowns, policy swings and inflation spike. The world economy’s growth is looking up with the rising tide of the US economy lifting many others and a rebound in the Indian economy marking a resurgence among the emerging economies. However, the global growth is merely recovering from the recent slippage and it is still way off the pre-pandemic levels. Half the world is still struggling with rebuilding and indebtedness. Moreover, technological transition and rivalries are breaking up global trade and investment and the geopolitics is getting only more dangerous. Sustaining a resurgence in global economic growth requires the world to reset priorities and find ways to do business despite differences.

The conference will bring together policy makers, CEOs, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, senior level managers and students to discuss strategies to promote cooperation between the two countries in the changing world order.

• Participation in the conference is by "Invitation Only"
• Pre-registration is MUST, as seats are limited
• Participation is on first come first serve basis