Panel Discussions Session 3: Special Sessions

Policy initiatives to attract business and create jobs

Time: 12:45 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Location: Nirvana Ballroom

Panelists will discuss actions being taken by policy makers to create jobs and business opportunities in their city, state or region in the current downturn.

Amongst issues they will address are:

• What policy actions are working? What isn't working?

• What specific stimulative actions are being planned or implemented?

• How can entrepreneurs make optimal use of available government resources to

start new companies and create jobs?

Moderator:   Dr. Gerald Gordon     President & CEO, Economic
                                                                             Development Authority in Fairfax
                                                                                 County, Virginia

Panelists:    Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari    Minister of State for Human
                                                                                 Resource Development -
                                                                                 Govt. of India

Shri BS Yeddyurappa Chief Minister of Karnataka
State

                   Mayor Frank Scarpitti                     Mayor, Town of Markham,
                                                                                Ontario Canada
                       Raj Kumar Khatri                            Commissioner - Industrial
                                                           Development & Director of
                                                             Industries and Commerce,
                                                                                 Government of Karnataka

Writer's Forum

Time: 12:45 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Location: Knowledge

In this session, we will:

1. Introduce writers/authors.

2. Recognize authors for recent publications.

3. Select authors will talk with excerpts from their writings.

Moderator: Purnima Gupta               Convenor: IIT Writers' Forum
                                                                President: Roorkee Alumni Association
                                                                of North America