The focus of the Conclave will be three pronged. First, to explore newer paradigms in services exports, which is presently dominated by the exports of IT and IT Enabled services (ITES). Two, it will attempt to identify the challenge areas in services exports and strategize a roadmap for its sustained and accelerated growth in short, medium and long term. Three, the Conclave will lay down modalities for closing the gap between merchandize and services exports to create more employment and business opportunities in the sector.
To be inaugurated by Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley, addressed by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, and attended by several top ranking senior government functionaries and top professionals and experts, the Conclave will have 11 plenary sessions, each devoted to either a specific sector or a challenge domain.
The carefully chosen panelists will help creating newer ideations and approaches leading to cross fertilization of ideas and in evolving a matrix of practical tips and suggestions. Importantly, the valedictory session of the Conclave will catalogue important takeaways of the Conclave aired by the stakeholders to give critical inputs for policy tooling. Importantly, the other Conclave sponsors are Center for WTO Studies (CWS), Federation of Indian Export Organization (FIEO) and Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC).
