GMi president Azad Moopen briefing the media regarding the Kerala Investment Conclave 2016 in Dubai. Dubai: With the aim of attracting investors to the Malabar region, Kozhikode will host a two-day investors’ meet – Kerala Investment Conclave 2016 – on October 22 and 23.
The event is the maiden venture of Greater Malabar initiative (GMi), a newly-established forum of industrialists, professionals and technicians in the field of entrepreneurship.
As many as 300 NRI businessmen and 100 major investors in the country are expected to attend the meet, which will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the UL CyberPark on the Kozhikode Bypass at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The focus of the program will be investment opportunities in Malabar with the event’s sessions shedding light on sectors that offer attractive investment opportunities, GMi president Dr. Azad Moopen and founder member Dr. Shabeer Nellikode said here.
The line-up of speakers includes top leaders from the industry from both the countries, with GMi emerging as a definitive networking and knowledge-sharing platform for major investors and government leaders, they said.
The organizers have roped in knowledge partners such as Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PwC to identify projects with huge potentials.
Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, Tourism Minister A. C. Moideen, Labor-Excise Minister T. P. Ramakrishnan, and Transport Minister A. K. Saseendran are expected to attend.
The forum will explore investment opportunities in sectors like IT, tourism, infrastructure, healthcare, agriculture, food processing, industries, education, skill development, power, and value-added products. Each session will have discussions and paper presentations on the above-mentioned topics, organizers said.
Officials representing the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, KINFRA, and the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation will also attend the event.
