Europe India Business Leaders Conference 2019, the 23rd conference of our conference series, was held on 10th April and 11th April with discussions and interactions on 10th April at Flanders investment agency and European Parliament in Brussels followed by the industrial visit to Wallonia on 11th April. ​On 10th April, the summit focused on the operational challenges faced by small scale businesses when they pursue their activities in India and the EU and speakers shared their expertise on the financial, legal, marketing and sales challenges faced by businesses while pursuing activities in the respective regions. About 19 speakers shared their expertise on the 1st day of the summit which was held at Flanders Investment Agency and European Parliament. About 100 organisations working in the areas of policy, technology, manufacturing, education, healthcare and other sectors attended the conference. ​On 11th April, Indian delegates were taken to a place called Wallonia so as to get a firsthand experience of seeing EU companies in action and directly engaging in interactions with experts on the factory floor. ​During the session at the European Parliament, EICBI released its 2019 class of EuIndia40 - Top 40 under 40 EU India Leaders. EuIndia40, an initiative of EICBI to discover Top 40 under 40 EU-India Leaders, covers the stories of these young leaders and their contributions in promoting EU India relations. The 16 women and 24 men who made to the list come from all walks of life and represent 16 different nationalities - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom. The list features young entrepreneurs, policy leaders, thought leaders, business executives, trade body leaders, all under the age of 40, who are going to play an important part in shaping European Union - India trade relations during the next few decades.

1. EUROPE INDIA BUSINESS LEADERS CONFERENCE
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Wednesday / Thursday, 10th-11th April, 2019
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Flanders - European Parliament - Wallonia
Hon Caroline Nagtegaal, Member of European Parliament - Netherlands/ Vice Chair- European Parliament
Delegation for relations with India, taking photos with few of the EuIndia40 leaders.

2. THE MEET
Europe India Business Leaders Conference 2019, the 23rd conference of our business meet
series, was held on 10th April and 11th April with discussions and interactions on 10th April
at Flanders investment agency and European Parliament in Brussels followed by
the industrial visit to Wallonia on 11th April.
On 10th April, the summit focused on the operational challenges faced by small scale
businesses when they pursue their activities in India and the EU and speakers shared their
expertise on the financial, legal, marketing and sales challenges faced by businesses while
pursuing activities in the respective regions. About 19 speakers shared their expertise on the
1st day of the summit which was held at Flanders Investment Agency and European
Parliament. About 100 organisations working in the areas of policy, technology,
manufacturing, education, healthcare and other sectors attended the conference.
On 11th April, Indian delegates were taken to a place called Wallonia so as to get a firsthand
experience of seeing EU companies in action and directly engaging in interactions with
experts on the factory floor.
During the session at the European Parliament, EICBI released its 2019 class of EuIndia40 -
Top 40 under 40 EU India Leaders. EuIndia40, an initiative of EICBI to discover Top 40
under 40 EU-India Leaders, covers the stories of these young leaders and their contributions
in promoting EU India relations. The 16 women and 24 men who made to the list come from
all walks of life and represent 16 different nationalities - Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Germany, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom. The list features young entrepreneurs, policy
leaders, thought leaders, business executives, trade body leaders, all under the age of 40, who
are going to play an important part in shaping European Union - India trade relations during
the next few decades.

3. PROGRAMME SUMMARY
morning session by Mr Sujit S Nair,
Chairman of Europe India Centre for
Business and Industry. Following the
welcome, Mr Marc Van Gastel who is
the Head of the Inward investment
department at Flanders Trade and
Investment shared more details about
the economic opportunities in
Flanders and the various support
available for companies to invest in
Flanders. The delegates, who were
majorly from small scale companies
The morning session of the summit
was held at Flanders Investment and
Trade in Brussels. Flanders
Investment and Trade (FIT) was
founded by the Flemish government in
2005. The FIT agency helps Flemish
companies expand their business
abroad and assists foreign companies
in finding Flemish suppliers of quality
goods and services.
The delegates were welcomed to the
had the opportunity to get answers to their doubts about various technicalities
of investing in Flanders.
Following the session, the delegates had the opportunity to network during the
lunch session. The delegates who participated in the morning session where
largely India entrepreneurs who run small scale companies at various regions
of India.
FLANDERS INVESTMENT & TRADE SESSION

4. PROGRAMME SUMMARY
this, Mr Sujit S Nair, Chairman of
Europe India Centre for Business &
Industry, provided an overview of the
conference and details of various
panel discussions which had been
structured for the summit. Post the
address by Mr Sujit S. Nair, Mr Adam
Mouchtar, who is the Managing
Director at EU 40 addressed the
gathering and put forth his thoughts
on connecting young leaders from
European Union and India, which set
the right tone to start the felicitation
Hon Caroline Nagtegaal, Member of
European Parliament from the
Netherlands, who is also the Vice
President of European Parliament
delegation for relations with India and
Patron of Europe India Centre for
Business & Industry formally
welcomed the delegates. She shared
her thoughts on EU India relations and
spoke about fostering closer
cooperation between India and the
EU, the two largest multiparty
democracies in the world. Following
the felicitation of EuIndia40 leaders. The leaders were given their credentials
by Hon Caroline Nagtegaal, who is the Member of European Parliament -
Netherlands & Vice Chair- European Parliament delegation for relations with
India and Mr Sujit S Nair, who is the Chairman of EICBI. After the felicitation
of EuIndia40 leaders, the first panel discussion of the conference was about an
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SESSION

5. Zone & Executive Director, Kalam
Institute of Health Technology and
last but not the least and Cllr Aarien-
Uday Areti - Councillor, Royal
Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,
United Kingdom. This session was
followed by another panel discussion
where experts discussed about helping
organisations build their brand &
expand sales in EU Market and Indian
market. This session was chaired by
Ms. Glynis Whiting, Managing
overview of EU, India and the UK
relations in the post brexit world. This
session was chaired by Mr Sujit S.
Nair – Chairperson of the Europe
India Centre for Business and
Industry. The panelists who were part
of the discussion include Mr.Niccolò
Rinaldi - Head of Unit for Asia,
Australia and New Zealand/
Directorate-General for External
Policies of the Union - European
Parliament, Dr Jitendar Sharma - MD
& CEO, Andhra Pradesh Medtech
partner at TIAO. The other panelists who were part of the discussions include
Mr. Marius Ochel from Indo – German Association Partnership Program -
VDA and Mr. Kenny Jacob who is the Director of Ayruz Data Analytics.
This panel discussion was followed by a session by Rural entrepreneur, Sneha
Rakesh, from the Indian state of Karnataka. She is the Managing Director of
Akarmaxs & President of Samagraabhivrudhi who works with number of EU
clients. She shared few of her lessons and challenges she faced as an

6. and those legal challenges which
Indian Entrepreneurs might encounter
while pursuing business in EU. The
panel was chaired by Ms.Ursa
Pondelek who is the European
Parliament - ALDE Policy Advisor,
International Trade Committee
(INTA) for EU-India Delegation. The
other panelists who were part of the
discussions included Ms.Sonia Jafyan
- Legal Advisor to Miroslav
Mikolasik MEP, Mr Ran Chakrabarti
- Partner, IndusLaw and Mr Krishna
entrepreneur who works with EU
companies.
Some of the major challenges faced by
businesses are the legal challenges, as
entrepreneurs are not fully aware of
the legal issues while pursuing a
business activity. Thereafter, during
the next session, legal and policy
experts discussed about the legal
considerations which EU
Entrepreneurs need to take into
account while doing business in India
Somayaji - Managing Director, SOMAYAJI Group of Companies. The final
panel discussion of the conference focused on the challenges which companies
face while raising finance to grow their business in India and EU market. The
session was Chaired by Mr Joachim Galand who is the Welcome Office
Manager- Indian sub-continent – Invest in Wallonia. The other panelists who
were part of the discussions include Mr.David Vlerick – Investment officer,
Vlerick group, Ms. Ingrid Willems – CEO, DataScouts and Mr.Anshul Garg –

7. MD, Mohan Electro Casting Pvt Ltd.
The conference was anchored by Mr
Arun Murthy Battula, who is one of
the Vice-Chairs with Europe India
Centre for Business & Industry.
Following the last panel discussion,
the conference at the European
Parliament concluded with a
networking session. Delegates had the
opportunity to network with one
another and take photos in the
European Parliament premises. This
As part of our efforts to provide a
first hand experience to our delegates
on launching and expanding of their
business in European Union, we took
delegates to visit a place called
Wallonia, which is around 50 kms
from Brussels on 11th April. A bus
was arranged to pick the delegates
from a designated place in Brussels,
and after an hour 's journey,
delegates reached Wallonia.
PROGRAMME SUMMARY
sessions at the European Parliament was the major session of the conference
and had participation from around 100 entrepreneurs, business leaders and
policy makers from the EU and India.
INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO WALLONIA

8. In Wallonia, delegates had the
opportunity to visit two organisations.
The first company was Enterprise
European Network, which helps
businesses innovate and grow on an
international scale. It is the world’s
largest support network for small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
with international ambitions. The
delegates were also briefed about the
work of the Indian Subcontinent
Welcome Office and the services
provided by the Wallonia Investment
We thank our supporters who played a key role in helping us organise a
successful summit. The supporters for this Summit were as follows
Invest in Wallonia - http://www.investinwallonia.be
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Agency. The industrial visit concluded with the visit to EYTELIA which is an
European Leader in development of silicon-based products for an interactive
session at the factory floor and R & D centre so as to understand the practical
aspects of doing business in the EU.
SmartWebin - https://www.smartwebin.com/
Creactos Palmyga - http://www.creactos.com/
Ayruz Data Marketing - https://ayruz.com/
EU40 - http://www.eu40.eu
Flander Investment and Trade-
https://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/en

9. Tapping into our network and expertise built over the years, we also
offer consultancy services to those companies who are looking to start,
scale up or expand into the EU and Indian markets
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