GLOBAL ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE OF INDIAN ORIGIN (GOPIO)

AND GOPIO BUSINESS COUNCIL

INVITE YOU TO THE

THIRD GLOBAL INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS CONFERENCE

THEME

“PEOPLE OF INDIAN ORIGIN – TECHNOLOGY, INVESTMENT, BUSINESS AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITES”

CO-SPONSORS

INDIA-AMERICA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (NYC), ASIAN INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (NEW JERSEY), INDIAN MERCHANTS’ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (MUMBAI, INDIA), SINGAPORE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

September 23-26, 2001

Crowne Plaza Hotel, LaGuardia Airport,

104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst, New York 11369, USA

Tel: 718/457-6300 (for direction and room booking, $149/single or double)

Program

SUNDAY (9/23) – 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Workshops

7 p.m. Welcome Reception and Inauguration

MONDAY (9/24) – 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Conferences

7 to 10 p.m. – Cocktails and Forum for New Technology and Business Ideas

TUESDAY (9/25) – 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Conferences, 7.00 to 11 p.m. Banquet

WEDNESDAY (9/26) – One to one meeting with delegations. Business Session with GOPIO Business Council and Cosponsoring Organizations

The First Global Indian Entrepreneurs Conference was hosted by Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Singapore in 1996. The Second Conference was hosted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi in 1998.

CONVENTION OFFICIALS

GOPIO President: Dr. Thomas Abraham 203/329-8010, GOPIO Business Council Chairman: Chander Khurana 516/705-0664, Conf. Exec. Director: Dr. Jagat Motwani 631-421-4688, Secretary General: Ashook Ramsaran 718/939-8194, Treasurer: Dr. Sushila Gidwani-Buschi 914/693-4219, GOPIO Chairman: Ram Lakhina (031) 71-5126945, GOPIO Exec. VP: Jagdish Makwana (041) 1-226-4046, GOPIO President Elect: Inder Singh 818/708-3885

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: Pre-registration up to 22^nd $275/person, Walk in Registration $300/person. Registration includes, three cocktail receptions, two lunches and continental breakfasts, banquet, coffee breaks and a banquet. Workshop registration, free for conference registrants $75/workshop for others. Send in your registration to: GOPIO, Attn. Ashook Ramsaran, GOPIO Sec. General, 18-30 129^th St., College Point, NY 11356, USA, Tel: 718-939-8194, Fax: 718-353-2404, E-mail: gopio@optonline.net, Web: www.gopio.net

BUSINESS EXPOSITION – Opportunities for businessmen and service providers to exhibit their products on Monday, September 24^th and Tuesday, September 25th., 10 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The tabletop exhibits will provide skirted tables and will be located outside the conference rooms for increased traffic. Due to limited space, it will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis. Call 203/329-8010.

BE A CONVENTION OR AN EVENT SPONSOR – Contact Dr. Jagat Motwani 631-421-4688.