{"id":3284,"date":"2013-10-14T09:51:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T09:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sh118.global.temp.domains\/~igsgorg\/lusophonegoa\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2014-02-05T16:15:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T16:15:22","slug":"india-and-the-lusophone-market-international-congress-january-14-and-15-2014-goa-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lusophonegoa.org\/en\/2013\/10\/india-and-the-lusophone-market-international-congress-january-14-and-15-2014-goa-india\/","title":{"rendered":"“India and the Lusophone Market” International Congress, January 14 and 15, 2014 – Goa, India"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"india_lusophne_market\"<\/a>The Lusophone Society\u00a0<\/strong>(LSG) in collaboration with CII – Confederation of Indian Industry,\u00a0<\/strong>IdEA – Institute of Asian Studies and AAPI – Friendship Association Portugal-India\u00a0organizes an International Congress on January 14 and 15, 2014, focusing on India and the market of the Portuguese-speaking countries (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, and the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Macau).<\/strong><\/p>\n

With simultaneous translation English-Portuguese and vice-versa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Congress will be of particular Interest for entrepreneurs of Portuguese-speaking countries and of India, to come to know the real possibilities of exchange of goods and services.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“INDIA\u00a0AND THE LUSOPHONE MARKET”<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>JANUARY 14 and 15, 2014,\u00a0<\/b>GOA, INDIA<\/b><\/p>\n

The Lusophone Society of Goa (LSG) in collaboration with CII – Confederation of Indian Industry, IdEA – Institute of Asian Studies and AAPI – Friendship Association Portugal-India\u00a0organises the international congress “India and the Lusophone Market” on January 14 and 15, 2014 in Goa, India.<\/p>\n

The congress will be an important means of acquiring knowledge of the countries, their economy, their potentials and constraints, enabling the participants to get in touch with entrepreneurs in order to raise the level of collaboration through partnerships, between Indian companies and of the various Portuguese-speaking countries.<\/p>\n

Portuguese is one of the major languages of the world with close to 250 million speakers. It is the fifth most spoken language and the official language of eight countries on four continents: six in Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe), one in Europe (Portugal), one in South America (Brazil) and one in Asia (East Timor). Portuguese also continues to be an official language in Macao.<\/p>\n

India is undertaking notable advances in many fields such as Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Tourism, industrial and transport products, electronic equipment, etc. On the other hand India imports miscellaneous goods and services such as agricultural products, minerals, fuel, construction materials, etc.<\/p>\n

The intensity of trade between India and the African countries has been growing sharply; the Indian investments in Africa, as well. All this helped the two groups to develop better skills and wealth. However, much more can still be done in order to support in each other’s development. It is expected that the India-Africa trade exceeds $ 100,000 million in 2015.<\/p>\n

The goal of the organization is to provide a modern and attractive congress joining business institutions, business social institutions, of India and the Lusophone world.<\/p>\n

Venue<\/b><\/p>\n

The congress will be held in Panjim, the capital of Goa,\u00a0at Hotel Mandovi and Kala Academy.<\/p>\n

The location of the congress could not be better: Goa! Goa is much sought after by Indians and foreigners, for a quiet and relaxing stay, at the heavenly beaches, boasting a good sun and delicious food. Goa receives more than 600.000 foreign tourists and 2.7 million Indian tourists annually.<\/p>\n

Distance from Panjim to Dabolim airport in Goa is about 30 km. There are daily flights from Mumbai to Dabolim airport, with less than one hour flight time.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/b><\/p>\n

Please find the Programme here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Face-to-face” business networking<\/b><\/p>\n

In order to create direct business contacts, each delegate\/company (by paying an extra fee, in addition to the participation fee) will have an individual table with chairs, in a separate hall, adjacent to the main hall of conferences, in order to attend to those who are interested.<\/p>\n

Looking for a business partner: areas already expressed by the participants<\/b><\/p>\n

(areas will continuously be updated)<\/b><\/p>\n

Delegates\/Indian companies and the Portuguese-speaking countries which have effected their pre-registration, have expressed the desire to find business partners of the following areas:<\/p>\n