The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) is organizing the ASEAN-India Forum. The theme of this Forum will be “ASEAN-India Economic Relations:  The Road Ahead" and it will be held on 9-10 February 2004 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore.

Economic cooperation between ASEAN and India has intensified significantly ever since India embarking on its "Look-East Policy" in the early 1990s. In order to give relations a further impetus, at the first ASEAN-India Summit in Cambodia in November 2002, India proposed a closer economic partnership (CEP) with ASEAN with a view to establish a free trade area within a decade. For its part, ASEAN has traditionally engaged all the major powers of the world. India's rising economic strength has the potential to provide considerable opportunities for ASEAN countries individually and collectively.

Despite closer business and government links, serious and in-depth research on relations between ASEAN and India has been rather limited. In order to fill this gap, this Forum attempts to bring together experts from government, business and the academia, from both India and ASEAN countries to provide ideas and suggestions to qualitatively and quantitatively enhance ASEAN-India economic relations. The Forum will analyze the opportunities and challenges for expanding economic relations in all areas, including merchandise and services trade, and in foreign direct investment (FDI), and on sub-regional cooperation with ASEAN’s transitional economies.

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Singapore, would be the keynote speaker for this event.

 The speakers include:

We cordially invite you to participate in this forum.  Please send in your response slip, attentioned to Ms Karthi Nair at e-mail: karthi@iseas.edu.sg by Tuesday, 27 January 2004. For further enquiries, please call Ms Karthi at tel: 6870-2413 or fax: 6775-6264/6775-6259.

                               
                                                  Confederation of Indian Industry

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 ASEAN-India Economic Relations:  The Road Ahead
9-10 February 2004
Grand Ballroom I, Level 4
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel
392 Havelock Road, Singapore

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Registration will close on Tuesday, 27 January 2004. Our ability to accommodate requests made on or after this date will depend on the availability of seats.  For further enquiries, please contact Ms Karthi Nair at tel: 6870-2413 or e-mail: <karthi@iseas.edu.sg>.

Disclaimer: ISEAS reserves the right to postpone or cancel the Forum in the event of unforeseen contingencies.