Bringing collectively the large names that matter from house and afar, this 12 months's WLF guarantees a mix of inspiration, innovation, and impression. With generously sprinkled headline acts and power-packed periods, the WLF venue within the coronary heart of Lutyens Delhi will buzz with the Capital's most influential.
The motion will peak on Saturday night when Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes stage in entrance of the unique, invite-only gathering of stars from international and Indian enterprise, politics, expertise and leisure.
CompaniesWLF will witness particular periods by the highest ministers within the Union cupboard, together with Rajnath Singh, defence minister; Nitin Gadkari, minister for highway transport and highways; S Jaishankar, minister for exterior affairs; and Piyush Goyal, minister for commerce and trade.
International enterprise leaders corresponding to Christoph Schweizer, CEO, BCG; Mohamed Kande, Chairman, PwC; Vishal Sikka, BMW board member and founding father of Vianai Techniques; Dame Sharon White, managing director, CDPQ; Sir Martin Sorrell, chairman of S4 Capital; and Jonathan Ross, CEO of Groq, will all share their perspective on the way in which of the long run at this 12 months's WLF.
Shaping the India of Tomorrow
Becoming a member of them on stage could be Federico J González, CEO, Radisson Lodge Group; Ritu Arora, CEO-Asia Pacific, Allianz Funding Administration; David Steinbach, international CIO of Hines; and Rajat Taneja, presidenttechnology at Visa.In a world formed by shifting geopolitical currents, few voices carry the burden of expertise like these of former US presidential candidate John Kerry. At ET's flagship summit, his insights promise to supply readability and perspective in unsure occasions. Celebrated creator and parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor can even converse on the shifting grammar of latest geopolitics.Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who steered his nation by way of a sequence of advanced geopolitical challenges—from the European debt disaster and the civil struggle in Libya to Russia's intervention in Crimea and the rise of the Islamic State in West Asia—will supply his perspective on a quickly altering international order.
In the meantime, within the true spirit of federalism, numerous chief ministers will current a case for his or her state in shaping the India of tomorrow.
Mohan Yadav, chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, will paint an image of his state's function within the rise of India, whereas Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will deliberate on remodeling the brand new India's goal from sensible cities to sensible states. Nayab Singh Saini, chief minister of Haryana, will share the worldwide ambitions of his state, whereas Pushkar Singh Dhami, chief minister of Uttarakhand, might be on stage to speak about unlocking the potential of the Himalayan state.
The burning problems with the day, from vitality transition to bollywood transformation might be mentioned threadbare by eminent panelists.
There might be periods on the matters that matter, together with synthetic intelligence, the brand new circulate of capital, ladies's function in India's progress; with former union minister Smriti Irani sharing her observations.
Different distinguished voices that can resound throughout the two days of WLF embrace Gautam Singhania of Raymond, designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Ipsita Das of Moët Hennessy India; Puneet Chhatwal of IHCL, Sandeep Ghosh of Visa, Rahul Jain of BCG, Sanjog Gupta of ICC, cricketer Mithali Raj, chef Gaggan Anand, Praveer Sinha of Tata Energy, Girish Tanti of Suzlon, Sanjeev Krishan of PwC India, Rishit Jhunjhunwala of Truecaller, Akis Evangelidis of Nothing and Nigel Vaz of Publicis Sapient, amongst others.
Including a heady sprinkling of stardust to proceedings might be actors Janhvi Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra, who might be a part of a panel dissecting the Hindi movie trade's push to remodel itself.
