Under the High Patronage of
      Mr Emmanuel MACRON
       President of the French Republic

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TENTATIVE PROGRAM

(online event – in English)

Day 1 – Tuesday, December 1st 2020

1:15 PM (IST) – Virtual waiting room to the webinar

1:30 (IST)  – Opening speeches – plenary session

Moderator: Delano D’SOUZA, Senior Journalist at FRANCE24 

Opening address by Franck RIESTER, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and economic Attractiveness 

Opening address by Piyush GOYAL, Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Trade and Industry of the Republic of India

Introduction by Christophe LECOURTIER, CEO, BUSINESS FRANCE

1:50 PM (IST) // Panel 1 : Bilateral relations and Post-Covid-19 economic outlook – plenary session

Moderator: Delano D’SOUZA, Senior Journalist at FRANCE24 

• Françoise HUANG, Senior Economist for Asia-Pacific, EULER HERMES
• Emmanuel LENAIN, Ambassador of France in India
• Jawed ASHRAF, Ambassador of India to France
• Paul HERMELIN Chairman of the Business Council France-India of MEDEF International and Chairman of the Board at CAPGEMINI
• Sanjiv BAJAJ, Vice President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Chairman & Managing Director of BAJAJ FINSERV Ltd. 

2:30PM (IST) // Panel 2 : How to leverage your recovery in India – Incentives, taxation, project financing, new regulations and HR solutions – plenary session

 Moderator : Jean-Michel CASSE, CCE Paris India desk, Former COO Accor India & South Asia – Former President CCEF India

• Aymeric DE REYNIES, CEO CREDIT AGRICOLE CIB (CACIB) & CCEF India, VP IFCCI

• Marie-Albane PRIEUR, Associate Director, Export Development, BPIFrance

• Udyen JAIN, Founder, UDYEN JAIN & ASSOCIATES, UJA

• Deepak BAGLA, CEO INVEST INDIA

• Fiona MOUGENOT, Founder EXPAT PARTNERS

• Amair FAROOQUI, Lawyer BIGNON-LEBRAY

• Christophe MARIETTE, Sales Director and Chairman LYRA Indiam

3:30 PM (IST)  – Panel 3 : Financing optimization for a French subsidiary in India : – advantage of external commercial borrowings versus capital increase and taxes – Transfer Pricing

Moderator: Olivier LEBAUBE, Director of International Affairs at OCA- Organisation Consulting Audit

• Udyen JAIN, Founding Partner Udyen Jain & Associates – UJA

• Romain FLANDROIS, Managing Director FBO India

• Stéphane WATIER, Indian Units Global Manager, AXON CABLE

• Nisheel PODDAR, Country Manager India, BABILOU GROUP

• Alexandre RAMAT, Director India, East Africa, South East Asia CAHORS International, Former MD CAHORS Transfix India

4:15 PM to 8:15 PM (IST) – Individual B2B meetings on b2b platform for French and Indian companies

Day 2 – Friday, December 4th, 2020

1:30 PM (IST)  – Panel 1: Industry: towards new strategic alliances associating “French Fab” with “Make in India”

Moderator : Sumeet ANAND, President, Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Founder, IndSight Growth Partners

• Florence VERZELEN, Executive Vice President Industry Solutions, Marketing, Global Affairs and Communications DASSAULT SYSTEMES
• Ashish SARAF, Vice President Airbus Helicopters
• Apparao MALLAVARAPU, Managing Director CENTUM Electronics / ADETEL
• Anil CHAUDHRY, CEO- Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd. & Zone President, Greater India
• Mahesh BABU, MD & CEO, Mahindra Electric

2:15 PM (IST) – Panel 2: Infrastructures: Opportunities and new strategies during COVID19 for transport/logistics, energy transition and environment

Moderator: Ritika ARORA, Research Practice Director, INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLISHING Pvt. Ltd

• Bruno BOSLE, Director AFD India
• Guillaume DOURDIN, CEO, VEOLIA India and CCEF India
• Sarbajit DEB, Executive VP, Europe, LARSEN & TOUBRO
• Francois DE THOMASSON, Regional Chief Financial Officer – South Asia · ‎BOLLORE TRANSPORTS & LOGISTICS and CCEF India
• Philippe GUILLAUMET, Project Manager for Europe & Abroad, GRAND PORT MARITIME DE MARSEILLE FOS
• Pascal LIGNERES, Director of Strategy and Railways Asia Region, EGIS India

15:00 (IST) – Panel 3: Consumer: the transformation of retail through the development of digital services in India

Moderator: Souad TENFICHE-ANCELLE, CEO India, NUMA Bengaluru

=====Keynote Speaker: Vikas PUROHIT, CEO Tata Cliq =====

• Rajesh JAIN, Managing Director and CEO Sports & Leisure Apparel Limited (LACOSTE India)
• Luisa MUNARETTO, Founder at TECH IA IMPACT INVEST PARIS DELHI and Non-executive board member
• Eric BOURGEOIS, CEO India, Gilbert Jain Laboratory Pvt Ltd (LABORATOIRES GILBERT– GROUPE BATTEUR)
• Cheketansingh RAMDHARRY President, TRIOMPHE PARIS (telephony, SAHUL group)
• Erwan DE KERAUTEM, CEO, MEDIAWEN INTERNATIONAL

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (IST) – Individual B2B meetings on B2B platform for French and Indian companies

SPEAKERS