IIFT National Symposium 2005

“Indian Retail Bandwagon: Are You On?”

12 August, 2005, IIFT Bhawan, New Delhi

0900-1000 Hrs: Registration

1000-1100 Hrs: Inaugural Session

Welcome Address: Mr. Prabir Sengupta

Director General
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Keynote Address: Mr. Vikram Bakshi

Managing Director
McDonalds India

Guest of Honor: Shri L. Mansingh

Secretary, Dept. of Consumer Affairs
Ministry of Consumer Affairs
Food & Public Distribution, GoI

Concluding Remarks: CII

1100-1115 Hrs: Tea Break

1115-1245 Hrs: Session I - New Age Mantra’s in FMCG & Food Retailing

Moderator: Mr. Harish Bijoor

CEO
Harish Bijoor Consultants

FMCG & Food Retailing Mr. Arvind Singhal

Opportunities & Threats Managing Director
KSA Technopak India Pvt. Ltd

Sharing the McDonalds Mr. Vikram Bakshi

Experience on Supply Managing Director
Chain Management McDonalds India

1245-1345 Hrs: Lunch

1345-1515 Hrs: Session II : New Retail Formats

Moderator Mr. Anshuman Magazine

Managing Director, South Asia
C B Richard Ellis

The right formulae for building Mr. Ajay Khanna

a successful mall Executive Director
DLF Universal Limited

New formats how viable Mr. Seshu Kumar

are they? Head-Rural Retail Business
ITC Limited

1515-1530 Hrs Tea Break

1530-1630 Hrs: Panel Discussion

Kirana vs Large Formats & Discount Stores: Who will survive?

Moderator: Mr. Siddharth Patankar

Special Correspondent
NDTV

For Large Formats Mr. N P Bhargava

Managing Director
Jumbo International

For Kirana Formats Ms. Seema Atreya

Head,
Product Dev. & Quality enhancement
Dominoe’s Pizza India Limited

Ms. Sangeeta Gupta

Director, Client Services
AC Neilson – ORG MARG