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MUMBAI:
The curtains will go up on Ficci-Frames 2008, the biggest
global convention in Asia on the business of entertainment,
on 25 March 2008 in Mumbai.
Over
2,500 Indian and foreign delegates from nearly 20 countries
will engage in seminars and networking business sessions and
social get-togethers spread over three days (25-27 March).
Frames
2008 will be flagged off by the Union Minister for Information
& Broadcasting Priyaranjan Dasmunsi. The inaugural session
will be addressed by eminent speakers like Viviane Reding,
European commissioner, information society & media, European
Commission; Stewart Beck, assistant deputy minister, investment,
innovation and sectors, foreign affairs and international
trade, Canada; Dominique Dreyer, ambassador of Switzerland
to India; Asha Swarup, secretary, Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting, Govt of India; Yash Chopra, chairman,
Ficci Entertainment Committee & chairman, Yashraj Films
Pvt Ltd; Kunal Dasgupta, co-chairman, Ficci Entertainment
Committee & CEO, Sony Entertainment Television; and Amit
Khanna, chairman, Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd and chairman,
Ficci Convergence Committee.
Delegates
from 17 countries have already registered for the mega event,
namely, Australia, Canada, France Germany, Greece, Hong Kong,
Italy, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, UAE, the
UK, USA, Korea, Switzerland and New Zealand.
With
nearly 30 sessions on topical themes, Frames 2008 will capture
the essence of where the industry is positioned today and
show the way forward.
The
partner country for this year's Frames is Switzerland.
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