The 8th Edition of The Times Group Global Business Summit (GBS) is set to be an important event, convening on February 9 and 10, 2024, at Taj Palace, New Delhi – India. As a pioneering Asian business conclaves, this year’s summit takes center stage with the visionary insights of Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and key cabinet ministers. Themed around “Disruption, Development, and Diversification,” the summit aims to foster collaborative solutions to humanity’s most pressing challenges.
ET Edge, an initiative of The Times Group, is one of India’s premier conference and thought leadership company. Since its establishment in 2015, ET Edge holds the vision of creating distinctive thought leadership initiatives, aiming to empower various sectors and industries by disseminating critical business knowledge. The company is driven by a dynamic team of young, enthusiastic, and innovative minds across multiple Indian cities, united in the common goal of curating meaningful conversations that address contemporary business needs.
At the core of ET Edge’s initiatives is The Times Group Global Business Summit, a flagship event designed to bring together visionaries and global leaders through enriched knowledge platforms. This summit fosters a symbiotic relationship between societies and businesses. Additionally, ET Edge boasts other prominent conference properties, including the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) Summit, Supply Chain Summit, CX Summit, and the Best Brands series. These initiatives underscore ET Edge’s commitment to shaping impactful conversations and contributing to the thought leadership landscape.
The Times Group Global Business Summit (GBS) summit, curated and executed by ET Edge, brings together an illustrious lineup of global leaders from diverse sectors. Notable figures include Bill Winters, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank; Jennifer M. Johnson, CEO of Franklin Resources Inc; Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant; Michael Schoellhorn, CEO – Defence and Space at Airbus; Andrés de León, CEO of Hyperloop TT; Economist & Nobel Laureate Michael Spence, and David Hanson, CEO & Co-Founder of Hanson Robotics, among others. Their collective deliberations will explore solutions for critical global issues.
The Times Group Global Business Summit serves as a forum for leaders to engage in discussions about current challenges and envision the future. Attendees include government leaders, opinion-makers, business magnates, corporate heads, academicians, and technocrats from across the globe. The summit aims to dissect global complexities, predict the trajectory of the world, and propose practical solutions for present and future challenges.
Vineet Jain, Managing Director of The Times Group, emphasized the importance of leveraging intellectual prowess to collaboratively devise solutions in an era marked by escalating global uncertainties. He envisions this year’s summit as a fertile ground for thought-provoking discussions and the exchange of ideas that contribute to resolving pressing global challenges. Anticipated to attract over 2000 delegates from diverse industries, sectors, and backgrounds, the 2024 edition of the summit promises to be a global confluence of minds. Leaders will converge from over 20 countries, representing a diverse tapestry of expertise and experience.
The Times Group Global Business Summit has a rich legacy of hosting eminent personalities from India and abroad. Previous editions featured luminaries such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Brian Chesky of Airbnb, Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post Media Group, Dara Khosrowshahi of Uber, Reed Hastings of Netflix, Steve Wozniak of Apple, venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, Anshula Kant of World Bank Group, Gautam Adani of Adani Group, Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Enterprises, actor Shah Rukh Khan, and Economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, among others.
