CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

The world is becoming global village and one after the other initiatives are being taken that indicate that the world wants to become one. After the establishment of WTO another landmark decision was taken by the world community. At the Millennium Summit in September 2000 the largest gathering of world leaders in history adopted the UN Millennium Declaration, committing their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015, that have become known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs represent a global partnership that has grown from the commitments and targets established at the world summits of the 1990s. Responding to the world's main development challenges and to the calls of civil society, the MDGs promote poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality, AIDS and other diseases.

The Conference is being organized to provide a platform to researchers and academicians, bureaucrats and politicians, industry captains and social workers to come together and share there experiences and research. The following are the more specific objectives:

to deliberate on the challenges and perspectives of the MDGs of the United Nations;
to provide a forum for sharing the achievements made so far with regard to the 8 goals and 18 targets complemented by 48 technical indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals;
to learn lessons from the half way journey made so far from 2000 to 2008 and how the second half till 2015 can be made better to achieve the MDGs;
to share insights into best practices in each of the 8 goals so that others can derive benefit from the same.
to learn from research in the area of MDGs and other important contemporary areas of management;
to make recommendations to the policy makers and other interested stakeholders so that MDGs can be achieved as per the plan.

A large number of delegates from different parts of the world are expected to participate in this Conference. They include researchers and academicians, practicing managers, technical experts and consultants from countries such as USA, UK, Australia, Malaysia, Germany, Hong kong, Finland, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar and all states of India.

TECHNICAL SESSIONS
1. Freedom from Poverty and Hunger
2. Gender Equity and Women Empowerment
3. Sustainable Development and Environmental Concerns
4. Education and Health for All: Challenges and Perspectives
5. Urban, regional and spatial development
6. International economics, agricultural economics
7. Research Papers Presentations on Contemporary Issues e.g. Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Human Resource, IT,
IB, Productions and Operations Management, etc.

Key Dates
1.Online Registration form to be filled before-Feb. 01, 2009
2.Submission of Abstract- Feb. 01, 2009
3. Confirmation of Abstract to be communicated by-Feb. 15, 2009
4. Full Paper to be Received by -March 01, 2009
5. Confirmation of Full Paper Acceptance by -March 15, 2009
6. Registration Fee to be paid before-March 15, 2009

PROCEEDINGS & JOURNAL PUBLICATION

Accepted papers submitted by fully registered participants of this International Conference on “India: Investment Destination” will be published in the Conference Proceedings, and selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Delhi Business Review (DBR) – An International Journal of Society for Human Transformation and Research . DBR has the distinction of being listed in the Cabell’s Directory, USA , and Nexus Info Services Company Pvt. Ltd.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE

The official language of the conference is English.

Participant's fee include published proceedings, admittance to technical sessions, lunch, coffee and dinner.
Accompanying persons will be charged extra.
Students mean those studying in Final Year PG or below having age less than 25 Years.

All correspondence relating to the conference and papers should be sent to:

Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh
Secretary General, Conference Secretariat
C|o Delhi School of Professional Studies and Research
9,Institutional Area Sector 25, Rohini, Delhi - 110085, India
Phone:91-11-27932799,27062290 Fax:91-11-27062292
Mobile:91-9811828987 Rana Singh
E-mail: ic@internationalconference.org, drajayksingh@rediffmail.com
Website: http://www.internationalconference.org