MUMBAI, INDIA – Officials from World Trade Centre Mumbai participated at the 48th General Assembly of World Trade Centers Association at Nevada, Las Vegas from April 2-5, 2017.

Officials who represented WTC Mumbai at the General Assembly include Mr. Vijay Kalantri, Vice Chairman, WTC Mumbai & Board Director, WTCA New York, Capt. Somesh Batra, Vice Chairman, WTC Mumbai, Mr. Sharad Upasani, Vice Chairman, WTC Mumbai and Mr. Firoze Andhyarujina, Senior Advocate.

More than 90 World Trade Centers from 33 countries participated in the General Assembly to explore avenues for further co-operation among them.

Speaking at the Regional Meeting within the Assembly, Capt. Somesh Batra, Chairman, WTC Bhubaneswar informed the participants about the 6th Global Economic Summit (GES) on ‘Women’s Empowerment’ organised by World Trade Centre Mumbai during March 27-29, 2017. He said that World Trade Centre Mumbai took the lead in organising this three-day Summit on empowering women. During the Summit, various issues concerning women’s entrepreneurship, employment and their rightful place in society were discussed. All the members present at the General Assembly greatly appreciated that WTC Mumbai was the first Centre to organise a Summit to promote women’s economic empowerment.

Mr. Rossi Ralenkotter, President/CEO, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) pointed out that 2017 has been declared as “Year of India” and therefore more people from India should visit the USA to explore business co-operation.

Representatives from different World Trade Centers discussed the state of the economy and the emerging business opportunities in their province or state. Members from China and Phillipines raised concern about the protection of Trademark and how to have greater interaction between members.

Representatives from WTC Taiwan and WTC Shanghai emphasized that members from Asia-Pacific countries must increase their interaction and exchange trade information among each other.

The Assembly concluded with a networking event and a bus tour to different locations in Las Vegas.

In Photo – Mr. Vijay Kalantri, Vice Chairman, WTC Mumbai & Board Director