T. A. KhanChairman of AFACT

takhan@nic.in

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New Delhi – India

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Organised by :

Department of Commerce,Ministry of Commerce & Industry,

Government of India

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Outline• Date/Place• Meeting & Hotels

• Meeting Venue• Lodging Venue

• Schedule• EDICOM 2009

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DATE: 2nd to 6th November, 2009

PLACE: New Delhi, India

New Delhi

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• MEETING and HOTELS are

- Concentrated in the heart of the city, New Delhi

- Close to antique shops and art galleries

• One Venue for all meetings: India Habitat

Centre- AFACT 2009

- eAsia Awards 2009

- EDICOM 2009

• Options for lodging of your choice

New Delhi

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India Habitat CentreThe Meeting Venue

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Spread over nine acres in the heart of New Delhi, IHC has a built up area of approximately one million square feet. It incorporates innovative new technologies in building management systems, conference systems, communication and energy conservation, creating probably the most intelligent building in the country.

DistanceFrom International Airport - 15 Kms. Domestic Airport - 12 Kms.

The Meeting Venue

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Registration available from July 2009 at :

http://etrade.gov.in/afact2009/afact2009.aspx

The Website

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• November is a peak tourist season in Delhi

• Negotiating with hotels for reasonable rates

Proposed Accomodations

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• StC Meeting – 2 Nov., 2009 (Monday)

• eAC Meeting – 2 – 3 Nov., 2009

• JWG Meetings – 3 Nov., 2009 (Tuesday)

• 21st AFACT Plenary – 4 Nov., 2009(Wednesday)

• eAsia Awards interviews – 5 Nov. 2009 (Thursday)

• eAsia Awards Night – 5 Nov. 2009(Thursday)

• EDICOM 2009 – 6 Nov. 2009 (Friday)

Schedule

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EDICOM 2009

• The theme of EDICOM 2009 is “ Promoting Access, Equality, Reliability and Growth of Trade Facilitation and eBusiness in the region”

• All member countries are invited to present related papers.

• Presentations can be submitted to afact2009@nic.in .

EDICOM 2009

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See you in New Delhi

It is important that we all participate

We have important issues like AFACT roadmap, AFACT Single window, AFACT Paperless Trade, JWG restructuring, new AFACT Secretariat finalisation etc. on agenda

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Thank You