LAHORE, (MILLAT/APP): Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) is going to hold the second two-day International SME Conference here from Wednesday, March 15.
According to SMEDA sources here Tuesday, the conference would be attended by delegates from the USA, UK, Turkey, Japan, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Germany and China. Federal Industries and Production Minister Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi would be the chief guest at the conference.
Others expected to attend the conference include Khizar Hayat Gondal, Federal Secretary Industries and Production, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman HEC, Dr Hassan Sohaib Murad, Rector University of Management and Technology (UMT), and Dr Rebecca Fox, Professor of George Masson University, USA.
The sources added that representatives of private and public sector’s business promotion organisations including State Bank of Pakistan,
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Pakistan Stock Exchange, Leasing Association of Pakistan, Akhuwat, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Bank Alfalah, Association of Management Development Institutes, University of Lahore and the UMT.
CEO SMEDA Sher Ayub, while commenting on the SME conference, said that last year the national academia and research institutions were involved in the SME development cause, whereas this year, the 2nd SME conference has taken the international institutions into loop to benefit from the best SME development research, conducted in the world.
He said that no viable and long-term development policy and planning could be evolved without research. He hoped that the SME conferences series, being conducted by SMEDA, would help the government introduce revolutionary policies for development of industry and businesses in the country.