The Rise announces its 13th Global Summit of Tamil Entrepreneurs and Professionals

• The Summit is scheduled to take place during June 07-09, 2024 at the famed World Economic Forum Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland. 

Chennai, March 5, 2024: The official announcement about The RISE Davos Summit was made today in Chennai by Chevalier Rev. Dr. Jegath Gaspar Raj, Founder of The RISE Global in the presence of Er. Krishna Jegan - International President of GTEF (Global Tamil Engineers Forum), Er. Selvam Chandrakasu, Tamil Nadu President of GTEF, Mr. Jose Mikle Robin - The RISE President of Oman, Advocate Kanimozhi Mathi, TN President of Global Tamil Lawyers (GTL), Mr. Suresh Manoharan, Global Secretariat Director of The RISE, and several other frontline leaders.

The Rise 13th Global Summit of Tamil entrepreneurs and professionals.

• Human Centrality
• Environmental Primacy
• Responsible Technologies
• Shared Prosperity
• Peace and Human solidarity

Mobilising the entrepreneurial energies, professional competencies, intellectual capacities, and cultural resources of 100 million Tamils across the globe towards claiming a participatory role in shaping the 21st century destiny of global commons shall be the clarion call of The Rise 13th Global Summit of Tamil Entrepreneurs and Professionals, scheduled to take place during June 07-09, 2024 at the famed World Economic Forum Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland”, said Rev. Dr. Jegath Gaspar Raj, Founder of The Rise Global Organisation in a media communication today.

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The Rise which is now a registered International NGO in Switzerland is the most expansive and fast-growing global organisation of Tamil entrepreneurs and professionals with established Chapters in 32 countries. The Davos summit is expected to bring around 600 delegates from more than 40 countries of the world making it the largest ever gathering of Global Tamil entrepreneurs and professionals in Switzerland. 

Transforming the transnational Tamil communities as an interconnected global civil society and preparing them for the 4th Industrial Revolution is one of the key objectives of the summit. Such a Tamil Civil society is needed to navigate the social impacts of emerging technologies such as AI, biotechnologies, and neurotechnologies. The Davos summit will call for knowledge sharing, cross sector learning, multi stakeholder corporation and financial resources to build a robust global Tamil civil society, said Rev. Dr. Jegath.

Keynotes, Panel Discussions, and Fireside Chats include pertinently relevant themes like : Global Tamil Sustainability Alliance; Technology - Talent - Trajectory combine to power up the Start Ups; Inclusive Globalisation; Understanding the New Matrix of Global Value Chains; Future of Healthcare; Tamil Algorithm Alliance; Envisioning Global Tamil Capability Centers; Future of Education; Future of Legal Profession; Understanding & Unlocking the potential of Creative Economy; and Envisioning aTamil Future within the rapidly changing contours and trajectories of Global Future”.

The Delegates who would come from 40+ countries would bring along a wealth of knowledge and experience about the opportunities in the countries where they live or  operate right now, opening up immense possibilities for cross country -cross continental collaborations.

Delegates will have an exceptional window of opportunity during the Summit to meet investors from Switzerland and other parts of the world who will be available for interaction and networking. Interactive sessions have been planned with highly reputed organisations like Switzerland Global Enterprise, Europa Forum, Swiss Economic Forum, Swiss Indian Chamber of Commerce, International Chamber of Commerce, Talent Beyond Boundaries, International Organisation for Migration, European union Directorate, General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the World Bank.

Networking is a vital component of any Business summit and The Rise 13th Global Summit is designed to provide enormous scope for cross country networking for trade and industry collaborations. Global Quality Circles have already been formed to give focus and efficiency to this exercise. Those Quality Circles include Global Food Alliance, Green Ocean (Sustainable Marine Economy Circle), Banking & Finance Circle, Tamil Franchise League, Tamil Gold Circle, Tamil Brand Society, Global Tamil Logistics Group, Pharma - Cosmetics - Floral Essences - Food Supplements - Sports Nutrition Group, Builders & Developers International, Green Minerals Club (lithium, nickel, cobalt, chromium, etc), HR Circle, Retailers Circle, Tamil Nadu - Europe Textile Sector etc. There are several more such Quality Circles that have been formed, and they will be effectively curated in attempts to create value for maximum number of participants. 

The participating delegates will also have the unique opportunity to choose and visit any one of the famed industries like Nestle, Rolex, Novartis, Lindt, Science, Technology & Knowledge institutions like ETH Zurich, CERN, and the European Headquarters of the UN in Geneva.

Strikingly this year marks the 40th anniversary of the first arrival of Tamils from Sri Lanka known as Ezham Tamils in Switzerland. A people who came to Switzerland as desperate refugees have become today responsible and respected citizens contributing to nation building. A special session is being planned to commemorate this historic anniversary.

Separate Mini Summits have been planned and embedded as parallel summits for Global Tamil Engineers Forum (GTEF), Global Tamil IT Entrepreneurs & Professionals (Aatral), Tamil Doctors International (TDI), Global Tamil Lawyers (GTL), Summit of Global Tamil Auditors & Finance Professionals (GTAFP) and Top Tamils Global (GTG).

Registration to the Summit can be done by logging on to www.tamilrise.org or by calling +91 - 9150060032.

The RISE Global Secretariat in Chennai will facilitate the Visa process to Switzerland. The Davos Summit is open to all communities and we welcome everyone who is open and willing to collaborate with Global Tamils. 

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