“India-UK Createch Summit” to come in Mumbai for highlighting the convergence of creativity and technology
Mumbai, February 5: First of its kind “India-UK Createch Summit” to go on floors on 6th February for the first time in Mumbai to shed light on the convergence of creativity and technology. A delegation of 13 top British healthcare providers, suppliers, and other field experts will be in India as part of a trade mission.
Aiming to push bilateral ties little higher, the event will bring together more than 1,000 personalities from business and government, including a UK delegation, in areas that include creative robotics, gaming and augmented reality and immersive technology, which will be launched by Britain’s Minister for Trade and Export Promotion, Baroness Rona Fairhead. He will also visit Bengaluru.
The India-UK Createch Summit 2018 is a one-day conference in Mumbai, bringing together thought-leaders from business and government for a series of exclusive keynotes, panel sessions and workshops.
A healthcare sector delegation, including healthcare providers, hospitals and suppliers, led by NHS Chairman Malcolm Grant, will also participate in the summit, and also travel to New Delhi and Mumbai to look at potential for greater cooperation in disruptive healthcare technology.
The Createch summit is part of a wider drive to step up collaboration and ties between India and the UK ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April.
Meanwhile the Indian High Commission launched its Access India programme to help British small- and medium-sized companies access the Indian market and identify partners, while a new partnership was launched to foster ties between India and the city of Manchester, at the heart of Britain’s efforts to revive a northern powerhouse.
Speaking at an event, Minister Fairhead said that it was particularly important for Britain, as it prepared to leave the EU that it strengthened trading relations with partners outside the EU, including via regional or local area efforts. “I do believe there is a huge role for regions in enhancing international trade.”
“There is so much potential in India and there’s so much more potential that we can gather between our two countries,” she said noting that Britain was India’s 15th largest trading partner.
“We can work together to find out how to change that…I hope you will continue to see the UK as a friend as a partner as a place in which the ease of doing business is good – we have an attractive tax regime, strong ties…”
Indian companies had already been key to job creation and innovation in Britain, she said, noting that in the past year they safeguarded more jobs in the UK than any other country.
"In the year that the UK's National Health Service (NHS) reaches its 70th anniversary, Healthcare UK and the Department for International Trade are bringing a delegation of 13 top British healthcare providers, suppliers, hospitals and trusts in a trade mission to India from February 4-8," it said.
The delegation would be led by Sir Malcolm Grant, Chairman of NHS England, it added.
"The mission will focus on innovation in healthcare, and address the changing needs of medical provision as disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, and virtual reality become increasingly commonplace," the statement said.
The delegates will demonstrate to Indian healthcare leaders how they can help meet key concerns around driving efficiencies in costs, increasing patient access in remote areas, and providing more personalized healthcare solutions through new technology, it added.
"Through this trade mission, we want to nurture the common and growing interest between India and the UK regarding the latest smart systems and pioneering new healthcare solutions," Grant was quoted as saying in the statement.
In Delhi, the mission would attend a 'Future of Healthcare' event with senior management of hospitals, medical institutes, colleges and healthcare companies, in addition to a round-table meeting with 10 CEOs of local hospitals.
In Mumbai, the delegation would attend the India-UK Createch Summit, and in Hyderabad, it would visit the site of an Apollo Hospital.
