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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Clinton and Google chairman to attend summit in Bali

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 07/13/2011

Chairman of Google Inc. Eric Schmidt and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will attend the Regional Entrepreneurship Summit, which will be held from July 22-24 in Bali, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu says.

The Regional Entrepreneurship Summit is a follow up of the Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington DC held in April last year.

“There will be no set issue that we will focus on during the meeting. It will be more talking about entrepreneurship as a whole. How to develop it and especially how to start it up," Mari said as quoted by tribunnews.com on Wednesday.

Indonesia is the second-largest country that sent delegations to the Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington DC.

The Regional Entrepreneurship Summit is held in cooperation with Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia, the Trade Ministry and Global Entrepreneurship Program from the US State Department.

Some 200 delegations from ASEAN countries, and India and China are expected to attend the event, which will feature famous speakers such as US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Google Inc. Chairman Dr. Eric Schmidt, who will give a key note address.

The event will also present Faculty Member of UC Berkley and CEO of Bitzer Mobile Naeem Zafar, CEO of Wave Dispersion Technologies Jonathan Smith, Co-Founder of IBEKA Tri Mumpuni, Rector of Paramadina University Anies Baswedan, founder and President Director of PT Susi Air Susi Pudjiastuti, Global Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young Jim Turley, and President Director of PT. Bank Mandiri Tbk Zulkifli Zaini.


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