Released on: May 5, 2008, 12:56 am

Press Release Author: Informa India

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: DNS Leadership Summit 2008 - the highest level international
summit dedicated to defence and national security in India, will bring together all
three defence services, government, key think tanks and industry

Press Release Body: MAY 2008, NEW DELHI: Informa, the owners of information
super-brands including Lloyd's List and Datamonitor, and global mega-events
including the Monaco Yacht Show, Cityscape, 3GSM and Leaders in India - have
announced the launch of the Defence and National Security Leadership Summit, to be
held in New Delhi this November.
Bringing together a select group of some of the most influential speakers and
delegates from the Indian and international defence and security establishment, the
DNS Leadership Summit focuses on the perspectives and requirements of the decision
makers who directly influence national security policy and practice. These include
government ministries, armies, air forces, navies, coast guards, police & border
security forces, anti-terrorist & other security agencies, as well as respected
think tanks including the IDSA. The one day summit will be followed by the DNS 2008
Awards and Gala Dinner.

The DNS 2008 Whitepaper - which will document and summarise policy recommendations
of leading experts at the summit - will be submitted to the Ministry of Defence and
made available to the wider defence and security community after the event. As
Abhaey Singh, Managing Director of Informa India says, 'the purpose of this is
simple: to take the thoughts and ideas of these experts, and ensure that something
useful can be done with them.'



The advisory board for Informa India's defence and national security series - of
which the DNS Leadership Summit is the flagship event - includes Admiral Arun
Prakash, Former Chief of the Naval Staff; General V. P. Malik, Former Chief of the
Army Staff; Air Marshal S. Bhojwani, Former Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief,
Training Command, Indian Air Force; Ajay Raj Sharma, Former Director General -
Border Security Force and Former Police Commissioner, Delhi; , D.T. Joseph, Former
Union Secretary - Ministry of Shipping; Vice Admiral John De Silva, Former Vice
Chief of the Naval Staff and Former Director General, Coast Guard; and Commander
A.J.B. Singh, Ex-Indian Navy and MoD - where he was the organiser of a number of
previous DefExpo and Aero India exhibitions.
Co-located with three major international defence and homeland security exhibitions;
NECE 2008, MSI 2008 and BSEC 2008 - and preceding their respective conferences - the
one-day DNS Leadership Summit will bring together over 250 of the most senior
officials and executives from over 9000 visitors to the three exhibitions.
'We - and I also speak for our many partners in India and throughout the world - are
very excited about this important new confluence of peer-to-peer contact and thought
leadership within the international defence and homeland security community. And we
are proud that India is at the centre of it' adds Singh.
For more information about the DNS 2008 Leadership Summit, please visit
www.dns-summit.com

ABOUT INFORMA: With hundreds of highly respected companies including some of the
world's biggest information brands - Lloyd's List, Routledge, Taylor & Francis,
Datamonitor, IIR, Huthwaite, Washington Policy & Analysis and many others - Informa
plc, the world's largest professional media and specialist information firm, is
present in over 70 countries and publishes over 45,000 book titles; delivers over
2,000 subscription-based services and produces over 12,000 events every year.

Informa's events business includes global B2B and B2C mega-shows such as 3GSM,
Cityscape, IPEX, The Monaco Yacht Show, The Bride Show, and the world's largest
series of business leadership events, the most recent speakers at which included
Kofi Annan, Richard Branson, Steve Forbes and Philip Kotler.

For more information about Informa, please visit www.informa.in.

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