Prime Minister to inaugurate 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space to be held on 23-24 November, 2017 in New Delhi.

“India will be hosting the 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) in 2017, one of the world’s largest conference on Cyber Space and related issues,” announced Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, in the presence of P.P. Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Law & Justice after chairing a high-level organizing committee meeting.

The conference is focused on theme - Cyber4All: An Inclusive, Sustainable, Developmental, Safe and Secure Cyberspace. The two-day conference will see participation of around 2,000 delegates from senior government officials, industry leaders, academia and civil society from over 100 countries.

GCCS is a prestigious international conference that aims at encouraging dialogue among stakeholders of cyberspace, which has been taking place since 2011. Incepted in 2011 in London, GCCS witnessed a participation of 700 global delegates. It helped in setting up rules and guidelines for the editions to follow.

The plenary sessions and other activities during GCCS 2017 will be designed around the themes of Cyber4Inclusive Growth, Cyber4DigitalInclusion, Cyber4Security and Cyber4Diplomacy. During various sessions and activities focused around these themes, GCCS 2017 will bring forth the business, empowerment and developmental potential of Cyber space for realizing the goals of sustainable development.

Cyber security will be one of the major focus areas in GCCS 2017 especially as the central government is in the process of setting up separate sector specific emergency response centres to ensure cyber security and strengthen technology infrastructure.

GCCS 2017 will be an excellent platform for industry and its associations, civil society, academia, governments and think tanks from across the world to deliberate on issues, opportunities and challenges faced in the cyber world and pave the way for a better digital future. Indian start-ups will also get exposure to the global industry leaders and investors in GCCS 2017 to pitch their ideas through multiple seminars, side events and exhibitions.

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