Complete List of Summits and Conferences

Q: What is a virtual summit?

Virtual Summits are events carried out by different people on an online forum, bringing people from all over the world together

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The static GA and Current affairs are very important for all the Competitive exams, and to perform better in exam one should never ignore the Static GK and CA portion as it gives you a lead over other and most of the time General Awareness section work as the Distinguishing factor

The Summits and Conferences are very favorite topics of the examiner, as they serve in two ways, first as a part of current affair and Second as Static GA, you will always encounter 2 or 3 questions related to summits and conferences in every exam where General Awareness is asked.

Complete List of Summits and Conferences for the AFCAT Exam

In this article we will look at the last 4 month current affairs keeping in mind the AFCAT exam which is just a month away, and why spare any mark when we are providing you the complete List of Summits and Conferences along with their venue Theme and place.

Complete List of Summits and Conferences :December 2021

Name of The Summit	Organised By	Venue	Aim/ Theme
All-India Mayor’s Conference	department of Urban Development of Uttar Pradesh.	Varanasi	Kashi Vishvanath corridor
eighth Indian Ocean Dialogue	External Affairs Ministry and Indian Council of World Affairs	Virtual	“Leveraging Digital Technologies for Health, Education, Development, and Trade in Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Member States”
National Summit on Agro & Food Processing	Govt of Gujrat	Gujrat	emphasize on natural farming
21st India – Russia summit	—	New Delhi	International corporation.

Complete List of Summits and Conferences : November 2021

Name of the Summit	Organized/Led by	Venue	Aim/Theme
National Conference on ‘International Year of Fruits and Vegetables’	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization	Virtual meeting	Theme: Awareness about the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables for a balanced and healthy diet and lifestyle
16th G20 Summit	—	Rome, Italy	To remain committed to the Paris Agreement goal and will work to keep global average temperature increase well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursue the efforts of limiting it to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit	Prime Minister Narendra Modi	Scotland	India will fulfill its demand for energy through renewable energy by 2030. It will consume 50% of its energy from renewable energy.
5th Ganga Utsav 2021	Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Virtual meeting	To celebrate the glory of the river Ganga. The glory and importance of other rivers will also be celebrated under the festival.
3rd Edition of Goa Maritime Conclave	—	Virtual meeting	The conclave will provide a platform to enhance maritime security.
3rd Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan	National security Advisor of India, Ajit Doval	New Delhi	To have a terror-free environment, inclusive government in Afghanistan.
51st Conference of Governors and Lieutenant Governors	Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah	New Delhi	He highlighted the vaccination drive undertaken against COVID-19 in the country and appreciated the GOI and Scientists for developing the vaccines.
14th Cyber Security ‘c0c0n’ Conference	Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat	Virtual meeting	To discuss the challenges faced in the digital era especially during the pandemic situation and to find the solutions to those challenges.
WePOWER India Partnership Forum	—	Virtual meeting	To enhance South Asia Women’s participation in Power Sector Professional Network (WePOWER).
1st Global Innovation Summit of the Pharmaceuticals Sector	—	Video Conference	He mentioned that India’s healthcare sector has attracted $12 billion in FDI since 2014.
21st Annual Council of Ministers (COM) Meeting of the IORA	Minister of State External Affairs, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh	Virtual meeting	He mentioned that India focuses on having Disaster Risk Management in the region.
24th Bengaluru Tech Summit	Department of Electronics, IT, Biotechnology, Research and Development, Science and Technology, Karnataka Government, Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS), Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Vision Group (IT, Biotechnology and Startup) and MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications	Virtual Meeting	To showcase various technology products and services which will serve the domains like IT, Electronics, Healthcare, IoT, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.
‘Connect 2021’	—	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	To enhance the state’s GDP to US$ 1,000 billion by 2030 through this event.
5th World Congress on Disaster Management	Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh	Virtual meeting	To have discussions about science, policy, and practices to tackle risk disasters.
13th ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Summit	Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu	Virtual meeting	He mentioned that the current multilateral system is lacking in providing an effective response to various challenges like economic, technological, and security.
20th SCO CHG Meeting	Union External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar	Virtual meeting	To discuss regional issues and the major focus of this meeting was on the trade, economic growth and approve its annual budget.

Complete List of Summits and Conferences : October 2021

Name of the Summit	Organized/Led by	Venue	Aim/Theme
India –US Industrial Security Agreement Summit	Designated Security Authorities of both nations	Virtual meeting	To frame a protocol for exchanging information between ministries of defense of both nations.
‘Azadi@75 – New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’	Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs	Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	It also highlighted the achievement of flagship urban development missions performed by GOI in the last 7 years.
ICRIER’s 13th Annual International G-20 Conference	Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal	Virtual meeting	He mentioned that G20 is playing and will play a major role to develop people, the planet, and collective prosperity.
28th NHRC Foundation Day Programme	Union Home Minister Amit Shah and NHRC chairperson, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra	Video Conference	It encourages stakeholders to take positive initiatives for human rights literacy at the national and international levels.
National Conference for Zoo Directors and Veterinarians 2021	Central Zoo Authority (CZA)	Gujarat	The objective of the conference was to have a discussion about new frontiers in zoo management and off-site conservation in India.
LMDC Ministerial Meeting	Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav	Virtual meeting	He also mentioned adopting transformative actions to tackle harmful climate change problems.
International Conference & Exhibition on Digital Technologies	Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)	Virtual meeting	Theme: ‘Driving technologies for building the future, we all can trust’
7th Meeting of BRICS Communications Ministers	Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan	Video Conference	To attain the objective the country is taking various Telecomm reforms in order to unleash the true potential of the telecom industry.
6th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of AIIB	AIIB in partnership with the Government of the UAE	Video Conference	The dignitaries discussed important matters related to the AIIB and its future goals.
Ambassadors’ Round Table for DefExpo 2022	Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh	Gandhinagar, Gujarat	The objective of the Round Table was to give an idea about the planning, arrangements, and other details of DefExpo 2022 to the Ambassadors of foreign missions.
CII Asia Health 2021 Summit	Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)	Video Conference	To transform the healthcare sector in a digital manner which will help to improve the patient recovery ratio.
18th ASEAN-India Summit	Chairmanship of the Sultan of Brunei	Virtual Meeting	To review the work activities of the ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership.
Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2021	Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh	Virtual Meeting	Theme: ‘Evolution in Maritime Strategy during the 21st Century: Imperatives, Challenges, and, Way Ahead’.

Complete List of Summits and Conferences : September 2021

Name of the Summit	Organized/Led by	Venue	Aim/Theme
8th Meeting of Agricultural Experts of BIMSTEC Countries	Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education & Director General, ICAR	Virtual meeting	To enhance cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors amongst the BIMSTEC Member States.
40th Meeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB)	Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri	Virtual meeting	The portal is based on remote sensing and GIS technology. It is developed by NIC for the NCR planning board.
6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF)	Vladivostok, Russia	Virtual meeting	To enhance cooperation in the areas like diamond, coking coal, steel, timber, etc.
4th Round of ‘Indo-Danish Joint Commission Meeting (JCM)’	External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar	Virtual meeting	It focuses on growing back greener along with build back better strategy.
16th Sustainability Summit 2021	Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)	Virtual meeting	To address the various challenges faced by the agriculture sector.
1st Meeting of Governing Body of ‘Vatan Prem Yojana’	Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani	Video Conference	To undertake public welfare projects worth Rs. 1,000 crores jointly with non-resident Gujaratis by December 2022.
Inaugural Conclave of Shikshak Parv was Addressed by PM Modi	—	Video Conference	Theme: ‘Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India’
13th BRICS Summit	Prime Minister Narendra Modi	Virtual Meeting	Theme: ‘BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation, and Consensus.’
US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP) Meeting	Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri	Virtual Meeting	To cooperate in the energy sector by adding emerging fuels to the list of their cooperation.
5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament 2021	Austrian Parliament, Inter Parliamentary Union, and the United Nations	Vienna, Austria	To promote peace and sustainable development at the global level.
India and Australia held Inaugural 2+2 Dialogue	Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar	Virtual Meeting	To strengthen defence and overall strategic partnership between both nations.
18th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultations	Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry	Virtual Meeting	India also highlighted the reforms taken in the sectors like agriculture, insurance, logistics, etc.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit	—	Video Conference	To cooperate with eachother and tackle the challenges and bring peace and security to every member nation.
India & El Salvador held Third Foreign Office Consultations	Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East), and El Salvador	Video Conference	To exchange best practices and solutions in the public diplomacy domain.
G-33 Virtual Informal Ministerial Meeting	Indonesian Minister of Trade, Muhammad Lutfi	Virtual meeting	Union Minister Piyush Goyal mentioned that G-33 must find solutions with positive outcomes for Public Stockholding for food security.
1st India-United Kingdom Consular Dialogue	Devesh Uttam, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs	Virtual meeting	To coordinate with each other to share systematic information and cooperate in Visas and develop mutual legal assistance.
QUAD Leaders Summit	—	Virtual meeting	To frame a joint plan to provide Covid-19 vaccines around Asia.
PM Modi addressed 76th Session of UNGA	—	New York	Theme: ‘Building Resilience through hope to recover from Covid-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people, and revitalise the United Nations’.
National Cooperative Conference	IFFCO, National Cooperative Federation of India, Amul, Sahakar Bharti, NAFED, KRIBHCO, and all cooperatives together	Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi	It was the country’s first such cooperative conference and was held with an aim to strengthen the Indian Cooperatives.