Released on: April 27, 2008, 11:21 pm

Press Release Author: Informa India

Industry: Defense

Press Release Summary: Vice Admiral John De Silva and Commander AJB Singh also
amongst elite panel for Informa India's high profile maritime security exhibition
and conference, organised in association with Lloyd's List

Press Release Body: MAY 2008, NEW DELHI: Informa India is delighted to announce that
Admiral Arun Prakash, Former Chief of the Naval Staff; D.T. Joseph, Former Union
Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping; Vice Admiral John C De Silva, Former Vice
Chief of the Naval Staff and Former Director General, Coast Guard; and Commander AJB
Singh, Ex Indian Navy and MoD - where he was the organiser of previous DefExpo and
Aero India exhibitions -are amongst the panelists for MSI 2008 Exhibition and
Conference.

In his welcome message for the event, Admiral Prakash writes that "Maritime Security
International is not just timely, but promises to be a most significant event for
the maritime community. By providing a common meeting ground for maritime
associations, navies, coast guards, shipping companies, ports authorities, service
providers and many other related agencies, MSI 2008, will facilitate not just
dialogue and information exchange, but also enable a focused examination of maritime
security problems and the available solutions".

Organised by Informa, the owners of information super-brands including Lloyd's MIU
and Datamonitor - in association with Lloyd's List, the international maritime and
transport newspaper - MSI 2008 is India's first large-scale exhibition dedicated
entirely to maritime and naval defence and security. The event will bring together a
large number of end users and buyers from Indian and international navies, coast
guards, shipping companies, ports and governments.


MSI 2008 is part of the large cluster of defence and national security events that
include NECE 2008, BSEC 2008 and the Defence & National Security (DNS) Leadership
Summit & Awards, thus directly benefitting from a gathering of over 9000 defence and
national security officials.

For more information on MSI 2008, visit: www.msi-exhibition.com.

ABOUT Lloyd's List: Since 1734, Lloyd's List - the world's oldest newspaper - has
been informing and guiding the thinking of business leaders and decision-makers the
world over. Lloyd's List produces hundreds of supplements and special reports every
year targeted at specific markets in the maritime sector and related industries. It
publishes the industry's first and best ship management magazine, LSM and Maritime
Asia. Lloyd's List not only covers the shipping industry but also has in-depth
coverage of marine insurance, offshore energy, logistics, global trade, and law. An
unrivalled daily source of news and comment - acting not just as the voice of the
shipping industry but sometimes as its conscience as well.
For more information about Lloyd's List, please visit www. lloydslist.com

ABOUT INFORMA: With hundreds of highly respected companies including some of the
world's biggest information brands - Lloyd's MIU, 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 Anan, Richard Branson, Steve Forbes and Philip Kotler.

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


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