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What is a summit? Do you know the names of the important summits? If you are planning to crack a highly competitive examination, you need to know all about the summits. Let’s explore the important summits on this particular page. For all competitive exams, Bank/PSC/UPSC/SSC/RRB, Summits is an important topic for the general awareness as well as the current affairs. Acquiring knowledge about the Summits will enable you to score better in those sections. Read further for exploring the List of Important Summits and important summits in 2021 pdf.
An international meeting of the government or the heads of the state is known as the summit meeting or summit in simple terms. The summit will usually conduct in the presence of prearranged agenda, media exposure and tight security. Some of the notable summits including the Geneva Summit, and the summit conducted during world war II in the presence of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
This article will give you more details about the important summits that have created a significant page in the history of the development and growth of each country.
List of Relevant Summits
Name of the body of the organization | Summit held at | Theme or agenda of the summit |
BRICS | 11th BRICS Summit 2019- Brasilia | Economic Growth for an Innovative Future’. |
East Asia Summit | 14th East Asia Summit 2019 – Thailand, Bangkok | – |
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | 19th SCO summit 2019- Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek | – |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | 19th SAARC Summit 2019 – cancelled. 20th SAARC Summit 2020 to be host in Islamabad | – |
Indian Science Congress | 106th Indian Science Congress – Lovely Professional College | “Future India: Science and Technology” |
G-7 | 45th G7 Summit 2019 – Biarritz, France | “Fighting income and gender inequality and protecting biodiversity” |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation | APEC Summit 2019 – Santiago, Chile | “Connecting People, Building the Future” |
Association of Southeast Asian Nation | 35th ASEAN Summit 2019 – Thailand, Bangkok. | “Advancing Partnership for sustainability.” |
Earth Hour | Global earth hour 2019- Australia | “Reduce, Reuse, Change the Way We Live” |
BIMSTEC | 5th BIMSTEC Summit 2019 – Sri Lanka (to be held) | – |
Indo-Africa Summit | 4th Indo-Africa Forum Summit 2018 – New Delhi. This Summit is held every 3 years | “India and Africa: Deepening the Security Engagement” |
CHOGM Summit | CHOGM 2019 Meeting – Rwanda | Delivering A Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming’ |
COP (UNFCCC) | COP 25th 2019- Madrid, Spain (to be held in December) | – |
HEMCE- High Energy Materials Society of India | 12th High Energy Materials Conference 2019 – IIT Madras, Chennai, India. | – |
3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation | New Delhi | Tiger conservation |
World Government Summit | 7th World Government Summit- Dubai | ‘Shaping Future Governments,’ |
G-20 | 14th G 20 Summit 2019 – Osaka, Japan | 8 themes of G 20 Summit – “Global Economy”, “Trade and Investment”, “Innovation”, “Environment and Energy”, “Employment”, “Women’s empowerment”, “Development” and “Health”. |
Nuclear Security Summit | 12th NSS 2019 – New Delhi | “Towards New National Cyber Security Strategy” |
NATO | NATO Summit 2019 – United Kingdom, London. (To be held in December 2019) | – |
NAM Summit 2019 | 18th NAM summit 2019 was held in Caracas, Venezuela. | “Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of the contemporary world”. |
Maritime Summit | – | Regional maritime safety |
OPEC | – | ‘Petroleum – cooperation for a sustainable future’ |
Important Summits in a Nutshell
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Here is the point-by-point analysis of the main summits. Those readers who are reading this page to fetch information for any competitive examination should pay more attention to this section.
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Summit | About the Summit |
Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) 2021
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ASEAN Summit 2020
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BRICS Summit 2020
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G-20 Leader’s Summit 2021
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G-20 Leader’s Summit 2020
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G7 Summit 2021
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G7 Summit 2020
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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC Summit 2020)
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India Science Congress 2021
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Indian Science Congress 2020
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2021
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2020
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East Asia Summit 2021 |
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East Asia Summit 2020
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2021 |
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2020
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BIMSTEC Summit 2020
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OPEC Summit 2021
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NATO Summit 2021
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Earth Hour 2021
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Earth Hour 2020
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NAM Summit 2021
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NAM Summit 2020
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CHOGM Summit 2020-21 (Commonwealth Heads of Government)
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Indo-Africa Summit 2020
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COP26 – UNFCCC (2021) |
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COP25 – UNFCCC (2020)
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G–Summits
Here is the detailed list of G-summits. G- summits are regarded as one of the famous summits that have global impacts.
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Year of the summit | Name of the summit | Head of government |
1975 | 1st G6 summit, | Château de Rambouillet |
Group of Seven (G7)
Year | Name of the summit | Heads of government |
1976 | 2nd G7 summit | San Juan |
1977 | 3rd G7 summit | London |
1978 | 4th G7 summit | Bonn |
1979 | 5th G7 summit | Tokyo |
1980 | 6th G7 summit | Venice |
1981 | 7th G7 summit | Montebello |
1982 | 8th G7 summit | Versaille |
1983 | 9th G7 summit | Williamsburg |
1984 | 10th G7 summit | London |
1985 | 11th G7 summit | Bonn |
1986 | 12th G7 summit | Tokyo |
1987 | 13th G7 summit | Venice |
1988 | 4th G7 summit | Toronto |
1989 | 15th G7 summit | Grande Arche |
1990 | 16th G7 summit | Houston |
1991 | 17th G7 summit | London |
1992 | 18th G7 summit | Munich |
1993 | 19th G7 summit | Tokyo |
1994 | 20th G7 summit | Naples |
1995 | 21st G7 summit | Halifax |
1996 | 22nd G7 summit | Lyon |
Group of Eight (G8)
Year | Name of the Summit | Head of the Government |
1997 | 23rd G8 summit | Denver |
1998 | 24th G8 summit | Birmingham |
1999 | 25th G8 summit | Cologne |
2000 | 26th G8 summit | Okinawa |
2001 | 27th G8 summit | Genoa |
2002 | 28th G8 summit | Kananaskis |
2003 | 29th G8 summit | Évian-Les-Bains |
2004 | 30th G8 summit | , Sea Island |
2005 | 31st G8 summit | Gleneagles |
2006 | 32nd G8 summit | Saint Petersburg |
2007 | 33rd G8 summit | Heiligendamm |
2008 | 34th G8 summit | Tōyako |
2009 | 35th G8 summit | L’Aquila, Abruzzo |
2010 | 36th G8 summit | Huntsville |
2011 | 37th G8 summit | Deauville |
2012 | 38th G8 summit | Camp David, Maryland |
2013 | 39th G8 summit | Lough Erne in County Fermanagh |
Important Summits of India
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Summit | Location | Organized by/theme of the summit |
ASEAN – India connectivity summit | New Delhi | Physical linkages and power digital for Asia |
International Conference on Ground Water | New Delhi | Groundwater vision for 2030, water challenges, security, and adapting the climate change |
International Arogya | New Delhi | Shripad Yesso Naik |
SAICON | New Delhi | Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
3 rd Annual meeting of the Board of Governors for Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) |
New Delhi | Mobilization of finance for collaboration and innovation of infrastructure |
1st International Conference on Sports sciences and medicines | New Delhi | Ministry of youth affairs and sports |
Global Summit on Wellness and AYUSH | New Delhi | AYUSH ministry |
Indian economic association | Guntur, AP | President of India – Ram Nath Kovind |
Indian Science Congress | Manipur | Prime Minister of India |
International Conference on Climate Change | Kathmandu, Nepal | The Indian delegation led by V K Saraswat |
Ministerial Conference of WTO | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Suresh Prabhu leading the Indian delegation, Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
UNESCO World Conference on Culture and Tourism | The government of Oman MUSCAT | NA |
International summit for solar alliance | New Delhi | President of France – Emmanuel Macron, ISA jointly hosted by France and India |
World Government Summit | Dubai, UAE | NA |
Other Important Summits related to India
Summit | Location | Organized by/theme of the summit |
Global Digital and Health Partnership Summit | Australia | Health ministry |
Indian medical device and pharma conference | Bengaluru | Ministry of fertilizers and chemical, Ananth Kumar |
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference | Patna | Speaker of Lok Sabha |
Commonwealth Education Ministers conference | Fiji | Theme: Resilience and Sustainability |
ASEAN- Indian Ministerial meeting on Forestry and Agriculture | New Delhi | Family and Agriculture ministry, Radha Mohan Singh |
Advanced Bio-Fuel’s conference | New Delhi | Organized by India and EU, Inauguration was done by Dharmendra Pradhan, minister of petroleum |
Asia-Pacific regional conference for chief of police of international association | New Delhi | Rajnath Singh, Union minister of India |
The global forum for agriculture and food | Berlin, Germany | The theme was shaping the future efficiently, responsibly, and sustainably of the livestock |
The international forum for solar alliance | Abu Dhabi, UAE | World future energy summit |
Agribusiness consortium for small farmers | New Delhi | Chaired by the minister of family welfare and agriculture |
World economic forum annual meeting | Davos, Switzerland | Creating a shared future among the fractured world |
Shared value summit for equity and environment | New Delhi | Suresh Prabhu, minister of industry and commerce |
Bodhi Parva, Buddhist heritage festival BIMSTEC | New Delhi | Mahesh Sharma, Minister of culture for state |
Bio-design program’s annual Medtech summit | New Delhi | Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of technology and science |
Annual general meeting for FICCI | New Delhi | Prime Minister of India |
Australia-Japan-India trilateral dialogue | New Delhi | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary |
World conference on Vedas | New Delhi | Venkaiah Naidu, Vice president of India |
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Any nation needs to maintain its diplomatic relations with other nations. This tact can help the country in terms of war. Besides, this diplomacy also helps the two-nation in managing their amicable relationships. So, to keep this discretion, summits and conferences are created between the nations. This can also occur inter-state or where only one country and its identified affiliates associate.