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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

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

ASEAN summit for the 38^th time will be conducted in April 2021 and the 39^th in November 2021
The summit will be held at Brunie, Bandar Seri Begawan
The summit will be held under the leadership of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

ASEAN Summit 2020

Virtual meeting
Hosted under the leadership of Viet Nam Prime Minister against the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic.
It is the 37^th meeting conducted on 12th November 2020.
Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN was the main theme of the summit

BRICS Summit 2020

Virtually conducted
12^th summit
Conducted against the backdrop of Covid 19
Conducted on 17^th November 2020.
Held at Saint Petersburg
BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth was the theme of the summit

G-20 Leader’s Summit 2021

The summit will be hosted under the leadership of Giuseppe Conte
The summit will be hosted in Italy and Rome
The summit will take place on31st October 2021.

G-20 Leader’s Summit 2020

Held virtually on 20th and 21st November 2020
Presided by Saudi Arabia.
Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All was the theme for the summit
The summit was a grand success
Scheduled to be held in Italy.

G7 Summit 2021

To be held during the summer of 2021
The summit will be held in the United Kingdom.

G7 Summit 2020

Scheduled to be held in the US
Planned to be conducted from 10th to 12th June 2020,
Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the call for the summit has been cancelled.

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC Summit 2020)

Held in 2014.
SAARC summits have been cancelled.
Foreign ministers of SAARC countries conducted an informal meeting at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA.)

India Science Congress 2021

The 108th Indian Science Congress was held in January 2021.

Indian Science Congress 2020

107th Indian Science Congress.
Held between 3rd and 7th January 2020
The summit was held in Bengaluru.
Science & Technology: Rural Development was the theme of the summit

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2021

Presided by Tajikistan in Dushanbe.
The date of the summit is yet to be announced.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2020

Held virtually on 10th November 2020.
Presided by Russia.
Reformed Multilateralism was the theme of the summit

East Asia Summit 2021

16^th summit will be hosted in Brunie, Bandar Seri Begawan
Summit will be held under the leadership of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah

East Asia Summit 2020

Virtual summit
The 15th summit was held on 10th November 2020.
Held under the leadership of Veit Nam Prime Minister.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2021

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be the host for the summit
33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2021 will be held in November
the summit is scheduled to be taken place in New Zealand, Auckland.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2020

Virtual meeting
Scheduled on 21st November.
Presided by the Malaysian Prime Minister.
Optimising Human Potential Towards a Resilient Future of Shared Prosperity: Pivot. Prioritise. Progress was the topic for the summit

BIMSTEC Summit 2020

Scheduled to take place in December 2020
5^th summit has been cancelled.
Re-scheduled to held in January 2021.

OPEC Summit 2021

The latest summit is the 179th summit
Summit was virtually conducted
The summit was held on 6th June 2020.

NATO Summit 2021

Held on 3rd and 4th December 2019
Held at United Kingdom (UK.)
70 Years of NATO was the theme of the last meeting.

Earth Hour 2021

Scheduled to held on March 27th, 2021.

Earth Hour 2020

Virtual meeting
Held on 28th March 2020.
Climate Action and Sustainable Development was the theme of the summit

NAM Summit 2021

The 19th summit will be held in 2022.

NAM Summit 2020

Virtual meeting
The meeting was held on 4th May 2020.
Presided by Azerbaijan’s President.
United against COVID-19 was the theme of the summit

CHOGM Summit 2020-21 (Commonwealth Heads of Government)

Scheduled on 26th and 27th June 2020
The summit was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The recent summit will be held on 21st June 2021.
It Will be chaired by Rwanda

Indo-Africa Summit 2020

Virtual summit
Held in February 2020.

COP26 – UNFCCC (2021)

Scheduled to take place in November 2020
Postponed due to COVID-19
Re-scheduled in November 2021
The summit will be held from 1st to 12th.

COP25 – UNFCCC (2020)

Held on 2nd to 3rd December 2019
Held at Madrid, Spain.
Presided by Chile

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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.