The Hindustan Times Leadership Summit is a forum for leading thinkers and doers to articulate their ideas and ambitions for this century. The annual summit has become a platform for debate and discussion as leaders from the world of politics, business, entertainment and civil society interact with an invited audience of political, social and business leaders to deliberate on a chosen theme and discuss the way forward for society in India and around the world. Ambitions for the. New Century was the theme of the sixth annual summit in November 2008. Held in New Delhi over two days, the speakers included Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister of Great Britian and Northern Ireland (1997-2007) Rt Hon. Tony Blair, Human Rights lawyer Cherie Blair, President ofTelugu Desam Party N.Chandrababu Naidu, President of Rashtriya janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav, former NASA astronaut jerry Linenger, international affairs experts Gary Samore.Vali Nasr and Karl F. Inderfurth, Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) Praful Patel, SEBI Chairman Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave, cricketers Rahul Dravid and MichaelVaughan, best-selling author Chetan Bhagat, entrepreneur Lord Karan Bilimoria, business leaders DrVijay Mallya and