LUCKNOW: Not even a week after the conclusion of the Defence Expo , UP government has plunged into preparations for a global investors’ summit likely to be held in October or November. To woo foreign investors, ministerial delegations will travel to 11 countries in the coming months and invite them to invest in UP.“Planning for the summit began last year after CM Yogi Adityanath held a meeting on this issue in the last week of December. We are now in the process of setting up a website dedicated to the summit and hiring a PR agency which will exclusively handle promotion and publicity for the global event,” said an official in the industries department.Along with domestic road shows or meetings with potential investors, teams from UP will also travel to 11 countries—US, UK, Netherlands, UAE, Japan, China, Singapore, South Korea, France, Canada and Russia.“The countries were identified based on how much investment the state can expect from there. For instance, companies from Netherlands and South Korea are already investing in UP and we foresee the potential for more companies to come here,” said an official. The reason for launching the global summit soon after the Defence Expo, the official explained, was to derive leverage from the recently concluded event which had launched Lucknow in the international arena.The foreign road shows are expected to start from June, giving the government at least four months to reach out to investors ahead of the main event. In addition, eight to nine domestic road shows will also be held in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.Sources in the department said that the website, with dates of the event, will be launched by the end of March or early April to help foreign participants plan their visit well in advance. Anyone interested in signing an MoU will also be able to complete formalities on this website.The global investors’ summit was initially scheduled to take place in 2018 but was pushed back by a year. Subsequently, bypolls in UP coupled with the festival season in October and November further delayed the event. Since a few months were required to prepare for a global summit, an official said, it has now been decided to hold it in October or November.