Economy, business and Defence dominate the Prime Minister’s official engagements in Washington today. Dr. Singh will start his official engagements with an address to the US Chamber of Commerce and United States Industries Business Council (USIBC) and Council on Foreign Relations. The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and some Senators will also call on the Prime Minister during the day. The meeting between Dr. Singh and the US Defence Secretary assumes importance as both the countries are keen to further strengthen cooperation in Defence sector. Meanwhile, the reconstituted Indo-US CEO Forum is holding its first meeting today, setting out the agenda for the next phase of relationship in business, industry and economy between the two countries. Among the areas of cooperation would be education, science and technology. The meeting would be co-chaired by Ratan Tata, Chairman Tata Sons Limited from Indian side and from the US side by David Cote, chairman of fortune 500 Honeywell. The Forum members would also be meeting its members to get a private sector perspective on how to expand economic cooperation.