Hyderabad, Oct 28 (IANS): More than 1,200 SMEs from across the country will attend national conference GoNat scheduled to be held here on December 26-27.

Entrepreneurs from the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will exchange business referrals and explore partnerships so that they could take their business from regional to national level.

Telangana's Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday unveiled the logo of GoNat, being organised by BNI Hyderabad, a leading business networking organisation.

The two-day conference would comprise of business expo of national and international participants, business exchange opportunity.

It will showcase Telangana's rich heritage and culture and provide national-level exposure to local SMEs and entrepreneurs.

"GoNat Expo will be a big boost to the Hyderabad-based SMEs, bringing BNI members from across India under one roof. The business expo will have both national and international pavilions," said Bharath Shah, executive director of BNI, Hyderabad.

SMEs will put up hundreds of stalls at the event, which will see thousands of members from networking and businessmen from different states interacting on a one-to-one basis.