The Economic and Business Forum " Investment Opportunities in the Arab Countries"

From:6 Dec 2007 - 09:00 AM	To:      6 Dec 2007 - 09:00 AM
Country:Lebanon	Place:Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel

Event Description

The Economic and Business Forum, Investment Opportunities in the Arab Countries, offers working environment for participants to meet & discuss possible joint cooperations, and to seek lucrative investment ventures.

Working sessions will tackle issues such as: - Recommendations for growth and updating laws; Role of the Industrial, Touristic and Commercial sectors in activating the common Arab cooperation; The challenges, Arab telecom companies are facing to enter the international markets and to adapt with future technologies in addition to the growing capacity of the Arab companies in gaining a pioneer role in the real estate development

Below is the full agenda of the Forum:

 

Event Agenda

Thursday 6/12/ 2007:

8:30 – 9:30    :      Welcoming Guests and Registration

9:30 – 10:00  :      Official Opening Session

10:00 – 10:30:      Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00:      Globalization: an Engine for Economic Growth                                    

-          H.E. Dr. Jihad Azour– Minister of Finance - Lebanon

-          Mr. Demba Ba – World Bank, Lebanon Country Manager

-          Mr. Walter Siouffi– Citigroup, Lebanon Country Manager

-          Eng.Riad Sadik- Habtoor Engineering, President & Partner – UAE

-          Mr. Joseph Fadl–  Deloitte & Touche, Officer Managing Partner - Lebanon

-          Dr. Fadi Makki– Booz Allen Hamilton, Senior Associate- UِAE            

12:00 – 13:30:      Pioneering Achievements of Companies in the Arab World:

-          H.E. Mr. Michel Pharaon – Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs

-          Mr. Ali Kolaghassi– Saudi Oger, Vice President– KSA

-          Mr. Mounir Douaidy –Solidere, General Manager – Lebanon

-          Mr. Oussama Kabbani– Millennium Development International (member of                                                  Saraya Holding) Chairman & Managing Director

-          Mr. Assad Salhab –  Procter & Gamble, Regional Director

-          Mr. Yahia Hammoudi– MCN Promoseven Holding,Vice president & chief Growth Officer MENA Region

13:30 – 15:00:      Lunch

15:00 – 16:30:      Telecom Sector: a pillar of the Economic Development

-          H.E. Mr. Marwan Hamade –Minister of Telecommunication - Lebanon

-         Dr. Saad Al Barrak – Zain Group, CEO

-          Mr. Jamal Ramadan -MTN Group, Vice President MENA & South Africa

-          Mr. Imad Ayoub- Cyberia Group (member of Oger Telecom), CEO

 

Friday 7/12/2007

Investment Opportunities in the Arab Countries

         9:30 – 10:30 :H.E. Mr. Riad Salame – Governor, Central Bank of Lebanon   

10:30 – 11:00:         Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00:         Round Table with Lebanese Economic Organizations

-          Mr. Ghazi Koraitem – President, Federation of Chambers of Commerce,                                   Industry and  Agriculture in Lebanon,

-          Mr. Fadi Abboud - President, Lebanese Industrialists Association

-          Mr. Nadim Assi –President, Beirut Traders Association

-          Mr. Elie Nasnas– President, Association of Insurance Companies in Lebanon

-          Mr. Camille Menassa – President,Lebanese Businessmen Association (RDCL)

-          Mr. Rafik Zantout –President, Lebanese Economic Forum

-          Dr. Makram Sader–General Secretary,Association of the Lebanese Banks

-          Mr. Fadi Saab – Coordinator, Economic Support Center – ESC

13:00- 14:30    Lunch

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