Updated: Mar 10, 2009
Forum Dress Code: Business CasualGala Banquet Dress Code: Festive |
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Event |
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March 10, 2009 (Tuesday) |
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Noon to 9:00 PM |
Registration Opens |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom Foyer |
6:30 to 8:00 PM |
Welcome Reception for Early Arrival at the Grand Hyatt Dubai |
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Dinner on your own |
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March 11, 2009 (Wednesday) |
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7:45 to 8:45 AM |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3 |
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9:00 to 10:30 AM |
Opening Plenary and Keynote Address |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 |
Keynote Speaker H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan Minister, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of The Higher Colleges of Technology United Arab Emirates |
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Welcome from the Dean Thomas S. Robertson Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise The Wharton School |
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Welcome from the Chairman Mohammed Abdul Aziz Alshaya, WG'84 Executive Chairman, M.H. Alshaya Co. W.L.L Kuwait |
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10:30 to 11:00 AM |
Coffee Break |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom Foyer |
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM |
Concurrent Panel Discussions |
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Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 |
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Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3 |
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Moderator: Professor Stephen Kobrin, WG’62 and HOM’87 William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management The Wharton School |
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Panelist: Sheikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah Deputy Managing Director and General Counsel, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation |
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John Balbach Managing Partner, Cleantech Group |
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Adil Toubia Senior Partner, Energy Capital Group |
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1:00 to 3:00 PM |
Lunch and Keynote Speech |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 |
Overview on Wharton Global Consulting Practicum Professor Leonard M. Lodish The Samuel R Harrell Professor, Professor of Marketing The Wharton School |
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Raffle Announcement |
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3:00 to 3:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom Foyer |
3:30 to 5:00 PM |
Concurrent Panel Discussions |
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Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 |
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Moderator: Professor Raffi Amit Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Management The Wharton School |
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Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3 |
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Panelist: Najla Al-Awadhi Member of the UAE Federal National Council; Deputy CEO, Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) |
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Abdulaziz Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud Chief Editor, Al-arab Newspaper |
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Nabil Ali Alyousuf Director-General, The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
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5:30 to 6:30 PM |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3 | |
6:30 to 10:00 PM |
Welcome Cocktails and Dinner |
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Keynote Speaker Professor Jeremy J. Siegel The Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance The Wharton School |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 | |
Entertainment |
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March 12, 2009 (Thursday) |
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8:00 to 8:45 AM |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3 | |
9:00 to 10:00 AM |
Plenary Session and Keynote Speech |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 |
| Keynote Speaker Donald D. Humphreys, WG’76 Senior Vice President and Treasurer Exxon Mobil Corporation |
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10:15 to 11:15 AM |
Special Discussion Co-Sponsored by Al Arabiya and The Wharton School |
Al Ameera Ballroom |
Panelists: H.E. Nasser Bin Hassan Al-Shaikh Director-General, Dubai Department of Finance Government of Dubai |
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Rasheed M. Al Maraj Governor, Central Bank of Bahrain |
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Professor Jeremy J. Siegel The Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance The Wharton School |
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11:30 AM to 1:00 PM |
Concluding Panel Discussion |
Grand Hyatt |
| Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 | ||
Shaikh Mohammed Essa Al-Khalifa Chief Executive, Bahrain Economic Development Board |
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Ken Costa Chairman, Lazard International |
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1:30 to 3:00 PM |
Lunch and Keynote Speech |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 |
3:00 to 3:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom Foyer |
3:30 to 5:00 PM |
Master Classes taught by Wharton Professors |
Grand Hyatt |
Master Class #1: Managing Global Policy Risks by Witold(Vit) J. Henisz Associate Professor of Management |
Al Dana | |
Master Class #2 Dynamics of Financial Crises: An International and Historical Survey by N. Bulent Gultekin Associate Professor of Finance |
Al Remal | |
Master Class #3 Valuation and Governance of Family and Closely Held Businesses by Raffi Amit Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3 | |
Master Class #4 Wealth Preservation in a Financial Crisis by Richard Marston James R.F. Guy Professor of Finance |
Al Maasa | |
Master Class #5 How Entrepreneurial Marketing Can Add Sustainable Value to Any Sized Company by Leonard M. Lodish The Samuel R Harrell Professor, Professor of Marketing |
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7:00 to 11:00 PM |
Farewell Banquet |
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 |
Raffle Drawing |
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Keynote Speaker Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah Group Chief Executive Officer, Port & Free Zone World (P&FZ World) Executive Vice Chairman of DP World |
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Entertainment |
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