Forum Day 2 - The Wharton Global Alumni Forum Dubai

Forum Schedule

Day 1 - March 11, 2009 (Wednesday)

Updated: Mar 10, 2009 Forum Dress Code: Business Casual Gala Banquet Dress Code: Festive
Time	Event	Location

7:45 to 8:45 AM	Alumni Club Breakfast Workshop	Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3
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
	Welcome from the Dean Thomas S. Robertson Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise The Wharton School
	Welcome from the Chairman Mohammed Abdul Aziz Alshaya, WG'84 Executive Chairman, M.H. Alshaya Co. W.L.L Kuwait
10:30 to 11:00 AM	Coffee Break	Baniyas Grand Ballroom Foyer
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM	Concurrent Panel Discussions
	Panel #1: Is the Dawn of the New Era of MENA Multinationals Delayed?	Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1
	Moderator: Professor Witold(Vit) J. Henisz Associate Professor of Management The Wharton School
	Panelist: Mohammed Abdul Aziz Alshaya, WG'84 Executive Chairman, M.H. Alshaya Co. W.L.L Kuwait
	Sami Baroum, WG’85 Managing Director, Savola Group Jeddah
	Tarek Sultan, WG’90 Chairman and Managing Director, Agility Logistics Kuwait
	Rami Makhzoumi President and Chief Executive Officer, Future Pipe Industries United Arab Emirates
	Panel #2: The Elephant in the Refrigerator: Energy and Change in the Global Economy	Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3
	Moderator: Professor Stephen Kobrin, WG’62 and HOM’87 William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management The Wharton School
	Panelist: Sheikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah Deputy Managing Director and General Counsel, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
	Mutlaq Al-Morished Vice-President, Corporate Finance, SABIC; Chairman, Saudi Kayan
	John Balbach Managing Partner, Cleantech Group
	Lady Barbara Judge, CW'66 Chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority London
	Adil Toubia Senior Partner, Energy Capital Group
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
	Keynote Speaker Ammar AlKhudairy Chief Executive Officer, Amwal AlKhaleej
	Raffle Announcement
3:00 to 3:30 PM	Coffee Break	Baniyas Grand Ballroom Foyer
3:30 to 5:00 PM	Concurrent Panel Discussions
	Panel #3: The Impact of Global Financial Turmoil on Entrepreneurship in the Emerging Markets	Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1
	Moderator: Professor Raffi Amit Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Management The Wharton School
	Panelist: Muhammad Al Agil Chairman, Jarir Marketing Riyadh
	Marwan M. Boodai Chief Executive Officer, Boodai Corporation Kuwait
	Antoine Dréan, WG’92 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Triago Paris
	Zulfiqar Lakhani, WG’78 Managing Director, Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Ltd. Karachi
	Panel #4: New and Unexpected Challenges and Opportunities for Education, Culture and the Media in the GCC	Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3
	Moderator: Professor N. Bulent Gultekin Associate Professor of Finance The Wharton School
	Panelist: Najla Al-Awadhi Member of the UAE Federal National Council; Deputy CEO, Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI)
	Abdlatif Yousef Al-Hamad Chairman, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Kuwait
	Abdulaziz Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud Chief Editor, Al-arab Newspaper
	Nabil Ali Alyousuf Director-General, The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
	Sir Paul Judge, WG’73 Chairman, Schroder Income Growth Fund Plc London
5:30 to 6:30 PM	Presentation and Discussion of Admission to the Wharton MBA Program	Baniyas Grand Ballroom 3
6:30 to 10:00 PM	Welcome Cocktails and Dinner
	Keynote Speaker Professor Jeremy J. Siegel The Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance The Wharton School	Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
	Entertainment