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Day 3 - March 12, 2009 (Thursday)

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

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
10:15 to 11:15 AM
Special Discussion Co-Sponsored by Al Arabiya and The Wharton School
Al Ameera Ballroom
 
Moderator:
Nadine Hany
Anchor, Al Arabiya News Channel
Dubai
 
Panelists:
H.E. Nasser Bin Hassan Al-Shaikh

Director-General, Dubai Department of Finance
Government of Dubai
 
Fahad Abdullah Almubarak
Chairman and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Saudi Arabia
 
Mohammed Abdul Aziz Alshaya, WG'84
Executive Chairman, M.H. Alshaya Co. W.L.L
Kuwait
 
Rasheed M. Al Maraj
Governor, Central Bank of Bahrain
 
Professor Jeremy J. Siegel
The Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance
The Wharton School
 
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Concluding Panel Discussion
Grand Hyatt
  Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1
 
Moderator:
Professor Richard Marston
James R.F. Guy Professor of Finance
The Wharton School
 
 
Panelist:
Hussain Ali Al-Abdullah
Board Member – Executive, Qatar Investment Authority
 
 
Shaikh Mohammed Essa Al-Khalifa
Chief Executive, Bahrain Economic Development Board
 
 
Ghassan Barrage, WG’78
Senior Executive Advisor, Booz & Company
Saudi Arabia
 
Ken Costa
Chairman, Lazard International
1:30 to 3:00 PM
Lunch and Keynote Speech
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
Keynote Speaker
Joe Saddi
Chairman, Booz & Company
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
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
 
7:00 to 11:00 PM
Farewell Banquet
Baniyas Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
Raffle Drawing
Keynote Speaker
Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah
Group Chief Executive Officer, Port & Free Zone World (P&FZ World)
Executive Vice Chairman of DP World
Entertainment