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ARAB - AFRICAN INVESTMENT
AND
BANKING CONFERENCE
Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel,
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai
12 th , 13 th & 14 th June 2006
This conference reflects growing geopolitical and
business relations between Arab and African
countries. The conference highlights investment
issues and investment opportunities in both Arab
and African countries. There is a pre-conference
banquet on the evening of Monday 12 June
(confirmed after-dinner speaker Sir Malcolm
Rifkind, former UK Foreign Secretary), followed by
a full-day conference on Tuesday 13 th and
Wednesday 14 th June. There will be six break-out
sessions to deal with specific issues on the
afternoon of Tuesday 13 th .
CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE:
Chairman: Dr Denis Worrall, former South African ambassador to the Australia and the UK. Consultant to The
World Bank, former Vice-Chairman of the International Bank of Southern Africa, and Chairman of Omega Investment
Research.
Members:
• Charles de Chezelles, previously of Credit Suisse-First Boston and Banco Real S.A.
• Farouk Mohammed, Senior Partner of Grant Thornton (Dubai).
• Ian Plenderleith, for many years an Executive Director of the Bank of England and recently Deputy
Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
• Günter Steffens, ex-Head of Dresdner Bank (UK and subsequently South Africa)
• Shaikh Alsayed Abdul Khaliq Al-Abed, Chairman of the Middle East International Corporation (MEIC).
Conference Representatives:
Jordan – Osama Hlaiyel, A H & Sons Clearing Co.
Lebanon – Dr Jihad Annan, Executive Vice-President, Lebanese International Business Council (LIBC).
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The plenary conference programme includes an international input on
trends in investment banking and the role of Arab-African banking
in a world context. Other themes include:
• Investment flows between the Arab and African countries
• The role of international banks
• The promotion of regional integration and the role of region
financial investment agencies
• Capital formation: the role of stock exchanges
• Private equity funding
• Ways of attracting capital from outside the two regions
• The role of banking association
• Regulation and regulating the bank industry
• Investment rules
• Africa and the commodities cycle
• Rules of the investment game
• Investment and trade opportunities in specific countries and
projects in the Middle East and in Africa.
• Africa and the precious metal boom
In addition to the plenary sessions, six break-away workshops
will focus on specific issues and projects

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This conference aims at bringing together investors and
companies and projects looking for funding. It should be
attended by banks and other financial institutions,
investment funds, corporate financial advisors, CEOs of
major businesses in Arab and African countries,
development agencies, project promoters and managers,
infrastructural companies (power, water, harbours,
transport, construction companies, etc.), tourist and hotel
operators, traders – exporters and importers, financial
analysts and advisors, stock exchanges and private equity
funds, etc.
THE BENEFITS?
The benefits of this event to Arab attendees include:
• Promotion of services and products into Africa
• Introductions to prime investment opportunities in Africa
• Expansion of client bases
• Possible beneficiaries of skilled services
• Access to new business
• Unique networking platform
• Profile building and marketing opportunities
• Involvement in internationally-approved investment projects
HOW CAN ARAB BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE?
The conference offers Arab businesses the following:
• Presentations to the full conference with marketing and sponsorship benefits
• Specific investment workshop participation
• Marketing and sponsorship opportunities
(See attached Marketing & Sponsorship Options.)
• The opportunity to advertise your business in the programme
• Attendance as delegates includes: conference documentation ahead of the
event, participation in all sessions, and attendance of the pre-conference
banquet and the conference lunches, etc.