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Forum Schedule

March 10 - 12, 2009 (Tuesday to Thursday)

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

March 10, 2009 (Tuesday)

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
 
Dinner on your own

March 11, 2009 (Wednesday)

7:45 to 8:45 AM
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
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
 
 
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
 
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
 
 
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
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
     

March 12, 2009 (Thursday)

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