5th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition
Launch Ceremony Program
Thursday, September 29, 2011 – Radisson Blu Hotel, Abu Dhabi YAS Island
7:00 – 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception and Seating
7:30 – 7:35 PM
Welcome Address
Hala Fadel, Chair, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region
7:35 – 7:45 PM
Keynote Speech
HE Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher...
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Launch Ceremony Program
Thursday, September 29, 2011 – Radisson Blu Hotel, Abu Dhabi YAS Island
7:00 – 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception and Seating
7:30 – 7:35 PM
Welcome Address
Hala Fadel, Chair, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region
7:35 – 7:45 PM
Keynote Speech
HE Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
7:45 – 8:15 PM
Discussion Panel 1: Current situation of entrepreneurship in the Arab world: Are we any good?
Moderator: Frederic Sicre, Partner, Abraaj Capital
Panelists: Ihsan Jawad, Vice-Chairman, Zawya, UAE
Elie Khoury, Founder & CEO, Dermandar, Lebanon
Sami Khoreibi, Founder & CEO, Environmena, UAE
Marwan Chaar, Co-Founder, FuGu Energy, The Hub, UAE
8:15 – 8:30 PM
Energy Break moderated by Ali M. Jaber, General Director of MBC Group
Fadi Ghandour, Founder, Aramex
8:30 – 8:50 PM
Discussion Panel 2: The MITEF Arab Business Plan Competition Experience: What’s next?
Moderator: Armen Vartanian, Director, Crescent Investments
Panelists: Sherif Mostafa, Winner 2011, PT Screen, Egypt
Rana Shmaitelly, Winner 2010, The Little Engineer, Lebanon
Hossam Mahgoub, 1st runner up 2011, Al-Khawarizmy Software, Egypt
Omar Samra, Finalist 2011, Wild Guanabana, Egypt
Shadi Tabara, Finalist 2007, Capital Arabia, UAE
8:50 – 8:55 PM
The Uplifting of Wamda
Habib Haddad, CEO, Wamda
8:55 – 9:15 PM
Discussion Panel 3: Assessing the capabilities of Arab entrepreneurs: What’s lacking?
Moderator: Inas Khayal, Assistant Professor, Masdar Institute
Panelists: Neveen El-Tahri, Managing Director, Delta Financial Investments, Egypt
Adnan Sultan, President, Al-Qoudra Consultancy, Kuwait
Salam Yamout, Board Member, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region
9:15 – 9:25 PM
Closing Remarks
Zaher Munajjed, Advisor to the President, Abdul Latif Jameel Co.
9:25 – 10:30 PM
Networking Reception
