Investing in Iraq’s Industrial Sectors
“Public & Mixed”
19-20 April 2008, Dubai
Agenda Saturday 19th April
07:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:45 Welcome Address
John Glassey – Managing Director, Iraq Development Program
Keynote Speeches
HE Fawzi Hariri – Iraqi Minister of Industry & Minerals
Paul Brinkley – Deputy Under Secretary of Defence for
Business Transformation, US Department of Defence
09:45 – 10:30 Summary of Industrial Opportunities in Iraq
Adil Kareem Kak Ahmed – Deputy Industry Minister for
Development & Investment
Sami Raouf Al-Araji – Deputy Industry Minister for Central Activities
Ahmed Abdulrafea Yaseen Al-Uraiby – Managing Director, Mixed Sector
Electronics Company
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Investing In Iraq’s Industrial Sector
Hersh Moharam Ameen – Head of Kurdistan Investment Authority
Haifa Abdulhamid Abdulghani – Director General for Investments Directorate
Zaid Mahdi – Business Development Director, Trade Bank of Iraq
12:00 – 12:30 Experience of Operating in Iraq
Farook Mustafa Rasool – Chairman, Middle East Cement
Ali Al-Dahwi – Chief Executive, Zain Iraq
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 Private Meetings Session with SOEs and Mixed Sector Companies
Including explanations of products and services, vision, technical,
operational, financial capabilities and value added
Sunday 20th April
09:00 – 10:30 Industry Sector Director Generals
Faris Taha Abdulhameed – Director General for Petrochemicals Sector
Dr Hamoudi Abbas Hameed – Director General for Food & Drugs
Ali Saleem Omar – Director General for Construction Industries
Abdulghani Fakri Al-Jafer – Director General for Textiles Industries
Sufyan Sulaiman Sedeeq – Acting Director General for Industrial Services
Taha Hussein Ali – Acting Director General for Engineering Services
10:30 – 11:00 Morning Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Legal Overview & Legal Issues Pertaining to Joint Ventures
Dr Fadel Jawad Kadhum – Prime Minister’s Advisor for Legal Affairs
Timothy Mills – President, American Chamber of Commerce-Iraq
11:30 – 12:30 Panel Discussion including Q & As from the floor
Chair: Adil Kareem Kak Ahmed – Deputy Industry Minister for
Development & Investment
Scott King – Grant Thornton
Jeff Johnson – Grant Thornton
Richard Poulson – CSC
Waleed Elias Buttrus – Expert, Advisor’s Office
Mustafa Al-Jarrah – Director General, Advisor’s Office
Nidhal Tawfeeq Salih – Expert, Investments Directorate
Emad Abdulsattar Al-Qasab – Legal Advisor to Ministry of Industry
Ahenis Al-Jabori – CEO, International Engineering Group
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:45 Private Meetings Session with SOEs and Mixed Sector Companies
Including explanations of products and services, vision, technical, operational, financial capabilities and value added
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