The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) is pleased to invite you to the IBBC Autumn Conference at The Address Hotel Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday 12 November 2017.
This years’ event follows IBBC’s successful inaugural conference of 2016 held in the UAE, a hub for global and regional companies that operate in the Middle East.
The theme of this year’s Autumn Conference is ‘Together We Build Iraq’ and will focus predominantly on the ongoing effects and needs of Iraq’s reconstruction and the opportunities of investment available to British and International companies during this process. There will also be panels discussing the Power and Oil & Gas sectors.
The five conference sessions will focus on:
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Economy in Iraq
Reconstruction and Infrastructure – The Built Environment
Enabling Reconstruction
Power
Oil & Gas
The IBBC Autumn Conference 2017 will be chaired by Vikas Handa, IBBC UAE Representative and will be led by the following confirmed speakers:
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Iraq, Azerbaijan & Turkmenistan and President of IBBC
H.E. Mr Qasim Al-Fahdawi, Minister of Electricity
H.E. Mr Kadhim Finjan Al Hamimi, Minister of Transport
H.E. Mrs Ann Nafi Aussi Balbool, Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities
H.E. Dr Sami Al Araji, Chairman of the National Investment Commission
Marwa Alnasaa, Resident Representative for Iraq, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Dr Jaafar Dhia Jaafar, CEO, URUK Engineering
Zaid Elyaseri, Iraq Country Manager, BP
Peter Mohring, Managing Director – Aviation & Defence, Serco
Zeeshan A. Sheikh, EMENA Infrastructure & Natural Resources, International Finance Corporation
Suha AlKifaee, Managing Director, IIB
Zaid Al-Ansari, Executive Country Manager-Iraq, GE
Tarek Hamade, Environment & Infrastructure lead for the Middle East, Wood plc
Tawfiq Tabbaa, Managing Partner – Iraq, Eversheds Sutherland
Salem Chalabi, Partner, Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP
Nikolay Dimitrov, Business Development Manager (Middle East and Africa), KCA Deutag
Anne Kerr, Global Head – Urbanisation, Mott MacDonald
Iain Rawlinson, Group Commercial Director, Gulftainer
Phill Sherwood, Executive Director, AMAR International Charitable Foundation
Danielle Montgomery, Managing Director, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, OPIC
A pre-conference reception and networking event will be held on Saturday 11 November at 18:00 at the Address Dubai Marina.
IBBC warmly thanks the International Islamic Bank, which has generously agreed to be the event’s Gold Sponsor, in addition to Silver sponsors Serco & Gulftainer. Completing the sponsorship line-up are Wood plc, which will serve as the Reception sponsor, and Coffee Break Sponsors KCA Deutag & Eversheds Sutherland.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Please email london@webuildiraq.org for details.
Registration is now open. The registration fee for non-members is £700. IBBC members and members of partner organisations are entitled to special discounted rates. To request the discount codes or if you need assistance, please email the team at london@webuildiraq.org or phone +44 (0) 20 7222 7100.
The IBBC team looks forward to seeing you in Dubai for the Autumn Conference.
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This years’ event follows IBBC’s successful inaugural conference of 2016 held in the UAE, a hub for global and regional companies that operate in the Middle East.
The theme of this year’s Autumn Conference is ‘Together We Build Iraq’ and will focus predominantly on the ongoing effects and needs of Iraq’s reconstruction and the opportunities of investment available to British and International companies during this process. There will also be panels discussing the Power and Oil & Gas sectors.
The five conference sessions will focus on:
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Economy in Iraq
Reconstruction and Infrastructure – The Built Environment
Enabling Reconstruction
Power
Oil & Gas
The IBBC Autumn Conference 2017 will be chaired by Vikas Handa, IBBC UAE Representative and will be led by the following confirmed speakers:
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Iraq, Azerbaijan & Turkmenistan and President of IBBC
H.E. Mr Qasim Al-Fahdawi, Minister of Electricity
H.E. Mr Kadhim Finjan Al Hamimi, Minister of Transport
H.E. Mrs Ann Nafi Aussi Balbool, Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities
H.E. Dr Sami Al Araji, Chairman of the National Investment Commission
Marwa Alnasaa, Resident Representative for Iraq, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Dr Jaafar Dhia Jaafar, CEO, URUK Engineering
Zaid Elyaseri, Iraq Country Manager, BP
Peter Mohring, Managing Director – Aviation & Defence, Serco
Zeeshan A. Sheikh, EMENA Infrastructure & Natural Resources, International Finance Corporation
Suha AlKifaee, Managing Director, IIB
Zaid Al-Ansari, Executive Country Manager-Iraq, GE
Tarek Hamade, Environment & Infrastructure lead for the Middle East, Wood plc
Tawfiq Tabbaa, Managing Partner – Iraq, Eversheds Sutherland
Salem Chalabi, Partner, Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP
Nikolay Dimitrov, Business Development Manager (Middle East and Africa), KCA Deutag
Anne Kerr, Global Head – Urbanisation, Mott MacDonald
Iain Rawlinson, Group Commercial Director, Gulftainer
Phill Sherwood, Executive Director, AMAR International Charitable Foundation
Danielle Montgomery, Managing Director, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, OPIC
A pre-conference reception and networking event will be held on Saturday 11 November at 18:00 at the Address Dubai Marina.
IBBC warmly thanks the International Islamic Bank, which has generously agreed to be the event’s Gold Sponsor, in addition to Silver sponsors Serco & Gulftainer. Completing the sponsorship line-up are Wood plc, which will serve as the Reception sponsor, and Coffee Break Sponsors KCA Deutag & Eversheds Sutherland.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Please email london@webuildiraq.org for details.
Registration is now open. The registration fee for non-members is £700. IBBC members and members of partner organisations are entitled to special discounted rates. To request the discount codes or if you need assistance, please email the team at london@webuildiraq.org or phone +44 (0) 20 7222 7100.
The IBBC team looks forward to seeing you in Dubai for the Autumn Conference.
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