Tuesday, 25
May 2004
5.00 – 10.00 pm
Registration
In the Reception of Ebla Cham Palace Hotel
Wednesday, 26 May 2005
7.00 am
Registration and coffee
In the Reception of Ebla Cham Palace Hotel
9.00 – 9.45
Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks:
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Mr. Ghayth Armanazi
Chief Executive and Board Member, British Syrian Society
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Dr. Rateb Shallah
Chairman, The Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce
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Dr. Fawaz Akhras
Chairman, British Syrian Society
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HE Ambassador Mr. Peter Ford
United Kingdom Ambassador of Syria and Honorary President
of the British Syrian Society
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Presidential Address
10.00 – 11.00
Reforming for Private Sector Development
Chaired by:
Dr. Rateb Shallah
Chairman, The Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce
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HE Dr. Mohammad Al Hussein
Minister of Finance
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HE Dr. Bashar Kabbara PhD
Governor, Central Bank of Syria
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HE Mr. Abdullah Dardari
Head of State Planning Commission
11.00 – 11.15
Panel Discussion
11.15 – 11.45
Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.45
Financing the Private Sector: Challenges and Opportunities
Chaired by:
Mr. Wafic Said
Director, British Syrian Society
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Mr. Ibrahim Dabdoub
Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Kuwait
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HE Ambassador Dr. Frank Hesske
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission
to the Syrian Arab Republic
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Mrs. Jane Macpherson
Head of Middle East Division, European Investment
Bank
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Mr. Bassel Hamwi
Senior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation,
Washington
12.45 – 1.15
Panel Discussion
1.15 - 1.30
Keynote Speech:
HE Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Al Otri
1.30-3.00
Lunch in the Ebla Cham Palace Hotel
Hosted by: The Syrian Government
3.00 – 4.30
The Private Sector: Innovations and Constraints
Chaired by:
Mr. Faisal Kudsi
Executive Chairman, International Investment Trust Limited,
UK
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Mr. Najib Assaf
Chairman and Managing Director, National Commodities
& Agencies Co. Ltd.
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Mr. Samer Debs
President, Damascus Chamber of Industry
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Mrs. Sonia Khangi Cacheco
Economist and General Manager, Wella - Syria
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Mr. Nael Tasabahji
A Syrian ex-patriate post-graduate MBA
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Mrs. Yasmina Azhari
Partner and Administrator, P&O NedLloyd Shipping
Lines Agency
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Mrs. Noha Al Chuck
National Team Leader, Syrian European Business Centre
4.30 – 5.00
Panel Discussion
THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
9.00 – 10.00
Prospects for the Syrian Economy
Chaired by:
Mr. Brian Constant
Treasurer, British Syrian Society
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HE Dr. Ghassan Al Rifai
Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade
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HE Dr. Saadalla Agha Al Kallaa
Minister of Tourism
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Dr. Nabil Sukkar
Managing Director, The Syrian Consulting Bureau
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Mr. Guy Gantley
Economic Advisor to the Foreign & Commonwealth
Office, UK
10.00 – 10.30
Panel Discussion
10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.00
Working with International Banks
Chaired by:
Mr. George Kardouche
Chairman, Arab Bankers Association, London
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Mr. Brian Constant
Treasurer, British Syrian Society
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Mr. John Oberman
Assistant Director, HSBC Middle East Limited
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Mr. Angus Blair
Chief Executive Officer, MENA Financial, UK
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Sir Gavyn Arthur
Former Lord Mayor of the City of London
12.00 – 12.15
Panel Discussion
12.15 – 1.15
The Legal View and Outsider View
Chaired by:
Sir Gavyn Arthur
Lord Mayor of the City of London
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Mr. Faisal Kudsi
Executive Chairman, International Investment Trust
Limited, UK
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Mr. John Hoey
Chairman, Beneficial Capital Corporation, New York
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Dr. Jacques Hakim
Attorney at Law and Professor at the Law Faculty,
Damascus
1.15 – 1.45
Panel Discussion
2.00
– 3.30
Lunch
Hosted by Dr. Rateb Shallah
Chairman, The Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce,
at his farm near the Conference Centre
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5
pm Buses for the optional Cultural and Historical
Tour of Syria depart from
Ebla Cham Place Hotel
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