Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Investment and Finance

Programm

Preliminary Program
 
May 3rd 2012
 
10.00 a.m.         Registration
10.30 a.m.         Opening Speeches      
  • Jürgen Papadopoulos (Deputy EMA-president and EMA-manager in Bavaria)
  • Neil Miller (Global Head of Islamic Finance, Partner, KPMG Dubai)
  •  Andreas Patzner (Partner, KPMG, Frankfurt)
           
 
11.00 a.m.       Panel I:  Investment and Project Opportunities – GeneralFramework
 
                        Moderation: Zaid El-Mogaddedi (IFIBAF)
  • Capital Market Trends and Investment Development (Uwe Zimmer & Rashad Khourshid, Meridio Vermögensverwaltung AG)
  • Regulatory Issues for Investment in the Arab World - Contracts, Local Branches, Legal Pitfalls (Dr. Stephan Jäger, Amereller Legal Consultants)
  • Public auctioning as financing tool for mega projects in Arabic markets (Dr. Axel Goehler, Managing Director, Newmex Consulting GmbH)
  • Squaring the circle? How to Generate a Win-Win Situation for the German-Arab Business? (Ugurlu Soylu, KuveytTurk Bank)
Discussion
 
12.30 p.m.        Lunch
 
1.30 p.m.          Panel II:  Specific Characteristics of Markets in theEMA-Region
 
Moderation: Dr. Najib Karim (Biotechnology and TissueEngineering Consulting)
  • Conventional Banking vs. Islamic Banking / Potentials of Islamic Banking in North Africa (Zaid El-Mogaddedi, IFIBAF)
  • Islamic Banking: Global Market Environment and the Principles of Islamic Economic Order (Neil Miller, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Partner, KPMG Dubai)
  • Islamic Funds / Wealth Management – Products, Admixture, Real-Estate (Neil Miller, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Partner, KPMG Dubai)
  • Islamic Finance: Taxation Issues (Andreas Patzner, Partner, KPMG, Frankfurt; Belgiz Ergisi, Associate, KPMG, Frankfurt)
Discussion
 
3.00 p.m.          Coffee Break   
 
3.30 p.m.          Panel III: Project Financing for SMEs in the EMA-Region
 
                        Moderation: Dr. Axel Goehler (Managing Director, NewmexConsulting GmbH)
 
  • Arab Investment Authorities and Financial Support Programs
    • Investment in Morocco in the Context of Advanced Status with the European Union (Mouad Idrissi, Vice President, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services Tanger, Morocco)
    • New Tunisia- New Opportunities (Manhel Sebai, CEO, FIPA Tunisia)
    • Investment Opportunities in Lebanon (IDAL Lebanon, tbc)
    • Investment Opportunities in Jordan (Senator Riad al-Saifi, Chairman of the Amman Chamber of Commerce, tbc)
  • Free Trade Zones & Other Investment Benefits – Conditions
    • Business Opportunities in Ras Al Khaimah –UAE (Nadia Rinawi, Head of International Offices, Ras al-Khaimah Free Trade Zone Authority)
 
Discussion
 
5.00 p.m.       End of Event with coffee and B2B Conversations