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DRAFT PROGRAM
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Program
16.11.2014
SUNDAY , RAFFLES HOTEL DUBAI
08.30 – 09.00
REGISTRATION
at the Raffles Ballroom Foyer
09.00 – 09.45
WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS:
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09.45 – 10.30
Austrian Trade Commissioner to UAE,
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar & Pakistan
Director General - Advantage Austria
Ambassador of Austria to the UAE
Deputy CEO - Dubai Export Development
Corporation
Mr. Richard Bandera
Dr. Walter Koren
H.E. Peter Elsner-Mackay
H.E. Mohammad Ali Lootah (TBC)
1.0 RETHINK GCC/GULF – PEAK OIL AND
BEYOND
1.1 THE CHANGING WORLD ENERGY
LANDSCAPE – GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES
Director General – Kuwait Foundation for the
Advancement of Sciences
Mr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin
Question & Answers
10.30 – 11.00
1.2 FUTURE INDUSTRIES OF THE GCC
Partner – Tony Blair Associates
11.00 – 11.30
COFFEE BREAK
11.30 – 12.00
1.3 DEVELOPMENTS IN PROJECT BUSINESS &
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN THE GULF
Head of MEED Editorial - MEED
Dr. Andreas Baumgartner
Mr. Richard Thompson
MEED is the undisputed leader for the last 40
years of business intelligence and project tracking
in the Middle East.
12.00 – 13.00
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
An insight into the markets by the Austrian Trade
Commissioners of
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Oman
Qatar
Question & Answers
13.00 – 14.00
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LUNCH BREAK
Mr. Pierre Prunis
Dr. Georg Weingartner
Ms. Isabel Schmiedbauer
Mr. Reinhart Zimmermann
Mr. Gerd Bommer
Program
14.00 – 15.30
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SIMULTANEOUS BREAK OUT SESSIONS AND COUNTRY FOCUS
3.1 IRAN & IRAQ
3.2 HOW TO GROW IN THE GCC
Diversifying the economy (beyond oil &
gas) – an achievable goal?
Panel Discussion moderated by
Mr. Gerd Bommer
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 Mr. Thomas Stiegler - Member of the
Executive Board Porr Bau GmbH
 Mr. Stefan Altziebler - Country Manager
Strabag Oman
 Mr. Peter Brechtelsbauer - General
Manager Waagner Biro Gulf
 Mr. Amr Belal - Managing Partner
Innovations Unlimited
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Dr. Georg Weingartner
Mr. Hatef Haeri – Managing Director
ICG-Idam Consulting Group
Ms. Isabel Schmiedbauer
Mr. Hassan Aldahan – Chairman Bain
Alnahrain Investment Company
Mr. Saleem Hashmi
15.30 – 16.00
COFFEE BREAK
16.00
MEET THE EXPERTS
The Austrian Trade Commissioners to
UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar & Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Oman
Qatar
EVENING RECEPTION & DINNER
19.00
Pick up from the Raffles Hotel entrance
20.00 – 22.00
Exclusive Dubai Creek Dhow Cruise (by Radisson Blu)
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Mr. Richard Bandera
Mr. Pierre Prunis
Dr. Georg Weingartner
Ms. Isabel Schmiedbauer
Mr. Reinhart Zimmermann
Mr. Gerd Bommer