TUNISIA-LIBYA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FORUM
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Welcome Dinner on Friday 17 February
Saturday 18 February 2012
11.30-onward Exhibition Hall
Participant registration
12.30-14.00 Lunch
Opening luncheon in Zafferano Restaurant Welcome remarks by Peter Semler, Chairman, Safe Harbor Global, USA
14.15-15.30 Djerba
Roundtable discussion Doing business with the new Tunisia
Discussion leaders:
Mohamed Ridha Ben Mosbah, Chairman and CEO, Société Tunisienne de l'Électricité et du Gaz (STEG), Tunisia Tarek Cherif, President, Confédération des Entreprises Citoyennes de Tunisie (CONECT), Tunisia Jalel Tebib, Advanced Technologies Promotion Director, The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA), Tunisia Moderator:
Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja, Switzerland
15.30-16.00 Exhibition Hall
Networking coffee break
16.00-17.15 Session in parallel – Djerba session room
Project finance: Ensuring the efficient
mobilization of the resources needed
Discussion leaders:
Jaloul Ayed, Former Minister of Finance and Investment Banker, Tunisia Antoine Courcelle-Labrousse, Country Officer Tunisia, International Finance Corporation, Tunisia
Session in parallel – Meninx 3 session room Watching out for compliance challenges in a
changed environment
Discussion leaders:
Zyad Benaissa, General Manager Africa, Carestream Health, USA Janvier K. Litse, Acting Vice President, Operations, Country & Regional Programs & Policy, African Development Bank, Tunisia
TUNISIA-LIBYA
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FORUM Djerba, Tunisia, 18-19 February 2012
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Nayel Georges Vidal, Director Tunis, Emerging Capital Partners, Tunisia
Moderator:
Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja, Switzerland
Amel Makhlouf, International Expert EIA/SEA/Sustainable development, Tunisian Engineers Order and Former Regional Coordinator, METAP-EIA for MENA countries, World Bank, Tunisia Mazen Tumi, Partner, Tumi Law Firm, Libya Moderator:
Peter Semler, Chairman, Safe Harbor Global, USA
17.30-18.15 Djerba
Plenary session Addressing the key priorities of regional development: what policies, what partners?
Speaker:
Jamel-Eddine Gharbi, Minister for Regional Development and Planning, Tunisia Moderator:
Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja, Switzerland
18.15-19.30 Djerba
Infrastructure plenary
Railway infrastructure: What priorities for the short and medium term and what projects
could be launched without waiting for the full picture to emerge?
Discussion leaders:
Sjaak Antheunisse, Market Leader, Middle East Energy Markets, Alcatel-Lucent, UK Mohamed Néjib Fitouri, Président Directeur Général, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens, Tunisia Abdelkarim Harouni, Minister of Transport, Tunisia Manish Vasistha, Prinicipal Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), UK Moderator:
Peter Semler, Chairman, Safe Harbor Global, USA
20.00-22.00 Dinner
Official dinner in Flamingo Restaurant
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Sunday 19 February 2012
9.00-10.15 Djerba
Roundtable discussion Doing business with the new Libya
Discussion leaders:
Mohamed Bahri, CEO, Libya Hub Consortium and Chairman and CEO, Bahri Consulting Overseas (BCO), Tunisia Hussein Darrat, Chairman, Sandara Construction Co., Libya Jamal Essouisi, Investment Director, Libyan Privatization and Investment Board, Libya Nabil Ferjani, Governor of Medenine, Tunisia
Moderator:
Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja, Switzerland
10.15-10.45 Exhibition Hall
Networking coffee break
10.45-12.15 Djerba
Plenary session The power sector: The new opportunities looming ahead in the new context of Tunisia and
Libya
Discussion leaders:
Sjaak Antheunisse, Market Leader, Middle East Energy Markets, Alcatel-Lucent, UK Ezzedine Khalfallah, President, Association Tunisienne de Pétrole et de Gaz (ATPG), Tunisia Habib Mlaouah, Directeur Central Exploitation et Commercialisation des Produits Pétroliers AGIL S.A., Société Nationale de Distribution des Pétroles, Tunisia Gökmen Topuz, Deputy General Manager of Investments, Zorlu Energy Group, Turkey Khaled Tubaileh, Director, Business Development, Kharafi National, Kuwait Moderators:
Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja, Switzerland
12.15-13.30 Djerba
Brainstorming Developing healthcare infrastructure as a new economic opportunity
Discussion leaders:
Maher Ben Ahmed, General Secretary and Executive Committee Member, Amen Santé, Tunisia Hassen Ben Brahim, Director of Studies and Planning, Ministry of Health, Tunisia Samir Ben Yahmed, Head of Country Office, World Health Organization, Libya Ridha Kechid, Former Minister of Health, Tunisia Moderator:
Zyad Benaissa, General Manager Africa, Carestream Health, USA
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13.30-14.45 Lunch
Networking luncheon in Zafferano Restaurant
14.45-16.00 Djerba
Infrastructure plenary Road and highway infrastructure: What priorities for the short and medium term and
what projects could be launched without waiting for the full picture to emerge?
Discussion leaders:
Jameleddine Belhaj Abdullah, Director General, Caisse de Dépôts et Consignations, Tunisia Issam Ben Youssef, General Manager Libya, Groupe Soroubat, Tunisia Carlo Ferretti, President of International SMEs Group, Italian National Association of Construction Companies (ANCE), Italy Salem Miladi, Former Transport Minister, Tunisia
Moderator:
Peter Semler, Chairman, Safe Harbor Global, USA
16.00-16.30 Exhibition Hall
Networking coffee break
16.30-17.45 Djerba
Infrastructure plenary Aviation and logistics infrastructure: What priorities for the short and medium term and
what projects could be launched without waiting for the full picture to emerge?
Discussion leaders:
Karim Mhirsi, Investment Officer, Infrastructure Finance, Private Sector Department, African Development Bank, Tunisia Hatem Motemri, Managing Director, Tunisair Express, Tunisia Khaled Tubaileh, Director, Business Development, Kharafi National, Kuwait
Moderators:
Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja, Switzerland
17.45-19.00 Djerba
Plenary roundtable Risk assessment and management in times of transition
Discussion leaders:
Ernie Audino, US Brigadier General (Ret.) and Board Member, Safe Harbor Global, USA Nazeh Ben Ammar, President, Mami Group and Founding Member, CONECT, Tunisia Sean Jacobs, Chief Strategist and Trader, DRW Trading, USA Moderator:
Peter Semler, Chairman, Safe Harbor Global, USA
19.30-21.30 Dinner
Closing dinner at Turquoise Restaurant