The 2nd annual U.S. – Saudi Business Opportunities Forum is a high-level gathering of senior officials and business leaders from Saudi Arabia and the United States. This three-day forum will explore opportunities for greater economic collaboration between the two nations as well as provide an unparalleled business networking environment.
Agenda
Monday, December 5, 2011 |
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| 12:00 PM | Registration opens |
| 4:00 PM | Workshop: Investing in Georgia |
| Dogwood A | |
| Gretchen Corbin, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development, State of Georgia | |
| Workshop: Doing Business in Saudi Arabia: An Insider’s View for New to Market Companies | |
| International Ballroom F | |
| Moderator:Michael Auflick, Financial Advisor, Saudi Aramco | |
| Rami Alturki, President, Khalid Ali Alturki & Sons Co | |
| Khalid Al Abdulkarim, CEO, Al Abdulkarim Holding | |
| Fred Stewart, Managing Director, VSD Global LLC | |
| David G. Caston, Business Development Manager, Tamimi Company/Commercial Division | |
| 5-8:00 PM | Reception: Omni Hotel Atrium |
| South Tower Atrium Terrace A | |
| 7:00 PM | SPEAKERS DINNER: The World of Coca-Cola |
| For Conference Sponsors, Speakers, and Host Committee | |
| Introduction: Dennis Lockhart, Chairman and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | |
| The Honorable Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta | |
| Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company | |
| H.E. Abdullah Alireza, Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 |
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| 7:30 AM | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:30 AM | OPENING REMARKS: Setting the Theme |
| International Ballroom A-F | |
| Introduction: Sam Williams, President, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce | |
| Lubna Olayan, CEO, Olayan America | |
| The Honorable Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta | |
| 9:00 AM | PLENARY DISCUSSION – Education: Investing in Human Capital |
| International Ballroom A-F | |
| Moderator: Steve Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation | |
| H.H. Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Al-Saud, Minister of Education | |
| The Honorable Anthony Miller, Deputy Secretary of Education (confirmed) | |
| H.E. Dr. Khaled Al-Sabti, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education (confirmed) | |
| The Honorable General James B. Smith, United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (confirmed) | |
| Jeff Barnes, Leader – Global Leadership Development, GE (confirmed) | |
| 10:00 AM | Audience Discussion |
| 10:30 AM | PLENARY DISCUSSION – Maintaining a Stable Global Financial System: Shared Responsibility |
| International Ballroom A-F | |
| Moderator: Hutham Olayan, President and CEO, The Olayan America Corporation | |
| H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser, Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency | |
| Philip Bleser, Head, Global Corporate Bank – North America, J.P. Morgan; member of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Executive Committee | |
| Fahad Al-Mubarak, Chairman and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Saudi Arabia | |
| 11:30 AM | Audience Discussion |
| 12:15 PM | LUNCHEON |
| Grand Ballroom | |
| KEYNOTES — U.S.-Saudi Trade: Growth and Change | |
| Introduction: Chris Cummiskey,Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development, State of Georgia | |
| The Honorable Nathan Deal, Governor, State of Georgia | |
| Introduction: David Seaton, CEO, Fluor Corporation | |
| The Honorable Rebecca Blank, Acting DeputySecretary of Commerce | |
| H.E. Abdullah Alireza, Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| Signing of Memoranda of Understanding | |
| 2:15 PM | CONCURRENT PANELS – Session One |
| Panel 1: Higher Education as an Enabler to the Knowledge Economy | |
| International Ballroom A-C | |
| Moderator:Dr. Abdulaziz Jazzar, Executive Partner, Malaz Group | |
| Dr. Mezyad M. Alterkawi, CEO, Riyadh Technical Incubation Center-King Saud University | |
| Dr. Steven McLaughlin, President, Georgia Tech Global, Inc. | |
| Dr. Mohammad Al-Ohali, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Higher Education | |
| Panel 2: Downstream Petrochemicals: National Priority and International Opportunity | |
| International Ballroom F | |
| Moderator: Michael Dolan, Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil | |
| Abdullah Saeed Bazid, EVP Corporate Strategy and Planning, SABIC | |
| Dr. Moayyed Al-Qurtas, Vice Chairman & CEO, National Industrialization Co. (TASNEE) | |
| Mark Lashier, Senior Vice President, Specialties, Aromatics, & Styrenics, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company | |
| Dr. Zuhair Allawi, Vice President, Dow Saudi Arabia | |
| Panel 3: Industrial Infrastructure Initiatives: Creating the Foundation for Economic Growth | |
| International Ballroom D-E | |
| Moderator: Dr. Ihsan Bu-Hulaiga, Chairman, Joatha Group | |
| Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Deputy Ministry for Industrial Affairs and Director General, Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon) | |
| Dr. Mosleh Hamed Al-Otaibi, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Commission in Jubail | |
| Kenneth Wisnoski, President Growth, Energy, Bauxite & Africa, Alcoa | |
| Ahmed S. Osilan, Chief of Staff and International Operations, SAGIA | |
| Monte Wilson, Senior Vice President and Director, HOK | |
| Workshop: Opportunities in Agriculture | |
| Dogwood A | |
| Moderator: Eng. Omar Bahlaiwa, Secretary-General, Committee for International Trade | |
| Eng. Taha Alshareef, Team Member, King Abdullah Initiative for Agro-Investment Abroad, Ministry of Commerce and Industry | |
| Dr. Abdullah Al Obaid, Deputy Minister for Research and Agricultural Development, Ministry of Agriculture | |
| Lloyd Harbert, Deputy Administrator, Office of Country and Regional Affairs, U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service | |
| Zemedeneh Negatu, Managing Partner for Ethiopia and the Head of the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) for Eastern Africa, Ernst & Young | |
| Donnie Smith, Director, Center of Innovation for Agribusiness, State of Georgia | |
| 3:45 PM | Networking Break |
| 4:00 PM | CONCURRENT PANELS – Session Two |
| Panel 4: Opportunities for Finance and Investment | |
| International Ballroom D-E | |
| Moderator: Saleh Al-Husseini, Member, Majlis Al Shoura | |
| Secretary William Cohen, Chairman and CEO, Cohen Group | |
| Dr. Ahmed Alkholifey, Executive Director for Saudi Arabia, IMF | |
| Alberto Verme, Chairman, Europe, Middle East, and Africa Banking, Citi | |
| Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Managing Director and CEO, Jadwa Investment | |
| Panel 5: The Saudi K-12 Education Reform: Setting the Stage to the Knowledge Society | |
| International Ballroom A-C | |
| Moderator: Jinan Al Ahmed, Educational Consultant, Tatweer Holding Co. | |
| Dr. Ali S. Alhakami, General Manager, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Public Education Reform Project | |
| Dr. Abdullatif Al-Ghaith, President & CEO, Tatweer Education Holding Company | |
| Nawal Othman Al-Kowaiter, Consultant of Girls Education, Ministry of Education | |
| Ali Othaim, Founder, Gulf Rose Group | |
| Panel 6: Business Opportunities in the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors | |
| International Ballroom F | |
| Moderator: Joseph Anis, President & CEO, GE Energy Middle East Region | |
| Munir Rafie, Vice President of Materials Supply, Saudi Aramco | |
| Khaled Juraifani, Director of the Localization & Clusters Department of New Business Development, Saudi Aramco | |
| Donald Chen, Parent Company Representative to Sadara Chemical Company, Dow Chemical Company | |
| Moe Merah, Chairman of ITT Saudi Co Ltd and Vice President of ITT Industrial Process for Europe, Middle East and Africa | |
| Workshop: Strengthening Innovation and Industrial Competitiveness through Standardization and Quality Assurance | |
| Dogwood A | |
| Moderator: Dr. Abdullah Masry, President and Director, Spectrum Holdings | |
| H.E. Eng.Nabil Molla, Governor, Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization (SASO) | |
| Mary Saunders, Director, Standards Coordination Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | |
| Jeff Grove, Vice President, Global Policy & Industry Affairs, ASTM International | |
| Ali O. Al Zaid, President, Ali-Zaid Engineering Consultants and Chairman, Aqaria Company | |
| 5:30 PM | Close of Day 1 |
| 6:30 PM | RECEPTION AND DINNER |
| Grand Ballroom | |
| Introduction: Peter Robertson, U.S. Co-Chairman, U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council and Former Vice Chairman, Chevron | |
| Messengers of Peace – Presentation by the Saudi Boy Scouts | |
| The Honorable General James B. Smith, United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | |
| H.E. Adel Al-Jubeir, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States | |
| Casey Cagle, Lieutenant Governor, State of Georgia | |
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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| 8:30 AM | Registration and Coffee |
| 9:00 AM | KEYNOTE – Overview of Saudi Health Reforms |
| International Ballroom A-F | |
| H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, Minister of Health | |
| 9:30 AM | PLENARY DISCUSSION – Health and Medical Services: Delivering Top Quality Care |
| International Ballroom A-F | |
| Moderator: Dr. Hanan Balkhy, Executive Director for Infection Control – National Guards/Health Services | |
| H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, Minister of Health | |
| Dr. Ileana Arias, Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| Mark Bertolini, Chairman, CEO and President, Aetna Inc. | |
| Dr. David Satcher, Director, The Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, former U.S. Surgeon General | |
| Prof. Anthony Kalloo, Chief, Division of Gastrenerology and Hepatology | |
| 10:15 AM | Audience Discussion |
| 10:30 AM | PLENARY SESSION – Nuclear and Renewable Energy: Building Resources for the Future |
| International Ballroom A-F | |
| Moderator: Dr. Abdullah Dabbagh, Chairman, Ma’aden, Phosphate Company | |
| H.E. Dr. Hashim Yamani, President, King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy | |
| The Honorable Daniel Poneman, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy | |
| J. M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Shaw Group Inc. | |
| James Suciu, President, Global Sales and Marketing, GE Energy | |
| James Brown, President, First Solar Utility Systems | |
| 11:30 AM | Audience Discussion |
| 12:15 PM | LUNCHEON |
| Grand Ballroom | |
| KEYNOTES: Insights to Investment in the Saudi Stock Market | |
| Introduction: Dr. Abdulaziz Al Fahad, Chairman, Committee for International Trade | |
| Samra Al-Kuwaiz, Board Member and Partner, Osool Capital Brokerage Firm | |
| 2:30 PM | CONCURRENT PANELS – Session Three |
| Panel 7: Building the Healthcare Sector through Innovation and Technology | |
| International Ballroom F | |
| Moderator: Dr. Mohammad Zamakhshary, Advisor, Ministry of Health | |
| Dr. Emad Abdulaziz Eldukair, Founder & CEO, The Care Group | |
| Dr. Walid Fitaihi, Chairman and CEO, International Medical Center | |
| Dr. Afaf Alshammari, Director General of International Health Department, Ministry of Health | |
| Dr. Scott McNabb, Visiting Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University | |
| Prof. Selwa A.F. Al-Hazzaa, Head & Consultant of Ophthalmology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center | |
| Dr. Abdulla M. Abdulla, Clinical Professor of Medicine and former Chief of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia | |
| Panel 8: Opportunities in Water and Electricity | |
| International Ballroom D-E | |
| Moderator: Asif Hussain, Senior Vice President, North America, Foster Wheeler | |
| Ali Saleh Al-Barrak, President and CEO, Saudi Electricity Company | |
| Abdul Latif Al-Harkan, General Manager of Human Resources, SWCC | |
| Hisham Bahkali, Country Executive, GE Energy Saudi Arabia | |
| Geoff Thomas, Director, Program Management, Burns & McDonnell | |
| Panel 9: Developing World-class Capabilities in Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics | |
| International Ballroom A-C | |
| Moderator: Robert Morris, Senior Director of External Affairs, Georgia Ports Authority | |
| H.E. Eng. Khaled Almolhem, Director General, Saudi Arabian Airlines | |
| Louis Miller, Director, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport | |
| Mike Paul, Vice President, Logistics Services, SupplyCore Inc. | |
| Panel 10: Entrepreneurship and the Development of SMEs | |
| Dogwood A-B | |
| Moderator: Benjamin Newland, Partner, King and Spalding | |
| Suresh Kumar, Assistant Secretary and Director General for the Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce (invited) | |
| Leonard Schlesinger, President, Babson College, Former Chairman Limited brands (confirmed) | |
| Mohammed Hammouda, Director, Kafala Program, Saudi Industrial Development Fund (confirmed) | |
| Dr. Omar Mohammed Bakr, Saudi Entrepreneur | |
| 4:15 PM | Break |
| 4:30 PM | CLOSING SESSION: Perspectives on U.S.-Saudi Relations |
| International Ballroom A-F | |
| Introduction: The Honorable Wyche Fowler, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | |
| H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Saeed, Advisor, Royal Court | |
| 5:00 PM | Forum Ends |
| 5:30 PM | IMAX FILM “Arabia” — Fernbank Museum (separate ticket required) |
| Introduction: H.H. Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Al-Saud, Minister of Education | |
| Remarks: Greg MacGillivray, Producer and Director, “Arabia” | |
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