2010 US-SAUDI BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FORUM

April 27-29, 2010
Chicago, Illinois — Sheraton Hotel and Towers

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

5:00- Reception

7:30 pm “Arabia” — IMAX film by MacGillivray Freeman Films

Introduction: Robert Lacey and Greg MacGillivray

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

7:30 am – Registration and Coffee

8:30 am – WELCOMING REMARKS:

William M. Daley, Chairman, Chicago Steering Committee; Chairman, Midwest, J.P. Morgan Chase

Setting the Theme:

James W. Owens, Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar

James McNerney, Jr. Chairman, President & CEO, The Boeing Company

9:00 am – PLENARY DISCUSSION — The U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A New Economic Order

Moderator: Richard Debs, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley & Co, and Vice Chairman, U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council

H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance

William M. Daley, Chairman, Chicago Steering Committee; Chairman, Midwest, J.P. Morgan Chase

H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijri, Chairman and CEO, Capital Market Authority

Sir Andrew Crockett, President, International, J.P. Morgan Chase

10:00 am – Audience Discussion

10:30 am – PLENARY DISCUSSION — Global Energy Interdependence, Global Responsibilities

Moderator: Ferdinando Beccalli, President and CEO, GE International

H.E. Eng. Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

John S. Watson, Chairman & CEO, Chevron

Peter DuPrey, CEO, Acciona Energy

11:30 am – Audience Discussion

12:15 pm – LUNCHEON

KEYNOTES — Expanding U.S.-Saudi Trade in a Competitive World

Introduction by Dr. Afnan Al-Shuaiby, Board Member, Committee for International Trade and Secretary General & CEO, Arab British Chamber of Commerce

H.E. Abdullah Alireza, Minister of Commerce and Industry

Introduction by James Albaugh, President and CEO, Commercial Airplanes, The Boeing Company

The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce

Signing of Memoranda of Understanding

2:15 pm – PLENARY DISCUSSION – Strategies to Promote Economic Growth/Saudi Industrial Strategy

Moderator: Joseph Fuller, Co-Founder and CEO, Monitor Group

Dr. Ihsan Ali Buhaligah, Chairman, Joatha Business Development Associates

H.E. Dr. Khaled Al-Sulaiman, Deputy Minister for Industry, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Dr. Ibrahim Babelli, CEO, National Industrial Strategy Eng. Azzam Shalabi, President, Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Cluster Development Program

3:00 pm – Audience Discussion

3:30 pm  - PLENARY DISCUSSION – Education: Saudi Arabia’s Commitment to its Future

Moderator: Steve Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation

H.R.H. Princess Loulwa Al Faisal, Vice Chairman, Effat University

Dr. Khaled Al-Sabti, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education

The Honorable Andre Winston Lewis, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

Dr. Ali Al-Hakami, General Manager, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Public Education Development Project

4:30 pm –  Audience Discussion

5:00 pm – Day 1 Break

5:30 pm – Bus Departs for IMAX Film at Navy Pier

*Please note: Business Attire Required

6:00 pm – “Arabia” IMAX Film by MacGillivray Freeman Films

Introduction: Robert Lacey and Greg MacGillivray

7:00 pm – Reception Hosted by the Xenel Group at Navy Pier Lakeview Terrace

Exhibition of Artwork by Saudi Female Artists

8:00 pm – Dinner at Navy Pier

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Introduction: Abdulaziz Al-Fahad, Chairman, Committee for International Trade

H.E. Adel Al-Jubeir, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States

The Honorable General James B. Smith, United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The Honorable Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago

Thursday, April 29, 2010

8:00 am – Registration and Coffee

9:00 am – CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Panel Session One

Panel 1: Opportunities in the Energy Sector

Moderator: Michael Dolan, Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil

Munir Rafie, Vice President of Materials Supply, Saudi Aramco

Peter Oosterveer, Group President, Energy and Chemicals, Fluor Corporation

Paul Bonner, Business Director, Honeywell Process Solutions

Jeffrey Merrifield, Senior Vice President, Shaw Power Group

Panel 2: Opportunities in Water and Electricity

Moderator: Erik Fyrwald, Chairman & CEO, Nalco

Ali Saleh Al-Barrak, President & CEO, Saudi Electricity Company

Nabil Habayeb, President & CEO, General Electric Middle East and Africa

Thamer S. Al-Sharhan, President & CEO, Marafiq

Anant K. Upadhyaya, Senior Vice President, Aquatech International

10:30 am – Networking Break

11:00 am – CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Panel Session Two

Panel 3: Meeting Saudi Arabia’s Infrastructure Needs

Moderator: Zuhair Fayez, President, Zuhair Fayez Partnership,

William Hall, Executive Director, WorleyParsons

Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Director General, Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon)

Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, Deputy Governor for Investment Affairs, SAGIA

C. David Welch, President, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Bechtel Ltd.

Mohammad Bajba, Deputy Executive Director, Ma’aden Aluminum Project

Rami K. Al Turki, President, Al Turki Group

Panel 4: – Opportunities in Downstream Petrochemicals

Moderator: Charles S. Hallab, Chair, Middle East Practice, North America, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Eng. Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman & CEO, SABIC

James D. McIlvenny, SVP Performance Products Division, The Dow Chemical Company

Mubarak Al-Khafrah, Chairman, Tasnee

John Lefas, CEO, Ingenia Polymer

Ahmed Suliman Al Rajhi, Vice Chairman, Al Rajhi Group

Special Workshop: Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Initiative

Moderator: Abdullah Masry, Chairman and Director, Spectrum Holdings

Dr. Abdullah Al Obaid, Deputy Minister for Research and Agricultural Development, Ministry of Agriculture

Abdullah Al-Hamoudi, Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Eng. Taha Asad Al-Shareef, Team Member, King Abdullah Initiative for Agro-Investment Abroad, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

12:30 pm – LUNCHEON

KEYNOTES: Creating a Workforce for the Future

Introduction by Dr. Majed Al-Kassabi, Director General, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation

Rita Athas, President, World Business Chicago

Dr. Lama Al-Sulaiman, Vice Chairman, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Introduction by Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President & Chief Executive Officer, National Council on US-Arab Relations

Khaled Al Turki, Chairman, Al Turki Group

2:30 pm – CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Panel Session Three

Panel 5: Building a Knowledge-based Society

Moderator: Dr. Abdulaziz Jazzar, Executive Partner, Malaz Group

Abdulrahman Tarabzouni, Head of Saudi and Emerging Arabia, Google, Saudi Arabia

David Weinstein, President, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center

Feroz Sanaulla, Executive Director, Middle East, IntelCapital

Samer Kurdi, Vice President, Sunbulah Group

Timothy Draper, Managing Director, Draper Venture Capital

Panel 6: Finance and Investment

Moderator: William Cohen, Chairman and CEO, Cohen Group

Kholood Al-Dukheil, Founding Share Holder, Board Member and Executive Vice President, Al

Dukheil Financial Group

Ambassador Ford M. Fraker, Senior Advisor and Chairman, Middle East and North Africa, KKR & Co.

Dr. John Sfakianakis, Group General Manager and Chief Economist, Banque Saudi Fransi

Ahmed Sulaiman Banaja, CEO, SEDCO

4:15 pm – PLENARY SESSION: Incentives for Trade and Investment

Moderator: Peter Robertson, Vice Chairman, Chevron – Retired and U.S. Co-Chairman, USSABC

The Honorable Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs

The Honorable Bijan R. Kian, Member, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States

H.E. Abdullah Alireza, Minister of Commerce

5:00 pm – CLOSING SESSION

Introduction: Jerry Roper, President, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Abdulrahman Al Saeed, Advisor, Royal Court

Secretary William M. Daley, Chairman, Chicago Steering Committee; Chairman, Midwest, J.P. Morgan Chase

April 27-29, 2010
Chicago, Illinois — Sheraton Hotel and Towers

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

5:00- Reception

7:30 pm “Arabia” — IMAX film by MacGillivray Freeman Films

Introduction: Robert Lacey and Greg MacGillivray

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

7:30 am – Registration and Coffee

8:30 am – WELCOMING REMARKS:

William M. Daley, Chairman, Chicago Steering Committee; Chairman, Midwest, J.P. Morgan Chase

Setting the Theme:

James W. Owens, Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar

James McNerney, Jr. Chairman, President & CEO, The Boeing Company

9:00 am – PLENARY DISCUSSION — The U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A New Economic Order

Moderator: Richard Debs, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley & Co, and Vice Chairman, U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council

H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance

William M. Daley, Chairman, Chicago Steering Committee; Chairman, Midwest, J.P. Morgan Chase

H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijri, Chairman and CEO, Capital Market Authority

Sir Andrew Crockett, President, International, J.P. Morgan Chase

10:00 am – Audience Discussion

10:30 am – PLENARY DISCUSSION — Global Energy Interdependence, Global Responsibilities

Moderator: Ferdinando Beccalli, President and CEO, GE International

H.E. Eng. Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

John S. Watson, Chairman & CEO, Chevron

Peter DuPrey, CEO, Acciona Energy

11:30 am – Audience Discussion

12:15 pm – LUNCHEON

KEYNOTES — Expanding U.S.-Saudi Trade in a Competitive World

Introduction by Dr. Afnan Al-Shuaiby, Board Member, Committee for International Trade and Secretary General & CEO, Arab British Chamber of Commerce

H.E. Abdullah Alireza, Minister of Commerce and Industry

Introduction by James Albaugh, President and CEO, Commercial Airplanes, The Boeing Company

The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce

Signing of Memoranda of Understanding

2:15 pm – PLENARY DISCUSSION – Strategies to Promote Economic Growth/Saudi Industrial Strategy

Moderator: Joseph Fuller, Co-Founder and CEO, Monitor Group

Dr. Ihsan Ali Buhaligah, Chairman, Joatha Business Development Associates

H.E. Dr. Khaled Al-Sulaiman, Deputy Minister for Industry, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Dr. Ibrahim Babelli, CEO, National Industrial Strategy Eng. Azzam Shalabi, President, Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Cluster Development Program

3:00 pm – Audience Discussion

3:30 pm  - PLENARY DISCUSSION – Education: Saudi Arabia’s Commitment to its Future

Moderator: Steve Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation

H.R.H. Princess Loulwa Al Faisal, Vice Chairman, Effat University

Dr. Khaled Al-Sabti, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education

The Honorable Andre Winston Lewis, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

Dr. Ali Al-Hakami, General Manager, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Public Education Development Project

4:30 pm –  Audience Discussion

5:00 pm – Day 1 Break

5:30 pm – Bus Departs for IMAX Film at Navy Pier

*Please note: Business Attire Required

6:00 pm – “Arabia” IMAX Film by MacGillivray Freeman Films

Introduction: Robert Lacey and Greg MacGillivray

7:00 pm – Reception Hosted by the Xenel Group at Navy Pier Lakeview Terrace

Exhibition of Artwork by Saudi Female Artists

8:00 pm – Dinner at Navy Pier

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Introduction: Abdulaziz Al-Fahad, Chairman, Committee for International Trade

H.E. Adel Al-Jubeir, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States

The Honorable General James B. Smith, United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The Honorable Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago

Thursday, April 29, 2010

8:00 am – Registration and Coffee

9:00 am – CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Panel Session One

Panel 1: Opportunities in the Energy Sector

Moderator: Michael Dolan, Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil

Munir Rafie, Vice President of Materials Supply, Saudi Aramco

Peter Oosterveer, Group President, Energy and Chemicals, Fluor Corporation

Paul Bonner, Business Director, Honeywell Process Solutions

Jeffrey Merrifield, Senior Vice President, Shaw Power Group

Panel 2: Opportunities in Water and Electricity

Moderator: Erik Fyrwald, Chairman & CEO, Nalco

Ali Saleh Al-Barrak, President & CEO, Saudi Electricity Company

Nabil Habayeb, President & CEO, General Electric Middle East and Africa

Thamer S. Al-Sharhan, President & CEO, Marafiq

Anant K. Upadhyaya, Senior Vice President, Aquatech International

10:30 am – Networking Break

11:00 am – CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Panel Session Two

Panel 3: Meeting Saudi Arabia’s Infrastructure Needs

Moderator: Zuhair Fayez, President, Zuhair Fayez Partnership,

William Hall, Executive Director, WorleyParsons

Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Director General, Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon)

Dr. Awwad Al-Awwad, Deputy Governor for Investment Affairs, SAGIA

C. David Welch, President, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Bechtel Ltd.

Mohammad Bajba, Deputy Executive Director, Ma’aden Aluminum Project

Rami K. Al Turki, President, Al Turki Group

Panel 4: – Opportunities in Downstream Petrochemicals

Moderator: Charles S. Hallab, Chair, Middle East Practice, North America, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Eng. Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman & CEO, SABIC

James D. McIlvenny, SVP Performance Products Division, The Dow Chemical Company

Mubarak Al-Khafrah, Chairman, Tasnee

John Lefas, CEO, Ingenia Polymer

Ahmed Suliman Al Rajhi, Vice Chairman, Al Rajhi Group

Special Workshop: Saudi Arabia’s Agricultural Initiative

Moderator: Abdullah Masry, Chairman and Director, Spectrum Holdings

Dr. Abdullah Al Obaid, Deputy Minister for Research and Agricultural Development, Ministry of Agriculture

Abdullah Al-Hamoudi, Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Eng. Taha Asad Al-Shareef, Team Member, King Abdullah Initiative for Agro-Investment Abroad, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

12:30 pm – LUNCHEON

KEYNOTES: Creating a Workforce for the Future

Introduction by Dr. Majed Al-Kassabi, Director General, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation

Rita Athas, President, World Business Chicago

Dr. Lama Al-Sulaiman, Vice Chairman, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Introduction by Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President & Chief Executive Officer, National Council on US-Arab Relations

Khaled Al Turki, Chairman, Al Turki Group

2:30 pm – CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS – Panel Session Three

Panel 5: Building a Knowledge-based Society

Moderator: Dr. Abdulaziz Jazzar, Executive Partner, Malaz Group

Abdulrahman Tarabzouni, Head of Saudi and Emerging Arabia, Google, Saudi Arabia

David Weinstein, President, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center

Feroz Sanaulla, Executive Director, Middle East, IntelCapital

Samer Kurdi, Vice President, Sunbulah Group

Timothy Draper, Managing Director, Draper Venture Capital

Panel 6: Finance and Investment

Moderator: William Cohen, Chairman and CEO, Cohen Group

Kholood Al-Dukheil, Founding Share Holder, Board Member and Executive Vice President, Al

Dukheil Financial Group

Ambassador Ford M. Fraker, Senior Advisor and Chairman, Middle East and North Africa, KKR & Co.

Dr. John Sfakianakis, Group General Manager and Chief Economist, Banque Saudi Fransi

Ahmed Sulaiman Banaja, CEO, SEDCO

4:15 pm – PLENARY SESSION: Incentives for Trade and Investment

Moderator: Peter Robertson, Vice Chairman, Chevron – Retired and U.S. Co-Chairman, USSABC

The Honorable Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs

The Honorable Bijan R. Kian, Member, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States

H.E. Abdullah Alireza, Minister of Commerce

5:00 pm – CLOSING SESSION

Introduction: Jerry Roper, President, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Abdulrahman Al Saeed, Advisor, Royal Court

Secretary William M. Daley, Chairman, Chicago Steering Committee; Chairman, Midwest, J.P. Morgan Chase

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