Date August 4, 2010, 12:00 am
Location Salve Regina University
100 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, RISee Map
Date August 4, 2010, 12:00 am
Location Salve Regina University
100 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, RISee Map
Cocktail Reception
Welcome Remarks & Dinner
Sister M. Therese Antone, RSM, Chancellor, Salve Regina University
Opening Remarks
Omar Wohabe, President, ABANA & Partner, Wohabe Law Offices, LLP
Keynote Speaker
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance
Buffet Breakfast
Program Introduction
Katharine "Kitty" Cushing, Strategic Investment Advisor, Amphion Innovations plc
Welcome Remarks
Frank Caprio, Rhode Island General Treasurer
Omar Wohabe, ABANA President & Partner, Wohabe Law Offices, LLP
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Hani Findakly, CEO, Potomac Capital (Presentation available)
Dr. Odeh Aburdene, President, OAI Advisors (Presentation available)
Break
Roundtable Discussion I - Partnership is the Way Forward: Co-Investment & Public-Private Partnerships
Moderator: Mohannad Aama, Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, Beam Capital Management
Salah Brahimi, President & Chief Executive Officer, Grey Matter International Ltd.
Frank R. Prautzsch, Director, Business Development, Renewable Energy, Raytheon
Andrew K. Reilly, Managing Director, Accretive Exit Capital Partners LLC
Keith W. Stokes, Executive Director, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
Roundtable Discussion II - The Art of the Possible: Renewable & Alternative Energy
Moderator: Rod Parsley, Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners
Evan Lovell, Founding Partner, Virgin Green Fund
Werner Nikowitz, Founding Member, Carbonfinanz
Stephen E. Smith, Jr., Co-Founder & Member, Em-Link, LLC
Luncheon
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Srinivasan Pillay, CEO, NeuroBusiness Group
Roundtable Discussion III - A Legacy of Partnerships: Family Business
Moderator: Lorraine F. George-Harik, Partner, HPM Partners LLC
Katherine Lorenz, Deputy Director, Institute for Philanthropy
John Messervey, President & Founder, National Family Business Council
Roundtable Discussion IV - A World of Opportunity: Cross-Border Transactions
Moderator: Hussein A. Khalifa, Partner, MVision Private Equity Advisers
Emad H. Khalil, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Signapore
Mahmoud Salem, Managing Director, Financial Market Sector, BNY Mellon
Karim Shariff, Founding Principal, Majlis Investment
Adjournment
Tour of the Loeb Visitor's Center with
Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr.
Dinner at the home of Katherine Quinn
Managing Director
Accretive Exit Capital, LLC
CEO
Potomac Capital
President
OAI Advisors
Chief Executive Officer
NeuroBusiness Group
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Singapore
Founding Partner
Virgin Green Fund
Senior Vice President of Government Programs
ORBCOMM
Partner
MVision Private Equity Advisers
Chairman
Loeb Rhoades Trust Company
President & Founder
National Family Business Council
Founding Principal
Majlis Investment Management
Managing Director
Tag Access Partners, LLC
Deputy Director
Institute for Philanthropy
Founder & President
Anthony Quinn Foundation
Partner
HPM Partners LLC
Managing Director, Depositary Receipts Division
Head of Global Marketing & Middle East Region at BNY Mellon
Chief Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager
Beam Capital Management
Partner
Wohabe Law Offices LLP
President
Waterkeeper Alliance
Partner
Perella Weinberg Partners
President & Chief Executive Officer
Grey Matter International Ltd
Partner
Kennedy Smith Sammaweera
Founding Member
Carbonfinanz