ABANA’s 2009 conference addresses the economic climate and business opportunities in the Middle East, with a particular focus on capital markets, real estate and infrastructure.
Middle East Investing: The Way Forward
8:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Mahmoud Salem, Vice President & Conference Committee Chair, ABANA and Vice President & Head of Middle East Depositary Receipts Business, The Bank of New York Mellon
8:35 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks & Keynote Introduction
Wa’el N. Chehab, President, ABANA and President, Cedar Capital Management
8:45 a.m.
Keynote Address I: Economic Outlook for Global Capital Markets
Horace “Woody” Brock, Ph.D., President & Founder, Strategic Economic Decisions
9:25 a.m.
Session I: Real Estate
George N. Jalinos, President, The Galen Group (moderator)
Daniel T. Cooper, Managing Director, Fund Management, HDG Mansur Investment Services
Tariq Jawad, Managing Director of Investment Banking & Head of Emerging Markets, Rodman & Renshaw
Chip Lippman, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
10:10 a.m.
Coffee & Networking Break
10:30 a.m.
Keynote Address II
Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, GAMCO Investors
11:10 a.m.
Session II: Infrastructure
James Fevola, Vice President, Global Corporate Trust, The Bank of New York Mellon (moderator)
Christopher Cross, Partner, White & Case
Salim G. Samaha, Principal, Global Infrastructure Partners
Sadek Wahba, Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer & Global Head of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, Morgan Stanley
12:00 p.m.
Luncheon
12:50 p.m.
Keynote Address III
Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs (International)
1:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Mahmoud Salem, Vice President & Conference Committee Chair, ABANA, and Vice President & Head of Middle East Depositary Receipts Business, The Bank of New York Mellon
Speakers

Chip Lippman
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
Christopher Cross
Partner
White & Case
Daniel T. Cooper
Managing Director, Fund Management
HDG Mansur Investment Services

George N. Jalinos
President
The Galen Group

Horace "Woody" Brock
President & Founder
Strategic Economic Decisions, Inc.

James Fevola
Vice President, Global Corporate Trust
The Bank of New York Mellon

Mahmoud Salem
Managing Director, Depositary Receipts Division
Head of Global Marketing & Middle East Region at BNY Mellon

Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman & CEO
GAMCO Investors, Inc.

Sadek Wahba
Chairman & Managing Partner
I Squared Capital

Salim G. Samaha
Principal
Global Infrastructure Partners

Tariq Jawad
Managing Director of Investment Banking & Head of Emerging Markets
Rodman & Renshaw
Wa'el N. Chehab
Founder, President & CEO
Cedar Capital Management