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.

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