February 9th, 2010
Day 1:
7:45-8:15 Registration
8:15-9:00 Welcome Remarks Opening formalities,
- H E Sheikh Abdullah Bin Saud Al-Thani, Governor, Qatar Central Bank
- HE Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim, Secretary General, Secretariat for Development Planning
- Luis Serven, Senior Advisor, World Bank Research Department
9:00-9:30 Break
9:30-11:30 Panel 1: Global Experience in Economic Diversification
Moderator, Darren Jordon, Al Jazeera English
- Adel al-Wugayan , General Secretary, The Supreme Council for Planning and Development, Kuwait
- Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University
- Tan Sri Suleiman Mahbob, Chairman of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority
- Thorvaldur Gylfason, Professor of Economics, University of Iceland
- Senior Representative, Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi (tbc)
- Gerard Lyons, Chief Economist, Standard Chartered Bank, London.
11:30-12:00 Break
12:00-2:00 Panel 2: Strategies for Diversification in the GCC
Moderator: Luis Serven (Senior Advisor, World Bank):
- H E Sheikh Hamad Bin Jabor Bin Jassem Al Thani, Director General, Secretariat for Development Planning, Qatar
- Mr. Kamal Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer, Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), Bahrain
- Dr. Saleh Suliman Al-Rashid, College of Management Sciences, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
- Ali Aissaoui, Senior Consultant, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), Saudi Arabia
2:00-2:30 Lunch
17:00-18:30 Closed Door Session: Diversification in the context of the Qatar National Development Strategy (NDS); invitation only
February 10th, 2010
Day 2:
8:00-10:00 Working Group Sessions (parallel)
- Creating New Market and Product/Service Opportunities
- John Page, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Director, International Growth Center, formerly World Bank
- New Frontiers in the Energy Sector
- David V. Scott, Executive Director of Economic Affairs, Abu Dhabi
- ICT, innovation
- Adnan Abu-Dayya, Executive Director, QU Wireless Innovations Center (QUWIC)
- Human Resources
- Zafiris Tzannatos (World Bank—retired)
10:00-10:45 Group Presentations prepared
10:45 -12:00 Presentations and discussion
12:00-12:30 Break
12:45-1:15 Lessons: where does the GCC go from here? Luis Serven, Senior Advisor, World Bank Research Department
