Agenda of the annual conference of the committees:

Committees Annual conference
Towards a promising economic infrastructure

Sustainability and development
Sunday 25 February 2024
9:30 am – 02:00 pm – Four Seasons Hotel - Bahrain Bay

 

08.30 Registration
09.00 – 09.15

Welcoming remarks
H.E. Mr. Sameer Abdulla Nass –Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber
H.E. Mr. Waleed Ibrahim Kanoo –Head of the Committees’ Steering Group

   
09.15 –09.35   Honoring the winners of the JadarahAward
09.35–09.40 Sectorial committees Achievements (2022-2023)
09.40–10.15 Verne Harnish-Keynote Speaker
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10.15–11.00

First Panel Discussion
Legislation supporting an encouraging economic structure
Moderator: Mrs. Ebrahim Ali Al Tamimi –Chief Communication Officer
Topics:
-Legislation that keeps pace with the requirements of development
-Facilitating commercial procedures and increasing their effectiveness
-Fiscal sustainability and economic stability
-Community participation in the process of developing legislation
Participants:

-Lawyer Mrs. Dalal Jassim Abdullah Al-Zayed– Member of Shura Council
-H.E. Mr. Ahmed Sabah Al-Salloum–Member of the House of Representatives
-H.EHasanEbrahim Hasan -Member of the House of Representatives
-Mr. Abdul Hakim Al-Shammari–Chairman of Al-ShammariHolding Group

   
11.00–11.05   Questions & Inquiries
   
11.05–11.10   Recommendations Announcement
   

11.10–11.55

 

Second Panel Discussion
Private sector Role in Economic development
Moderator: H.E. Mrs. Sawsan Abulhasan–Board Member of the Bahrain Chamber
Topics:
-Government strategy to employ and strengthen partnership with the private sector.
-Rules of partnership with the private sector and ways to enhance them to achieve the dimensions of comprehensive development.
-The role of the private sector in economic recovery; promising sectors and ways to encourage and develop them


Participants:
-H.E. Dr. Khalid Fahad Al-Alawi -Assistant Undersecretary for Industrial Development
-Ministry of Industry and Trade

-Mr. Adnan Ahmed Yousef -Chairman -Bahrain Association of Banks

-Mr.Yaqoob Yousef AlAwadhi -Chairman of NGN International -Board member Bahrain Chamber.

   
11.00 – 11:10    Questions & Inquiries
 
12.00 – 12:05 Recommendations Announcement

12:05 – 12.30

Break

          

12.30 – 01.30  

Third Panel Discussion
Facilities & Incentives
Facilities supporting the growth of the private sector and the stimulating environment for promising projects
Moderator: Dr. Adel Al-Abdullah -Strategic Thinking Consultant
Topics
-Linking economic strategies to facilities
-Efficient and urgent solutions to the challenges facing the sectors
-The most important facilities for the private sector
-Review the laws of strategic projects linked to the basic strategy
Participants:
-Mr. Khalid AlBayat–Chief Growth Officer -Tamkeen
-Eng. Jassim Issa Al-Shirawi –Former Director General for Oil and Gas Affairs at the National Oil and Gas Authority
-Dr. Ahmed Al-Kufi -Vice Chairman of the Education and Training Committee
-Eng. Sarah Al-Abbasi –Vice Chairman of the Real Estate Committee
-Mrs. SawsanA.Karim –Health Economist
-Mr. Mohammed Kazem Al-Aali –Member of the Finance, Insurance and Tax Committee
-Representative –Riyadh Chamber –Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 

 

01.30–01.35

Questions & Inquiries

01.35–01.40

Recommendations Announcement

01.40 –02.00

Closing Remarks

02.00

Lunch

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