There were six speakers at the seminar as shown in the following seminar schedule:
Session |
Time |
Topic |
17.30 – 18.00 | Registration | |
18.00 – 18.10 | Recitation from the Holy Quran | |
18.10 – 18.25 | Opening remarks by the Chair | |
1 | 18.25 – 18.45 | Renewable Energy Finance in the Magrib Region Prof. Dhafer Saidane, Skema Business School, Paris, France |
2 | 18.45 – 19.05 | Jatropha; a Smart Alternative for Future Economies of Sub-Saharan Dr. Osame Rayis, Director General, Africa City of Technology, Khartoum, Sudan |
3 | 19.05 – 19.25 | Providing non-Financial Services to SMEs Ms. Simla Ünal, Senior Manager,SME Banking Business&Synergy Development, Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB),Istanbul, Turkey |
4 | 19.25 – 19.45 | Supporting Agribusiness through SME Financing Dato’ Wan Fadzmi Wan Othman, CEO, Agrobank Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
5 | 19.45 – 20.05 | Fostering Innovative Entrepreneurship: Regulatory and Institutional Environment Conducive to Urban and Rural Economic Development Mr. Iqbal Khan, President, SURE Institute, Lahore, Pakistan |
6 | 20.05 – 20.25 | Agribusiness through SME Finance Mr. Umar Nazarov, Head of Corporate Banking Directorate, OJSC ”Agroinvestbank”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
20.25 – 20.45 | Discussion, summary & concluding remarks | |
20.45 – 21.05 | Closing remarks by the Host |
Dr. Rayis could not be present due to a delay in his visa. He was replaced by Prof. Sheikh Ghazali Abod, Director, CEDAR from Malaysia. Prof. Abod made a presentation on “Innovation in Malaysia”.
The presentations can be accessed by clicking on the title of the papers.