IDB - ADFIMI - Agroinvestbank Joint CEO Seminar on 'Innovation, Agribusiness and Renewable Energy through SME Finance', was held at Kokhi Somon Palace, Amphithatre Hall, 1st floor Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 20 May 2013 at 18.00 - 21.05 hrs.
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.