GIC Central Banking Series The Middle East: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in the Economic Landscape
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2013 - Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa by Anantara
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Join GIC in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in partnership with the Wharton Center at CERT and the Higher Colleges of Technology.
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GIC Central Banking Series: The Middle East: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in the Economic Landscape
Sunday, March 24
7 – 9 p.m. GIC Welcome Dinner Awtar in Dubai
Tuesday, March 26
Events will be held at the Eastern Mangroves Hotel & Spa by Anantara in Abu Dhabi; transportation will be provided. Attire: Business
8:30 – 9 a.m. Registration and Coffee
9 – 9:10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist of McVean Trading & Investments and GIC Program Chair
- Bulent Gultekin, Associate Professor of Finance at the Wharton School
9:10 – 9:45 a.m. Keynote Presentation: “An Economic & Monetary Policy Outlook: Where does the United States go from here?”
- Richard Fisher, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Moderator: Michael Drury, Chief Economist of McVean Trading & Investments and GIC Program Chair
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Keynote Response 1
- David Kotok, CIO at Cumberland Advisors and GIC Vice Chair
- John E. Silvia, Managing Director and Chief Economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC
10:45 – 10:55 a.m. Coffee Break
10:55 – 11:55 a.m. Keynote Response 2
- Don Rissmiller, Chief Economist, Strategas Research Partners
- George Tsetsekos, Dean Emeritus of the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University
11:55 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Keynote Address: His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development and Chancellor, Higher Colleges of Technology
12:30 – 2 p.m. Lunch
2 – 3:10 p.m. Middle East: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
- Samer Khalidi, Executive Director of NBK Capital
- Hassan Fattah, Editor-in-Chief of The National
- Simon Williams, Chief Economist of HSBC, Middle East
- Gary Dugan, Coutts Chief Investment Officer, Asia & Middle East
- Moderator: Rajeev Dhawan, Director of the Economic Forecasting Center at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
3:10 – 4:10 p.m. Global Financial Markets: Looking Forward & Industry Sector Overview
- Bulent Gultekin, Associate Professor of Finance at the Wharton School
- Carl Schramm, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kauffman Foundation
- Niranjan Hiranandani, Co-Founder of the Hiranandani Group and Founder of Hirco
- Taha M. Khalifa, Regional General Manager, Middle East and North Africa Intel Corporation
- Moderator: Michael Drury, Chief Economist of McVean Trading & Investments and GIC Program Chair
4:10 – 4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
6 – 8:30 p.m. Festival of Thinkers Opening Ceremony Dubai
Attire: Gentlemen: Business. Ladies: Cocktail Dress or Pant Suit. Women should cover their shoulders out of respect for the local culture.
March 27
All Day The Festival of Thinkers Location TBA
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You will not need a visa to enter the United Arab Emirates if you are a citizen of and are traveling on a valid passport from one of the following countries: United States, UK (with the right of abode in UK), France, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Finland, Spain, Monaco, Vatican, Iceland, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia or South Korea. You will also not need a visa if you are a holder of a Hong Kong SAR passport.
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GIC is delighted to partner with the Wharton Center at CERT and the Higher Colleges of Technology – United Arab Emirates for this event.
GIC would like to acknowledge Wells Fargo for generously sponsoring this event.
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Richard W. Fisher
President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of DallasRichard W. Fisher assumed the office of president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on April 4, 2005. In this role, Fisher serves as a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve's principal monetary policymaking group.
Donald Rissmiller
Founding Partner and Chief Economist of StrategasMr. Rissmiller is a founding Partner of Strategas and has directed the Firm's macroeconomic research efforts since 2006. He oversees Strategas' thematic research as well as high-frequency econometric forecasting.
George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.
Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus Drexel’s LeBow College of BusinessDr. George Tsetsekos, serves as the Francis professor of Finance and Director of the Risk Management Center at the LeBow College of Business. He served as Dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the college achieved national rankings and quality milestones in research and teaching.
David Kotok
Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland AdvisorsDavid Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. David’s articles and financial market commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Radio, Yahoo Finance TV, and other media.
Michael Drury
Chief Economist, McVean Trading & InvestmentsMichael Drury is the chief economist for McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He joined the firm in 1992, after serving for five years as senior economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers and its successor firms. Michael began his career in New York in 1982 as senior economist at A. Gary Shilling and Company. He received his B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Rajeev Dhawan, Ph.D.
Carl R. Zwerner Chair of Economic Forecasting and Director, Economic Forecasting Center, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State UniversityProfessor Rajeev Dhawan wears a dual hat as holder of the Zwerner Chair of Economic Forecasting and as Director of the Economic Forecasting Center at the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. As director of one of the country’s premiere forecasting centers, Dhawan develops forecasts for the U.S., Southeast regional and local metro Atlanta economies.
Simon Williams
Chief Economist, HSBC Bank Middle East LimitedSimon Williams is HSBC’s chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa. Based in Dubai, Simon joined HSBC in 2006 and has more 15 year’s experience as a Middle East analyst. Simon leads HSBC’s macro view of the Middle East and North Africa for equity, fixed income and FX clients across the globe. He […]
Gary Dugan
Chief Investment Officer, Asia & Middle East, CouttsBased in Singapore, Gary is the Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Asia and Middle East at Coutts.
Carl J. Schramm, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Kauffman FoundationPresident and chief executive officer of the Kauffman Foundation since 2002, Carl Schramm is one of the world’s most recognized thought leaders on fostering and advancing entrepreneurship. The Economist has hailed Schramm as the “evangelist of entrepreneurship,” and USA Today noted, “On every front, the Kauffman Foundation has worked intelligently to promote and sustain entrepreneurs – in the fields of entrepreneurship education, research, policy, economic development, and access to capital.” Schramm is the author of The Entrepreneurial Imperative (HarperCollins, 2006). He is also coauthor of Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, with Robert Litan and William Baumol (Yale University Press, 2007), which is now available in nine languages and was named in 2008 one of the “Top Ten Books That Drive Debate” by the National Chamber Foundation, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Both books are regarded as emerging classics, providing new insight into the American and international economies.
Hassan Fattah
Editor-in-Chief of The NationalHassan M. Fattah is the editor of The National, the national daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi. He oversees daily coverage, editorial strategy and strategic planning for the paper.
Taha M. Khalifa
Regional General Manager, Middle East and North Africa Intel CorporationEngineer Taha Khalifa is the Regional General Manager for Intel in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). Taha is managing six offices across the region from Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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