Under the High Patronage of His Excellency

Zine El-Abidine BEN ALI

President of the Republic of Tunisia

22nd Session of the Corporate Days

Port EL Kantaoui, November 30th and December 1st, 2007

The Maghrebian Enterprise and Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

DRAFT PROGRAM

Thursday, November 29th:

18.00-20.00   Reception of the participants

20.30            Welcome Dînatoire Cocktail Sponsored by La Rose Blanche

Friday, November 30th: Opening Ceremony of The Days   

08.30-09.00   Reception of the participants

09.00-09.10   Opening Short Speech  of Mr. Chekib NOUIRA, President of the IACE.

09.10-09.30   Presentation of the Enterprise Days 2007 by Mr Moez BELKHIRIA, Chairman of BSB Toyota, Tunisia.

09.30-10.30   Official Opening of the Days by Mr. Mohamed GHANNOUCHI, Prime Minister

10.30-13.00   First session: The development of Asian Enterprises

Honor Guest : Mr. Afif CHELBI, Minister of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises

10.30-10.55   Mr. Jean-Hervé LORENZI, Chairman of the Circle of the French Economists.

10.55-11.20   Mr. Christian de BOISSIEU, Delegate President of the Board of Economic Analysis.

11.20-11.50   Coffee Break Sponsored by Assurances BIAT

11.50-12.15   Mr. Minh Thuy HUYNH, President of IACP Group, Vietnam. 

12.15-12.45   Debate

12.45-13.00   Conclusive intervention of Mr. The Minister of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises.

13.00-14.30   LUNCH Sponsored by SHELL Tunisie

14.30-18.00   Second Session : The Competition between Asian and Maghrebian Enterprises

Honor Guest: Mr. Ridha TOUTI, Minister of Trade and Craftsmanship.

14.30-14.45   Mr. Shigeyuki ABE, Professor of Economics, Director, Center for Contemporary Asian Studies (CCAS), Doshisha University, Japan, “The Competitiveness of Asian Economies”.

14.45-15.00   Mr. William MAKO, Chief Economist of the East Asian Region in the World Bank, “the Business Environment in the Asian and Maghrebian Countries”.

15.00-15.30   Coffee Break Sponsored by Assurances BIAT

15.30-18.00   First panel: The Competition in the European Market

15.30-17.15   Moderator: Mr. M S MATHIVANAN, Chairman of Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council, India

Mr. Tarek CHERIF, President of Valentine Group, Tunisia.

Mr. Hicham CHEBIHI HASSANI, President of the Emergence Commission of the General Confederation of Morocco Company (CGEM), Morocco.

Mr. John CHIANG, Partner of DragonBridge Venture Capital, China.

Mr. H S BHASKER, Executive Director and CEO, Gokak Textiles, India.

17.15-17.45   Debate

17.45-18.00   Conclusive Intervention of Mr. the Minister of Trade and Craftsmanship

20.30             Gala Dinner Sponsored by TUNISIE TELECOM

Saturday, 1st December:

09.00-13.30   Third Session: The Prospects of Cooperation: Asia – Maghreb

Honor Guest: Mr. Mohamed Nouri JOUINI, Minister of Development and International Cooperation.

09.00-09.15   Dr. Lionel VAIRON, Teacher Researcher (INALCO, HEC, CID) and Consultant in International Business Strategy, “The Asian Policies in the Mediterranean”

09.15-09.30   Mr. Mohamed HADDAR, Professor, Faculty of Economic and Management Tunis “Maghrebian Strategies towards Asia”

09.30-10.30   Second panel: The Opportunities for Partnership and Cooperation

Moderator: Mr. Mohammed BOU AMATOU, President of Mauritanian Businessmen Association, Mauritania.

Mr. Ibrahim HAFEZ, Chairman of Libyan Businessmen Council.

Mr. Boualem M’RAKCHI, President of the Algerian Confederation of Employers.

Mr. Wang Hongzhuan, Deputy Director of Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau, China. 

Mr. Paulius KUNCINAS, Senior Editor Oxford Business Group.

10.30-10.50   Debate

10.50-11.10   Coffee Break Sponsored by Assurances BIAT

11.10-12.45 Intervention of the Honor Guests:

Mr. Hedi DJILANI, President of the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Craftsmanship

Mr. Omar KABBAJ, Counsellor of His Majesty King of Morocco and Former President of Development African Bank.

Mr. Wang JINZHEN, Vice President & General Secretary of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

Mr. Jean Pierre RAFFARIN, Former French Prime Minister

12.45-13.00   Conclusive Intervention of Mr. the Minister of Development and International Cooperation

13.00-13.30   Debate

13.30            CLOSING LUNCH Sponsored by TUNISIANA

Official partner of the Days “Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie”

Media Partner the Oxford Business Group

With the participation of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation

European Commission, AURES CITROEN and the FIPA

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