INTERNATIONAL  BUSINESS LEADERS CONFERENCE, LONDON 2006

Thursday and Friday, October 19th and 20th, 2006

 

 

 

 

DAY 1

 

8:00 – 9:30am

Registration of Delegates/Coffee

9:30 – 11:00am

Session One: Opening

 

Moderator: ???

9:30 – 9:40am

Welcome Address by C.E.O, Foreign Investment Network

 

 

9:40 – 9:55am

Conference Chairman:

 

Making Real Decision in Critical Times

 

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Nigeria.

 

 

9:55 - 10:10am

Leading and Surviving in the Competitive Financial World

 

Mr. Andy Bainbridge, M.D. Barclays Africa

 

 

10:10 - 10:25am

Building Momemtumand Capacity : People before Problems

 

Maria Kacandes-Kamil    UK

 

 

10:25 - 10:40am

 Equal Opportunity in Global Business Networks

 

 Hon. E. Sinatambou, Minister of Information Technology & Telecommunications Mauritius

 

 

10:40- 11:00am

Question & Answer

 

 

11:00 -11:30 am

Coffee Break

11:30 - 1:00 pm

 Session Two: Investment And Economy

11:30 - 11:50am

Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Investment Climate: Lesson from Angola

 

Dr. Job Graca, Deputy Minister of Finance Angola

 

 

11:50am - 12:10pm

Golden Rules For International Business Leaders

 

Rebecca Harding -Executive Director  London Business School

 

 

12:10 - 12:30pm

Stabilising inflation as a means of development

 

Dr James D Rogers, Governor of Central Bank , Sierra Leone

 

 

12:30 - 1:00pm

Question & Answer

 

 

1:00 - 2:00pm

Lunch

2:00 – 3:00pm

Session Three: Workshops 104, 105, 106

2:00 - 2:15pm

The importance of leadership in a developing country

 

Pastor Fola Alade – Trinity Church UK

 

 

2:15 - 2:30pm

Corporate Governance  and the Implementation of Standards and Procedures

 

Koosum Kalyan, Shell Manager, Chair G8Business Action against corruption committee

 

 

2:30 - 2:45pm

Inventive & Innovative Women Making A Difference to Economic Growth and Sustainable Development

 

Bola Olabisi  President of GWIN

 

 

2:45 - 3:00pm

Gaining access to Micro finance

 

Phillis Santa Maria, president, Planet finance UK

 

 

3:00 - 3:15pm

Question & Answer

 

 

3:15 - 3: 45pm

Coffee Break

 

 

3:45 - 4:05pm

The role of Leadership in corporate social responsibility

 

James Smith, Shell Country Chairman UK

 

 

4:05 - 4:25pm

Challenges of promoting investment to Africa: A case of Cameroon

 

Mr. Augustin Kodock, Minister of planning, programming and Regional Development

 

 

4:25 - 4: 40pm

Question & Answer

 

 

4:40 - 5pm

Closing Remarks

 

Dayo Benjamins Laniyi, Managing Director, DoxaDigital

 

 

 

 

DAY 2

 

8:00 – 9:30am

Networking Breakfast or Coffee??

 

 

 

Session One

 

Moderator: Dr Michael Aderohunmu

9:30 – 10:45am

The Role of Media in Promoting Africa

 

Panel Discussion

 

 

 

Panellists: 

 

Reuben Abati, Editor Guardian Newspaper, Nigeria

 

Hon. Prof. S Kaikai, Minister of Information, Sierra Leone

 

Hon E. Sinatambou,  Minister of Info and TeleComs, Mauritius

 

Alister Soyode, President, BEN TV, UK

 

 

 

 

10:45- 11:00am

Questions and Answers

 

 

11:00 -11:30 am

Coffee Break

11:30 - 1:00 pm

 Session Two: TITLE!

 

Moderator: Noma Mbeki, CEO, Miss Commonwealth

 

 

11:30 - 11:45am

The challenges of a growing entrepreneur

 

  Pastor Kayode Owolabi

 

 

11:45am - 12:00pm

IMPROVING YOUR NEGOTIATING SKILLS

 

Maria Kacandes-Kamil 

 

 

12:00 - 12:15pm

Information Technology and Economic Growth

 

Hon. Prof. S Kaikai , Minister of information Sierra Leone

 

 

12:15 - 12:30pm

 Creating leaders from education as means of development

 

Dr. Hope Sadza, Vice Chancellor, Women University of Zimbabwe Harare

 

 

12:30 - 12:45pm

Can donors and the private sector really work together

 

Lisa Curtis, DFID UK

 

 

12:45- 1:00pm

Questions and Answers

 

 

1:00 - 2:00pm

Lunch

2:00 - 3:00 pm

 Session Three: TITLE!

 

Moderator:

2:00 – 2:20pm

The Role of SMEs and Entrepreneurship in Africa's Development

 

Patrick Frederick, Chief Executive, Aimex International

 

 

2:20 - 2:40pm

Business Opportunities in Angola

 

Eng Carlos Antonio Fernandes, President, National Private Investment Agency

 

 

2:40pm - 3:00pm

Surviving as a leader in a male dominated industry : view of the professional 

 

Dr. Mrs C.G Okpareke, FCA, ICAN President, Nigeria

 

 

3:00 - 3:15pm

Vote of Thanks By FIN CEO

 

 

3:15 - 4:00pm

Coffee / Networking