Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Daytime Business Conference
8:00 – 9:00 am – Registration, Breakfast and Networking
9:00 am – 2:30 pm – Program
Fairmont Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
Simin Yazdgerdi Curtis, American MIddle East Institute, President and CEO
His Excellency Dr. Ismail Sallam, Chair, American Middle East Institute Advisory Council, Former Health Minister of Egypt
MORNING KEYNOTE
His Excellency Mohammed Al Rumhy, Minister of Oil & Gas, Sultanate of Oman
ONE on ONE: Conversation with His Excellency Mohammed Al Rumhy on Opportunities in Oman’s Energy Sector
His Excellency Minister Al Rumhy in conversation led by David Spigelmyer, President, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Panel: SUSTAINING THE FUTURE: ENERGY AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Bill Flanagan, Moderator, Executive Vice President, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Alan Daza, Vice President for Upstream Oil & Gas, Aquatech
Michael Lordi, Global Vice President, Elliott Group
Dr. Gregory Reed, Director, Electric Power Initiative and Electric Power Systems Lab; Interim Director, Center for Energy, University of Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Panel: SMART CITIES: INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEXT GENERATION COMMUNITIES
Bill Flanagan, Moderator, Executive Vice President, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Giambattista Atzeni, Senior Director, Middle East, Africa, Turkey, BNY Mellon International Wealth Management, Dubai
Prof. Volker Hartkopf, Director, Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Building Performance & Diagnostics
Tariq Farwana, Founder and Managing Director, StrateSphere, Economic City Projects, Saudi Arabia
CONVERSATION: BUSINESS MARCHES ON – THE STATE OF BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Edward Burton, CEO & President, U.S. -Saudi Business Council
in conversation led by
Dr. Steven Sokol, President & CEO, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
A PRESENTATION by MARWAN JANAHI
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Executive Director, DuBiotech and EnPark, Dubai
Panel: A HEALTHY DIAGNOSIS: DELIVERING HEALTH INNOVATION
Samir Khalil, Panel Chair & Moderator, Executive Director, Middle East & Africa, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Dubai
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Executive Director, DuBiotech and EnPark, Dubai
Dr. Abdallah El-Ajouz, Dept. Head, Public and Private Hospitals, Lebanese Ministry of Public Health
Tony G. Farah, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Allegheny Health Network
Dan Van Dyke, Senior Commercial Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific