WBAF Virtual Roundtable GCC Focus: Regional transformation of Gulf economies through entrepreneurship as a response to COVID-19

This roundtable will focus on the diverse and complex characteristics of the local and regional economies of Gulf countries which lead to entrepreneurial vitality and which are instilling in firms, large and small alike, a spirit of international competitiveness that will serve them both during the pandemic and in the post-pandemic business environment.

WBAF Virtual Roundtable GCC Focus: Regional transformation of Gulf economies through entrepreneurship as a response to COVID-19

Hosted by the WBAF Bahrain Country Office

Date: 29 July 2020
Time: 4 pm GMT 60 Minutes + 30 Minutes Q&A

Welcome Speech
Baybars Altuntas, Executive Chairman, World Business Angels Investment Forum
An affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)

Keynote Speaker
H.E. Zayed Al Zayani, Minister of Industry, Commerce & Tourism, Bahrain

Moderator
Feryal Abdulla Nass, High Commissioner & Country Director, WBAF Bahrain Country Office

Panelists
H.E Sameer Nass, Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry & Chairman of Federation of GCC Chamber

H.E. Rashed Al Maraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain

Dr. Hisham Hussain, Head of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Investment and Technology Promotion Office -ITPO

Closing Remarks
Dr Paul Doany, Rector, WBAF Business School