Tuesday, June 12, 2007
10:00 – 12:30 Opening Session & Regional Microentrepreneur Awards
H.E. Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of YemenMr. Abdelkarim Al-Arhabi, Minister of Planning, Yemen
Dr. Taysir al-Radawi , Planning Ministry, Syria
Mohammed Jameel, Abdul Latif Jameel Group, Saudi Arabia
Nasser Al-Khatani, AGFUND, Saudi Arabia
Pancho Otero, IPM, BoliviaEssma
Ben Hamida, Chairperson, Sanabel, Tunisia
Kais Aliriani, Executive Director, Sanabel
13:30 – 15:00 Plenary 1 - 10 million clients by 2010: Current State of the Industry
Kais Al-Iriani, Sanabel, Egypt
Mustapha Bidouj, Fondation Banque Populaire, Morocco
Mohammed Al-Lai, Social Fund for Development, Yemen
Rula Dababneh, CGAP MENA Hub, Jordan
15:30 – 17:00 Plenary 2 – How to Finance 10 Million Clients by 2010
Ranya Abdelbaki, Sanabel, Egypt
Hassan Faried, Dakalya Businessmen’s Association, Egypt
Barbara Marcussen, Oikocredit, Netherlands
Salma Kadiri, Al Amana, Morocco