Annual Entrepreneurship Conference

Elgouna, Egypt

November 16-19, 2016

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ARRIVAL & WELCOME - Wednesday 16 November 2016

Time Item

13.00—18.00 Arrival and transport to hotels

18.30—19.00 Transportation to dinner venue

19.00—20.00 Registration at dinner entrance

20.00—22.00 Dinner and evening program

DAY ONE - Thursday 17 November 2016

Time Item

08.30—09.00 Welcome Remarks | Hosts: Mr. Ahmed Osman, Eng. Magdi Wahba and Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy

09.00—11.00 Opening remarks

Mr. Peter van Rooij - ILO DWT CO, Director

Dr. Luca Iandoli - ICSB President

Ms. Buke Cuhadar - Vice President – Global Entrpreneurship Network

Dr. Ahmed Shalaby – Managing Director – Tatweer Misr (GEW Exclusive Sponsor)

Prof. Ismail Abdelghaffar - AAST President

Mr. Troy Lulashnyk - Canadian Ambassador

HE Mr Ahmed Abdullah - Red Sea Governor

HE Dr. Sahar Nasr - Minister of International Cooperation- Arab Republic of Egypt

Panel Discussion: The Role of Entrepreneurship in achieving the SDG’s?

Dr. Winslow Sargeant, ICSB VP of Advocacy

HE Dr. Mohamed Al-Zuhair, Executive Chairman, Kuwait National Fund for SME Development, Kuwait

HE Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt

Conference guideline: Eng Magdy Wahba

11.00—11.30 Group Photo & Break

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11.30 - 13.00 Parallel Session I Parallel Session II Parallel Session III ICSB Academy

Overview what is happening in Egypt’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem & MSME

Ecosystem Dr. Sherine Elsabbagh, Ministry of

Trade & Industry Mr. Mohamed Ashour,

Administrative Control Authority Mr Abdelhameed Sharara, RiseUp Dr. Shima Barakat, The University of

Cambridge Ms. Hanaa el Hilaly, Member of

Independent Team of Advisors of UN ECOSOC, Egypt

Moderator: Ms Eman Omran - SME

Team Leader Canada

Can you teach entrepreneur-ship? Dr. Lotfi Belkhir, McMaster

University– Canada Dr. Oli Vuola, Aalto

University Dr. Jean-François Ouellet,

HEC Montréal, Canada Dr. Athanasios Kungolos,

Aristotle University of Thes-saloniki, Greece

Dr. Adam Saffer, USAID SEED Moderator: Dr. Paul Swiercz,

GWU, USA

Entrepreneurship in Arts & Cul-ture Ms. Azza Fahmy, Azza Fahmy Ms. Sherine Shorbagy, IMC Dr. Heba Handousa, TBA Moderator: Ms. Khouloud El

Khaldi, ILO

Introduction Mr. Ahmed Osman Dr. Luca Iandoli, Naples

University, Italy Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy,

GWU, USA Dr. Ashraf Sheta, AUC Taking Flight with Your Entrepreneurial Idea

Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy,

GWU, USA

ILO Entrepreneurship Toolkits Eng. Magdy Wahba, ILO

13.00—14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 - 16.30 Parallel Session IV Parallel Session V Parallel Session VI ICSB Academy

Overview what is happening in the global entrepreneurship ecosystem? Dr. Geralyn Franklin, ICSB SVP Mr. Marcus Pilgrim, ILO Dr. Athanasios Kungolos, Aristotle

University of Thessaloniki, Greece Dr. Samar Baqer, Kuwait University Dr. Winslow Sargeant, ICSB SVP Moderator: Mr. Mohamed Elayouti,

Prime Business Consulting & Damlag

Entrepreneurship education cases – Best Practices Dr. Wael El Desouki, AAST Dr. Lotfi Belkhi, McMaster

University Ms. Miriam Helmy, NJIT, USA Mrs. Inas Morsi, Egyptian

American Community Foundation

Dr. Oli Vuola, Aalto University

Moderator: Mr. Amr Gohar,

MCSBE

Unleashing Creativity and Innovation Ms Rasha Tantawy, TIEC Dr. Gay Yuyitung, McMaster

University Dr. Luca Iandoli, ICSB

President Dr. Hossam Osman, ITIDA Dr. Amr Farouk, Academy of

Scientific Research and Technology

Moderator: Mr. Hesham

Wahby, Innoventures

Module II. Customer Dis-covery Jean-François Ouellet Module III. Selling your idea Dr. Ashraf Sheta, AUC Module IV. Live Case of a successful entrepreneurial venture Dr. Hossam Maksoud

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16.30 - 17.00 Break

17.00 - 17.30 Plenary Closing

17.30 - 19.00 Free time

19.00 - 19.30 Transport to dinner venue

19.30—21.00 Dinner

DAY TWO - Friday 18 November 2016

Time Item

08.30—09.00 Welcome Remarks | Host: Mr. Hossam Saleh

09.00—10.00 Plenary Opening: The Future of Egypt through the Youth and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Lubna Helal, Central Bank of Egypt

Mr. Adam Saffer, SEED—USAID

Dr Iman Bibars, Ashoka

Mr. Mohamed Ali Youssef, Member of the Egyptian Parliament, Head SME Committee,

Mr. Amr Abouelazm, Tanmeyah Microenterprises & MCSBE

Moderator: Mr. Hossam Saleh, MCSBE

10.00—11.00 Plenary Session: Data Driven Innovation | Host: Dr. Raed Sharif, IDRC

11.00—11.30 Break

11.30 - 13.00 Parallel Session I Parallel Session II Parallel Session III ICSB Academy

Business Incubators – Cases & Strategies Ms. June Lavelle, USAID SEED Nahdet El Mahsousa Flat Six Labs Mr.Hisham Wahby,

Innoventures Moderator: Eng. Magdy Wahba,

ILO

The Intersection of Social Entreprneurship, CSR, and Sustianability Dr. Paul Swiercz Mr. Chris Celiberti Dr. Samar M. Baqer Dr. Hossam Maksoud Live Case: MS Vehicles Moderator: Mr. Khaled

Farouk, Celltek & MCSBE

Access to Finance for SMEs Mr. Amr Abouelazm, Tanmeyah

Microenterprses Dr. George Jabbour, George

Washington University Mr. Ahmed Abdel Wahab, USAID SEED Mr. Sameh Saif Ghaly, TADE Moderator: Dr. Mohamed Fahmy, Logic

Consulting

Module V: How to fund your start-up Dr. Lotfi Belkhir Dr. Gay Yuyitung Module VI: Designing not Planning a smart business Dr. Winslow Sargeant

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13.00—14.00 Lunch Break

14.00—15.30 Parallel Session IV Parallel Session V Parallel Session VI ICSB Academy

Egyptians Abroad - Success Stories Mr. Ahmed El Alfi, Sawari Ventures Dr Hossam Maksood, Founder of

Maksoud Pharm Mr. Pierre Girgis, President of Ameri-

can Community foundation Ms. Sarah El-Gabry, Tamery Moderator: Ms. Lamiaa Negm ElDin,

Institute of Executives & Directors

From Ideas to Action Ms. Mariam Aldhaher, UAEi -

Benchmarking of Small and Medi-um Enterprises in Delta region

Dr. Nabil Shalaby, Egypt Circular economy-paradigms from the ag-ricultural sector

Dr. Christina Kungolos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece -

Moderator: Ms. Amal Mowafi, ILO

Role of co-working spaces in entrepreneurship development Mr Mohamed Fouad, Ma3mal Mr Muhammad Nagi, Al

Maqarr Mr Ahmed Obada,

Workstation Mr. Ahmed Rizk, co-founder

start-up school at Al Maqar & trainer (Egypt)

Moderator: Mr. Hisham Wahby, Innoventures

Module VII: How to present your business idea Jean-François Ouellet Dr. Lotfi Belhkir Module VIII: The Triple Bottom Line

Chris Celiberti Dr. Samar M. Baqer

15.30—16.00 Break

16.00 - 18.00 Plenary: Nawah Pitches | Moderator: Eng Ahmed Osman and hosted by Eng Magdy Wahba & Ms. Amal Mowafi, ILO

Ms. Solveig Schuster, Counselor & Head of Cooperation, Department of Global Affairs, Canada

Eng. Magdy Wahba, ILO

Mr. Mohamed Tarek, CCC

Mr. Mohamed Ashour, ACA

Ms. Ghada Darwish, Piza Industries

Mr. Baher Ayoub, Tatweer Misr

Ms. Marwa Elabbaseery, Abraaj Capital

Dr. Mohamed Galal, TMG

Dr. Wael Eldesouki, AAST

Mr. Tamer Mostafa, Monsanto

18.00 - 19.00 Free time

19.00 - 19.30 Transport to dinner venue

19.30—21.00 Dinner

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DAY THREE - Saturday 19 November 2016

Time Item

08.30—09.00 Welcome Remarks | Host: Mr. Ahmed Osman

09.00 - 10.15 Plenary Session: Is small still beautiful?

Mr. Tarek Tawfik, Federation of Egyptian Industries

Mr. Markus Pilgrim, ILO

Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy, ICSB Executive Directpr

Dr. Athanassios Kungolos, Aristotle University

Dr. Winslow Sargeant, ICSB SVP

Moderator: Eng Magdy Wahba, ILO

10:15 - 11.30 Women and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Geralyn Franklin, ICSB SVP

Dr. May El Batran, Member of Egyptian Parliament & MCSBE

Ms Amy Mowafi, MO4 Network

Ms Badra Alewa, ILO

Ms. Riham Abou Elenein, Bznsbuilder

Moderator: Ms.Rasha Abu Elazm, UN Women

11.30 - 12.30 Nawah Awards| Moderator: Eng Ahmed Osman and Eng Magdy Wahba

12.30 - 14.00 Plenary thank you and closing session| Moderator: Mr. Ahmed Osman

Closing Session

Eng. Ahmed Osman, MCSBE Dr. Luca Iandoli, ICSB President

Ms. Solveig Schuster, Counselor & Head of Cooperation, Department of Global Affairs-Canada

HE Mr Ahmed Abdullah, Governor of Red Sea

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