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

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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)

Mr. Khaled Beshara—CEO—Orascom

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, Egypt Mr. Mohamed Ashour,

Administrative Control Authority, Egypt

Mr Abdelhameed Sharara, RiseUp, Egypt

Ms. Hanaa el Hilaly, Member of Independent Team of Advisors of UN ECOSOC, Egypt

Tamer Taha, Yomken.com Moderator: Ms Eman Omran - SME

Team Leader ,Canada

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

University, Canada Dr. Olil Vuola, Aalto

University, Finland Dr. Jean-François Ouellet,

HEC Montréal, Canada Dr. Athanasios Kungolos,

Aristotle University of Thes-saloniki, Greece

Dr. Ashraf Sheta, AUC, Egypt Moderator: Dr. Paul Swiercz,

GWU, USA

Entrepreneurship in Arts, Culture & Media Ms. Azza Fahmy, Azza Fahmy

Jewllery, Egypt Ms. Sherine Shorbagy,

Industrial Modernization Centre, Egypt

Ms. Eljawhara Alotaishan, Rowa d Elamaal Magazine, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Heba Handousa, Mr. Mostafa Zakaria,

Garaad Moderator: Ms. Khouloud El

Khaldi, ILO

Introduction Mr. Ahmed Osman,

MCSBE, Egypt Dr. Luca Iandoli, Naples

University, Italy Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy,

GWU, USA 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? Ms. Buke Cuhadar, GEN, U.S.A Dr. Geralyn Franklin, ICSB SVP Dr. Athanasios Kungolos, Aristotle

University of Thessaloniki, Greece Dr. Winslow Sargeant, ICSB SVP Dr. Ayman El Tarabeeshi , ICSB Moderator: Mr. Mohamed Elayouti,

Prime Business Consulting & Damlag

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

Egypt Dr. Lotfi Belkhi, McMaster

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

American Community Foundation, U.S.A

Dr. Olli Vuola, Aalto University, Finland

Moderator: Mr. Amr Gohar,

MCSBE, Egypt

Unleashing Creativity and Innovation Dr. Gay Yuyitung, McMaster

University, Canada Dr. Luca Iandoli, ICSB Dr. Hossam Osman, ITIDA,

Egypt Dr. Abdulrahman Galal, AAST Dr. Amr Farouk, Academy of

Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt

Moderator: Mr. TBA

Module II. Customer Dis-covery Jean-François Ouellet Module III. Selling your idea Dr. Ashraf Sheta, AUC Mr. Sherif Seif Elnasr,

Tatweer Misr 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, Egypt

Mr. Adam Saffer, SEED—USAID, Egypt

Dr Iman Bibars, Ashoka , Egypt

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

Mr. Amr Abouelazm, Tanmeyah Microenterprises & MCSBE, Egypt

Moderator: Mr. Hossam Saleh, MCSBE , Egypt

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

11.00—11.30 Break

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

Business Incubators – Cases & Strategies Dr. Alaa Fahmy, UNIDO, Egypt Ms. June Lavelle, USAID SEED,

U.S.A Ms. Mai Elzeiny, Nahdet El

Mahsousa, Egypt Mr.Hisham Wahby,

Innoventures, Egypt Moderator: Eng. Magdy

Wahba, ILO

The Intersection of Social Entreprneurship, CSR & Sustianability

Dr. Paul Swiercz, GW University, U.S.A

Mr. Chris Celiberti, Heal R World, U.S.A Dr. Samar M. Baqer, Kuwait University,

Kuwait Dr. Hossam Maksoud, Maksood Pharm,

U.S.A Ms. Sherine Abdelbaki, Meshwar Moderator: Mr. Khaled Farouk,

MCSBE, Egypt

Access to Finance for SMEs Mr. Amr Abouelazm, Tanmeyah

Microenterprses , Egypt Dr. George Jabbour, George

Washington University, U.S.A Mr. Ahmed Abdel Wahab, USAID SEED,

Egypt Mr. Sameh Saif Ghaly, TADE, Egypt Moderator: Dr. Mohamed Fahmy, Logic

Consulting , Egypt

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,

Egypt Dr Hossam Maksood, Maksoud

Pharm, U.S.A Mr. Pierre Girgis, Egyptian American

Community Foundation, U.S.A Ms. Sarah El-Gabry, Tamery , U.S.A Moderator: Ms. Lamiaa Negm ElDin,

Institute of Executives & Directors, Egypt

From Ideas to Action Ms. Mariam Aldhaher, UAE -

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,

Egypt Mr Muhammad Nagi, Al

Maqarr, Egypt Mr Ahmed Obada,

Workstation, 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, Egypt

Mr. Mohamed Ashour, ACA, Egypt

Ms. Ghada Darwish, Piza Industries, Egypt

Mr. Baher Ayoub, Tatweer Misr, Egypt

Ms. Marwa Elabbaseery, Abraaj Capital, Egypt

Dr. Mohamed Galal, TMG, Egypt

Dr. Islam Elnakeeb, AAST, Egypt

Mr. Tamer Mostafa, Monsanto, Egypt

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, Egypt

Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy, ICSB Executive Directpr, U.S.A

Dr. Athanassios Kungolos, Aristotle University, Greece

Dr. Winslow Sargeant, ICSB, U.S.A

Moderator: Eng Magdy Wahba, ILO, Egypt

10:15 - 11.30 Women and Entrepreneurship

Ms. Dina Sherif, Ahead of the Curve, Egypt

Dr. Geralyn Franklin, ICSB SVP, U.S.A

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

Ms Amy Mowafi, MO4 Network, Egypt

Dr. Gehan Saleh, AAST

Moderator: Ms. Badra Alewa, ILO, Egypt

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, Egypt Dr. Luca Iandoli, ICSB President, Italy Ms. Solveig Schuster, Counselor & Head of Cooperation, Department of Global Affairs, Canada

HE Mr Ahmed Abdullah, Governor of Red Sea, Egypt

We Wish You All Safe Travel

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