Business Mission to Egypt

Ministry of Trade and Industry
Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero
Business Mission to Egypt
Cairo, 8-10 April 2008
Program
8 April 2008
Afternoon
Arrival of the delegation and transfer to the hotels Four Seasons,
Grand Hyatt and Semiramis Intercontinental for the following flights:
h. 14.55 AZ 896 from Rome
h. 17.30 MS 792 from Rome
h. 18.40 AZ 882 from Milan
h. 01.35 (9th april) AZ 894 from Rome
21.30
Gala Dinner offered by Intesa Sanpaolo
(Grand Hyatt Hotel - Farhaty Ballroom)
[walking distance from Four Seasons Hotel]
in cooperation with:
9 April 2008
09.30
Transfer from Semiramis Hotel to Four Seasons Hotel
10.00-10.45
Participants’ registration and welcome coffee
(Hotel Four Seasons at Nile Plaza – Prefunction Room)
10.45-12.10
BUSINESS FORUM ITALY – EGYPT
(Hotel Four Seasons at Nile Plaza – Ballroom A & B)
10.45
Opening remarks
Master of Ceremony Umberto Vattani, President ICE
10.50
Romano Prodi, Italian Prime Minister
Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Nazif, Egyptian Prime Minister
11.10
Emma Bonino, Italian Minister of International Trade
Rachid Mohamed Rachid, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry
11.30
Galal El Zorba, President FEI
Giuseppe Morandini, Vice President Confindustria & President SMEs
11.50
Corrado Faissola, President ABI
Corrado Passera, CEO Intesa Sanpaolo
Diana Bracco, President Assolombarda
12.10
Signature of Collaboration Agreements
- Confindustria-FEI
- FS – Ministry of Transport
- Enel – Egas
12.15
End of proceedings
12.30-14.30
Buffet lunch
(Pool Area and Restaurants Aqua, Steak, Spice)
14.45-18.30
Business meetings
(Hotel Four Seasons at Nile Plaza – Ballroom A,B & C)
18.30
Transfer from Four Seasons Hotel to Semiramis Hotel
20.45
Transfer from Hotels Four Seasons, Grand Hyatt and Semiramis to Pyramids
of Giza
21.30
Gala dinner at Pyramids of Giza with “Sons et Lumières” show offered by FEI
– Federation of Egyptian Industry
23.30
Transfer to Hotels Four Seasons, Grand Hyatt and Semiramis
10 April 2008
08.30
Transfer to Alexandria for companies operating in the fishery sector
09.30-11.30
Technical Workshops on:
Manufacturing Industry in Egypt
(Hotel Four Seasons at Nile Plaza – Ballroom C)
Moderator: Massimo Mamberti, CEO and Managing Director ICE
Antonino Mafodda, Director ICE-Cairo
The Perspective for an Italian Egyptian Cooperation in the Manufacturing Sectors
Hany Barakat, Undersecretary for the Innovation and Internationalization - Ministry of
Trade and Industry*
Focus on Textile:
Silvio Albini, President Cotonificio Albini and Board Member of the Italian-Egyptian
Business Council
The textile cluster in Burg El Arab
Ammar Shamsy, President Shamsy Textile Group and
Board Member of the Italian-Egyptian Business Council
Mohen Serag, General Manager ARAFA GROUP
Point of strength of the Egyptian garments industry
Focus on Agroindustry:
Safwan Sabet, Chairman Juhayna Group of companies
The experience of a leading company in the beverage sector : Egypt a changing
market
Focus on Mechanics:
Abdel Tawfik, Director of Automotive Feeding Industries
Internationalization: a new policy for the automotive sector in Egypt
Focus on Furniture:
Adam Nadim,director of IMC and CEO of Nadim Furniture
The Egyptian furniture sector: from craftsmanship to organized cluster
Infrastructure, building materials and transport
(Hotel Four Seasons at Nile Plaza – Ballroom B)
Moderator Corrado Bocci, President Assafrica&Mediterraneo
Mohamoud Mansour, Minister of Transport and Infrastructures*
Policies and future projects in the infrastructure sector
Atta A.R. El Sherbiny, Chairman, Authority for Tunnels
Existing Cairo Metro Lines and future projects
Ahmed Osama, Vice Chairman Arab Contractors Group*
Infrastructure development in Egypt and Middle East: cooperation with foreign
companies
Chairman of National Authority for Tourism
Representative of Alexandria International Container Terminals Co.
The Renaissance of the Port of Alexandria
Case study: Eugenio Vannetti, Chemical Middle East
The experience of Chemical Middle East in marble sector
Distribution Networks and Retail in Egypt
(Hotel Four Seasons at Nile Plaza – Garden City Room)
Moderator: Marco Cimini, Head of Promotion Department ICE
Alfred Moutiwalla, Deputy Director Egyptian statistics Institute (Capmas)
Demography and revenues in Egypt: evolution of the last ten years
Herve Majidier, Director General Al Futtaim Group
The perspective of the GDO in Egypt
Rheinard Klarmann, SHEDID Law Firm
Juridical aspects of doing business in Egypt
Giorgio Elia, Director United Technologies Egypt
Distribution channels in Egypt in comparison with European markets
Atalla Wahba, Chairman Interconsult
Pubblic tenders: an important tool to the Egyptian market
Pyramids advertising agency*
Advertising and merchandising tools in Egypt and Middle East
Privatization Process in Egypt: Opportunities
Companies
(Hotel Four Seasons at Nile Plaza – Nile Room)
for
Italian
Moderator: Domenico Santececca, Central Director ABI
First Part - Opportunities in Egypt
Mohamed Hassouna, Advisor to the Ministry office for Privatization - Ministry of
Investment
Representative of Ministry of Infrastructure, Private-Pubblic partnership in
infrastructures and energy sector
Assem Ragab, President GAFI: The Special Economic Zones: possibilities for
foreign investors*
Second Part - Financial instruments to support Italian Companies
Massimo D’Aiuto, CEO Simest
Simonetta Acri, Director Market Division SACE*
Marco Nicolai, CEO Finlombarda
Amr Abou-Zeid, Head Trade Center BNP Paribas Egypt
Alessio Cioni, Head of Italian Desk and Structured Finance Bank of Alexandria
Stefano Azzali, General Secretary Camera Arbitrale di Milano
12.00-12.45
Light lunch
(Restaurants Aqua, Steak, Spice)
13.00
Transfer to Special Economic Zones:
“6th October City” (automotive & mechanics)
“10th of Ramadan City” (manufacturing)
13.00
16.00
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Rome AZ 897 h. 15.55
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Milan AZ 899 h. 19.40
11 April 2008
Transfer to the airport for the following flights
h. 15.55 AZ 897 to Rome
h. 19.40 AZ 899 to Milan