FDI Forum

FT Live Calendar

22/09/2014

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Registration & Refreshments
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm	Opening Remarks from the Chair Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm	Keynote Speech Gerard Grech, CEO, Tech City UK
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Keynote Speech Andrea Leadsom, MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm	Audience Q&A Moderator: Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	FDI Today - State the stats Dr Henry Loewendahl, Founder & CEO, WAVTEQ
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm	FDI Today - The global investment outlook New trends and investment patterns Challenges and opportunities M&A vs Greenfield investments Growth sectors and markets Moderator: Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine Panellists: Llew Werner, Chairman, C3Invest Ambassador Aref Jazza Abed-Kareem Rteimeh, Special Envoy to the Secretary General of the United Nations and advisor on economic stability and investment Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist, Head of Macro-Strategy, Renaissance Capital Dr Henry Loewendahl, Founder & CEO, WAVTEQ Giovanni Amodeo, Global Editor-in-Chief, MergerMarket James Zhan, Director of the Investment and Enterprise Division, UNCTAD
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Audience Q&A Moderator: Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine
5:00 pm - 5:10 pm	Closing Remarks from the Chair Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine

23/09/2014

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration & breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Welcome Remarks from the Chair Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine
9:10 am - 9:25 am	Welcome Address The Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, UK Minister of State for Business and Enterprise
9:25 am - 9:35 am	Audience Q&A Moderator: Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine
9:35 am - 10:00 am	Keynote Speech Dan Cobley, Vice President, Brand Solutions, Google UK
10:00 am - 10:20 am	An Economic Forecast Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times
10:20 am - 11:10 am	Panel: Dynamic decisions for SMEs Do firms have to be large to succeed in foreign markets? When should SMEs look to expand? Market entry strategies for expansion Partnering with MNCs for strength Gaining access to debt and equity finance What public support is available for SMEs to internationalise? Moderator: Michal Kaczmarski, Americas and Europe Editor, fDi Magazine Panellists: John Carroll, Managing Director of International, Santander Sheldon Fink, Partner and CEO of PBI Aqaba Industrial Estate, PBI Aqaba Krysta Fox, Director Free Zone, DMCC Christina Hamilton, UK Managing Director, Western Union Business Solutions David Marock, CEO, Charles Taylor plc Stefano Poli, CEO, Ropatec Srl
11:10 am - 11:40 am	Networking Break
11:40 am - 12:10 pm	Presentation: Assessing the global political risk landscape Nick Allan, Regional Director for Europe and Africa, Board Director and former Regional Director for Asia Pacific business, Control Risks
12:10 pm - 1:00 pm	Panel: Site selection and location choices Choosing the right location for your operations Factors to consider when choosing sites of expansion (incentives, legal systems, infrastructure, local workforce and cultural compatibility) Aligning the location with your business strategy Winning the war for the best local talent Panellists: Michael Ansah, Executive Director, Real Estate & Facilities, EMEA, Dell Corporation Peter Fort, CEO, RAK Free Trade Zone Stephan Georg Kahl, Managing Director, R&S Immobilienmanagement GmbH Hamish Nisbet, Talent Recruitment Leader, Europe, GE David Mirmelli, Director Global Corporate Services Europe, Middle East and Africa, BMC Software Viktor Mizo, CEO Free Zones Authority, Republic of Macedonia Moderator: Barbara Njau, Asia, Middle East & Africa editor, fDi Magazine
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Networking Lunch
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm	Panel: Offshore, near-shore, or next-shore? Where are the top off-shore locations today and where should we look out for in the future? The differences between the shoring options and their benefits and risks Identifying and building successful partnerships Moderator: Susie West, Founder & CEO, sharedserviceslink.com Panellists: Graeme Butterworth, Partner, EMEIA Advisory, Ernst & Young LLP Torben Majgaard, CEO, Ciklum Mark Lewis, Head Commercial Practice, Head Outsourcing Sector, Berwin Leighton Paisner John Hall, Founder, Triangular World Gareth Richardson, Head of Global Delivery, Rule Financial Anneliese Popovic, GFS EMEA Operations Director, AstraZeneca
2:45 pm - 3:35 pm	Breakout Session 1.Putting start-ups on the FDI map Establishing your business on the global stage The growth of start-up tech companies and how to utilise them Partnerships, collaborations and alliances for growth Panellists: Elizabeth Varley, Co-founder & CEO, TechHub Daniel Day, CEO & Founder, Invisible Artists Stephen Milburn, CEO & Founder, Tradebox Media Deborah Magid, Director Software Strategy, IBM Venture Capital Group Chris Dye, VP Alliances, Glasswall Solutions Moderator: Michal Kaczmarski, Americas and Europe Editor, fDi Magazine 2.Keeping ahead of the innovation curve Technology and product development at its best: how to embed innovation in the company’s DNA The opportunities and challenges of setting up R&D centres How can location choices lend themselves to first-class research and innovation Panellists: Tony Martindale, Senior Manager, Jaguar Land Rover Daniel Janse, Senior Director, New Ventures team, London Innovation Center, Johnson & Johnson Ran Merkazy, Head of Digital Appliance Innovation Europe, Samsung Electronics Tony Goodwin, CEO and Chairman, Antal International Roberto Gradnik, President, European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE) Tom Roche, Executive Director Technology Product Group (TPG), Fujitsu Moderator: Barbara Njau, Asia, Middle East & Africa editor, fDi Magazine
3:35 pm - 4:00 pm	Refreshment Break
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm	Panel: Learning from the masters, global strategies for growth How do top business leaders see the post-recovery world? Where do they expect tomorrow’s growth opportunities to come from? Which regions, markets and business segments hold the most promise? What are the future threats to their businesses that keep them up at night? Panellists: Lord Noon kt, Chairman & Founder, Noon Products Mahdi Sajjad, President & CEO, Gulfsands Petroleum Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman, Janssen Europe, Middle East and Africa Stale Vestersjo, Head of Strategy and Enterprise Initiatives, Airbus Group Patrick Deconinck, Senior Vice President West Europe, 3M
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm	Closing Remarks from the Chair Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine