Program

The conference starts at 8:00AM on Friday May 4, 2012, and the keynote speech will be delivered at 9:00AM by H.E. Minister of Economy and Trade, Nicolas Nahas.

Schedule Day 1:  Friday, May 4, 2012
Opening Session:  Welcome and Keynote Speech
	Registration and Coffee
	Welcome and Opening Remarks
	Dr. George Najjar, Dean	Olayan School of Business
	Dr. Peter Dorman, President	American University of Beirut
	Key Note Speech, H.E. Nicolas Nahas	Minister of Economy and Trade
	Coffee Break
Panel 1: CEOs and CSR--A Critical Perspective
	Mr. Hussein Hachem, CEO	Aramex, Middle East & Africa
	Ms. Rana Ghandour Salhab, Partner	Deloitte
	Mr. Ramez Shehadi, Partner	Booz & Co.
	Ms. Hala Fadel, Fund Manager	Comgest
	Lunch
Panel 2:  International CSR Advocates
	Mr. Djordjija Petkoski, Lead CSR Specialist (Chair)	World Bank
	Mr. Graham Minter, Associate	Day Associates
	Mr. Timothy Dorman, Managing Director	Authentic Leadership Institute
	Ms. Eszter Vitorino Fuleky, Network Relationship Manager	Global Reporting Initiative
	Mr. Gary Rynhart, Senior Employer Specialist	International Labour Organization
	Coffee Break
Panel 3: CSR and Academia: AUB in Focus
	Dean Iman Nuwayhid (Chair)	AUB Professor of Public Health
	Professor Cynthia Myntti	AUB Neighborhood Initiative
	Professor Mounir Mabsout	AUB Center for Civic Engagement
	Professor Dima Jamali	AUB CSR Initiative
	Professor Salma Talhouk	AUB IBSAR Initiative
	Dinner and Networking Event	Abdel Wahab Restaurant
Schedule Day 2: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Panel 4: Regional Best Practices
	Mrs. Wafa Tarnowska, Regional Director (Chair)	DLA Piper
	Dr. Pierre Abou Ezze, Assistant General Manager	BLOM Bank
	Ms. Asya Alashaik, CEO	Tamkeen
	Ms. Habiba Al Marashi, Chairperson	Emirates Environmental Group
	Ms. Hasmig Khoury, Head of CSR Ms. Hana Ramadan, Communications Director	Bank Audi sal Hikma Pharmaceuticals
	Coffee Break
Panel 5: Social Enterprise—Responsible Business Models
	Mr. David Haskell, Founder (Chair)	Dreams Indeed
	Mr. Kamal Mouzzawak, Founder	Souk El Tayeb
	Mr. Ziad Abi Chaker, Founder	Cedar Environmental
	Ms. Sarah Beydoun, Founder	Sarah’s Bags
	Mr. Raja Moubarak, Founder Mrs. Benedicte de Blavous, Founder	2B Design
	Ms. Nadine Okla, Manager	Tomorrow’s Youth Organization
Lunch Break
Panel 6: MNCs On Next Frontiers

Mr. Dana Bolden, Director of Communications	Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Luc Ronart, General Manager	Nestle
Ms. Mona Shantouf, General Manager	Nokia Levant
Ms. Leila Serhan, General Manager	Microsoft
Ms. Nevine Al Kadi, Senior Manager for CSR	Cisco
Wrap Up

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