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3. Spotting the next real alpha opportunity is a skill many spend lifetimes mastering.
That is why over 400 active investors attend the Middle East Investment Summit
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by uncovering the biggest drivers and risks that are rebalancing the investment
industry across the globe.
This is an exclusive opportunity for sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family
offices, economics gurus, superstar fund managers and industry commentators to
meet in one place.
With over 10 hours of networking and over 50 different conference sessions
across hedge funds, private equity and real estate investment, there is something
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All about alpha. Where institutional and private
wealth access top performing hedge funds.
All about opportunity. The latest sectors,
deals and markets with the greatest potential.
All about class. The hottest market
opportunities by strategy, city and property
type for inbound and outbound investment.

4. Today’s industry titans
Dr Rania Azmi, Strategic Advisor, Middle East Sovereign Wealth Fund
THE MIDDLE EASTERN INFLUENCER
Advising one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and a frequenter on top 40 investor lists, Dr Rania
Azmi enjoys 15+ years of investment experience and is a leading and influential figure in the Middle Eastern
network. It pays to have the right network and market knowledge in the Middle East and there is nowhere better
to start than with Dr Rania Azmi. A keynote session not to miss, Dr Rania will be discussing how SWF’s structure
their portfolio and achieve their long-term goals whilst managing macroeconomic risk.
Zulfe Ali, Chief Investment Officer, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co.
SOVEREIGN WELATH FUND
Not only is Mr Ali responsible for growing Bahrain’s sovereign wealth and developing and implementing their global
strategy, but he has also been a part of every corporate function within Mumtalakat providing him with superb
knowledge of all aspects of the business. With prior experience spanning across London and New York for
organisations such as Bank of America and JPMorgan, Mr Ali is a fantastic addition to the conference. He will be
discussing how Bahrain has developed a uniqueinvestment strategy to grow Bahrain’s economy.
Sharmila C Kassam, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Employees’ Retirement System of Texas
THE BILLION DOLLAR RISING STAR
Joining us in Dubai for the first time, Ms Kassam is a rising star who manages >$25 billion investments for one
of the top pension funds in the United States. An expert in managing and analysing all asset classes, developing
internal best practices and overseeing external management, Ms Kassam still has time to pursue new initiatives.
On the hunt for the next international opportunity, delegates will not want to miss this chance to hear from and
meet with one of our most prominent US keynotes.
Andrew McCaffery, Global Head of Alternatives, Aberdeen Asset Management
THE ALTERNATIVES EXPERT
Responsible for all alternatives globally including hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure and property, Mr
McCaffery is the alternatives expert from one of the largest investment houses in the world. Chairman of the Pan
Alternatives Investment Committee, member of the Group Management Board and all investment committees
within the Group, Former CEO of Attica Alternative Investments Ltd and Former Managing Director of UBS, Mr
McCaffery has a wealth of experience and is a superstar manager.
Mustafa Abdel-Wadood,Partner, The Abraaj Group
BUILDING REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ACROSS GROWTH MARKETS
A pioneer in growth markets private equity, Board Member of The Abraaj Group, member of the firm’s Investment
Committee and the Management Executive Committee, and member of the Young Presidents’ Organisation, Mr
Abdel-Wadood is a charismatic figure responsible for the performance of regional fund businesses for the Group.
He is a leader in today’s investment world, having led many landmark investments for The Abraaj Group. Mr.
Abdel-Wadood will be speaking on Growth Markets and Private Equity: Driving long-term value. In this keynote,
Mr. Abdel-Wadood will highlight the opportunities in growth markets investing, looking beyond the headlines as
the global landscape undergoes a tremendous shift, and why a focus on partnership capital is critical for building
sustainable businesses and growing regional champions.
Dr John Rutledge,Chief Investment Strategist, Safanad
THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL ECONOMICS ADVISOR
Along with his responsibilities at Safanad, Dr Rutledge is an Economics Contributor to CNBC, has written the
Business Strategy column for Forbes magazine for more than a decade and was a regular cast member of
Forbes on the Fox network. He is also author of three books and a number of studies appearing in leading global
publications. A long career in private equity investing, he has served on many boards of directors and advised
many Fortune 500 CEOs and institutional investors on restructuring, capital management and investment issues.
Dr Rutledge was one of the principal architects of the Reagan Economic Plan in 1980-81, an adviser to the US
Government and also to top government leaders in China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and North Korea.
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Timely, informative and great opportunity to establish relationships.
Tom Tull, CIO, Employees’ Retirement System of Texas

5. First 40 speakers announced
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Meet with and hear from the investment leaders controlling over $3 trillion in combined assets.
Dr Rania Azmi
Strategic Advisor, Middle East
Sovereign Wealth Fund
Sovereign wealth fund
Anand Subramaniam
CFO, Bahrain National
Holding
Government authority
Sharmila C Kassam
Deputy CIO, Employees
Retirement System of Texas
Pension fund
H.E. Marwan bin
Jassim Al Sarkal
CEO, Sharjah Investment
Authority
Government authority
Adil Al Zarooni
CEO, Al Zarooni Emirates
Investments
Family office
Tasawar Ulhaq
Managing Partner, Eminence
Investments
Family office
Nabil Nazer
CIO, Al Sulaiman Group
Family office
Gaurav Ajmani
Global Head of Investments,
Easa Saleh al Gurg Group
Family office
Eyad Mashal
MD & Head of MENA
Investments, Rashed Abdul
Rahman Al Rashed & Sons
Group
Family office
Mohammad Al Duaij
MD, Alea Global Group
Family office
Aiman Al Atiqi
Partner, STC Ventures
Venture capitalist
Dr Helmut M
Schuehsler
Chairman & Managing Partner,
TVM Capital Healthcare
Partners
Private equity firm
Dr John Rutledge
Chief Investment Strategist,
Safanad
Principal investment house
Zeine Zeidane
Assistant Director – Middle
East & Central Asia & UAE,
International Monetary Fund
Financial institution
Andrew McCaffery
Global Head of Alternatives,
Aberdeen Asset
Management
Asset manager
Mustafa Abdel-Wadood
Partner,
The Abraaj Group
Private equity firm
Dr Karim El Solh
CEO, Gulf Capital
Private equity firm
Dr Ahmed Emara
Group CEO & MD, ReAya
Holding
LP
Ralph Kruger
MD, Arcstone Capital
Hedge fund
Gershon Cohen
Head of Infrastructure
Funds, Aberdeen Asset
Management
Asset manager
Ed Wilson
Director, Willis Towers
Watson
Advisory firm
Stephen Oxley
Vice Chairman, PAAMCO
Advisory firm
Imad Ghandour
Co-Founder, MENA Private
Equity Association
Association
Thomas R Delatour
CEO, Century Bridge Capital
Private equity firm
Eric Swats
Head of Asset Management,
Rasmala Investments
Asset manager
Edward Qian
CIO & Head of Research – Multi
Asset, PanAgora
Hedge fund
Dr Pablo Fetter
Former Head of Investments,
GEMS Education & Bahrain
Mumtalakat Holding Co.
LP
Zulfe Ali
CIO, Bahrain Mumtalakat
Holding Co.
Sovereign wealth fund
Ihsan Bafakih
CEO, Mohammed I.
Alsubeaei & Sons
Investment Co
Family office
Hemal Naran
Former Head of Investments
& Actuarial, Government
Employees Pension Fund,
South Africa
Pension fund
Paul Hetherington
Head of Planning & Strategy,
Health Authority Abu Dhabi
Government authority
Anthony Ritossa
Chairman, Ritossa Family
Office
Family office
Roger Urwin
Global Head of Investment Content,
Willis Towers Watson
Advisory firm
Trevor Jones
Senior Partner, Aeolus Capital
Management
Asset manager
Ted Rogers
President, Xapo
Bitcoin wallet
Sanjeev Agarwala
VP – Funding & Investments,
Meraas Holdin
LP
Kamil Qattan
Fund Manager, Bonyan
Private equity fund
Gaurav Shivpuri
Head of Investment
Transactions, JLL MENA
Real estate investment
manager
Steven Tiller
Managing Partner, Southern
Bridge Capital
Real estate investment
manager

6. DAY1 Agenda Monday 2nd
May 2016 1/2
FORECASTS AND THREATS FACING INVESTORS IN 2016
MANAGER & STRATEGY SELECTION
HEDGE FUNDS WORLD
LP SELECTION & ALLOCATION TRENDS
PRIVATE EQUITY WORLD
10:30
11:10
11:20
12:10
11:40
11:50
CHAIRMAN AND OPENING REMARKS: Imad Ghandour, Co-Founder, MENA
Private Equity Association
Opening welcome address: Senior Executive, Dubai International Financial Centre
NETWORKING BREAK & SPEED NETWORKING
09:00
09:40
10:10 KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: Challenges of a volatile market – impacts on the portfolio
• How are changes in global monetary and fiscal policy impacting investors?
I. Interest rates
II. Fed lift off
III. Currency wars
IV. Quantitative easing
• How are investors managing risk related to these impacts?
• Is a volatile market creating a more alpha-friendly investment environment?
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OPENING PRESENTATION: Building a portfolio of hedge funds
• Benefits and risks of allocating to hedge funds
• How to allocate to hedge funds
• Assets classes with the best opportunities
• Multi-strategy or multi-fund?
Ed Wilson, Director, Willis Towers Watson
PRESENTATION: Hedge fund research – global trends in asset
class
• Understanding data, performance reports and indices to inform wiser
investor choices
• Which factors have affected whether investors choose to go direct or to
use funds?
• Which asset classes have performed best in the past 12 months?
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The rise of smart beta and alt beta - making sense of new
strategies
• Smart Beta vs Alternative Beta - what are the differences?
• History of Smart Beta; uptake and its place in institutional portfolios
• Are smart or alt beta strategies suitable for Middle Eastern portfolios?
• Alt beta - can hedge funds be replicated by machines? How does it work?
• Costs and fees
• Risk factors, performance and outlook
Stephen Oxley, MD, PAAMCO
PANEL: LP selection and allocation trends
• How are investors allocating to private equity? Direct or through funds?
Global or local?
• How are LPs balancing allocations and enhancing liquidity in today’s
markets?
• What strategies are outperforming in the private equity market?
• Geopolitical impacts on LP allocation trends
• What assets classes are investors looking at in emerging markets?
• Alternative strategies – public, private, co-investment?
Sharmila C Kassam, Deputy CIO, Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tasawar Ulhaq, Managing Partner, Eminence Investments
Aiman Al Atiqi, Partner, STC Ventures
Mohammad Al Duaij, Managing Director, Alea Global Group
Nabil Nazer, CIO, Al Sulaiman Group
Eyad Mashal, Managing Director & Head of MENA Investments, Rashed Abdul
Rahman Al Rashed & Sons Group
OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Outlook for global Private
Equity in 2016
• Global impacts on private equity allocation
• Long term opportunity vs. immediate returns - where is the best value
across regions and sectors?
• How are global LPs managing risk in today’s volatile market?
Dr Karim El Solh, CEO, Gulf Capital
KEYNOTE: What will be the next major storm system global investors will face in 2016?
• Why frequent financial crises are inescapable features of today’s global markets
• Building pressures from global political realignment impact on oil prices, commodity markets, currencies, stock prices, and property markets
• How uncoordinated and out of sync central bank policies have unleashed a tsunami of capital flows that have imploded emerging market economies
• Investment strategies designed around today’s chaotic global market conditions
Dr John Rutledge, Chief Investment Strategist, SAFANAD, Economic Advisor, US & Chinese Governments, Contributor, CNBC, Forbes, Author, Lessons from a Road Warrior
KEYNOTE PANEL: Structuring the investor portfolio in 2016
• How are investors balancing their portfolios?
• What impacts and trends have shaped the investor portfolio?
• What allocation strategies are most popular amongst investors?
• Where do investors see as the next big opportunity?
Dr Rania Azmi, Strategic Advisor, Middle East Sovereign Wealth Fund
Anand Subramaniam, CFO, Bahrain National Holding
Sharmila C Kassam, Deputy CIO, Employees Retirement System of Texas
Hemal Naran, Former Head of Investments & Actuarial, Government Employees Pension Fund, South Africa
Zulfe Ali, CIO, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co.

7. DAY1 Agenda Monday 2nd
May 2016 2/2
NEW CHALLENGES IN STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATION
HEDGE FUNDS WORLD
STYLES & STRATEGIES I
PRIVATE EQUITY WORLD
PRIVATE EQUITY SECTOR SHOWCASE
14:30
15:00
15:30
15:40
13:10 NETWORKING LUNCH SPONSORED BY TG GOLD
16:30 NETWORKING BREAK
17:50 CLOSE OF DAY ONE
17:50-20:00 AFTER-HOURS PARTY
17:00
17:30
KEYNOTE: Hitting long-term investor goals
• Asset diversification strategies
• Managing market volatility and its impact on strategic asset allocation
• Bringing your asset mix back to your long-term targets
Dr Rania Azmi, Strategic Advisor, Middle East Sovereign Wealth Fund
KEYNOTE: Designing a modern portfolio strategy
• Looking beyond traditional models - new fund structures, asset classes and allocation strategies for the modern portfolio
• Is the strategic asset allocation model still relevant?
• Challenges in building a strong asset mix
• Challenges of a multi asset investment approach
• Regulatory impacts on allocation, asset class and the overall portfolio
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12:30 Property cat reinsurance as a portfolio diversifier
Trevor Jones, Senior Partner, Aeolus Capital Management
How to assess success and failure of your private equity fund
Sharmila C Kassam, Deputy CIO, Employees Retirement System of Texas
ROUNDTABLES
ROUNDTABLES
15:50
Avoiding losing sectors and allocating to winning strategies
SWFs - making finance work in Africa
Hemal Naran, Former Head of Investments & Actuarial, Government Employees
Pension Fund, South Africa
Public-private-partnerships in MENA
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Legal and regulatory challenges in MENA
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Steps to determining and accessing top quality money managers
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New developments in structured hedge fund products
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CASE STUDY: Risk parity and global macro hedge funds
• Risk parity portfolios and global macro hedge funds have a lot in common
• Risk parity portfolios are hedged against various macroeconomic shocks
• Risk parity portfolios can be a strong substitute for global macro hedge
funds
Edward Qian, Chief Investment Officer & Head of Research – Multi Asset, PanAgora
Accessing returns from growth trends in India
• A look at growth in India
• Effects of social and structural reforms
• Understanding renewed monetary policy in India
• Steps to investing in India
Ralph Kruger, Managing Director, Arcstone Capital
Activist investing
• Benefits and risks of adopting an activist investment strategy
• How to implement and manage an activist strategy
• Examples of successful activism
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5 year global infrastructure investment outlook
• Macro risk uncertainty and the impact on competition and investment
pipeline
• Evolving approach to asset management and technological advances
• The changing role of the public and private sectors and different ways of
funding
Gershon Cohen, Head of Infrastructure Funds, Aberdeen Asset Management
In conversation with leading healthcare investors
• A look at performance in healthcare by region
• Benefits and risks of investing in the healthcare sector
• Macroeconomic and regulatory impacts on the healthcare industry
• Meeting infrastructure and service requirements for sustainable ROI
Dr Helmut M Schuehsler, Chairman & Managing Partner, TVM Capital Healthcare
Partners
Dr Ahmed Emara, Group CEO & MD, ReAya Holding
Adil Al Zarooni, CEO, Al Zarooni Emirates Investments
Paul Hetherington, Head of Planning & Strategy, Health Authority Abu Dhabi
Emerging fund showcase: Kamil Qattan, Fund Manager, Bonya
Bonyan is the first private equity investment fund specialising in the
construction industry in Palestine. With an investment portfolio of $100 million
allocated towards developing the construction sector in Palestine through
investing in SME’s.

8. DAY2 Agenda Tuesday 3rd
May 2016 1/2
CREATING A BALANCED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
EMERGING MARKETS
HEDGE FUNDS WORLD
REAL ESTATE ALLOCATION TRENDS
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT WORLD
11:00
11:20
11:30
11:40
12:00
CHAIRMAN: Eric Swats, Partner Asset Management, Rasmala Investments CHAIRMAN: Thomas R Delatour, CEO, Century Bridge Capital
10:30 NETWORKING BREAK & SPEED NETWORKING
09:00
09:30
10:00
KEYNOTE: Exploring alternative investments
• Understanding the special characteristics of alternative assets and their benefits to your portfolio
• Concept of reverse asset allocation: putting alternatives at the core
• Defensive alternatives vs. growth alternatives
• Outperforming alternative assets of 2016
Andrew McCaffery, Global Head of Alternatives, Aberdeen Asset Management
KEYNOTE: Growth markets and private equity - driving long-term value
• Focus on the fundamentals – and look beyond the headlines
• Right sectors, right companies
• Partnership capital
• Growing regional champions
Mustafa Abdel-Wadood, Partner, The Abraaj Group
KEYNOTE: Alternatives best practice
• How can investors best capture synergies across their private equity, hedge fund and real asset investments
• What are the main management and governance hurdles of a balanced alternative investment portfolio?
• How to efficiently allocate to alternatives?
• What is the most appropriate allocation to each asset class?
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OPENING PRESENTATION: Fight or flight?
• Are MENA markets in today’s economy worth the risk?
• Key metrics for judging which MENA markets are best placed to weather
global volatility
• Which MENA economies are at risk of collapse?
Zeine Zeidane, Assistant Director – Middle East & Central Asia & UAE, International
Monetary Fund
Bitcoin - investment opportunities in a growing global currency
• Bitcoin – where is it heading?
• A look at the underlying technology and what this means for investors
• Weighing up the pros and cons
Ted Rogers, President, Xapo
OPENING PRESENTATION: Governments role in facilitating real
estate investment
• Government support available to investors
• Linking government initiatives with investors strategic goals
• Public and private collaboration for regional development
Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO, Sharjah Investment Authority (Shurooq)
Mixed-use projects
• Trends and returns – how has mixed-used real estate performed in Q1?
• Which cities are drawing the most attention?
• What projects are outperforming others?
• How is rapid urbanisation impacting global real estate and creating
opportunities for investors?
Sanjeev Agarwala, VP – Funding & Investments, Meraas Holding
PANEL: Family office appetite
• How are family office’s allocating to real estate?
• What are family office’s looking for and where?
• How are family office’s constructing and managing their real estate
investment portfolio?
MODERATOR:
Gaurav Shivpuri, Head of Investment Transactions, JLL MENA
PANELLISTS:
Tasawar Ulhaq, Managing Partner, Eminence Investments
Gaurav Ajmani, Senior Financial Analyst, Easa Saleh al Gurg Group
Anthony Ritossa, Chairman, Ritossa Family Office
Ihsan Bafakih, CEO, Mohammed I. Alsubeaei & Sons Investment Co
13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH
12:20
ROUNDTABLES
Hedge fund opportunities in MENA
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Factors to consider when choosing funds of funds
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Best routes to global commercial real estate
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Diversification of family wealth in overseas real estate
Gaurav Ajmani, Senior Financial Analyst, Easa Saleh al Gurg Group
EMERGING INVESTMENTS SHOWCASE
The consumer discretionary mix
• China’s new consumer class – benefits for the investor
• A look at consumer discretionary market performance globally
• Choosing a consumer discretionary hedge fund – benefits, risks and
assessing returns
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9. DAY2 Agenda Tuesday 3rd
May 2016 2/2
PRIVATE EQUITY WORLD REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT WORLD
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I learnt a lot of valuable market information that will allow me to
continue making my clients a better return than keeping it in a bank.
Marc Kelly, Financial Consultant, NASCO Middle East
SECTOR SHOWCASE RE SECTOR & GEO SHOWCASE
14:20
14:50
15:20
Investing in industrial clusters
• Mumtalakat’s approach to investing in the downstream aluminium cluster
• Key factors to consider when pursuing this strategy
• Application of cluster approach to other industries
Zulfe Ali, CIO, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co.
Investing in education - a regional outlook of emerging
markets
• Why investing in the education sector is such an attractive proposition?
• Macro-economic trends converging into the education sector
• What investors want: Investment trends in the education sector
• Regional outlook of the school segment in emerging markets
Dr Pablo Fetter, Former Head of Investments, GEMS Education & Bahrain
Mumtalakat Holding Co.
Cleantech
• Emerging alternative sources of energy – where is the long term
opportunity?
• Trends in investment parameters and transaction types
• Assessing upstream, midstream and downstream sectors
• Exploring opportunities in energy storage and infrastructure
Compare and contrast discussion – MENA and China
• Performance by property type and region
• Managing risk of bubbles
• What are the most popular allocation trends of 2016
• Assessing returns and economic growth
• Impacts of changing demographics and preferences
Thomas R Delatour, Chief Executive, Century Bridge Capital
Robert Ciemniak, Founding CEO & Chief Analyst, Real Estate Foresight
Real estate investment in Latin America
• What are the benefits and risks of investing into real estate in Latin America?
• What property classes hold the most opportunity and potential returns?
• What strategy makes most sense for investing into Latin American real
estate?
• What is the current level of real estate investment activity in Latin America?
Steven Tiller, Managing Partner, Southern Bridge Capital
Commercial
• What are cap rates currently and where are they heading?
• Where are the best opportunities for commercial real estate?
• Assessing performance of prime office space by region
• How is rapid urbanisation impacting global real estate and creating
opportunities for investors?
16:30 END OF THE CONFERENCE
15:40
ROUNDTABLES
Islamic finance and the development of Shariah compliant
products
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Quantitative vs. discretionary strategies – which will
outperform in 2017 and why?
Top 5 real estate investment opportunities in MENA
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MENA venture capital outlook in 2017

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• Private equity real estate funds
• Asset managers
• Property developers
• Property consultants / advisory
• Banks and financial institutions
• Legal, tax and accounting firms
• Fund administration and trust services
• Performance monitor: Technology and
software
For 8 years Private Equity World MENA has been the prime meeting-place for
the region’s sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices and PE firms to
access private equity investments in the region and across the globe.
WHO SHOULD SPONSOR?
WHO SHOULD SPONSOR?

15. 4440 2528 or email Benjamin.Blamire@terrapinn.com
Generate leads Benefit from a digital inbound marketing program that uses
social marketing and CRM to create awareness for your product or services. It
allows you to generate leads that you can add to your sales pipeline.
Accelerate growth The Middle East can be a difficult place to raise capital
from. This is the one event you need to tap into a wealth of opportunity and kick-
start your fund.
Branding This event is already being marketed by us. The sooner you join the
more exposure you will get, via our website and other digital channels, print media
and online community.
Educate the market Deliver your message as a thought leader on a chosen
topic to a room of up to 400 senior investors.
Network In this region, relationships really matter. Get face to face with the real
investors and decision makers needed to drive your funds forward. Benefit from
our dedicated networking team who will arrange 1-to-1 meetings on your behalf.
WHY SPONSOR?
I will reap the rewards
in the coming months
as we build on the
relationships with the
targets we met during
the conference.
Tareq Al Alaiwat, International Sales,
NCBC

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Event info
Ritz-Carlton DIFC, Dubai, UAE
2-3 May 2016
Today’s price
2 Day Conference Pass + Lunch & refreshments + Networking + Cocktail party
Final price
$3,235 per person
1-2 Passes
$3,955 per person
$2,185 per person
3-5 Passes
$2,675 per person
30% DISCOUNT FOR GROUP BOOKINGS

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