Annual Investment Meeting 2019 | AIM Congress | 8 April 2019 | Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

The Annual Investment Meeting is the world's leading and most established gathering of the international investment community, leading academics and experts showcasing up-to-date information, strategies and knowledge on attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

The event offers a truly knowledge-based forum with cutting edge information on the latest developments in foreign direct investment and related issues. It serves as a unique platform to meet, network, and exchange experiences, explore business opportunities and sign cooperation agreements and partnerships.

Included in its 8th Edition are the following features: Conference, International Exhibition, Capacity Building Workshops, AIM Startup, Investment Awards, AIM Connect, Investors’ Hub, Country Presentations, and Online.

2019 Speakers

Rustam Minnikhanov
President, Republic of Tatarstan

H.E. Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Mohammad Abdullah Abunayyan
Chairman, ACWA Power International

Ayman Amin Sejiny
Chief Executive Officer, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)

Steve Bertamini
Chief Executive Officer, Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation

Dr. Chunyuan Gu
President, Region Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) & Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd

Adewale Tinubu
Group Chief Executive, Oando PLC

Dr. James Mworia
Group Chief Executive Director, Centum Investments

Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Dr. Adnan Chilwan
Group Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Islamic Bank

Sarah Russis Kraïem
Head of Global Sales, fDi Intelligence

Bostjan Skalar
Chief Executive Officer, WAIPA

Yonov Frederick Agah
Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization

Jorge Sequeira Picado
Managing Director, Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency

George Campanellas
Director General, Invest Cyprus

John Hanna
Director, GDP Global

Henry Loewendahl
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Wavteq

Chris Knight
Global Commercial Director, fDi Intelligence

Daniel Callaghan
Senior Vice President, EMEA, WAVTEQ

Ralf Dagenhardt
Chief Executive Officer, Euro Arab Consultants

Nisan Abdulkader
Emerging Market Specialist, WAVTEQ

Douglas van den Berghe
Vice President - Advisory, Conway, Inc.

Guillermo Mazier
Vice President, Global Innovation, Conway, Inc.

Andreas Dressler
Managing Director, FDI Center

Sreeram Visvanathan
Global Managing Director, Government, IBM

Fernando Augusto Loureiro
Senior Director, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Intel, Latin America and Canada

Simon Lacey
Vice-President, Huawei Technologies Shenzhen China

Henrik Von Scheel
Mastermind of Industry 4.0 & Leading Authority on Competitiveness, Switzerland

Kai Hammerich
President, KA Foreign Investment Corporation, Sweden

Amal Mohamed El Malla
Chief of the Office for Arab States, International Trade Centre

Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento
Director of the Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Dr. Antonio de Lecea
Associate Professor of Economics, Basque Country University (UPV), Spain, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Business

Fatima Al Arabi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ALAF Capital SA, Switzerland

Andrea Goldstein
Senior Economist, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

R.Yofi Grant
Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Ghana

Allan Selirand
Director, Estonian Investment Agency, Estonia

Daniel Bilak
Director, UkraineInvest, Chief Adviser on Investments to the Prime Minister of Ukraine

Charles Ng
Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion, InvestHK

Amit Bhatia
Chief Executive Officer, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment

Jean-Philippe de Schrevel
Founder and Managing Partner, Bamboo Capital Partners, Switzerland

Abhishek Sharma
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation Holdings

Tushar Singhvi
Director, Corporate Development & Investments, Crescent Enterprises

Adil I. Al Zarooni
Chief Executive Officer, Al Zarooni Emirates Investments, LLC

Peter J R Aylwin
Director, Aetos Holdings

Mohammad Al Duaij
Chief Executive Officer, Alea Global Group

Stergios Voskopoulos
Chief Executive Officer, Kanoo Capital

Natalia Sokolova
Managing Partner, SGG World LLC

Alexander Tkachenko
Founder, Ziffer & 2be.lu

David East
Head of FDI and Economic Products, Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company

Hon. Tjekero Tweya
Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Republic of Namibia

Raymond Yip
Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Manish Patel
Partner, Highland Capital

Qamar Saleem
Global Lead for SME and Supply Chain Finance Practice, International Finance Corporation

Mark Bembridge
Chief Executive Officer, Smartology

Mo Aideed
Chief Operating Officer, Qpal

Dr. Joachim Arnold
Chief Operating Officer, OCO Global

Mario Cimoli
Deputy Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Sergey Cheremin
Minister of Economic Development and External Relations of Moscow, Russian Federation

Jawad Jalal Abbassi
Head of Middle East and North Africa, GSMA

Elena N. Veryovochkina
Regional Director, Rosgosstrakh Bank

Daniele Schilirò
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Messina

Hiro Shirakawa, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Vice Chairman, Chief Economist, Japan, Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited

Mansour Al-Shathri
Vice Chairman, Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI)

Francois Guibert
Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Board

Daniel Richards
MENA Economist, Global Markets & Treasury, Emirates NBD

Hon. Abubakar Bawa Bwari
Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, The Federal Republic of Nigeria

Madam Cina Lawson
Minister of Posts, Digital Economy and Technological Innovation, Republic of Togo

Stephen Karingi
Director Regional Integration and Trade Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Roy Ombatti
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Happy Feet Footwear & AB3D

Tafadzwa Chiganga
Finance Director, Easy Solar

Cecilia Plottier Igoa
Economic Affairs Officer - Unit of Investment and Corporate Strategies, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Igor Calvet
Deputy Secretary Special Secretariat of Productivity, Labor and Competitiveness, Ministry of the Economy

Federico Tabja Pérez
Chief of Staff, InvestChile

2019 Sponsors, Partners & Supporters

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• UAE Interntaional Investors Council
• Saud Bahwan Group
• Dubai FDI

OFFICIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT PROMOTION PARTNER:
• Land Department

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Ethiad Credit Insurance
• Securities & Commodities Authority
• Sultanate of Oman

OFFICIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION PARTNER:
• Dubai FDI

OFFICIAL COURIER PARTNER:
• Aramex

FDI REPORT SPONSOR:
• Abu Dhabu Global Market

HOST ENTITY:
• Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture
• Department of Economic Development
• ZonesCorp
• TwoFour54 Abu Dhabi

AUTOMOTIVE PROMOTION PARTNER:
• Al Nabooda Automobiles

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Algerian Federation Import-Export International Trading
• Khalifa Port Free Trade Zone
• Khang Nguyen
• Mirabank
• Viet Rice

OFFICIAL AIRLINE PARTNER:
• Emirates

OFFICIAL LIVE CHAT PARTNER:
• Live Admin

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• SWFI
• Cedero Ecowas
• International Chamber of Commerce
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• Event's Security Committee
• Camara Arabe Mexicana
• American Business Council Dubai
• Apindo
• ArabBrazilian Chamber of Commerce
• Arab-Germaan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Argentine Emirates Chamber
• Austro-Arab Chamber of Commerce
• British BusinessGroup
• Chief Executive Officer Clubs Network
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry Romania
• Cadexco
• CCPIT
• RIA Comesa
• Emirates&Europe
• IBPC Dubai
• Indonesia Business Council
• Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce
• Macedonian Chamber of Commerce
• MICCI
• Mindanao Islamis Chamber of Commerce
• Amman Chamber of Commerce
• Progress Harmony Development
• The World Forum
• UIBC
• Ukrainian Business Association
• Tanzania Private Sector Foundation
• Southeast Region Economic Development
• Camara de Comercio de Mocambique
• The Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Joint Italian Arab Chamber of Commerce
• Sacci
• National Investment Association
• Riyadh Chamber
• Universal Changing Lives
• Comesa
• Union of Arab Chambers
• Dubai City of Gold

INVESTMENT ADVISORY PARTNERS:
• GDP Global
• Conway
• World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
• Wavteq
• FDI Center

KEY MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Banker Middle East
• CFI
• Global Investor ISF
• Maritime Sky

REGIONAL ARABIC BROADCASTING PARTNER:
• CNBC

AIM KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• FDI Magazine

REGIONAL BUSINESS PUBLICATION PARTNER:
• Middle East Forbes

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Business Day
• Expo Rooms
• 24x7 News
• Accommodation Times
• Africa Business
• African Business
• Afrique Media
• Al Hayat
• Al Watan Al Arabi Magazine
• Alqitisadi
• Amwal Magazine
• Biz Bahrain
• Property India
• Construction Business News
• DXB Blog
• Entrepreneur
• Exhibitors TV
• Eye of Dubai
• Eye of Riyadh
• Georgia Today
• InAfrica24
• India Export
• International Finance
• KenyaDetails
• Live Admins
• Marchmont
• MyUAEGuide
• Swiss Arab Entrepreneurs
• AM Unicorns
• Art & Museum Magazine
• Asian Manufacturers
• AzerNews
• The Investor
• BNC Publishing
• ANBA Brazil-Arab News Agency
• The Business Year
• Business Money
• Business Week
• The Center for Industrial Development
• CFI
• ChannelD
• Club of Mozambique
• CrowdReviews
• Dubai Survival Guide
• Conomy Today
• EME Outlook
• Euromonitor International
• Eye of Riyadh
• Family Office Magazine & Events
• FeedsFloor
• Financial Nigeria
• Fintech Middle East
• Fintech Futures
• Gadgets Magazine
• Haptic
• Harvard Business Review
• Indian News
• Maritime Sky
• Middle East Business
• Mid East Information
• Oil & Gas Republic
• Oxford Business Group
• Private Banking
• IC Publications
• Siraj News Daily
• Startup Grind
• Daily News Egypt
• Council
• The Oil & Gas Year
• Urban Gookz
• World Finance Informs
• Worify