Organizada por la Cámara de comercio de Barcelona y el IES Y Con el objetivo de presentar a los empresarios una visión global de la economía de la zona a través de expertos y empresarios que explicaran la situación economica y las oportunidades de negocio de los paises que representan se celebrará en Barcelona el II Foro de Expertos del África Subsahariana , que se llevará a cabo en inglés bajo el título de «Emerging Africa and the Global Business Revolution'».
La conferencia incluirá paneles de discusión sobre temas como la iniciativa empresarial, el comercio internacional, la organización industrial, la tecnología y la innovación para dar una perspectiva general sobre la situación actual y las tendencias futuras en la zona junto con el sector y las perspectivas estratégicas.
Además, los representantes de las empresas españolas tendrán la oportunidad de solicitar reuniones privadas con consultores africanos de países como Angola, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Costa de Marfil, Ghana, Guinea Ecuatorial, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal o Sudáfrica
Para inscribirse a las conferencias las empresas debén ir al siguiente link:
http://www.iese.edu/en/ad/ResearchEvents/EmergingAfricaandtheGlobalBusinessRevolution.asp
programa ( en inglés)
Thursday, 22 April
08:30-08:45 Participants reception and registration
08:45-09:00 Inaugural Address
ProfessorJordi Canals, Dean, IESE Business School
Josep Manuel Basáñez, Vice-President, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce (TBC)
Ricardo Martínez, Director General, Casa África
Professor Sanjay Peters, Department of Economics, Director: Center for Emerging Markets, IESE Business School
09:00-09:45 Opening Session: Emerging Africa
Keynote speaker:
Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Former President of Mozambique 1986-2005
Keynote Speaker (TBC)
09:45 – 10:45 Panel Session:
Barriers and Scope for Sustainable Economic Growth & Social Development in 21st Century Africa
Chair:
Michael Keating, Executive Director Africa Progress Panel, Geneva, Switzerland
Panellists:
Dr. Abdul B. Kamara, African Development Bank, Tunisia (TBC)
Mthuli Ncube, Professor, School of Business University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Dr. Barfour Osei, Director of Research, ACET, Ghana
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:30 Parallel Session I:
Business Development, Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investments Prospects in Africa
Chair:
Professor Pedro Nueno, Department of Entrepreneurship, IESE Business School
Panellists:
Dr. Andrew Mold, Head of the Development Finance Unit of the Development Centre, OECD
Sonja Sebotsa, Executive Director, WDB Investment Holdings Westpac’s Women’s Market Overview
Mario Rotllant, CEO, COBEGA S.A. (TBC)
Parallel session II:
Public and Private Sector Financial Institutions, Business Management and Niche Markets in Africa
Chair:
Professor Javier Santoma, Department of Financial Management, IESE Business School
Panellists:
Dr. Forrest Metz, Judge Business School, Cambridge University
Humphrey Ayim-Darke, General Director of AGI-Association of Ghana Industries (TBC)
Cheikh Fall, General Director of Sones -Societé Nationale des Eaux du Senegal-The Senegal Water Company
12:45-14:00 Networking Lunch
14:15-15:30 Panel Session:
Shifts in Global Trade Regimes and Partners and Their Impact on Africa
Chair:
Professor Alfredo Pastor, Banc Sabadell Chair in Emerging Economies, Department of Economics, IESE
Panellists
Dr. Yang Jiang, Asia Research Center, Copenhagen Business School
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:15 Parallel Session III:
Human Capital Development and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair:
Clare Andrea Davis, Communications Strategic Consultant, New York, USA
Panellists:
George Njenga, Former Dean of the Strathmore Business School, Kenya
Professor Morten Jerven, Simon Frazer University
Parallel session IV
Experience of Spanish Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair:
Professor Lluis Renart, Department of Marketing and Director of the Africa Initiative, IESE Business School
Panellists:
Joan Masferrer, Director General, COMPASS
Jaume Aler, Director, Gallina Blanca, África
Oscar López, President, Aresa Boats
16:00-17:15 Parallel Session III:
Human Capital Development and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair:
Clare Andrea Davis, Communications Strategic Consultant, New York, USA
Panellists:
George Njenga, Former Dean of the Strathmore Business School, Kenya
Professor Morten Jerven, Simon Frazer University
Parallel session IV
Experience of Spanish Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chair:
Professor Lluis Renart, Department of Marketing and Director of the Africa Initiative, IESE Business School
Panellists:
Joan Masferrer, Director General, COMPASS
Jaume Aler, Director, Gallina Blanca, África
Oscar López, President, Aresa Boats
Friday, 23 April
08:30-09:00 Participants reception and registration
09:00-10:30 Panel Session:
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Adjustment to the Global Economic Crisis
Chair:
Alicia García Herrero, Chief Economist for Emerging Markets, BBVA
Panelists:
Bernardo Espirito Santo, Head of SME, Banking del Banco Espirito Santo (TBC)
Chief Economist, Bank of Nigeria (TBC)
Dr. Keith Hart, Emeritus Professor, Goldsmiths University of London
10:30-11:00 Cofee Break
11:00-12:00 Parallel session V:
The local entrepreneurship in Africa
Chair:
Professor Sanjay Peters, Department of Economics, Director: Center for Emerging Markets, IESE Business School
Panelists
Dr. Ernest Aryeteey, Director, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution
Robert K. Mugo, Kenya Telecommunications
12:30-13:00
Closing session
Professor Sanjay Peters, Department of Economics, Director: Center for Emerging Markets, IESE Business School
Professor Pedro Videla, Head of Department, Economics, IESE
Josep Manuel Basáñez, Vice-President, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce (TBC)
Antonio Pérez-Portabella Muñoz, President Catalonia-Africa Institute
Documentación e información de los encuentros esta en el siguiente link:
LUGAR: IESE. Av. Pearson 21. Barcelona
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