Agenda

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08:00 - 09:00	Registration and Breakfast
09:00 - 09:05	Chair's Opening Remarks Roula Khalaf, Associate Editor and Middle East Editor, *Financial Times*�
09:05 - 09:10	Summit Introduction Izumi Kobayashi, Executive Vice President, *Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)*
09:10 - 09:50	Guest Speaker H.E. Jalloul Ayed, Minister of Finance, *Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tunisia*
09:50 - 10:50	Panel Discussion - The changing landscape in the Middle East and North Africa: Do we need a new paradigm, or only new tools? Current political and economic environment assessment: What has changed? What are the potential risks? What does a transition from authoritarian rule to democracy mean? What are the complexities? Will we see stability? Investor/lender outlook: What are the triggers to (re)entering these markets? Have circumstances in the region prompted investors/lenders to be more inclined to manage political risk? Walid Bakr, Principal at Riyada Enterprise Development, *Abraaj Capital Group* Laza Kekic, Director of Country Forecasting Services, *The Economist Intelligence Unit* Daniel Korski, Head of MENA Programme, *The European Council on Foreign Relations* Charles Paradis, Managing Director and Head of Concession Division, *Bouygues Construction* Christine Shields, Head of Country Risk Research, *Standard Chartered Bank* Moderator: Roula Khalaf, Associate Editor and Middle East Editor, *Financial Times*
10:50 - 11:20	Networking Break
11:20 - 11:30	MIGA Report: World Investment and Political Risk Ravi Vish, Director and Chief Economist, Economics and Policy Group, *Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)*
11:30 - 12:30	Panel Discussion - Government takings: Have the drivers of political risk changed? What are the political and economic dynamics that motivate governments to intervene in private sector investments? What are the specific conditions that prompt government takings? What happens when the rules of the game suddenly change, and governments look for quick fixes through outright expropriation or through regulatory change amounting to creeping expropriation? Are some regions more predictable than others in assessing possible expropriation? How can investors/lenders assess and mitigate against potential risks? Catherine Aubert, Managing Director and Head of Trade Credit & Political Risk Insurance, *Soci�t� G�n�rale* Vicky Bowman, Global Practice Leader, External Affairs (Policy), *Rio Tinto* Tony Cole, Senior Lecturer, *Brunel Law School* Mark Gubbins, Executive Director, Political, Project & Credit Risks, *Arthur J. Gallagher International* Moderator:�Edith P. Quintrell, Director, Operations Group, *Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)*
12:30 - 12:40	Chair's Closing Remarks Roula Khalaf, Associate Editor and Middle East Editor, *Financial Times*
12:40 - 13:40	Lunch

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