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As the global community wrestles with the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, a unifying theme that runs across diverse regional and national borders is the need for economic progress to go hand in hand with social development. Within this context, the Arab Thought Foundation hosts a programme of events and initiatives that address the challenge of economic development for the Arab world, an economic agenda that is centred at the heart of wider development goals for a region that needs to create some 50m jobs by 2050. Read the complete introduction...
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Integrating Arab Economies ….. Partnering for Prosperity
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Thursday 10 December
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Wednesday 9 December
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08.00-09.00 Welcoming Coffee
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09.00-10.00 Session
Food Security and Global Agriculture
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8.30-10.00 Welcoming Coffee
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10.00-11.00 Session
Islamic Finance
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10.00-11.00 Opening Ceremony
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11.00-11.30 Break
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11.00-11.30 Break
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11.30-12.00 Keynote Speech
Inspiring Change
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11.30-12.30 Session
Arab Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility
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12.00-13.00 Session
Youth Job Creation
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12.30-13.00 Keynote Speech
The Youth Role in Shaping the Arab Future
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13.00-14.30 Lunch
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13.00-14.30 Lunch
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14.30-15.30 Session
Family Business
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14.30-14.50 Keynote Speech
Arab infrastructure and its role in integrating Arab economies
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15.30-16.00 Break
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14.50-15.50 Session
Economic Growth & Investments
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16.00-17.00 Session
Gulf Cooperation Council
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15.50-16.20 Break
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17.00-17.30 Break
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16.20-17.20 Session
Trade and Monetary Union
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17.30-19.30 Closing Session
Al Arabiya Live TV Debate - Hewar Al Arab - Voice of Arab Youth
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17.20-18.20 Session
Energy Leadership
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20.30 Gala reception
Arab Creativity Award Ceremony
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