The Ghana Investment Forum 2014, Agenda and Speakers

1. Draft
Agenda
The
Ghana
Investment
Forum
2014
“Where
investors
meet
politicians
and
companies
to
drive
successful
FDI”
A
one-­‐day
conference,
19th
June
2014,
Adelaide
House,
London
Bridge,
London
EC4R
9HA
Sponsored
by:
This
unique
one
day
event
brings
together
some
leading
politicians,
CEOs
and
business
leaders,
investors
and
expert
commentators,
to
discuss
how
investment
conditions
are
evolving
in
Ghana
and
the
key
issues
that
will
drive
successful
–
and
sustainable
–
investments
which
will
deliver
for
both
Ghana
and
foreign
investors
The
audience
will
be
a
mixture
of
investors,
companies
and
other
interested
parties.
Non-­‐keynote
sessions
will
be
held
off
the
record
under
the
Chatham
House
Rule.
The
conference
will
take
place
in
two
parts:
A
morning
section
to
cover
the
big
issues
and
macro
perspective,
followed
by
an
afternoon
session
of
closed
door
private
breakout
groups,
each
led
by
a
senior
minister
or
leading
investor/company
in
that
particular
sector.

2.
Confirmed
speakers
for
the
Ghana
Investment
Forum
2014
include:
• Hon
Haruna
Iddrisu,
Minister
of
Trade
and
Industry
• Hon
Alhaji
A.B.
Inusaa
Fuseini
(MP),
Minister
of
Lands
and
Natural
Resources
• Alex
Mould,
CEO,
Ghana
National
Petroleum
Corporation
• Hon
Rashid
Pelpuo,
Minister
of
State
for
Private
Sector
Development
and
Public-­‐Private
Partnerships
• Kirk
Koffi,
Chief
Executive,
Volta
River
Authority
• Dr
Toni
Aubynn,
CEO,
Ghana
Chamber
of
Mines
• Hon
Sherry
Ayittey,
Minister
of
Health
• Hon
Nayon
Bilijo,
Minister
of
Fisheries
and
Aquaculture
• John
Mason,
Chief
Executive
Officer,
Nature
Conservation
Research
Centre
• Wayne
Dunn,
Professor
of
Practice
in
Corporate
Social
Responsibility,
McGill
University,
and
Board
Member,
Canadian
Council
on
Africa
• Jonathan
Berman,
author,
"Success
in
Africa:
CEO
Insights
from
a
Continent
on
the
Rise"
• Dr
Peter
Davis,
author,
“Corporations,
Global
Governance
and
Post-­‐Conflict
Reconstruction”.
2006-­‐2009,
co-­‐chair,
David
Cameron’s
Working
Group
on
Responsible
Business
Practice
Note:
All
speakers
are
100%
confirmed.
More
will
be
added
to
the
agenda
shortly.
18th
June
7.30
–
9.30pm:
Invitation
only
speakers
and
sponsor
dinner
The
evening
before
the
conference
we’ll
host
a
speakers
and
sponsors
drinks
and
dinner
event
at
the
Hilton
Tower
Bridge
Hotel
Available:
One
on
one
private
meeting
opportunities
with
leading
Government
and
Corporate
Figures
Our
program
staff
will
help
you
to
organise
the
private
meetings
that
will
make
this
conference
create
more
value
for
you.
Let
us
know
whom
you
would
like
to
meet
with
and
when
you
can
be
available
to
meet
and
we
will
help
you
to
organize
one
on
one
meetings
and
provide
the
meeting
space
for
you.
Please
email
Oliver.Bamford@innovation-­‐forum.co.uk
to
set
up
meetings

3.
Forum
Agenda
–
19th
June
2014
7.30
–
9.00
INVITATION-­‐ONLY
BREAKFAST
FOR
FUND
MANAGERS
AND
INVESTORS
Before
the
conference
begins
Innovation
Forum
will
host
a
breakfast
discussion
for
a
limited
number
of
investors
to
meet
speakers
in
a
closed-­‐door
session.
9.15
Conference
begins:
Welcome
Remarks
by
Innovation
Forum
founder
Tobias
Webb
followed
by
an
introduction
by
conference
chair
Professor
Wayne
Dunn
OPENING
REMARKS:
High
Commissioner,
Ghana
High
Commission
in
the
UK
In
these
opening
remarks
Ghana’s
High
Commissioner
in
the
UK
will
discuss
how
Ghana’s
place
as
an
investment
centre
for
West
Africa
is
evolving
and
offer
an
overview
of
the
key
opportunities
for
investors.
This
will
be
followed
by
Q&A.
9.30
GOVERNMENT
OPENING
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS:
Ghana’s
competitive
advantage
as
an
investment
destination
in
West
Africa
Hon
Haruna
Iddrisu,
Minister
of
Trade
and
Industry
will
discuss
Ghana’s
general
business
environment
and
sectors
where
sustainable
and
profitable
opportunities.
There
will
also
be
a
focus
on
how
the
country
plans
to
maximise
these
opportunities
for
investors
and
will
seek
to
manage
risk
in
2014.
This
will
be
followed
by
Q&A.
10.00
THE
INVESTOR
AND
COMPANY
PERSPECTIVE:
LIVE
INTERVIEWS
ON
STAGE
WITH
THREE
EXECUTIVES
We’ll
ask
some
leading
players
to
comment
on
two
key
questions
and
then
have
discussion:
1)
Is
Ghana’s
institutional
framework
meeting
the
priorities
of
international
investors?
2)
Which
are
the
top
sectors
investors
are
looking
at
in
Ghana’s
economy
–
where
are
the
opportunities
for
growth?

4. In
this
session
we’ll
also
ask
our
speakers
from
leading
corporate,
institutional
and
fund
management
executives
to
make
short
statements
on
where
they
see
risks
to
investors
and
how
they
can
be
mitigated.
Most
of
this
session
will
be
in
interview
style
and
Q&A
format
with
the
audience.
We’ll
also
ask
senior
government
figures
present
if
they
would
like
to
respond
to
comments
made.
Moderated
by:
Jonathan
Berman,
author,
"Success
in
Africa:
CEO
Insights
from
a
Continent
on
the
Rise"
11.00
Networking
Coffee
Break
11.30
MINISTERIAL
PANEL
DISCUSSION
AND
Q&A:
HOW
HAS
THE
GOVERNMENT
MADE
PROGRESSIVE
CHANGES
AND
HOW
CAN
THE
STATE
OF
PLAY
BE
IMPROVED?
This
keynote
session
will
cover
the
key
changes
the
Ghana
Government
has
made
recently
to
improve
prospects
for
foreign
investment
and
to
discuss
how
they
plan
to
respond
to
current
and
upcoming
challenges.
Each
speaker
will
make
brief
remarks
and
these
will
be
followed
by
Q&A.
Confirmed
speakers
include:
Hon
Haruna
Iddrisu,
Minister
of
Trade
and
Industry
Alex
Mould,
CEO,
Ghana
National
Petroleum
Corporation
Kirk
Koffi,
Chief
Executive,
Volta
River
Authority
Hon
Rashid
Pelpuo,
Minister
of
State
for
Private
Sector
Development
and
Public-­‐Private
Partnerships
Moderated
by:
Dr
Peter
Davis,
author,
“Corporations,
Global
Governance
and
Post-­‐Conflict
Reconstruction”.
2006-­‐2009,
co-­‐chair,
David
Cameron’s
Working
Group
on
Responsible
Business
Practice
1pm
Networking
Lunch
1.30:
Lunchtime
press
conference
for
the
media
to
meet
conference
speakers/ministers
2.30
–
4.30
BREAKOUT
SESSIONS:
In-­‐depth
discussions
with
corporate,
finance
and
political
experts
focusing
on
the
key
sectors
of
the
Ghanaian
economy
and
the
opportunities
for
investment
and
innovation
Sectors
include:
• MINING
Led
by:
Hon.
Alhaji
A.B.
Inusaa
Fuseini
(MP),
Minister
of
Lands
and
Natural
Resources
and
Dr
Toni
Aubynn,
CEO,
Ghana
Chamber
of
Mines
• OIL
&
GAS

5. Led
by:
Alex
Mould,
CEO,
Ghana
National
Petroleum
Corporation
• CONSTRUCTION
AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
Led
by:
Hon.
Rashid
Pelpuo,
Minister
of
State
for
Private
Sector
Development
and
Public-­‐
Private
Partnerships
• FISHERIES
Led
by:
Hon.
Nayon
Bilijo,
Minister
of
Fisheries
and
Aquaculture
• AGRIBUSINESS
• HEALTHCARE
Led
by:
Hon.
Sherry
Ayittey,
Minister
of
Health
• POWER
GENERATION
Led
by:
Kirk
Koffi,
Chief
Executive,
Volta
River
Authority
4.30
CLOSING
KEYNOTE
SESSION:
Learning
from
experience
and
finding
solutions
for
Ghana’s
development
challenges
In
this
final
session
our
speakers
will
address
the
main
conference
audience
and
respond
to
some
of
the
key
questions
and
points
raised
in
the
breakout
sessions.
We’ll
also
be
asking
them,
and
the
audience
to
comment
on
some
of
the
medium
to
long-­‐term
changes
needed
in
how
companies,
the
government
parties
such
as
NGOs
should
approach
corporate
sustainability
and
responsibility
challenges.
Confirmed
speakers
include:
Dr
Toni
Aubynn,
CEO,
Ghana
Chamber
of
Mines
Hon
Alhaji
A.B.
Inusaa
Fuseini
(MP),
Minister
of
Lands
and
Natural
Resources
Hon
Nayon
Bilijo,
Minister
of
Fisheries
and
Aquaculture
Hon
Haruna
Iddrisu,
Minister
of
Trade
and
Industry
Moderated
by:
John
Mason,
Chief
Executive
Officer,
Nature
Conservation
Research
Centre
5.30
–
7.30
NETWORKING
DRINKS
RECEPTION