This document provides an agenda for the 2012 MEED Insight Expert Series. The agenda includes speakers from MEED who will provide analysis and insights on key topics related to current and future projects in the Middle East region, including the macroeconomic outlook, sector trends in power, construction, oil and gas, infrastructure, and emerging markets like Iraq and Qatar. Sessions will also examine financing options and provide a market forecast for the Middle East projects industry.

1. In-depth analysis of the current
and future projects in the region
2012
AGENDA

2. MEED Insight Expert Series – 2012 Agenda
Speakers:
Edmund O’ Sullivan, Chairman, MEED Events
Edmund O’Sullivan is Chairman of MEED Events. A writer, broadcaster and expert about
Middle East political and economic affairs, O’Sullivan is a graduate from the London
School of Economics in monetary economics. He was made Editor in 1985, Editor-in-Chief
in 1988 and has been a director of MEED since 1989. After seven years as MEED’s
Publishing Director, O’Sullivan moved to Dubai in September 2003. In his capacity as
Chairman of MEED Events, he moderates MEED’s conferences.
Ed James, Head, MEED Insight
Ed James has been with MEED for eight years. Until September 2008 he was MEED’s Gulf
Bureau Chief. He wrote features and news for MEED magazine on nearly all of the
countries of the region. His specific areas of expertise are hydrocarbons, power and water,
and the petrochemical market. He has also worked as a consultant in the Gulf for UK risk
consultancy firm Control Risks. He is a regular guest commentator on Middle East issues
for news channels such as the BBC, CNN and ABC News and is a regular speaker at events
in the region.
Jennifer M. Aguinaldo, Senior Analyst, MEED Insight
Jennifer Aguinaldo possesses over ten years of experience as an IT and business journalist,
researcher and analyst in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. She has managed and
executed research on ICT, oil and gas, education, healthcare and services sectors since
joining MEED Insight in April 2010. She has also contributed articles to MEED magazine.
Jennifer has degrees in education and business.
Angus Hindley, Research Editor, MEED Insight
Angus Hindley has worked for MEED for more than 20 years. In this time, he has spent
nine years in Dubai as Gulf editor and travelled extensively across the region, reporting on a
wide range of sectors including construction, oil and gas, petrochemicals, industry and
tourism. Since April 2007, he has worked as MEED research editor, providing bespoke and
off-the-shelf reports for a wide cross section of both public and private clients.
Colin Foreman, News Editor, MEED
Mathew Martin, Banking & Finance Editor, MEED
Matthew is MEED’s Banking & Finance Editor responsible for coverage of the finance
industry across the Middle East region. In addition to the financial sector, Matthew also
specialises in the economy of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Matthew joined MEED’s London-
based editorial team in early 2007 and relocated to Dubai later that year. Prior to MEED he
was at the newswire AFX, where he covered UK economics, and before that he covered the
foreign exchange markets at FX Week. He has also spent time writing for the UK finance
community at Finance Week.
Date & Venue:
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Date Venue Country
th
20 May, 2012 The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort & Spa Abu Dhabi, UAE
Organised alongside Arabian World Construction Summit
5th July, 2012 Jumeirah Carlton Tower London, UK
Organised alongside Qatar Infrastructure Projects Conference
September, 2012 TBC Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Organised alongside Saudi Arabia Infrastructure Projects Conference
For more information on pricing and how to register
yourself, contact:
Gerard Mangubat
Tel: +971 (0)4 3757995
Email: gerard.mangubat@meed-dubai.com
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4. MEED Insight Expert Series – 2012 Agenda
Agenda:
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks
Edmund O’ Sullivan, Chairman, MEED Events
THE BIG PICTURE
09:15 Macroeconomic and political outlook across the Middle East: Implications on the projects
market in the region
- Analysis of the current political and economic situation
- Emerging trends and implications
- Investor sentiment across the Middle East
- MEED’s 2020 vision for the region
09:45 A geographical assessment of the region’s projects market
- Impact of the political unrest to the region’s projects market
- GCC
- North Africa
- Levant
10:15 Morning refreshments
SECTOR OUTLOOK
10:45 Power
- Demand and supply trends
- Future investment requirements
11:15 Construction
- Real estate and infrastructure sectors: What are the existing challenges and new opportunities?
- Potential risks
12:00 Lunch & Networking
13:00 Oil & Gas and Petrochemicals
- Analysis of country capacity plans
- Detailing future upstream and downstream projects
14:00 Infrastructure & Transport
- Upcoming projects and new opportunities
- Expansion plans across the region
INDUSTRY TRENDS
14:45 Hot markets: Iraq and Qatar
- Opportunities in Iraq as it opens up to investment
- Evaluating the Qatar Projects Market in light of the 2022 World Cup
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15:30 Afternoon refreshments
16:00 Financing options: Moving towards PPP?
- Risk assessment and financiers’ appetite
- The push for PPP
16:30 Future outlook – Market forecast of the Middle East Projects Market
17:00 Chairman’s closing remarks and end of day
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