Schedule
Conference: Thursday March 17, 2005
9:30 Registration
10:00 – 10:30 Opening Ceremony
- Dr. Josiane Fahed-Sreih
Director, Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business, LAU
- Dr. Wassim Shahin
Dean, School of Business, LAU
- Mr. Marwan Assaf
Chairman, Advisory Board of the Institute
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 1:00 Crisis Management
Chair: Dr. Wassim Shahin, Dean of the School of Business, Lebanese American University
- “Strategic Management for Family Firms in Crisis: Improving Performance with Systems Thinking”
Dr. David Pistrui, Visiting Professor, Department of Management, Depaul University, USA /
Managing Director,
Acumen Dynamics.
- “Allocating Decision Making Structures during Crisis and Protecting the Family Business”
Dr. Josiane Fahed Sreih, Director, Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business, LAU
- “Interim Crisis Management”
Gary Brooks, Crisis Management Consultant
- “Taking the Business Forward: Carrying out a Continuity Audit”
Mr. Kamal Komair, Indevco Group
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch Break
2:00 – 3:00 Government Sector
Chair: Dr. Wassim Shahin, Dean, School of Business,
Lebanese American University
- “Government Support for Private Sector Economies”
Dr. Khater Abi Habib, Chairman and General Manager of both the National Institute for Guarantee of Deposits and Kafalat.
- “Creating the link between the private sector and the government”
Mr. Fadi Abboud, CEO of GPI and President of the Lebanese Industrialists Association
- “Diagnosis and Field Observation Study on Private Sector Economies”
Mr. Roger Melki
- “Crisis Management and the Need for Governmental Support”
Mr. Atef Idriss, Founder of Al-Wafic for Economic Development & CEO of MEFOSA SARL.
3:00 – 4:00 Middle East Case Studies
Chair: Dr. Josiane Fahed Sreih, Assistant Professor of Management / Director, Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business, Lebanese American University
- “Al Mullah Experience”
Danah Anwar Al Mulla, Kuwait
- “Managing Investments in the Family Company – A Case Study”
Mr. Mazen Darwazah, Hikma Co. Jordan
4:00 – 4:30 Coffee Break
4:15 – 5:00 Wealth Management and the Creation of the Family Office
Chair: Dr. Josiane Fahed Sreih
- “Restructuring and Reinvestment of Family Assets from a Legal Perspective: Case of Petra Travel and Tourism Company”
Nisreen Haram Basheir, International Legal Business Associates, Jordan
- “Preserving and renewing family wealth”
Andrew Hope, Morley, Member of Management, Head of Family Office Advisory, HSBC Private Bank, Switzerland
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