October 23, 2019 | 7:00 pm October 25, 2019 | 4:00 pm
Manama, Bahrain

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Our members are engaged in financial trading and sales representing foreign exchange, interest rate products, equities, commodities and others. Membership is open to Arab and non-Arab professionals working in regional and international banks and financial institutions.

Treasury managers, managing directors, investment bankers, risk management and asset wealth management directors, financial markets traders representing international banks and institutions from around the world attend the ICA annual conference, our flagship event in the region, benefiting of the exchange of professional expertise and network development. Around 60% of the conference delegates are Arabs while some 40% are Europeans, Asians and Americans.

Our speaker faculty is composed of international political leaders, central bank governors, CEOs, chief economists and senior bankers, selected on a global basis for their experience and insights. Notable past speakers we have hosted included President Bill Clinton, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr. Tony Blair, Mr William Hague, Secretary James Baker, Dominique Strauss-Khan, Dr. Alan Greespan, Dr. Marc Mobius, Lord Norman Lamont, Carlos Ghosn, Dr. Jacques Attali, Pr. Nassim Taleb among many others.

AGENDA

Wednesday, October 23

09:00 – 19:00     Registration
16:00 – 18:00     ICA Board Meeting
19:30                  Cocktail reception (The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain)

 

Thursday, October 24

09:30 – 09:40   Official Inauguration & Speeches by Bahrain Government officials

11:00 – 11:30   Coffee break & exhibition

11:30 – 12:30   Panel I: AN ECONOMIC PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE GCC

12:30 – 13:30   Coffee break & exhibition

13:30 – 14:30   Lunch

14:45 – 15:45   Keynote speaker

20:00                Gala Dinner (Bahrain International Circuit)

 

Friday, October 25

09:30 – 10:30   Panel II: REIMAGINING FINANCIAL SERVICES THROUGH FINTECH
10:30 – 11:30   Panel III: A DECADE AFTER THE CRISIS: HOW HEALTHY IS THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
11:30 – 12:30   Panel IV: THE FUTURE OF ENERGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
12:30 – 13:30   Prof. Dr. Yanis Varoufakis, Greek Minister of Finance 2015
13:30 – 14:30   Coffee break & exhibition
14:30                  Lunch
15:00 – 15:30   Post lunch coffee break
15:45 – 16:45    Keynote speaker 
17:15                   ICA General Assembly
20:00                 Closing dinner (Bahrain National Theater)

For Registration:

http://www.icaconference.com/