WIEF 2013 today
Face to Face – Smart Cities
■ 9am to 10am
■ Boris Johnson, mayor of London
■ Lauren Taylor, presenter, Aljazeera English, UK
Designing the Future – Why do we need Smart Cities?
■ 10am to 11.30am
■ Neil M Denari, founder, Neil M Denari Architects, United States
■ Professor Dr Uwe Krueger, chief executive, Atkins, UK
■ Jesse Honsa, co-founder, Open Urban, Turkey
■ Abdel-Wahed Al-Wakil, award-winning architect, Egypt
■ Hazem Galal, partner, PwC, Qatar
Central Bankers Panel
■ 11.30am to 1pm
■ Zeti Akhtar Aziz, governor, central bank of Malaysia
■ Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali, executive president, central bank of Oman
■ Abdulla Mohammed Saleh, governor, Dubai International Finance Centre, UAE
■ Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor, central bank of Nigeria
■ Sultan Bin Nasser Al Suwaidi, governor, central bank of the United Arab Emirates
■ Dr Sayd Farook, global head of Islamic capital markets, Thomson Reuters, UAE
Business Networking Lunch
■ 1pm to 2pm
Bankers Panel
■ 2pm to 3.30pm
■ Muzaffar Hisham, chief executive, Maybank Group Islamic Banking, Malaysia
■ Amr Al Menhali, head of Islamic banking, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, UAE
■ Hasan AlJabri, chief executive, SEDCO Capital, Saudi Arabia
■ Abdulkader Thomas, president and chief executive, SHAPE Knowledge Services, Kuwait
■ Sajid Javid, financial secretary to the Treasury, UK
Capitalising the Online Market
■ 3.30pm to 5pm
■ Mohamed Geraldez, entrepreneur, investor, motivational speaker, United States
■ Nedim Kaya, deputy chief executive, Salamworld, Turkey
■ Jeff Lynn, chief executive, Seedrs, UK
■ Rabia Zargarpur, president and creative director, Rabia Z, UAE
■ Ebrahim Patel, chairman, WIEF Young Leaders Network
Developing Global Connectivity Through Digital Technology
■ 5pm to 6pm
■ Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, chief executive, Multimedia Development Corporation, Malaysia
■ Bob Schukai, global head of mobile technology, Thomson Reuters, United States
■ Duncan Clark, chairman, BDA China
■ Professor David Gann, vice-president (development and innovation), Imperial College London, UK