THE ALGERIA BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT SUMMIT 2012

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1 21-22 October 2012 THE ALGERIA BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT SUMMIT 2012 Building on a strong basis for future growth ALGIERS Infrastructure, Public Works and Construction Renewable Energy Telecommunications and ICT Euroconvention Conferences Brussels Office: avenue Victor Jacobs 78, B Brussels tel: fax: Bratislava Office: Pluhova 2, Bratislava Slovak Republic Tel / Fax Website: [email protected]

2 THE ALGERIA BUSINESS AND Building on a strong basis for future growth Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors Associate Partner Supporting organizations Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry Media Partners

3 09:00 09:30 Registration of participants, welcome coffee and networking 09:30 09:50 09:50 10:50 Welcome Keynote Address Opening Session THE ALGERIA BUSINESS AND Program and Speakers Sunday 21 st October 2012 Cherif RAHMANI, Minister of Industry, SMEs and Investment Promotion, Algeria (tbc) Abdelkrim MANSOURI, General Director, National Investment Development Agency (ANDI), Algeria Mustapha ALI, Director for Currency Exchange Control, Bank of Algeria, Algeria Joёl TOUJAS BERNATÉ, Chief of Mission for Algeria, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Marek SKOLIL, Ambassador, Head of Delegation EU in Algeria Ameziane MEDJKOUH, Vice President, Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACI), Algeria Mamadou MBAYE, Director, Resident coordinator, UNDP, Algeria Jean Marie PINEL, President KPMG Algeria Ilya PONOMAREV, First Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Construction, Housing and Utilities, Russian Federation Samir SAYAH, Partner, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, France 10:50 13:30 Panel Session 1: INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION Plan Quinquennal The USD 286 billion public investments in construction of roads, industrial zones, housing developments, health facilities, dams, power generation plants, railways, etc. Major infrastructure developments and key projects Transport infrastructure growing demand for modern infrastructure, new technology and know-how transfer Sustained growth in residential demand challenges and opportunities facing the Algeria housing sector Urban re-development and opportunities for construction companies Upgrading and expanding Algeria's 4 major airports Meeting the increasing public transport needs : new urban tramways, metro project and development of light rail Construction of a new port to facilitate further foreign trade Water / Waste water treatment infrastructure ARAB Facility Fund for infrastructure supporting development Financing and investing into Algeria's infrastructure potential role of banks, IFIs, private equity companies, etc. Presentation of EXPO 2020 Ekaterinburg Bid 13:30 14:45 Panel discussion and Q & A Mohand Ameziane AHMED ALI, Director of the programme, Counselor of the Minister, Ministry of Transport, Algeria Mahdia DJELIOUT, General Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Algeria Fazia DAHLAB, General Director, National Center of Clean Production Technology (CNTPP), Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment, Algeria Hocine NECIB, General Secretary, Ministry of Public Works, Algeria Zidane MERRAH, General Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Algeria Abdelkader ALLAOUA, Senior Manager, IFC (World Bank), Algeria / Washington D.C M'hamed M'HAREB, General Secretary, Ministry of Transports, Algeria Frederic ELBAR, Managing Director, Maghreb Consulting and Training, Morocco Coffee break and networking at mid-session Luncheon and Networking Vincent LUNEL, Partner, Lefèvre Pelletier & associés, Avocats, Algeria/France Samir KAROUM, Country President, Alstom, Algeria Jonathan WALTERS, Director, Regional Programs and Partnerships, MENA region, World bank Hassiba MOKRAOUI, Chief Executive Officer, National Agency of Land Intermediation and Regulation (ANIREF), Algeria Azzedine FRIDI, General Manager, National Agency for Studies and Follow-up of the Realization of the Railway Investments (ANESRIF) Tahar ALLACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Company Management of Airport Services and Infrastructures (SGSIA), Algeria Mouloud KHELOUFI, Chairman, General Association of the Algerian Contractors Rafik BOUSSA, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton Algeria Salim HAMDADOU, General Director, Snc Lavalin, Algeria

4 THE ALGERIA BUSINESS AND 14:45 17:30 Panel Session 2: RENEWABLES AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS Towards a new national energy strategy aiming at creating green jobs over the next 20 years Reducing dependency to current energy sources Meeting the increasing demand for electricity investing USD 30 billion in new generation plants and USD 80 billion in renewable energy Algeria to produce 30 % of power from renewable energies by 2050 Featuring new electric power generation and gas-solar hybrid power plant New desalination plants private sector financing through joint ventures, BOT models, EU funding Solar energy integration with the EU and exporting solar production abroad Promoting co-operation with foreign partners for production of equipment and technology FEMIP financing operations by EIB Financing and investment opportunities for the private sector large development attracting foreign investments Banking into the renewable energy industry. Panel discussion and Q & A Lakhdar BENMAZOUZ, Director of Renewable Energy, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Algeria Fatiha SAHNOUNE, General Secretary, Renewable Energies Industrial and Professional Group (GIPER), Algeria Noureddine BOUTARFA, Chief Executive Officer, Sonelgaz, Algeria Jacques MOULOT, Chief Energy Specialist, African Development Bank, (AfDB), Tunisia Alain NADEAU, Head of Division, Maghreb Region, European Investment bank (EIB), Luxembourg Karima FAREHA, Director Environment and Sustainable Development, Lafarge, Algeria Cédric COLLET, Director Power, Alstom, Algeria Ali SOKHAL, Business Development Director, New Energy Algeria (NEAL), Algeria Faycal Reda LARABA, Director, Algerian Energy Company(AEC) A senior representative from Management Company of the State Participation Public Works, Algeria Alois MHLANGA, Industrial Development Officer, Renewable and Rural Energy, Energy and Cleaner Production Branch (UNIDO), Austria Maiouf BELHAMEL, Director, National Centre for Renewable Energy, Algeria Anis KENIDA, International Business Development - Abengoa Solar, Spain Olivier GUISE, Director Innovation and Route to Market, Lafarge, Algeria Coffee break and networking at mid-session 17:30 End of Day 1

5 THE ALGERIA BUSINESS AND Monday 22 nd October :00 09:30 Welcome coffee and networking 09:30 13:30 Panel Session 3: TELECOMMUNICATION AND ICT Algeria's telecommunications industry towards a new shake-up Key statistics, market and industry overview Market liberalization, regulatory issues and government policies in the telecom industry and ICT sector Telecom operators -new licence, privatization, acquisition Launch of the 3G mobile services and further expansions of the country's telecom sector Country coverage and related infrastructure needs to meet Information and communication technology (ICT) services updates Investing into cyberpark Sidi Abdallah Opportunities in internet services growth and broadband development Role of the banks and private sector companies in financing the sector Further prospect for e-commerce, e-payment and e-government in Algeria Regulatory related issues Panel discussion and Q & A Naima ZERTAL, Director of Strategies and Programme, Algex, Algeria Wassila MOUZAI, Auditorship, Cabinet WM, Algeria Cherif Ben MEHREZ, General Director, Ministry of Post, Information Technology and Telecommunications, Algeria Youcef AKLOUF, General Director, National Agency of Promotion and Development of Technopoles (ANPT), Algeria Salah ABCI, Partner Grant Thornton Algeria Brahima SANOU, Director, Telecom Development Office, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Switzerland Azouaou MEHMEL, General Manager Algérie Telecom Gerard LAMBRET, General Manager, SOCIAD, Algeria Farid LEFKIR, President, Algerian Information Technology Association (AITA) A senior representative from Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications (ARPT), Algeria Abderrazak TRABELSI, General Manager, Professional Association of Banks and Financial Establishments (ABEF), Algeria Newel BENKRITLY, Managing Director, Société d'automatisation des Transactions Interbancaires et de Monétique (SATIM), Algeria Coffee break and networking at mid-session 13:30 End of summit program

6 THE ALGERIA BUSINESS AND 15:00 RUSSIAN-ALGERIAN BUSINESS DIALOGUE PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIAN-ALGERIAN COOPERATION - Fuel and energy, geology and mining industry, and environment - Infrastructure projects, development of transport infrastructure, freight hauling, special machinery and equipment - Agriculture, fishing and food industry, conservation of water resources, water treatment and desalinization - Telecom equipment, communication media and IT healthcare Moderator: Vladislav Lutsenko, Deputy Director of the Russian-Arab Business Council Welcome addresses: Representative of Karim Joudi, Minister of Finance of Algeria, Co-Chairman of the Russian-Algerian Intergovernmental Commission on the Trade, Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation Representative of Sharif Rahmani, Minister of Industry of Algeria, Small and Medium Enterprise and Promotion of Investment Speeches: Ilya Ponomaryev, First deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Construction, Housing and Domestic Services (Gosstroy) of the Russian Federation Mohammed Chami, Director General, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Algeria Alexander Shatilov, Trade Representative of Russia in Algeria Abdelkader Tayeb Izrayemi, Co-Chairman of the Russian-Algerian Business Council, Chairman of SIM Group, President of the Algerian Club of Entrepreneurs