TAP Knowledge B2B Partnership and Networking Conference

Malta - Gateway to Doing Business in the 21st Century Germany, Netherlands & Malta: Pooling Forces & Ideas Building Bridges for Economic Development with North Africa

organised by

Property & Life Magazine

Date: Friday, 11th April, 2014 Time: 8:30 – 13:30

Open Panel discussions programme

Introductory presentation Werner E. Jung, Flexible Factory Institute, Germany Sr. Lecturer, Trainer, Consultant

1. Malta - hub and catalyst for trade, technology transfer and competence integration for Europe • On Geostrategic positioning and cultural ties....and the beauty of being small • Balancing more and more focused and narrow competence specialisations with customers’ requirement for holistic tailored solutions • The importance of collaboration & integration for servicing local clients operating in a global environment - Outsourcing 2.0 • The growing centrality of education and knowledge development as a cornerstome of today’s knowledge economies • Emerging opportunities on verticals like Logistics, Quality Control, Assembly, Financial Services, Green economy, Education & Training • Malta – One Stop Shopping for doing Business with Africa

Moderator: Ranier Fsadni Panelists: Klaus-Peter Brandes, Rita Dulci Rahman, Kenneth Farriugia, Dr Tonio Fenech, David J Dingli, Stephanie Cutajar

2. Delivery by engineering optimum financing structures and harnessing the power of pervasive ICT • • EU funding programme and conditions under the 2014-2020 MFF – towards sustainability and simplification • Technology not merely as a tool but as core enabler of new business models From traditional corporate finance to innovative mechanisms for funding growth and development in organisations and economies • Navigating today’s information and communications landscape – the challenge of prosumers, information overload, datamining the big data, etc.

Moderator: Anamaria Magri Pantea Panelists: Dr Vanni Xuereb, Emile Elewaut, Anamaria Magri Pantea, Adrian Spiteri, David Borg, Pierre Mallia, Alexander Grech

A certificate of attendance will be given to all registered attendees. Three hampers worth over Euros 250 will be raffled courtesy of Dical Foods and surprise holiday draw offered by our main sponsors.

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where validation of Car Park tickets shall be done at InterContinental Lobby Bar or Reception desk PARKING FREE: 200 vehicle spaces at Eden Car Park - Parking Included for all delegates attending on first-come first-served basis TAP KNOWLEDGE B2B PARTNERShIP AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE 2014

VIP GUEST SPEAKERS ADDRESSING THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Klaus-Peter Brandes Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Malta Having studied political economy and sociology at Universities of Bochum and Frankfurt/Main, Klaus-Peter Brandes obtained his M.A. in political economy, University of Frankfurt/Main. He acted as an Economic Advisor with the City of Frankfurt/Main and with the German Office for Foreign Trade, Cologne. Mr Brandes worked also in the German Embassy, Dakar/Senegal; German Embassy, Washington D.C./USA; and the Federal Foreign Office, Bonn. He acted as Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy, Harare/Zimbabwe, Deputy Head of Division, Public Relations Federal Foreign Office, Bonn and was also the Principal Private Secretary to Ministers of State Schaefer and Volmer, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn. Mr Brandes held the post of an Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Brunei Darussalam; to the United Arab Emirates; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and to Cameroon and was the Head of Division, Organisation and Global Planning, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin.

Rita Dulci Rahman Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, HE Mrs Rita Dulci Rahman, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands is a career diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague and was born in the island of Aruba, one of the four countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Mrs. Rahman holds a higher teacher degree in Mathematics and a Master in Sociology of the University of Leiden. Prior to her posting as Ambassador to Malta, Mrs Rahman served as Ambassador for the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Dominican Republic with non-resident accreditation to Haiti. Mrs. Rita Dulci Rahman also served as Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Tunisia, and previously she functioned as Deputy Ambassador and Head of the Economic and Trade Relations Department at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in New Delhi, India. Mrs. Rahman held a position as Director of the Gender and Development division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, following her posting as First Secretary at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mrs. Rahman is also known for her writings. She has published three novels and several non-fiction books on Global Economic, Social and Political issues. For her fiction she received a literature prize in 1971 and in 2012 her novel “Love and Death in saving Europe” was shortlisted for the EU Book prize.

Kenneth Farrugia Chairman, FinanceMalta Kenneth Farrugia joined Bank of Valletta plc, Malta’s largest banking group, in 1985 and over the years has occupied various positions within the Bank. Kenneth currently holds the post of Chief Officer Fund Services and sits on the Executive Committee of the Group. He is responsible the Bank’s two subsidiaries; Valletta Fund Services Limited, the Bank’s fund servicing arm, and Valletta Fund Management Limited a joint venture between Bank of Valletta plc and Insight Investment Management, a fully owned subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon. Kenneth also serves as Chairman of the Malta Funds Industry Association and Chairman of Malita Investments plc, which is listed on the Malta Stock Exchange.

Ranier Fsadni Lecturer Anthropological Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta Ranier Fsadni’s work over the past years has concentrated on policy (e.g. serving, between 2006-2012, as member of the European Commission’s Member States Expert Group on Maritime Policy, and, between 2009-2012, as member of the Working Group for an Integrated Maritime Policy in the Mediterranean). Ranier has recently returned to full-time academic work after a three-year spell as a director at the European Commission-League of Arab States Liaison Office, where he is still an advisor. His current research projects include: identity and memory in the western Libyan interior, especially in the wake of the revolution of 2011; Malta’s Libya policy since 1964; and the prospects and institutional implications of scenario analysis in Euro-Arab relations.

Tonio Fenech Managing Partner, Fenech Farrugia Fiott Legal Dr. Tonio Fenech, Managing Partner at Fenech Farrugia Fiott Legal, has forged a legal career specialising in commercial law, seeing the law as the architecture of relationships, to be designed for long-term success. He has taken an entrepreneurial approach in building a professional services infrastructure that allows Malta-based professionals to actively assist in bringing to fruition large complex transactions in a borderless global economy. Tonio obtained his Masters Degree in Maritime and Aviation law from the University of London (UCL) and

his Doctorate in Maltese law from the University of Malta in 1986.

David J Dingli Maastricht University Lecturer David is the Managing Consultant of Resource Productivity Consulting Services, (R.P.C.S.), Formed in the year 2000, his consulting practice specialises in strategic development and operations management, while the corporate training arm focuses on management development programs on a broad range of topics. He has consulted & provided training in private manufacturing & service organizations as well as Government bodies. He is also an Assistant Professor with Maastricht School of Management (MsM).The Netherlands and lectures at MBA level in: Operations Management, Global Supply Chain Management, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation. His international experience over the last 13 years reaches out to 27 countries, in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. Throughout his career he has delivered lectures and corporate training to over 5000 managers from more than 50 nationalities.

Stephanie Cutajar Researcher, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation, University of Malta An economist by profession, Stephanie Cutajar is currently reading for a PhD on Corporate Governance and Human Resource Management with the University of Warwick. Ms. Cutajar is a Master of Science graduate in Public Sector Economics from the University of York and a Bachelor of Commerce graduate (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Malta. Her main areas of interest include corporate governance, human capital, knowledge economy, public sector economics, and social dialogue. The role of family in the economy is also an area of research which she is interested in. Prior to her engagement with the Centre of Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation, Ms Cutajar lectured within the Economics Department, the Institute of European Studies and the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies in areas including Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Public Sector Economics, European Economy, International Economics, Economic Diplomacy and European Trade. Ms Cutajar also worked as a consultant with a leading private advisory firm and within the Strategic Policy Secretariat within the Office of the Prime Minister.

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VIP GUEST SPEAKERS ADDRESSING THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Dr Vanni Xuereb Head of MEUSAC In May 2008 Dr Xuereb was entrusted with the task of spearheading the process for the re-activation of MEUSAC as an instrument for Government to consult with the constituted bodies and with civil society on EU-related issues, disseminate information, and provide support with regard to EU Programmes. Dr. Xuereb is a graduate in Laws from the University of Malta. He then pursued post-graduate studies in European Law obtaining a Diploma in Advanced European Legal Studies from the College d’Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Dr Xuereb’s career has centred on EU affairs. He served as Legal Research Officer at the Permanent Delegation of Malta to the European Communities and as Legal Consultant on EU Law to the then Malta External Trade Corporation, now part of Malta Enterprise. He is also practiced as a lawyer, specialising in financial services and EU Law. He was also President of the Commission for the Church in Malta and Europe, acting as an advisor to the bishops of Malta and Gozo on European Affairs and also headed the EU Office within the Maltese Episcopal Conference. Dr Xuereb is a member of the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) and of the Experts’ Forum of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).

Emile Elewaut Director International Affairs Energy at TNO Utrecht Area, Netherlands | Oil & Energy Emile Elewaut is Director International Affairs TNO Energy at TNO, Treasurer/secretary at Netherlands Journal of Geoscience, and also Executive Director at European Geolog. Mr Elewaut successfully held positions as Manager Business Development at TNO, Manager Business Development at TNO and with Built Environment and Geosciences. He studied at Universiteit Gent, SIOO

Anamaria Magri Pantea Business Development Manager, TAP K Resources Ltd. Anamaria is specialised in EU funding, innovation management and business development. Holding an Honours Degree in Economics and a Master in Business Administration with Distinction, she has over twelve years of experience in projects structuring and funding sourcing, their initiation, coordination, supervision and evaluation. Anamaria previously worked with Malta Investment Management Co. Ltd (MIMCOL) where one of her responsibilities related to establishing and managing Malta’s National Contact Point for the EU’s Competitiveness and Innovation Programme. She also worked directly with the European Commission within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) where she supported the development of the first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities - large pioneering projects bringing together in a long-term collaborative framework businesses, research and education organisations from across Europe.

Adrian Spiteri Managing Director, RG Capital Advisors. Ltd. Adrian is a corporate finance and infrastructure finance specialist, and focuses in particular on deal origination and execution. Adrian has eighteen years professional experience including over ten years in corporate finance advisory with PwC and six years in industry with hands-on senior management responsibilities ranging from international business development, logistics, quality assurance and product development. Adrian advised on a number of high profile projects including the MIDI plc initial public offering, the valuation of a number of high profile family businesses, the refinancing of €320m of Enemalta’s debt, the privatisation of Enemalta’s Petroleum Division, the proposed offshore wind projects and the Malta-Sicily interconnector. In his 3 years with PwC in London, Adrian advised on a number of large infrastructure finance transactions both, on both buy side and sell side.

David Borg Director Tax and Business Advisory, Capstone Group David is the group’s tax partner and is responsible for business development. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), the Malta Institute of Taxation and the Malta Institute of Accountants. He also holds a Chartered Accountant’s warrant issued by the Malta Accountancy Board. David has worked in a senior management capacity with some of the largest international corporations to operate out of Malta. Over the years he has gained extensive experience particularly in the oil and gas, international tourism and real estate sectors. He has advised various companies on business development, tax structures and corporate governance issues. He has also developed and implemented accounting and administration systems for various entities.

Pierre Mallia Managing Director, iMovo Ltd. Pierre is a 23 year veteran of the ICT industry with extensive experience across a range of sectors - public sector, telecommunications, software development, manufacturing, healthcare, transport, financial services and recruitment. Whilst working for the Malta Government’s IT agency, he was involved in a range of projects covering Vehicle Registration, Social Security, Tax, VAT, Healthcare, Civil Registration and was instrumental in helping to initiate Malta’ first eGovernment programme. He co-authored Malta’s National Strategy for IT (1994) and Government’s Information Systems Strategic Plan (1998-2001). Pierre has been the Country Manager Microsoft Corporation and has served on the boards of various companies. He also worked for a number of startups, including a Swedish dot-com company, and presently runs 2 startups focused on the international market. Pierre is a graduate in the field of computer science and holds a bachelor’s degree from KingstonUniversity and has followed executive development programmes at the National University of Singapore and INSEAD.

Alexander Grech Managing Partner, StrategyWorks Alex Grech is the Managing Partner at StrategyWorks and also an Honorary Research Fellow at University of Hull. Alex is also aisiting Senior Lecturer at University of Malta. Alex’s past positions include Director - Strategic Business Development at Go; Managing Consultant at Office of the Prime Minister, Malta Controller Business Operations Europe - CS&S at Hitachi Data Systems.

MEP’s and candidates - Miriam Dalli; Dr Alfred Sant; Jonathan Shaw; Roberta Metsola; Ray Bugeja; David Casa; Stefano Mallia; Cyrus Engerer; Helga Ellul

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Several professional representative bodies will be contacted for their endorsement and participation, to provide specialised sectorial advice and information to visitors, foreign businessmen as well as local enterprises. These include: Malta Institute of Management Institute of Journalists The Malta Chamber of SMEs (or GRTU) Malta Employers Association MCESD Malta Institute of Accountants Finance Malta Chartered Institute of Marketing Malta Hotels & Restaurants Association Chamber of Engineers Malta Business Bureau Chamber of Advocates Malta Bankers Association Chamber of Architects & Civil Engineers Malta Association of Credit Management Malta Business Aviation Association Malta Insurance Association Malta Association of Women in Business Malta Association of Risk Management Mata Business and Professional Association Malta Federation of Professional Associations Local Councils Association

Business networking

Property and Life Magazine will be following on the success of the last VFM B2B networking Event held at Xara LodgeI will not on surprise27th Sept anybody 2013. in affirming that networking plays a predominant role in business and that once again

associative decision makers. You may view photos at: www.propertyandlifemagazine.com.mt The last event gathered over 300 economic, business, industrial, diplomatic, banking, finance, political or This event brings together a microcosm of top level executives and CEOs from the business, commercial and

atmosphere. Networking will be on top of the agenda as information and knowledge between members of this businessindustrial and community, professional as well community as finance, are iGaming exchanged. and NewIT, apart and fromexisting other business sectors opportunities mentioned above will be in promoteda friendly and explored – together with any forthcoming social events.

As one of the potential privileged sponsors of the B2B Partnership Networking event, Malta’s most contemporary B2B event, would like to thank you for your interest in their forthcoming networking seminar and B2B showcase.

The second edition of this important networking event for top executives from Malta will be held at The Intercontinental Hotel and we hope to renew our close association created under the aegis of Valletta Fund Management, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry for Tourism and also other entities, and sponsors. This time we are also securing the support of Vodafone Malta, Air Malta, Emirates Airlines and other prestigious established names in the business, hospitality, airline and maritime sectors, including

TLufthansaarget Technik, audience subject to their confirmation.

Economic decisions makers, researchers, entrepreneurs, executives, politicians and business owners from

sectors with a concern for Malta and who want to participate actively to the economic development of business co-operationall over the industrial,between all commercial, sectors of the financial, community. banking, aviation, maritime, real estate, hospitality and other

Number of participants: More than 400 delegates

Supported by:

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The Event

Business decision makers meet every quarter for a half a day with the aim to learn to know each other, share discussions about business, compare their experience and analyse the future.

On that day, the participants will listen to a group of speakers of international stature and including live broadcast

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The Property and Life Magazine B2B Experience will provide unique marketing platform to various business

and security, commercial, technology, media, PR, HR, Sales, Marketing, building and construction, motoring, luxury,sectors fashion,including lifestyle banking, and finance, much more. insurance, ICT, transport and logistics, real estate, travel, hospitality, safety

The theme shall be focusing around Malta - Gateway to Business Opportunities - Bridge between EU/N Africa, treating green issues, alternative energy, ideal for corporates, SMEs, Start-ups and IT Security/Apps, including international business.

Sponsorship Package

• Full page advert on one issue of the Property & Life Magazine; •Sponsorship Full page online Packageinsert / advert offers in Programme the following together benefits:with logo placement on sponsorship page;

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