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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. THIS IS A FREE EVENT - THOSE WHO WISH TO ATTEND, PLEASE CONTACT: Martin Vella - (+356) 9926 0162 / 9995 2660 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. THIS IS A FREE EVENT - THOSE WHO WISH