IDB - ADFIMI - Agroinvestbank Joint CEO Seminar on 'Innovation, Agribusiness and Renewable Energy through SME Finance', was held at Kokhi Somon Palace, Amphithatre Hall, 1st floor Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 20 May 2013 at 18.00 - 21.05 hrs.

There were six speakers at the seminar as shown in the following seminar schedule:

Session

Time

Topic

  17.30 – 18.00 Registration
  18.00 – 18.10 Recitation from the Holy Quran
  18.10 – 18.25 Opening remarks by the Chair
1 18.25 – 18.45 Renewable Energy Finance in the Magrib Region
Prof. Dhafer Saidane, Skema Business School, Paris, France
2 18.45 – 19.05 Jatropha; a Smart Alternative for Future Economies of Sub-Saharan
Dr. Osame Rayis, Director General, Africa City of Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
3 19.05 – 19.25 Providing non-Financial Services to SMEs
Ms. Simla Ünal, Senior Manager,SME Banking Business&Synergy Development, Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB),Istanbul, Turkey
4 19.25 – 19.45 Supporting Agribusiness through SME Financing
Dato’ Wan Fadzmi Wan Othman, CEO, Agrobank Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5 19.45 – 20.05 Fostering Innovative Entrepreneurship: Regulatory and Institutional Environment Conducive to Urban and Rural Economic Development
Mr. Iqbal Khan, President, SURE Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
6 20.05 – 20.25 Agribusiness through SME Finance
Mr. Umar Nazarov, Head of Corporate Banking Directorate, OJSC ”Agroinvestbank”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  20.25 – 20.45 Discussion, summary & concluding remarks
  20.45 – 21.05 Closing remarks by the Host

Dr. Rayis could not be present due to a delay in his visa. He was replaced by Prof. Sheikh Ghazali Abod, Director, CEDAR from Malaysia. Prof. Abod made a presentation on “Innovation in Malaysia”.

The presentations can be accessed by clicking on the title of the papers.