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It is no secret that the economic climate faces challenging and unstable times
ahead, with impending and continuing low interest rates, secular stagnation and
uncertain commodity markets. Investors are also having to react to the uncertain
geo-political outlook and deal with slow economic growth.
In its 18th year, the Middle East Investment Summit has proved to be the
conference of choice for regional and global investors. The conference is aimed
at those who are looking to adapt to industry disruptors, maximise return on
investment and discover revolutionary methods for portfolio diversification.
The event offers an exclusive opportunity for sovereign wealth funds, pension
funds, family offices, economists and high level fund managers to meet in one
place to strategise and establish valuable relationships.
With 10 hours of structured networking and over 100 different content sessions
made up of panels, interviews, presentations and roundtable discussions, there is
something for everyone. New this year is a pitch off hour for fund managers and
start-ups in front of a panel of judges.
Not only does the conference content consist of traditional topics across hedge
funds, real estate and private equity investment, it will feature innovative and
ground-breaking sessions on fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, robo-
advisors and big data. These new and exciting trends will result in unrecognisable
changes to investing and this event is the place to discover their potential.
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First 60 superstar investors confirmed Your ticket to meet todays industry titans

Mark Mobius Tom Tull Fabio Scacciavillani Hemal Naran Tomas Franzen Paolo Sironi Pascal Bouvier Katina Stefanova
Executive Chairman Chief Investment Officer Chief Economist and Member of Former Head of Investments and Chief Investment Strategist Author Venture Partner Founding Partner and Chief
Templeton Emerging Markets Employees Retirement System the Investment Committee Actuarial AP2 FinTech Innovation: from Santander Innoventures, Investment Officer
Group of Texas Oman Investment Fund Government Employees Robo-Advisors to Goal Based Santander Groups Global Marto Capital
Pension Fund South Africa Investing and Gamification Fintech VC fund
Markets Group

Holger Knauer Dr Pablo Fetter Ameet Gill Stephen Oxley Robert Samaan Ralph Kruger Carolyn M. Weiss Ruston Smith Khaled Talhouni Mohammad Al Huda Al Lawati Mohammed Juma Mustafa Abdel Gaurav Shivpuri
Managing Director Chief Executive Officer Former Director of Vice Chairman Head of Direct Managing Director Chief Financial Officer Chairman, Tesco Partner Duaij Chief Investment Officer Al Musharrakh Wadood Head of Investment
Catana Capital Kings Education Strategy and Senior PAAMCO Investments Arcstone Capital and Treasurer Pension Investment Wamda Capital Chief Executive Officer Savola Group Director Managing Partner Transactions
Advisor to David MASIC The New York Limited Alea Global Group Sharjah Foreign Direct The Abraaj Group JLL MENA
Cameron Community Trust and other non executive Investment Office
UK Government investment and pension
fund roles

Ola Doudin Bassam Noor Nabil Nazer Adil Al Zarooni Tom Delatour Theodore L Goede III Floyd Simpson Vishaal Shah Salim Bitar Ziad Makkawi Jay Brentwood Richard Dallas Anthony Ritossa Abishek Sharma
Chief Executive Officer Head of International Chief Investment Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Investment and Portfolio Manager Research Chief Investment Officer CEO of the Hospitality & Chief Executive Officer Senior Vice President Managing Director Chief Investment Officer Founder and Chief
BitOasis Real Estate Al Sulaiman Group Al Zarooni Emirates Century Bridge Manager Analyst Niveda Real Estate Business Qatar First Bank Exxpand Energy Private Equity, Gulf Ritossa Family Office Executive Officer
Al Rajhi United Investments Capital Aramco FIS Group Aujan Group Holding Capital Pvt JSC Foundation Holdings
Entrepreneurship
Ventures

Wael Aburida Alexandru Agachi Mohammed Helal Rachel Pether Nicola Bettio Christos Mastoras Ian Huen Sasha Bernier Suneel Gokhale Dr. Steen Ehlern Angus Paterson Alex Giannikoulis Muthla Al Sayer Lorenzo Volpi
Managing Partner Chief Operating Officer Director Group Advisor Director Founder and Managing Chief Investment Officer Senior Vice President Founding Partner Managing Partner Partner General Partner Former Senior Executive Partner
Halo Investments Empiric Capital Investment Head Sovereign Wealth KAUST Innovation Partner Guardian Capital Cheltenham VentureSouq Fergusson Partners STC Ventures Graphene Ventures Technology Head of Business
Al Othaim Real Estate Fund Institute Fund Iliad Partners Investments Family Office Bridgewater Development
Investment and Associates Leadenhall Capital
Development Co Partners LLP

David Gibson Lars Hamberg Shane Philip Apostolos Gordon Grant Teodor Naoumov Khalid Al Yahmadi
Moore Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Binomakis Curtis Head of Quantitative Chief Executive Officer
President Gavagai Tangarra Family Partner Director Portfolio Management ASAAS
Gulf Analytica Office Iliad Partners CI Investments UBI Pramerica To join the speaker line up contact: Fiona.Craib@terrapinn.com
 DAY 1 Agenda 22nd May 2017 1/5 DAY 1 Agenda 22nd May 2017 2/5
THE NEW ABNORMAL 11:40 Personalising the decision-making Examining new relationship models The growing demand for real assets
Host: Gordon Grant Curtis, Director, CI Investments process with robo-advisors for hedge funds managers and in investor portfolios
investors
Personalising the investment process Factors driving a strategic rebalancing
09:00 KEYNOTE: Geopolitical consequences in a slow growth global economy to individual needs Selecting the right alternatives of investor portfolios into real assets
Examining the contagion of political populism and the pushback against globalisation Overcoming the probability of falling manager for your portfolio Will the demand for high value
Anticipated policy changes to narrow concerns over the growing inequality gap short of personal goals How have fee structures changed? commercial sector assets continue?
How will this alter US fiscal and monetary policy in 2017? Increasing the interaction between How are hedge funds adapting to What will happen to your real estate
advisor (robo or human) and investor provide increased transparency? portfolio when the low interest rate era
The prospect of a hard Brexit and the pounds uncertain future
Eliciting risk tolerances, ambitions and Stephen Oxley, Managing Director, PAAMCO ends?
Are concerns of a new cold war style era between Russia and the west valid?
preferences more consistently What sectors have become
How emerging markets are contributing to global growth and reacting to liquidity issues
Evaluating performance, benefits and overvalued?
Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group
any dangers Richard Dallas, Managing Director, Private
Katina Stefanova, Founding Partner and CIO, Equity, Gulf Capital Pvt JSC
09:20 KEYNOTE PANEL: Navigating a period of market volatility and anaemic global growth
Marto Capital
Evaluating the trends shaping the global economy
Secular stagnation 12:00 Integrating robo-advisors What hedge fund strategies What are the next undervalued real
The US economic outlook will outperform in the current estate classes and markets worth
Interest rates outlook Responding to pressure from lower-
environment? considering?
Liquidity challenges cost, tech-enabled robo-advisors
Utilising automated digital businesses Will high market volatility favour Looking at opportunities in the
Uncertain oil markets
Promoting passive investing certain strategies? alternative real estate space
How are global investors adapting their investment strategy as a result of economic ambiguity?
Providing automated portfolio Will event driven strategies continue to Quantifying the risk/return spectrum of
What investors can anticipate from the current outlook? underperform in 2017? real estate in growth markets
Impact on portfolios and implications for MENA rebalancing and tax optimisation
Engaging customers on personal goals How are hedge fund business models Is private real estate a safe haven?
Fabio Scacciavillani, Chief Economist and Member of the Investment Committee, Oman Investment Fund
and behaviour adapting to differentiate their product Bassam Noor, Head of International Real
Katina Stefanova, Founding Partner and CIO, Marto Capital offering?
Tomas Franzen, Chief Investment Strategist, AP2 Clearing up industry uncertainties Estate, Al Rajhi United
Tom Tull, CIO, Employees Retirement System of Texas Inc Combining robo-algorithms with
MODERATOR: Gordon Grant Curtis, Director, CI Investments human advisors harmoniously
Lars Hamberg, CEO, Gavagai
10:00 KEYNOTE: The evolving role of alternatives in institutional investor portfolios
How are new business models and strategies for alternative investment firms capturing new sources of returns? 12:10 Gamification: the new digital force in How quant strategies bounced back Alternative opportunities to diversify
Examining new relationship models for asset owners and managers the investment ecosystem How machines out maneuvered the your real estate portfolio
What alternative strategies will outperform in 2017? Providing the consistent mind set to energy market in 2016 New liquid and illiquid ways of gaining
Reserved for title sponsor gamify investments What lessons did quants learn from a exposure to real estate
Simulating personal goals market period of underperformance? Geographic diversification
10:20 SPEED NETWORKING
scenarios and life events What can we expect in 2017? Real estate debt as an alternative to
Enforcing more adequate investment Lorenzo Volpi, Partner, Head of Business traditional credit exposure
10:40 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
behavior Development, Leadenhall Capital Partners Reserved for gold sponsor
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HUMANS VS ROBOTS
Host: Rachel Pether, Advisor, Sovereign
Wealth Fund Institute
Advancing technology to transform
the investing experience
Embracing all aspects of digitisation in
investing
11:20
Technological tools accessible to 21st
century investors: digital analysis,
social media platforms, knowledge-
share technology and apps for crowd-
sourced star-ratings for stocks
Operating automated portfolio
rebalancing
Squeezing trading costs to a minimum
Disintermediating the role of asset
managers
Lowering the barriers to entry
Paolo Sironi, Author, FinTech Innovation:
from Robo-Advisors to Goal Based
Investing and Gamification
HEDGE FUND EVOLUTION
Host: David Gibson-Moore, President, Gulf
Analytica
Are hedge funds still providing an
alternative source of diversification,
risk and return?
Addressing the challenges of hedge
fund crowding
Allocation trends for hedge funds in
institutional investor portfolios
How have hedge fund managers
responded to the low growth, volatile
environment?
Ralph Kruger, Managing Director, Arcstone
Capital
Gaurav Shivpuri, Head of Investment
ALTERNATIVE REAL ESTATE
Host: Dr. Steen Ehlern, Managing Partner,
Fergusson Partners Family Office
PANEL: Demographic and macro
forces driving new opportunities in
the real estate market
Factoring in generational shifts into
real estate demand
The impact of demographic and
technology trends on the real estate
market
What impact will new office business
models like the sharing economy have
on the commercial real estate sector?
Will ecommerce disrupt shopping
centers and traditional retail real
estate investments?
Transactions, JLL MENA
Vishaal Shah, CIO, Niveda
Sasha Bernier, Senior Vice President,
Cheltenham Investments
Ziad Makkawi, CEO, Qatar First Bank
Khalid Al Yahmadi, CEO, ASAAS
12:20 ROUNDTABLES
Use these intimate sessions to sit down with the heads of investment of the worlds leading institutional investors, investment
banks and treasuries. Discuss and debate current trends, allocation strategies and asset classes for 2017 and beyond.
Investing in cryptocurrencies and
Investing in cryptocurrencies
intrinsic value and
how to maximise Finding where the strengths lie in
intrinsic value how to maximise merger, fixed and convertible arbitrage Investing in commercial real estate
revenue
revenue strategies
China Residential Market - Myths vs
Goal based investing, adapting to a
Reality Off shore investments: assessing
new normality in asset management
Tom Delatour, Chief Executive Officer, current markets and opportunities
Century Bridge Capital
The generational evolution - Market efficiency vs subjective value: an
Are traditional trading strategies still considering millennials in allocation approach to persistent alpha generation
relevant to the 2017 investor? How to strategy Ian Huen, Chief Investment Officer, Guardian
sustain them
Capital
13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH
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FINTECH DISRUPTION
14:20 Preparing for the imminent Invest-
Tech wave
Enabling sharper evaluation of
intangible assets
Tracking not only current economic
activity but also the trajectories of
changes
Developing a tool to listen to social
media and collaborative data
Using machine learning to trace
patterns
Simplifying KYC onboarding
Which functions and processes
should be technologised?
Is it better to be an early adopter or
free ride until standards emerge?
Ola Doudin, CEO, BitOasis
14:40 How will cryptocurrencies disrupt
the financial system?
Diversifying portfolios with
cryptocurrencies
Why Bitcoin is just the beginning
Zcash: investing in the next Bitcoin
Emerging from hacktivist origins to a
more institutionalised ecosystem
Which funds are currently investing in
cryptocurrencies?
Evaluating new and alternative
methods eg. Ethereum, Litecoin,
Ripple, Zcash
Pascal Bouvier, Venture Partner Santander
Innoventures, Santander Groups Global
Fintech VC fund
15:00 Blockchain: transforming how the
asset management industry operates
Preparing for significant changes to
business models
Creating fully functional smart
contract applications
Eradicating the traditional settlement
process
Trading directly and cutting out the
middleman
Bringing costs down
Which type of blockchain - public,
private, the consortium blockchain,
etc. - is right for finance
Alex Giannikoulis, General Partner,
Graphene Ventures
15:10 Investing into blockchain
Shifting focus away from traditional
investing strategies
Are hedge funds the new venture
funds?
Investing in the fintech ecosystem
Assessing ability to support
investments in a volatile market
Taking stakes in private start-ups
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MACRO TRENDS I
Capturing returns from long term
social and demographic trends
As consumers and businesses
continue to digitise where should
you be looking to invest?
How to make money from the worlds
aging population
Avoiding busts and bubbles
Huda Al Lawati, CIO, Savola Group
The rise of the sharing economy
Which companies and sectors are at
risk to disruption?
Can sharing businesses offer
longevity for investors?
Where will future growth come from?
Abishek Sharma, Founder and CEO,
Foundation Holdings
Evaluating long-term capital market
assumptions and implications for
investor portfolios
Analysing long-term market trends
across asset classes and the global
economy
Portfolio construction and asset
allocation challenges facing long-term
investors
What concepts are underlying our
assumptions
Exploring return and volatility
projections across asset classes
Mohammad Al Duaij, CEO, Alea Global
Group
How are institutional investors
making investment decisions and
what strategies they are exploring?
Investment decision making after a
decade of the start of the financial
crisis
Current economic and investment
landscape challenges
Exploring strategies that work in the
new normal
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VENTURE CAPITAL
PANEL: The start-up ecosystem
finding the next unicorn in the MENA
region
The UAE focus on innovation will it
pay off for VC investors?
Making the most of the increasing
quality and creativity of startups in the
region
Where to look for startups with
maximum potential
Khaled Talhouni, Partner, Wamda Capital
Christos Mastoras, Founder and Managing
Partner, Iliad Partners
Angus Paterson, Partner, STC Ventures
Suneel Gokhale, Founding Partner,
VentureSouq
Sector spotlight capitalising on
the emergence of tech investment in
MENA
What is driving the wave of investment
into tech funds?
Nicola Bettio, Director, KAUST Innovation
Fund
Strategies for VC and angel investors
Notable outperforming strategies for
LPs to consider
Effectively managing exit strategies
Anticipating trends for 2017
Theodore L Goede III, Investment & Portfolio
Manager, Aramco Entrepreneurship
Ventures
The crowdfunding equity model: what
it means for VC investors
Exploring the impact of crowdfunding
on the VC network
Reviewing the benefits and deciphering
the risks
Coexisting and becoming mutually
beneficial
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DAY 1 Agenda
TRADING STRATEGY AND INNOVATION
15.20 Behavioural finance studying
human behaviour to help us make
better investment decisions
What are the most common
behavioural mistakes made by
investors
When are investors most likely to
overreact, underreact or otherwise
respond irrationally to market events?
How can you capture alpha by
capitalising on the inefficiencies
created by behavioural biases?
Mustafa Abdel Wadood, Managing Partner,
The Abraaj Group
15.40 High-performance infrastructure
how are you using your technology
spend
How to develop a framework for
measuring ROI on tech spend
How does human capital factor into
this equation?
Weighing the need for revenue
generation against IT spend and
operational efficiency
Pension Fund South Africa
Handling discretionary spending
across data storage, connectivity,
latency management, risk analytics
and cybersecurity
16.00 Automation and algorithm driven
trading ruling out emotion
Can this strategy provide profit in all
market conditions?
Using algorithmic driven trading to
grow portfolios and secure increased
income
Making sound decisions without
emotional influence
Alexandru Agachi, Chief Operating Officer,
Empiric Capital
Predictive analytics is your data
16:10
trying to tell you something?
Alpha creation vs. risk reduction
which domain offers the highest ROI?
Using advanced analytics to attach
meaning and context to streaming
complicated data sets
How can you clear data silo hurdles
to create a unified analytics platform
for real-time analysis?
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16:20 NETWORKING BREAK
22nd May 2017
PRIVATE EQUITY
PANEL: Portfolio value creation in a
volatile, slow growth economy
What challenges has the low cost
of capital environment posed for PE
firms?
Will increased volatility create new
M&A opportunities?
The impact of Brexit on European
opportunities
Wael Aburida, Managing Partner, Halo
Investments
Adil Al Zarooni, CEO, Al Zarooni Emirates
Investments
Examining likely outperformers for
emerging market private equity
Can emerging markets outperform in
a slow growth economy?
What does the latest research into the
MENA region show?
The best of the BRICs
Hemal Naran, Former Head of Investments
and Actuarial, Government Employees
Fireside chat: Market spotlight on
Saudi Arabia
Vision 2030 - a radical national
modernisation
What do macro developments mean
for the rest of the MENA region?
Investing in the future of technology
impact on both the country and the
sector
What new opportunities have been
created for PE investors
Nabil Nazer, CIO, Al Sulaiman Group
Robert Samaan, Head of Direct Investments,
MASIC
Sector spotlight on education
Macro trends and research
Geographic and subsector
landscapes
Deal structures
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ETFS AND INDEXING
Are low interest rates here to stay?
How long will the low rate era last?
What impact have ultra-low interest
rates had on the broader economy?
Consequences for investor portfolios
and capital misallocation
Tomas Franzen, Chief Investment Strategist,
AP2
How to enhance the yield of your
fixed income portfolio through direct
lending
Default and volatility characteristics of
direct lending
How have crowdfunding and direct
lending platforms evolved?
Comparing opportunities across
geographies
Salim Bitar, CEO, Aujan Group Holding
What segments and vehicles offer
the best risk adjusted returns in the
current credit market?
New market segments and risk
characteristics
What analytical and risk management
skills should you be looking for in a
manager?
How to maximise your fixed income
portfolio through private credit
markets
Analysing differences in private credit
markets around the world
Capturing an illiquidity premium
Which private credit sectors should
investors watch in 2017?
What role can private credit play in
portfolio diversification?
 DAY 1 Agenda 22nd May 2017 5/5 DAY 2 Agenda 23rd May 2017 1/3
ALTERNATIVE INVESMENT STRATEGIES BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS
Host: Gordon Grant Curtis, Director, CI Investments Host: Lars Hamberg, CEO, Gavagai

17:00 KEYNOTE: As central banks ease their intervention will this create opportunities for alternatives managers? 09:00 KEYNOTE: Alpha generation with the help of A.I
How alternatives can help your portfolio navigate a disruptive economy With an ever developing technological world, explore how A.I is evolving to surpass the human brain
60/40 is dead why you need a healthy mix of alternatives in your portfolio Considering todays technology as the 4th industrial revolution and predicted effects on the investment world
What alternative strategies are likely to outperform in 2017? Implications on the industry as a result of the technology breakthrough
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17:20 Paolo Sironi, Author, FinTech Innovation: from Robo-Advisors to Goal Based Investing and Gamification
KEYNOTE: Revisiting the role of alternatives in asset allocation models and investor portfolios in 2017
As traditional asset classes face a headwind what role can alternative play to help achieve your investment goals? 09:30 KEYNOTE: Investing time to understand Big Data
Insourcing should more active management investment strategies be done in house?
Using big data to search for new and progressive investment strategies
Niche vs big funds
Interpreting big data to view a real-time gauge of the global economy
Hemal Naran, Former Head of Investments and Actuarial, Government Employees Pension Fund South Africa Assessing how far big datas capabilities will impact, reshape and benefit world economies
Holger Knauer, Managing Director, Catana Capital
17:40 CLOSE OF DAY ONE
10:00 KEYNOTE: Using data analytics to access the future
18.00 AFTER-HOURS NETWORKING PARTY
Looking to the future in the form of analytics and user generated data
Addressing the reliability of computer and online generated data
Making sound investment decisions by using this cutting edge technology
What is next for data analytics?
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10:20 NETWORKING BREAK

10:40 MORNING TEA

11:20 STREAMS BEGIN: ATTENDEES CAN VISIT ANY OF THE CONFERENCES BELOW
Rachel Pether, Advisor, Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute

PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION EMERGING MARKETS VENTURE CAPITAL

Host: Rachel Pether, Advisor, Sovereign Host: David Gibson-Moore, President, Gulf
Wealth Fund Institute Analytica

11:20 PANEL: The demise of 60/40 and China understanding the challenges Indexing and ETFs in a volatile
modern portfolio theory? and investment potential market

Where has modern portfolio theory got
it wrong?
Evaluating new asset allocation models
like evidence based investing
Investing in new tools and talent to
ensure success in challenging and
demanding environments
MODERATOR: Rachel Pether, Advisor,
Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute
Anthony Ritossa, CIO, Ritossa Family Office
Ruston Smith, Chairman, Tesco Pension
Investment Limited and other non executive
investment and pension fund roles
Are Chinas corporate debt levels Evaluating performance and outlook
unsustainably high? Why more volatile and less liquid
Assessing results of the debt for ETFs are on the rise
equity programme Are new factors and strategies
Passive vs active exposure to China creating a bubble?
Moving forward what might the
world expect?
Ian Huen, CIO, Guardian Capital
Tom Delatour, CEO, Century Bridge Capital

11:40 How endowment models manage The proposition and prospects for How are institutional investors using
diversification to achieve results MENA ETFs and what strategies are they
exploring?
Exploring the overall model and how How to tap into the GCC diversification
alternative strategies are selected strategy? Using ETFs to enter new markets and
Evaluating methods of diversification Geopolitical challenges throughout sectors
Measuring performance and keeping MENA Currency hedging with ETFs
the profile intact The Iranian prospect Active approaches to ETF
Carolyn M. Weiss, Chief Financial Officer and management
Treasurer, The New York Community Trust
What new ETF strategies are worth
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 DAY 2 Agenda
12:00 Seeking alternative correlations in
modern portfolio theory
Creating a less correlated portfolio
Discovering and determining assets
with negative correlation
Reducing the impact of market
volatility to portfolios
Teodor Naoumov, Head of Quantitative
Portfolio Management, UBI Pramerica
12:10 The changing nature of absolute
return strategies
How to reshape the risk profile of your
portfolio
Absolute returns in the hedge fund era
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12:20
ETF investing and best practice
Cybersecurity: protection in vulnerable
investing environments
Big data - where to start
Alexandru Agachi, Chief Operating Officer,
Empiric Capital
13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH
MANAGER SELECTION
14:20 Reforming performance and
management fees
Key transparency concerns
How to deal with underperforming
managers
What fee models are we seeing the
alternatives industry trends towards?
Floyd Simpson, Manager Research Analyst,
FIS Group
14:40 Evaluating active manager skill
How do you determine luck vs skill
The science of due diligence
Do big or small managers have a
market advantage?
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With challenges in developed markets
has the emerging market prospect
improved?
Is it time to buy emerging markets?
Earnings growth and valuation gaps
where are the best prospects?
Surveying political, economic and
regulatory risks
How to find quality assets in the right
geographies
Macro drivers building the case for
emerging markets
How to increase your exposure to
emerging markets
BVI Finance
ROUNDTABLES
Healthcare and biotech as portfolio
diversification methods
Abhishek Sharma, CEO, Foundation
Holdings
Differentiating portfolios - considering
global bonds
The angel investor and strategies for
success
MACRO TRENDS II
PANEL: The future prospects of Europe
and a hard BREXIT
Identifying directions of long term
growth and trends
Responding to the depreciation of
the pound and evaluating currency
pressures
Anticipating next moves
Ameet Gill, Former Director of Strategy and
Senior Advisor to David Cameron, Downing
Street
Dr Pablo Fetter, CEO, Kings Education
Using factor investing to build a
diversified portfolio
Why old diversification models no
longer work
What is driving the investor trends into
factor based investing?
How factor based investing is being
revolutionised by technology
Ruston Smith, Chairman, Tesco Pension
Investment Limited and other non executive
investment and pension fund roles
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How to enhance your portfolio with
Smart Beta in a down cycle?
Why are smart beta products seeing
record inflows?
Is smart beta investing smart?
What risk elements should investors be
aware of?
How to diversify your credit market
exposure through ETFs
Understanding credit and interest rate
risks
New fund structures available
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Benefiting from cross border
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Generating revenue in African markets
COMMODITIES
How long will downward pressure on
oil last?
Macro factors suppressing the price of
oil
What impact will the production freeze
have?
How are GCC economies adapting to
meet the challenge?
Renewable energy moving with the
global shift
As energy consumption continues
to grow, the region is transitioning
towards heightened use of renewable
energy sources
Evaluating potential within these fields
and addressing the risks
DAY 2 Agenda 23rd May 2017 3/3
ALTERNATIVES BATTLE
15:00 Which alternative strategies have Evaluating the key macro-economic Has the bear market for gold
lived up to expectations? risks facing investors? bottomed out?
Examining the comparative What macro trends should investors Gold as a strategic buying opportunity
performance of hedge funds, private worry about? Analysing the fluctuating movements
equity and real estate What impact should it have on your of the last 12 months
Finding value in a congested market asset allocation strategy? What is driving gold?
Identifying unique investment Macroeconomic risk modelling
opportunities
Ziad Makkawi, CEO, Qatar First Bank
15:10 MENA real estate boom or bust? Will 2017 mark a shift in central bank Investment vehicles to access
policy? commodities
As GCC budgets come under pressure,
what is the short term outlook for real Is the era of QE over? Exploring future markets and managed
estate?
Dealing with distrust of policymakers futures
Will expo 2020 continue to drive How far are low interest rates are Deciding the advantages and
demand? effecting the market? disadvantages of various methods
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region
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15:20 PITCH-OFF HOUR
Start-up VC pitch-off
A series of innovative, early-stage regional companies will come head-to-head on stage. They will deliver a short pitch and try to
convince our industry experts that their business model, technology or platform is going to be a game changer set to revolutionise their
industry.
Judges:
Nicola Bettio, Director, KAUST Innovation Fund
Apostolos Binomakis, Partner, Iliad Partners
Theodore L Goede III, Investment and Portfolio Manager, Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures
Wael Aburida, Managing Partner, Halo Investments
16:20 END OF CONFERENCE DAY TWO
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SWFs, family offices, treasuries and investment
banks? These interactive sessions allow attendees
to discuss and debate allocation strategies for 2017
and beyond.
VIP Program
Each year we host investors, fund managers and
CxOs from around the world to the conference.
Hundreds of VIPs attend, making the Middle East
Investment Summit the best attended real estate,
private equity and hedge funds event in the region.
DO YOU QUALIFY FOR THE VIP PROGRAM?
Call Andrew Shoesmith on +971 4 440 2522 or email Andrew.Shoesmith@terrapinn.com
7 WAYS TO NETWORK
You have your conference pass and youve booked your flight to Dubai
so whats next on your networking journey?
Speed Networking
With hundreds of potential customers to meet,
this is your chance to network with everyone in the
room. Quick, efficient and fun, speed networking
is your 20-minute opportunity to establish valuable
relationships in a crowd of potential and walk away
with hundreds of business cards.
Networking platform
Take control of your time at the show by proactively
contacting fellow attendees and arranging meetings
in advance with our online platform. With an inbuilt
matchmaking feature, its easier than ever to find
who you need to meet at the show and pre-arrange
those vital meetings.
After-hours party
The only five-star hotel located in DIFC, the Ritz-
Carlton epitomises understated luxury behind its
stylish limestone faade. Take in the hotels style
and elegance after a day of learning and networking
and unwind with a drink or two. What better
way to network with the best of the investment
industry than a fun filled night of new contacts and
entertainment.
The event had exactly who I
wanted to meet, from SWFs
to investors. There were
lots of great networking
opportunities.
Managing Director, Nasdaq
Who will you meet?
2 400 100 300
Days Attendees Speakers Onsite meetings

Guernsey
GEOS

35% Middle
East

20% UK

20% USA

10% Europe

10% Asia

5% Domiciles

EXAMPLE OF PREVIOUS ATTENDEES JOB TITLES

Sovereign Wealth Funds Chief Investment From
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Abu Dhabi Investment Officer Sovereign wealth
Company Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company State General Chief Technology funds
Reserve Fund of Oman Qatar Investment Authority Mubadala Officer Family offices
Development Company Dubai Holding Emirates Investment
President Pension funds
Authority Fonds de maroc Saudi Arabian Monetary Fund
Traders Endowments
Portfolio manager Corporate treasuries
Single & Multi Family Offices Fund manager Private banks
ASharqiya Investment Holding Action Group Holdings Al
Managing Director Investment banks
Abbas International Al Fahim Group Al Ghurair Investments
Al Mazroui Group Al Qudra Holdings Al Rostamani Group Al Institutional sales Private equity & real
Touq Group Al-Dar General Trading Allstate Investments APG Heads of: estate funds
Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation B.N. Gupta Charitable o Investment Property developers
Trust Bahamdan Group Bahrain Economic Development strategy Hedge funds
Board Bin Zayed Group Burj Holding Limited Dutco Group
o Hedge funds Mutual funds
Emirates Investment and Development PSC Jebel Tariq Trading
Juma Al-Majid Group Habtoor Group Kuwait Investment o Alternative Real estate funds
Company Loeb Partners Corporation Maalem Holding investments
Majid Al Futtaim Family Office Regal Group Investments o Equities
o Fixed income
An incredible collection
Pension funds & Institutional investors
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Abu Dhabi Retirement and Pension
o Real estate
o Infrastructure
of executive level
Funds CalPERS Employees Retirement System of New Orleans
Employees Retirement System of Texas Grosvenor Estate Japan investment professionals.
Pension Fund Association Korea Investment Corporation Kuwait
Fund for Arab Economic Development Malaz Group Mashreq
Bank National Bank of Abu Dhabi National Bank of Kuwait
The regional and global
Noor Islamic Bank ONP Peru State Pension Fund Pension
Fennia Pension Fund Commission Qatar Petroleum Rasmala
The diversity of attendees is beyond
exceptional with delegates coming best in class attend MEIS
Investment Bank Limited Richmond Retirement System Saudi
Aramco Saudi Economic Development Company The Boston from every corner of the world.
Head of Portfolio & Investment Management,
Foundation The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable & CIO, Sulaiman Group
Humanitarian Foundation UK Pension Fund United Gulf Bank Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures

Make your smartest investment of 2017 today. Book at www.terrapinn.com/MEIS/book

Why sponsor
WHY SPONSOR?

We understand that relationships matter and at the end of the day the success
of the event will be determined by the number of quality contacts you make. Generate leads Benefit from a digital inbound marketing program that uses
Sponsors can take advantage of the dedicated and personalised meeting service, social marketing and CRM to create awareness for your product or services. It
guaranteeing them one-to-one time with qualified investors. allows you to generate leads that you can add to your sales pipeline.

WHO SHOULD SPONSOR?

Hedge funds Auditors
Prime brokers Law firms Accelerate growth The Middle East can be a difficult place to raise capital
from. This is the one event you need to tap into a wealth of opportunity and kick-
Investment banks Offshore financial services boards
start your fund.
Fund administrators/ custodians Technology vendors
Exchanges

Speak Deliver your message as a thought leader on a chosen topic to a room of

up to 400 senior investors.

For 9 years Private Equity World MENA has been the prime meeting-place for
the regions sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices and PE firms to
Branding This event is already being marketed. The sooner you join, the more
exposure you will get via our website and other digital channels, print media and
access private equity investments in the region and across the globe.
online community.
WHO SHOULD SPONSOR?
Private equity funds and venture capital Law firms & accountants
firms Advisors & Consultants Network In this region, relationships really matter. Get face to face with the real
Investment banks & financial institutions investors and decision makers needed to drive your funds forward. Benefit from
Fund administrators
our dedicated networking team who will arrange one-to-one meetings on your
Governments & regulators Software & technology platforms behalf.
Corporate financiers & M&A specialists

Good calibre of attendees and great networking.

The regions leading real estate event that addresses market opportunities across It was incredibly beneficial.
strategies, cities and property types for inbound and outbound investment.
Associate, JLL
WHO SHOULD SPONSOR?
Private equity real estate funds Legal, tax and accounting firms
Asset managers Fund administration and trust services
Property developers Performance monitor: Technology and
Property consultants / advisory software
Banks and financial institutions

To sponsor the event call Jamie Hosie on +971 4 440 2501 or email Jamie.Hosie@terrapinn.com
Book your delegate pass today Sponsors
GOLD SPONSORS
Dont miss out! Secure your ticket today.
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2 Day Conference Pass + Lunch & refreshments + Networking + Cocktail party

Before 14 April Final Price

Individual $ 3,595 $ 3,955 SILVER SPONSORS

Group 3-5 $ 2,430 $ 2,675

per person per person

Theres so much great content, you cant possibly cover it all alone!
Bring your team and get an extra discount.

Take advantage of the special group packages available.

EMERGING FUND SPONSOR
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Were pleased to inform you that Emirates Airline has proudly

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Summit. Attendees to the Middle East Investment Summit 2017
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Event info Get special rates on your stay

at the Ritz-Carlton DIFC. Visit
Ritz-Carlton DIFC, Dubai, UAE www.terrapinn.com/meis-venue
22-23 May 2017 for more details.

Book at www.terrapinn.com/MEIS/book or call +971 4 440 2535 To sponsor the event call Jamie Hosie on +971 4 440 2501 or email Jamie.Hosie@terrapinn.com