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24 July 2007 |
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9:00am |
Press Conference
Deputy Minister of MOLSA
Minister of Higher Education
COL Ronald C. Allen, 358th Civil Affairs
COL Victoria Diego-Allard, Joint Contracting
Command-Iraq
Mr. Raad Ommar, Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and
Industry
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10:00am |
Conference Opening Remarks
Mr. Raad Ommar,
CEO, Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Mr. Riyadh Ghareeb
Action Minister of labor & Social Affairs
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
Mr. Mahier Mosa Alubaidy
Minister consultant
Prospect for Economic Growth in Iraq
Dr. Mahdi Al-Hafedh
Current Iraqi Parliamentarian
Former Minister of Planning
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11:00am |
U.S. Military Contracting introducing
the Iraqi First Program
COL Victoria Diego-Allard
JCCI – Joint Contracting Command Iraq
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11:30am |
Coffee Break
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12:00noon |
Ministry of Youth
and Sports Presentation
Mr. Abass Al-Shamary
Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
MOLSA presentation
Dr. Riyadh Hussein
Director General/Vocational Training
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
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1:00pm |
VOTECH Presentation
COL Ronald C. Allen
358th Civil Affairs
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11:30am |
Coffee
Break
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1:30-2:30pm |
Lunch
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2:30pm |
Ministry
of Planning and Cooperation development/The Central
Organization of Statistics
Ahmad Salman
Chief Statistician
Current activities &
polices toward Iraq economic development
Dr. Ali Al-Sofi
Executive Manager/Ministry of Science & Technology
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3:30pm |
Facilitating doing
Business in Iraq
Dr. Abdullah Al-Byati
Professor /Administration & Economy College
Al-Mustansiriah University
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4:30pm |
MITT Presentation
LTC Edmondson
Military Iraqi Transition Team
Micro Loans Presentation
Mr. Cliff Ruder
Senior Technical and Legal/Regulatory Adviser
USAID Iraq/Private Sector Growth and Employment
Generation Project
Louis Berger Group
Ms. Laila Kuznezov
Project Monitoring and Information Management Director
Mr. Tim Shumaker
Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator
IACCI/NAJAH
Presentation
Mr. Hassanien M. Hassan
NAJAH Grant Officer
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5:30pm |
Market Survey
Presentation
Mr. Brennen Searcy
Business Development Director
Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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25 July
2007 |
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10:00am |
GRD Presentation
Ms. Azza Humadi
Women’s Project Manager
Stanley Baker Hill |
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11:30am |
Break
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12:00noon |
Iraq-First Contracting Workshop
Mr. Ali Al-Hathaf
Business Advisor
MNSTC-I Support Division
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1:30pm |
Lunch
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2:30pm |
Presentation
of Conference Certificates |