Emerging Africa and the Global Business Revolution:
Bridging the Gap between Wealth and Destitution

Inaugural Address
Franz Heukamp, Secretary General, IESE Business School
Joan Canals, President of the International Commission, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce
Luis Padilla Macabeo, General Secretary, CASA ÁFRICA
Sanjay Peters, Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Center for Emerging Markets, IESE Business School  

Opening Session: Emerging Africa
Keynote speaker:
Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Former President of Mozambique 1986-2005 
Darío Otero, Deputy Director for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries, Direction General for Bilateral Economic Relations and Energy Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

09:45-10:45                 

Panel Session:
Barriers and Scope for Sustainable Economic Growth & Social Development in 21st Century Africa

Chair:
Sanjay Peters, Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Center for Emerging Markets, IESE Business School  

Panellists:
Abdul B. Kamara , Manager, Research Division, Development research Department, African Development Bank
John Luiz , Professor, and Director of International Programmes, University of the Witwatersrand, Graduate School of Business Administration
Henri Bernard Le Compte , Head of Middle East and Africa Desk, OECD Development Center

10:45-11:15          

Coffee Break

Parallel Session I:
Business Development, Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investments Prospects in Africa

Chair:


Panellists:
John Adeleke, Director, World Trade Center Board, Regional Coordinator Africa
Romeu Rodrigues , CEO, CETA Sarl . Maputo, Mozambique


Parallel session II:
Public and Private Sector Financial Institutions, Business Management and Niche Markets in Africa

Chair:
Giulio Federico, Research Fellow, SP-SP, IESE Business School

Panellists:
Cheikh Fall , Adviser, Sones -Societé Nationale des Eaux du Senegal -The Senegal Water Company
Humphrey Ayim-Darke, General Director, AGI-Association of Ghana Industries
Mory Soumahoro , Managing Director, City Finances, Asset Management, Ivory Coast
Sonja Sebotsa, Executive Director, Identity Partners, South Africa

Lunch

Panel Session:
Shifts in Global Trade Regimes and Partners and Their Impact on Africa

Chair:
George Njenga , Former Dean of the Strathmore Business School, Kenya

Panellists:
Alicia García-Herrero , Chief Economist, Emerging Markets, BBVA
Mario Esteban , Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, Autonomous University of Madrid  
Yang Jiang , Assistant Professor, Asia Research Center, Copenhagen Business School

Parallel Session III:
Fund Capital and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 

Chair:
Miguel Cantillo, Associate Professor, Financial Management, IESE Business School

Panellists:
Forrest Metz, Judge Business School, Cambridge University
Morten Jerven , Professor, Simon Frazer University, Canada
Sandra Sequeira, Professor, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), London School of Economics

Parallel session IV
Experience of Spanish Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chair:
Lluis Renart , Professor, Department of Marketing and Director of the Africa Initiative, IESE Business School

Panellists: 
Arantxa Aramburu-Hamel, Partner, Natura Consulting
Joan Masferrer , Director General, COMPASS
Paula Alayo , Investment Officer, IFC, Paris
Marcos Gilligan , Export Manager, International Division, Leche Pascual Group