Thursday, November 19   8:00-8:30 Registration, coffee & pastries. Location: Dubai Trade Centre, "Dubai Rooms C&D"   8:30-9:00 Welcoming remarks & introductions Dr. Tarik Yousef (Dean, Dubai School of Government, DSG)   9:00-9:30 Conference overview Prof. Dale D. Murphy (Director of Entrepreneurship, DSG)   Full Session 1: The Regulatory and Policy Environment   9:30-11:00 Overview on best policy practices and needed reforms for SME’s (Rania Bikhazi, ILO-Beirut) Doing Business and regulatory reform (Dahlia Khalifa, World Bank) Policy priorities to improve the environment for entrepreneurship (Lois Stevenson, International Development Research Centre, IRDC-MENA) Prosperity Index and entrepreneurship in MENA (Michael Magan, Legatum Institute) Lessons from CIDA (Eman Omran, CIDA Egypt) Moderator: Prof. Tarek Hatam (American University of Cairo)   11:00-11:15 Coffee break (participants use wiki on computers in coffee area)   Full Session 2: Best-Practice Policies in Family Business, Venture Capital and Angel Investing   11:15-12:45 Best practices in family business governance (Prof. Khalid Al Yahya, DSG) Women and angel investing (Shimi Shah, Managing Director, Forsa) Regulation of angel investing (Walid Hanna, Managing Partner, Middle East Venture Partners) Lessons in venture capital policy from Qatar & Dubai (Khaled Rashed, founder, CORECAP; YAL) Venture capital policies in the Middle East (Imad Ghandour, Gulf Capital; Gulf Venture Capital Assn.) Moderator: Justin Wilmott (Vice President, Legatum Ventures)   12:45-2:00  Lunch In Bubble Lounge adjacent to Dubai Rooms; participants use wiki on computers in coffee area Introductions of groups represented at BPEP (cont'd)   Session 3: Decriminalizing Insolvency Laws   2:00-3:30 Bankruptcy best practices and needed reforms (Lubna Qassim, Legal reform specialist, UAE) Accounting firms' views on insolvency proceedings (Hani Bishara, Ernst & Young) Insolvency reforms: legal perspectives (Mitri Najjar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) Legal perspectives on insolvency reforms (Timothy N. Ross, Latham & Watkins) Insolvency reforms: legal perspectives (Eric Milne, Simmons & Simmons) Moderator: (drawn from panel)   3:30-4:00 Networking break (participants use wiki on computers in coffee area)   Session 4: Good Governance, Anti-Corruption and Entrepreneurship: concrete steps to achieve best practices   4:00-5:30 Lessons from 100 countries (Nathaniel Heller, founder, Global Integrity) Arab views of corruption: survey findings (Ahmed Younis, Gallup-Silatech) Social and economic development policies (Robert Beschel, World Bank) Governance in MENA (Prof. Rami Khouri, American University of Beirut) Moderator: Mohamed Nada (Governance and Civic Engagement Program, CARE-Egypt) 5:30 - 6:00 Full conference: day one conclusions   [6:00-7:30 Break, networking, free time.] (Free wifi internet and coffee are available in the Dubai School of Government, 7th & 13th floors of Convention Tower, in the same Trade Centre complex, adjacent to Novotel.)   7:30-9:30 PM Dinner: hosted by Silatech Full conference: walk to Dubai School of Government (DSG), Convention Tower, 13th Floor. Keynote dinner speaker: Fadi Ghandour (founder and CEO Amarex, Chairman Ruwwad)   Friday, November 20   8:30-9:00 Coffee, juice, pastries. DSG, Convention Tower 13th floor (Location same as Thurs dinner: DSG, Convention Tower 13th fl.)   9:00-10:00 Full conference session: moderated full conference discussion on "the road ahead"   Breakout 1: Laws & Regulations Affecting Social Entrepreneurship   10:15-11:45 Laws & Regulations Affecting Social Entrepreneurship  Policies affecting social entrep. in the Arab world (Iman Bibars, Ashoka Arab World) Best Practices in Financial Regulations of NGOs (Kareem Elbayar, International Center for Not-for-profit Law, ICNL) Regulatory Reforms for Social Entrepreneurs (Katherine Milligan, Schwab/WEF) Moderator: (Anisa Al Sharif, The Executive Council, UAE)   Breakout 2: Education Policy and Entrepreneurship: require entrepreneurship in all high schools?   10:15-11:45 Education Policy and Entrepreneurship: require entrepreneurship in all high schools? Lessons from a decade of entrep. education in 12 Arab countries (Soraya Salti, Injaz) Lessons from 28 years of inner-city entrep. education (Steve Mariotti, NFTE founder) Incorporating entrepreneurship into formal, vocational education in Syria (Yamama Al-Oraibi, SHABAB, The Syria Trust for Development) Lessons from Yemen's 'Know About Business' (Wesem Qaid, Executive Director, SMEPS) Moderator: Paul Dyer (Research Fellow, Dubai School of Government)   12:00-2:00 Full Conference: DSG 13th floor Lunch co-hosted by: Mohamed bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development 12:00-12:30 Keynote speaker: Steve Mariotti (founder, NFTE); clips from new movie: "Ten, 9, Eight: Shoot for the Moon"   12:30-2:00 buffet lunch, networking.     2:15-3:45 Policies to Promote Youth Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship opportunities and challenges in Egypt and the region: A Practitioner’s Experience (Ehaab Abdou, Wolfensohn Center/Brookings) Policy Impediments to Youth Social Entrepreneurs in Egypt (Mohamed Nada, CARE-Egypt) Private Equity Perspectives on S.E. (Saqib Rashid, VP, Abraaj Capital) 45-minute discussion, including six young entrepreneurs from Young Arab Leaders: Islam Badrel Dein, Mohammed Al Araj, Bahjat Homsi, Ahmed Al Mashhadi, Gus Farra, and Tammam Yammout; and two from MBRE-SME. 3:45-4:30 Closing session, summarize lessons on needed legal reforms, best practices Prof. Dale D. Murphy (Director of Entrepreneurship, DSG)   4:30-4:45 Final networking; coffee, juice.   [4:45-6:30 Breakout room: screening full movie, "Ten, 9, Eight: Shoot for the Moon", 84 minutes, followed by discussion with NFTE founder and CEO, Steve Mariotti.]