Business development Forum & Expo for downstream and local content in oil & gas and petrochemical industry

1. Downstream and local Content
Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Industry
Downstream and local Content in
Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Industry
Organized by:April 24 - 25, 2019
The Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
BDFEX
www.BDFEX.com
Downstream and local Content in
Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Industry

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dr. Mohamed Al Khaldi
Dr. Khalid Jasim Bomtaia
Dr. Ghada Ahmed
Mr. Saleh Alayedh
Mr. Abdulla Al Subyani
Mr. Mosaed Al-Qarni
Mr. Akel Al Khaldi

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Business Steering Committee
Dr. Khalid Jasim Bomtaia
Mr. IBRAHIM ALSHAIKH
Mr. Hadi Al Qahtani
Mrs. Modhi Al-Otaibi
Mrs. Kholud Alfeli
Mr. Abdulla Al Subyani
Dr. Lullwa Bu Dalama
Mr. Hani Dubayan
Mr. Jack Dyer
Dr. Mohamed Al-Shaikh
Dr. Mohamed Al Khaldi
Eng. Hadi Al-Qahtani
Mr. Ibrahim Al-Tamimi

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Our Keynote Speakers
Eng. Abdullah Saad Al-Rabeeah
Managing Partner
AL MOBDA
Mr. Fu’ad Musa
VP Local Content & Business
Dev. Unit - SABIC
Abdulla AlSoweilem
General Manager
Jazan Economic City - Saudi Aramco
Anthony Hobaika
CEO
MENA Research Partners

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Rationale
There are investors and entrepreneurs who are interested to engage in a business, however, they do not
have enough knowledge, skills, competencies and ideas on the type of business they will engage in. Some,
having the financial capacity just engage in business only to find out later that it is not the type of venture that
he is interested, and thus, he failed.
The 1st Business Development Forum and EXPO (BDFEX) for the Downstream Oil & Gas and Petrochemicals
Industry will be the best venue for these investors and entrepreneurs to meet successful Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia as a regional business development and investment hub in the downstream hydrocarbon industry.
Aims and Objectives of Bahrain
Development Forum and Expo
The Forum aims to attract international and regional corporations, SMEs, investors and entrepreneurs to
explore new business opportunities. It would result in increasing local content of manufacturing and services
in the hydrocarbon downstream industry, creating new sustainable jobs, and attracting investments.
The objectives of this Forum and Expo is for the participants to get closer towards finding new business
partners, investors, technology providers, new suppliers, new market access, etc.
At the same time, they will be able to create a network that would help them build their own business in the
future and share their best practices and success in the business.
Benefits to the Attendees
Benefits to corporations:
- Finding new partners
- Finding new technologies
- Expanding their network of suppliers and buyers
- Promoting their local content programs.
Benefits to industrial entrepreneurs:
- Direct meeting with investors
- Gauging business interest in their ventures by
corporations
Who Will Attend?
1. Investors
2. Entrepreneurs
3. Capitalist
4. Business enthusiasts
Benefits to investors:
- Understanding investment outlook in the region
- Meeting industrial entrepreneurs and growth SMEs.
Benefits to SMEs:
- Finding new potential contractsfrom corporations
- Finding growth capital.

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Day 1 Wednesday April 24
BDFEX Opening remarks 09:00 - 09:15
Leadership Panel Discussion (Moderator Dr. Mohammed AlJabri)
Challenges and opportunities for the localization of downstream oil and gas and petro-
chemicals industries in GCC
9:15 – 10:45
Keynote speaker: Fuad Mosa, VP, Local Content & Business Development, SABIC 09:15 - 09:30
Keynote speaker 2: Saudi Aramco Abdulla AlSuwailem, General Manager
Jazan Refinery Complex, Saudi Aramco
09:30 - 09:45
Keynote speaker 3: Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, CEO , Al Mobda Company for Industrial
Services and Chemicals
9:45 - 10:00
Keynote speaker 4: Anthony Hobaika, CEO, MENA Research Partners 10:00 - 10:15
Panel Discussion 10:15 - 10:45
Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:00
B – B Business Development Networking 1:
Moderator Abdulla AlSubyani
All participants to convene around round tables to answer key inspiring questions to un-
derstand each other businesses, needs and opportunities
11:00 - 01:00
Prayer break 01:00 – 01:30
Business lunch and B - B Business Networking 01:30 – 03:30
Day 2 Thursday April 25
Private Sector Industry Wide Initiatives
This session will be for initiatives of benefit to the industry at large submitted by companies,
investors and entrepreneurs aimed at reducing cost, increasing innovation, addressing
R&D challenges and improving human resources in the downstream industry
09:00 – 11:00
Industrial Entrepreneurs – Investors Business Networking & Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Jamal Al Akkad
Industrial entrepreneurship in the oil and gas and petrochemicals industries
Participants: Entrepreneurs, investors, SMEs and corporations
11:00 - 01:00
Prayer break 01:00 – 01:30
Technology Transfer Agreements for Industry Localization - Challenges and Solutions:
Moderator Abdulla AlSubyani
Majid AlNughaimesh, Chairman of Absorbent Polymer
All participants will share their experience and best practices
01:30 - 02:30
Business Lunch and B - B Business Networking 02:30 – 0 3:30
B – B Business Development Networking 03:30 – 05:30
Business Development
Forums & EXPO Agenda
24 - 25 April 2019

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