Join us in the 2nd Conference
The Arab Investment Conference in its second edition comes to confirm that impact investing is an industry that achieves prosperity and growth for our societies through social and environmental impact, in addition to financial returns in various sectors.
- Conference Goals
- Topics
- Target Audience
- Learning about the implications of the “Covid-19” pandemic on the level of social investment in the Arab world.
- Launching a "Micro Social Investment Fund" to support social entrepreneurs in the Arab world.
- Sharing best practices and knowledge to enable investors to integrate social and environmental impact into their investments.
- The reality of social investment in the Arab world after Covid-19.
- Startups and Social Entrepreneurship - Trends and Opportunities.
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social organizations and their support needs to enable them to adapt and thrive.
- Climate change and its impact on social investment.
- Impact investing in the burgeoning MENA market
- Escalation of the ESG investment.
- Investors and businessmen/women.
- Executives in the nonprofit and public sectors.
- Leaders of research and academic institutions.
- Government bodies interested in social investment.
About this conference
Since the social investment market in the Arab world is an emerging market that needs to provide environments that support and enhance its practices and based on our responsibility towards our communities, we call on supporters, investors and all those interested in social investment to join this annual event that aims to design and create a tangible social and environmental impact in our Arab world through tools And means to support social investment organizations and provide them with analyzes and insights that are based on accurate data in a way that alleviates the challenges of social investment in the Arab region.
Given the state of alert that is still controlling the world due to the “Covid-19” pandemic, the conference will be held virtually to ensure the safety of everyone, it’s a two-day long conference, in November 23rd -24th, with the participation of a group of actors and experts in the field.
Why this conference?
- To enable charities to employ social investment practices in their activities, and to benefit from those practices in achieving financial sustainability and impact.
- To Support social entrepreneurs in launching and developing their enterprises, through the Initiative to Establish a Micro Social Investment Fund” that will be launched at this conference.
- To Help investors in the Arab world integrate social and environmental impact into their enterprises and businesses. Sharing best practices and knowledge to enable investors to integrate social and environmental impact into their investments.
- Launching a "Micro Social Investment Fund" to support social entrepreneurs in the Arab world.
- Learning about the implications of the “Covid-19” pandemic on the level of social investment in the Arab world.
Event Speakers
We invited experts from all over the world
The parties represented by our speakers:
Event Schedule
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Day 01
23 November
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Day 02
24 November
Organizing Committee
Opening and welcome
Abir Alobaid
The reality of social investment in the Arab world 2021
Peter Ptashko
Micro and Social Enterprise - Trends and Opportunities.
Break
Steven Watkins
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social enterprises, and their support needs to enable them to adapt and thrive
Martin Chrisney
Climate Change in Impact Investing
Break
Prof. Mohammad Ma'Sum Billah
Strategic Awqaf Structure May Be An Effective Solution to Impact Investment in Reality-Its Technical Know-How?
Lindsay Smalling
Customer Insights to Drive Impact Performance
Scientific Committee
Ending the first day
Organizing Committee
Opening and welcome
Kinda Al-memar
Capacity Building Framework in Social Innovation
Raed Al-eid
Capacity building experience in social innovation
Break
Sophia Sunderji & Kate Walsh
Achieving impact: Impact investing in the burgeoning MENA market
Break
Nesreen Srouji
the rise of the social aspects of "ESG" investing
Ghiath Hawari
People-centred investment
Scientific Committee
Ending the second day
Event Organisers
Design & Development
