You are invited to join IBBC’s key UK conference
Why you should come:
- Meet the top business decision makers in UK and Iraq, network with UK and Iraqi growing companies.
- Enjoy the comradery and sociability of IBBC Iraq’s most influential business community, learn about Iraq and the regional dynamics.
What is the context of this conference?
- A growing and diversifying economy.
- A great follow on from IBBCs successful Baghdad conference. Read more>>
Iraq’s economy is at a crossroads as it diversifies energy sources from oil, with the government’s investment in new infrastructure, in particular the Al Faw port maritime industries and The Development Road Project. New housing, skills training, factories, and materials processing and with an increasingly positive private sector, encouraging investment, new educational curricula and the development and modernisation of the banking sector and telecoms and tech applications. Over $400bn of investment scheduled from the Government and private sources.
What to expect this year?
Meet the energy panel giants: BP’s Zaid Elyasari and Dunya Chalabi of TotalEnergies
Hear about the latest projects in Kirkuk and Total’s renewable energy activities and the importance of these two companies to Iraq’s energy security.
Confirmed speakers:
Meet the top businesses and ministers in Energy, Finance, Infrastructure, Education, Technology, Tourism, Agriculture and Maritime initiatives that the Government of Iraq are investing in.
The UK’s Export finance director on available finances and the new £12bn UK trade deal. The Iraqi Transport Minister, on Iraq’s $400bn investments in Infrastructure, Maritime, Ports and economic development plans from Al Faw to Turkey.
Iraq’s economy is growing, modernising, evolving, and diversifying, presenting new opportunities for investors, companies and entrepreneurs.
Hear insights from top speakers on Energy, like Lord Howell, Banking, Lord Green and TBI bank, AI and services in the Tech Forum and Maritime initiatives from Al Zaman (Gold Sponsor).
Join the Education roundtable, hear new Heritage plans and Exhibition: ‘Darb Zubaydah, Endangered Heritage in Iraq’ on the pilgrimage routes from Najah to Mecca, and Al Rashid restoration of Baghdad.
Special discount rates for IBBC partner companies @ £500, for the discount code, please contact us: london@webuildiraq.org
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The Tech forum is part of the IBBC Mansion House conference but takes place online and a day prior to the main conference on the 2nd June at 1pm BST.
This session is open to all those interested in Tech and how it can benefit and inform Iraq’s Tech ecology. The theme of the panellists is:
‘How Tech and AI can benefit services and entrepreneurs in Iraq and internationally’
Speakers:
- William Page, 1001.tv
- Raman Salihi, Soft Cell (Pharma tech)
- Aows Daargazi, Unihouse (educational AI and skills learning)
- Raed Mohamed, SABIS (AI and online teaching)
- Daniel Sawko, ShipShape (online investment portal)
- Professor Frank Gunter, Lehigh University
- James Wallman, World Experience Organisation,
Register to IBBC Tech Forum Online for free here
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“Growth and Diversification”
IBBC membership has expanded and tracked many of these sunrise industries, whilst still evolving the core energy sector. This conference examines how things are changing, who is making the running in the new economy, and what opportunities this represents. Come hear and meet the decision makers in government and those in the private sector outside government control and forging new business horizons.
- Meet leading government ministers, officials and IBBC businesses making the decisions in the UK and Iraq.
- Iraq is growing, diversifying and growing its economy with opportunities for both existing and new industries and services to develop profitably.
- Hear how UKEF, IFC, CBI and TBI are helping fund the £12bn trade deal with Iraq and how your business can engage with them.
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Networking reception at the Mansion House, on the evening of June 2nd at 6.30 pm. All delegates and speaker welcome
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Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For further details and general inquiries, please contact us at London@webuildiraq.org