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• LC101, Friday, 11/6/09, 10AM-8PM
• The Arab Students Association (ASA) and the Yale Friends of Turkey (YFT), in conjunction with McKinsey & Co and several partners at Yale University, are organizing a conference on Entrepreneurship in the Middle East. It is the collaborators’ vision to organize a conference that sheds a different light on a region where great opportunities are constantly overshadowed by politically charged news headlines. Such an initiative, falls within the ASA’s mission of breaking down stereotypes and closing the divide between the people of the U.S. and the Middle East.
• The conference will consist of two keynote speakers, the first being Fadi Ghandour of Aramex and the second being Habib Haddad, founder of Yamli.com. The conference will also involve two panels covering the topics: Social Entrepreneurship, Education and Socioeconomic Development and The Role of Women in Entrepreneurship. There will also be a talk on the Future of Renewable Energy in the Middle East.
• Register at: http://middleeastconference.eventbrite.com

The International Club of SOM is proud to host M. Shafik Gabr, Chairman and Managing Director of ARTOC Group for Investment and Development.

• Venue: School of Management (135 Prospect st), Room A51
• Timing: Thursday Oct 29th @ 11:45 AM – 12:45 AM
• Lunch will be served !

The ARTOC Group is an international multi-disciplined holding company with operations in Project Investment, Real Estate, Consumer Products, Publication and Engineering and Technical Division, and has been one of the leading business groups of the region. The firm is based in Cairo, Egypt. Please see below for the biography of M. Shafik Gabr.

• Silliman Fellows Lounge, Thursday, 10/29
• Pari Brahme, wife of Yale World Fellow Unmesh Brahme of India, will be speaking about her work with social entrepreneurship and theater. Brahme has worked with Unilever to use folklore and theater to promote hygiene and community activism to poor villages in India. She has also started a head hunting business for non-profits and corporations looking to collaborate. Come hear her speak about her experiences and learn more about opportunities in social entrepreneurship and theater.