{"id":202237,"date":"2018-10-08T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=202237"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T21:38:22","slug":"arab-chamber-to-join-saudi-investment-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-chamber-to-join-saudi-investment-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Chamber to join Saudi investment forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Public Investment Fund (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pif.gov.sa\/en\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PIF<\/a>), a Saudi Arabian sovereign fund, is hosting the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Future Investment Initiative (FII) from October 23 to 25 in Riyadh. The future of international investment will be in discussion, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccab.org.br\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Arab Chamber will be there, and we\u2019ll discuss trade and investments with Saudi executives over breakfast,\u201d CEO Michel Alaby said. According to him, organizers want Brazilian enterprises to join, and they will have the opportunity to sit in on the meeting with local executives.<\/p>\n<p>Invitations have been sent out to Brazilian companies and government entities tasked with finding investors, but the event is open to other players as well.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the FII will feature 120 speakers, including International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde, Emaar Properties chairman Mohamed Alabbar, Ajay S. Banga of Mastercard, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Larry Fink of Black Rock, John Flint of HSBC, Joe Kaeser of Siemens, Dara Khosrowshahi of Uber and Lubna Olayan of the Olayan Finance Company.<\/p>\n<p>Over 2,000 people are expected, including government officials, executives and investors. The event saw 3,800 participants from 90 different countries last year (<em>pictured at the top of this <\/em><em>story<\/em>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202227\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII4.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202227\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII4-1024x364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII4-1024x364.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII4-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII4-768x273.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohammed Bin Salman is 2nd, L to R<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investment opportunities brought about by the Vision 2030 economic diversification plan put in place by heir prince Mohammed Bin Salman will be discussed. Registration will be open until September 28.<\/p>\n<p>A three-pronged agenda will cover: Investing in Transformation, Technology as Opportunity and Advancing Human Potential. The goals are finding future trends and opportunities, outlining the future of certain economic activities and discussing how investment can lead to development and global prosperity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202229\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202229 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII2-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII2-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FII2.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lubna Olayan is the head of one of Saudi Arabia\u2019s leading conglomerates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPolitical, economic and technological changes pose individual challenges for all businesses and governments, but the most intractable problems require a truly global response,\u201d a press release from the FII organizers quoted HSBC Holdings CEO John Flint as saying. \u201cThe public and private sectors have no choice but to work together to maximize the benefits of human ingenuity while managing its disruptive impacts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said \u201cWe know technology has been a great force, and for the benefit of all of us, that force should not be left unleashed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find out more from the FII\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.futureinvestmentinitiative.com\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-202225\">Press Release<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-202227\">Press Release<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future Investment Initiative will run from October 23 to 25 in Riyadh and executives from major multinational corporations will attend. The event is held by Public Investment Fund, a Saudi Arabian sovereign fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1454,"featured_media":202225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[559,268,5379,38944,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-202237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-opportunities","8":"tag-arab-brazilian-chamber-of-commerce","9":"tag-camara-arabe","10":"tag-fii","11":"tag-pif-en-2","12":"tag-saudi-arabia"},"wps_subtitle":"The Future Investment Initiative will run from October 23 to 25 in Riyadh and executives from major multinational corporations will attend. 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