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Nearly 1000 people gathered to welcome delegations from across MENA and celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Bilateral Chamber’s Insight to MENA at OTC Reception.
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Local and International leaders sent thoughts and good wishes.
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Amin H. Al Nasser
President & CEO
Saudi Aramco
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The Honorable Sylvester Turner
Mayor
City of Houston
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Houston Mayors honored for visionary Middle East economic and cultural collaborations.
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David L. Phillips, Chairman of the Board, Bilateral Chamber of Commerce, introduces Mayoral honorees and co-recipients of the 2017 Visionary Leadership Award: The Honorable Lee P. Brown, The Honorable Bill White, and The Honorable Annise Parker
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Representatives from Bilateral Chamber members and partners including ExxonMobil, Kallman Worldwide, US Department of Commerce, DMG,
ADCO, Al Yasat, State of Texas and US Department of State
offered words of support and gratitude.
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L to R: John Verity, Senior Vice President, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Tom Kallman, President & CEO, Kallman Worldwide Inc., Nasir Abassi, Counselor for Commercial Affairs - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain & Yemen, U.S. Department of Commerce, Christopher Hudson, President, DMG Events - Global Energy, Saif Alghfeli, CEO, ADCO, Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Harris County Precinct 1, City of Houston, Kenneth Hyatt, Acting Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce - ITA
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The Bilateral Brigade, our loyal group of young professionals, and our dedicated staff delivered a first class experience for all our guests.
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We would like to thank our sponsors,
without whom, none of this would be possible.
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GCC Insight Series: The Vision Behind the Numbers
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We opened Tuesday with a special GCC Insight Series panel discussion that included a keynote address by His Excellency Altaher Musabah Al Kendi Al Marar, 2nd Vice Chairman of the more than 100,000 member Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dao Le, Regional Senior Commercial Officer for the GCC and Barry Peters from the American Business Association Eastern Province Saudi Arabia.
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Leadership Insight Series: Libya
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And Tuesday afternoon brought an historic public and private sector overview of the energy sector on Libya by Mustafa Sanalla, Chairman, NOC of Libya and Dr. Adel Chaouch, Director for MENA, Marathon Oil Corporation.
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The Iraq Dialogue: Fostering Growth in Iraq's Oil & Gas Sector
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John Brantley, Partner, Bracewell, The Honorable Douglas Silliman, Ambassador of U.S. to Iraq, His Excellency Fareed Yasseen Ambassador of Iraq to the U.S., Dr. Naufel
Alhassan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Iraq’s Office, Hamid Younis Salih, Deputy Oil Minister to Iraq
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We concluded our week of programs with a 360 degree view of the commercial energy sector in Iraq.
With a powerful lineup of speakers representing the political,
diplomatic and commercial landscape, the program received rave reviews
from participants including F500 executives and SME CEOs.
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Once again, we offer our sincere thanks
to our 2017 sponsors, stakeholders, members, and partners whose
commitment and continued support made our 20th Anniversary Insight to
MENA at OTC Events a huge success.
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