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1 Richard Boucher, OECD Deputy Secretary-General, speaking during the opening plenary session on the new policy frontiers of investment globalisation.

2 Richard Boucher, OECD Deputy Secretary-General and João Aguiar Machado, Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European Commission.

3 Richard Boucher, OECD Deputy Secretary-General, João Aguiar Machado, Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European Commission, Deborah McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Monkid Mestassi, Secretary General, Ministry for Economic Affairs, Morocco, Fernando Ocampo, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica and Ravi Vish, Director and Chief Economist, MIGA, World Bank.

4 Richard Boucher, OECD Deputy Secretary-General, João Aguiar Machado, Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European Commission, Deborah McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Monkid Mestassi, Secretary General, Ministry for Economic Affairs, Morocco, Fernando Ocampo, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica and Ravi Vish, Director and Chief Economist, MIGA, World Bank.

5 Deborah McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State and Monkid Mestassi, Secretary General, Ministry for Economic Affairs, Morocco.

6 Richard Boucher, OECD Deputy Secretary-General, João Aguiar Machado, Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European Commission, Deborah McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Monkid Mestassi, Secretary General, Ministry for Economic Affairs, Morocco, Fernando Ocampo, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica and Ravi Vish, Director and Chief Economist, MIGA, World Bank.

7 Ahmed Fassi-Fihri, Director for Investment Promotion, Agency for Investment Development, Morocco, Sherif Oteifa, Senior Advisor to the Minister and Head of Public Private Partnerships Unit, Egypt, Noureddine Zekri, Director General, Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, Tunisia, Hossam Farid, CEO and Managing Director, Allweiler-Farid Pumps, and Secretary General, Egyptian Junior Business Association, and Bashar Al-Zu bi, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Jordan Investment Board, speaking during session 2 on reviving private investment in the Middle East and North Africa.

8 Raed Safadi, Deputy Director, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD, Fahad Al Gergawi, CEO, Foreign Investment Office, Dubai, Catherine Bouvier d'yvoire, Director, Public Sector Advisory Group, Global Banking, Citi France, and John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, speaking during session 3 on the rise of governments as sources of international investment.

9 Catherine Bouvier d'yvoire, Director, Public Sector Advisory Group, Global Banking, Citi France, speaking during session 3 on the rise of governments as sources of international investment.

10 Yeslem Ould Hamdane, Secretary-General, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development, Mauritania, David Hallam, Director, Trade and Market Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation and Ruth Rawling, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs Europe, Middle East and Africa, Cargill, speaking during session 4 on international investment in agriculture.

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