IRAN 2015

GLOBAL LEADERS PROGRAMME28 September – 9 October 2015 | Dubai, UAE and Isfahan, Iran

The Siosepol also known as ‘The Bridge of 33 Arches’ in Isfahan is the city's longest pedestrian bridge over the Zayandeh Rud with a total length of 297.76 metres (976.9 ft).

The most famous Persiandescription of the city of Isfahan is“Esfahan Nesf-e Jahan” whichmeans Isfahan is half of theworld, which the Isfahanis coinedin the 16th century to express thecity’s grandeur.

According to the World Bank, over60% of Iran’s population isestimated to be under the age of30. As a result, some 750,000youth are estimated to enter thelabor market every year. It isestimated that some 150,000Iranians with tertiary educationleave the country every year.

Iran is the second largesteconomy in the Middle East andNorth Africa (MENA) region afterSaudi Arabia and has the secondlargest population in the regionafter Egypt, an estimated 80.8million people (July 2014).

The Masjed-e Shah or Shah Mosque stands on the south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. The entrance-iwan (gateway – pictured below) to the mosque takes the form of a semicircle, resembling a recessed half-moon and measures 27 meters in height.

The Bazaar of Isfahan is a historical market and one of the oldest and largest bazaars of the Middle East. It is a vaulted, two kilometer street linking the old city with the new.

Carpet repairmen mending a 100 year old carpet in the Isfahan Bazaar.

Isfahan is ‘half the world…’

At the invitation of the local government andbusiness partners in the ancient capital ofIsfahan, the Iran GLP presents a rareopportunity for forward thinking companiesto gain insights into a vibrant economy of 80million people that has largely been outsidethe international community for the past 30years.

The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque located in the historic Naghsh-i Jahan Square in Isfahan took

16 years to construct and is regarded as one of the architectural masterpieces of Safavid

Iranian architecture.

Building on 10 years and 40+ leadership programmes

The Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT) is an independentHong Kong based think tank focused on advancing a deeperunderstanding of global issues including the shift of economicand political influence from the West to Asia, the dynamicrelationship between business and society, the role of the stateand the reshaping of the rules of global capitalism.

The Global Leaders Programme (GLP) is the flagship executiveeducation programme offered by GIFT and is recognisedinternationally for its intellectual rigour, its beyond-classroommethodology and its output-driven approach to executivelearning.

The GLP was presented in a report to the United Nations onInnovations in Leadership Development. It has been featured inleading media such as the Financial Times, Wall Street Journaland South China Morning Post.

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GIFT’S GROWING FOOTPRINT ACROSS ASIA

40+ programmes. 12 countries. 8 project sectors.

Global Leaders Programme (GLP) in Dubai & Iran

Module 1 Venue: Dubai Marine Beach Resort and Spa

Module One provides a platform for highly interactive discussion and debate on the role of global business, evolving regional dynamics, growth drivers, changingdemographics and resource scarcity issues among others. Global executive participants will be joined by local Iranian participants from business, government andcivil society, allowing for rich mutual learning.

Developing a Semirom Apple Company

Module Two involves a real world field project in the abundant agriculturalregion of Semirom, 100km south of Isfahan wherein participants will propose anew business in processing, packaging and export of apple products. Localpartners include the Isfahan Chamber of Commerce, Semirom Farmers Union andAgricultural Bank of Iran.

Meeting with the Union of Producers and Exporters of Agriculture Products of Isfahan Province (U.P.E.A.P)

Left: Mr. Ghasem Ali Jabbari, BoardMember of the Isfahan Chamber ofCommerce, Industries, Mines &Agriculture receiving The OtherHundred from GIFT Managing DirectorEric Stryson; Right: Semirom applesripening.

Mohammad BabaEsmailli, GIFT alumni and localproject facilitator meeting with local farmers inSemirom to discuss the forthcoming apple project.

Meeting with Semirom government officials and local farmers the town meeting hall. Semirom “Gulab” apples in the foreground.

Apple orchards in Semirom with the Zagros Mountains in the distance.

Clockwise from main, Semirom Farmers Union Chairman Mr. Gourbani, Former Parliamentary Representative Mr. Afshari and Semirom Governor Mr. Nusrati (far right).

The Tomb of Hafez , erected in the northern edge of Shiraz, Iran, in memory of the celebrated Persian poet Hafez.

Semirom government meeting with Mr. Ghorbani (fourth from left), Head of the Semirom Farmers Union and the Governor of Padena (second from right).

For more information or to enroll in the 2015 Iran Global Leaders Programme (GLP) please contact:

Eric StrysonManaging Directorestryson@global-inst.comT: +852 3571 8104

Thank you and Welcome to Isfahan!