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Welcome to the SU-MEET

October 30th, 2019

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

On behalf of FEMOZA (World Free and Special Economic Zones Federation), in partnership with

UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and with the full support of many

International institutions, we are proud and happy to welcoming you to THE SU-MEET: World Free &

Special Economic Zones Summit, the only World Hub where Free & Special Economic Zones from all

over the World meet Investors and Partners.

Over recent decades and in many countries, FDI investment projects have increasingly chosen to

locate within Free & Special Economic Zones as the prime choice, because these zones offer technical

comfort and security, along with infrastructures, services, economies of scale and incentives.

Free & Special Economic Zones are the optimal facilitator for the implementation of FDI projects.

The topics lined up for THE SU-MEET are aimed to evolve into solutions for key current issues of

development. The past, present and future of Free & Special Economic Zones are considered under a

single regime, though we shall showcase several successful Zone systems. Leading authorities will share

their experience as Free Zone developers or investors, and operators will share best practice in

attracting FDI to Zones.

Critical points for the future of global Logistics and Distribution are the ONE BELT ONE ROAD

initiative as well as Import & Export Logistic Hubs. The future continues to be driven by technology and

Smart Cities where firms apply Blockchain asset recording. Zone management today must integrate

green working environments and flexible labor standards that can accommodate technology transfer.

The investment funding of zones raises a wide spectrum of public and private sources, and these topics

will be covered by recognized keynote speakers.

Our objective is to set a high level and thereby welcoming a small but extremely professional

audience, able both to contribute to the event and to benefit from its high level networking

opportunities. The topics selected will highlight a range of economic sectors and, through skilled

performance by engaging speakers and specialist lectures, produce a summit conference through which

participants will achieve networking and management advantages to

pursue their own businesses goals.

The Summit is completed with the networking and business

opportunities to organize B2B and B2G meetings throughout the

whole event with a full morning dedicated only to this activity. A

selected panel of investors has been invited to attend and fix 1to1

meetings with participants.

It is therefore my pleasure to invite you exploit the Su-Meet to

showcase your Zone and meet your future investors and partners

getting in the Free Zones Community that helps you to reach the

success in your business.

Kindly accept my best personal regards!

Yours faithfully,

Juan Torrents

FEMOZA President

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Speakers

Mr. Amer Essa AL-Jewahiriv, Industrial Development - Industrial Zones Expert, Baghdad Economic

Forum, Iraq

Mr. Baybars Altuntas, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The World Business Angels Investment

Forum (WBAF), Turkey

H.E. Professor Sarah Anyang Agbor, Commissioner Human Resources, Science and Technology,

African Union Commission (AUC)

Mr. Osman Evren Arikan, General Manager, Industrial Parks Development Corporation, Egypt

H.E. Prof. Ben Ayade, Governor Cross River State, Nigeria

Mr. Momath Ba, Directeur Général de L’Agence d’Aménagement et de Promotion des Sites

Industriels, Senegal

Ms. Chiraz Belkhiria, Marketing & Promotion Director, Bizerta Free Zone, Tunisia

Mr. Riadh Ben Khalifa, Senior Project Finance / PPP Advisor and Trainer Gridlines, United Kingdom

Mr. Gregor Binkert, Director, Beluluane Industrial Park, Mozambique

Mr. Peter Bresseleers, Chief Executive Officer, PortExpertise, Belgium

Ms. Eva Buyu-Msando, Board Member, Export Processing Zones Authority, Kenya

Mr. Oliver J.M Chinganya, Officer in Charge of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource,

United Nations Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Mr. Paban Chowdhury, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority, Bangladesh

Mr. Damien Concé, Legal Manager, Rosemont Consulting SARL, Monaco

Mr. Jacopo Dettoni, Deputy Editor, fDi Magazine, Financial Times, United Kingdom

Mr. Victor Djemba, Chief, Africa Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

(UNIDO)

Mr. Mykel Eneduwa, Senior Special Adviser to the Governor, Cross River State, Nigeria

Ms. Ekaterina Evdokimova, Managing Partner, Special Economic Zone Stupino Quadrat, Russian

Federation

H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the African Union Commission (AUC)

Mr. Titus Gebel, President & Chief Executive Officer, Free Private Cities Inc., representing the Honduras

Prosperity Zone Project, Monaco

H.E. Mr. Faure E. Gnassingbe, President of the Republic of Togo

Mr. Fernando Gutierrez, FDI Specialist at Bureau Van Dijk, United Kingdom

Ms. Zoë Harries, Managing Director, Impact Zones, The Netherlands

Mr. Ziad Alexandre Hayek, Managing Partner, Hayek Associates LLC, USA

Mr. Justin Highman, Director of Monaco Invest, Monaco Economic Board (MEB), Monaco

Mr. Gerhard Hrebicek, President European Brand Institute & Partner SummerLight Capital

Ms. Suzette Hudson, Senior Advisor, Investment Promotion, Caribbean Export Development Agency,

Dominican Republic

Ms. Natalia Iushko, Chief Executive Officer for Finance and Economy, JSC Moglino Special Economic

Zone, Russian Federation

Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, General Secretary, MO Ibrahim Foundation, PPP, Ethiopia

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Mr. Thierry Kalonji, Director, Investment (Industry & Agriculture) and Private Sector Development,

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Mr. Mondher Khanfir, President at TABC Think Tank and Africa PPP Institute, France

Ms. Simona Kneževič Vernon, Head of the Entrepreneurship Department, Ljubljana Technology park,

Slovenia

Mr. Chris Knight, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Wavteq, United Kingdom

Mr. Oktawian Kuc, Legal Officer; Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference

on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Ms. Olga Memedovic, Deputy Director - Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, Chief

Business Environment Cluster and Innovation Division, United Nations Industrial Development

Organization (UNIDO)

H.E. Ms. Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Special Advisor, Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), Thailand

Ms. Luisa Rodriguez, Economic Affairs Officer in Trade Logistics Branch United Nations Conference

on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Ms. Sarah Russis, Director, fDi Intelligence, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom

Mr. Bostjan Skalar, Chief Executive Officer, The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies

(WAIPA), Switzerland

Ms. Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the United Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Ms. Lelise Neme Sori, Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Parks Development Corporation, Ethiopia

Mr. Filip Stefanovic, Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,

(OECD - OCDE), France

Ms. Anita Stirane, Master’s degree in Social Science of Society Administration, Social innovation

expert, Latvia

Ms. Emilija Stojmenova, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ms. Paola Suarez Buhrmann, FDI Manager, FDI Center, Germany

H.E. Ms. Virginie Ticha, President Fédération Internationale des Chambres Consulaires d’Afrique (FICA)

Mr. Juan Torrents, President of the World Free & Special Economic Zones Federation (FEMOZA),

Switzerland

Mr. Mamadou Traoré, Commissioner, Department of Industry and Private Sector Promotion,

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Mr. Witek Uhma, Deputy Head of the Audit, Analysis and Control Department, Katowice Special

Economic Zone, Poland

Mr. Sergei Vaitekhovski, Deputy General Director, Great Stone Industrial Park, Belarus

Mr. Claude Valion, Président Délégué, S.E.G.E.M. Monaco Freeport, Monaco

Mr. Peter Van de Kerkhove, Chief Executive Officer, Cnext, Belgium

Mr. Frank Van Rompaey, Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations

in Geneva (UNIDO)

Mr. Kenneth Whitelaw-Jones, Founding Partner of Gridlines, United Kingdom

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Day 1: Wednesday 13th November 2019

15,00 – 20,00: Registrations

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16,30 – 17,00: Welcome Coffee

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Practical note: All sessions planned on November 13th are in the Plenary Room “Salle d’Or 1”

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17,00 – 18,00: OPENING SESSION: FOR AFRICA

African SEZ’s & Industrial Parks development: the gateway to prosperity

Introductions by:

Mr. Juan Torrents, President of the “World Free & Special Economic Zones Federation

(FEMOZA)”, Switzerland

Keynote Address

H.E. Mr. Faure E. Gnassingbe, President of the Republic of Togo

Panel session: “Impact of the AfCFTA on Free Zone Economy Development in Africa”

Panellists:

Ms. Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the United Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the African Union Commission (AUC)

H.E. Prof. Ben Ayade, Governor Cross River State, Nigeria

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18,00 – 18,15: LECTURE: Import – Export Hubs: “One-Stop Shop” to new export markets

H.E. Ms. Virginie Ticha,

President Fédération Internationale des Chambres Consulaires d’Afrique

(FICA)

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18,15 – 18,30: LECTURE: “Paving the way to China-Africa-Mediterranean strategic partnership”

Mr. Mondher Khanfir,

President at TABC Think Tank and Africa PPP Institute, France

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Day 1: Wednesday 13th November 2019

18,30 – 19,10: OPENING CEREMONY

Moderator:


Welcome Address:

Ms. Olga Memedovic, Deputy Director - Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, Chief

Business Environment Cluster and Innovation Division, United Nations Industrial Development

Organization (UNIDO)

Mr. Oktawian Kuc, Legal Officer; Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations

Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Special Guest: Mr. Bostjan Skalar, Chief Executive Officer, The World Association of Investment

Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), Switzerland

Special Guest: Mr. Baybars Altuntas, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The World Business

Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), Turkey

Mr. Justin Highman, Director of Monaco Invest, Monaco Economic Board (MEB), Monaco

Special Guest: Mr. Jacopo Dettoni, Deputy Editor, fDi Magazine, Financial Times, United

Kingdom


Switzerland

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19,10 – 19,30: KEYNOTE SPEECH “Global free zones investment trends and FDI attraction:

informing the market through data and intelligence”

Ms. Sarah Russis, Director, fDi Intelligence, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom

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19,30 – 20,30

Cocktail Reception

Offered by Monaco Government

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Day 2: Thursday 14th November 2019

08,30 – 20,00: Registrations

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Practical note: All sessions planned on November 13th are in the Plenary Room “Salle d’Or 1”

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09,00 – 09,45: 1st SESSION: Feedback & Experiences from National Authorities, Special

Economic Zones, Investors

Moderator:


Panellists: National Authorities, Special Economic Zones, Investors and Experts

Mr. Amer Essa AL-Jewahiri, Industrial Development - Industrial Zones Expert, Baghdad Economic

Forum, Iraq


Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, General Secretary, MO Ibrahim Foundation, PPP, Ethiopia



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09,45 – 10,45: 2nd SESSION: PPP - Public and Private Financial Partnership

Focus on:

How to better design and implement PPP projects

How to boost PPP in emerging countries. A country business case

Moderator:

Mr. Mondher Khanfir, President at TABC Think Tank and Africa PPP Institute Paris

Panellists:

Mr. Mykel Eneduwa, Senior Special Adviser to the Governor, Cross River State, Nigeria

Mr. Gregor Binkert, Director, Beluluane Industrial Park, Mozambique

Mr. Ziad Alexandre Hayek, Managing Partner, Hayek Associates LLC, USA

Mr. Riadh Ben Khalifa, Senior Project Finance / PPP Advisor and Trainer Gridlines, United Kingdom

Mr. Kenneth Whitelaw-Jones, Founding Partner, Gridlines, United Kingdom

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10,45 – 11,15: Coffee break

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11,15 – 12,45: 3rd SESSION: Instrument towards Industry 4.0

Panel in coordination with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Focus on:

Smart Zones, Industry 4.0, Blockchain Technologies, Innovative Business Models to foster

innovation through hosting Innovation Hubs and Techno Parks

Moderator:

Ms. Olga Memedovic, Ph. D, Deputy Director - Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation,

Chief Business Environment Cluster and Innovation Division, United Nations Industrial

Development Organization (UNIDO)

Panellists:

H.E. Professor Sarah Anyang Agbor, Commissioner Human Resources, Science and Technology,

African Union Commission (AUC)

Mr. Oliver J.M Chinganya, Officer in Charge of Technology, Climate Change and Natural

Resource, United Nations Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Mr. Damien Concé, Legal Manager, Rosemont Consulting SARL, Monaco

Mr. Gerhard Hrebicek, President European Brand Institute & Partner SummerLight Capital

Ms. Simona Kneževič Vernon, Head of the Entrepreneurship Department, Ljubljana Technology

park, Slovenia

Mr. Filip Stefanovic, Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,

(OECD - OCDE), France

Ms. Emilija Stojmenova, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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12,45 – 13,45: Working lunch

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13,45 – 15,15: 4th SESSION: Attracting investment in Africa: Best practices in industrial SEZs

and the promise of cross-border SEZs

Panels in coordination with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

13,45 – 14,30: PANEL A: Best practices and experiences in attracting manufacturing investment in

Industrial SEZs

Moderator:

Mr. Frank Van Rompaey, Representative to the United Nations and other International

Organizations in Geneva (UNIDO)

Panellists:

Mr. Osman Evren Arikan, General Manager, Industrial Parks Development Corporation, Egypt

Mr. Momath Ba, Directeur Général de L’Agence d’Aménagement et de Promotion des Sites

Industriels, Senegal


Mr. Oktawian Kuc, Legal Officer, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations


Ms. Lelise Neme Sori, Chief Executive Officer, Industrial Parks Development Corporation, Ethiopia

14,30 – 15,15 PANEL B: Border and cross-border SEZs: new and promising concepts?

Moderator:

Mr. Victor Djemba, Chief, Africa Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

(UNIDO)

Panellists:

Ms. Eva Buyu-Msando, Board Member, Export Processing Zones Authority, Kenya

Mr. Thierry Kalonji, Director, Investment (Industry & Agriculture) and Private Sector

Development, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

H.E. Ms. Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Special Advisor, Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), Thailand

Mr. Mamadou Traoré, Commissioner, Department of Industry and Private Sector Promotion,

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

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15,15 – 16,00 5th SESSION: Use of data to attract investments in a Zone

Moderator:

Mr. Fernando Gutierrez, FDI Specialist, Bureau Van Dijk, United Kingdom

Panellists:

Ms. Natalia Iushko, Chief Executive Officer for Finance and Economy, JSC Moglino Special

Economic Zone, Russian Federation

Ms. Zoë Harries, Managing Director, Impact Zones, The Netherlands


Ms. Paola Suarez Buhrmann, FDI Manager, FDI Center, Germany

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16,00 – 16,30: Coffee Break

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16,30 – 17,15: 6th SESSION: Digitalization, “Belt & Road” Technologies and Infrastructures: the

Keys to success

Moderator:

Ms. Luisa Rodriguez, Economic Affairs Officer in Trade Logistics Branch United Nations


Panellists:


Switzerland

Mr. Peter Bresseleers, Chief Executive Officer, PortExpertise, Belgium

Mr. Peter Van de Kerkhove, Chief Executive Officer, Cnext, Belgium

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17,15 – 18,30: 7th SESSION: Towards a New Generation of SEZs ready to respond to the new

challenges, including SDGs

Moderators:


Switzerland



Panellists:

Mr. Sergei Vaitekhovski, Deputy General Director, Great Stone Industrial Park, Belarus

Ms. Ekaterina Evdokimova, Managing Partner, Special Economic Zone Stupino Quadrat, Russian

Federation

Mr. Titus Gebel, President & Chief Executive Officer of Free Private Cities Inc., representing the

Honduras Prosperity Zone Project, Monaco

Ms. Chiraz Belkhiria, Marketing & Promotion Director, Bizerta Free Zone, Tunisia

Ms. Suzette Hudson, Senior Advisor, Investment Promotion, Caribbean Export Development

Agency, Dominican Republic

Mr. Claude Valion, Président Délégué, S.E.G.E.M. Monaco Freeport, Monaco

Concept:

The Moderators will engage with the participants from different Countries, SEZs and Special

Economic Zones Executives a debate on the challenges and the opportunities offered by the

evolution of the commercial treats, the international relations, new tools and technology to develop

new models for successful Free & Special Economic Zones.

Highlights:

✓ Location

✓ SEZ Program design

✓ Operations

✓ Green Zones

✓ SDG model Zones

✓ Zone Certification

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18,30 – 19,15: FEMOZA Awards Ceremony & Take Away messages

CONCLUSIONS & TAKE AWAY MESSAGES

H.E. Ms. Virginie Ticha, President Fédération Internationale des Chambres Consulaires d’Afrique

(FICA)

Mr. Mondher Khanfir, President at TABC Think Tank and Africa PPP Institute, France




Switzerland

FEMOZA AWARDS

Free Zones and Personalities will be awarded for:

The leading Industrial Park in MENA Award

The fastest growing Industrial Park Award

Best Practice in Free & Special Economic Zones Awards

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20,00 – 23,00: Closing dinner & debate

“Import & Export Logistic Hubs”

Introduce:

Mr. Juan Torrents, FEMOZA President

Moderate:

H.E. Ms. Virginie Ticha, FICA President

Access by invitation only

Limited places available

For more information write to [email protected]

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Day 3: Friday 15th November

09,00 – 12,30 EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP: How to design and manage a successful Free or

Special Economic Zone

Room: Grand Prix A

Topics

Branding Zones, Locations critical points, Developing and Operating projects, Markets,

Promotion, Tools & Strategies

Coordinator:


Switzerland

Training Team:


Ms. Zoë Harries, Managing Director at Impact Zones, The Netherlands

Ms. Anita Stirane, Master’s degree in Social Science of Society Administration, Social innovation

expert, Latvia

SEZ Expert:



09,00 – 10,30: Discussion on:

✓ Best Practices to attract FDI to SEZ and Industrial Parks

✓ Developing industry clusters, operators and developers.

✓ Identify target groups with most potential: sectors, functions, geographies

✓ Analysis of the fundamental location factors

✓ Company revenues & critical factors affecting them.

✓ Company revenues and critical factors affecting them.

✓ The importance of extending branding to the industrial parks and special economic

zones based on ISO 20671.

✓ Blockchain infrastructure and its use in business.

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11,00 – 12,30: Practical exercise to issue a Branding improvement Plan

COMPLEMENTARY BENEFIT: Attendants to the Workshop will receive three months after care to put

questions and doubts and receive ANSWERS from FEMOZA Consultative Board.

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Day 3: Friday 15th November

09,00 – 12,30: B2B and B2G Meetings by pre-scheduled appointments

Room: Plenary Room, Salle d’Or 1

The concept:

B2B and B2G meetings offer you the possibility:

• To introduce your company / institution / organisation

• To discuss of future collaborations

• To define and / or sign MoU

During the registration process, attendees have been invited to provide information on their business

profile including company, role, sector of activities and interests.

During the registration process or afterwards, using your personal credential you can access the B2B

web platform and select among confirmed participants the ones you are interested to meet so to fix

with them B2B and B2G meetings.

Appointments could be scheduled by registered participants on the Su-Meet website

(www.su-meet.org) from 10 October to 11 November 2019.

On-site the Secretariat would help you to find your table and eventually arrange some last minute

meetings if the person of your interest is in the venue (Pre-scheduling your appointment is strongly

recommended to reach your networking target).

NOTE: only registered and confirmed participants (registration fee paid) will be visible on the

platform for appointments.

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12,30 – 13,30: Farewell lunch

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General Information

ORGANIZER

FEMOZA

WORLD FEDERATION OF FREE

AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC

ZONES

CO-ORGANIZER

CONGRESS VENUE

The Fairmont

Monte Carlo Hotel

12 Avenue des Spélugues

Monte Carlo

98000, Monaco

Tel: +377 93 50 65 00

www.fairmont.com

SU-MEET ORGANIZING PARTNER

Publi Créations

74 Boulevard d’Italie

98 000 Monaco

Tel: +377 97 97 35 55

Fax: +377 97 97 35 50

[email protected]

www.publicreations.com

ADMISSION

The participant’s name badge will be provided at the registration desk. All participants are requested to wear the

badge throughout the congress. Only badge holders will be admitted to the appropriate sessions, exhibition and

social events.

WIFI

Free wifi is available in the conference venue connecting to “Fairmont Meeting” Network and using the code

“THESUMEET2019”.

LANGUAGE

The official language of the Congress is English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.

SECRETARIAT

The secretariat desk will open on Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 at 15,00 and will stay open throughout the

Congress.

INSURANCE

The Congress organizers cannot accept liability for personal injuries sustained, or for loss or damage to property

belonging to Congress participants, either during or as a result of the Congress. Registration does not include

insurance. It is strongly recommended that you take an insurance policy of your choice as you register for the

Congress and book your travel.

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

May you need a certificate of attendance please contact the registration desk.

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