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Under the patronage of
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai
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2nd Annual International
Conference & Exhibition
9TH – 11TH MAY 2016 - GRAND HYATT DUBAI, UAE
Table of Contents
• General Event Overview
• Topic
• Free Zone Outlook: International Conference Agenda
• Panel Discussions
• Workshops
• Registration
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General Event Overview
The World FZO 2nd Annual International Conference & Exhibition will include:
• Free Zone Outlook International Conference.
This years chosen topic: “Global Value Chain: Opportunities for the Free Zone of the Future”
• Exhibition
• World FZO General Assembly and Board of Directors Meeting
• Regional Free Zone Association Meetings
• Training Sessions and Workshops
• Site Tours to the most important Free Zones in Dubai
Date
Morning Session
Lunch
8 May
Afternoon Session
Evening Activity
Site Tours
World FZO Board of
Directos Meeting
9 May
Networking
Workshops
Reception
Exhibition
Inauguration &
Workshops
Launch
10 May
Free Zone Outlook International Conference
Gala Dinner
Exhibition
11 May
Free Zone Outlook
World FZO
International Conference
General Assembly
Exhibition
12 May
Site Tours
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Global Value Chains
OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES FOR THE FREE ZONE OF THE FUTURE
Nowadays, trade in intermediate goods and services are greater than that of final goods and the
importance of intra-industry trade is rapidly growing. From referring almost exclusively to national
sectors or local clusters, analysts are increasingly focusing on regional and global value chains.
International production trade and investments are organized within so-called global value chains, where
the different stages of production processes are located across different countries. The whole process
of producing goods from raw materials to finished products is increasingly carried out wherever the
necessary skills and materials are available at competitive costs and quality.
In this globalized business structure, the different activities within a value chain are developed in multiple
locations for efficiency and competitiveness purposes. The increased relevance of global value chains in
international trade is altering the way businesses are carried out. It is also changing the way globalization
is understood.
In this new scenario, imports are more valuable than many countries have perceived them, as they
represent inputs for a higher value-added exporting sector and exports no longer represent a 100%
value added contribution to the economy.
There is, in this sense, a profound interest from companies and also from governments around the
world, to participate in global value chain. Achieving this, implies for a company to be part of a business
with an international scope and a potentially huge global market.
For companies to successfully be a part of a global value chain, they must be highly competitive. In this
same sense, governments who wish to promote the participation of firms located within their territory in
global value chains must provide an internationalized competitive business environment. This requires
not only horizontal strategies such as guaranteeing sound and stable regulation, macroeconomic
stability, high quality infrastructure and logistics services, low tariffs, elimination of trade barriers, trade
promotion agreements and competitive financial and labor markets, among others, but also vertical
strategies aimed specifically at promoting the global outreach of companies.
A useful instrument that helps spearhead a country´s participation in global value chains are Free Zone
Regimes.
Free Zones are areas inside a country where among others, companies benefit from tax and customs
incentives. Free Zone regimes have extensively been established in many countries worldwide to develop
strategic sectors or clusters, promote business sophistication, increase exports, and develop strategic
territories.
Companies located in Free Zones are, by definition, international in scope. They are therefore, natural
candidates to participate in activities of global value chains. Free Zones were initially perceived as areas
with tax and customs benefits where strategic sectors, especially export-based, could thrive.
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Global Value Chains
Within this framework, efficiency, economies of scale, benefits from cluster agglomeration and logistics
rather than just differences in tax regimes, have become key drivers of productive diversification. Free zones, especially those of emerging economies, should evolve from participating in global value
chains exclusively through assembly and simple processing activities to also offering more sophisticated
technological, financial and logistic services. Nowadays, in an ever-changing international environment, the role of Free Zones becomes more
complex. Governments should not only maintain tax and customs incentives for companies in free
zones, but also promote complementary actions to increase their firm´s efficiency and international
competitiveness.
Moreover, since global value chains are altering the way international trade is perceived and represent a
great opportunity for growth, business development and sophistication, there must also be a supervised
strategy to promote participation of companies in free zones in activities of global value chains.
This requires a joint effort between national and local governments, free zone operators and companies,
to: (i) identify opportunities in global value chains, (ii) seek and contact key players, (iii) establish
information systems for companies to have access to specialized clients and suppliers around the world,
(iv) inform and insure the compliance of international quality standards by companies in Free Zones, and
(v) lead marketing campaigns to position local suppliers in global value chain markets.
Globalization is evolving to a state in which all goods and services will involve a complex international
process of multi-country company interactions, and in which global value chains and intra-industry trade
will increasingly transform international trade patterns. In this scenario, Free Zones have the potential
and opportunity to become key catalysts for businesses in this changing environment.
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Program
SUNDAY, MAY 8
Site Tours
08:00 – 15:00
Registration Open
12:00 – 17:00
MONDAY, MAY 9
Registration Open
08:00 – 17:30
Exhibition Open
09:00 – 17:30
World FZO Board of Directors Meeting
09:00 – 10:30
Workshops
09:00 – 10:30
Exhibition Official Opening
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30
Workshops
11:30 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:00
Workshops
14:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00
Workshops
16:00 – 17:30
Networking Reception
18:30 – 20:30
Registration and Exhibition Open
08:00 – 17:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00 – 10:00
Panel 1 - GVC: Governance
10:00 – 11:00
Coffee Break and Networking
11:00 – 12:00
Inauguration and Launch
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:00
Panel 2 - GVC: Policies’ Implications
14:00 – 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:30
Panel 3 - GVC: The Multi National Corporations
15:30 – 16:30
TUESDAY, MAY 10
Perspective of GVCs
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00
Regional Meetings and Workshops
17:00 – 18:30
Gala Dinner
19:30 – 22:00
Exhibition Open
Panel 4 - GVC: Opportunities for Free Zones of
09:00
09:30 – 10:30
the Future
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00
Panel 5 - Next Practices: Beyond Best in Class
11:00 – 12:00
Practices
THURSDAY, MAY 12
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Launch of EMBA and Closing Ceremony
12:00 – 12:30
Lunch
12:30 – 14:00
World FZO General Assembly
14:00 – 16:30
World FZO Board of Directors Meeting
16:30 – 17:00
Site Tours
08:30 – 15:00
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Panel Discussions
1. GVC GOVERNANCE
In international trade the concept and meaning of Global Value Chains
is increasingly gaining attention amongst scholars, international
organizations, policy makers and entrepreneurs. However, in order
to understand the implications of such trend in international trade,
Speaker/Moderator
• Patrick Low
in investment policy and entrepreneurial decisions it is important
Panelists
to comprehend why it arises, analyse some of its key features, the
• Karina Stark
concepts that arise from it, the challenges it poses for the sustainable
insertion in the GVCs and describe one of the most relevant initiatives
• Robert Koopman
that explain why a new counting system in international trade is
• Henry Yeung
required (TiVA).
• Ahmed Al Ansari
2. GVC POLICIES’ IMPLICATION
GVCs are clearly modelling countries trade and investment policies
differently than years ago. In particular, MNCs decisions on where
to invest are correlated with the investment policies and incentives
found in each country, resulting that FDI helps to profile the country´s
Speaker/Moderator
• Bernard Hoekman
industry.
Panelists
In this order, it is important to analyse the Investment Policy, Human
• Roberto Suarez
Resource Skills Building, Trade Facilitation, Lean Bureaucratic Processes
• Slavomir Majman
and Quality of Life Offered and other incentives being used by the
governments to attract FDI and retain local investment.
• Daniel Griswold
• Chirag Shah
3. GVC: MULTI NATIONAL CORPORATIONS PERSPECTIVE
In the last few years, Global Value Chains (GVCs) have increasingly
become the center around which production and world trade are
structured. A value chain classifies the full range of activities including
product conception, design, sourcing for intermediate input and raw
Speaker/Moderator
• Julie Brown
materials, production, marketing, distribution and support. A global
Panelists
value chain of a final product is the value added of all activities that are
• Habib Fekih
directly and indirectly needed to produce it. Multinational Corporations
(MNC’s) play a significant role in the rise of such global production
• Tom Barnes
networks by seeking locational advantages that match their needs.
• Gary Gereffi
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4. GVC: OPPORTUNITIES FOR FREE ZONE OF THE FUTURE
Global Value Chains are shaping new trends in international trade, by
which the fragmentation of production processes and division of tasks
and activities developed at a multi-country level result in reforms of
traditional trade and investment policies. It is therefore crucial that
policy makers and entrepreneurs involved in the development of
trade and FDI policies understand that countries do not compete on
products anymore but on activities along the value chain.
The correct understanding of such trend from the FZs will create the
ideal scenario for them to be integrated into the GVCs. In that regard,
in addition to special tax and customs regimes, other features of FZs
Speaker/Moderator
• Gary Gereffi
Panelists
• Martin Ibarra
• Przemyslaw Kowalski
• Hernando José Gómez
• Gokhan Akinci
as industrial parks, logistic centers, fostering cluster consolidation,
development of research, development and innovation (RDI) services
and as labour skills providers become key factors of comparative
advantage vis a vis the national customs territory.
5. NEXT PRACTICES: BEYOND BEST IN CLASS PRACTICES
A Workshop / Thematic Working sessions titled ‘Next Practices –
Beyond Best in Class practices’ will discuss four broad themes with
respect to Next Practices covering (1) Public-Private Partnership; (2)
Specialized Supply Chains: (3) Technology and Innovation; and (4)
Speaker/Moderator
• Dr. Mohan Guruswamy
Drivers of Sustained Competitive Edge, with active participation of
Panelists
domain experts.
• Mehdi Tazi-Riffi
Each of the four panelists will chair / moderate these thematic
• Hubert Escaith
sessions, on the previous day during the workshop, with a view to
witness emergence of ideas and recommendations. Further the
• Douglas Van Den Berghe
panel will seek to dovetail or integrate the broad conclusion and
• Lewis Leibowitz
recommendations of the four thematic groups and present to the
• William Dobson
delegates of the conference during the panel discussion.
The attempt is to draw a roadmap for what could be called ‘Next
practices – for Free Zones of the Future.
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Workshops
TAPPING INTO GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: ATTRACTING INVESTMENT TO
YOUR FREE ZONE
Session Overview
Target Audience
(1) Introduction (2) latest global trends in FDI and other
• Free zone executives and staff
forms of corporate expansion (3) hard and soft incentives
to attract more investment to your free zone (4) the role
of aftercare to facilitate re-investments and expansion
investments by existing investors in your free zone
Session Outcomes
Facilitators
• Dr. Douglas van den Berghe
• Laurens van der Schoor - ICA
Participants will have an up to date overview of the most
Pre-Workshop Material
recent trends in investment, the role of incentives in
Participants to receive electronic
attracting more investment to their free zones and aftercare
copies of presentations.
strategies to facilitate expansion investments by existing
investors.
APPLYING INNOVATION DESIGN THINKING IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
Session Overview
Target Audience
The business landscape is changing quickly and government
• Free Zone Managers
officials, free zones managers and corporates need to adapt
to ensure that they stay relevant. Innovation is an essential
tool to help ensure that your organisation isn’t left behind in
• Government Officials
• Corporates
the midst of these changes.
However, where do you start with your innovations? How
Facilitators
can you ensure that the innovation is done efficiently? How
• Shadi Banna
can you engage your team into the innovation process? How
can you tap to your community to help in your innovation?
In this session we will walk you through the innovation
• Ned Jaroudi - Potential
design thinking process to help you answer these questions
Pre-Workshop Material
and practice coming up with an team innovation at the
All registered participants would
session. get access to an 30 minute online
Session Outcomes
innovation tutorial that will prepare
Participants would walk out with an innovation process
held in the workshop
them for the activities that will be
template that can then be applied to innovations within
their organization
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NEXT PRACTICES – BEYOND BEST IN CLASS PRACTICES
Session Overview
Session Outcomes
As a concept, Free Zone has come a long way since it was
Each of the thematic working session
initiated decades ago. The objectives behind setting up
moderators will consolidate and
free zones – liberalized commercial zones – were primarily
integrate all the ideas generated during
to enhance trade by attracting investments to create
the working sessions and disseminate
world-class facilities and become enclaves of excellence.
the same on a panel discussion on the
An additional objective was to deliver to developing
last day of the conference.
regions gains from transfer of knowledge and technology.
Over time, from a free zone perspective, the emphasis
shifted from merely allocating/leasing space to providing
value added services and then on to becoming business
partners.
Time has now come to look ahead and further shift
the emphasis towards what can be called Free Zone
Participants
• By Invitation Only
Facilitator
• Dr Mohan Guruswamy - World FZO
of Future. The workshop will focus on brainstorming
the next practices through independent but integrated
thematic working sessions emphasizing on Next Practices
with regard to Public-Private Partnership, Specialized
Pre-Workshop Material
• None
Supply Chains, Thechnology and Innovation, Drivers of
Competitive Edge, and Intellectual Property Rights Security.
UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
FREE ZONES
Session Outcomes
Session Overview
This session will present an overview of the many
economic benefits free zones provide to the regions in
which they are established and a high-level discussion of
how these benefits can be measured.
Attendees will gain a better
understanding of the importance of
impact measurement for free zones.
Facilitator
Participants
• Lucien Randazzese – SRI International
Free zone managers, executives, and boards of
Pre-Workshop Material
directors; government officials; economic development
professionals.
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• None
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THE “SMART” WORLD FREE ZONE READINESS ROADMAP
Session Overview
Target Audience
The workshop will provide an overview of the SmartWorld
Free Zone leadership, especially
Free Zone Readiness Roadmap will help current and new
those interested in strategy,
world free zones assess their readiness to innovate—to
planning, and in innovation to
leverage state-of-the-art technology, to create a model of
strengthen operating efficiency,
stakeholder engagement and to establish best-in-class
leverage stakeholder engagement
standards for free zones. We will provide guidelines for
and implement new “smart city"
evaluating technology infrastructure and determining next
technologies.
steps for implementation.
In addition, a representative from the Dubai Silicon Oasis
Authority will showcase the background and current success
Facilitators
• Sandra Baer - President Personal Cities
of DSO. This example will offer recommendations for as
to “how” to get started and critical lessons learned on the
journey.
Pre-Workshop Material
• None
Session Outcomes
Ideally the audience will understand the value of assessing readiness and implementing a strategic plan
to move forward. They will:
• Understand the value of collaboration and the power of partnerships to get things done
• View technology as the enabler to create a better quality of life—for livable, workable, sustainable
communities
• See the value of resilience and regeneration; using natural resources, technology innovation and
human talent in optimal ways
• Ensure that their zones are secure and economically vibrant; fostering a sense of place—prepared as a
safe and healthy environment
• Foster social inclusion; investing in human and social capital to fuel citizen engagement and workforce
development
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KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN SETTING UP A FREE ZONE
Session Overview
Target Audience
Global Trends in developing SEZs
• Free Zones
How has the concept of SEZs evolved? What are the
Facilitators
current trends and future outlook? This session will provide
a general background on special economic zones, the
rationale behind them, current trends, lessons learned, and
• Gokhan Akinci
Global Product Leader, World Bank Group
demand for the various types of SEZs worldwide.
Get it Right from the Start: The Importance of Strategic
Pre-Workshop Material
Planning
• None
This session will provide insight on how to design an SEZ strategy that is right for the particular growth challenges
of a country. This includes how to identify the type of SEZ based on context and investor demand, what are the
associated policies applicable to an SEZ, and how to determine the financial and economic feasibility of a potential
SEZ site. This session will also discuss key actions that the Governments can take in its SEZ framework to ensure
that environmental and social issues are address properly and zones are used to become areas of excellence in
this arena.
Establishing a Legal and Regulatory Framework for SEZ Development
This session is a continuation of the previous session on strategic planning and addresses how to design and
implement the legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks necessary for the development and operation of
SEZs. It will explore different models to consider.
Making Sustainable SEZs a Reality
This session introduces the new concept of low carbon and Green SEZs and will serve as an introduction to how
SEZs can promote environmental and social sensitive SEZ programs through energy efficiency, effective waste
management systems, building codes, carbon markets, and the recent experience. It will also explore social and
gender issues of an SEZ program.
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$1,000
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