The National Product Week Forum will feature a series of workshops for entrepreneurs and SMEs on the best practices, manufacturing mechanisms, and opportunities provided by the Qatari market and its leading stakeholders.
Product Maximization
DetailsProduct Maximization
How companies can maximize their products and services through fully realizing the potential of the core product or service and using this understanding to expand, therefore maximizing the potential and creating more sales opportunities. This workshop will showcase how Talabat has maximized its core service by venturing into new mediums and projects and enhancing its services to increase sales and awareness.
Speaker/s
Francisco Miguel
Talabat
Managing Director
Scaling successfully food tech and e-commerce business in 9 EMEA and South American countries. Lead by bringing together multi-cultural team, training, orientation, and challenging them to provide the best market service and help people make better decisions and heading its operations. Speaker in several events in EMEA and South America. Linkedin Gulf Top Voice 2019.
Product Certification
DetailsProduct Certification
This workshop will give insight into International Product Certification in gaining access to international certification standards in accordance with international market standards and rating requirements.
Speaker/s
Hala Al Misnad
Qatar Development Bank
Head of Export Development
GS1 Qatar
DetailsGS1 Qatar
GS1 is an established standards body in Qatar. The workshop will introduce GS1 Qatar and detail its importance. Topics include GS1's role and insight into global barcode applications using GS 1 standards
Speaker/s
Ibrahim Assaf
Qatar Development Bank
Export Researches Specialist
Supporting the National Product
DetailsSupporting the National Product
An indepth overview about the role of standardization activities in supporting the national product. In this workshop audiences also gain insight into conformity verification services to support national products
Speaker/s
Meshal Al Sheikh
Qatar General Organization for Standardization
Director of Quality & Conformity Department
Product Positioning
DetailsProduct Positioning
This workshop educates audiences about product positioning, with the objective to identify tangible ways to make offerings "stand out". The topics include positioning tactics and strategies that businesses can implement to achieve this objective.
Speaker/s
Tahani Al‑Hajri
Qatar Development Bank
Incubation Specialist
Reshaping the Supply Chain Management in Qatar’s Construction Industry
DetailsReshaping the Supply Chain Management in Qatar’s Construction Industry
This topic covers supply chain management in Qatar. Focusing on the local construction industry, the workshop will discuss the changing environment of the supply chain and the increasing demand for higher standards and quality. The workshop dicusses the strengths of the local supplier network and what is needed to develop and retain good local supplier relationships as well as strategies to improve performance.
Speaker/s
Eng. Ahmad Al Ansari
Ashghal
Senior Projects Engineering Advisor - Presidents Office
Ahmad started his working career in 1984 at Qatar Fertilizer Company (QAFCO) progressing over a span of 13 years from a Mechanical Technician to a Mechanical Project Engineer. In 1997 Ahmad was appointed as the Lead M&E Project Engineer at Water Projects Department at Ministry of Electricity & Water serving for 4 years within which he became the Head of the Department in 1999. In April 2001, Ahmad moved to Qatar National Olympic Committee as the Programme Leader responsible for planning and delivery of some 32 prestigious sports facilities and projects for the Doha 2006 Asian Games. In early 2006 Ahmad was appointed as the Managing Director for a local company, providing multi-disciplinary engineering and construction services, and served for nearly 7 years. Finally, he joined the Public Works Authority in 2013 as the Lead Advisor for Contracts and Project Management supporting some multi-billions infrastructure and building programs, and now he is in charge of the President Technical Office.
Consumer Sustainable Retails Trends
DetailsConsumer Sustainable Retails Trends
In todays world consumer retail trends are shifting dramatically to sustainable, environmentally friendly products and services. This workshop will explore some of the current and upcoming sustainable trends and the importance as a National Product manufacturer to drive the brand to implement practices that meet the expectations of consumers.
Speaker/s
Dr. Fahad Saleh Ibrahim
Agrico
General Manager
Fahad Ibrahim Worked received his PhD from the University of Stirling, U.K. in 2004. His main work focuses on marine and freshwater finfish hatchery techniques and reproduction, training and extension projects and planning research and development and aquaponics. He joined the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, State of Qatar in 2017 as an Aquaculture Expert in the new Aquatic Research Center. In 2019 he joined AGRICO for Agricultural Development working side by side with other agronomists in the company to develop the farming of various crops in high tech hydroponics greenhouses. He is also engaged in developing new farming techniques in Qatar aiming at producing high quality leafy and fruity vegetables. Dr. Fahad also introduced aquaponics at Agrico Qatar. Recently he had contributed significantly in the design, construction, equipping and operation of the first indoor shrimp farm in Qatar and the region operated using biofloc technology (Zero water exchange) at an annual production capacity of 350 tons/year.
Qatar's Tender Law
DetailsQatar's Tender Law
Mohamed Fouad and Ribal Fattal of Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners will be presenting different aspects of the relatively new Qatar Tender Law (Law No. 24 of 2015) and its Executive Regulations (Council of Ministers Decision No. 16 of 2019). The topics will mainly include, without being limited to, the following: (i) applicability of the law, (ii) contracting methods and terms, (iii) tenders and bids committee, (iv) conclusion and execution of the contract, and (v) applicable law and dispute resolution mechanism. The presentation will be followed by a moderated Q&A session which will allow the audience to ask questions to the presenters.
Speaker/s
Mohamed Fouad
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Managing Associate
Mohamed has been in the legal profession since 2003. Mohamed is one of the firm’s experts in tax and corporate matters. Mohamed’s practice involves mergers and acquisitions, major projects, and transactional work. He has helped leading multinational companies in setting up their presence and carrying out their transactions in Qatar. Mohamed’s work with the firm includes drafting commercial contracts, shareholders agreements, conducting due diligence, and advising clients on matters related to regulatory procedures, joint ventures, capital markets practices, IPOs, inward investment, and corporate governance. Mohamed holds is an LLB from Alexandria University and an LLM from the University of London, and is a member of the Egyptian bar. Mohamed is fluent in Arabic and English.
Ribal Fattal
Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners
Senior Associate
Ribal Fattal has been in the legal profession since 2011. Prior to joining the firm, Ribal was part of a leading law firm in Lebanon where his main areas of expertise included mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, financial structuring, corporate restructuring, franchising and licensing, taxation, intellectual property, data protection, and employment-related matters. Ribal has particular knowledge and experience across a wide variety of domestic, regional, and international corporate-related transactions. His practice with the firm focuses on banking and finance and a wide range of corporate, commercial, and transactional matters as well as regulatory matters. Ribal holds an LLB degree from the Lebanese University, an LLM in Intellectual Property from Sagesse University, and a CISI Level 3 Certificate in Islamic Finance (IFQ) from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) in London. Ribal is also a member of the Lebanese Bar Association. Ribal is fluent in Arabic and English.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry - 1000 Opportunities / CCC
DetailsMinistry of Commerce & Industry - 1000 Opportunities / CCC
In this workshop, the speaker will give an overview of the background of Consolidated Contractors Company, detailing their journey from inception to where the company stands today. The audience will also be educated on the registration process of Consolidated Contractors Company.
Speaker/s
Ibrahim Al Khatib
Consolidated Contractors Company
Procurement Manager
Katara Hospitality Presentation | Procurement Procedure
DetailsKatara Hospitality Presentation | Procurement Procedure
Katara Hospitality is a leading role player in Qatar's hospitality industry. The workshop agenda will highlight the background of Katara Hospitality as well as the Katara Hospitality registration process.
Speaker/s
Nadia Traktar
Katara Hospitality
Assistant Manager - Procurement
National Product Competitiveness Support Department
DetailsNational Product Competitiveness Support Department
The importance of the role of the Competitiveness Support Department in supporting local factories and national products and overcoming the difficulties they may face through meetings with authorities according to the type and nature of the product.
Speaker/s
Ahmed Radwan
Ministry of Commerce And Industry
Administration Researcher
Product Differentiation
DetailsProduct Differentiation
This workshop outlines what planned marketing communicates to differentiate your product or service, what it is about, how it relates to close fields like public relations, and how it connects to its intended audiences’ emotions. Starting with a set of principles, terminology, as well as some history, the session introduces a few classical campaign examples that illustrate how solidly thought-through campaigns can make a significant impact on making a company’s products or services stand out from its competitors.
Speaker/s
Khristo Ayad
InStrat
Managing Partner
Khristo is a strategic communications consultant with more than 15 years of experience in the Gulf region and has held several senior positions at global consultancy firms in Qatar and the UAE, where he provided strategic counsel to multiple key organizations in the government, semi-government, and private sectors. Khristo has also served as adjunct lecturer for strategic communications and public relations at several universities in the Gulf, and delivered numerous talks and training programs in Germany, Qatar, and the UAE.
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