One-To-One Business Meetings Guidelines

DELEGATE ONE-TO-ONE BUSINESS MEETINGS GUIDELINES

This event has been designed to provide an exclusive environment that contains the most serious investors from the Gulf and around the world presented with the most promising investment opportunities. This is your opportunity to begin communication, negotiation, and deal-making with Shari’ah Compliant Investors.

Please refer to the online brochure for an updated schedule for the event

There are two formal periods during which you will meet one-to-one with investors who are appropriate for your needs:

• One-to-One Session 1 – Thursday morning, 11:15
• One-to-One Session 2 – Thursday Afternoon, 15.10

 Here is how the One-to-One Sessions will work:

1. During the two periods, qualified investors will be seated at tables in a large room. The name of the investor organization will be posted at each table.
2. A representative of UCI will escort you to one of the tables for your first one-to-one meeting with investors, which will last 10-15 minutes.
3. After your first meeting, you be escorted to another table of appropriate investors – but you also have the opportunity to introduce yourself to any investor present who is not actively meeting with other delegates.
4. If there is a particular investor that you want to meet, you are free to sit at the designated “waiting area” for that investor, which is several chairs near the investor’s table.
5. During the session, UCI staff will make every effort to provide you with as many appropriate introductions as possible, but you are also free – and encouraged -- to make your own introductions on your own initiative.
6. If you are in meeting with an investor for more than 15 minutes, a representative of UCI may ask you to “wrap it up” in just a minute or two. If you would like more time to meet with investor, you are encouraged to exchange business cards and follow-up for more discussions during and after the conference.

 A few notes regarding the One-to-One Sessions:

1. The roster of investors who participate in UCI events is extraordinary.  They represent many of the world’s most well-funded organizations, including leading banks and governmental investment authorities from Gulf countries. We do not distribute lists of investor names before the event because some request confidentiality and because the investor list is subject to change up until shortly before the event. We do, however, guarantee that you will meet with highly qualified investors at the conference (6-10 at least).
2. Be sure to come well-prepared with succinct, compelling “leave-behind” material and business cards. Also be prepared to take notes on who you meet with and what their particular interests are.  You’ll need good notes to orchestrate your follow-up with investors who express interest in your offerings.
3. Throughout the conference, the UCI staff will be present to assist you; and UCI can also assist you with your follow-up meetings with investors after the conference.