OMAN DIARY BY RAVINDRA NATH
6 August 2006
HIGH-LEVEL decision-makers from around the globe will gather in Muscat next month for a day-long meeting that will discuss a host of issues of key importance to Oman, such as the implications of the country’s drive to localise jobs and the role of the private sector in diversifying the economy away from oil.
Economist Conferences’ inaugural ‘Business Roundtable’ with the Omani government on September 10 will bring together top-rated speakers including Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell, Frank Chapman, Chief Executive, BG Group, Ahmed Abubaker Janahi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AAJ Holdings, Joseph Hanania, Managing Director, HP Middle East, and U.S. Awashti, Managing Director, IFFCO (New Delhi).
Topics to be discussed include whether Oman will be able to forge a competitive edge sharp enough to contend with regional neighbours including the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, and whether the drive towards Omanisation of the labour force will block progress for international corporations.
The roundtable will look at how the private sector can help the Sultanate break away from its dependence on oil and what action is needed to exploit free trade opportunities with the US, as well as reforms required to ensure the country has a sustainable future as a key Gulf economy.
“Oman is stepping up the pace of its plan to transform the economy. The roundtable will be the place to engage in open dialogue about the road ahead and where the focus of business needs to be,” Delia Meth-Cohn, Editorial Director, Economist Intelligence Unit CEEMEA, who will chair the Muscat conference, said.
Economist Conferences, a part of the Economist Group, publisher of The Economist newspaper, is a leading provider of international forums for senior executives seeking new insights into strategic issues. The meetings include industry conferences, management events and government roundtables held around the world.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
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