AGBA Conference

20th Annual World Congress

Academy for Global Business Advancement's
20th Face-to-Face (in Person) World Congress

http://agba.us/
Conference Theme:
"Business and Entrepreneurship Development in a
Globalized and Digitalized Era”


July 2---4, 2024
5 Star Hotel
City Center
Bangkok
THAILAND
Conference Chair Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair
Kyle S. Wells
Former Dean
College of Business
Utah Tech University
St. George, Utah,
USA
R. Scott Wheeler
Dean
College of Business
Texas A&M University at Commerce
Commerce, Texas,
USA
Dana-Nicoleta Lascu
Professor of Marketing
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia,
USA
Viput Ongsakul
Former Dean
NIDA’s School of Business
National Institute of Development Administration
Bangkok
Thailand
Sudaporn Sawmong
Former Dean
KMITL's Business School
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
Bangkok
Malaysia
Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair Keynote Speaker Patron Patron
Gary L. Frankwick
Professor of Marketing (Emeritus)
University of Texas El Paso, Texas,
USA
Shawn M. Carraher
Professor of Global Entrepreneurship
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Dheeraj P. Sharma
Director
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak Rohtak,
State of Haryana
India
Ho Nhut Quang
Chairman
University Council
International University
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Wolfgang Hinck
Former Provost
American University of Iraq at Sulaimani
Sulaymaniyah
Kurdistan Region
Iraq
Patron Patron Patron Patron Patron
Vincent Chang
Former Vice-Chancellor
BRAC University
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Hamdan Sulaiman Al-Fazari
Vice Chancellor
Sohar University
Sohar
Oman
Tran Tien Khoa
President
International University
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Daing Nasir Ibrahim
Former Vice Chancellor
University of Malaysia
Pahang Kuantan, Pahang
Malaysia
Abdul Razak Bin Ibrahim
Vice Chancellor
Universiti Melaka
Melaka
Malaysia
Distinguished Speaker # 1 Distinguished Speaker # 2 Distinguished Speaker # 3 Distinguished Speaker # 4 Distinguished Speaker # 5
Sanjay Singh
Chair Professor of Human Resource Management
University of Dundee
Dundee, Scotland
UK
Abdul A. Rasheed
Chair Professor of Management
University of Texas at Arlington
USA
Hassan Yazdifar
Professor of Accounting and Management
University of Derby
Derby, England
United Kingdom
Hermann Lassleben
Professor of Human Resource Management
Reutlingen University
Germany
Seung Hun Han
Dean
Graduate School of Global Digital Innovation
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
Distinguished Speaker # 6 Distinguished Speaker # 7 Distinguished Speaker # 8 Distinguished Speaker # 9 Distinguished Speaker # 10
Edith Galy
Associate Professor of International Business
University of Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville, Texas
USA
Najiba Benabess
Dean
School of Business
Elizabeth Town College
Elizabeth Town Pennsylvania
USA
Ha Minh Tri
Dean
School of Business
International University
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Abdullah O. Almashayekhi
Chair
Department of Management and Marketing
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Saudi Arabia
J. Mark Munoz
Professor of International Management
Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois
USA
Distinguished Speaker # 11 Distinguished Speaker # 12 Distinguished Speaker # 13 Distinguished Speaker # 14 Distinguished Speaker # 15
Song Zening
Associate Dean
International Business School
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing
China
Nguyen Van Phuong Director
Center for Public Administration
International University
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Rock-Antoine Mehanna
Dean
School of Business and Quality Management
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University
Dubai
UAE
Abdul Rahman Kadir
President
AFEBI and Dean
Faculty of Economics and Business
Universitas Hasanuddin
Indonesia
Forthcoming


AGBA's Profile

 AGBA's Brief:
Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA)
was established in the American State of Texas as a "Not-for-Profit Charitable American NGO" in 2000. It is proud to boast today a membership of more than 1000 members based in more than 50 countries that include scholars from reputed academic institutions, corporate leaders, governmental officials, global entrepreneurs, global traders, global exporters and importers, professionals, and consultants based in western and emerging countries.

AGBA, as a global organization, aims to help academics and scholars at business schools across emerging countries to connect with the western (developed) world for mutual benefit. Such collaboration would accelerate the pace of globalization by furnishing ample opportunities to scholars in emerging countries to get recognition, disseminate new knowledge and assert themselves on the global stage.

 AGBA's Vision:
To be globally recognized as a leading "Not-for-Profit Charitable American NGO" dedicated to serve the academic, professional, government, corporate and entrepreneurial sectors worldwide.

AGBA's Mission:
Building on the dynamics of the ongoing globalization process, AGBA is committed to provide a global platform aimed at assisting academics, scholars, professionals, officials, entrepreneurs and consultants of emerging countries to assert themselves on the global stage for recognition, networking and dissemination of knowledge.

AGBA's Focus:
The main focus of AGBA is to provide an ongoing open global forum to discuss and analyze business and entrepreneurship development from different perspectives and viewpoints in order to improve understanding of underlying forces that (1) impact global developments and (2) shape the destiny of emerging countries such as UAE Turkey, India, China, Thailand, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bahrain, etc. in the contemporary globalized economy. AGBA bridges geographic, cultural, disciplinary, and professional gaps by integrating different business disciplines while actively enhancing practitioner - academician interactions on a regional and global basis.

AGBA is sponsored by numerous universities, organizations, and agencies across US, Canada, UK, Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa.

AGBA's Core Business:

AGBA's Global Leaders

Chair:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Kyle S. Wells
Former Dean
College of Business
Utah Tech University
St. George, Utah,
USA
Vincent Chang
Former Vice-Chancellor
BRAC University
Dhaka
Bangladesh
R. Scott Wheeler
Dean
College of Business
Texas A&M University at Commerce
Commerce, Texas,
USA
Robert Grosse
Professor of International Business
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Arizona State University
Glendale, Arizona
USA
Abdul Razak Bin Ibrahim
Vice Chancellor and President
University Melaka
Malaysia
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Member:
AGBA's Global Board of Trustees
Hamdan Sulaiman Al-Fazari
Vice Chancellor and President
Sohar University
Sohar
Oman
Tran Tien Khoa
President
International University
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Najiba Benabess
Dean
School of Business
Elizabethtown College
Elizabeth Town, Pennsylvania
USA
Hermann Lassleben
Professor of Human Resource Management
Reutlingen University
Germany
Dheeraj P. Sharma
Director
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
Rohtak, State of Haryana
India
AGBA's
First Vice President
AGBA's
Second Vice President
AGBA's
Third Vice President
AGBA's
Managing Director
AGBA's
Vice President for Global Conferences
Christopher J. Marquette Grover Hermann
Professor of Business
Department of Finance
Tabor School of Business
Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois,
USA
Popy Rufiadah
Professor of Marketing
Padjadjaran University
Bandung University
Bandung, West Java
Indonesia
Hassan Yazdifar
Professor of Accounting and Management
University of Derby
Derby, England
United Kingdom
Wolfgang Hinck
Former Provost
American University of Iraq at Sulaimani
Sulaymaniyah
Kurdistan Region
Iraq
Viput Ongsakul
Former Dean
NIDA's School of Business
National Institute of Development Administration
Bangkok
Thailand
AGBA's
Vice President for Global Publications
AGBA's
Director for Global IT Operations
AGBA's
Vice President for Global Social Media
AGBA's
Vice President for Global Entrepreneurship
AGBA's
Treasurer
Sahil Raj
Assistant Professor of Management Information System
School of Management Studies
Punjabi University
Patiala, State of Punjab
India
Tanveer Kajla
Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies
NALSAR University of Law
Hyderabad
State of Telengana
India
Lavanya Raastogi
Founder and CEO of Soul Spring and Co-Founder of Ayam
Houston, Texas
USA
Nayana Dehigama
Chairman and Managing Director
EPIC Technology Group
Epic Techno-Village
Thalangama,
Battarmulla
Sri Lanka
Christopher J. Marquette
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance
Tabor School of Business
Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois
USA
AGBA's Auditor AGBA's
Vice President for Global Field
JGBA Managing Editor JIBED Managing Editor JIBED Associate Editor
Afsal U. Ahmed
MS in Accounting Candidate
Department of Accounting and Finance
College of Business
Texas A&M University at Commerce
Commerce, Texas,
USA
Iqbal U. Ahmed
Ph.D., Candidate
Department of Marketing
Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia,
USA
Christopher J. Marquette
Managing Editor
Journal for Global Business Advancement
Inderscience Publisher
Switzerland
Omer F. Genc
Managing Editor
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Inderscience Publisher
Switzerland
Osama Sam Al-Kwifi
Associate Editor
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Inderscience Publisher
Switzerland

Conference Sponsors

Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok, Thailand.

AGBA’s Switzerland Based and Scopus Indexed 1st Journal

Journal for Global Business Advancement

ISSN (Online): 1746-9678; ISSN Print: 1746-966X and E-ISSN:1746-9678
Published by
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
World Trade Center Building
29 Route De Pre-Bois, Case Postale 856,
Geneva (Ch-1215)
SWITZERLAND
https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=jgba

Indexed in Scopus as Q-4
https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/16400154779
Cite Score: 1.8
SJR Score: 0.259
SNIP Score: 0.467

Scimago Journal & Country Rank

JGBA's H-Index: 11
https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=16400154779&tip=sid&clean=0

It is indexed/listed in:

AGBA’s Switzerland Based and Scopus Indexed 2nd Journal

Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development

ISSN (Online): 1747-6763, ISSN Print: 1549-9324, and E-ISSN: 1747-6763
Published by
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
World Trade Center Building
29 Route De Pre-Bois, Case Postale 856,
Geneva (Ch-1215)
SWITZERLAND
https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=jibed

Indexed in Scopus as Q-2
https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100886220

JIBED's CiteScore: 1.9
JIBED's SJR Score: 0.167
JIBED's SNIP Score: 0.346

Indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index
Web of Science Core Collection:
https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results

Scimago Journal & Country Rank

JIBED's H-Index: 4
https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21100886220&tip=sid&clean=0

It is indexed/listed in:

Lam Kaen, Thai Mueang District, Phang-nga, Thailand

Conference Logistics

Conference Organizer:
Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, USA.

Conference Sponsor:
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, State of Haryana, India.

Conference Venue:
• A 5 Star Hotel Located within Central Business District of Bangkok, Thailand.

Conference Hotel:
• A 5 Star Hotel Located within Central Business District of Bangkok, Thailand.

Thailand Tourist Visa:
All AGBA conference delegates (without any exception) are requested to kindly obtain Thailand Tourist Visa to attend our conference. Kindly DO NOT Apply for Conference Visa. Kindly do not ask AGBA or our host university to issue any visa letter for you. Thailand is a tourist friendly country and grants tourist visas to citizens of all countries with a smiling face. Kindly make sure that your passport has at least one-year validity. Kindly cruise the following website to apply for Thailand tourist visa online:
https://www.thaievisa.go.th/,

Payment of Registration Fees:
• All delegates are requested to kindly pay their conference registration fees (i) on Site (ii) in American Dollars and (iii) in CASH only.
• Sorry, we DO NOT have arrangements for Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Cheques (Checks), and Drafts etc.

Phu Kradueng National Park, Loei, Thailand.

Manuscript Preparation

We welcome manuscripts that address the conference theme as well as all functional areas of Business Administration (e.g., Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Operations, Finance, Information System, Management, Marketing, Public Administration, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Business Law, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, Islamic Business, Agricultural Economics, Leisure Management, and Recreation Resource Management). If you are uncertain whether your paper fits the conference theme or not, please contact our Conference Director/Program Chair (Dr. Christopher J. Marquette) via his email address:cmarquette@millikin.edu

• Agricultural Economics
• Emerging Markets
• Economic Development
• Global Business Environment
• Offshoring and Outsourcing
• Entrepreneurship
• Family Business
• Business Law
• Marketing
• Real-estate Management
• Actuarial Science
• Business Education
• Health Care Management
• Managerial Communication Organizational Behavior
• Impact of COVID—19 on Businesses
• Commerce
• Economics
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Taxation
• Energy Economics

• Health-Care Management
• Hospital Management
• Patient Care Management
• Hospitality Management
• Tourism Management
• Recreation, Parks and Leisure
• Global Economic Meltdown
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Information System
• Blockchain and Crypto Currency
• Impact of Technologies
• E-Commerce and E-Business
• Supply Chain Management
• Finance and Banking
• Knowledge Management
• Behavioral Finance
• Sports Business
• Sports Management

• Public Sector Management
• Public Administration
• Management Science
• Human Resource Management
• Operations Management
• Islamic Business Management
• Cross-Cultural Management
• Environmental Management
• Islamic Banking & Finance
• Business Ethics
• Innovation Management
• Green Business Sustainability
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. Christopher J. Marquette
BS (Illinois), MBA (Illinois), Ph.D., (Texas)
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance
Tabor School of Business
Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois,
USA
Email: cmarquette@millikin.edu

A Sample Abstract for Your Benchmarking

Structural Exclusiveness and Poverty:
An e-Entrepreneurship Based Approach to Rural Development Across China

Xiaohong He
Professor of International Business
Department of International Business
School of Business
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut
USA
Email: Xiaohong.He@quinnipiac.edu

Abstract

The growing level of inequality in the 21st century is a social, political and economic issue concerned by conscious citizens, scholars and policy makers around the world. Some on the right argue that inequality motivates progress and punishes laziness. In reality, under harsh conditions without any social safety net, the poor often have to work extremely hard just to survive. There is no real moral argument for concentration of outsize wealth vs. widespread poverty in today’s world. To this end, this research study asks the question - "How disruptive forces brought by technology and innovation can be better understood and employed from the perspectives of individuals and communities in rural and less developed regions?" To answer this question, this paper develops a conceptual framework that connects enablers and structural obstacles facing rural e-entrepreneurs; and then applies the framework to explore existing circumstances and to offer explanations leading toward theory building. In this context, this paper uses a case study approach that involving “what”, “why” and “how” questions to connect ideas of global importance from local Chinese practice.

Keywords: Structural Exclusiveness, Poverty, e-Entrepreneurship, Rural Development, and China.

Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok International airport of Thailand

Journal Publication Opportunities

Best papers presented at our conference will be eligible to be published in the Special Issues of the following Western Journals after substantial revisions.

Railay Beach, Peninsula in Thailand.

Mentoring Doctoral Students

AGBA’s 2024 Doctoral Consortium will focus on mentoring doctoral students hailing from emerging countries. The faculty panel of the 2024 Doctoral Student Consortium will consist of accomplished and globally acclaimed scholars; who have a distinguished scholarly publication record, have served as editors of leading global journals, and/or have experience in supervising doctoral students across western countries such as US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

AGBA’s 2024 Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world to further develop their research ideas, to learn about the challenges of conducting business research, building a successful academic career in their fields, and to broaden their professional networks on the global stage.  

Consistent with the developmental mission of AGBA, the consortium is open for Ph.D. students from all over the world, who would be attending its global conference in UAE. One-to-one mentoring to Ph.D., students would be provided on the third day of the conference on July 4, 2024.

Ideally, doctoral students should have a strong research idea or be close to completing a doctoral dissertation proposal, and be far enough away from finishing their dissertation so that they could make good use of feedback received from their doctoral mentors during the conference.

Kindly contact AGBA’s President and CEO to schedule your mentoring session at least one month before our conference:

Prof. Dr. Zafar U. Ahmed
BBA (New York), MBA (Texas),
Ph.D., (Utah), D. Litt., (England, Candidate)
Professor of Marketing and International Business
Founder, President and CEO:
Academy for Global Business Advancement
Founder and Editor-in-Chief:
Journal for Global Business Advancement
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Washington D.C.,
District of Columbia

USA
Email: zafaruahmed@gmail.com

Royal Park Rajapruek, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Distinguished Global Doctoral Students in Attendance

New Zealand:
• Areej Alholy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

South Korea:
• Yunji Hwang, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea.

Kazakhstan:
• Madi Medel, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
• Askhat Orazayev, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• Yeran Baishan, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• Dana Moldakulova, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Vietnam:
• Nguyen Giang Do, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Do Thanh Tung, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Tran Thi Tuong Vi, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Nguyen Thuy Quynh Anh, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Pham Thi Phuong Thao, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Mai Tan Binh, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam.
• Ma Van Khanh, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Vương Thế Luân, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Nguyen Quoc Loc, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Tran Hoang Cam Tu, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Pham Thai Ngoc, International University, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Thailand
• Warat Kaewpijit, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.

India:
• Saranya Sriram, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, State of Haryana, India.
• Lovlesh Nagori, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, State of Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Hitesh Sharma, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, State of Haryana, India.
• Tanya Singh, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, State of Haryana, India.

Long Beach, Koh Lanta, Thailand.

Why Thailand???

Our Host Institution:

Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd, -lənd/ TY-land, -⁠lənd), officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (/saɪˈæm, ˈsaɪæm/), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 70 million, it spans 513,120 square kilometers (198,120 sq mi). Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city.

Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 6th to 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, which became a regional power by the end of the 15th century. Ayutthaya reached its peak during the 18th century, until it was destroyed in the Burmese–Siamese War. Taksin quickly reunified the fragmented territory and established the short-lived Thonburi Kingdom. He was succeeded in 1782 by Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, the first monarch of the current Chakri dynasty. Throughout the era of Western imperialism in Asia, Siam remained the only nation in the region to avoid colonization by foreign powers, although it was often forced to make territorial, trade and legal concessions in unequal treaties. The Siamese system of government was centralized and transformed into a modern unitary absolute monarchy in the reign of Chulalongkorn. In World War I, Siam sided with the Allies, a political decision made in order to amend the unequal treaties. Following a bloodless revolution in 1932, it became a constitutional monarchy and changed its official name to Thailand, becoming an ally of Japan in World War II. In the late 1950s, a military coup under Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat revived the monarchy's historically influential role in politics. Thailand became a major ally of the United States, and played an anti-communist role in the region as a member of the failed SEATO, but from 1975 sought to improve relations with Communist China and Thailand's neighbors.

Apart from a brief period of parliamentary democracy in the mid-1970s, Thailand has periodically alternated between democracy and military rule. Since the 2000s, the country has been caught in continual bitter political conflict between supporters and opponents of Thaksin Shinawatra, which resulted in two coups (in 2006 and 2014), along with the establishment of its current constitution, a nominally democratic government after the 2019 Thai general election, and large pro-democracy protests in 2020–2021 which included unprecedented demands to reform the monarchy. Since 2019, it has been nominally a parliamentary constitutional monarchy; in practice, however, structural advantages in the constitution have ensured the military's hold on power.

Thailand is a middle power in global affairs and a founding member of ASEAN, and ranks very high in the Human Development Index. It has the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia and the 24th-largest in the world by PPP and ranks 85th by nominal GDP per capita. Thailand is classified as a newly industrialized economy, with manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism as leading sectors.

The economy of Thailand is heavily export-dependent, with exports accounting for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product (GDP). Thailand exports over US$105 billion worth of goods and services annually. Major exports include cars, computers, electrical appliances, rice, textiles and footwear, fishery products, rubber, and jewelry.

Thailand is an emerging economy and is considered a newly industrialized country. Thailand had a 2017 GDP of US$1.236 trillion (on a purchasing power parity basis). Thailand is the second largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Thailand ranks midway in the wealth spread in Southeast Asia as it is the fourth richest nation according to GDP per capita.

AGBA's 2024 Global Business Forum

A strategic alliance between AGBA (USA), Millikin University (USA), Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (India), and the EPIC Technology Group (Pvt) Ltd. (Sri Lanka) invites participation from global entrepreneurs, investors, importers, exporters, traders, professionals, consultants, heads of major government-owned enterprises, owners of private business firms, and government officials from across the world to attend “AGBA’s 2024 Global Business Forum” for global business interactions, networking and negotiations.

AGBA’s 2024 Global Business Forum would be chaired by the following distinguished global entrepreneur. Please drop him a line expressing your desire to attend ABGA's 2024 Global Business Forum:

Dr. Nayana Dehigama
Owner, Executive Chairman & Managing Director
EPIC Technology Group
Colombo,
Sri Lanka

Email: nayana@epiclanka.com

The third day (July 4, 2024) of the conference will be exclusively devoted to AGBA's 2024 Global Business Forum to be organized in collaboration with the local UAE business community. Speakers will include government officials, global entrepreneurs, global corporate leaders, and global consultants covering topics such as digitalization of global business operations; innovation and global entrepreneurship; global manufacturing to promote trade, economic growth and employment; sharing success stories, opportunities, and challenges in global business; “Make in Thailand” initiative of the Government of Turkey; and Investment opportunities of “Thai Inbound and Outbound FDI”.

Distinguished Global Business Speakers

Global Corporate Leader Global Entrepreneur Governmental Leader Global Lawyer Global Corporate Leader
Khalil Yassine
Head of Arabia
Unilever
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Yahya Al-Serhan
Former Dean
College of Business
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Said S. Mzee
Accountant General
Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Roger Tanios
General Counsel
INDEVCO
Industrial Development and Consulting Services
Lebanon
Fareed Al-Yagout
President and CEO
National Power Company
Dammam
Saudi Arabia
Global Corporate Leader Governmental Leader Governmental Leader Global Corporate Leader Global Corporate Leader
Lavanya Rastogi
Founder & CEO of Soul Spring and Co-founder of Ayam Houston,
Texas
USA
Warat Kaewpijit
General Manager
Phunkarn Co.,Ltd.
Pathom
Thailand
Forthcoming
Forthcoming
Balarama Krishna Varanasi
Globalization Consultant
Hyderabad
State of Telangana
India