CONVERGENCEThe Journey to Visionary Innovation

GIL 2016: MIDDLE EASTThe Global Community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership

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GIL 2016: MIDDLE EASTThe Global Community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership

10 February 2016 | Holiday Inn Al Khobar, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Dear Colleague,

It is our pleasure to extend a personal invitation to you to join us and our global community of senior executives on thenext phase of our Journey to Visionary Innovation, “Convergence”.

In our seventh consecutive year, GIL 2016: Middle East continues to bring together a global network of today’s best thinkers,visionaries and thought leaders, learning how to leverage innovation as a resource to address global challenges.

We are inspired and even more enthused about the unlimited potential that exists in our quest for excellence driven by allthe monumental and innovative visionary perspectives. Such potential is being shared in more than 20 countries around theglobe, by nearly 1 million business executives like yourself from 33 industries and 10 critical career functions for drivinggrowth. GIL Global continues to be the only network of its kind supporting innovative, futuristic and visionary thinking togrow companies and careers.

This year we are proud to welcome Frost & Sullivan’s 2016 Best Practices Award recipients and their management teamsto our GIL community. These distinguished guests of visionaries, innovators and leaders represent today's “Best-in-Class”organizations and visionary leaders, which is just one of the many reasons you won't want to miss GIL 2016: Middle East.

Reinforce your commitment to Growth, Innovation and Leadership and join our 2016 Journey to Visionary Innovation today.

We look forward to seeing you at GIL 2016: Middle East!

Sincerely,

Aroop ZutshiGlobal President & Managing Partner,Frost & Sullivan

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Y. S. ShashidharManaging Director & Partner South Asia,Middle East and North Africa, Frost & Sullivan

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08:00 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

08:30 WELCOME TO THE GIL JOURNEY

08:45 KEYNOTE: JOURNEY TO VISIONARY INNOVATION -

CONVERGENCE AND THE CONNECTED WORLD

Aroop Zutshi, Global President & Managing Partner,

Frost & Sullivan

09:00 KEYNOTE: MEGA TRENDS

Gary Jeffery, Senior Partner, Frost & Sullivan

The Impact of Mega trends and emerging Technology on yourcompany, career and Industry – Focus on Connectivity andConvergence and combine into one delivery.

09:30 WORKSHOP: MEGA TRENDS

Gary Jeffery, Senior Partner, Frost & Sullivan

10:30 KEYNOTE:TBC

11:10 BREAK FOR TEA/COFFEE AND PRAYER

12:00 FROST & SULLIVAN'S 2016 BEST PRACTICES AWARDS

12:30 GIL 2016: MIDDLE EAST CONCLUDES AND

NETWORKING LUNCHEONn Access to best practice insights and key take-aways via

downloadable presentations shared across all GIL Global events worldwide*.

n Your very own “Peer Connect” profile and ability to search and communicate directly with members of the global community.

n Participate and share your own ideas and fresh perspectives through various blogs and forums from the GIL Global Visionaries, Innovators and Leaders.

*Complimentary access for all GIL 2016: Middle East participants

Networking that never ends -the GIL Global Online

Community

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Aroop ZutshiGlobal President & Managing PartnerFrost & Sullivan

Aroop Zutshi is based in Mountain View California, and sitson the corporate board of Frost & Sullivan Inc. As the GlobalPresident & Managing Partner, with over 30 years of

experience, he is responsible for the day to day operations and performance ofthe network of Global offices. Aroop has been involved in developing the growthstrategy for the company besides personally driving the globalization of Frost &Sullivan from five different offices in five countries, he has been responsible forFrost & Sullivan’s expansion of business across 32 countries with 43 officelocations. Besides being responsible for managing Frost & Sullivan, Aroop alsoworks with fortune 500 companies in designing their growth strategies byevaluating new opportunities for growth.

Y.S. Shashidhar (Shashi)Managing Director & PartnerSouth Asia, Middle East and North AfricaFrost & Sullivan

Y. S. Shashidhar, Managing Director & Partner of Frost &Sullivan's business in Middle East, North Africa and South

Asia, has been instrumental in building and managing the Industrial Technology,Metals & Minerals and Infrastructure Practices of Frost & Sullivan – South Asia.Shashi has over 18 years of professional and managerial experience in assistingclients in areas like: feasibility studies, market development and expansion plans,workshops to evaluate new growth opportunities, business plan development,partner prospecting for technical collaboration/joint ventures, competitivebenchmarking, strategy building and tactical planning and Best Practices researchetc. amongst others. He has been providing advisory services expertise to thetop management in strategic decision-making along with varied research andconsulting services across multiple industry segments.

Gary JefferySenior PartnerFrost & Sullivan

Gary Jeffery is the Senior Partner and Director of theEuropean Operations at Frost & Sullivan. Gary joined theorganisation in 1997 and since then has built and developed

teams that have accounted for much of the company's growth in the region. Inparticular, Gary established Frost & Sullivan's first consulting practice as thecompany diversified away from purely published research content. Gary alsomanaged the largest vertically aligned business unit - the Industrial Group, fromwhich a number of successful business units and leaders have evolved. Garyactively retains a close link to Frost & Sullivan's client base, most notably throughapplying his deep understanding of project methodologies to complexmulti-region consulting assignments. Gary holds a First Class degree from StirlingUniversity in French and Business Studies.

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Partners and Media

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MEDIA PARTNERS

Capital Business Magazine is a B2BEnglish monthly publication focusing onbusiness best practices and is accreditedby the Dubai International FinancialCentre (DIFC). It enjoys a sizable

footprint in the Middle East on the strength of feature articles contributed bycertified financial and business experts, as well as coverage of a broad spectrumof topics including banking, IT, oil & gas, real estate and construction, humancapital, risk management, corporate finance and cash management, corporategovernance, investments, IPOs, tools of trade and more. www.capitalbusiness.me

Tech Channel MEA is an online content portal,focussed on the IT channel and partner industry acrossMiddle East and Africa. The content is focused on sales,technology and industry dynamics between vendors,channel partners, and end users. The primary categories

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GLOBAL ALLIANCE PARTNERS

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transforming them into experts, advocates and contributors. Founded in 2010,Dynamic Signal helps hundreds of organizations of all sizes including IBM,Salesforce, GameStop, Domo, SurveyMonkey and Bloomberg.

The Frost & Sullivan Global AlliancePartner Program offers one of the mostcompelling channel relationships in theindustry with the goal of bringing worldclass solutions to our global clientele.

Lenos Software is revolutionizing Relationship EventMarketing. The Lenos Campaign Platform puts thepower of Event Marketing in the hands of Marketersfor rapid, custom site creation without coding to driverevenue generation and lead management. Lenosenables actionable business intelligence, criticalcustomer insight, campaign measurement, compliance,and dramatically improves productivity. www.lenos.com

The Manufacturing Leadership Council’smission is to help senior executives define andshape a better future for themselves, theirorganizations, and the industry at large. TheCouncil produces an extensive portfolio of

leadership networking, information, and professional development products,programs, and services—including the Manufacturing Executive Website, an onlineglobal business network with over 5,000 members around the world; theManufacturing Leadership Council, an invitation-only executive organization ofover 100 members; the annual Manufacturing Leadership Summit—(June 3- 5, 2014, at The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL); the Manufacturing Leadership 100Awards, celebrating industry achievement; and the thought-leading ManufacturingLeadership Journal. www.manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com

Eloqua is the category-defining marketing automation leader andprovider of best-practices expertisefor marketers around the world. Thecompany’s mission is to make its

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PR Newswire, an industry-leading content syndicationnetwork, reaches audiences of key influencers such asjournalists and bloggers worldwide, to drive awareness,social sharing and buyer interest. With news distribution,multimedia, and video production capabilities, PRNewswire helps marketing and communicationsprofessionals implement cutting-edge campaigns thatstand out from the crowd.

SCIP is a global, non-profit organisation providing education, networking and professional development opportunities to business professionals involved in developing competitive intelligence that enhances organisational decision-making. www.scip.org

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STRATEGIC NON-PROFIT PARTNERS

AGILE’s unique contribution to the worldis leveraging executives who are experiencedin and passionate about growth, innovationand leadership to address the globes big 7challenges by forming visionary perspectives

on each challenge and exploring new and innovative approaches for transformingchallenges into opportunities. AGILE members leverage their entrepreneurialskills, capital and leadership abilities working toward creating “The Next BigThing” and solving some of the planet’s most complex and overwhelmingchallenges of our time. http://agile.frost.com

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The Association of InternationalProduct Marketing and Management(AIPMM) is the world’s largest professionalorganization of product managers, brandmanagers, product marketing managersand other individuals responsible for

guiding their organizations and clients through a constantly changing businesslandscape. It is the only organization that represents those who manage theentire product life-cycle throughout any industry. www.aipmm.com

The Appropedia Foundation is building a crowd-sourcedmulti-lingual sustainable knowledge base at Appropedia.org.Beyond providing infrastructure, Appropedia also fosters acommunity of volunteers, foundations, academic institutions,international development organizations and for-profit firmsthat support open sharing of practical wisdom to enablebetter living with a sustainable environmental footprint.www.appropedia.org

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Frost & Sullivan Institute (FSI) is a non-profitorganization dedicated to leveraging innovation toaddress global challenges. Our world is facing seriouschallenges, which in the coming years could have resultin catastrophic impacts on our lives if nothing is doneto shape the future. The institute leverages Frost &Sullivan research, its staff, clients and partners to workin collaboration to leverage technology innovation and

ideas to address these challenges. The institute also provides research supportand marketing services to other non-profits around the globe whose missionsare aligned with ours. The mission of Frost & Sullivan Institute is to support theleveraging of emerging innovation to address global challenges. Together withthe support of Frost & Sullivan — the Growth Partnership Company — andmembers of its Global Partnership Alliance, FSI works in collaboration with itspartners to inspire and evolve technology innovations and ideas to addressglobal challenges.

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With a qualified directory of morethan 2,000 Venture Capital andMid-Market/LBO private equityfirms, BoogarLists is an excellent

place for entrepreneurs to begin their search for investment capital. Whetherstarting a new company or striving to take an early stage company to the nextlevel, CEOs and CFOs will invariably want to seek out new sources of capitalor other financial services. BoogarLists provides an extensive directory offinancial, operations and marketing services, as well as a comprehensivedirectory of conferences and associations, across the technology, media andcommunications industries. www.boogar.com

CEOWORLD Magazine is the onlymagazine written strictly for chief executiveofficers (C-level or C-suite) and businessleaders — the senior executives, corporate manager, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists,

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Conference Guru knows that the reasons youattend conferences are to help establish yourleadership position in the marketplace andnetwork with your peers. A worthwhile conferenceexperience generates new contacts, sales leads,potential strategic partners and investors; helpsgather competitive intelligence and even provides

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The Connect-World series of magazines is a forum where the highest-level decision-makers in the ICTindustry can air their views regardingthe impact these technologies have

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Exec Digital is a pioneeringportfolio of digital media productsfor professionals and executives, featuring all aspects of executivebusiness and lifestyle. Through its digital magazine, online website, dailynews and weekly e-newsletter, Exec

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Innovation Management is the number one platform offering bestpractice and inspiration to innovationmanagement practitioners. We source

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About Frost & SullivanFrost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, works in collaboration with clients to leverage visionary innovationthat addresses the global challenges and related growth opportunities that will make or break today's market participants.

Our “Growth Partnership” supports clients by addressing these opportunities and incorporating two key elements drivingvisionary innovation: The Integrated Value Proposition and The Partnership Infrastructure.

n The Integrated Value Proposition provides support to our clients throughout all phases of their journey tovisionary innovation including: research, analysis, strategy, vision, innovation and implementation.

n The Partnership Infrastructure is entirely unique as it constructs the foundation upon which visionaryinnovation becomes possible. This includes our 360 degree research, comprehensive industry coverage, careerbest practices as well as our global footprint of more than 40 offices.

For more than 50 years, we have been developing growth strategies for the global 1000, emerging businesses, thepublic sector and the investment community.

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