8:30 – 9:00 | Registration, Networking & Breakfast

9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome Remarks — DBWC Director

9:10 – 9:15 | Remarks by Charles Jeha - President of the Lebanese Business Council

9:15 – 9:35 | Introducing the AUB Academic & Executive Hub in DIFC, Dubai and Its First Offering: The Executive MBA Program — Professor Yusuf Sidani, Dean, Olayan School of Business, AUB

9:35 – 10:05 | Keynote: "Reading the Region: Gulf Markets, Global Shifts, and What It Means for Business Leaders in 2026–27" — Dr. Henry Azzam, Director, AUB Academic & Executive Hub, DIFC, Dubai

10:05 – 10:30 | Q&A — Open to the Floor

10:30 – 10:40 | Exclusive announcement: DBWC and the AUB Academic & Executive Hub Jointly Unveil a 50% Dean’s Scholarship Program for DBWC Members and Invited Business Council Guests

10:40 – 11:30 | Networking