Qatar Pavilion

Sports are a global multi-billion-dollar business, and major international sporting events have historically catalyzed significant infrastructural, social, and economic change. This is not only a chance for a country or city hosting such tournaments to get a reputation as a preferred tourist destination but also a capacity framework for local businesses and a chance to renovate sports facilities. Such events require the highest safety, medical care and entail important challenges to sports security.
ICSS proposes to consider the impact of sports on the economy, exchange views on the following topics:
• The strategic value of sports today,
• Impact of major sports event on the economics and community,
• Sports as a driver of innovation and social development,
• Global and regional transformations in sports.
The speakers will also discuss various investments and costs as an inalienable part of major international sporting events, as well as the economic and social impact of such investments. The outcomes of the "Business Case for the Purity of Sports" by ICSS, UNESCO, and the Global Alliance will be shared at the session. The Business case was designed to prove the political, economic, and social benefits of protecting clean sports, and particularly the return on investment in this sector.
The speakers will also discuss how to utilize sports infrastructure to the benefit social and economic development.

Moderator
Kirill Lata, Head of QR Sports

Panellists
H.E. Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the State of Qatar
Fatma Al-Nuaimi, Communications Executive Director, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy
Bahruz Balayev, Acting Director Legacy & Innovation, International Centre for Sport Security
Vladimir Leonov, Minister of Sport of the Republic of Tatarstan
Aleksandr Medvedev, General Director, FC Zenit

H.E. Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari

Minister of Commerce and Industry of the State of Qatar

Career
His Excellency Mr Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari has more than 30 years of experience in the banking and financial sectors in Qatar. He became QNB Group Chief Executive Officer in July 2013 and held this position until 2018. Prior to this role, he was the Executive General Manger and Group Chief Business Officer of QNB.
HE Mr Al Kuwari is also Chairman of the Board of Directors for a number of organisations, including KATARA Hospitality, Qatar Stock Exchange, Qatar Development Bank and Masraf Al Rayan. He additionally is Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) and Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of QFCA.

Education
HE Mr Al Kuwari has a Master of Science in Management Information System from the Seattle Pacific University, and a Bachelor of Math and Computer Science from Eastern Washington University.
He also attended a number of executive programmes at Wharton School of Business, London Business School, Cambridge University and Duke University.