AGENDA

DAY 1: Nigeria Brain Gain Conference Sessions

Registration/Breakfast:
7.30am to 8.30am

Opening Keynote Speech:
8.30am to 9-00am
Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, Founding Editor-in-Chief and Chairman. THISDAY.

General Session: 1
9-00am to 10-30am
Public-Private-Partnership (PPP): As A Viable Option for Infrastructure and Human Resources Development in Nigeria: Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is
funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies.
This session examined the current states of PPP in Nigeria and discusses strategies for attracting financial
talents and professionals to help drive implementation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in
infrastructure and human resources development in Nigeria.

Concurrent Session 2:
10:30am-12:00pm
Local Content Law (aka Nigerian Content Act): Finding Skilled Nigerians To Drive Nigerian Growth
and Development The law seeks to increase indigenous participation in the Nigerian oil industry and
requires operators to give “first consideration” to Nigerians for employment and training in any oil or gas
project in Nigeria. It further requires a “reasonable number” of personnel from local areas within Nigeria
where operators have significant operations. The law further sets forth specific local content requirements
for certain services related to oil and gas projects. (e.g., 100% Nigerian content required for all general
banking services, life insurance, pension funding, security broking and fund management services; 100%
local content.

This session will discuss this law in detail and provide strategy for attracting and developing local skills,
technology transfer and the use of local manpower and local manufacturing.

Concurrent Session 3:
10:30am-12:00pm
The Nigeria Power Challenge: Strategic Developments In Renewable Energy In Nigeria
In Nigeria, as in many developing countries, providing energy to rural and urban areas has proved to be a
great challenge. In order to enhance the energy security of the country and establish a sustainable energy
supply system, it is necessary to promote the policy of diversifying the energy supply so as to include
alternative or renewable resources and technologies into the nation’s energy supply mix.

This session will discuss Nigeria’s abundant renewable energy resources like solar, wind, biomass, small
hydro, etc., which have minimal or zero supply logistic problems. The session will discuss the modest
progress made in the promotion of renewable energy technologies in Nigeria and well as the employment
and investment opportunities in the sector.

LUNCH
12:00pm – 12.45pm
Africa Brain Gain Awards Ceremony:
Nigeria Brain Gain Awards are bestowed upon individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to human
resources development in Nigeria. The Nigeria Brain Gain Conference committee selects Nigeria Brain Gain
Awards recipients.

Afternoon Keynote:
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo. Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

General Session 4:
1.15pm-2.30pm
Engaging the Nigeria Diaspora in Nigeria's Capacity Building Efforts.
No one knows the exact numbers, but it is estimated that as many as 15 million Nigerians live outside
the country, in neighboring countries and across the African continent, in Britain and throughout the
Commonwealth, in United States, and in many Asian countries as well. These Nigerians, now generally
referred to as Nigerians in the Diaspora are actively engaged in different professions as practicing
professionals in their host countries or 'new found homes', some of these professions are in medical and
health care, banking and financial services, journalism and media, teaching and education, engineering,
information technology, computing sciences and sports. They are also engaged in other activities as small
business owners, private security guards, train, taxi and bus drivers etc.

Just like the Diasporas from other countries of the world, most of the Nigerians in the Diaspora still
maintain strong ties with their families, friends and relatives back in Nigeria; they also try in various ways to
influence the social, political and economic development of Nigeria. This session will discuss how Nigerian
professionals in the Diaspora are engaged in social, economic and political processes aimed at making
Nigeria a better place. The session will also look at how India has utilized India Diaspora in the economic
development of India

Concurrent Session 5:
2:30pm-4:00pm
The Nigeria Film and Music Industry: Developing New Generation of Talents.
The Nollywood phenomenon has begun to catch the eye of the world’s media and cinema pundits: “The
raw energy of the movies – and the flurry in which they are filmed and sold – is a kind of grass-roots
creative revolution on a country where stories have been told for generations but rarely committed to film,”
Nigeria’s burgeoning film industry, now considered the world’s third largest after Hollywood and
India’s “Bollywood,” is in a league of its own.

Songs like African Queen opened up other countries to embrace the new school and crop of Nigerian
musicians. They began to rival the Angelique Kidjos, Awilo Longombas, Koffi Olomides, Yvonne Chaka
Chakas and Magic Systems. Today, led by P-Square, D'Banj, 9ice and 2Face Idibia, Naija music is well
sought all over Africa and in some cases more popular than the local music.

It is an industry made possible by affordable digital technology, and driven by the ingenuity,
resourcefulness and keen business sense of Nigeria’s people. It is an industry made possible by affordable
digital technology, and driven by the ingenuity, resourcefulness and keen business sense of Nigeria’s
people. This session will examine how the Nigeria film and music industry continues to attract more
hopefuls into the industry, which is now a major employer in parts of Nigeria. The session will also look at
returns on investment for potential investors as well as strategies for developing new generation of talents
for this industry

Concurrent Session 6:
2:30pm-4:00pm
The Future of Telecommunication and Information Technology in Nigeria: Career and Investment
Opportunities.
The fastest growing employer of labor in Nigeria today is the telecom industry -- specifically the wireless
telephone sector that provides services to individual customers using the Global System for Mobile (GSM)
Communication. Indeed, the development and expansion of Telecommunication networks in Nigeria
is accelerating the Nation’s development. The improvement in access to telephone has had positive
impact in virtually all facets of life. The rural and previously underserved areas now have access to basic
telecommunication services, which is contributing in no small respect towards improving education, health as
well as rapid development of high, small and medium scale business enterprises, therefore creating more job
opportunities

This session will bring together leaders in the Nigeria telecommunication industries to showcase some of the
advanced and competitive technology that will allow faster transmission of data, voice, broadband internet
and full multimedia experiences at a greater speed. This session will also discuss career and investment
opportunities this sector.

Closing keynote Speech:
4:00pm-4:30pm
Mr. Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi (CON) Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria

Conference Debrief
4:30-5pm

NETWORKING SESSION/REFRESHMENT:
5pm-10pm

DAY 2: Prescheduled Job Interviews & Business to Business (B2B) Networking