GIL 2009: Middle East was featured as a full three mins coverage on CNBC Arabia at Prime time (9:30 pm UAE time) on 10th October on a show called- Eye on Abu Dhabi. David Frigstad, Chairman, Frost & Sullivan and Anand Rangachary, Managing Director, SAME, Frost & Sullivan were interviewed by CNBC at GIL Middle East Event.

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MENA has Potential to Generate 630 Million MW of Solar Power T.Ramavarman
8 October 2009 ABU DHABI

The Middle East and North Africa, or MENA, region has a potential to generate 630,000,000 megawatts of solar power, experts said on Wednesday.

The region also has 75,000 megawatts wind power potential and this will make significant contributions to the region’s exploration for renewable energy, according to experts attending ‘Growth innovation and leadership’ summit organised by the global consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan.

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GCC to become a global hub for aluminium
By Nissar Hoath on Thursday, October 08, 2009

The GCC is to become a global hub for aluminium production with 25 per cent global smelting capacity going online in five years, according to a business research and consultancy firm.

Talking to Emirates Business on the sidelines of the first Middle East Growth, Innovation and Leadership Summit (GIL 2009), Aditya Sapru, a partner at Frost and Sullivan, the organisers of the summit, said the GCC is fast diversifying with mega investments in cluster industries, particularly in metal and petrochemical byproducts.

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Benefits of siding with aluminium are clear
October 17. 2009 7:00PM UAE / October 17. 2009 3:00PM GMT

In the days before electrolysis, the metal could only be extracted from its ore, bauxite, by a process involving pure sodium; itself an exceptionally rare and expensive metal.

As a result, he would tell us, the king of France kept two sets of cutlery for dinner: everyday fare and minor functionaries dined with golden knives and forks, whereas for special occasions and particularly honoured guests, the aluminium would be brought out.
 

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Recycling is the future
by Ed Attwood on Monday, 16 November 2009

At a break-out session held during Frost & Sullivan’s recent Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Conference held in Abu Dhabi in September, senior figures from the region’s water industry were asked to list the most important issues that were currently prevalent in the wastewater sector.

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In the Hot Seat
By Alicia Buller, November 09

Aroop Zutshi, global president and managing partner at Frost & Sullivan, argues that citing “personal reasons”
is nothing more than a sugar-coated excuse for leaving the company. “It’s likely they have all been fired. CEOs
get hired and fired very quickly. Boards are not patient.

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Making sense of Masdar
November 09

As the Middle East economies approach maturity, the demand for energy is growing faster than anywhere else in the world. And despite being blessed with hefty hydrocarbons deposits, it's clear there will be restrictions to traditional power generation in the future, in terms of both cost and carbon emisi=sions.

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CEOs Need a 360 Degrees Perspective for Growth, Innovation and Leadership
November 09

Growing businesses in a complex environment, leading enterprises to innovate, and using technology for innovation were the key themes of discussion at Frost & Sullivan‘s flagship event – GIL 2009: Middle East- Growth, Innovation and Leadership: A Frost & Sullivan Global Congress on Corporate Growth.

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WATER TREATMENT - Increasing efficiency and promoting the benefits of desalination
November 09

Economy on a growth trajectory In the past decade, the Middle East region emerged as one of the fastest growing markets in the world.

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Regional Report: Frost & Sullivan’s Sustainable Solution for the MENA Power Puzzle
November 09

The MENA region is witnessing a rapid industrial growth despite slow down under the global recession; however it is expected to sustain this growth in the long run bringing with it a need for economic and industrial diversification and attaining sustainability and independence from energy imports for oil-importing countries..

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Petchem Arabia and GIL 2009 have inaugurated the events scene in the region
November 09

Frost & Sullivan’s first Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) 2009 Middle East Congress, held at the Beach Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi, managed to attract an impressive number of participants from various industry sectors, including the petrochemicals sector.

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CEOs need a 360 degrees perspective for Growth, Innovation and Leadership
Fri October 9, 2009 6:57 pm

UAE. Growing businesses in a complex environment, leading enterprises to innovate and using technology for innovation were the key themes of discussion at Frost & Sullivan‘s flagship event –GIL 2009: Middle East- Growth, Innovation and Leadership: A Frost & Sullivan Global Congress on Corporate Growth.

Held on 7th October 2009 at Hotel Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi, UAE for the first time in the Middle East, the Congress saw attendance from senior dignitaries across industries at a single venue.
 

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CEOs need a 360 Degrees Perspective for Growth, Innovation and Leadership- Frost & Sullivan's GIL 2009, Middle East key message
14 October 2009

Abu Dhabi, UAE - Growing businesses in a complex environment, leading enterprises to innovate and using technology for innovation were the key themes of discussion at Frost & Sullivan's flagship event -GIL 2009: Middle East- Growth, Innovation and Leadership: A Frost & Sullivan Global Congress on Corporate Growth. Held on 7th October 2009 at Hotel Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi, UAE for the first time in the Middle East, the Congress saw attendance from senior dignitaries across industries at a single venue.
 

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Companies Must Take Advantage Of Uncertainties, Not Cut Back Growth Plans
October 15, 2008 17:55 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- Companies must grab the business opportunities during the current economic uncertainties and fight the instinct to freeze or even cut back on their growth plans, says Frost & Sullivan chairman David Frigstad.

He said chief executive officers (CEOs), who tightened their belts during this challenging economic climate, should not totally stop spending.
 

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Analyst: 'Not a time to panic'
By Edwin Yapp, ZDNet Asia
Thursday, October 16, 2008 04:34 PM

KUALA LUMPUR--Chief executives in the Asia-Pacific region should not view the global economic slowdown as a threat, but as an opportunity for growth, according to Frost & Sullivan.

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of Frost & Sullivan's Global Innovation Summit here Wednesday, David Frigstad, chairman of the research firm, said many of the effects from the financial turmoil today are triggered by "fear-based forecasting".

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Sustaining growth in challenging times
By AvantiKumar
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

The upcoming Frost & Sullivan leadership forum is all about driving business expansion in an economic slowdown.

KUALA LUMPUR, OCTOBER 7, 2008—The key theme for analyst firm Frost & Sullivan’s Malaysian leadership forum is how CEOs can drive growth in a softening economy.

According to the company’s chairman, David Frigstad, the Growth, Innovation and Leadership Congress 2008, to be held October 15-16 in Kuala Lumpur, will tackle the CEO’s key responsibility of driving economic growth.

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