5^th WIEF Roundtable Press Conference, March 18

*Networking opportunity

• Honourable Tun Musa Hitam, Chairman, WIEF Foundation & Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

·         Tan Sri Ahmad Fuzi, Secretary-General, WIEF Foundation

·         Mr. Salahuddin Kasem Khan, Chairman of the Bangladesh Organising Committee and Member of IAP, WIEF

Assalamualaikum and a very good afternoon to all of you!  I am <insert name> and I am very honoured to be your host this afternoon.

First of all, allow me to extend the warmest welcome to:

• Honourable Tun Musa Hitam, Chairman, WIEF Foundation & Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

·         Mr. Salahuddin Kasem Khan, Chairman of the Bangladesh Organising Committee and Member of IAP, WIEF

·         <Client to advise if there are other VIPs>;

·         Esteemed guests;

·         Distinguished members of the media;

·         Ladies and gentlemen,

On behalf of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation, thank you for being here and welcome to the press conference of the 5^th WIEF Roundtable Session.  We are very honoured to have the privilege of kicking off this session in Bangladesh.

The SEACO Foundation have been instrumental in helping to organise this event here, and of course even for assisting to organise this very press conference here today.

The WIEF Foundation would also like to thank the Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs, Bangladesh Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the High Commission of Malaysia in Bangladesh for their support in making the Roundtable a reality.

To tell us more about the inaugural WIEF Foundation Roundtable for the year, what participants and media members themselves can expect out of it, and the pressing topics of discussion, please join me in welcoming the Chairman of the WIEF Foundation & Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, the Honourable Tun Musa Hitam.  Tun…

Now, we would now like to invite Members of the Media for the Question & Answer session.

Members of the media, do use this opportunity to find out more about the roundtable initiative, the collaboration between the WIEF and SEACO Foundation and anything else that you may want to know in advance about this partnership.  The floor is now open for the Question & Answer session.

If you have a question, kindly raise your hand so that the team can pass you the microphone.  Please state your name, the name of your organisation, your question, and to whom the question is for.

If media don’t know where to start or what to ask, MC can kick start the Q&A session with the questions below (in suggested order):

Allow me to ask the first question…

1.       Tell us more about the goals and objectives of the WIEF Roundtable.

2.       Why was Dhaka chosen as the first Roundtable venue this year?

3.       How did the WIEF Roundtable come about? What sorts of topics were tackled in past Roundtable?

4.       Where were previous Roundtables held?

5.       What is the role of the International Advisory Panel (IAP) in the Roundtable this year?

1. Which organisations or institutions support the Roundtable?
2. How were the Roundtable topics for this year chosen?
3. Can you tell us a bit about the panellists this year?
4. Can you share which of the topics you feel most passionate about and why?
5. How can Malaysia and Bangladesh further collaborate together?

Before we end today’s Press Conference, may I invite our Honourable Guests to partake in a group photo?

Members of the media, ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you very much for your kind participation at this press conference and for your support of the 5^th WIEF Roundtable.

On behalf of the WIEF Foundation, thank you all for coming here today.

We invite our esteemed guests and members of the media to enjoy the refreshments served.  Thank you and good day!