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GEEKS ON A PLANE MENA December 5 15, 2015 Bahrain — UAE — Jordan — Egypt 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS DETAILED AGENDA Dec 5 (Saturday) — BAHRAIN Dec 6 (Sunday) — BAHRAIN Dec 7 (Monday) — BAHRAIN > ABU DHABI Dec 8 (Tuesday) — DUBAI Dec 9 (Wednesday) — DUBAI > AMMAN Dec 10 (Thursday) — AMMAN Dec 11 (Friday) — DEAD SEA > CAIRO Dec 12 (Saturday) — CAIRO Dec 13 (Sunday) — CAIRO Dec 14 (Monday) — CAIRO IMPORTANT INFO FLIGHT DETAILS CONTACTS, COMMUNICATIONS, & WIFI COMMON ARABIC PHRASES STAYING SAFE ON THE STREETS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS DEALING WITH PERSISTENT TRADERS CURRENCY CONVERTER CASH, ATMs & CREDIT CARDS TIPPING PASSPORT VISAS United States EMBASSY INFORMATION: WEATHER RECOMMENDED PACKING LIST STAYING HEALTHY SAFETY & SECURITY IN MENA LAST ITEM MEET THE GEEKS MEET 500 STAFF 2 DETAILED AGENDA Dec 5 (Saturday) — BAHRAIN 7:20 AM Arrive in Bahrain (does not apply to all geeks) (All geeks responsible for their own transport to the Four Seasons If you had our travel agent arrange transport for you Please look for someone holding a GOAP once you exit the baggage claim area Contact Info Mr. Hameed 97339961515 TAXI INFO: Arabian Taxi +973 1746 1746. Uber is available as well 9:00 AM Arrive at the Four Seasons Bahrain Bay hotel ADDRESS: Road 4612, Building 555, Block 346, Bahrain Bay 11:00 AM Meet in lobby + transfer from Four Seasons to the kickoff lunch 12:00 1:30 PM GOAP KICKOFF LUNCH w/ TENMOU ANGEL GROUP & FOUNDERS ADDRESS: Capital Club Bahrain Levels 5152, East Tower, Bahrain Financial Harbour, Manama POC: Wafa, [email protected] M +973 39797137 WIFI: Open WiFi, no password DRESS CODE: Members and their guests are expected to dress in a manner befitting the surroundings and atmosphere of the Club and should inform their guests accordingly. Business attire, national dress or smart casual is the appropriate standard. Smart casual for men does not include ripped jeans, Tshirts, baseball style hats, shorts or training shoes, flip flops. Kindly note that in accordance with the Club’s regulations, Members and their guests must adhere to the dress code policy. We kindly ask all Members and their guest to be courteous when using their mobile phones. INFO: Welcome, geeks! Get to know your fellow travelmates over lunch at the swanky Capital Club Bahrain. Regional angel investment group Tenmou will take a seat at the table, too. Kicking off our Bahrain tech + culture tour, 500's Venture Partner, Hasan Haider, will provide an ecosystem overview of Bahrain. 1:30 2:30 PM BAHRAIN TECH + CULTURE TOUR ADDRESS: Capital Club Bahrain Levels 5152, East Tower, Bahrain Financial Harbour, Manama INFO: Winners of Bahrain's Startup Week will pitch their ecommerce startups. ATTENDEES: All these startups need advice and preseed/seed funding. ● Beauty Q won Bahrain’s Startup Week competition. They created an online beauty salon reservation app that at its initial stage will serve consumers & eventually work to create a CRM for the salons to manage its reservations. 3 Dec 5 (Saturday) — BAHRAIN (continued) 1:30 2:30 PM BAHRAIN TECH + CULTURE TOUR (continued) ● PickADive won second place. The team created an online reservation website for diving fanatics to be to reserve for diving classes or hours. This will enable both customers to find the available bookings and diving instructors the opportunity for exposure. ● The Hive won 3rd place. The Hive is a communitydriven workspace where individuals with common interest such as machines, technology, digital arts can meet, socialize and collaborate. ● Eat has two products, one for restaurants, and another for consumers. The consumer app is simple. It allows you to find restaurants around you and confirm your reservation in less than three clicks. No need to call! The restaurants have an iPad installed at the front desk. This app allows restaurants to internally manage reservations and tables, and to notify the consumer app about availabilities. ● The Selfie Station is an interactive entertainment experience for events made with love in Bahrain! It generates a fun and cozy atmosphere in your event, and breaks the ice amongst visitors. It makes taking group selfies a lot easier since the camera is away enough to include everyone! The Selfie Station creates social network traffic & lets the visitors market your venue or event. 2:30 3:00 PM Transfer by bus to Bahrain National Museum 3:00 4:00 PM BAHRAIN TECH + CULTURE TOUR CON'T NATIONAL MUSEUM ADDRESS: Bahrain National Museum, Al Fatih Hwy, Manama, Bahrain INFO: Relish in Bahrain's rich history at the country's National Museum. The museum is the crowning achievement of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s ongoing efforts to preserve the nation’s heritage and history local experts will lead the way! 4:00 4:30 PM Transfer to Manama Souq 4:30 5:30 PM BAHRAIN TECH + CULTURE TOUR CON'T MANAMA SOUQ ADDRESS: Manama Souq, Manama 304, Bahrain INFO: Local experts will guide us through the streets behind Bab alBahrain, a place to go for bargain treasures, nuts, spices, shisha bottles and a plethora of other Bahraini essentials. Make sure to leave room in your suitcases for souvenirs. You may want to bring local currency cash with you, as there are a lot of traditional and small shops that may not accept cards. There is also an ATM at the souq. 4 Dec 5 (Saturday) — BAHRAIN (continued) 5:30 6:00 PM Transfer to Four Seasons Bahrain Bay Hotel ADDRESS: Road 4612, Building 555, Block 346, Bahrain Bay 6:00 7:00 PM Break 7:00 10:00 PM PREMONEY VIP DINNER, HOSTED BY 500 STARTUPS & THE BAHRAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) ADDRESS: Four Season's re Asian Cuisine | Wolfgang Puck, 50th Fl DRESS CODE: There's no dress code, however, Bahrain is generally more formal, so you'll blend in wearing business casual. Even Dave, who loves flipflops and Tshirts, might throw a blazer on over his Tshirt and just might wear closedtoe shoes! INFO: Take in Bahrain's breathtaking views from the Four Season's 50th floor and network with PreMoney speakers and other notables at an exclusive dinner on the eve of PreMoney MENA (Appetizers from 7:008:00 PM, followed by a familystyle dinner). Dec 6 (Sunday) — BAHRAIN 8:00 9:00 AM Breakfast at PreMoney Conference ADDRESS: Four Season's Al Bahrain Ballroom II DRESS CODE: There's no dress code, however, Bahrain is generally more formal, so you'll blend in wearing business casual. 9:00 AM 6:45 PREMONEY MENA INVESTOR CONF., PRODUCED BY 500 STARTUPS PM INFO: Join us for 500 Startups' firstever PreMoney MENA investor conference Designed for investors by investors, the event will bring together 150+ VCs, angels, portfolio managers, corporate strategics & LPs to have real conversations and debates about disruption in venture capital. (Food & beverage served throughout the day.) 6:45 7:00 PM Change into comfortable clothes 7:00 8:00 PM Transfer to F1 International Circuit Meet in hotel lobby (sandwiches provided on the bus) 5 Dec 6 (Sunday) — BAHRAIN (continued) 8:00 9:30 PM F1 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT VISIT & RACING ADDRESS: Gate 255, Gulf of Bahrain Avenue, Umm Jidar 1062, Sakhir, Bahrain INFO: Tour the famous Bahrain International Circuit (F1) + fasten your seat belts! We're going gokarting. Half the group will tour the track, while the other half does gokarting and then we'll switch. 9:30 10:30 PM RACE TRACK BBQ DINNER (+ VEGETARIAN) ADDRESS: Gate 255, Gulf of Bahrain Avenue, Umm Jidar 1062, Sakhir, Bahrain 10:30 11:30 PM Transfer to Hotel Dec 7 (Monday) — BAHRAIN > ABU DHABI 6:00 7:00 AM Breakfast at Hotel 7:00 AM Transfer to Bahrain Airport 10:00 AM Fly to Abu Dhabi 12:15 PM Arrive in Abu Dhabi 12:15 2:00 PM Transfer to Flat6Labs Snacks provided on the bus 2:00 3:30 PM ACCELERATOR VISIT, OPEN DISCUSSION & LUNCH, HOSTED BY FLAT6LABS ADDRESS: Park Rotana Complex Twofour54 Building, Office 501, 5th floor. (Right across the building is a big dirt space for parking large bus) POC: Ramzy Ismail: +971 050 474 9705 WIFI: Flat6LabsAD, password: knowyourcustomer INFO: Flat6Labs is the leading startup accelerator program in the MENA region and an earlystage investment vehicle. They are currently operating in Cairo, Jeddah, and Abu Dhabi and plan to expand to more locations in the MENA region over the next few years. Flat6Labs has 180+ mentors and coaches in their network, have created 500+ jobs, they have 75+ companies, 50%+ of which receive followon funding, and 40+ followon investors. 6 Dec 7 (Monday) — ABU DHABI (continued) 2:00 3:30 PM FLAT6LABS VISIT (continued) INFO: While we are at Flat6Labs we will have lunch with 7 of the startups in the accelerator program. Ramez Mohamed (CEO of Flat6Labs) will give us an Ecosystem Overview of the region and then we will all discuss how to tap into global markets/new audiences outside of the region, while being inside of the region (UAE). ATTENDEES: ● Cactus Messenger: Fully secure offline messenger (no Internet connection needed) and money transmitter complemented by extensive entertainment content. ● DashRoad: A Platform as a Service company built around a hardware which gives car owners access to new features like reduced insurance rates, accurate vehicle pricing, and a more enticing driving experience for consumers. ● FeedSpeed: A plug and play option for local merchants to publish their catalogue and setup a mobile store with customized periodic promotions window. ● Metaphorio: An online collaboration platform designed by video producers for video producers. ● Susurrus: a platform that collects blogs’ and social media data in order to matchmake brands with bloggers, lets brands run blogger campaigns and measures the results ● Whiteboard: an online platform that combines different service providers and vendors into one portal for parents to access it. WhiteBoard is a school focused business, that could provide additional revenue streams to the school and provides access to vendors to additional targeted customers. ● The Wellness Log: Online platform for creating & managing health & fitness programs. 3:30 4:00 PM Transfer to Grand Mosque 4:00 5:00 PM GRAND MOSQUE FOUNDER TOURS ADDRESS: Airport Road ﻲﺒﻇ ﻮﺑﺃ United Arab Emirates DRESS CODE: Dress so you are covered head to toe, including a nontransparent scarf for your head and not even your ankles should be showing. If you don't have anything for this, you can borrow the long dress (abaya) and headscarf (shaya) from one of the service desks free of charge. Kindly return them to the service desks at the end of your tour. NOTE: You cannot bring outside food or drinks (including water) into the Mosque. Do not touch the copies of the Holy Quran (books) found inside the prayer halls. Do not take photographs of people praying or of National people without asking 7 Dec 7 (Monday) — ABU DHABI (continued) 4:00 5:00 PM GRAND MOSQUE FOUNDER TOURS (continued) their permission first. Do not take photos of the mausoleum (small building located on the north side of the Mosque). Do not smoke on the mosque grounds. INFO: Visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, considered to be they key for worship in the country and the largest mosque in the UAE, covering more than 30 acres. Two local founders will give us a 30 min tour and then we'll have 30 mins to explore the mosque on our own. 5:00 5:30 PM Transfer to NYU Abu Dhabi 5:30 6:30 PM SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS w/ NYU ABU DHABI ADDRESS: Saadiyat Island, A6 Building Conference Center, Lecture Hall (East end of Campus Building next to IDEA Lab), Abu Dhabi, 129188 POC: Robyn Brazzil: +971 (0)56 703 3668 WIFI: Guest ID: guest601; password: ciaderew INFO: NYUAD is a four year liberal arts university that began in 2009 with four main divisions (Science, Social Science, Engineering and Arts and Humanities). There are currently around 880 students hailing from over 110 countries and no country is represented over about 15% of the population. The Saadiyat Island campus is only 1 1/2 years old and will serve as an anchor institution in the broader vision of creating a cultural center on the island. NYU Abu Dhabi also serves as one of three portal campuses along with NYUNY and NYUShanghai, as well as global campuses around the world to create a global network university. We will be meeting with 5 undergraduate students groups with various backgrounds in the program; breaking into small groups to discuss their projects. Many of the students will have questions around how to commercialize their ideas. ATTENDEES: ● Buku Kami Project Three NYUAD sophomore students (Poli Sci/Econ, CS, Social Science, Engineering) Nonprofit organization in partnership with students in Indonesia focusing on helping victims of human trafficking by providing access to employment, selling organic stationary products, and potentially setting up microfinancing models. They have been working on this project for a little over one year outside of any classwork. They are hoping to discuss some of the intricacies of a social impact business model and how they can operate more efficiently. 8 Dec 7 (Monday) — ABU DHABI (continued) 5:30 6:30 PM SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS w/ NYU ABU DHABI (continued) ● Road Watch Three NYUAD juniors (Math, CS and Poli Sci) A mobile application that tracks metrics of drivers on the road. This is part of a government mobile app challenge. They have some questions related to product development. They have been working on this for about 3 months. ● VUL9 Security Solutions One NYUAD Junior Econ Major. Cyber security startup in partnership with a student from Morocco. This venture began roughly 6 months ago when the two founders met at our NYUAD hackathon. They are in discussions with an investor now and would like to discuss some basics of term sheets and how to manage the relationship with an early angel investor. ● College Peek Three NYUAD Juniors (CS, Econ, Poli Sci). Online college advising platform. They would like to discuss how to pitch for investment and how to develop their revenue/pricing model. They have been working on this outside of the classroom for about 69 months. ● Seniors We have a handful of seniors that are working on their senior capstone projects that might be able to join us and discuss their projects in the wearables and augmented reality space. Their majors are engineering and arts & humanities. 6:30 8:00 PM STARTUP SPEAKER SERIES EVENT, PRODUCED BY IDEA LAB & FLAT6LABS ADDRESS: Saadiyat Island, A6 Building Conference Center, Lecture Hall (East end of Campus Building next to IDEA Lab), Abu Dhabi, 129188 POC: Robyn Brazzil: +971 (0)56 703 3668 WIFI: Guest ID: guest601; password: ciaderew NOTE: The crowd for this session is a very eclectic mix of NYUAD undergrads, faculty, staff and then the broader Abu Dhabi startup community which range from lawyers and finance folks and seasoned expat entrepreneurs to young developers and people more interested in traditional SMEs (starting consulting firms, restaurants, etc.) INFO: IDEA Lab is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program that is hosted in our Engineering Design Studio, a 4000 square foot rapid prototyping facility that is open 24/7 to all students on campus. IDEA Lab the program started in Spring 2015 to help foster and support students with entrepreneurial interests by connecting them with the right resources, tools and resources to shape their ideas. IDEA Lab also aims to enable innovation and entrepreneurship in the broader startup ecosystem by building a bridge between academia and the public and private sectors. IDEA lab and Flat6Labs Abu Dhabi are partnering to bring an interactive and educational experience to the startup community in Abu Dhabi and UAE with Startup 9 Dec 7 (Monday) — ABU DHABI (continued) 6:30 8:00 PM STARTUP SPEAKER SERIES EVENT, PRODUCED BY IDEA LAB & FLAT6LABS (continued) Series sessions. This series provides essential information for existing and rising entrepreneurs in the region by bringing in expert speakers on key topics along the entire entrepreneurship life cycle. For this session, a few geeks will be joining local expert, Shimi Shah, on a panel to discuss scaling your startup, entering new markets, setting up an advisory board and managing your mentor/mentee relationships. Approx. 70 attendees total + Geeks. 8:00 8:40 PM Transfer to Skylite Viceroy Hotel 8:40 10:30 PM NETWORKING DINNER, HOSTED BY TWOFOUR54 & FLAT6LABS ADDRESS: 9th Floor,Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, Main building, Yas Marina ﻲﺒﻇ ﻮﺑﺃ POC: Skylite Viceroy Hotel #: +971 2 656 0600 INFO: Dinner with TwoFour54 guests at the Skylite Viceroy Hotel ATTENDEES: Jonathan Labin, Managing Director of Facebook MENA & Pakistan Will Hutson, Founder & CEO of LMTD Agency Issa Aghabi & Dana Horska, Venture Investment team at twofour54 Yannick Theler, Managing Director at UbiSoft MENA Kunal Kapor, Founder of Luxury Closet Ramesh Jagannathan, Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship at NYU Abu Dhabi 10:30 11:30 PM Transfer to Dubai & Checkin at Vida Downtown Hotel ADDRESS: Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard The Old Town, Downtown Dubai Dec 8 (Tuesday) — DUBAI 9:00 10:00 AM Breakfast at Vida Downtown Hotel ADDRESS: Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard The Old Town, Downtown Dubai, +971 4 428 6888 10:00 10:30 AM Transfer to Burj Khalifa 10
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