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Qatar Chamber's 2nd SMEs Conference To Kick Off In Doha While the first edition of the conference, held in 2015, focused on Germany's business ecosystem, the 2nd SMEs Conference will take a look at Turkey's best business practices and the partnership opportunities for local SMEs and entrepreneurs.

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Qatar Chamber in partnership with The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and International Chamber of Commerce Qatar is organizing the 2nd SMEs Conference at Ritz Carlton in Doha on January 17-18, 2017. The second edition of the conference –an event aiming to promote SME growth, entrepreneurship and diversification of Qatar's economy- will be held under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Qatar, and aims at "empowering small and medium enterprises."

While the first edition of the conference, held in 2015, focused on Germany's business ecosystem, the 2nd SMEs Conference will take a look at Turkey's best business practices and the partnership opportunities for local SMEs and entrepreneurs in that market. The agenda of the two-day event includes keynote addresses by Qatar and Turkish officials, sessions on Turkey's SME sector, doing business in Turkey, access to business resources in Qatar, SME financing, e-commerce growth, and technology innovation among other topics, B2B meetings, and others. The conference is sponsored by Qatar National Bank, Qatar Development Bank, Doha Bank and Nasser Bin Khaled group.

Related: Empowering Entrepreneurs: Qatar Development Bank CEO Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al-Khalifa

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