ABSTRACT
As part of the ongoing collaboration between Tharawat Family Business Forum and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), we were delighted to announce our first joint event around family business history and legacy.
The program included an interactive workshop, offered practical insights for family businesses on how to document, store and preserve their history for the generations to come, as well as a first panel discussion on our research project “Family Business Histories”.
Agenda
PART 1
Introduction
Why we need to preserve Legacy?
Farida El-Agamy, Tharawat Family Business Forum
Martin Klimke, NYUAD
presentation
What is an Archive and Why is it Important?
Brad Bauer, Associate Librarian for Archives and Special Collections, NYUAD
Beth Russel, Center for Digital Scholarship, NYUAD
part 2
welcome adress
Robert JC Young, Silver Professor, Dean of Arts and Humanities, NYUAD
Anees Sultan, Head of Supply Division, WJ Towell, Oman, and Board Member, Tharawat Family Business Forum
Introduction
Family Business Histories in the MENASA Region
Farida El-Agamy, Tharawat Family Business Forum
Martin Klimke, NYUAD
panel discussion
Capturing Family Business Heritage
Nour Abou Adal, Executive, Holdal Group, Lebanon
Nasser Ahmad Alserkal , Board Member, Alserkal Group, UAE
media gallery
