BEIRUT – HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh,
founder and chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), has inaugurated
the ‘International Conference on Maritime, Humanitarian and Agro Food Supply
Chains and Logistics’, at the American University of Beirut (AUB) with the
participation of academics, experts and businessmen from Lebanon, Jordan,
France, and Belgium.

The Conference was organized by the AUB
with the aim of launching the Master's "Global Supply Chain Management
Program" through Erasmus+ Program, which is funded by the European Union.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for
Innovation (TAGUCI), a member of TAG.Global, took part in the Conference, along
with Princess Sumaya University for Technology from Jordan, the American
University of Beirut and Saint Joseph University from Lebanon, KEDGE Business
School from France and the University of Antwerp from Belgium.

In his digitally delivered speech, Dr.
Abu-Ghazaleh welcomed the President of the American University of Beirut, Dr.
Fadlo Khuri, expressing his pride in being an AUB (1960) graduate, Dr.
Abu-Ghazaleh stated: “In 2012 and while on the board of experts of the World
Trade Organization (WTO), the subject of Supply Chain was discussed. At that
time, we had our perceptions and recommendations fully supported. But we are
now in the year 2022 where new facts have emerged, particularly the sanctions.
In the year 2012, we were enjoying the great blessing of a uniformed sanction
system that was implemented only by the WTO. Today, we are in a different
situation as we need to revisit the program on the basis of the facts that
require a system capable of providing a national security for the community,
particularly in Food Supply today, side by side with medical and technological
education”

Furthermore, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh suggested
redesigning the launched program to address the choice between Global Supply
Chain Management, which is disrupted by sanctions and the National Needs
Dictates.

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh concluded by saying “I
want you to reconsider the program with the view of debating how we can proceed
in this Global Supply Chain Management processes under the current system of
unilateral sanctions that was started by the US. Significantly, it is being
implemented worldwide by countersanctions and it is disrupting the flow of
goods and services throughout the world. I humbly claim that it will take us like
8 – 10 years to be able to live again under a new world order where we can
claim that we have the ability to enjoy the wonderful profits and the wonderful
life of smooth Supply Chain Management”.

The conference was attended by Dr. Luai
Jraisat, TAG.Global’s associate professor of marketing and supply chain
management and coordinator of the project, and Mr. Mamoun Abu Al-Sebaa, TAGUCI
assistant dean for management and external relations represented Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh University College of Innovation.

It is worth mentioning that Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation (TAGUCI) is a University College
specialized in applied business and information technology. It is an
independent educational institution accredited by the Jordanian Ministry of
Higher Education, the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher
Education Institutions, the membership of the Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Foundation for International Business
Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).

The Erasmus+ Program is the EU's program in
education and training fields that highly acknowledges the importance of the
international approach adopted by the European Union in all fields, especially
in higher education. The Program draws on the experience and success of the
European Union's higher education programs and supports the international
exchange of students, professors and administrators with a view of sharing
experiences and best practices.