In honor of the occasion, Riad Salame, Governor, Banque du Liban, rings The Opening BellSM. The Governor is joined on the bell podium by H.E. Antoine Chedid, Lebanese Ambassador to the United States; Hon. Michele J. Sison, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon; Hon. Antoine Azzam Consul, General of Lebanon; Dr. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary General of the Union of Arab Stock Exchanges and Chairman of the Beirut Stock Exchange; Walid Alamuddin, Chairman of Banking Control Commission, Banque du Liban; Salim Zeenni, Chairman of the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, and Roger Nasnas, President of the Economic & Social Council. The event commences at the NYSE with the ringing of The Opening Bell followed by presentations held at the New York Palace Hotel. Lebanon Capital Market Day is being sponsored by AmCham Lebanon, Auerbach Grayson, The Bank of New York Mellon, and NYSE Euronext.