01 November 2011

FOLLOWING the stunning success of the inaugural Gulf Industry Forum in January 2010, top-level government, industry and business leaders will again converge in Bahrain early next year for the second forum in the series, which will be held on the opening day of the 2012 Gulf Industry Fair.

Organised by Bahrain-based Hilal Conferences & Exhibitions (HCE) in association with international event consultancy North Star Associates, the Gulf Industry Fair will be held from February 8 to 10 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC) in Bahrain.

The forum will feature influential personalities from government, industry and business laying out their visions for the long-term economic prosperity of Bahrain and the Gulf region, under the theme ‘The Future is Industry’.

The forum’s format will also facilitate a frank and open exchange of information, views and opinions between speakers and all delegates, in an intellectual environment.

The forum, which will also be held at the BIECC, will discuss topics that include powering industrial development; developing SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises); market innovation; and creating industrial and manufacturing businesses.

Confirmed speakers include Dr Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Bahrain; Sheikh Daij Al Khalifa, chairman of Bahrain Logistics Zone; Khalid Al Qadeeri, CEO, Foulath Steel, and Mahmood Daylami, general secretary, Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC).

HCE conference director Ahmed Suleiman said: “The inaugural forum laid the foundations for HCE’s vision to develop Bahrain as the ‘Davos of the Gulf’ by bringing together leading regional and global experts to share their views on industrialisation in an intellectual environment. Gulf Industry Forum provides a platform for constructive dialogue and ideas among decision-makers and industrialists in an environment of debate, unfettered by distractions of self-promotion.”

Meanwhile, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) will again be a Strategic Aluminium Partner for the Gulf Industry Fair following the renewal of a sponsorship agreement with HCE.

The agreement is the third successive year that Alba will provide top-level strategic support for the aluminium segment of the show.

HCE is a subsidiary of the Bahrain-based Al Hilal Group.

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