Top II executives to attend Dubai symposiumLeading chief information officers (CIOs) and senior IT executives will take part in the inaugural Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, which opens in Dubai on Tuesday (March 5). The Symposium, which will r More… |
Bahrain minister urges plan to fight diabetesA quarter of people in Bahrain could get diabetes if a national plan to prevent the spread of the disease is not introduced, said a top government official. Health Minister Sadiq Al Shehabi told delegates at the first Internationa More… |
Sabic, ExxonMobil seminar on rubber industryThe Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and its joint venture partner ExxonMobil recently hosted a symposium promoting rubber industry downstream development at Sabic headquarters in Riyadh. Industry experts from around the More… |
70pc of GCC men ‘show early aging signs’Nearly 70 per cent of men in the 35-plus bracket in the GCC fall in the “aged” category as far as their facial skin is concerned, a medical symposium in Dubai has highlighted. The forum, recently co-organised by Seagul More… |
600 experts to join Iata symposium in Abu DhabiMore than 600 airline, aviation experts and government delegates from around the globe will attend the second Iata World Passenger Symposium (WPS) in Abu Dhabi this month. The event will be held More… |
Al Baraka to host Islamic finance summitOver 1,000 officials from central banks of Islamic states, chief executives and general managers of Islamic financial institutions are set to attend a key finance symposium being hosted by Al Baraka Banking Group in Jeddah. The two-da More… |
Emal sponsors ‘Mechatronics Symposium’Emirates Aluminium (Emal) has for the third consecutive year sponsored the 8th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (Isma) which was held in Sharjah recently. Mechatronics concerns the fusion of multiple engineering More… |
Strong controls urged for unified GCC currencyStrong governance and a solid framework for budget and fiscal policies will be required for a future GCC unified currency, said former European Central Bank president Jean Claude Trichet. Trichet was speaking at an annual international sym More… |
Symposium spotlights new banking techniquesThe Bahrain Finance Ministry organised a symposium on latest techniques used in the settlement of government banking transactions as an essential tool to raise the efficiency and quality of the performance of government services. Finance U More… |
Dubai FDI seminar on lifting investmentDubai FDI, the foreign investment promotion arm of the Department of Economic Development (DED), recently held an introductory symposium on investment essentials in the UAE and ways to develop business. The symposium, part of its strategy More… |








