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JEDDAH,
28 January 2005 - Prominent
international figures including the
presidents of Nigeria, Afghanistan and
Senegal and the prime ministers of
Pakistan and Malaysia will address the
Jeddah Economic Forum scheduled for Feb.
19-21.
Other
distinguished speakers are Arab League
Secretary-General Amr Moussa, former US
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright,
Suzan Mubarak, the first lady of Egypt,
Francesco Frangialli, secretary-general
of World Tourism Organization, and
Prashant Sahni, CEO of Tecnovate
eSolutions.
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A
number of Saudi ministers and
officials including Prince Turki
Al-Faisal, ambassador to
Britain, Prince Sultan ibn
Salman, secretary-general of
Supreme Commission for Tourism,
Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi Al-Gosaibi,
State Minister Abdullah Alireza
and Commerce and Industry
Minister Hashem Yamani will also
address the annual event.
"This
year's forum will focus on
creating a vision for
sustainable development building
on previous theories that took a
purely economic approach
emphasizing hard dimensions such
as the availability of capital
and the adequacy of
infrastructure," said
Jeddah Marketing Board (JMB),
its organizer.
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..This
year's forum will
focus on creating a
vision for sustainable
development building
on previous theories that
took a purely economic
approach emphasizing
hard dimensions such as
the availability of capital
and the adequacy of
infrastructure..
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"This
year we will adopt a more holistic
methodology, covering the softer social
dimension with a focus on concepts such
as capacity building and expansion of
social capital and discussing how
institutions of learning, production,
regulation and social welfare all fit
together and support socio-economic
development," the JMB said in a
mission statement.
 The
three-day event, to be held at the
Jeddah Hilton, will attract more than
2,000 delegates from within and outside
the Kingdom. "The forum will
discuss national, regional and
international economic issues and
highlight the achievements of countries
that have pursued strategies for human
resource development as a prerequisite
for sustainable growth," JEF 2005
Chairman Amr Enany said.
The
forum will debate success stories in
countries like Ireland, Singapore,
Dubai, Jordan, Morocco and Egypt, aside
from those of local businessmen.
Registration of delegates is already
open. The delegate fee is $1,500 for men
and $750 for women.
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"First
organized in 2000, the JEF has
become the region's strategic
think tank focusing on local,
regional and economic and social
issues," Enany said. London
Business School is the academic
partner of the event for the
second year.
The
forum has seen active
participation of women speakers
and delegates for the past four
years. This year's female
speakers include Haifa
Jamalullail, dean of Effat
College in Jeddah, and Wahi
Loqman, professor of law at King
Abdul Aziz University.
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..The
forum has seen
active participation of
women speakers and
delegates for the past
four years..
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The
Jeddah Economic Forum has become one of
the Middle East's most important annual
gatherings of world leaders, government
officials, prominent businessmen,
financiers, economic strategists,
academics and other influential figures.
Last
year it brought to Jeddah such
distinguished speakers as Queen Rania of
Jordan, former US President Bill
Clinton, Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan and former Malaysian Prime
Minister Mahathir Mohamed.
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