JEDDAH, 3 February 2005 — The presidents of Nigeria, Afghanistan and Senegal and the prime ministers of Pakistan and Malaysia will address the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) at the Jeddah Hilton from Feb. 19-21.
More than 2,000 delegates will be among the overseas participants, aside from a large number from Jeddah and elsewhere in the Kingdom.
“Capacity Building: Developing People for Sustainable Growth” is the theme of this year’s JEF. The London Business School is the forum’s academic partner for the second year in succession. The Jeddah Marketing Board (JMB) of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry the organizer. Delegates can register on the forum’s website (www.jef-info.com) or contact the registration office at 800 244 5533 from within the Kingdom or 9662-263 2321 from abroad.
“This year, registration for the forum has begun earlier,” JEF 2005 Chairman Amr Enany said. “We’re pleased with the campaign response so far and are confident that the forum will be productive and informative like any other world-class event.”
The delegate registration fee is $1,500 for men and $750 for women.
“We’ve seen that a number of delegates are keen to have their spouses in attendance and we wish to accommodate everyone,” Enany added.
All delegates are being asked to provide two passport-color photos with their registration forms; for security purposes, the photos will be for inclusion on their entry badges. An early badge pickup will be possible two days prior to the event to allow registered delegates to collect their materials and reduce possible congestion on the opening day.
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador to Britain, Prince Sultan ibn Salman, secretary-general of the Supreme Commission for Tourism, Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, State Minister Abdullah Alireza and Commerce & Industry Minister Hashem Yamani will be among the JEF’s speakers.
“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,” Enany said.
“This year, we’ll 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.”
