JEDDAH: Over 1,500 people have applied to attend the 10th Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF), which will be held from Feb. 13 to 16, said Abdul Aziz Sager, chairman of Gulf Research Center, the forum’s main organizer. Of these, 370 are women. Registration closed on Wednesday. Thirty-five speakers from within and outside Saudi Arabia will be talking part in the forum. About half of them are expected to come from abroad.