The main purpose of the conference is to formulate a set of
policy recommendations that can promote and advance the multifaceted and
growing ties between the GCC states and Africa. At this stage, the
institutional relations between the GCC states and Africa are still in their
infancy and as such it is necessary and vitally important to create
opportunities to network and establish working opportunities. The Gulf-Africa
Investment Conference will not only be able to highlight the key trends that
are currently shaping Gulf-Africa relations but will also identify new and
future prospects. The conference will focus specifically on the various
investment opportunities that are presenting themselves and will concentrate on
the strategies required to turn initial plans into concrete actions. This also
includes existing and newly developing economic sectors about which there is
little information available or which have not been widely publicized. In all
of these instances, the Gulf-Africa Investment Conference is a unique gathering
that will add substance to much of the present rhetoric about Gulf-Africa ties.
The Gulf-Africa Investment Conference 2010 will consist of
open plenary sessions, working groups focusing on particular investment
opportunities, and a final conference allowing for the different strategies to
be brought together to formulate an action plan. The conference will be held
over a day and a half period. While the open plenary sessions will provide the
broad outlines for the conference, the working sessions will focus on the
specific components of the growing economic and business relationship between
the GCC states and Africa. Each session will be chaired by a moderator and will
feature individual presentations outlining investment opportunities and
business prospects. The conference will conclude with a final wrap-up session
with the intent to arrive at a common vision of how best to proceed with a
relevant action plan for policy implementation.
