Reported by Mounir Ajam in UAE

 

An Advisory Board of top industry leaders from around the Middle East and beyond has been announced for the 2^nd Arabian World Construction Summit (AWCS) being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during 9-11 February 2009. The theme for the 2009 summit, one of the largest conferences and trade shows for the construction industry in the Middle East, is 'achieving business sustainability in a challenging market'. Approximately 700 industry executives and guests are expected at this 3-day event, which will be at the beautiful Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi.

The following high profile leaders from the construction industry have acted as advisers in the development of the 2^nd Arabian World Construction Summit:

• Denis O'Connor - Chief Executive Officer, ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

• Jeremy Rowson - Chief Operations Officer, ARKAH BUILDING MATERIALS CO. PJSC

• Craig Gibbons - Managing Director, ARUP

• Tim Askew - Regional Managing Director, ATKINS MIDDLE EAST

• Sandy John Hall - Senior Partner Construction, CLIFFORD CHANCE

• Melvyn J. Ford - Director, CSHK DUBAI CONTRACTING LLC

• Richard Thomas - Regional Operations Director, FAITFUL & GOULD

• Gerald Evenden - Senior Partner, FOSTERS & PARTNERS

• John Brells - Senior Vice President & Managing Director, HILL INTERNATIONAL

• Daniel Haijar - Vice President, Regional Manager Gulf, HOK

• Rod Stewart - Regional Managing Director, HYDER CONSULTING MIDDLE EAST

• Simon Andrews - Regional Director, Government & Infrastructure, KBR

• Mohamed Awad - Senior Vice President, Corporate & Investment Banking Group, MASHREO

• Armin Lohr - Partner, MCKINSEY & COMPANY

• Halim Karam - Asset Manager, OCH-ZISS

• Hamed Zaghw - Senior Vice President, PARSONS

• Hamid Kia - Director of Middle East Operations, RMJM HILLIER

• Eric Tomich - Associate Partner, SOM

• Pete McBurney - Project Executive, TURNER CONSTRUCITON - INTERNATIONAL

• Ronald O. Van Pelt - Senior Vice President, WATG

The 2^nd AWCS in February will focus on the construction sector in the Middle East, and explore industry-specific solutions to deal with the current global financial crisis. Major highlights of the summit will include a pre-summit workshop on Project Partnering in the Arabian Gulf by industry leaders Trowers & Hamlins; a mini-workshop on Price Volatility by experts EC Harris; three conference days; nine project presentations; 60 featured speakers; and a site visit to the exclusive Al Raha Beach. For more information, visit the summit website at http://www.arabianconstructionsummit.com/.

AWCS is organized by MEED, Middle East Business Intelligence, internationally recognised for providing essential business intelligence for anyone doing business in, or with, the Middle East and North Africa. With journalists and contacts across the entire Middle East and North Africa region, MEED provides reliable, up-to-date business news, analysis and data in both print and online. MEED attracts customers from across 78 countries worldwide. Visit http://www.meed.com/.

MEED Events provide delegates with the very latest business sensitive information. Over the past 10 years, MEED has organised events attended by senior government officials and thousands of international business people. The MEED conference series is aimed at companies active or seeking business in the markets of the Middle East. For more information, visit http://www.meed.com/events/index.html.

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