Bahraini pavilion agenda for "GITEX2016" unleashed

Event-management company Work Smart has unleashed agenda of the Bahraini national pavilion for GITEX 2016 exhibition which will be held in Dubai.

A total of 32 Bahraini companies are expected to participate within the pavilion which organized by the company for tenth consecutive year. This implies an increase of 15% compared to last year’s edition which saw the participation of 24 Bahraini companies along with three government entities. They were the Economic Development Board (EDB), E-government and Tamken.

Chairman of board of "Work Smart", Ahmed Al-Hujairi, said that the main goal since the start of the Bahraini participation in GITEX was to record Bahraini presence in this international forum for information technology manufacturers around the world. "Today, after 10 years of active participation, our goals became clearer and bigger. We aim to strengthen the "ICT" industry in Bahrain, raising the share of Bahraini companies from 6% to 10% in the IT investments markets in the Arabian Gulf which reached around 30 billion dollars," Al-Hujairi explained.

He pointed out that the company was keen, as it always does, to choose a perfect location for the pavilion in the exhibition. "The design of the pavilion will be open and will include a permanent display hall which will provide continuous shows about Bahrain's economic and investment features. Times will be allocated to display products and services of the participating Bahraini companies," he said.

"Co-ordination is being done to organize a visit to major Bahraini business figures in IT and communication field who are taking part in "GITEX" in support to Bahraini youth and to encourage innovation. This is in addition to visits by Bahraini pavilions to other pavilions at the exhibition to encourage mutual cooperation. Meanwhile, Work Smart has already begun a promotional campaign to encourage for Bahraini participation in the exhibition. We do our best of effort to help Bahraini companies which are willing to take part in the event, to invest in this global meeting or to enter in a new successful partnership," He added.

It is worth mentioning that more than 30.000 visitors visited the Bahraini pavilion during the days of the exhibition last year. Bahrainis, Arabs, foreigners, delegations from major companies in the world were among the visitors. A big number of decision-maker in global companies paid regular visits to the Bahraini pavilion. A total of 20 agreements were signed between Bahraini companies and other participating companies in last year’s exhibition.