Location: Intercontinental Phoenicia Beirut.

For the 18th consecutive year, The Arab Economic Forum will be held on the 20th and 21nd of May 2010 in Beirut, under the patronage of the President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon H.E. Saad Hariri, with top government officials from the Arab world leading wide attendance by business, finance and investment leaders in the region, regional and international organizations, experts, media representative and journalists, and other interested parties.

This year’s forum will focus on the Arab world’s position in the changing international economy, as well as priorities for future economic and social development policy in the region.

Among the main issues and topics to be covered are:

• The global economy in the post crisis era.
• Future of the Middle East: Regional cooperation or conflict?
• Towards a free trade zone between Turkey and the Arab World.
• Outlook for Arab-European-Middle Eastern relations.
• Prospects of economic cooperation and partnership with the rising economies of Asia.
• Financing challenges in light of the retrenchment in credit and foreign investment.
• Regional economic restructuring and lessons learned from the crisis.
• Post crisis investment strategies: New opportunities and risks.
• Lebanon case study : How did the Lebanese economy survive the crisis with minimum losses, and what are the strengths behind its immunity and attractiveness.

Contacts: http://www.iktissad.com/events/AEF/18

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