Under the patronage of H.E. General Michel Sleiman, President of the Lebanese Republic, the Friends of Lebanon Conference for Investment and Finance: from Paris 3 to Beirut 1 will be held on November 20-21, 2008 at the Intercontinental Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut.

The 3rd Cairo Investment Forum will be held at the Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel in Cairo on 21-22 December 2008. The Forum is expected to attract government ministers and high-level officials from Egypt and the Arab world, in addition to banking, investment and business leaders in the region and internationally.

The Mediterranean Investment Forum will be held on the 20th and 21st of February 2009. The forum is organized by Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal and Business Med in cooperation with a number of international organizations and will coincide with the general assembly of Business Med.

Under the patronage of the Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry H.E. Rachid Mohamed Rachid, the Arab Textile Industries Forum will convene on the 15th and 16th of March 2009 at the Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel, Cairo.

Under the patronage of H.E. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Ministry of Development & International Cooperation is organizing The 2nd Tunisian Economic Forum in cooperation with Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group and the Tunisian Union for Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, on 14- 15 November 2008, at Karthago Le Palace, Les côtes de Carthage, Tunisia.

Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group, in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Transport, and in cooperation with the League of Arab Sates and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), organized "The Arab Transport Forum: Land, Maritime, River and Air Transport" in Cairo, Egypt on October 30, 2008 with the presence of over 350 participants.