Med Invest 2009 will be held on the 20th and 21st of February 2009 at the Intercontinental Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut. The forum is organized by BUSINESSMED, BUSINESSEUROPE and Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group, with the support of the EU program Invest in Med and a number of regional and international organizations, and will coincide with the general assembly of BUSINESSMED.

The forum aims at strengthening economic relations between the European Union and the Mediterranean, highlighting the importance of the Mediterranean countries as a link of economic interaction between Europe and the Gulf, and promoting new business, investment and trading opportunities in various fields. In this context, the forum will work to generate a dialogue between all parties concerned that is conducive to the increased flow of investments from the Gulf to the Mediterranean and Europe, as well as the reverse transfer of technology to the Mediterranean and the Gulf countries.

More than 1500 business and investment leaders from Europe and the Mediterranean countries will be invited to attend the forum, as well as representatives of Gulf development funds and financing authorities. As such, the forum will prove to be one of the major economic events of 2009.

Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal was chosen as main organizer of the forum given its long experience in promoting investment and organizing business and investment conferences in the region. Through its wide network of relationships among major business and investment groups in the Gulf, Al Iktissad Wal A'amal will also invite more than 200 Gulf personalities to attend the event and will help create an ideal environment for one-to-one meetings and workshops to discuss investment opportunities in infrastructure and other projects, and methods of improving productivity through direct investments and the exchange of knowledge.

We are pleased to invite you to be part of Med Invest 2009 and hope that you will spread information about it in your business circles in order to maximize benefit from this major economic and business event.