Bahrain is set to host the 27th Arab Engineering Conference, one of the largest and most comprehensive engineering events in the Arab World, from March 29 to 30.

HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa will patronise the two-day event, themed "Transportation in the Arab World and the Prospects for its Development and Integration between Arab Countries," reported the BNA.

The event is being organised by the Bahrain Society Engineers.

It provides a forum to discuss and showcase major transport projects and accomplishments in the entire Arab World.

The conference will promote the development and dissemination of innovative solutions and best practices that will be needed to meet transport needs in the Arab world, reported the BNA.

With the transport sector facing major challenges, especially during this period of sharp decrease in oil prices, this conference will help transport professionals to interact, share and exchange experience of transport development, operation and maintenance and technology usage.

It aims to enhance the role of Arab engineering in planning, implementation and evaluating infrastructure projects in the field of transportation, and study the means which ensure that transportation projects will have priorities in the budgets maintained for development projects in the Arab World.

It also aims to identify engineering parameters for the construction of transportation projects and attempting to adopt homogeneous and compatible criterion that ensure easy integration of such projects and exchange of expertise between Arab engineers, universities and scientific research centres.