His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa will patronise the 15th Gulf Engineering Forum in Manama at the end of November.

Bahrain Society of Engineers president Engineer Abdul Majeed Al Gassab thanked HRH the Premier for his support.

He said that this is the third time the forum is being held in Bahrain since the Gulf Engineering Union was established in 1997.

Forum and organising committee chairman Dheya Tawfiqi said he is looking forward to achieving the objectives of the forum.

He called on Gulf engineers to compete for the Gulf Engineering Union Award for creativity and excellence.

The forum will discuss affordable housing projects and address a number of topics related to affordable housing, designs of these buildings, usage of smart technologies, new methods of urban planning and infrastructure and legislation issued on controlling and guiding affordable housing.

Media committee chairman Dr Abdel Malik Aljalai said invitations have been sent to a number of global and Gulf specialists to attend and take part in discussions on latest technologies and solutions as well as transfer of knowledge and experience.-TradeArabia News Service