Middle East Technology Show (Mets) 2009, a leading ICT show, will focus on prospects of job creation against the backdrop of the global financial crisis, organisers said.

Organised by the Amman-based Jordan Computers Society (JCS), a professional non-profit society, the 20th edition of Mets will run from November 18 to 21 at Amman Grand Hyatt- Zara Expo, under the theme: 20 Years in Building the ICT Knowledge.

JCS said that Mets '09 will witness a wide-scale local, Arab and international participation that underlines participants' interest in the Jordan market and their keenness to keep pace with developments in the Kingdom.

Attendees will shed the light on sources of the next IT generation and discuss solutions workable for the public and private sectors in fields such as communications, health care, banking and finance, new media and academic and services centers.

A conference will be held on the sidelines of the show in which local and international experts will deliver key-note speeches discussing the developments in the sector and its future outlook.

Presentation will include an introduction of the latest technologies in the ICT field and their benefits as far as governments and individuals are concerned.

Mets is a major ICT show in the region and serves as an annual meeting venue for top executives, experts and job seekers in the industry. It also offers the right place for concluding commercial deals, exchanging expertise and building contacts with concerned organizations and decision makers.

Head of the administrative body at JCS, Ghazi Al-Qarout said that Mets '09 will feature a quality leap that will render this session distinct from the previous exhibitions.

He added that Mets will this year seek to keep pace with the accelerating changes the sector is undergoing and discuss the latest innovations that have appeared in the sector.

Qarout said the holding of the show is timely, as it coincides with a situation where competition in the sector has become fierce, fueled by the pacing growth of the industry.

He noted that Jordan occupies an advanced position in the ICT sector, pointing in this context to the landmark deal involving Yahoo, which has recently acquired the Amman-based maktoob.com.

The acquisition, he said, underpins the remarkable progress the ICT sector has made and the talent of Jordanians working in the field, whose efforts have made the industry the fastest-growing and the most investment-attracting among other sectors.

Also on the sidelines of Mets '09, Qarout noted, the society will, in coordination with Jordanian universities, honour students with distinguished graduation projects in the ICT and computer engineering field.

The number of participants in Mets '09 is expected to exceed 75 local, regional and international companies. – TradeArabia News Service