A total of 33 Bahraini exhibitors will participate within the Bahraini national pavilion for Gitex 2016 exhibition which will be held from October 16 to 20 in Dubai, UAE.

The announcement was made by Work Smart, a top event-management company working in cooperation with the Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH).

Twenty-nine leading ICT companies will participate within the Bahraini pavilion along with four government entities: Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Economic Development Board (EDB), E Government and Tamkeen.

The main goal since the start of the Bahraini participation in Gitex was to record Bahraini presence in this international forum for information technology manufacturers around the world.

"Today, after 10 years of active participation, our goals became clearer and bigger. We aim to strengthen the ICT industry in Bahrain, raising the share of Bahraini companies from 6 per cent to 10 per cent in the IT investments markets in the Arabian Gulf which reached around 30 billion dollars," Ahmed Al-Hujairi, CEO of Work Smart, explained.

He pointed out that the company was keen, as it always does, to choose a perfect location for the pavilion in the exhibition. "The design of the pavilion will be open and will include a permanent display hall which will provide continuous shows about Bahrain's economic and investment features. Times will be allocated to display products and services of the participating Bahraini companies," he said.

"Co-ordination is being done to organize a visit to major Bahraini business figures in IT and communication field who are taking part in "Gitex" in support to Bahraini youth and to encourage innovation,” he added.

“This is in addition to visits by Bahraini pavilions to other pavilions at the exhibition to encourage mutual cooperation. Meanwhile, Work Smart has already begun a promotional campaign to encourage for Bahraini participation in the exhibition. We do our best of effort to help Bahraini companies which are willing to take part in the event, to invest in this global meeting or to enter in a new successful partnership," Al-Hujairi concluded. – TradeArabia News Service