Dubai Tourism honoured members of the Al Safeer Congress Ambassadors programme who have continually helped to bring association events to Dubai since the programme's conception in 2010.
20 ambassadors from member organisations, which include doctors, scientists, industry experts, academics, business leaders and government officials, were awarded at the programme’s annual appreciation ceremony at the newly opened JAFZA One Convention Centre in Jebel Ali.
“It is with great honour and pride that we congratulate and thank all our ambassadors for their commitment and efforts towards securing leading international business events for the city,” His Excellency Helal Saeed Almarri, director-general, Dubai Tourism, said.
“The work undertaken by the Al Safeer Congress Ambassador Programme plays a pivotal role in Dubai’s journey towards becoming a global knowledge hub, and the efforts of the ambassadors contribute significantly to this vision.”
Among the events won in 2019 thanks to the contributions of ambassadors were: the 5th World Academic Congress of Emergency Medicine – WACEM 2019, the Space Generation Congress 2020, the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2020, the World Hospital Congress 2021, and the AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress 2025.
The award ceremony also took an educational stance with guests hearing from Shaun Vorster, vice president of strategy and business integration at Expo 2020 Dubai, who shared insights on the October event.
Vorster outlined how business events and organisations can learn from and collaborate with Expo 2020 Dubai to deliver events with long-lasting social, innovation, and economic impact.
Going forward, the programme has already secured 28 international association conferences to be hosted in Dubai in the coming years set to attract over 16,500 industry-specific professionals and experts from around the world.
Organisations recognised and events won:
- Zayed University - International Conference on Service Oriented Computing 2020
- University of Dubai - 1st Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) Middle East Chapter annual conference 2019
- Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre - Space Generation Congress 2020 Geospatial Week 2021
- Ministry of Infrastructure Development - Arab Ministerial Forum for Housing and Urban Development 2019 and ISARC - International Symposium on Automation & Robotics in Construction 2021
- Emirates Neonatal & Pediatric Society - Regional Congress of The World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2019
- Exeter Medical Center for Bone and Joint Health - Worldwide SRS Course 2020
- Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority - Congress of the International Confederation of Jewellery, Silverware, Diamonds, Pearls and Stones 202
- Hadef & Partners - AIJA Half-Year Conference 2020
- University of Wollongong in Dubai - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2020
- Emirates ENT Society - International Sialendoscopy Conference 2020
- IEEE - UAE Section - IEEE Emerging Technologies Summit 2019 and IEEE International Conference on Electronics -Circuits and Systems 2021
- The Eastern Mediterranean Council of Optometry (EMCO) - EMCO Congress 2020
- UAE Financial Markets Association - ACI Financial Markets World Congress 2020
- Emirates Health Informatics Society - International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health International Conference 2021
- Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Distinguished Academic Performance - World Conference for Gifted and Talented Children 2021
- Dubai Health Authority - World Hospital Congress 2021
- Emirates Urology Society - Asian Congress on Urology 2023
- Emirates Society of Emergency Medicine - Asian Conference on Emergency Medicine 2025
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property AIPPI UAE & Emirates Intellectual Property Association - AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress 2025
- World Flower Council – UAE chapter - World Flower Council International Summit 2020
- Dr. Mahaveer Mehta Medical Center - International Geriatric & Aesthetic Dermatology Conference 2021
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