Major Iraq Business Conference Planned for July
Washington, DC — May 16, 2005 — Nearly six months after Iraq’s first democratic elections and just over one year after the transfer of sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority to the Iraqi people, New Fields Exhibitions will hold the 4th Rebuilding Iraq Conference in Washington DC on July 20-21, 2005. The conference is the latest installment in a series of events that brought together Iraqi government ministers, U.S. government decision-makers, prime contractors, Iraqi entrepreneurs, and hundreds of American business leaders together in 2003 and 2004 to network and devise solutions for the reconstruction and modernization of Iraq.
“Through extensive consultation with attendees at our previous Rebuilding Iraq conferences, the message is clear: American investment is one of the key elements needed for the Iraqi people to successfully build a modern, market economy and to enjoy peace and security,†said Samir Farajallah, President and CEO of New Fields.
Topics at the 4th Rebuilding Iraq Conference will include security, contracting and subcontracting opportunities, working with the Iraqi government and the Iraqi business community, industry-specific breakout sessions, and much more.
Previous Rebuilding Iraq conferences included presentations from Rend al Rahim, Iraqi Ambassador to the United States; Nijyar Shemdin, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States; Nasreen Barwari, Iraqi Minister of Public Works; Sami al Majoun, Iraqi Minister of Labor; Raad al Haris, Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity; and dozens of Iraqi entrepreneurs and representatives of companies from Iraq.
Speakers and exhibitors from prime contractors at recent New Fields events included officials from prime contractors Bechtel, Ch2m Hill, Halliburton KBR, Parsons, Perini, and Washington Group International. U.S. government speakers included officials from the Coalition Provisional Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Export-Import Bank, and U.S. Small Business Administration.
New Fields is a leading consultant on emerging markets in the Middle East and North Africa.
For more information on the exhibition, please contact our Washington DC office at 202.318.3201 or visit http://www.new-fields.com/iraq4/index.htm.