The Dubai Annual Investment Meeting 2015, the biggest FDI conference and exhibition started on the 30th and ends on the 1st of April with the participation of over 70 ministers from more than 140 countries and 500 exhibitors with more than 15000 thousands businessmen and investors.
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) has become a first class investment destination, due to several factors, such as its strategic location, flexibility in logistics, and advanced infrastructure as well as the increase of FDI flow, which stood at AED 387 billion.
The meeting is Under the directive of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the U.A.E. and Ruler of Dubai.
His Excellency Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates in his AIM 2015 addressing speech mentioned that the main theme of AIM 2015 is a ‘Sustainable Development Through FDI-Induced Innovation and Technology Transfer’.
He has also mentioned that investors and host nations need to collaborate to scrutinize ways to facilitate investments and develop legislative and legal-oriented industrial investment framework, including intellectual property rights and technology transfer among other initiatives.
His Excellency also mentioned as for outward global FDI, while there is strong FDI growth in growing markets from Asia and intra-regional investment, developed economies are still the main source of investment. However, growing markets are becoming significant investors in their own right, as observed in the last few years, and are likely to reinforce the long-term trend of greater participation by global enterprises in global FDI flow.
