Dubai’s business events sector continues to grow and Dubai was one of the first cities to open up for international meetings after the industry setbacks faced due to the pandemic.
Since bringing back international business events and hosting safe conferences and exhibitions, Dubai will continue to host major business events as Expo 2020 approaches.
The major conferences taking place are the Congress of the Société Internationale d'Urologie, Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, International Astronautical Congress, World Chambers Congress, LPG Week, Gastech and Africa Oil Week.
Africa Oil Week is usually held in South Africa but will temporarily be held in Dubai for 2021.
Gastech, one of the world’s largest exhibitions and conferences focused on gas, liquefied natural gas and hydrogen, was supposed to be held in Singapore but will now be held in Dubai.
Major incentive groups including AFC Life Science, Amway, Sunhope, Jeunesse and OMNILIFE will also visit Dubai.
The Dubai Exhibition Centre within the Expo 2020 site will host a number of important conferences and events, including the Dubai Association Conference.
Steen Jakobsen, Assistant Vice President, Dubai Business Events said, “In the wake of the global pandemic, Dubai was able to quickly restart its business events sector leveraging the city’s ability to provide both a safe setting while at the same time facilitating impactful face-to-face meetings. We continue to see strong interest from organisers looking to get their business events back on track as soon as possible – and thanks to the aligned approach taken by stakeholders across Dubai, we have been able to quickly mobilise when necessary to accommodate businesses, associations and other organisations to review their original plans and relocate events to Dubai.”