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Uae-iaa events

Speakers from all around the world
The conference featured outstanding speakers whose shared goal was to deliver a world-class event reflective of the IIA’s high standards of
excellence while focusing on delivering a program that delved into global issues impacting the audit profession.
H.E Engineer Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minster of Economy and H.E Abdulaziz Saleh Al Furaih, the Vice Governor of Saudi
Arabian Monetary Agency, were the panelists in the first Panel Discussion, during the opening session and had Richard Quest from CNN
as a moderator which added credibility to the panel discussion.
Mohamed Alabbar who is considered one of the leading businessmen in the M.E. and the driving force behind Dubai’s economic growth
was the speaker for the last session.
The conference also encompassed 11 educational tracks including one dedicated completely to Arabic which was hugely appreciated
amongst delegates from the Middle East, showing the good understanding of their needs.

UAE IAA initiation for Year of Zayed
UAE has announced 2018 as the Year of Zayed, as his generosity
and assistance to underprivileged individuals, was spread,
not only in the UAE, but also throughout the Arab world and
A Night In Dubai Festival of Nations internationally, therefore UAE had initiated Zayed Delegates
Sponsors Packages to support more than 400 delegates (from UAE,
The Gala Dinner, which was attended by most of the attendees,
had the theme of “A Night in Dubai, Festival of Nations”. It was an KSA, Egypt & Lebanon) to attend the conference.
entertainment “Dubai Style!”. A luxurious, yet, colorful and fun Companies like Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority, General
night. This event allowed the attendees to network and dine under Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs, Moore Stephens,
the starts at one of the premier event centers in Dubai, Al Maydan PWC, Sabic, Saudi Aramco, Tawazun, Dubai International
Hotel. People were able to walk down the red carpet then had the Financial Center, Al Masraf, Crowe Horwath, DMCC, Masdar &
mood set by beautiful music and graceful dancers Smart World supported the initiative.

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