MEDIA RELEASE PR35535 
 
Announcing a Brand New Event for the World's Most Dynamic Aviation Region 
 
LONDON, July 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- 
 
                           December 14-16 2009 
 
                   Hilton International, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
 
    The organisers of the ATC Global conference & exhibition are delighted 
to 
announce an important new event focused on the Middle East. With the full 
support and endorsement of the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority, the 
ATC Global Middle East Conference will take place in Abu Dhabi on December 
14-15, 2009. 
 
    "The GCAA is delighted to be partnering with ATC Global on this 
prestigious event. We see this conference as a vital medium for promoting 
the 
importance of ATM in the Middle East and give it our full support and 
backing," commented the GCAA Director General, H.E. Saif Mohammed al-
Suwaidi. 
 
    The two-day conference features a comprehensive, fully researched 
programme which will give an in-depth, independent insight into the 
regional 
ATM revolution. Speakers already confirmed include: 
 
    -- H.E. Saif Mohammed al-Suwaidi, Director General, GCAA 
    -- Majdi Sabri, Regional Vice President - Middle East & North Africa, 
IATA 
    -- Brahim Lakhlifi, Director of Air Navigation, Office National Des 
       Aeroports (ONDA), Morocco 
    -- Henry Nkondokaya, Executive Vice-President - Africa & Middle 
       East, IFATCA 
    -- Alex Hendriks, Deputy Director - Network Development, EUROCONTROL 
 
    In addition to the conference, optional workshops, the conference 
dinner 
and a wide range of global sponsors will provide unparalleled networking 
opportunities for ATM stakeholders from the Middle East, North Africa, 
Western Asia and surrounding areas. 
 
    Full details of the Conference, including the latest programme and 
speakers as well as details on how to register, can be found at 
 
    UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information 
distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and 
monetisation 
of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve 
professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, 
from 
journalists to ATM professionals, from farmers to pharmacists -- with 
integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 
6,500 
staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that 
serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them 
to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For 
 
 
SOURCE: ATC Global Middle East 
 
    CONTACT: UBM: Michael Oakes,  
             Conference Manager,  
             +44(0)20-7921-8278  
             or michael.oakes@ubm.com