Annual Investment Meeting (AIM 2012)

The Annual Investment Meeting 2012 (AIM) is an initiative from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 1 - 3, 2012 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center.

 

AIM is the region's first Emerging Markets FDI-focused event to offer a perfect blend of trade fair and intellectual features aimed at enriching Institutional, corporate and individual investors attending with a comprehensive set of guidelines for their future investment decisions in high growth regions. Established as the new staple for foreign trade and FDI, AIM attracts a mix of high profile government officials, private asset owners and project promoters from all across the globe.

The three-day Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) brings together 45 ministers and deputy ministers from emerging market countries and frontier markets, along with project promotors from 60 countries, with the aim to increase bilateral trade and spur foreign direct investments.
In her opening speech of the forum, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al-Qassimi, Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), quoted the International Monetary Fund's forecast that the world economy would grow by 3.5 percent in 2012 amid a "breadth of optimism." This year's AIM is held under the topic "Financing Possibilities in Frontier and Emerging Markets."
Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and over 100 UAE dignitaries, ambassadors and CEOs were present at the inaugural session.

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