SAVE THE NEW DATES 1st GCC Rail and Metro Conference 2015

Muscat – The Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Transport & Communications, in cooperation with The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf – Secretariat General, and Member States, organizes the first and official GCC Rail and Metro Conference will be held on 11-12 January 2015 at the Al Bustan Palace Muscat.

The GCC Railway project is one of the most ambitious and challenging megaprojects in the world today. The investments projected by the GCC countries are estimated at more than US $ 200 Billion over the next 10 years with more than US $ 15.4 Billion investment in the GCC rail line to link the member states with an estimated length totaling 2200 km.

The GCC Rail and Metro Conference 2015 – A Vision for Sustainable Development -  will be headlined by high-ranking government officials from the GCC States’ Ministries of Transport, Trade and Commerce, and Finance, alongside top executives from Etihad Rail, Saudi Railways Organization, Saudi Railway Company, Qatar Rail, and Oman Rail. They will share their progress on project’s development and localization initiatives as well as participation in dynamic panel discussions to address key issues, challenges and opportunities enabling effective private sector participation. This will further strengthen GCC economies by fostering trade and bolstering social integration amongst GCC Member States through improved understanding of localization practices for sustainable growth and development. 
The panel discussions will be moderated by the multi-awarded journalist and best-selling author, Tim Sebastian, Founder and Chairman of The Doha Debates. He was a former presenter of BBC’s highly-acclaimed program, HARDTalk, and also served as a foreign correspondent for several years.
 
The GCC Rail and Metro Conference 2015 is strongly endorsed by the GCC Heads of the States, who are all supporting the development of significant rail and metro projects with the GCC Railway as one regional, integrated and interoperable railway linking all the GCC Member States and further integrating with the National GCC Railways.

The GCC Rail and Metro Conference 2015 is expecting around 500 participants, including Government officials from Ministries of Transport, Ministries of Finance, Ministries of Planning, Ministries of Trade and Industry, Banking Sector as well as from private sector representing companies and institutional investors in the GCC countries and the world's leading companies in manufacturing and projects development.

The conference will be held on 11-12 January 2015 at the Al Bustan Palace Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.