MEED | Yearbook 2011: Diary of major events

Major events, exhibitions, summits and country elections happening in the Middle East or affecting the Middle East and Mena region in 2011


January
9	Independence referendum, Southern Sudan
26 - 30	World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Switzerland
February
1 - 2	MRO Middle East, Dubai
7	MEED’s Qatar Projects, Doha
27	The Big 5, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
March
3 - 4	Aerospace and Defence Training Show, Dubai
20 - 24	Society of Petroleum Engineers Middle East Oil & Gas Show (MEOS), Bahrain
22	MEED’s Quality Awards for Projects award ceremony, Bahrain
28 - 29	MEED’s Arabian Power and Water Summit, Abu Dhabi
April
17 - 20	Cityscape, Abu Dhabi
27	Parliamentary elections, Yemen
May
tbc	37th G8 summit, Nice, France
20 - 22	World Economic Forum on the Middle East, Jordan
20 - 25	MEED’s Arabian World Construction Summit, Abu Dhabi
June
tbc	General election, Turkey
August
1	Ramadan begins (tbc)
30	Eid al-Fitr (tbc)
September
tbc	Presidential election, Egypt
20 - 21	MEED’s Mena Rail Projects, Abu Dhabi
26 - 29	Cityscape Global, Dubai
October
3 - 6	Telecoms World Middle East, Dubai
4 - 5	MEED’s Arabian Public Health Forum, Abu Dhabi
November
tbc	Adipec
4	Hajj begins
6	Eid al-Adha begins
13 - 17	Dubai Airshow, Dubai
tbc	The Big 5, Dubai
tbc	BETT Middle East, Abu Dhabi
26	Islamic New Year
December
1 - 3	Riyadh Economic Forum, Saudi Arabia

Yearbook 2011: Diary of major events