Dubai to host ninth edition of Annual International Conference & Exhibition in 2023

Dubai to host ninth edition of Annual International Conference & Exhibition in 2023

The World Free Zones Organisation has been playing a pivotal role in enhancing, developing and achieving growth of free zones across the globe.

Published: Thu 16 Jun 2022, 7:43 PM Last updated: Thu 16 Jun 2022, 7:46 PM

The World Free Zones Organisation announced on Thursday that Dubai will host the ninth edition of the Annual International Conference & Exhibition (AICE) in 2023. This was confirmed during the General Assembly meeting at this year’s AICE in Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica.

Dr Mohammed Al Zarooni, chairman of the World Free Zones Organisation, accompanied by Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Minister of Economy and Industry of Jamaica, and ministers of the Caribbean island countries, inaugurated the activities of the eighth edition of the conference. This year, AICE featured more than 1,000 global speakers, policy makers, academics, multilateral organisations and global corporate leaders from more than 100 countries.

Al Zarooni stressed that the free zone sector is witnessing a quantum leap by transforming and expanding the scope of operations to broader areas, including technology-based industries such as banking, finance, financial technology, food technology, e-commerce among others.

Al Zarooni, said: “Since its inception in 2014, the World Free Zones Organisation has been playing a pivotal role in