The Kurdistan Region Trade and Investment Conference 2010

London: "Kurdistan is open for business" was the succinct message from Barham Salih, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in his keynote address. "Kurdistan welcomes foreign businesses with open arms. Foreign investment has played an important role in the rapid, dynamic growth we have achieved over the last few years, and our international business partners have seen first hand the huge rewards investment in the Region can offer," said Prime Minister Salih.

The conference, held at The Grange St Paul's hotel in London on 15-16 June 2010, highlighted Kurdistan's key investment opportunities, provided an update on the Region's oil and gas developments, and looked at improvements in law enforcements beneficial to investors.

Speakers included Fawzi Hariri, Federal Government of Iraq Minister for Industry and Minerals; Dr Sami Al-Araji, Chairman of the Iraqi National Investment Commission; and Sinan Çelebi, Minister for Trade and Industry. More than 500 delegates attended the conference, including representatives from HSBC, Shell, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Motorola, representing international businesses from 26 countries.

Produced in partnership with Newsdesk Media, UKTI and the Middle East Association, the conference received excellent press coverage in the Independent the Guardian and on the Channel 4 website.

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