Jeddah Economic Forum

Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) (arabic: منتدى جدة الإقتصادي) is a forum held annually since 1999 during winter in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia. It has become the region's Middle East strategic think tank focusing on regional and international economic and social issues. The Jeddah Economic Forum is organized by the Jeddah Marketing Board, which is a part of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

It is also organized in association with Ernst & Young as a Strategic Knowledge Advisors partner. The current president of the forum is Shiekh Saleh Kamel, Its known that the forum was originally founded by Amr Dabbagh.

The forum has invited famous speakers at the event such as George H. W. Bush, John Major, Bill Clinton, Gerhard Schroeder the former German chancellor, Madeleine Albright, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Queen Rania of Jordan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister of Turkey, Rafik Hariri Post Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mahathir Mohamad Prime Minister of Malaysia, and Lubna Olayan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Klaus Schwab, Hayat Sindi and Princess Victoria Ingrid.

Famous Speakers by year

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2014

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References

  1. (Video)Jeddah Economic Forum 2006 Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZIrPPPnU0&feature=channel_page
  2. (Video) Jeddah Economic forum 2006 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4OOo0oU-4&feature=channel