Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) supports the Bahrain World Economic Summit under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Hassan Fakhro - Minister of Commerce & Industry Kingdom of Bahrain, a major international conference, currently being held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain between the 17th and 18th of November 2008. The summit unites more than 200 VIP businessmen from the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and business groups in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Europe, United States, United Kingdom, Asia, GCC and other parts of the world. Discussions will be conducted to investigate business opportunities in the Kingdom of Bahrain in particular and further the GCC in general. The summit is being attended by high profile individuals including H.E. Yevgeniy Paviovich Velikhov, Chairman of the Global Energy International Prize Board of Trustees, H.E. Sheikh Ebrahim bin Khalifa Al Khalifa the Minister of Housing Kingdom of Bahrain, H.E. Dr. Essam Abdulla Yousif Fakhro - Chairman of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, H.E. Sheikh Naser Abdul Mohsin Al Marri Deputy Chairman of Noor Financial Investment Co. State of Kuwait. In addition to many other respected international speakers. The Economic Summit will not only address the current global financial crisis but will also focus on several important topics such as; Globalization & Environmental Management; Investment & Industry, Transport, Logistics and Communication, Banking and Finance in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Insurance, Oil, Gas, Peto Chemistry & Technology, Building Construction & Real Estate, Youth & Sport, Tourism, and Medicine. Mr. Abdul Razak Jawahery, Executive Manager at KFH-Bahrain commented ''The summit will provide an arena for Bahrain to showcase its world-class infrastructure facilities as well as the incentives it offers, to investors and entrepreneurs from all over the World." Mr. Khalid Saadaldin, Managing Director of the Bahrain World Economic Summit also commented "We are sure that in the near future, the Bahrain World Economic Summit has enough support to rise into a dynamic and prestigious International business forum similar to those of Davos and New York and will generate a lot of highly effective ideas regarding the potential of mutual business opportunities in the Kingdom and GCC Countries."