Dubai, May 10, 2017 

The region’s leading e-commerce and retail industry experts are going to converge in Dubai for the 2017 Arab E-Commerce Summit. The 1-day Summit, which shall take place at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai on 15th May, seeks to address some of the biggest challenges facing the regional e-commerce industry and bring together various segments of the e-commerce industry on one platform in order to further give impetus to the growth of this rapidly advancing industry.

This year’s Conference includes a notable lineup of keynote speakers, including:

·         Abdulaziz AlHammadi, Head – Marketing & Corporate Communications, Dubai Airport Free Zone

·         Idriss Al Rifai, CEO, Fetchr

·         Zak Nasser, Product Manager, Dubizzle

·         Mohamed Husseini, Country Manager - UAE, Payfort

·         Ulugbek Yuldashev, CEO, Awok

·         Simon Fabich, Founder and Managing Director, MONOQI

"This year we head into the Arab E-Commerce Summit at a time when retail and e-commerce are being touted as the next big revolution of sorts in the region. Some of the leading industry experts will come to Dubai next week to share their experiences and chalk out the ways and means to drive this industry forward," said Arora Vaibhav, Conference Producer and Operations Manager of the Summit. "The e-commerce industry shows more promise than ever before, is of more importance than it has ever been, and the Arab E-Commerce Summit remains the platform where the region discusses e-commerce."

Some of the areas that the Summit is going to touch upon, include online payments, e-commerce security, free zones and e-commerce, delivery mechanisms etc. The 2017 edition of the Summit is being supported by Dubai Airport Free Zone as Exclusive Free Zone Partner, ShoeBeDoo as Gold Partner and AWOK.com as Supporting Partner.

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About Arab E-Commerce Summit
The Arab World, GCC in particular, offers tremendous investment opportunities for people from around the globe. There are numerous business avenues in the region and the opportunities are set to increase manifold during the next few years. With the region expanding rapidly and rising population, e-commerce is one area which is witnessing tremendous growth across the GCC. The Arab E-commerce Summit provides a platform for experts from the e-commerce fraternity to talk about the intricacies of e-commerce, the future of e-commerce in the region, investment opportunities etc. For more information regarding the Summit, please log on to www.ArabEcommerceSummit.com

For more information, please contact:
Press Office
Arab E-Commerce Summit 
Tel: +971 4 3688219
Email: Arora@wize.ae

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