Show, a trading forum for Instrumentation, Control & Automationtechnology, products and services, will debut under the umbrellaof OGS 2005 (Arab Oil and Gas Show 2005). Organized by IC&E,the Instrumentation and Automation segment will run parallelto OGS from 7 to 9 November, at the Dubai InternationalExhibition Centre, according to a press release issued today.

"IC&E has been inundated with requests from instrumentationand automation industry players to host a show dedicated to thissegment. We have realized that there is a distinct need for aprofessional event profiling instrumentation, automation andcontrol technology and services that caters to the buying needsof multi-industry sectors. The resultant Automation and Instrumentationsegment will satisfy the requests from both exhibitors and buyers,"said Anselm Godinho, Managing Director, International Conferencesand Exhibitions, organizers of the event.

Focusing on the requirements of the Energy, Engineering & Construction,Manufacturing, logistics and communications among other industrysectors, the Arab Instrumentation and Automation Show will witnessa comprehensive display from mainstream providers of technology.

The Show also promises to be alaunch pad for innovative technologies entering the Middle Eastregion for these niche market segments.

With public and private sectors investing heavily in innovativetechnology due to the massive development of infrastructure inthe region, Dubai, the UAE and other GCC nations will be theprimary client markets for exhibitors. Besides the GCC region,as part of the OGS trade visitor flow, the exhibitors will alsomeet with technology buyers from the rest of the Middle East,Iran, the Indian Subcontinent and the Mediterranean regions.

Exhibitors preparing to meet with clients from multi-sectorindustries including production and manufacturing, environmentalmonitoring, health care, municipal services, process and qualitycontrol, refining and warehousing, have put in place a rich scheduleof hands-on seminars and workshops aimed at educating buyersabout the latest technology and industry trends.