The Financial Technology Summit & Exhibition- Middle East

FT Summit 2008 Report

FT Summit is the only Exclusive - By Invitation Only - Summit for the CIOs and senior IT decision makers of the Banking & Finance sector including the TOP 100 Banks in Middle East

· More than 200delegates from the Financial Technology Industry attended the Financial Technology Summit 2008.

· For the 4th year FT Summit proved to be a premier gathering for the industry leaders, Senior IT Decision Makers the top 100 Banks in the Middle East participated in the FT Summit 2008 from ( UAE – Bahrain – Saudi Arabia – Kuwait – Qatar – Oman – Egypt – Jordan)

· The Event was sponsored by

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsor

· 23 Leading IT vendors and solution providers were partners in the 3rd FT Summit & Exhibition from Middle East – Europe- USA – Asia.

· In addition to media coverage by an impressive list of newspapers and industry publications the event was covered by 4 major regional TV stations including ( Al Arabiya - Dubai TV, Abu Dhabi TV, CNBC, Al-Rai )

· Total news clippings 115 clip ( Local & Pan Arab )

· FT Summit 2008 featured 22 sessions, including Keynotes, technical, panel discussions, and case studies from Industry practitioners, International Consulting companies and leading IT Vendors.

Sponsors & Exhibitors Overall feedback About FT Summit were

40% Excellent

49% Good

7% Satisfactory

4% Fair

Sponsors & Exhibitors Ranked The Quality of Delegates as

76% Excellent

19% Good

3% Satisfactory

3% Fair

Sponsors & Exhibitors report about their participation in FT Summit 2007

38% Yes Definitely