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25th Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Business Forum (IORBF)

20th October 2020 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

25th Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Business Forum (IORBF)

1000-1200 UAE time (GMT+4), 20 October 2020

The IORBF is the voice for business in the Indian Ocean Rim Association. It meets annually to discuss issues facing the private sector in the Indian Ocean region, and makes recommendations to IORA governments. In the past, this has included a joint declaration at the IORA Leaders’ Summit in 2017. The IORBF last met in June 2019.

The IORBF is aimed at business representatives from IORA Member States and Dialogue Partners, including chambers of commerce and industry, apex bodies, trade and investment promotion agencies and businesses with an interest in promoting growth, trade and investment in the region.

The next meeting of the IORBF will be chaired and hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), current Chair of IORA. It will take place as part of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), which will be held virtually over three days on 20-22 October 2020. All participation will be through a virtual conference centre with a dedicated section for the IORBF. Participants in the IORBF will also be granted free access to other components of the AIM.

How to participate

For official Delegates: Virtual invitations will be sent directly to IORBF Delegates emails (Head of Delegation), which have been nominated by IORA Member States.

For all others: Anyone else is welcome to register as an observer. All participants, and observers are required to register through the link below to participate in the IORBF/AIM sessions. Once registered, kindly create a virtual business card to facilitate interaction and communications.

Registration Link: https://event10x.com/event/aim-digital-
2020/register?registerAsParticipant=true&packageId=5f72bdcda811e893424551b3

For further information, please contact the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ([email protected]) copying the IORA Secretariat ([email protected]).

Meeting documents will be circulated to registered attendees in advance of the meeting.