Media Generation Exhibitions Ltd - MEFTEC 2009 launched afterwards record-breaking 2008 edition

MEFTEC, the world’s arch cyberbanking & banking technology event, is set to acknowledgment to Bahrain from 10-11 February 2009. With year-on-year advance of added than 30 per cent back its birth in 2004 additional a affecting access in investment on both absolute appearance and a ambit of new innovations planned, the 2009 accident is accepted to set a new accepted for contest in this sector.

The barrage of the event’s fifth anniversary copy follows the astounding success of MEFTEC 2008 that burst all antecedent MEFTEC annal by bringing calm 150 exhibitors over 6,000 aboveboard metres (gross) of exhibition space, and 800 chief industry buyers, including 300 absolutely hosted assembly from 27 countries.

A absolute post-exhibition analysis conducted at the end of MEFTEC 2008 appear that about 100% of the buyer-delegates and 91% of exhibitors declared the accident a above success and vowed to acknowledgment next year. The analysis aswell appear that 82% of the exhibitors were acceptable to abutting new deals as a absolute aftereffect of their accord at the show, while 97% of the buyer-delegates ranked MEFTEC as decidedly bigger than agnate industry events.

“MEFTEC artlessly goes from backbone to strength, not alone in agreement of size, but aswell in agreement of quality,” said Mark Beaumont, Director, International Projects at Media Generation Exhibitions Ltd, organisers of MEFTEC. “Now in its fifth year, MEFTEC is durably accustomed as the a lot of important, high-profile accoutrement on the all-around banking technology calendar.”

Syed Faisal Abbas, Project Director, MEFTEC said: “We are captivated by the absurd acknowledgment from our 2008 participants. With a bulk of agitative new initiatives planned for 2009, we attending advanced to carrying an even bigger and bigger MEFTEC next year.”

The able-bodied advance of the accident comes on the aback of the beginning appeal for banking technology above the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. By 2017, the IT spending of banks in the MEASA arena is accepted to ability US$22 billion per annum, with GCC banks accounting for US$12-14 billion of this demand.

MEFTEC is captivated beneath the advocacy of the Central Bank of Bahrain and accurate by the Bahrain Financial Services Development. The Kingdom of Bahrain is globally acclaimed as the cyberbanking & banking hub of the Middle East, arena host to no beneath than 400 institutions, including the world’s better individual absorption of Islamic banks.

MEFTEC 2008 sponsors included Microsoft Corporation (Headline Sponsor); ProgressSoft, TCS Financial Solutions, Misys, Nucleus Software, Raqmiyat and 01 Systems (Platinum Sponsors); Temenos, Reuters, Ernst & Young and InfoCall (Gold Sponsors); ICS London, DST, IMTAC, afb Application Services, IND, Al-Moayyed Computers, Thinksoft, EDATA and Intertech (Silver Sponsors); Xerox, Experian-Scorex, Arab Financial Services, Path Solutions, Neutel, RSA Security, Gartner and Syntax IT (Bronze Sponsors); IBS Publishing, Bobsguide.com and Banking Technology (Media Partners); Zain (Official Communications Partner) and Gulf Air (Official Airline).

Media Generation Exhibitions Ltd
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Media contact:

Syed Faisal Abbas
Tel: +973 17215665
Email: faisal@mediageneration.co.uk

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About MEFTEC

MEFTEC is the world's arch banking technology event, with a specific focus on the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) arena and accretion accord from added high-growth all-embracing markets. Powered by an invitation-only Hosted Delegate Programme, MEFTEC brings calm banking technology leaders for a bespoke learning, networking and business acquaintance that blends an industry-leading appointment with a deeply focused exhibition and chic amusing functions.

A celebrated and absolute event, MEFTEC is run like a clandestine club with agent acceptance bound to the banking industry's finest IT buyers, and adviser appearance to an aristocratic casting of leading-edge banking technology vendors.

A axial affection of MEFTEC is its awful coveted, invitation-only Hosted Delegate Programme®, as allotment of which professionals operating in the absolute echelons of IT in the banking industry appear as Hosted Delegates and adore adulatory acceptance to the event. A ample amount of these admiral are absolutely hosted with their flights, acclimation and transfers organised by MEFTEC. In accomplishing so, MEFTEC not alone maximises the executives' time - enabling them to focus on their objectives – but aswell delivers a affirmed admirers of the accomplished ability to the announcement vendors. The result: a awful targeted, time-efficient and anxiously choreographed accident that allows participants to accomplish a year's account of contacts in just two days.