Bridges Middle East - Qatar Summit Teams Up With the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation for an Exclusive Conference

DUBAI, April 8, 2010 - Media are invited to join leaders in bridge engineering at the
prestigious Bridges Middle East - Qatar Summit on 11 - 14 April 2010 at the
Ritz-Carlton, Doha. Program will be opened by the event's chairman followed
by a presentation by His Excellency Dr. Eng. Habib Zein Alabideen, Deputy
Minister, Municipal and Rural Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In partnership with the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation, the Bridges
Middle East - Qatar Summit will be held at the Ritz Carlton in Doha from
11-14 April 2010. The Doha Conference is in response to the overwhelming
interest demonstrated at the Bridges Middle East Summit in Abu Dhabi last
year.

The Qatar-Bahrain Causeway (QBC), a 40 kilometre-long road and rail
carriageway, will provide a direct surface transportation link between Qatar
and Bahrain, two diverse and complementary countries. The QBC is also poised
to become the first international link in a Middle East (GCC) rail network.

This influential project will be discussed in detail in an exclusive
keynote presentation at Bridges Middle East - Qatar, an important four-day
event on the design, construction, operation and maintenance of next
generation bridges.

With massive infrastructure development activities taking place in Qatar,
this event will be a key venue to highlight potential opportunities for
Bahrain's and Qatar's future development. Top industry leaders representing
government/municipalities, industry projects, academia, private organisations
and solution providers from across the globe will address current topics and
challenges relevant to bridge planning, standards, construction and
maintenance in the region.

An exhibition area will feature the latest innovative solutions in
conventional and intermodal bridge design and construction. The event is
already expected to attract over 200 attendees, nearly three times as many
delegates as normally estimated.

Committed sponsors already include: Ekspan International, Arminox Gulf,
MMFX Steel, Dillinger Middle East, SOILMEC, Valbruna Gulf, Industrial
Maintenance International Qatar, Elite Road Supplies Company, QACS, Khalid
Cement Industies Complex, Wireco Worldgroup, CCL Qatar, Unibeton Ready Mix,
Isam Kabbani And Partners Co., Ulma Formworks, RMD Kwikform ME and many more.

For more information, visit www.bridgesqatar.com

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    For more information, please contact
    Eileen Espelita
    Marketing Manager
    IQPC Middle East
    T: +971-4-364-2975
    F: +971-4-363-1938
    enquiry@iqpc.ae

For more information, please contact: Eileen Espelita, Marketing Manager, IQPC Middle East, T: +971-4-364-2975, F: +971-4-363-1938, enquiry at iqpc.ae