http://www.mohandis.org/en-US/12/Conferences_Exhibitions.aspx Bahrain Society of Engineers Confereces and Exhibition News en-US iNetDevs Portal System - http://www.inetdevs.com Copyright Bahrain Society of Engineers ©2008. All rights reserves 62 The Bahrain International e-Government Forum assembles GCC and international experts to discuss and debate the key issues and future directions in e-Government. This is a unique opportunity to learn from e-Government practitioners, and to investigate the GCC e-Government market. http://www.egovforum.bh/ 5/1/2008 10:53:00 PM 61 يأتي تنظيم جمعية المهندسين البحرينية للملتقى الأول للمهندسات الخليجيات تحت شعار " المهندسة الخليجية.. تحديات وإنجازات " بناءً على قرار تبناه الاتحاد الهندسي الخليجي في دورته الحادية عشرة التي عقدت في مسقط ما بين 1-2 ديسمبر 2007 حيث تم الاتفاق على عقد اللقاء الأول للمهندسات الخليجيات في البحرين http://www.mohandis.org/ar-BH/Conferences/Gulf_Woman_Engineering_Forum/19/Conferences_Exhibitions.aspx 5/3/2008 9:47:00 PM 63 The Kingdom of Bahrain has entered into a new era of economic growth with the development of many large commercial, industrial and residential multistoried apartment buildings and projects. The power demand of Kingdom of Bahrain has gone up substantially in last two years putting lot of strain on our natural energy resources. All the above factors are contributing to an alarming increase in the de http://www.mohandis.org/en-US/Conferences/Energy_Conservation_Expo_2008/20/Conferences_Exhibitions.aspx 5/3/2008 10:14:00 PM 64 The Gulf region has been witnessing several changes at the macroeconomic level amidst decreased reliance on oil and gas exports as drivers of economic growth. The average annual growth rate of the non-oil and gas GDP over the past 10 years ranged between nine and 10 per cent and this trend is expected to continue up to 2012. Real estate and infrastructure development has been a major contributor t http://www.bipex.org 5/1/2008 10:59:00 PM 65 Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT) conference series was founded in 1993 at the Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland and held there in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2003. Moreover, it has taken place so far in Portugal in 1997, Malaysia in 1998, Spain in 2001, Poland in 2004, USA in 2006, and South Korea In 2007. This year AMPT conference will be held in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain http://www.ampt2008.com 5/1/2008 11:01:00 PM