The Saudi Law Conference prepares to launch through a strategic partnership between six parties. It will be held from 3 to 5 November.
The organizing company of the Saudi LawConference, Burhan Almarifah and Lexis Nexis, announced the end of preparationsfor launching the conference in its second edition during the period from 3 to5 November 2019, at King Faisal Conference Hall, Intercontinental Hotel,Riyadh.
The Saudi Law Conference comes in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, the Ministry of Justice, the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property, the Saudi Bar Association, the Bankruptcy Commission and the General Investment Authority, in addition to the Fintech Saudi, one of the initiatives of the financial sector development program, under the patronage of the Minister of Trade and Investment, with the participation of local and international speakers and legal experts.
Some of the main topics that will bediscussed during the second edition are: Developing laws related to financialtechnology (Fintech) in Saudi Arabia and globally, and related challenges, andlegal and practical developments in intellectual property in Saudi Arabia, relatedchallenges, its importance to the local economy, and how to encourage legalspecialists in its development in Saudi Arabia.
There will be a special day for futureyoung Saudi legal leaders includes the basics of the legal profession andrelated legislations, especially business legislations.
The main topics of the conference toinclude the distribution of law policies in Saudi Arabia, challenges related toaccess to information in the modern legal system, the latest legal developmentsin Saudi Arabia, how to promote innovation in the information industry andlegal services, and the integration of young Saudis in the business sector.
The Saudi Law Conference is considered themost significant event of its kind in the region and achieved great success inits first edition. It achieved its main objective to be a platform for legalexperts by presenting their experience in finding solutions to the challengesfaced by the legal sector, and exploring the latest developments through thescientific program of the conference.
The conference featured five main sessionsand 15 parallel workshops. More than 16 countries attended the previous editionof the conference: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Germany, Pakistan, Turkey, South Africa,Sudan, Oman, France, Kuwait, Lebanon, UK, Egypt, India, United States, and Yemen,with speakers from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Germany, Pakistan, France and theUnited States.
The number of participants reached 756participants with 45 exhibitors participated in the accompanying-exhibition, 26speakers, and 15 media agencies involved in the event coverage.
60% of the participants were males and 40%of females, the participation was from Saudi Arabia by 94% and 6% of othernationalities.
