Worldbank Meetings in Dubai

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WORLD BANK HOLDS A CONFERENCE IN DUBAI
The meetings in Dubai have started - and everybody at Informationsteknik and our partner in Dubai, Bond Communications are ready to do their best



24.09.03 . . . Activities are now peaking in Dubai – and the av-solutions are performing very well Our team in Dubai are working hard to make sure that the audio-visual equipment for the many meetings are running smoothly – and they will just have to get used to the fact that everybody is praising them for their efforts in the UAE. Many different kinds of meetings, seminars have been held the last few days - and last but certainly not least the final conference with 6000 guests. Officially it is now being said, that the performance of the audiovisual team and the equipment in Dubai is the best they have ever seen during a World Bank meeting.		Meeting in session - in the large conference hall seating 6000 guests



Our digital DIS conference system, DCS 6000 is performing perfectly. This is true for both the digital microphones as well as the many interpretation systems that are in use in Dubai. Despite of the hectic working conditions with repeatedly set-up and dismantling, the systems are very stable and the sound is perfect.		The interpreters can see the speakers on the tft-monitors - in total they interpret in 9 languages - all digital



Dubai International Conference Centre is the center of the activities. Helicopters are landing on the roof and numerous “men in black” are making sure, that nobody is in places they are not allowed to be. Regular drills are being held where “ bad guys” attack the conference hall and every time they are overtaken by the massive security-force. These “instructed” interruptions seem to be the only disturbers of the meetings in Dubai.		The meetings in have been held acording to the plan - and in a secure way. Here they are making a lunch meeting ready

Representatives from 184 member countries have met during the last week

- and many rooms, large as well as small ones have been in use



19.09.03 . . . The guests arrive The President of the World Bank James D. Wolfensohn and the Director of the IMF Horst Koehler have now arrived in Dubai and have been officially welcomed. That marks the opening of a number of meetings from now until September 24. In total there will be held more than 240 meetings in this period. Delegations from the 184 member countries are also arriving Dubai. That means the number of inhabitants in Dubai will increase with 27.500 persons during the period of the Meetings. As a landmark of the conference the city has raised a 25 metres high monument in front of the Dubai World Trade Centre. Flags and names of all the countries taking part are presented on the landmark, which has been built by steel and glass. At the top of the monument a globe - with the UAE accentuated, is rotating. The monument is illuminated from the inside and appears as an impressive welcome to the many guests of the city.		The welcome committee in front of the new landmark of the Dubai World Trade Centre


17.09. 2003
A Hard - and a Very Hot Job in Dubai The preparations in Dubai have entered the final phase. The production, mounting and testing of the AV-solution is running according to the plan, however, our team needs to get used to the situation, the weather conditions and the special working conditions. However, everybody is looking forward to the big challenges ofthe coming days.		Our Dubai office is now completely up and running - and ready to solve the many tasks during the World Bank Meetings



The security in Dubai is of course at its peak. All transports to the city are scanned at the controls in the desert outside Dubai. As an example a truck arrives with 12 tons of audio visual equipment. They wanted it to be emptied, and the goods carried through a security scanning. Our project manager convinced the police about the impossible job. Whereupon our transport received permission to continue to Dubai - followed by a police escort.		There is a good spirit - despite hard work - and 45° in the shadow



It has been a hard job to unload and distribute all the material - "tough, as we had never expected" as some og the employees express it. At the moment there is 45° in the shadow and just about 60° inside a container. The Dubai team - which is growing in numbers as the meetings get closer - has been praised from all quarters because of their precision and good workmanship. Despite of the heat and the hard work there is a good spirit. Everybody is looking forward to get the meetings going.		All technicians report that the first meeting rooms are ready



12.09.03 . . . The Committee "Dubai 2003" Informationsteknik has been preparing the event for some months, while the organizers "Dubai 2003" has been working for some years. Dubai 2003 was already established in 2000 as administrator and organizer of this prestigeous event and to support the responsibility of the UAE as a host of "The 2003 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund". H H Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry is the chairman of the event. It is being organised by the UAE Government, in conjunction with the Government of Dubai.		Dubai is waiting in great suspense for the many guests, who will visit the city in a few days



Read more about our preparations for the meetings . . .


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