Conference to focus on Middle East Internet opportunities

The event, sponsored by Dubai Internet City, will take place in Dubai on April 8th and 9th.

"This conference is totally focused on energizing opportunities for Middle East web entrepreneurs," said Rida Al Barazi, partner at SpinBits. "The pace of growth in Internet entrepreneurs in the Middle East continues to pick up and the opportunities have never been so great. At the same time, more and more organisations are taking an entrepreneurial approach to their online ventures. We're organizing this conference to bring the two groups together and create a platform that will help drive the web business forwards."

Submit 2009 has an impressive line-up of speakers that include Simone Brunozzi, Amazon.com's web services evangelist, Ryan Carson, co-founder of UK-based web consultancy Carsonified, Robert Hoekman, Jr. founder of Miskeeto and author of the Amazon bestseller Designing the Obvious and Ray Milhem, Vice President & General Manager in the Motorola Software Group (MSG). A key theme of the conference is to provide web entrepreneurs and corporate web directors insight into ideas and strategy development necessary to create a truly successful web venture.

Submit's speaker panel of regional and international experts will share their own experiences and insights into what makes a successful web venture, how to take your venture from the idea stage through to successful execution and how social media has changed user expectations.

"There's a fine line between success and failure online, as anywhere else, and Submit 2009 will share a lot of insights into what makes a successful web venture," said Tariq Al Asiri, co-founder of Argaam.com. "Our speaker panel will offer valuable insights into entrepreneurship, technology, marketing and design from international and regional perspectives."

Submit is also expected to provide a great opportunity for delegates to network with other web entrepreneurs and professionals from around the region and share news, knowledge and thinking on innovations and developments in the region's Internet industry.