Focus on new age networking technologies at BICSI Conference in Bahrain

Delegates from 17 countries have registered to attend this conference that will feature fifteen technical presentations including 'Enabling Communications in a new Iraq' by Col. J.T. Catudal of the US Army, 'Application of Fiber Optic Networking in Security Systems' by Aref Alvandi of Alan International Communication Co. and 'Data Centres - The Bee Hive' by Allan Nielsen of AMP NETCONNECT.

The event will run over two days on June 5 & 6 at the Bahrain Conference Centre, Crowne Plaza Bahrain. The 'Connect to Success' Exhibition will run along side the conference and will be open to the general public from 5 pm to 7 pm on both days. This exhibition will feature manufacturers and vendors from the telecommunications industry such as APC, Corning, Fluke Networks, Fumo Communications, HCS - HES Cabling Systems, Infratec, Naizak, NeST, NORDX, Ortronics and R&M .

This is the third conference offered in the Middle East by BICSI, the International Telecommunications Association that is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year.
BICSI - Building Industry Consulting Service International - is a non-profit world-wide association which serves the industry with standards-based technical publications, training, registration exams, and educational events. 'New initiatives are being launched globally by BICSI as the number of members is growing and more educational activities are taking place,' said Kandasamy Ganesan, Middle East & Africa District Chairman, BICSI.

The earlier two Middle East & Africa district conferences in year 2002 & 2003 were held in Dubai, UAE. Since the venue shifted to the Kingdom of Bahrain this year, the event has attracted maximum participation from neighbouring Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 36% of the total delegates are from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia while only 8% are from the Kingdom of Bahrain.