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| Source: Exhibition website. |
The site http://islamicexpo-sa.com/, about the 15th Exhibition for members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is said to be organised by the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT), and to take place at the Riyadh Convention and Exhibition Centre in KSA from 22 to 26 May 2016.
The exhibition is said to be held concurrently with the 17th Private Sector Meeting for the OIC Member States in Riyadh from 22 to 23 May 2016, with the theme Unleash the Opportunities in Textile & Garments Industry in OIC Member States; also with the 15th Trade Fair of the OIC Countries and the 8th Forum for Businesswomen in Islamic Countries, which is also from 22 to 23 May.
The only problem is that the 17th Private Sector Meeting for the OIC Member States has already been held in Riyadh from 8 to 9 November 2015. There is a registration form for the same dates for download at a separate site. The 8th Forum for Businesswomen in Islamic Countries appears to have been held in Kampala, Uganda from 26 to 29 October 2015 - there is also a Facebook post about the event with the October dates from the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (ICCIA), organiser of the Forum.
The 15th Trade Fair of The OIC Member States does however seem to be slated for May 2016 in Riyadh but there is no link to the event on the OIC site.
Given the discrepancies in dates and the likelihood that anyone can copy and paste information from an existing event site into another and accept payment to register, it is best to check with the stated organisers - not the ones on the suspect site - to verify if the event is indeed genuine before paying.
The only problem is that the 17th Private Sector Meeting for the OIC Member States has already been held in Riyadh from 8 to 9 November 2015. There is a registration form for the same dates for download at a separate site. The 8th Forum for Businesswomen in Islamic Countries appears to have been held in Kampala, Uganda from 26 to 29 October 2015 - there is also a Facebook post about the event with the October dates from the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (ICCIA), organiser of the Forum.
The 15th Trade Fair of The OIC Member States does however seem to be slated for May 2016 in Riyadh but there is no link to the event on the OIC site.
Given the discrepancies in dates and the likelihood that anyone can copy and paste information from an existing event site into another and accept payment to register, it is best to check with the stated organisers - not the ones on the suspect site - to verify if the event is indeed genuine before paying.