Conference promotes IT role in boosting exports

"The success of the Egyptian economic reform program and the stability of Egypt's political situation are the solid foundations on which the production of strong Egyptian products for export are base," said Egypt's Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali in his opening speech of the first Technology and Export Codification in the Middle East.

Ghali added that the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade is keen on adopting the latest technology to ensure the flow of Egyptian exports in the regional and international markets.

"The conference is being held in Egypt because of strategic significance in the Middle East and the Mediterranean and its determination to utilize the latest technologies in Egypt," Lary Roberts, Managing Director of IAM, the International Organization Responsible for preparing the conference.

The conference will include scientific lectures by international professors specializing in Information Technology. In addition, major technology companies will exhibit the latest electronic devices for receiving and recording trade information in an exhibition held as part of the conference activities.