Fadhl, Chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), announced on Wednesday that the 10th Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) would be held from 13 - 16 February 2010. He said Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of the Makkah Region, has insisted that the forum be held as usual in February. The four-day forum will discuss global economic developments in the coming ten years in the light of the global financial crisis that has taken most of the economies of the world by storm. The Jeddah Economic Forum 2009 which was scheduled for last February was initially postponed for several months, but in the end was never held. Various reasons were given for its cancellation, among them being the impact of the global financial crisis on some of the event's sponsors and exhibitors. With the exception of this year, the JEF has been held every year since 2000.
