2010 IPMA World Congress 1-3 November, Istanbul, Turkey

“The 24th  IPMA World Congress - Challenges and Oppertunities” is being held in Instanbul, Turkey between 1-3 November, 2010. The event will be the provider of a valuable opportunity for sharing information, knowledge and experience. Turkey is a common route for the main arteries of trade and investment among Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Thus, it provides many important junction combinations among very important economic regions such as Middle East, the Balkans, the Black Sea Region, the Caucasus and North Africa. One of the unique properties of Istanbul, the host city, is that it is the only city lying on two continents; Europe and Asia. These two continents are connected through two suspended bridges over the Strait of Istanbul -The Bosporus.

Turkey, besides its geopolitical importance, has also a very dynamic and rapidly growing economy, unsaturated local market, young and entrepreneurial population, an export-oriented industrial economy, rapidly developing information society. Another economically important advantage, which is also a geographic consequence, is that Turkey is approximately 2 hours flight away from 52 countries, mostly European ones.Transportation, communication and energy infrastructure is believed to be the backbone of national, regional and global economy.

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