IIR Middle East Informa (Corp.) Company Profile

Institute for International Research

Institute for International Research (IIR) believes passionately in the power of knowledge and skills to act as a lasting catalyst to organizational achievement. Established in 1973, IIR is now the world’s largest Human Capital Company with a global network of 45 businesses and 116 operating units.

Every year, IIR works with hundreds of thousands of business executives providing them with knowledge and skills through training, conferences, seminars, e-Learning, blended solutions, exhibitions, consulting and mentoring. IIR owns the complete spectrum of an organisation’s business knowledge and skills needs.

IIR’s Exhibition companies provide market and product information; IIR’s Conference and Training companies provide business ideas and proficiency; and IIR’s Performance Improvement companies provide strategic direction through consulting and behaviour change through training, mentoring and reinforcement.

IIR Dubai:

Established in Dubai in 1993, IIR Dubai is the undisputable regional market leader in the conference and training sector and is currently second only to Dubai International Exhibition Centre in total exhibition space occupied.

Dubai Conferences & Training has experienced continuous growth since inception, development which is the result of regional economic growth, autonomous product development and the tailoring of successful IIR Group products to local market needs.

Dubai Exhibition’s portfolio of events is comprised of nine major world-class exhibition titles and a number of smaller incubator events. The division’s top events include: Arab Health, Middle East Electricity, Cityscape, Motexha, PALME and The Bride Show.

From an original team of just 12 employees, IIR Dubai has grown to a company of over 160 staff of 24 different nationalities who together produce and market more than 350 conference and training programs and 15 international exhibitions annually. IIR Dubai’s 13 years of success in the Middle East looks set to continue, with more events, more innovation and most importantly, more satisfied customers.

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‘Leaders Presents’ is a new division of IIR Middle East designed to provide the IIR delegate a new level of conference experience. Born from the success of the Annual Leaders in Dubai Business Forum, Leaders’ events stand out from the rest by providing a superior level of speaker, ensuring up-to-date topics and maintaining an all-around level of excellence throughout the execution of their events. The flagship event – Leaders in Dubai – is a meeting of over 1,500 of the regions’ most eminent business leaders from across all industries who come together with some of the most popular business, economic and political leaders from across the globe – to network, learn and debate on the future of business and to share their experiences. Leaders Presents has launched a number of other highly successful events recently including the acclaimed Management Innovation Forum, which was launched in 2007 and met with rave reviews, and the Middle East Business Achievement Awards which honors regional business leaders for their excellence and contribution to business. 2009 sees the development of a variety of ‘Leaders Presents’ events – all of which promise to evoke thought and creativity, and give real value to the delegates who attend. Speakers current and past at ‘Leaders Presents’ events include Colin Powell, Jack Welch, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, Kofi Annan, Michael Porter, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Tom Peters, and Malcolm Gladwell.