With more than 4,000 visitors from across the security, fire, and health and safety industries, including opinion formers and academia, IFSEC & OSH Arabia returned to Saudi Arabia for its second installment in December 2012, seeing an impressive 41% increase in attendees.

Held alongside and exclusively in partnership with the 15th International Conference and Exhibition for Industrial Security, organized by the Higher Commission for Industrial Security, IFSEC & OSH Arabia delivered its most impressive conference program to date.  

Endorsed by HRH Prince Mohammad Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, the 15th Industrial Conference for Industrial Security witnessed over 560 delegates in attendance and included a Keynote program followed by Protection, Fire, and Occupational Health and Safety streams (supported by ASIS International and IOSH) from the 10-11 December.

With in excess of 100 exhibiting companies, including 40 organizations from the UK (double that of the 2011 event) and representation from over 20 countries from around the world, IFSEC & OSH Arabia saw the likes of Saudi Aramco, Sabic, Ma’aden, Technology Control Company (TCC), Axis Communications, Milestone Systems, Sony, General Dynamics, Future Fiber Technologies, Security Control Company, Saudi Chemical Company, plus many more, demonstrate the latest cost effective security, fire and occupational health and safety solutions.

Patrick Latchem, IFSEC & OSH Arabia Project Director, said: “Our partnership with the High Commission for Industrial Security really made a difference and combined with our major A list sponsors, has firmly cemented the show as the industry’s annual gathering, in the biggest single security, safety & fire market in the Middle East.”

The commercial and industrial security, fire, and safety markets for the region is currently worth £685+ million, and with plans to spend $400bn on security over the next 5 years Saudi Arabia is not only one of the top 10 fastest growing countries in the world, but the largest and most influential economy in the Middle East.

IFSEC & OSH Arabia will return to RICEC, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 24-26 November 2013.