Sponsors
	Emirates Airlines Emirates currently serves over 100 destinations around the globe with a young and technologically advanced fleet of 164 aircraft that are equipped with industry-leading comforts. Additionally, Emirates has 241 aircraft on order, and is the leading customer of the Airbus A380, with 19 in its fleet and 71 on order. Renowned for its excellence in service and innovation, Emirates holds an impressive array of prestigious awards, most recently including Air Transport World’s 2011 “Airline of the Year” award and Frommer’s selection of the Emirates Lounge at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport as one of the 2011 “10 Top Airport Lounges in the U.S.” Emirates operates daily non-stop flights from New York, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as Dallas and Seattle launching in early 2012, to Dubai and beyond. Emirates’ extensive connections to the Middle East, the South Asian subcontinent, the Far East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand connect America to the world.
	Media
	Capital Concept Capital Concept, a subsidiary of KConcept Holdings, has been active in the area of business development advisory in the MENA region. Through its reliance on a network of highly skilled professionals, it has proven its ability to provide its clients with the right solutions necessary for their development in today's ever-changing corporate environment. Professionalism, coupled with resourcefulness, is key to positioning Capital Concept as a reliable partner on whom regional companies and international organizations alike can depend.
	Alhurra TV Alhurra’s mission is to provide objective, accurate, and relevant news and information to the people of the Middle East about the region, the world, and the United States. Alhurra supports democratic values by expanding the spectrum of ideas, opinions, and perspectives available in the region’s media. Alhurra is primarily news and information programming. The network hosts a number of discussion programs that examine political and social issues of interest to the audience in the Middle East, airing viewpoints not often discussed freely in the region. Through correspondents at the State Department, White House, Congress and the Pentagon, Alhurra illuminates U.S. policies and domestic debates on those policies for Middle Eastern audiences. In addition to reporting news of regional and international events, the channel provides information on a variety of subjects, including health, entertainment news, sports, fashion and science and technology.