Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) is set to launch from 24 - 26 January 2016 the Competitive Forum on Influential Sectors in Economic Diversification in which an elite of leaders of the economy and business from the Kingdom and abroad will take part.

In a statement to mark the event, SAGIA underscored the importance of holding the ninth version of the forum on a comprehensive economic movement in the Kingdom amid a changing economic environment surrounding the country, which is considered an integral part of what is going on in its vicinity.

Highlighting the topics and key speakers in the forum, Erama bint Abdullah Al-Huwaish, Specialist of International Relations at SAGIA, said a host of internationally-renowned business figures will tackle important issues on the issue of competitiveness. She cited the President of Lockheed Martin Merlin Houston, President of Pepsi Cola, President of IronRed international and President of John Hopkins University.