Preparations for World Free Zones Conference in High Gear – Bartlett

Dubai, UAE; May 15, 2022:  Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) and Chairman of the World Free Zones Organization (WFZO), H.E. Dr. Mohammed Al Zarooni, discuss logistics for the Caribbean's first World Free Zones Organization Annual International Conference and Exhibition (AICE), which will be hosted by Jamaica from June 13-17, 2022, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

Minister Bartlett and Director of Tourism, Donovan White met with the WFZO Chairman and other key conference planners in Dubai recently to discuss conference activities, legacy projects, resilience and sustainability as well as institutional capacity building support for Jamaica and the Caribbean.

The World Free Zones Conference will be attended by over 1,500 participants, including world leaders, CEOs and investors worldwide. Conference delegates include operators in more than 3,000 free zones from across the world, representing over three million companies.

The meeting was held on behalf of Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill and the Jamaica organizing committee headed by the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA).

In 2019, Jamaica won the bid to host the 2021 staging of the AICE, but the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The conference is being held under the theme ‘Zones: 2022 Your Partner for Resilience, Sustainability and Prosperity’.