The Fourth Annual Meeting of Arab Center for Engineering Studies (ACES) was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from Tuesday, May 16 through Thursday, May 18, 2006. The sessions were held at the Movenpick Hotel.

This is the first time that ACES managers meet in the city of Jeddah, where a new branch was opened earlier this year. The attendees, fourteen Corporate, Area , and Sister Companies’ managers were most impressed by the excellent facilities provided by the Movenpick Hotel and the warm hospitality of Eng. Zuhdi Al-Mansour, who heads the new branch in Jeddah.

Highlights of the annual meeting included a welcoming reception by Eng. Al-Mansour and a number of presentations by the attendees on a wide variety of topics of concern to ACES. The annual meeting was enlightened when Dr. Izz Eddin khatkhuda and Dr. Omar Abdulhadi, the two founders of ACES Group, made their presentations featuring “Road to Profitability (Assets Management)” and “Business Fast Expansion” respectively.

At the end of the annual meeting, which concluded at 12.00 pm on Thursday, May18, the two founders presented all the attendees with special gifts in appreciation of their efforts for placing ACES among the top engineering service providers in the Middle- East region and elsewhere.