15th Information and Communications Technology Exhibition (SHAAM-2009) opens

Damascus, ChamPress- The 15th Information and Communications Technology Exhibition (SHAAM-2009) was opened in Damascus on Wednesday with the participation of 729 trade marks from 42 countries. The five-day event is held by the Syrian Computer Society (SCS) and organized by the Arab Group for Exhibitions.

Minister of Communications and Technology Emad Sabouni told journalists that the exposition has become a meeting place for ICT experts from all countries of the region and for people interested.
Sabouni added that the Exhibition has been transferred into a new stage aiming at consolidating interaction among parties working in the ICT sector with the purpose of implement joint projects.

The exhibition needs to be supported through increasing the number of exhibitors from outside Syria, because international participation is important to exchange expertise and knowledge of ICT.

He pointed out that Syria is keen to cope with the latest developments of technology in the world and stressed the importance of the exhibition in updating the society's technological information.

Rakan Razzouk, Chairman of the Syrian Computer Society (SCS) said that the SHAAM 2009 is one of the most important occasions which aims at establishing communications, and at displaying ICT experiences and products.

He added that the exhibition serves Syria's basic goals in building a strong ICT sector. It is in itself a goal that all government and private parties in addition to civil society associations seek to achieve.
The exposition contains four main stands dedicated for software programming, ICT, equipments and solutions, and selling market