Michelin recently conducted a program called the Michelin Man Academy. The program focused on delivering first hand education on road safety to children in Abu Dhabi. Michelin, a global leader in tyres has partnered with Fleming Gulf Conferences as a Silver Sponsor for the upcoming Middle East Road Safety & ITS Summit. Tahir A Khokhar from Michelin will educate the attendees at the summit about tyre safety in Middle East. He will focus on critical safety factors throughout the life of a tyre and what are the responsibilities to ensure tyre safety on the roads.

Middle East Road Safety & ITS Summit will be held on 5 - 6 May 2014 at Al Bustan Palace, A Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Muscat, Oman. The summit will provide a holistic view on the safer infrastructure, safer vehicles, ITS technologies to ensure safer roads and post impact care of the road accident victims. The summit is held under the esteemed patronage of H.E. Eng. Salim bin Mohammed Al-Nuaimi, Undersecretary, Ministry of Transport & Communications Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The authorities, government organizations and the stakeholders will get an opportunity to learn from the best practices, synchronize their thoughts and coordinate their efforts in order to strategically adapt to the current trends in Road Safety & ITS.

WABCO, the leading global supplier of technologies and control systems for the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles has also confirmed their participation as Bronze Sponsor. As a pioneer in breakthrough mechanical, mechatronic and electronic technologies for braking, stability and transmission automation systems, WABCO will showcase their product at the summit and update the attendees on the latest smart technologies for a safer and efficient drive on the road.

Middle East Road Safety & ITS Summit, in its first year is bringing together solution providers from different regions to showcase their solutions. Larsen & Toubro who has secured a new order for one of the major road contracts involving construction of a road between Bidbid-Sur Section (Second Phase, First Part) in Oman, will also be present at the summit as a Networking Partner. PTVGroup, providor of software and consulting services for transport, logistics and geomarketing will exhibit their current technologies at the summit.

About Fleming Gulf:

Founded in 2005, Fleming Gulf is young, dynamic and has fast become one of the leading providers of business intelligence through industry specific conferences, webinars and skills enhancement training courses. Our goal is to link professionals and provide them with commercial acumen, business investment contacts and a world of opportunities. Fleming Gulf delivers the most comprehensive business events by leveraging our network of industry influencers with specialist knowledge to provide organisations the winning edge that makes a difference in their decision making in today's competitive business landscape.

For further information contact:

Tanaya Priya
Senior Marketing Executive
Fleming Gulf Conferences
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