The idea behind organizing the Saudi Conventions and Exhibitions Forum came as an initiative by the National Program for Exhibitions and Conventions which was established by virtue of the Cabinet decision number (246) of 17 Rajab 1434 AH. The National Program seeks to achieve the Forum vision of becoming a pioneering event in the Middle East and a main confluence for all the players in the exhibitions and conventions sector in the Kingdom.
The Forum is organized in partnership with and under the patronage of a group of governmental and private entities including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the General Investment Authority, the Supreme Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, the Eastern Province Municipality, the Council of Saudi Chambers and the Commerce and Industry Chambers in the Eastern Province, in addition to some of the major exhibition and event management companies in the Kingdom