The congress, and an associated sector specific exhibition, will take up all halls at the ultra-modern ADNEC and its meeting rooms. The industry-only exhibition alone will feature 180 organisations, will be spread over 11,000 square metres, and is being supported and attended by the Presidents and CEOs of some of the world’s biggest medical companies.

The arrival of World Ophthalmology Congress 2012 is being seen as a milestone in Abu Dhabi’s evolution as a world-class destination for major international conventions and meetings and the UAE capital is going all out to make a distinctive first impression.

The success of Woc2012’s journey to Abu Dhabi, which actually began almost six years ago when authorities first became aware of the opportunity to bid to be host city, was paramount as this would be seen by other major convention organisers as the destination’s ‘acid test.’