ABOUT ITE GROUP PLC

ITE Group Plc are the leading exhibition and conference organiser in emerging markets with a portfolio of over 250 exhibitions worldwide in over 25 countries. ITE employs over 450 staff with a network of 30 representative offices that encompass the world. Core areas of business include Russia, the CIS, Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and the Far East. ITE is a member of the Association of Exhibition Organisers and Union Des Foires Internationales, and was awarded the Queens Award for Export Achievement in 1998.

ITE Group Plc. works hand in hand with governments, ministries and the national oil and gas companies. In this way, we have created a formula to provide a comprehensive and effective forum to deliver credible business and industry knowledge to all participants, comprising the major integrated oil and gas companies, engineers and contractors, equipment suppliers, information and software companies, distributors and consultants.

ITE additionally works in cooperation with UNCTAD to organise the annual Oil & Gas, Trade & Finance conferences across Africa- the 2006 event will take place in Algiers, Algeria- and will be organising the world's largest petroleum event, the World Petroleum Congress (WPC) to be held in Johannesburg in 2005.