Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Eastern Province, Asharqia Chamber will host on August 25 and 26, 2026, the “Shour Dulani Asharqia 2026” forum, organized by the Dulani Business Center of the Social Development Bank in cooperation with Asharqia Chamber, represented by the Asharqia Young Businessmen Council.
The forum targets entrepreneurs, owners of small and medium enterprises, startups, and holders of entrepreneurial ideas, as well as entities supporting entrepreneurship, through specialized advisory sessions that help raise establishments’ readiness for growth, enhance decision-making efficiency, and connect beneficiaries with consultants, experts, and supporting entities. The forum brings together more than 100 consultants and experts in various fields under one roof, with 50 consultants per day, to provide advisory sessions covering a wide range of specializations, including artificial intelligence, digital transformation, business development, digital marketing, e-commerce, investment and financing, accounting, zakat and tax, franchising, human resources, logistics, industry, tourism, technology and innovation, and intellectual property.
For his part, Asharqia Chamber Chairman, Fahad bin Abdullah Al-Farraj, extended his thanks and appreciation to His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Eastern Province, for his patronage of the forum, affirming that this patronage reflects the wise leadership’s attention to supporting and empowering small and medium enterprises and enhancing the investment environment in line with the targets of Vision 2030.
Al-Farraj affirmed that the Chamber’s hosting of this forum embodies its continued commitment to supporting the entrepreneurship ecosystem and enhancing the investment environment in the Eastern Province, by building effective partnerships with the national entities supporting the small and medium enterprises sector.
He said the forum represents a practical platform that brings national expertise together with entrepreneurs in one place, contributing to turning challenges into opportunities for growth and expansion and promoting the culture of specialized consultation as one of the most important elements of the success and sustainability of establishments. He noted that the partnership with the Dulani Business Center reflects the integration of roles among national institutions to achieve economic development targets and enable the private sector to play its pivotal role in the national economy.
The Chairman of the Asharqia Young Businessmen Council, Rami bin Saleh Al-Sayed, explained that at the Asharqia Young Businessmen Council we believe that “knowledge and experience together” represent one of the most important success factors for entrepreneurial projects. From this standpoint, the “Shour Dulani – Asharqia 2026” forum comes to give entrepreneurs an interactive platform that brings them together with an elite of consultants and experts in various fields, helping them make more efficient decisions, overcome challenges, and build establishments that are more capable of competing and sustaining.
He added that the partnership with the “Dulani Business Center” expresses the integration of national efforts aimed at supporting the entrepreneurship environment and providing high-quality programs that help raise the administrative and technical awareness of establishment owners and enable them to benefit from best practices and expertise, in keeping with the targets of Vision 2030 in enhancing the contribution of small and medium enterprises to the national economy.