Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, and with the special support of the UAE Air Force and Air Defense, the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, INEGMA held the Dubai International Air Chiefs Conference (DIAC) at the Knowledge Village Conference Center in Dubai, UAE on November 14, 2009. This was the fourth time INEGMA organized DIAC, which officially launches the biennial Dubai Airshow.
DIAC was attended by a crowd of political and military leaders, diplomats, and industry representatives, from the UAE, the Gulf and abroad. Among them: the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Canada, Germany, China, Sweden, Singapore, France, United States, UK, New Zealand, Lebanon, Iraq, South Korea, and Russia.