The GCC Environment Forum, GEF, was originally launched in 2010. Since the first edition, GEF has grown in popularity and prestige over the years to assert its position as Saudi Arabia’s flagship environmental event. Last held in 2015 under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and under the initiative of the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment, we are pleased to announce that GEF 2017 will once again combine an international exhibition with a strategic conference as well as a prestigious awards ceremony.