The forum was supported by CIPE, the Kurdistan-based organization that supports Iraqi economic reform. A number of Iraqi and Kurdish university professors attended the forum along with representatives of economic organizations and chambers of commerce in the region.
Director of the Kurdistan Investment Authority Kamran Al-Mufti introduced the forum with the attendance of CIPE manager Nabil Al-Azary and president of the Businessmen's Union in Kurdistan Hersh Mohamed Al-Tayyar.