The number of scientific papers received by the scientific committee of the 1st Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC) exceeded 260 papers submitted by 564 scientific researchers from various nationalities. More than 80 international experts are currently exerting strenuous efforts to review and arbitrate these papers and researches.
This conference organized by King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) at its headquarters in collaboration with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) on  19th Jumada Al-Ula 1432 focuses on boosting tools of development and scientific research in the kingdom in fields of  Electronics, Communications and Photonics industries.
The conference, that would extend for three days in the presence of more than 256 international experts, targets linking Saudi scientific and industrial institutions with their counterparts in advanced countries besides availing the chance for decision-makers and stakeholders in the kingdom to extract close-to-reality perception pertinent the status of Saudi specialist institutions on particular and the Saudi sector of electronics, communications and photonics in general.
The conference also includes six tutorials organized by specialist corporations in fields of electronics, communications and photonics that would be presented in the first day of the conference in addition to a symposium that comprises a number of specialists in both the scientific and industrial domains under the title of “Technical and Economical Solutions for National Laboratories and the Middle East Universities to Transfer Academic and Technological Researches into Commercially Successful Products …. What are the Potential Effects and Challenges?” 
Organizers of the conference aspire, through sessions, tutorial and symposia to play a major role in  constructing stable mechanism for the relationship between labor market, scientific industry and scientific research centers besides giving the real image of the kingdom and presenting  this image to the western awareness through the presence of this bouquet of international gurus who would present their vast and varied expertise in Electronics, Communications and Photonics that would construct bridges for scientific cooperation among universities, governmental institutions a and their foreign counterparts.  
It is worth mentioning that the National Program for Electronics, Communications and Photonics is one of the strategic technologies specified by KACST in collaboration with a number of governmental bodies and institutions and private-sector large companies. To get more information about the conference, its topics and participating bodies, kindly visit this link http://www/kacst-siecpc.org.