The conference held by the ministry of Industry is being held in the Palace of Nations (for the opening session and the addresses) and the International Conference Centre (workshops and debates), under the theme "Together to Meet the Challenge."

The three-day event (December 4-6) was opened in the presence of the speaker of the Council of the Nation (upper house of Parliament), Salah Goudjil, the speaker of the People's National Assembly (lower house of Parliament), Ibrahim Boughali, Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Aïmen Benabderrahmane, in addition to members of the government, including the minister of Industry, Ahmed Zaghdar.

The chairman of the National Economic, Social and Environmental Council

(CNESE), Reda Tir, state executives, employers, public and private industrial groups, administrative officials and representatives of institutions relating to the sector of industry and investment also attended the opening session.