Our History


Despite the vast amount of knowledge and expertise of the medical professionals in the region, there was still a need for a sound and systematic way for transferring this knowledge between the medical professionals.


2013…………….

  • Maarefah Management was established after our management team realised that the gap of knowledge transfer can be closed using a series of well organised and repeatable events, which focus primarily on the latest medical and pharmaceutical innovations and addresses the current healthcare industry issues and their solutions.

2014…………….

  • Our Arab International Paediatric Medical conference took place for the first time in the Middle East.
  • GCC Pharmacy Congress were launched during the same year. The event gathered top pharmaceutical organisations and leading companies in the medical field.
  • Middle East Pharma Cold Chain Congress took place to uncover the challenges faced in the region by supply chain managers and medical organizations.
  • GCC Health Care Innovation Congress Took place for the first time with a unique format gathering industry leaders and technology providers.

2015…………….

  • Our association management services were introduced to help support the medical and healthcare industry with the overall operation of their esteemed associations.
  • Due to the great success of our previous years events, our portfolio expanded in 2015 to include four more flagship events; MENA Pharma Manufacturing Congress and Exhibition; Women’s Health Congress.
  • MENA Health Insurance Congress was launched as a leading platform in MENA region for the Health insurance industry

2016…………….

  • Due to the increased demand from the medical and healthcare professionals for our events, our portfolio increased to 24 events per year.
  • MENA Pharma manufacturing Congress, Move to KSA marketing a mile stone in entering the Saudi market
  • Once again, a successful year that called for adding more events to our healthcare portfolio, including MENA Ophthalmology Congress, Mena Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Congress.
  • Maarefah Realised the importance of helping Public health professionals to move more towards prevention than cure and launched Dubai International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Vaccination and Dubai ID Week.

2017…………….

  • Our event management services were introduced to assist various industry professionals with the demanding task of putting together their own medical events. This initiative was introduced as part of Maarefah’s mission of spreading knowledge within the region.
  • Our Pediatric portfolio of conferences increased due to the sheer demand for the topic and its importance within the region. We included more subspecialty events such as Middle East Pediatric Neurology Conference and the Middle East Pediatric Dermatology Conference.
  • Maarefah Healthcare with its forward thinking and responsive approach realised the need for events concerned with Nursing and Musculoskeletal medicine, so two more events were added to our existing portfolio these are Dubai International Nursing and Midwifery Congress and Dubai International Musculoskeletal Medicine and Rehabilitation Congress.

2018…………….

  • Maarefah Energy services were added to support the energy industry. Our success continues with more healthcare topics to be addressed in the region and therefore, we added the Middle East Infectious Diseases Conference and Middle East Laboratory and Diagnostics Congress; the Middle East Dentistry Congress and the Arab International Men’s Health Congress.
  • Maarefah Signed a number of MOU’s for collaboration with some of the leading organisations in the region.