The Union of Arab Banks and Associazione Bancaria Italian organized the annual International Arab Banking Summit (IABS) for 2011 in Rome-Italy on the 23rd - 24th of June 2011. The summit gathered highly representative and distinguished elite of public and private sectors, as well as the banking community from regional and International institutions. IABS 2011’s main objective is to showcase the impact of the recent developments on the EU-MENA partnerships and cross-border business relations.