The event at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, July 14-18, 2012, is organized by the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance, under the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG), a non-profit organization for the development and education of gifted and talented children. The main theme is “Nurturing Talent, Growing Potential: Capitalizing on human potential at the early stages and nurturing talent through education.” The conference will include workshops as well as the Children and Youth Summit with more than 2,000 participants from around the world, specialized in the field of education, particularly the education of gifted and talented children, and gifted children with special needs. For more information see: www.apfgifted.org