Interested parties can attend the conference at Emirates Palace. It will offer two days of intensive technical training, along with two more days of expert briefings, and will run from November 8-11, 2010
Abu Dhabi is not the only security conference of note in the United Arab Emirates. Hack In The Box, a renowned security conference, has a presence in Dubai. Abu Dhabi's strong oil and gas business makes it a prime candidate for a security conference. Reports have already uncovered cases of cybersecurity exploits that mined information from oil companies' systems.
The Black Hat announcement is a timely one, given the UAE's recently-announced stance on Blackberry smartphones. The Emirates has said that it considers the Blackberry a potential risk to national security, because of the vendor's decision to relay data to computer servers outside the country and store the data there.

I've been writing about technology for nearly 20 years, including editing industry magazines Connect and Communications International. In 2002 I co-founded Futurity Media with Anthony Plewes. My focus in Futurity Media is in emerging technologies, social media and future gazing. As a graduate of philosophy & science, I have studied futurology & foresight to the post-grad level.