All Regional Directorships, both Vice-Presidencies and the Presidency of WAIPA are subject to renewal at elections to be held in conjunction with the XVII WAIPA Annual World Investment Conference, scheduled for September 17-18, 2012, in Dubai, Unites Arab Emirates.
Following its institutional portion, on the 5th, the Conference itself was comprised of 4 panel discussion sessions (rather than the usual 3 sessions of previous WIC editions)