EFG Hermes’ 7th Annual London Conference kicks off tomorrow and runs through Thursday. The conference will bring C-suite execs from top listed companies in MENA as well as frontier markets (among them Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) face-to-face with top global investors with mandates to invest in emerging and frontier markets. The event will take place at Emirates Arsenal Stadium in London.

Human rights lawyer Khaled Ali will hold a press conference on tomorrow at which he will announce his intention to run in next year’s presidential elections, political sources told the AP. The first hearing on the 2012 candidate’s appeal of his conviction for violating public decency is due to be held this coming Wednesday. The conviction could bar him from running.