The « Tunisia Investment Forum » event in its 2015 edition kicked off on Thursday, 11^th June, 2015 at 09:00 am with a large attendance at the Hotel El Mouradi-Ghammarth.

The Opening Ceremony of TIF 2015 was attended by the President of the Government, Mr. Habib Essid; the Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, Mr. Yassine Brahim; the Forum's President, Mr. Hichem Elloumi; , the American Deputy Secretary of State for Science, Space and Health, Mr. Jonathan Margolis, the Italian Deputy State Secretary for Agriculturee, Mr. Guiesppe Castiglione; , the Chief Executive of the German-African Association "Afrika-Verein der deutschenWirtschafte.V", Christoph Kannengieber; the President of the Union of the Confederation of Enterprises "BUSINESSMED", Mr. Jacques Jean Sarraf; the CEO of the Neighbourhood and the Negotiations Enlargement Programme with the European Commission, Mr. Christian Danielsson and the chairman of the Board of Tunisian American Young Professionals, Mr. . Mohamed A. Malouche.

During the opening ceremony, seven awards were given successively to the following companies: Leoni Wiring Systems Tunisia (IEE : Germany), Draxelmaer Tunisia (IEE : Germany) Sofrecom Tunisie (Offshoring : France), Sogeclair Aerospace Tunisie (Aero : France), Opalia Pharma Groupe Recordati (Ipharm : Italy) , Demco (ITH : Belgium) and Desert Joy (Agriculture : Holland). The emblem of the 17^th edition of the "Tunisia Investment Forum" is "Invest in Tunisia, Join the Growing Success".