This inaugural Middle East workshop is intended to focus on the combined interests and capabilities of E&P operators, service companies, and technology providers to identify the true value of distributed fibre-optic measurements through the sharing of field examples and well-characterised development projects. Technical sessions addressing these challenges will cover topics such as production and injection flow profile interpretation, hydraulic fracturing and matrix stimulation diagnostics, evolving and enabling technologies and integrated interpretation models, advances in field installation techniques and the management of system reliability. Preference will be given to technical presentations which use field examples and case studies to demonstrate the value of optical sensing systems using distributed (DTS and DAS) and quasi-distributed (array temperature, pressure and strain) technology and to address challenges associated with quantitative interpretation methods, balancing the value of the information against added risk, and cost of installations and support infrastructure, exception-based and advanced analytic processes, and sensor-to-desk data management.