17th the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) SUMMIT was held from Nov 6th to 11th 2011 at Addu City, MALDIVES. Presidents and some prime ministers of those seven founding countries had attended the summit. C-Mark DMS conference system has been used in the summit to help building communication bridges for the attendees, while the theme of the summit is "Building Bridges - both in terms of physical connectivity and figurative political dialogue".