IFISI_marrakech

" The International Forum of ICT Strategies and Investment " sous le patronage de sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI Organisé par le Ministère des Affaires Economiques et Generales, Ministère de l'Interieur et le Centre Régional IFISI - Marrakech Reportage fotográfico
Wednesday, March 1^st, 2006
09h00-10h00	OPENING CEREMONY
10h00-10h30	Plenary 1: National ICT Strategies Ministerial Session Presentation of national and regional ICT strategies
10h30-11h30	Coffee Break
11h30-13h00	Plenary 2: ICT Strategies Current status And developement prospects of telecommunications in Marocco M. Mohammed ELKADIRI, Technical Director, National Telecommunication regulatory agency (ANRT), MOROCCO Framework for an ICT strategy towards economic and social development Najat Rochdi, Regional Coordinator, Information Communication Technologies in the Arab Region (ICTDAR), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Egypt An ICT-for-Development Framework for Multilateral Development, Banks to Narrow the Digital Divide in Muslim Countries Dr. Nabeil I. Madani, Director, Information Technology Department, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia & Abdul Baqi M. Sharaf, Quality Assurance Officer, Information Technology Department, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia African Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE): roadmap to 2015 Makane Faye, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa-Ethiopia Best Practices of it Development :Case Studies from Partner Countries and Governments Nasser Kettani, North Africa Regional Director, Microsoft, Morocco Policy Strategies for Knowledge-driven Growth - The OECD Appoach Herwig Schlögl, Deputy Secretary General, OECD, Paris-France
14h30-16h30	Projects and Experiences Track Strategies for Involvement of the United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST) in Building ICT Infrastructur Dr G. M. Reed, Director UNU-IIST, Macau City of Future, E-inclusion for all Anders Bertfelt, Ericsson, Sweden SANAD Service Centers in the Sultanate of Oman Rizwan Shaikh, Business Development Manager, Bahwan CyberTek FZ LLC, Oman WORLDWIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Leslaw Michnowski, Chairman, NGO Sustainable Development Information Society Forum - Poland, Poland Citizen Readiness for Digital Society Dr.Mohammed Sherif Aziz, Director, Middle East College of Information technology, Oman La propriété industrielle au MAROC: environnment favorable à l'investissement dans les TIC Mr Aziz Bouazzaoui, Direceteur OMPIC, Morocco Tunisian Experience in IT Security and some guidelines for islamic countries Nabil SAHLI, CEO, National Agency for Computer Security,Tunisia
14h30-16h30	General Track Knowledge, information and competitiveness : a view from the World Bank Bruno Lanvin, Senior Advisor, E-Strategies, The World Bank The Impact of the WSIS outcomes on National ICT Policies Qusai AlShatty, Deputy Chairman, Kuwait Information Technology Society, Kuwait Young Palestinians are Palestine Capital, is this forum ready to sponsor their aspirations for Peace? Mona Afifi, Bureau of Policy, UNDP, New York Creating an enabling environment for ICT in Africa - Legal aspects Abdoullah Cisse, Professor of law, University of Saint-Louis and AUF, Senegal A Study on Possible Improvements from the Outcomes of WSIS Il Hong Yoo, University of San Francisco, United States Le Commerce Electronique : de la stratégie vers la pratique Mohamed Ben Sassi, Expert, Centre National Informatique, Tunisia Les enjeux méditerranéens du développement des communautés de pratiques Eric Bellais, Deputy Secretary general, european Networtk of cities (RVN) ICT Women and Poverty Eradication Agrbi Saida, Président ATM MP, ATM PARLIAMENT, Tunisia
17h00-18h30	Round Table 1: Developing a National ICT Industry 1. Recent Trends and Future Outlook in the ICT Industry 2. The Factor of Emergence of Software Exporting Industries in Developing and Emerging Economies 3. The Role of Innovation Networks 4. The Role of Regional ICT Clusters 5. Considerations for Government Planners 6. The Islamic Development Bank Guidelines for a National IT Strategy Chairman: Omar Attiah IRTI, Islamic Development Bank Group Speakers: Chairman XMI International, Ireland Dr Mike Reed, Director UNU-IIST, Macau Dr. Nabeil I. Madani, Director Information Technology Department, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia Pr. Sarkis Khoury, Professor of Finance and International Finance, University of California- Riverside, USA

Thursday, March 2, 2006
09h00-12h30	Plenary 3: Future ICT technologies, opportunities and impact on national ICT initiatives Voice over IP Protocols and Resources, Convergence, WIMAX…, Impact on Regulation Gihane Belhoussain, Project Manager, National Telecommunication regulatory agency (ANRT) MOROCCO Arabsat, SATELLITE & SERVICES Mr. Nabil.A.Shanti / Director of Sales &Customer Services, ARABSAT, SAUDI ARABIA SWANsat and Shareware Telecommunications: An Effective Model for Bridging the Digital Divide William Welty, CEO, SWANsat Holdings, LLC, United States Challenges and Tools of privacy and personal data protection in the knowledge society Marie GEORGES, Counsellor of President for Advanced Studies, Development and Cooperation, Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), France How to Reduce ICT Brake With Simple Software Korboulewsky Nicolas, CEO, CYBERTRONIQUE SA, France Towards Knowledge Societies Mr Jaco DU TOIT, Advisor for Communication and Information in the Maghreb, UNESCO Office in , Morocco Communication for All, a Rural Business Model Bengt Wattenström, Director Business Development, Ericsson Global Services, Sweden
14h30-16h30	Projects and Experiences Track Fostering E-Business Innovations: The Egyptian Experience Dr. Sherif Hashem, Executive Vice President, IT Industry Development Agency, EGYPT Strategies for the development of the information society in the ESCWA region Nibal Idlebi , First IT officer , Information and Communication Technology Division UN-ESCWA, Lebanon eVoting: Kingdom of Bahrain Experience & Standing Nezar Maroof, Consultant, Central Informatics Organization, Bahrain Digitalization of a mobile dispensary Badreddine BENSAOUD, Secrétaire Général, Croissant Rouge marocain, Morocco La TICAD: l'initiative des Technologies de l'information pour l'Afrique Bouna Semou Diouf, Director, TICAD/UNDP Africa Bureau, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, USA Système d'aide à la decision pour investisseurs étrangers Michel Plaisent, professor, UQAM, Canada Optimisation of rural population income through the use of telecom systems and ICTs Dr FOFANA Mamadou, Président du Conseil d’Administration de, Compagnie Africaine de Technologie et de l’Information (CATI),Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Towards increasing accessibility of persons with disabilities to ICT Mohamed JEMNI, Professor, University of Tunis - ATTR ONG- Tunisia
14h30-16h30	General Track LOG-IN Africa: e-Local Governance for sustainable development Gianluca Misuraca, Managing Director, Executive Master in e-Governance, Chair, Management of Network Industries, College of Management of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Switzerland Towards Bridging the Digital Divide in Arab Countries: Proposal for ICT Development Amr Agamawi, Head of Business Development, Information and Decision Support Center, Egypt From Digital Divide to Digital Illiteracy Mélissa Saadoun, President, WODE, France ICT and Reinforcing Capacitities of Intermediary Institutions working with Arab Women Soukeina Bouraoui, Executive Director, CAWTAR, Tunisia Les services en ligne de l'OMPIC Mme El Ouardi, Chef de service Système d'Information, OMPIC, Morocco Social Creativity in Communal Development Emilia Nercissians, Assistant Professor, University of Tehran- Iran An Analysis of the Innovative Capacity of Tunisian Firms: A patent Approach Sofiane Ghali, Associate Professor, LAREQUAD, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis, Tunisia Two fundamental steps to succeed with a digital upgrading of an organization< Amina BELHASSEN, Maîtres Assistant, Université de Manouba
	SPECIAL TRACK ICT IN EDUCATION FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Genie: the Moroccan e-Education MEGA Project M HASSIBI AZ ALARAB, Director, E-Education Project, National Telecommunication regulatory agency (ANRT), Morocco ICT and education (literacy) in Morocco and other developing countries. Daniel A. Wagner, Director and Professor, International Literacy Institute, USA E-Learning and Corporate Training: Challenges and Perspectives Rachid Benlamri, Etisalat University College, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, UAE Higher Education Institution and Industry: A Successful Partnership Dr. Salah Aziz, Coordinator of Academic Programs, FAMU-Florida State University, College of Engineering, Florida-USA Impact of e-learning on faculties and universities Michel Plaisant, professor, University Quebec Montreal, Canada Higher Education Institution and Industry: A Successful Partnership Dr. Salah Aziz, Coordinator of Academic Programs, FAMU-Florida State University, College of Engineering, Florida-USA Merging the Rural Communities in the Arab countries into the Information Society* Ahmed El-Amin, Director/Dept. of Information and Communication, Arab League, Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), Tunisia
17h00-18h30	Round Table 2: Business Process Outsourcing, Keys to Success 1. Global Sourcing: Toward Process & Service Excellence 2. Global Sourcing: Lessons Learnt, Best Practices & Keys to Success 3. Emerging Offshore Locations 4. Global ICT Sourcing Opportunities Chairman:Barry Condron, Chairman XMI International, Ireland Speakers: Dr. Salah Aziz, Coordinator of Academic Programs, FAMU-Florida State University, College of Engineering, Florida-USA Dr Ahmed Patel Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland Dr. Ali Abelaziz Soliman, CEO and General Manager, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Mongi Hamdi, Ph.D., Chief, Science and Technology, DITE, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Secretary to the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Switzerland

Friday, March 3, 2008

09H00-11H00

Plenary 3: ICT Experiences and MAJOR projects and investment opportunities

Financing mechanisms of ICT projects
Mr. Guy-Olivier Segond, President, Fonds de Solidarité Numérique / Digital Solidarity Fund, Switzerland

ICD’s experience in financing ICT projects in Arab Countries
Dr. Ali Abelaziz Soliman, CEO and General Manager, Islamic Corporation for the, Development of the Private Sector (ICD), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Lesson from the OECD on How to Achieve E-GOV-DRIVEN Economic Efficiency
Ernst Nilsson, Administrator, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate-OECD, Pris-France

Financing ICTs for Development: The role of Foreign Direct Investment
Mongi Hamdi, Ph.D. Chief, Science and Technology, DITE, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Secretary to the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development , Switzerland

Software development, the keystone for the progress of Knowledge Society
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

eNotus linking projects Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & Northern Africa
Reymond Voutier, Executive Chairman, eNotus International, Global Commerce Network Inc. USA

Territories of knowledge and cognitive cities: new horizons of the economic growth
Laura Garcia Vitoria, Scientific Director of the European Network of Digital Cities, Réseau Européen des VILLES NUMERIQUES, Paris-France

The State of FDI in the Arab World: What Host Countries Need to Do
Pr. Sarkis Khoury, Professor of Finance and International Finance, University of California- Riverside, USA

The Costs of NOT doing Business with Open Source Technologies in Developing Nations
Christine Hansen, Managing Partner, Hansen Partnership, United States

11H00-12H00 : SYNTHESIS OF THE FORUM AND CLOSING CEREMONY

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