Time	Saturday 10 June
Afternoon	Arrivals check in Preparation of the Exhibition Partners meeting
20:30	Welcome Cocktail and introduction to Egyptian Cultural Heritage

 

Time	Sunday 11 June
9:30 - 13:30	MORNING Opening session
9:30 - 9:45	Introductory speech by H.E. Dr. Klaus Ebermann, Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt
9:45 - 10:15	Key Note Address by H.E. Egypt Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Tarek Kamel
10:00 - 10:30	The EC policy for the development of ICT Mr. Ulf Dahlsten, European Commission, Director "Emerging Technologies and infrastructures" DG INFSO
10:30 - 11:00	Presentation “The global trends in the region, the partnership EU-MEDA, IST tools role in present situation and future scenarios: A vision for a re-composed Mediterranean region: sharing problems and long term solutions” Dr Ismail Serageldin Director Bibliotheca Alexandrina (T.B.C.)
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30	Press Conference and TV interviews
11:30 - 11:50	"Closing the digital gap: Dream or Reality? Needs and Options” Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, “the Talal Abu-Ghazeleh Organisation", member of the UN ICT task force.
11:50 - 13:00	PRESENTATION OF EUMEDIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUCCESS STORIES “EUMEDIS programme overall experience” Dr Ilias Gkanoutas, EUMEDIS Final Evaluation Team Leader “EUMEDIS success stories”: EMPHIS, Dr Henry Dubois and Sadok Chlif STRABON, Mr Jean Luc Lory and A.Touri EMEDTEXNET, Mr Guy Lavenant and Eman Goweily MEDNET’U, Prof Maria Amata Garito and Abderrahim Brakez Time for discussion
13:00 14:00	Standing lunch and visit to the exhibition ‘Meeting’ facility open
14:00 - 17:00	Afternoon 4 Parallel Workshops Workshop 1 “ICT promoting intercultural dialogue, cultural heritage and sustainable tourism” - Towards new comprehension and cooperation twinning tourism and culture: ICT tools as a new asset for the Mediterranean offer - Intercultural Dialogue: can ICT tools provide new sources for dialogue and comprehension in the region? - Why ICT help to promote the respect for the cultural heritage? Moderator F.Badioli (MDP Team Leader, Brussels) Guest Speakers Enrique Banús, Universidad de Navarra, Spain Nedret Kuran-Burkoglu, University of Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Fatih Saleh, Director of CULTNAT, Egypt Dov Winer, Tel Aviv University, Israel Workshop 2 “Transfer of know how and creation of new skills: is the use of ICT tools the most efficient solution?” - Distance Learning and new goals for education in the Mediterranean Region - Are there common benchmarks that should be used to assess efficiency / effectiveness? - The EUMEDIS experience in offering new services for final users / clients - Sharing and learning with partners from MEDA region and EU for quality education and reforms. - ICT tools to increase employability and foster innovation. Moderator Dr Gian Paolo Bonani (MDP Team, Education Expert)) Guest Speakers Hans-Peter Gebhardt, European Commission, DG INFSO Dr Georgi Graschew, Charite Hospital, Germany Prof. Maria Amata Garito, Rome University, Italy Dr. Yasser Kazem, Director of E-Learning Competence Center Ulrike Damyanovic, European Training Foundation, Turin Andre Loechel, Villes Numeriques, France Workshop 3 “Intellectual property rights and ICT Tools: opportunities and threats / Constraints and solutions” - Will Intellectual property rights protect or hinder IT tools development? - Does IT environment mean an enlarged space for the IPR’s? - Is there the risk that some potentially useful developments are hindered by excessive defense of IPR’s? - How do IPR’s feel / work in an open sources / free software environments as the ones promoted by EC? - Practical solutions to the issues of intellectual property rights to improve projects’ outputs exploitation Moderator Daniel Malbert, French Ministry of Culture/ UNESCO Guest Speakers Dr. Sherif Hashem, Executive Vice President, Information Technology Industry Development Agency, Egypt Mr Phillipe Chevet Maison Science de l’Homme, France Mr Michel Gyory, University of Liege (Belgium) Workshop 4 “Partnership with Private Investors: opportunities for EUMEDIS partners” - New applications tested ready for the market - Increasing local Competitiveness: ICT and the global market - Use of ICT tools to access new markets - Some case stories from the Mediterranean region - Promotion of SME creation, innovation and quality management Moderator Mrs Annegrete Lausten (MDP) Guest Speakers Mr Thies Wittig, IT-Consult, Bremen (Germany) Prof Luigi Troiani, CONFCOMMERCIO, Rome (Italy) Mr Guy Lavenant, Chambre de Commerce, Paris (France) Prof. Giuseppe TRITTO, (UNESCO NGO), Paris (France)
17:30 - 19:30	Meeting facillity open - visit to exhibition
Evening	Gala Dinner

Time	Monday 12 June
9:30 - 12.30	MORNING Plenary session
9:30 - 10:30	“Civil society & New Technologies: ICT applications improving everyday life / participation / ownership” Civil society participation in the era of internet: Increased ownership or wider marginalization? ICT tools as instruments for social and economic growth. - Dr. Mohab Hallouda, Executive Manager, ICT Trust Fund, Egypt “Economic growth and social development: an increasing role for the ICT tools and operators in the region” - Laura Garcia Vitoria, Melle Karima Hachadi, paper by Dr. Laura Garcia Vitoria, Director of the European Network of Digital Cities, Paris, France “The post EUMEDIS MEDA environment in ICT. New actors, new environments” Future opportunities for ICT projects within the EU´s new Research Framework Programme (FP7) - Mr. Klaus Pendl, European Commission, DG INFSO “The regulatory challenge and Media Convergence in the future development of ICT” - Dr. Olfat Abd El Monsef, Vice President – Policies & International Cooperation, National Telecom Regulatory Authority
10:30 - 11:30	Plenary session. Presentation from workshops Presentation of the conclusions from each of the workshops Time for discussion
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12.00 - 12.30	Conference conclusions Conclusions on the future developments with special reference to the European Neighborhood Policy F. Badioli (MDP) Representative from the EC Delegation in Egypt
12:30 - 14:00	Buffet Lunch Served at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Terrace
Afternoon	Meetings between EUMEDIS Pilot Projects Partners Departures of Egyptian guests