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The Cairo ICT Forum takes place on the sideline of the exhibition. With panel discussions and keynotes speeches,  covering the latest ICT trends of importance to professionals and customers alike, the Cairo ICT Forum is a unique opportunity to network with and learn from other industry experts, analysts and colleagues.

 

Thursday 26th April

 

10:00 – 11:00

Destination Africa: Towards a connected continent (Mycerinos Hall)

 

Opening Remarks: Mr. Ossama Kamal – Chairman, Trade Fairs Int’l

 

Keynote Address:

  • H.E. Mr Debretsion Gebremichael - Minister of Communication & Information Technology, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • Hon. Mr. Samuel Lesuron Poghisio - MP, Minister of Information & Communications, Kenya
  • H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdelkareem El Had - Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Sudan
  • H.E. Dr.  Ruhakana Rugunda - Minister of Information & Communications Technology, Uganda
  • H.E. Dr. Mohamed Salem - Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Egypt

 

14:00 – 16:00

Telecom Summit Opening Session – (Nefertiti Hall) - by invitation

 

Opening Remarks (addressing the Telecom Summit)

  • Mr. Carlo Aloni – President, Ericsson Egypt
  • Mr. Nabil El Shanty – CCO & VP, ArabSat
  • Mr. Syed Veqar ul Islam - Senior Vice President Middle East & Africa, Comptel
  • Mr. Mohamed Ismail - Country Manager, Qualcomm
  • Mr. Emilio Roman - Vice President International Sales Operations, Fortinet

 

Panel Discussion:

From Dreams to Needs “How can ICT serve the Needs of young Arab Societies“

 

Moderator: Mr. Ossama Kamal

 

Panelists:

  • Dr. Amr Badawi – Executive President, NTRA
  • Mr. Emad El Azhary – Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Egypt
  • Mr. Ashraf Halim – VP Commercial, MobiNil
  • Mr. Tarek Abou Allam – CEO Telecom Egypt

 



 

Friday 27th April

 

15:00 – 16:30

 

 

 

Cairo ICT Forum: Panel Discussion on ICT for Export (Conference Area 4)

 

Moderator: Mr. Mokbel Fayad – CEO, ProSyLab

 

Panelists:

  • Dr. Hussein Omran – Chairman research commodity studies & information, Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade
  • Ms. Heba Zaki – Sales and Business Development Director, Xceed
  • Mr. Amgad Kaldas – GM, ARK Development
  • Mr. Tarek Elesseily – GM, Silicon Vision
  • Mr. Khaled Abdel Latif- Vodafone, International Services Head of BPO
  • Mr. Mohamed Fathy – Operation Manager, ITIDA
  • Mr. Hossam Ragheb – Executive Director, National Institute of Management

 

17:00 – 18:00

RAMP Program Awards Ceremony (Conference Area 4)

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Salem – Minister of Communications and Information Technology

Mr. Yasser el Kady – CEO, ITIDA

 

18:00 – 18:30

Launch of the e-Mentor Portal – TIEC (Conference Area 4)

 

 



 

Saturday 28th April

 

10:30 – 11:15

Signing Protocols of Cooperation

H.E Dr. Hussein Khaled - Minister of Higher Education, Egypt

H.E Dr. Moustafa Hussein Kamel - Minister of State for Environment, Egypt

H.E Dr. Mohamed Salem - Minister of CIT, Egypt

 

11:30 – 13:15

Telecom Summit: Smart Communications on Planet of the Apps (Conference Area 4)

 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ahmed El Sherbini – Deputy Minister, MCIT

 

Moderator: Mr. Hossam Megahed – CEO, IP Magix

 

Panelists:

  • Mr. Hazem Nabih – Marketing & Operation Manager, Microsoft
  • Mr. Ziad Ali – Chairman, Al Zewad
  • Mr. Ertan Yorganci - Industry Principal for Utilities & Comm, SAP MENA
  • Mr. Hazem Amer – Egypt Business Development Manager, Intel
  • Mr. Frederick Sabty- Avaya Hospitality & Applications Director  Emerging Markets
  • Mr. Ossama Kaadan- Chairman Equinox
  • Mr. Mostafa Aboul Fotouh - Director of the Mobile Division, Samsung Cairo Office

 

13:30 – 15:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cairo ICT Forum: Broadband vs. Broadmind - Censorship over the Internet (Conference Area 4)

 

Moderator: Mr. Hossam Saleh

 

Panelists:

  • Mr. Ahmed Helmy - Manager Incident Response Dept., NTRA
  • Dr. Younes Makhyoun – Member of Egypt People Assembly
  • Dr. Hossam Loutfy – Professor of Law, Bani Suef University
  • Dr. Nagui Anis – ME Director, GBI
  • Mr. Shaarawy Shaarawy – Treasurer, Internet Misr Society

 

16:00 – 18:30

Cairo ICT Forum: Is the Government Platform prepared for hot Presidential Elections? – How the National Database and its Security can play a Role? (Conference Area, Hall 4)

 

Moderator: Dr. Ashraf Abdel Wahab – Acting Minister of State for Administrative Development

 

 



 

Sunday 29th April

 

11:00 – 12:30

Security Forum: From the Cloud to the Handheld - The Security Nightmare (Conference Area 4)

 

Moderator: Mr. Adel Abdel Moneim – General Manager, Raya Academy

 

Panelists:

  • Mr. Mohsen Abulleil - Managing Director, Huawei Enterprise Business Group
  • Mr. Mark Jordan – Vice President, Wyse EMEA
  • Mr. Nidal Abou Ltaif -  Avaya Vice President, Emerging Markets
  • Mr. Yuecel Karabulut – Senior Director for Product Security, SAP
  • Mr. Ahmed Abdela - Regional Director RSA, Security Division EMC
  • Mr. Hatem Ali - Country Manager, Fortinet Egypt, Libya, & East Africa

 

12:30 – 14:00

Cairo ICT Forum: ICT for Egypt’s Development (Conference Area 3)

 

Moderator: Dr. Hesham El Deeb - Supervisor of the IT infrastructure Sector

 

Panelists:

  • Mr. Khaled Khorshid – CEO, El Kharafi Group
  • Mrs. Noha Saad - CSR & Foundation Senior Manager, Vodafone Egypt
  • Dr. Dorria  Salem - Ministry of Health, Minister’s deputy for radiology
  • Dr. Ahmed El-Ansary - Ministry of Health-Deputy Of MOH for Ambulance
  • Mr. Yehia El Atfy - Executive Manager, CITC
  • Dr.  Abeer El Shakweer - MCIT, Minister advisor

 

13:00 – 14:30

Security Forum: Global security Issues vs. Legislations (Conference Area 4)

 

Moderator: Dr. Sherif Hashem - Executive Vice President, ITIDA

 

Panelists:

  • Mr. Peter Maung - Business Operations Manager, Intertech
  • Mr. Mathieu Nicodem - F Secure
  • Mr. Lari Huttunen - Codenomicon
  • Mr. Ihab Almahy – Global Strategy Principal-National Security Solutions, Ericsson
  • Mr. Ahmed Abdela, Regional Director RSA, Security Division EMC
  • Mr. Hatem Ali - Country Manager, Fortinet Egypt, Libya, & East Africa

 

14:30 – 16:00

Cairo ICT Forum: Are There Opportunities for Entrepreneurs to start their Business? (Conference Area 3)

 

Moderator:  Ms. Sally Metwally – Innovation Support Director, TIEC

 

Panelists:

  • Ms. Heba Saleh – Vice Chair, ITI
  • Mr. Mohamad Mostafa Kamal - General Secretary of the Governorate of Aswan
  • Dr. Ashraf Farghaly – CEO, TIEC
  • Dr. Ayman Maher – Head of Open Innovation, R&D, Orange Labs
  • Mr. Sherif Abbas – Developer & Platforms Lead, Microsoft
  • Mr. Sherif Barakat – Country Manager, Nokia North Africa
  • Mr. Yasser Kazim – Director of E-Learning Competence Center, TIEC

 

15:00 – 16:30

Banking Role in the Promotion of ICT (Mezzanine Hall)

 

Moderator: Mr. Ossama Kamal

 

Panelists:

  • Mr. Tarek Amer – Chairman, Federation of Egyptian Banks  - Chairman, National Bank of Egypt
  • Mr. Mohamed Barakat – Chairman, Banque Misr
  • Mr. Mohamed Ashmay – Chairman, United Bank
  • Mr. Yasser El Kadi – CEO, ITIDA

 

Telecom Summit: Connecting Egyptians - Egypt’s Broadband Initiative (Conference Area 4)

 

Moderator: Mr. Hossam Saleh

 

Presentations:

  • Mr. Yousry Atlm - Strategy & Marketing Director, Huawei Carrier Business Group

 

Panelists:

  • Mr. Nader El Husseiny, Director Universal Services, NTRA
  • Mr. Tamer Gadallah – CEO& Managing Director - TE Data
  • Mr. Waseem Arsany – CEO, LINKdotNET
  • Mr. Khaled Rabie – VP, North East Africa  Public & Economic Affairs, Ericsson
  • Mr. Mahmoud Soliman – Vice Chairman, Internet Misr Society

 

17:00 – 18:30

Closing Session: Freedom of Information flow Law (Conference Area 4)

 

Moderator: Mr. Ossama Kamal

 

Panelists

  • Dr. Sherif Hashem – Vice President, ITIDA
  • Dr. Abdel Rahman El Sawy – Professor of Telecommunications, Helwan University
  • Mr. Mohamed Anwar El Sadat – Reform and Development Political Party Chairman
  • Mr. Yasser el Kady – CEO, ITIDA

 

 

Thursday 26th April

 

 



 

Friday 27th April

 

13:30 – 14:15

Opening of WSA Winners Conference 2012 (Conference Area, Hall 3)

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Salem - Minister of CIT

Prof. Peter A. Bruck - Chairman of the WSA Board of Directors

Eng. Yasser El Kady - CEO, ITIDA

Mr. Ossama Kamal - CEO, Tradefairs International

 

14:30 – 15:15

Panel Discussion: It’s Spring in the Region: Opportunity and Challenges for UN organizations (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Peter A. Bruck – WSA Chairman

 

Panelists:

  • Giovanna Ceglie – Director UNIDO Egypt
  • Sherif El Tokali – Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP Egypt
  • Tarek Shawki – Director UNESCO Cairo Office, Egypt
  • Marius Lukosiunas – Adviser for Communication and Information Sector
  • Adiel Akplogan – CEO AfriNIC
  • Nibal Idlebi – Teamleader ICT for Development, UN ESCWA

 

16:00 – 16:30

“Meet the best and get inspired”

Winners’ Presentation: e-Business & Commerce (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Peter A. Bruck – WSA Chairman

  • Monaqasat, Lebanon
  • Star, Ghana
  • HammerKit Studio, Finland
  • Hootsuite, Canada

 

16:40 – 17:00

“Meet the best and get inspired”

Winners’ Presentation: e-Government & Institutions (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: George Sharkov – Regional Manager, European Software Institute, Bulgaria

  • e-Annual Report, Estonia
  • Empowering India, India
  • Tunesian Industry Portal, Tunisia
  • DigID, Netherlands

 



 

Saturday 28th April

 

12:30 – 13:00

“Meet the best and get inspired”

Winners’ Presentation: e-Culture & Heritage /  e-Entertainment & Games (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Dorothy Gordon – DG Ghana-India Kofi Annan Center of Excellence in ICT, Ghana

  • World of Habsburgs, Austria
  • Vaeggen / The Wall, New Zealand
  • The Nude Maja, Venezuela
  • Sumo, Ireland

13:10 – 14:00

“Meet the best and get inspired”

Winners’ Presentation: e-Science & Technology (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Manar Alhashash – SG of Kuweit e-Award, Kuwait

  • Renderfarm.fi – Making movies with a screensaver, Finland
  • Peers Water Exchange, India
  • PORTADA, Portugal

 

15:00 – 16:00

Young Egyptian digital Planet: Youth Award Winners’ Workshop (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Peter A. Bruck – WSA Chairman

  • Kherna
  • We are all Laila
  • Zabatak
  • Harassmap
  • Girls Only Radio

 

16:00 – 18:30

“Meet the best and get inspired”

Winners’ Presentation: e-Learning & Education Workshop (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Reshan Dewapura – CEO ICTA, Sri Lanka

  • Wikigoviya, Sri Lanka
  • Rufoof, UAE
  • Technology and Civilazation in Ancient China, China
  • Dnevnik.ru, Russian Federation

 

16:40 – 17:00

“Meet the best and get inspired”

Winners’ Presentation: e-Learning & Education (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Chitranganie Mubarak, Programme Head, ICT, Sri Lanka

  • Verdeate.com, Colombia
  • Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine, Digital Museum

17:30 – 18:00

“Meet the best and get inspired”

Winners’ Presentation: e-Inclusion & Participation (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Osama Manzar - Founder & CEO, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India

  • Epooq, Finland
  • News and learning with sign language, Hungary
  • Mexico in Community, Mexico
  • Erada, Egypt

 

18:00 – 19:00

The Mobile Revolution – Poor but Online

Workshop with Orange Labs (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

Moderation: Peter A. Bruck - WSA Chairman

  • Eric Idiahi – CEO Spinlet.com, Nigeria
  • Ralph Simon – CEO & Founder: Mobilium International, UK
  • Dorothy Gordon - Director General, Ghana-India, Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence for ICT
  • Reshan Dewapura – CEO, ICTA, Sri Lanka
  • Osama Manzar – Founder & CEO, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India
  • George Sharkov – Regional Manager, European Software Institute (ESI), India

 



 

Sunday 29th April

 

10:30 – 12:00

Digital delicacies:Tasty e-Content from the region

Best practice Lightning Talks (Conference Area, Hall 3)

 

WSA Winners from the region and the Arab e-Content Community share their vision

 

Moderator: Manar Alhashash – DG Kuwait e-Award, Kuwait

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