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5th Middle East Chief Information Officer Conference & IT fair
ME CIO 2008 Summit |
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Speakers from: |
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Organized by Mawj Information Technology
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Sponsors
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Day 2 - Wednesday November 26, 2008 |
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Day 3 - Thursday November 27, 2008 |
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Please note: This is a draft agenda, as we come closer to the event minor updates may be introduced and missing information will be uploaded.
Complete list of all biographies, photos of speakers and abstract of presentations will be published soon.
Please contact us for all inquires. |
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Day 1 - Tuesday November 25, 2008 |
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© Copyright 2008, Mawj |
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Name / Position |
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8:00 am -5:00 pm |
Registrations & Exhibition |
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8:00 am -8:30 am |
Welcome Coffee & Networking |
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8:30 am - 8:45 am |
Khaled Almobarak Conference Chairman |
Organizers / Mawj IT |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
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8:45 am -9:30 am |
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Cardiff University |
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9:30 am -10:15 am |
Abdullah Al-Zamil Chief Operating Officer |
Zamil Industrial |
Human resources are your most valuable Assets |
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10:15 am -10:30 am |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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10:30 am -11:15 am |
Dr. Jaber Al-Marri Senior Applications Architect |
Saudi ARAMCO |
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA): Reality or Fiction? |
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11:15 am -12:00 pm |
Mohammed Al-Shahri Chief Information Officer |
Naizak |
The PLAN to be a world class, fully integrated trading & services company |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:15 pm |
Feras Al-Jabi General Manager |
ITQAN |
BEST PRACTICES FOR MAXIMIZING BUSINESS & IT ALIGNMENT |
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2:15 pm - 3:00 pm |
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Optimiza |
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3:00 pm -3:30 pm |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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3:30 pm - 4:15 pm |
Steve McIntosh |
Cardiff University |
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4:15 pm - 5:00 pm |
Dr. Marcus Funke MENA Support Director |
SAP |
RunSAP methodology (ASAP for operations) & The new w/w Enterprise Support Offering |
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Company |
Topic |
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8:00 am -5:00 pm |
Registrations & Exhibition |
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8:00 am -8:30 am |
Welcome Coffee & Networking |
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8:30 am - 9:15 am |
Dr. Ghassan Kbar Professor at AUD |
American University in Dubai |
Scalability and flexibility of the network infrastructure at AUD. Best practice and success factors for a dynamic modern network |
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9:15 am -10:00 am |
Dr. Mohammed Karzazi |
Riverbed |
Redefining Enterprise IT Architecture |
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10:00 am -10:30 am |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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10:30 am -11:15 am |
Dileep Somani, Chief Information Officer |
OTE Group |
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11:15 am -12:00 pm |
Malek Hamdieh |
Qatar Steel |
Identifying the role of IT within the organization |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:15 pm |
Ibrahim M. Lari Chief Executive Officer |
Injazat Data Sys. |
IT Outsourcing: A Business Enabler |
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2:15 pm - 3:00 pm |
Ubaydli Ubaydli Chief Executive Officer |
Al-Nadeem |
Challenges Facing Alignments of IT with Business |
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3:00 pm -3:30 pm |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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3:30 pm - 4:15 pm |
Jeremy Hilton |
Cardiff University |
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4:15 pm - 5:00 pm |
Dr. Eric Cole Chief Scientist |
Lockheed Martin |
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Company |
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8:00 am -3:00 pm |
Registrations & Exhibition |
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8:00 am -8:30 am |
Welcome Coffee & Networking |
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8:30 am - 9:15 am |
Prof. Brian Wilson |
Cardiff University |
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9:15 am -10:00 am |
Khaled Almobarak Chief Executive Officer |
Mawj IT |
Change Management |
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10:00 am -10:30 am |
Coffee Break & Networking |
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10:30 am -11:15 am |
Dr. Iftikhar Nadeem Advisor, Information Strategy |
KFUPM |
IT Project Management in Saudi Public Sector |
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11:15 am -12:00 pm |
Anas Tawileh |
Cardiff University |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:15 pm |
Ammar Enaya |
Aruba |
The All wireless workspace |
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2:15 pm - 3:00 pm |
Osama Ghoul, Managing Partner |
Devoteam |
Creating successful IT backbone for an organization; and the pillars to a sustainable ICT strategy that fits business needs in the long term |