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Program Outline |
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Day 1: Sept 26, 2005
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| 8:00-10:00
am |
Registration & Coffee
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| 10:00-11:00 |
Opening Ceremony
Opening Speech: H.E.
Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahayan
UAE Minister of Education
Keynote Speaker: Mark
De Simone
Vice President, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Cisco Systems
Keynote Speaker: Vijay
Chandru
Chairman & CEO, Strand
Life Sciences
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| 11:10-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30-1:00 |
Panel Session
“Producing Information
Technology - Can the Middle-East do it?”
Panelists:
Dr. Jurgen Knorr, CEO
Dubai Silicon Oasis
Mr. Mark DeSimone: VP Cisco EMEA
Dr. Krishna Nathan: VP and Director of IBM Zurich Research Lab
Dr. Vijay Chandru, Chairman & CEO, Strand Life Sciences
Moderator: Dr. Mohamed
Baka - Director of Information Technology, ADWEA |
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1:00-2:30
pm |
Lunch (Sponsored by IIT’05)
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| 2:30-4:30 |
Technical Sessions and Tutorials
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Room 1
Technical Session# 1
Information Security-1
Session Chair: Dr. Ezedin
S. Barka |
Room 2
Technical Session#2
Information and E-Business
Systems-1
Session Chair: Dr. Arthur
D. Tatnall |
Room 3
IT Middle-East Showcase
(CIT, Pico Pita, Shadi
Systems, Dubai e-government)
Session Chair: Dr. Hazem
El-Khatib |
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8:00 |
Gala Dinner (Sponsored by
IIT’05)
Keynote Speaker: Krishna
Nathan
VP and Director of IBM
Zurich Research Lab
Cisco Research Award
Ceremony |
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Day 2: Sept 27, 2005
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| 8:00-9:00
am |
Coffee |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Room 1
Technical Session# 3
Communication Networks-1
Session Chair: Dr. Soumaya S.
Cherkaoui |
Room 2
Technical Session # 4
Web & E-Services-1
Session Chair: Dr. Emad Batiana |
Room 3
Technical Session # 5
Simulation and Modeling -1
Session Chair: Dr. Ashraf El-Najjar
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| 12:00-2:00
pm |
Lunch Break
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| 2:00-4:30 |
Room 1
Technical Session# 6
Information & E-Business Systems-2:
Session Chair: Dr. Peter Fettke
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Room 2
Technical Session # 7
Software Systems-1:
Session Chair: Dr. Maria J.
Pérez-Luque |
Room 3
Technical Session # 8
Communication Networks -2
Session Chair: Dr. Raed Shubair |
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Day 3: Sept 28, 2005
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| 8:00-9:00 am |
Coffee |
| 9:00-12:00 |
Technical Sessions and Tutorials
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Room 1
Technical Session # 9
Information & E-Business
Systems-3
Session Chair: Dr. Kasem
Saleh |
Room 2
Technical Session # 10
Web & E-Services -2
Session Chair: Dr. Gassan
Qadah |
Room 3
Tutorial # 1:
Application Oriented
Networking (Cisco Systems)
Tutorial # 2:
Design Challenges for Nano
Technologies (CIT)
Session Chair: Dr. Jihad Mohaidat (DSO), Co-Chair: Dr. Khaled Shuaib |
| 12:00-2:00
pm |
Closing Ceremony
Recommendations and Best
Paper Award
Lunch (Sponsored by
IIT’05)
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