/ Regional Symposium on
E-government and IP
Dubai (UAE), 22-25 November 2004 /

AGENDA

First Day: Monday 22 November 2004

08:00 – 09:00 /

Registration

09:00 – 10:00 / Opening Ceremony
  • Welcoming address
  • Opening remarks
  • Appointment of the Chairperson

10:00 – 10:30 / Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30 / Session 1: Enhancing communication between government entities
Chairperson: Mr. Ali Amiri, Etisalat (UAE)
  • EISI-Government: The Egyptian Information Society Initiative for Government Services Delivery, by Mr. Mohamed Sameh BEDAIR, Ministry of State for Administrative Development (Egypt)
  • UAE Federal e-Government: governing strategies and evolution landmarks, by Dr. Mohamed Emir MAVANI, Ministry of Finance and Industry (UAE)
  • ITU E-strategies: Mandate and activities, by Mr. Alexander Ntoko, ITU/BDT
  • Strategy Management for E-GOV, by Mr. Brahim AZARHARE, Ministère des Affaires Economiques et Générales (Morocco)

12:30 – 14:00 /

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 /

Session 2: Developing government information systems

Chairperson: Mr. Abubakr Elsiddig EL HUSSEIN,NationalInformationCenter (Sudan)
  • Dubai eGovernment Achievements & Upcoming Challenges, by Mr. Mahmood AL BASTAKI, Dubai eGovernment (UAE)
  • Dématérialisation des flux à l’heure du e-commerce et de l’administration éléctronique, by Mr. Azdine EL MOUNTASSIR BILLAH, Maroc Telecommerce (Morocco)

15:00 - 15:30 /

Video conference, by Mr. Hamadoun TOURÉ, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU

15:30 – 16:00 /

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 /

Session 2 (cont.)

  • Toward an Integrated e-Government Model - A System Dynamics Overview, by Dr. Farid El-NAJAR, BenhaUniversity (Egypt)
  • Towards a National E-health Strategy, by Mr. Ahmed AL HUJAIRY,Ministry of Health (Bahrain)

Second Day: Tuesday 23 November 2004

09:30 – 11:00 / Session 3: Transaction-based government services
Chairperson: Mr. Alexander NTOKO, ITU/BDT
  • Building Trust and Security for E-government, by Mr. Alexander Ntoko, ITU/BDT
  • E-payment and their Impact in Accelerating E-Government, by Dr. Nagwa EL SHENAWI, The Cabinet Information & Decision Support Center (Egypt)
  • Managing and delivering e-services the eGovernment Challenge, by Mr. Tariq HABIB, eCompany/Etisalat (UAE)
  • Stratégie Nationale pour le développement des NTIC en Mauritanie, by Mr. Sidi Abdallah KERKOUB, Autorité de Régulation (Mauritania)

11:00 – 11:15 / Coffee Break
11:15 – 14:00 / Session 4: Regional strategies
Chairperson:Mr. Mahmood AL BASTAKI, Dubai eGovernment (UAE)
  • Transformation Models from Traditional to Digital Governments, by Dr. Farid El-NAJAR, BenhaUniversity (Egypt)
  • How eProcurement can benefit Governments in the Region, by Mr. Saqib iqbal, Tejari (UAE)
  • Towards E-Government Strategy in Palestine, by Dr. Bishara F. AL KHOURI, Ministry of Telecommunications & IT (Palestine)
  • ICT Infrastructure in Sudan: A small step towards a great project (e-government), by Mr. Asim Abdelwahab ABDORABO, Sudatel (Sudan)

14:00 – 15:00 /

Lunch

15:00 – 16:30 /

Session 5: Internet Governance and the World Summit on the Information Society

Chairperson: Dr. Nagwa EL SHENAWI, IDSC (Egypt)
  • ITU – World Summit and the Working Group on Internet Governance, by Mr. Désiré KARYABWITE, ITU/BDT
  • E-Gov: Facilitation de l’accès, by Mr. Aziz RABBAH, Ministère de l’Industrie, Commerce et Télécomms. (Morocco)

16:30 – 16:45 /

Coffee Break

16:45– 17:45 /

Session 5 (cont.)

  • The Yemeni strategy and the role of ICT in the creation of an information society and the establishment of E-government, by Mrs. Samira A. M. SALEM, Ministry of Telecom and IT (Yemen)
  • Internet Protocol, by Mr. Badreldin M. Mekki MAAROUF, Sudatel (Sudan)

Third Day: Wednesday 24 November 2004

09:00 – 10:45 / Session 6: DNS, IP addresses and network transition strategies
Chairperson: Mr. Saleem AL BALOOSHI, Manager/NIS, Corporate Security Etisalat (UAE)
  • Next Generation Networks and IP issues, by Mr. Désiré KARYABWITE, ITU/BDT
  • Introduction to the RIPE NCC, byMr.Axel PAWLIK, RIPE NCC (Netherlands)
  • UAEnic at a Glance, Mr. Abdulla HASHIM, Manager UAEnic, (UAE)
  • Etisalat IPv6 Infrastructure & Experience, by Mr. Abed Al-Moeen AQRABAWI, Etisalat (UAE)
Q & A
10:45 – 11:15 / Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30 / Session 6 (Cont.)
  • IDNS Internationalized Domain Names, by Ms. Amani M. Bin SEWAIF, Etisalat (UAE)
  • Distributed DNS - Best Practices to build redundant, reliable DNS
    architecture, byMr.Ladislav VOBR, SE/SOP/I&eS, Etisalat (UAE)
Q & A
12:30 – 14:00 /

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 /

Session 7: Regional Policy and Strategies “Dubai Declaration”

Chairperson:Mr. Aziz RABBAH, Ministère de l’Industrie, Commerce et Télécomms. (Morocco)
Secretariat:Mr. Désiré KARYABWITE, ITU/BDT
15:30 – 16:00 /

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 /

Session 7 Regional Policy and Strategies “Dubai Declaration” (cont.)

Fourth Day: Thursday 25 November 2004

09:00 – 10:30 / Session 7: Policy and Strategies Round-table: «Dubai Declaration»
10:30 – 11:00 / Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 / Adoption of “Dubai Declaration”
Closing Ceremony
13:00 – 14:30 / Lunch