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AGENDA
 
AGENDA - Day One | Monday, 10 September 2012
08:30 Registration & Coffee
09:00 Opening Address

H.E. Salem Al Shair, Deputy Director General, eGovernment & Information Sector, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), UAE
09:10 Hosting Partner Welcome Address

Abdul Kerim Al Raeesi, Director of Strategy and Planning, Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), UAE
09:20 International Address: Global trends in e-Government and e-Governance and e-Participation
 
  • Exploring the latest trends and innovations in communication, commerce, social engagement, mobility and digital media
  • Examining the government’s role in moving from a controller to a facilitator of information and services
  • Reviewing the major challenges facing governments around the world and how they are resolving them
  • Bridging the digital divide for greater international cooperation
Richard Kerby, Interregional Adviser on e-Government, United Nations, USA
09:50 International Keynote Address: Promoting e-participation and citizen decision making processes
 
  • Gathering relevant information from citizens to help with real-time policy and high level decision-making
  • Engaging with citizens to improve policies, regulation and ser vice delivery
  • Using e-participation and e-engagement to drive and facilitate change
Jeongwon Yoon, Executive Director, National Information Society Agency (NIA), South Korea
10:30 Driving the enhancement of services through location based information & advanced spatial analysis
Khawla Al Fahim, Data Project Specialist, Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre(ADSIC), UAE
  The Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre – Providing a hassle free one stop shop for all residents
  • Centralizing services to allow residents to request information, report an incident, or make a suggestion
  • Meeting people’s communication needs by providing multiple interaction channels
  • Increasing customer satisfaction and civic participation by providing timely and accurate responses
Khalid Al Mazrouei, Business Information Manager, Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), UAE
11:10 Panel Discussion: Adapting international trends into the local context of the GCC
 
  • Exploring how you can adapt international best practices and advances locally
  • Reviewing the critical success factors and enablers to successfully adopt global trends
  • Taking citizen opinions into account during government and policy decision making
H.E. Salem Al Shair, Deputy Director General, eGovernment & Information Sector, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), UAE
Jeongwon Yoon
, Executive Director, National Information Society Agency (NIA), South Korea

Richard Kerby
, Interregional Adviser on e-Government, United Nations, USA

Michael Isman, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton, USA
11:50 Morning break
12:20 Delivering outstanding e-services to the public
 
  • Examining RTA’s journey in developing unique e-services
  • Creating an end-to-end multi-channel ser vice delivery experience for maximum user convenience
  • Integrating e-services with other government and non-government ser vice providers effectively
Ahmed Bahrozyan, CEO, Licensing Agency, Road & Transport Authority (RTA), UAE
12:50 Panel Discussion: Adding value and excellence to e-services delivery
 
  • Examining how to align e-services with citizen demands and popular trends
  • Strategically prioritizing e-services development
  • Understanding the critical success factors that will maximize the value of your e-services
Dr. Taha Khedro, Partner - Advisory Technology, PricewaterhouseCoopers, UAE
Ahmed Bahrozyan, CEO, Licensing Agency, Road & Transport Authority (RTA), UAE
Dr. Zakareya Al Khajah, Directorate of Policies and Business Processes Re-engineering, eGovernment Authority - Kingdom of Bahrain, Bahrain
AKhalid Dawood Alzadjali, Deputy Director General, Directorate of Information Systems, Muscat Municipality, Oman
13:10 Streamlining operations with the Government Resource Planning System
 
  • Providing a platform for more efficient management of basic resources and human competencies to Dubai Government entities
  • Ensuring government departments can connect, communicate and exchange information whilst maintaining the privacy of their information
  • Using the system to prepare archive and consolidate reports, and streamline processes
Huda Al Hashimi, Director of Government Resource Planning (GRP) Systems, Dubai eGovernment, UAE
13:40 Taking a citizen-oriented approach to providing social services
 
  • Ensuring customer experience excellence and satisfaction
  • Helping increase transparency in government operations
  • Lessons learned from major e-services implementations in EMEA
Mahmoud Zaghloul, Senior Staff Systems Engineer, EMC2 Middle East, UAE
14:00 Defending against next generation cyber attacks: tackling advanced persistent and targeted threats
 
  • What are the latest and emerging threats and what do they look like? APTs, targeted threats, blended threats
  • A closer look at the anatomy of the infection lifecycle
  • Why traditional defences are not stopping the most dangerous of threats, the ones that get through
Alex Lanstein, Senior Systems Engineer, FireEye, UAE
14:20 Networking lunch
15:20 STREAMED SESSIONS: (Please choose one of the following streams)
  Workshop A: Creating partnerships and maximising synergy for e-government and citizen engagement
  • Creating additional value by linking government institutions service delivery
  • Employing innovative technologies for inter-institutional coordination
  • Aligning institutional integration with developmental planning
  • Creating partnerships with the private sector and NGOs
Case Studies by:
Jeongwon Yoon, Executive Director, National Information Society Agency (NIA), South Korea
Mohammad Mubarah,, e-Gov Project Manager & Secretary of the Commission on e-Government, Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, KSA
Mohamed Karmastaji, Acting Director of Technology & Standards, Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), UAE
  Workshop B: Developing reputation and risk strategies for engagement
  • Understanding how to effectively engage your audience across multiple channels
  • Using social media to interact with and engage your audience
  • Delivering popular content in the way that viewers want it
  • Developing relationships and partnerships with your audience to encourage loyalty
  • Developing sound policies to help you manage reputation and reduce risk
Case Study by:
Saleem Zoughbi,, Regional Adviser-ICT, United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), Lebanon
16:50 End of day one
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