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SUN 29th JULY<\/strong><\/a><\/div>
MON 30th JULY<\/strong><\/a><\/div>
TUE 31st JULY<\/strong><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Main Event – 31st July 2018<\/span><\/h2>
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Tue 31st July<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome Speech<\/a>
\n<\/strong>HE Dr Amr <\/b>Talaat,\u00a0<\/b>Minister of Communications & Information Technology,\u00a0Egypt<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Investing in the ICT Ecosystem for Digital Transformation<\/a>
\n<\/b>Chair:\u00a0<\/strong>Jer\u00f3nimo<\/b> Silva,\u00a0<\/b>Regional Vice President of Sales, MENA,\u00a0JP-Inspiring <\/b>Knowledge
\n<\/b>HE Dr Amr <\/b>Talaat,\u00a0<\/b>Minister of Communications & Information Technology,\u00a0Egypt
\n<\/b>HE Jamal <\/b>Al-Jarrah,\u00a0<\/b>Minister of Telecommunications,\u00a0Lebanon
\n<\/b>HE Dr Ahmed <\/b>Al-<\/b>Theneyan,\u00a0<\/b>Deputy Minister for Technology Industry & Digital Capacities,\u00a0Saudi Arabia
\n<\/b>Eng<\/b> Salih<\/b> Hassan <\/b>Ali,\u00a0<\/b>Director General, Ministry of Communications,\u00a0Iraq<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Keynote\u00a0<\/b>Speech<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Rt. Hon Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP,\u00a0UK Prime Minister\u2019s Trade Envoy to Egypt<\/p>\n

Digital Skills for the Labour Force and Entrepreneurs<\/b><\/a>
\nChair:\u00a0<\/strong>Selim <\/b>Edd\u00e9,\u00a0<\/b>Head of Public Policy & Government Relations, MENA,\u00a0Google
\n<\/b>HE Mohammed Bin <\/b>Taliah,\u00a0<\/b>Assistant Director General, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs & the Future,\u00a0UAE
\n<\/b>Salam <\/b>Yamout,\u00a0<\/b>Middle East Regional Director,\u00a0Internet Society
\n<\/b>Dr <\/b>Shurug<\/b> Ali <\/b>Alkhalifa,\u00a0<\/b>Dean of eLearning & Distance Learning, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University,\u00a0Saudi Arabia
\n<\/b>Dr <\/b>Hossam<\/b> Osman,\u00a0<\/b>Advisor to Minister of Communications & Information Technology,\u00a0Egypt<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Achieving Sustainability with Science, Technology & Innovation<\/a>
\n<\/b>Chair:\u00a0<\/strong>Wael <\/b>Abdoush,\u00a0<\/b>Country General Manager,\u00a0IBM <\/b>Egypt
\n<\/b>Dr Amr <\/b>Safwat,\u00a0<\/b>Director of IT industry and Academia Collaboration,\u00a0Egypt
\n<\/b>Hoda<\/b> Dahroug,\u00a0<\/b>Director of Social Responsibility, MCIT,\u00a0Egypt
\n<\/b>Gertrude <\/b>Ngabirano,\u00a0<\/b>Executive Secretary,\u00a0East <\/b>Africa Science & Technology <\/b>Commission
\n<\/b>Dr <\/b>Abdulmagid<\/b> Bouzed,\u00a0<\/b>Director of Research Funding, Libyan Authority for Research, Science & Technology
\n<\/strong>Josephine <\/b>Nyiranzeyimana,\u00a0<\/b>Chief Government Information Officer, Ministry of ICT,\u00a0Rwanda<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Transforming Society through Digital & Financial Inclusion<\/a>
\n<\/b>Chair:\u00a0<\/strong>Tarek <\/b>Elhousseiny,\u00a0<\/b>General Manager North Africa & Levant,\u00a0Visa <\/b>International
\n<\/b>Eng<\/b> Amro<\/b> Moussa,\u00a0<\/b>MCIT Minister\u2019s Advisor for Digital Economy & Information Security,\u00a0Egypt
\n<\/b>Timothy <\/b>Were,\u00a0<\/b>Deputy Director of ICT, Ministry of ICT,\u00a0Kenya
\n<\/b>Essam El <\/b>Saghir,\u00a0<\/b>Chairman,\u00a0Egypt Post
\n<\/b>Ahmed El <\/b>Beheiry,\u00a0<\/b>CEO,\u00a0Telecom Egypt
\n<\/b>Ahmed <\/b>Attout,\u00a0<\/b>Chief Capital Markets Officer,\u00a0African <\/b>Development Bank<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

MENA Innovation 2018 Highlights<\/h4>\t\t\t