{"id":1229,"date":"2019-09-24T09:50:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T08:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mena-innovation.com\/2019\/?page_id=1229"},"modified":"2019-09-24T12:37:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:37:10","slug":"mon-16th-sept","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mena-innovation.com\/2019\/mon-16th-sept\/","title":{"rendered":"Mon 16th Sept"},"content":{"rendered":"
SUN 15th SEPT<\/strong><\/a><\/div>
MON 16th SEPT<\/strong><\/a><\/div>
TUE 17th SEPT<\/strong><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Main Event – 16th Sept 2019<\/span><\/h2>
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Mon 16th Sept<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Official Opening Ceremony – Under the Patronage of the Guest of Honour His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tareq al Said Minister of Heritage & Culture<\/a>
\n<\/b>Speech by:<\/strong>
\nHE Dr Rawya bint Saud Al Busaidi, <\/b>Minister of Higher Education, Oman<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Driving Innovation in Higher Education<\/b><\/a>
\nChair: Peter Harden,\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Managing Director,\u00a0York Press
\n<\/strong>HE Dr Rawya bint Saud Al Busaidi, <\/b>Minister of Higher Education, Oman<\/b><\/em>
\nHE Prof Dr Khaled Abdul-Ghaffar, <\/b>Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Egypt<\/b><\/em>
\nHE Sidi Wild Salim, <\/b>Minister of Higher Education, Research, ICTs & Media,\u00a0Mauritania<\/b>
\n<\/b>HE Mohammed <\/b>Rherras,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Secretary of State, Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education & Scientific Research, Morocco<\/b><\/em>
\nHE Prof Dr Mohamed <\/b>Ould<\/b> Amar, <\/b>Director General,\u00a0Arab League Educational, Cultural & Scientific Organisation<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Investing in Technological Education & Digital Skills for Regional Entrepreneurship<\/a>
\n<\/b>Chair: Jenna <\/b>Pipchuk<\/b><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/b>Global Executive Vice President<\/b>,\u00a0SMART Technologies
\n<\/b>Opening Comments: <\/b>Rudolf <\/b>Rogg, <\/b>Head of Near & Middle East, German Agency for International Cooperation
\n<\/b><\/b>HE Dada Moussa <\/b>Belkhir, <\/b>Minister of Training & Vocational Education, Algeria
\n<\/b><\/b>HE Mohamed Yatim, <\/b>Minister of Employment & Vocational Integration,\u00a0Morocco
\n<\/b><\/b><\/b>HE <\/b>Moustapha<\/b> Mohamed <\/b>Mahamoud,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Minister of National Education & Professional Training, Djibouti
\n<\/b><\/b>HE Dr Muna Bint Salim Al-<\/b>Jardania,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Undersecretary for Technological Education & Vocational Training, Ministry of Manpower,\u00a0Oman<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

ICTs for Delivering the 4th Industrial Revolution in MENA Region<\/a>
\n<\/b>Chair:\u00a0<\/strong>Samy Ahmed Al <\/b>Ghassany,\u00a0<\/b>Chief Operating Officer,\u00a0Omantel
\n<\/b>Opening Comments<\/b>: <\/b>Slaheddine<\/b> Maaref,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Senior Advisor, Arab Regional Office,\u00a0ITU
\n<\/b>HE <\/b>Eng<\/b> Jamil Mousa Suleiman Al-<\/b>Zagharneh,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Deputy Minister for Telecommunications & IT, Palestine
\n<\/b>Dr Salim Sultan Al <\/b>Ruzaiqi,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>CEO, Information Technology Authority,\u00a0Oman
\n<\/b>Nasser Daoud, <\/b>Director of Information Systems, Ministry of Education & Higher Education, Qatar
\n<\/b>Dr Mohamed <\/b>Jemni,<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Director for ICT, Arab League Educational, Cultural & Scientific Organisation<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

MENA Innovation 2019 Highlights<\/h4>\t\t\t