9:00

Words of Welcome

Dr. Ali Al-khouri,

Advisor, Council of Arab Economic Unity, Chairman of the Arab Federation for Digital Economy, Head of Organizing Committee for the Arab Digital Economy conference

Session A1 – A Common Vision for the RegionModerator:

Richard Kerby, President, Richard Kerby LLC, Head of review committee

Vincenzo Aquaro, Chief, Digital Government Branch, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government - UN DESA

HE Atef Helmi, Former Communications and IT Minister, Egypt

Peter Diry, Minister Counsellor for Digital Policy, Delegation of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates

Dr. Hesham O. Dinana, Head of research team for the Arab Digital Economy Strategy

Professor David Eaves, Director of Digital HKS at Harvard Kennedy School (Video)

10:15

Session A2 – Global outlook (why we need to work on common agendas)Moderator:Sophie Boyer de la Giroday, President Wise Media, member of review committee

Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director General European Commission DG DEVCO

Major General Gert-Johannes Hagemann, Deputy Commander, NATO HQ Rapid Reaction Corps France

HE Tarek Amer, Governor of Central Bank, Egypt

Mr. Hany Torky, CTA Global Knowledge, Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP (UAE)

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15

Session A3 – In the era of AI: new Agenda for Education and LaborModerator:

Mr. Ravi Gupta, Elets Technomedia - India, member of review committee

Prof. Ahmed Bounfour, Director Networks and Innovation Group, University Paris Sud

Prof. Gregory Curtin, Global Advisory Board, Future of Urban Development & Services, World Economic Forum

Morten Meyerhoff, fellow Policy-Driven Electronic Governance at United Nations University

12:00

Official Inauguration• UAE National Anthem

• Opening video

• Welcome note from the United Arab Emirates

• Welcome note: HE Secretary General, the League of Arab States

• Welcome note: HE Secretary General, the Council of Arab Economic Unity

• Launch of the Arab Digital Economy Strategy

• Strategy video

13:30 Lunch Break

15:00

Presenting the Arab Digital Economy StrategyProfessor Mohamed Othman Elkhosht, President, Cairo University

Dr. Hesham O. Dinana, Head of research team for the Arab Digital Economy Strategy

15:30

Session A4 – Emerging Technologies for the Arab RegionModerator: Abdulla Al Hamid, Managing Partner INTERMID, member of review committee

Mr. Michel Rogy, Practice Manager Digital Development Africa and Middle East, World Bank

Mr. Siim Sikkut, Government CIO, Estonia

H.E. Eng. Mohammed Ben Amor, Secretary-General, Arab Information and Communication Technology Organization

Prof. Birgitte Andersen, CEO, Big Innovation Center (UK)

16:30

Session A5 – Living in the Digital Society (Future Cities)Moderator: Zhanat Zhakhmetova, Director, Zerde, (Kazakhstan)

Thierry Delville, Ministerial Delegate for Security Industry and Fight against Cyber threats, Ministry of Interior, France

Dr. Khaled Sellami, Director, Prime Minister’s Office, Tunisia

Joao Vasconcelos, Digital government policy analyst, OECD

17:30 Day 1 of the Conference ends

First Arab Digital Economy Conference 2018DAY 1: Sunday, 16 December 2018

9:00

Words of WelcomeMr. Chris Ferguson, Director - National, International & Research Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service, UK (Video message)

Richard Kerby, President, Head of review committee – Report from the Expert Group on the Arab Digital Economy strategy

10:00

Session B1 – Healthcare leveraging Disruptive TechnologiesModerator: Geert Mareels, Director, Government of Belgium, member of review committee

Dr. Lara Srivastava, Head of New Initiatives and Emerging Technologies, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – Canada

Gianluca Misuraca, Senior Scientist, Digital Government Transformation – member of the expert group

Ian Patterson, Chief Digital Officer at UK Cloud Health

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15

Session B2 - Finance in the Digital Economy

Moderator: Prof. Gregory Curtin, Global Advisory Board, Future of Urban Development & Services, World Economic Forum, member of review committee

HE Mohammed Abou El Enein, member of the Parliament (Egypt), International Business and Economic Consultant, UN

Uptal Chakraborty, Head of Artificial Intelligence and EVP, Yes Bank (India)

Prof. Stan Uryasev, University of Florida

Dr. Gino Baldi, Professor of Digital Transmission, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

12:15 Lunch Break

14:00

Session B3 - Developing the policy framework for the Arab Digital Economy

Moderator:Eric Kavanagh, CEO, Bloor Group (US), member of review committee

Hon. Suvi Lindén, Former Minister of Culture and Former Minister of Communications, Finland

Dr. Gérald Santucci, Ambassador, Interop-VLab and Former Adviser on Cross-cutting Policy / Research Issues, EU Commission

Marc Ribes, Expert in ICT and e-Government development strategies

Dr. Adla Ragab, Director of Economic Studies Centre, Cairo University

Dr. Amro Badawi, Former Executive President, The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Egypt)

15:00

Session B4 – Digital Transformation for Sustainable Devel-opment

Moderator:Wyatt Kash, Senior Vice-President, Scoop News, member of review committee

Deniz Susar, Digital Government Branch, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government - UN DESA

Gareth Warner, Director, IoT Connect, Sigma Solar Africa, Gauteng (South Africa)

Prof. Driss Kettanni, Professor of Computer Science, School of Science and Engineering Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, (Morocco)

16:00 Coffee Break

16:30Session B5 –Closing Session

Key takeaways, Digital Economy Strategy17:00 End of Digital Economy Conference 2018

First Arab Digital Economy Conference 2018DAY 2: Sunday, 17 December 2018