- Second MEOS Technology Forum
- 22-23 November 2011 Information Technology Institute - Smart Village
Second Middle East and Africa Open Source Software Technology Forum
Under the kind auspices and attendance of HE Dr. Mohamed Salem , MCIT Minister, co-operation of Loghat El Asr Magazine, Concord for Exhibitions and Conferences in cooperation with Phoenix Egypt are pleased to announce The Second Afro-Arab Open Source Forum; 22 - 23 November, 2011 in Information Technology Institute, ITI at the Smart Village – Cairo, Egypt.

Forum Booklet
An A5 size – 4 colors printed booklet will be handed to all forum delegates where the topics, presentations and…

Presentations
To guarantee the relevance and coherence of the addressed topics, a special committee will review the proposed presentations for approval…
Our Speakers
Jan Wildeboer
RedHat EMEA EVANGELIST
As the Red Hat EMEA Evangelist, Jan is responsible for high-level customer relations and for strengthening the Red Hat brand and ecosystem
Mohamed Salem
Minister Of Communications and Information Technology
An Egyptian academic and politician.he was the chairman of the Information Technology Institute (ITI)
Sherin F. Elrayes
Chairman of Concord
An Entrepreneur with an engineering background, experienced in all aspects of corporate shows and events planning and organization
Prof. Nagla Rizk
Associate Professor
is Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Associate Professor of Economics at the School of Business, the American University in Cairo (AUC)
Program Schedule
- Day 1
- Day 2
- 10:30 – 11:00
SESSION 1: OPENING Welcome Remarks. Dr. Sherin Elrayes, Head, Organizing Committee Open Source and the Egyptian Revolution. Mr. Gamal Ghietas Editor in Chief, Loghat AlAsr magazine Open Source World Status from Industry Perspective. Mr. Dominique Loucougain : CEO Of Mandriva S.A (France) Guest of Honor Speech. H.E. Dr. Mohamed Salem MCIT Minister
- 11:00 – 13:00
SESSION 2: OSS Government Adoption and Policy Implications . Chair: Dr. Naser Fouad. Open Source-The Past The Now and The Future . Mr. Jan Wildeboer.Red Hat, Germany OS Government Adoption experiments. Mr.Jean Parpaillon Mandariva, France . Microsoft Openness. Mr. Fabio Cunha Microsoft, Brazil
- 13:30 15:30
SESSION 3: Open Source a National Issues. Chair: Mr. Sayed Ismail. Managing the Balance Between Privacy and National Security. Mr. Gamal Ghietas.Editor in Chief, Loghat AlAsr magazine Improving Information Security Posture in Post-revolution. Mr. Ahmed El Ezaby Macro And Micro Economics of Open Source . Eng . Mahmoued Sennara President, BIT
- 12:00 – 13:30
SESSION 5 : Cloud computing. Chair: Chair: Eng. Mahmoud Sennara. The Open Source Cloud. Mr. Jan Wildeboer Red Hat, Germany Open-source BPM along with cloud business models. Dr. Sami Sultan Managing Director, Peak Management Building An Open Source Private Cloud Infrastructe. Eng. Diaa radwan, TE Data
- 14:00 15:30
SESSION 6: OSS Business Models and Solutions. Chair: Mr. Ehab Seoudi. GIS Open Source Applications. Dr. Mahmoud Gaber. Android Mobile Applications. Eng. Ahmed Mazen ITI Network security Linux and Microsoft . Eng. Ehab Fahmi TE-Data.
- SESSION 7: Closure & Recommendations .