• Second MEOS Technology Forum
  • 22-23 November 2011   Information Technology Institute - Smart Village
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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.

Overview

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Forum Booklet

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

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Presentations

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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 .

Sponsors List

MCIT :: Official sponsor

PhoenixEgypt :: Silver Sponsor

Loghat ElAsr :: Media Sponsors

Mandriva :: Platinum Sponsor

ITI :: Partner

Redhat :: Silver Sponsor

MEAOSSForum History

  • First Middle East and Africa Open Source Software Technology Forum 15-16 June 2010 Ramsis Hilton – Cairo

    On the occasion of founding the Egyptian Society for Open Source Technology, Concord for Exhibitions and Conferences is pleased to announce The First MEA Open Source Software Technology Forum; 15-16 June, 2010 at Ramsis Hilton – Cairo. The forum shall encompass a 2 full days conference succeeded with a one day – 2 tracks tutorial on Thursday June 17th. The forum is a technology type of event directed to ICT users, service providers and developers.  

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    2010

  • Second Middle East and Africa Open Source Software Technology Forum 22-23 November, 2011 Information Technology Institute – Smart Village

    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.

     

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    2011