IRAQ INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY & EDUCATION SUMMIT
Sharjah, UAE, 27-28 February 2007
 
 
Summit Agenda
 
Tuesday 27 February 2007
 
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
   
09:15 - 09:30 Welcome Adress
  Omar Barzanji, Organising Partner
CEO, Technology Partners
   
09:30 - 10:30 Keynote Speeches
   
 

HE Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi
Minister of Communications, Unity Government of Iraq

HE Abed Theyab
Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Unity Government of Iraq

HE Raed Fahmi
Minister of Science & Technology, Unity Government of Iraq

HE Dr Dilshad Abdul-Rahman
Minister of Education, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)

HE Dr Idris Hadi Salih
Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)

   
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Coffee Break
   
11:00 - 11:45 Iraqi Government Ministry Presenation
   
  Ministry of Communications (plus Q&A)
Chaired by: Ali Al-Dahwi, CEO, MTC Atheer
   
11:45 - 12:30 Kurdistan Regional Government ( KRG ) Presentation
   
 

Chaired by: Omar Barzanji, Organising Partner
CEO, Technology Partners

KRG Ministry of Education (plus Q&A)
KRG Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (plus Q&A)

   
12: 30 - 14:00 Lunch
   
14:00 - 17:45 Roundtable Meet The Ministeries Sessions
   
Wednesday 28 February 2007
   
09:00 - 09:45 UNESCO & Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) Panel Session
   
 

Habib Hajjar
Senior Education Programme Specialist, UNESCO

Bob Fonow
Senior Consultant, Ministry of Communications (IRMO)

Alan Cross
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education (IRMO)

   
09:45 - 10:30 Universities Panel Session
   
 

Ambassador Edwin G. Corr, Associate Director, International Programs Center, University of Oklahoma, USA

Dr Tom Owens, College of Education, University of Central Florida, USA

Kevin Dunseath, Director, Middle East & North Africa, University of Exeter, UK

   
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Coffee Break
   
11:00 - 12:30 Iraqi Government Ministry Presentations
   
 

Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (plus Q&A)
Chaired by: Amanda Clarke, Regional Educational Resource Manager, Jashanmal

Ministry of Science & Technology (plus Q&A)
Chaired by: Danny Benjamin, Vice-President, Al-Fawares Company

   
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
   
14:00 - 17:45 Roundtable Meet the Ministries Sessions
   
 
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