Nearly 400 global, regional and local Internet experts will attend - iNET Qatar: ‘The Rise of the Arab Information Society’ – at Education City on November 27 from 10am to 4pm.
The one day conference is being organised by ISOC Qatar in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC), ictQATAR and Carnegie Mellon Qatar. This is the first iNET conference that ISOC has run in the region, following recent events like INET Madrid, INET Tallinn and INET Bangalore.
ISOC Qatar launched at QITCOM earlier this year with a vision to make the Internet in Qatar inclusive and accessible so that everyone can use the Internet to enhance their personal and professional lives.
The Qatar Chapter, which has over 300 members, is one of over 80 Chapters in 72 countries working to identify and address the challenges and opportunities that exist online. A number of these key challenges will be addressed at the iNET Qatar conference, with participants addressing topics such as Arab businesses on the Internet, the development of Online Arabic content and how the Internet is governed in the Arab World.
Speakers at the event include ictQATAR’s Secretary General, Dr Hessa Al Jaber, Qusai Al-Shatti, Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Information Technology, Dr. Imad Hoballah, Chairman and CEO of the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in Lebanon and Khaled Koubaa, Policy Manager for Google in North Africa.
Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Director for Africa and the Middle East stressed the importance of the conference to helping inform ISOC’s work both in the region and globally.
“The Arab regional INET, will focus on the importance of connecting with regional Internet communities throughout the Arab region.” Registration at: http://www.internetsociety.org/inet-qatar-form
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