Global Public Policy Conference

GPPC 2007- Egypt Cairo 4 – 6 November

Session 4 GPPC 2007E- GOVERNMENT

Moderator Ms. Shauneen Furlong, CEO, Territorial Communications Ltd. (Formerly Executive Director, Government On-Line, Canada)

KeynoteH.E. Professor Dr. Ahmed Darwish, Minister of State for AdministrativeDevelopment; Egypt Mr. Ashraf Abdel Wahab, 1st Deputy to Minister of State for Administrative Development; Egypt

Panelist Dr. Jorge A. Cassino, Chairman Emeritus, the Argentine ICT Companies Association (CESSI); Chairman, the Latin- American IT Industry Association (ALETI), Argentina

Panelist Dr. Vasile Baltac, President, Association for Information Technology and Communications of Romania (ATIC)

Panelist Dr. Juma Okech, Secretary, Directorate of e-Government, Office of the President, Kenya.

Panelist Mr. Mikael Hagström, Executive Vice President, SAS Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific

Session 5 GPPC 2007ICT for Development

Moderator Mr. Allen Z. Miller, Consultant; Formerly Senior Vice President, Global Affairs, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) & Executive Director, WITSA

Keynote Ms. Ellen Olafsen, Operations Officer, infoDev; The World Bank (Washington, DC)

Panelist Dr. Moses Waigwa, CEO, Almos Computer Consultancy; c/o Computer Society of Kenya

Panelist Ms. Kelly Hutchinson, Southeast Asia Representative for Vital Wave Consulting, Cambodia

Panelist Dr. Daniel Salcedo, CEO and Founder, CatGen (USA)

Session 6 GPPC 2007INFORMATION SECURITY & PRIVACY

Moderator Ms. Liesyl Franz, Vice President for Information Security Programs and Global Public Policy, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)

Keynote Mr. Ferenc Suba, General Manager, CERT-Hungary; Vice Chairman Network & Information Security Agency (ENISA)

Panelist Mr. Donald A. (Andy) Purdy, President, DRA Enterprises, Inc (Former Director, US Department of Homeland Security – National Cyber Division)

Panelist Mr. Joseph H. Alhadeff, President, Global Public Policy; Chief Privacy Officer; Oracle Corporation (USA)

Panelist Dr. Sherif Hashem, Vice President, Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Egypt

Panelist Mr. Tomohiko Yamakawa, Research Program Director of NTT DATA, Research and Development Headquarters, (Japan)

Session 7 GPPC 2007INNOVATION

Moderator Mr. Elliot Maxwell, Fellow, Communications Program, Johns Hopkins University; Distinguished Research Fellow, eBusiness Research Centre, Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Keynote Eng. Mohamed Omran, CEO, Information Technology Industry Development Agency; ITIDA (Egypt)

Panelist Mr. Christopher G. Caine, Vice President, Government Programs, IBM (USA)

Panelist Drs. Bernd Taselaar, COO, ICT~Office, Netherlands

Panelist Mr. Michael Thatcher, Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft Middle East & Africa (Turkey)

Panelist Dato’ Badlisham Ghazali, Chief Executive Officer, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), Malaysia

Session 8 GPPC 2007FUTURE OF ICT INDUSTRY

Moderator Mr. David A. Olive, WITSA Public Policy Chairman; General Manager and Chief Corporate Representative, Fujitsu Limited Washington, DC

Keynote Dr. Amr Badawi, Executive President National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt

Panelist Ms. Michelle O’Neill, Deputy Under Secretary, International Trade Administration; U.S. Department of Commerce

Panelist Mr. John Dryden, Deputy Director, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France

Panelist Ms. Sheryle Moon, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)