United Nations

Open Government Data Forum

April 28 – 29, 2014 | Ritz Carlton |Abu Dhabi, UAE

8:00 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 – 9:30

Official welcome Message

H.E Dr. Ali Al-Khouri

Director General

Emirates Identity Authority

9:30 – 10:00 Session 1:UNDESA Key note speech

Chair: TBA

Mr. Vincenzo Aquaro

Chief E-Government Unit,

UNDESA

10:00 – 10:30

Key note speaker: UN e-Government Survey Results

Mr. Richard Kerby - UNDESA

Senior Inter-Regional Advisor on e-Government and Knowledge Management

E-Government Unit, DPADM

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 Session 2: Open Government - the Public Administration

Chair: Vincenzo Aquaro

1. Mr. Andrew Stott – UK

Member – UK Transparency Board

First Director – Data.gov.uk

England

2. Ms. Micheline Casey

Chief Data Officer

Federal Reserve Board

USA

3. Mr. Bill McGluggage

Chief Information Officer

Republic of Ireland

12:00 – 1:00 Session 3: Open Government in International Organizations

Chair:

1. Ms. Anat Lewin

World Bank

Washington D.C.

2. Mr. Richard Stirling

Director of International

Open Data Institute

UK

United Nations

3. Dr. Vassilios Peristeras

Programme Manager – EU Policies

European Commission – Belgium

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch

2:30 – 4:00 Session 4: Implementation of Open Government Activities

Chair: Dr. Julia Glidden

1. Mr. Young Sun Lee

Director,

National Information Society Agency

Seoul, Republic of Korea

2. Mr. Geert Mareels

Flemish e-Government Manager

EiB- Corve

Belgium

3. Ms. Taghreed Badawoud

Head of International Relations

Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO)

Egypt

4. Mr. Romain Lacombe

Head of Innovation

Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Open Government

France 4:00 – 5:20 Session 5: Security Issues of Open Data – Cloud Technology

Chair: Mr. Andrew Stott

1. Mr. Karl Chambers

CEO

Diligent e-Security International

USA

2. Mr. Eddy van der Stock

President

V-ICT-OR

Belgium

3. Mr. Taiye Lambo

Founder

Cloude Assurance

USA

4. Vishal Marria

Senior Director,

Fraud and Financial Crime,

SAS - EMEA & AP Region

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Close of Day

one

United Nations

Day 2 Topic

9:00 – 10:30 Session 6: CIO Round Table Discussions – GCC

1. Mohammad A. Aseeri

DG Consultant on Policy, Strategy & Technology

National Information Center - KSA

2. Wassim Ibrahim Al Ayoubi

Acting eServices Integration Section Manager

Dubai Smart Government Department

3. Abdullah Al Kendi

IT Manager

EIDA

4. Ms. Safeyya Al Shehi

eGov Expert

UAE

5. Maj. Abdullah Mohammed Al Jabri

IT Manager

Directorate General of Information Technology

Royal Oman Police

Moderator – Dr. Julia Glidden-Founder and Managing Director of 21c Consultancy

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 Session 7: Private Sector – Open Government Solutions for the Public Sector

Chair: Ms. Micheline Casey

1. Mr. Charles Philip Coupet

Business Development Manager

Dell

New York, USA

2. Microsoft

Cyril Voisin

Regional Technology Officer

Microsoft Gulf

3. Beau Parry

CEO and Founder

Brivas

California, USA

12:00 – 1:00 Session 8: Private Sector – Open Data Strategies

Chair: Mr. Richard Kerby

1. Mr. Eric Kavanagh

CEO

The Bloor Group

Texas, USA

2. Mr. Wyatt Kash

United Nations

Editor

Information Week - Government

Virginia, USA

3. Mr. Ibrahim El Badawi

CEO

Exatriium

Dubai, UAE

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch

2:30 – 4:00 Session 9: Open Data Solutions within the GCC

Chair: TBA

1. Mr. Johnny Beyrouthy

Sybase

2. Mr. Carel Badenhorst

SAS

Dr. Muhammad Khurram Khan

3. Associate Professor

Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA)

King Saud University, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

4. Dr.Usman Zafar

Country Manager - (Middle East & North Africa)

INIT

4:00 – 5:00 Session 10: App Development- App Developers

Chair: TBA

1. Mr. Justin McGrugger

Founder and Principal Owner

Noetic Partners

New York, USA

2. Mr. Paulo.Alencar

Associate Director, Computer Systems Group

David Cheriton School of Computer Science

3. University of Waterloo

Ontario, Canada Mr. Fred McGarry

Executive Director

Centre for Community Mapping

Ontario, Canada

United Nations

5:00- 5:15 Closing Address

H.E Dr. Ali Al-Khouri

Director General

Emirates Identity Authority

End of day 2

Day 3 Topic

9:00 – 11:00 Brainstorming Session with Emirates ID Authority

Presentation of Emirates ID Authority – 2014 – 2016 Strategic Plan

Presenter:

H.E Dr. Ali Al-Khouri

Director General

Emirates Identity Authority

Participants:

Emirates ID Authority Team

Speakers from the two-day Forum