Manama: Bahrain will host the Arab ICT Forum 2014 which is a two days event that is being organized by the ICT committee of the Federation of Arab Engineers (FAE) and Bahrain Society of Engineers and will be held during the period 21-22 October, 2014 at Bahrain Society of Engineers headquarters under the patronage of Dr Mohammed Ahmed Al Amer CICS President and Chairman of the TRA Board in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The theme of the forum is “Adding Value to Human Lives through ICT Development” and the topics that will be discussed and covered are: Sustainable development, the new skill sets required to manage the new technologies, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Business Intelligence Trends, Augmented Reality for Business and Government, 5G technology and its impact on the way we live, the Internet of things, the opportunity and the challenge, Are we ready for the Internet of Things? , The Internet of things: Security Perspective ,Telecommunications Sector at a Glance – 2014 ; ICT in Education – Challenges and Perspectives , Modern technologies in libraries and information centres , Information and Communication Computing Using Intelligent Agent Orientation, IT Strategic Planning and Governance Toolkit: A pilot study of Government Sector in Kingdom of Bahrain ,Batelco FTTx Journey ,the Role of Fibre Optics in ICT and Advancing Development through Social Media.
Saleh Tarradah, chairman of the ICT committee said that as planners and organizers of this and previous forums have noticed the continued support and enthusiasm of all speakers and their organizations to contribute and share their experience and knowledge which are good signs for a very successful event.
“I would like also to acknowledge the contributions and support of the Forum Patron, the sponsors and the supporters for their genuine assistance and efforts to make the Arab ICT Forum 2014 a value add event to all the participants”.
The forum has managed to attract speakers from Bahrain and Abroad representing organizations and institutions such as the ITU Regional Office for the Arab States , Aluminium Bahrain , GULF AIR ; Oracle Corporation ; AFFNO ; Ericsson; GBM ;ITS ; Applied Science University; TRA Bahrain ; Palestine Technical University colleges; University of Bahrain; Batelco and Social Media Club Bahrain.
Jameel Alalawi member of the Organizing Committee and Director of Conferences Bahrain Society of Engineers has stated that we are very grateful to TRA Bahrain for being our Strategic Partner and to VIVA Bahrain for being the Platinum Sponsor and to the following organizations that have agreed to support the Arab ICT Forum 2014: Ahlia University, BIS, BITS, BTECH, ICT Specific Council, IET Local Network, ISACA and SMC Bahrain.
Jameel has added that the opportunity for sponsorship is still open and requested all ICT professionals and players in the ICT sector to attend this forum and to visit the website www.arabict.info for more details and registration.