Day 1: Wednesday 17th December 2008

ICICT Conference Agenda
Tuesday 16^th December 2008
19:30 – 22:30 Gala Dinner
Day 1: Wednesday 17^th December 2008
9:00 – 17:00	Registration
10:00 – 11:00	Keynote Speech “From Producer to Creator, the Implications and Challenges for Ireland” Frank Davenport, Project Manager Research & Skills, Information & Communications Technology Division (ICT), IDA Ireland More.. Chair: Mohamed Salem (ITI Chairman)
11:00 – 12:30	Session (IA)	Session (IB)
	Innovations and Future Trends Chair: Ahmed El-Sherbini (Egypt) Co Chair: Fanny Klett (Germany) The changing pattern of competitive behavior.More.. Dr. El-Namaki (Netherlands)(Invited) Impact of Globalization on Human Capital Development "Egyptian Case" - Part I More.. Ahmad Abu El-Ata (Switzerland) (Invited) Impact of Globalization on Human Capital Development "Egyptian Case" - Part II More.. Monira Abu El-Ata (Switzerland) (Invited) Curriculum Innovations and Educational Technology “Factors Affecting the Adoption of ICT Curriculum Innovations and Educational Technology” More.. Arthur Tatnall (Australia) (Invited)	Planning for Human Capital Development Chair: M. Shoeira (Egypt) Co Chair: Gonzalo León (Spain) Public-private partnerships in ICT education from the open innovation perspective More.. Gonzalo León (Spain) (Invited) Active knowledge generation by University students through cooperative learning More.. I. Esnaola Arribillaga (Spain) EDU Egypt More.. Heba Saleh, Howaida Nabil (Egypt) Project Human Resources Management (itSMF Egypt Chapter Establishment Project Case Study) More.. Rania Al-Maghraby (Egypt)
12:30 – 13:00	Break
13:00 – 14:45	Session (II): Success Stories/ Case Studies-1 Chair: El-Namaki Co Chair: Atef Helmy - We Grow Together More.. Magdy Kamal (ITS) - Human Capital Development More.. Mohamed Fouad (Xceed) - Strategic Centre for Delivering IBM Services Worldwide More.. Hala El-Gohary (IBM) - Technology Incubation Program – Leveraging Technology More.. Ahmed Laiali (ITIDA, Egypt)

15:00 – 17:00	Panel Discussion: University Graduates Employability for the Egyptian IT Market Moderator: Mr. Alaa Zaher Panelists: - Dr. Mohamed Salem (ITI) - Prof. Mohamed Fahmy Tolba (Ain Shams University) - Mr. Amin Khair El-Din (ITIDA) - Prof. Adel Zayed (Cairo University) - Ms. Denise D’elia (Vodafone) Industry Side Graduates in the workplace; challenging areas? Emerging Need! Education Side How Universities teach employability skills How Universities currently assess students’ employability skills ITI How MCIT and MoHE jointly develop and integrate employability skills into their programs of study; EDU Egypt Project Skills Matrix! ITIDA BPO Industry; current status and future vision
17:00	Lunch
Day 2: Thursday 18^th December 2008
10:00 – 11:00	Plenary Session Engineering and Computer Science Accreditation More.. Tom Cain (USA) (Invited) Chair: Mohamed Younis	Plenary Session Low-cost for Education and Capacity Building More.. Raoul Weiler (Belgium) (Invited) Chair: Mahmoud El-Hadid
11:00 – 12:30	Session (IIIA)	Session (IIIB)
	Curriculum Development and Delivery Techniques Chair:Tom Cain (USA) Co Chair: Yasser El-Dakroury (Egypt) Active Competition and Efficiency of Labor: Significance of Modern Web-Based E-Learning and Training Services and Recent Standards Developments More.. Fanny Klett (Germany) (Invited) Increasing Interactivity in Large Blended Classrooms Through a Cutting-Edge Mobile Learning System More.. M. J. Wang & R. M. Shen (China/USA) (Invited) E-Learning in Workplaces More.. Farhad Daneshgar, Christine Van Toorn, Sau Chuen Edwin Chan (Australia) E-Learning Systems in Virtual Environment More.. H. M. Abdul-kader (Egypt) Customizing Blended Learning Platforms: Ariann@ Project Experience More.. V. Di Lecce, A. Giove, M. Calabrese (Italy)	ICT and Capacity Building Chair: Abd El-Rahman El-Sawy (Egypt) Co Chair:Arthur Tatnall (Australia) Incorporating ICT: An Operational Strategy for Mission Achievement More.. Juliet Stoltenkamp & Carolynne Kies (South Africa) A Blueprint for Building IT Workforce Empowerment Program Based PCMM Level 3(People Capability Maturity More.. Ahmed M. Gamal (Egypt) A New Concept for Management in the Public and the Private Sector” including the requirements for the corresponding HRM Jacob Kol (Netherlands) Quantifying the ICT Needs of Academic Institutes using the Service Category-Stakeholder Matrix Approach" More.. Mahmoud El-Hadidi (Egypt)
12:30 – 13:00	Break
13:00 – 14:45	Session (IV): Success Stories/ Case Studies-2 (Ireland – India ) Chair: Raoul Weiler Co Chair: Yasser El-Kadi Leadership development for CEO’s, an Irish experience More.. John McGarr (EI, Ireland) Human Capital in the Indian Information Technology Industry: Capacity Building to solve the problem of scarcity More.. Aju Thomas Abraham (India) Egyptian E-Learning University: Case Study More.. Yasser El-Dakroury (Egyptian eUniversity, Egypt) Capacity Building in the New Era Using Blended e-learning More.. M. Azer (Egypt) , A. El-Sherbini (Egypt)
15:00 – 17:00	Panel Discussion: Human Capital Development for the Offshoring Industry Moderator: Mohamed Maged Panelists: - Dr. Hazem Abd El-Azim (ITIDA) -Dr. Mohamed Salem (ITI) -Mr. Mohamed Fouad ( Xceed) -Mr. Khaled Faraj (ITS) -Mr. Barnick Maitra (McKinsey) Consultancy (McKinsey) The Offshoring industry: Overview, key players and trends India as the pioneer supplier for the offshoring industry ITIDA Egyptian competitive edge in the offshoring industry Marketing Egypt as a hub for the offshoring industry in the middle east ITI Responsive and dynamic human resources to meet rapidly changing global economic environment ITS Maintain competitiveness: skills gap, technological advances, process quality management Xceed Breaking through the cross cultural barriers Marketing Egypt as a hub for the offshoring industry in the middle east
17:00 – 17:30	Closing Session M. Salem (Conference Chairman) Mahmoud El-Hadidi (Conference Secretary General)
17:30	Lunch