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Conference Program
9:30 - 11:00
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Heading to Alamein International University from Alexandria Bibliotheca
11:30 - 12:30
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Arrival & Registration
1:00 - 1:40
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Official Opening Physical
Technical Conference Chair: Dr. Mustafa Elnainay, Dean, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Alamein International University, Egypt
Technical Conference Chair: Dr. Samy El-Tawab, Associate Professor, James Madison University, USA
IEEE Egypt Section Chair: Dr. Ahmad Hassan, Dean of Information Technology and Computer Science School, Nile University, Egypt
IEEE Region 8 Director: Prof. Antonio Luque, Director, IEEE Region 8
IEEE TEMS President: Dr. Ravikiran Annaswamy, Global President, IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
Conference Co-chair: Dr. Eesa Bastaki President, University of Dubai, UAE
Conference Chair: Dr. Essam Elkordi, President, Alamein International University, Egypt
Government Representative (Opening)
1:45 - 2:15
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Opening Keynote Speech Physical
Title: Smart Connected World: Is it Ready for Pandemics
Dr. Magdy Bayoumi, Director, The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS) | Department Head, Computer Science Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
2:15 - 2:25
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Q&A
2:30 - 3:00
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Keynote Speech #1 Physical
Title: Toward Realizing Smart World by AIoT and Edge Computing
Prof. Keiichi Yasumoto, Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
3:00 - 3:10
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Q&A
3:10 - 3:30
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Exhibition Opening & Networking Break
3:35 - 3:50
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Keynote Speech #2 Virtual
Dr. Stephen Ibaraki, Chairman REDDS Capital, Founder & Chair Outreach UN ITU AI for good, Founder Chair YPO Impact Advisory Board & European Impact Summit Advisory Board, Founder Chair Fintech Ideas Festival Technology Advisory Council
3:50 - 4:00
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Q&A
4:00 - 5:30
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Gala Dinner & Tour at New Alamein City
5:30 - 7:30
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Heading back to Alexandria Bibliotheca
8:30 - 9:00
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Registration
9:00 - 9:15
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Conference Opening Physical
Alexandria Bibliotheca Welcome Speech: Prof. Ahmed Abdullah Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
Conference Welcome Speech: Dr. Samy El-Tawab, Associate Professor, James Madison University, USA
5G/Blockchain Wlecome Speech: Dr. Latif Ladid, Founder & President, IPv6 FORUM | Chair, IEEE ComSoc TC sub Internet of Things
Women in Tech Welcome Speech: Dr. Boutheina Tlili, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai, UAE
9:15 - 10:15
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Panel Discsussion #1 Physical
Topic: Role of Academic Institutions and Universities in Accelerating the AI and IoT Industry in the Region
Panelist #1: Dr. Mahmoud Sakr, President, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Egypt
Panelist #2: Dr. Eesa Bastaki, President, Dubai University, UAE
Panelist #3: Dr. Habib Kamoun, Head of Computer Science Dept, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sfax | IEEE Africa and Middle East zone Representative
Panelist #4: Dr. Esam El Kordi, President, Alamein International University, Egypt
Panelist #5: Dr. Mohamad El Saiidi, Professor & Past Director, ENSIAS College of Engineering, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco
10:15 - 10:45
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Keynote Speech #2 Physical
Title: BSV Blockchain & IPv6: Big Scaling for a More Connected World
Speaker: Dr. Jimmy Nguyen, Founding President, Global Association for BSV Blockchain, USA
5G IoT Blockchain SummitKeynote Speech #1
Speaker: Dr. Marianne Azer, Member of the Egyptian Parliament | Associate Professor, Nile University | Director of Information Center | President, ISACA, Egypt
Women in Tech Summit10:45 - 11:05
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Panel Discsussion #1
Topic: Blockchain for Traceability & Sustainability Goals
Panelist #1: Joe Holles De Peyer, Founder & COO, Gate2Chain, (Spain)
Panelist #2: Dr. Alia Al Sadawi, Engineering System Management Researcher , The American University of Sharjah (UAE)
Panelist #3: Noura Thabet, CIC MEA Blockchain Practice Lead, IBM Consulting (Egypt)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitKeynote Speech #2
Speaker: Eng. Ghada Labib, Deputy Minister for Institutional Development at Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
Women in Tech Summit10:45 - 11:05
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Panel Discsussion #1
Topic: Blockchain for Traceability & Sustainability Goals
Panelist #1: Joe Holles De Peyer, Founder & COO, Gate2Chain, (Spain)
Panelist #2: Dr. Alia Al Sadawi, Engineering System Management Researcher , The American University of Sharjah (UAE)
Panelist #3: Noura Thabet, CIC MEA Blockchain Practice Lead, IBM Consulting (Egypt)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitKeynote Speech #2
Speaker: Dr. Nadia Zakhary, Former Past Minister of Scientific Research | Professor of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt
Women in Tech Summit10:45 - 11:05
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Panel Discsussion #1
Topic: Blockchain for Traceability & Sustainability Goals
Panelist #1: Joe Holles De Peyer, Founder & COO, Gate2Chain, (Spain)
Panelist #2: Dr. Alia Al Sadawi, Engineering System Management Researcher , The American University of Sharjah (UAE)
Panelist #3: Noura Thabet, CIC MEA Blockchain Practice Lead, IBM Consulting (Egypt)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitKeynote Speech #2
Speaker: Dr. Hoda Baraka, Advisor to Minister for Technology Talents Development, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology | Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Cairo University, Egypt
Women in Tech Summit11:50 - 12:20
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Exhibition Opening & Networking Break
12:20 - 1:20
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Egypt IoT and AI Challenge Opening Physical
Industry/Gov. TrackPanel Discsussion #2
Topic: Artificial General Intelligence, Identity & Blockchain
Panelist #1: Ian Grigg, Financial Cryptographer
Panelist #2: Konstantinos Sgantzos, Research Associate, Research Institute of Science & Engineering, University of Sharjah (UAE/Greece)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitPanel Discsussion #1
Topic: Women Empowerment in Metaverse
Moderator: Dr. Hoda AlKhzaimi, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering | Director, Center of Cyber Security, New York University (NYU), UAE
Panelist #1: Ms. Mirna Aref, Country General Manager, Microsoft Egypt, Egypt
Panelist #2: Ms. Shaden Khallaf, Head of Public Policy, Meta, UAE
Panelist #3: Dr. Eva Csaky, Executive Director, Hunt Institute for Engineering & Humanity, USA
Panelist #4: Dr. Luise Frohberg, Founder, TAARA Quest, Germany
Panelist #5: Dr. Laman Mohamed, Ph.D. Candidate Researching Metaverse (Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR&VR) | CEO, Professions Media & Journalism Center | Executive Director, Media Center of Training, Projects and Programs, Egypt
Panelist #6: Ms. Rania Helal, Co-Founder & CTO, VRteek, Egypt
Women in Tech SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition1:20 - 2:20
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Egypt IoT and AI Challenge Opening Physical
Industry/Gov. TrackPanel Discsussion #3
Topic: Public Sector & Government Use of Blockchain, Big Data and A.I.
Panelist #1: Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency , Nigeria
Panelist #2: Mohammed Ibrahim Jega, Co-Founder, Domineum Blockchain Solutions (Nigeria/UK)
Panelist #3: Vasilisa Marinchuk, Director of International Relations, Centre Blockchain of Catalunya (Spain) | Head of Partnerships BSV MENA Hub (UAE)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitPanel Discsussion #2
Topic: Women Embracing Changes
Moderator: Mrs. Yousra Magouri, Engineering Manager | Communications Platform, Expedia Group, USA
Panelist #1: Dr. Neamat ElTazi, Founder and COO, AbuErdan | Associate Professor, Faculty of Computers and Information, Cairo University, Egypt
Panelist #2: Dr. Rasha Negm, Head of FinTech & Innovation, Central Bank of Egypt, Egypt
Panelist #3: Ms. Dina Helmy, Data Science Subject Matter Expert, ESLSCA University | Head of Data Science, Capiter, Egypt
Panelist #4: Ms. Amel Bessghaier, EMEA Digital Sales manager, Software Business automation, IBM, Egypt
Panelist #5: Dr. Dr. Noorlizawati Abd Rahim, IEEE TEMS BoG Member (2022-2023) | IEEE TEMS Regional Leader Subcommittee | Professor, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Women in Tech SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition2:20 - 3:20
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Lunch Break
Technology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition3:20 - 4:20
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Panel Discsussion #3
Topic: Women in Leadership
Moderator: Dr. Marianne Azar, Member of the Egyptian Parliament | Associate Professor, Nile University | Director of Information Center | President, ISACA, Egypt
Panelist #1: Ms. Marwa Abbas, General Manager and Technology Leader, IBM, Egypt
Panelist #2: Ms. Mirna Aref, Country General Manager, Microsoft, Egypt
Panelist #3: Dr. Mona Nasr, Vice Dean, Faculty of Computers and Information, Helwan University, Egypt
Panelist #4: Ms. Hoda Mansour, EMEA South Head of Business Process Intelligence (BPI), SAP, UAE
Panelist #5: Dr. Azza El-Shinnawy, Head of Egypt, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Egypt
Women in Tech SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition4:20 - 5:20
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Panel Discsussion #4
Topic: Better Business & Personal Records with Blockchain
Panelist #1: Muhammad Salman Anjum, Chief Mate, MateSol & InvoiceMate | Head of MENA & South Asia Hub, BSV Blockchain Association (UAE/Pakistan)
Panelist #2: Mohammed Ibrahim Jega, Co-Founder, Domineum Blockchain Solutions (Nigeria/UK)
Panelist #3: Dr. Catherine Lephoto, Executive Sales Director, Africa, VX Technologies (South Africa)
Panelist #4: Noura Thabet, CIC MEA Blockchain Practice Lead, IBM Consulting (Egypt)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitPanel Discsussion #4
Topic: Women in AI
Moderator: Dr. Reem Bahgat, Former Chair, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University | President, Egypt University for Informatics, Egypt
Panelist #1: Dr. Hoda Al Khzaimi, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering | Director, Center of Cyber Security, New York University (NYU), UAE
Panelist #2: Dr. Heba Abd El Atty, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University | IEEE Senior Member | Huawei Academy Manager, Huawei ICT Academy, Egypt
Panelist #3: Dr. Mona Nasr, Vice Dean, Faculty of Computers and Information, Helwan University, Egypt
Panelist #4: Dr. Samhaa El Beltagy, Dean, School of Information Technology, New Giza University, Egypt
Panelist #5: Eng. Yasmine N.Diab, Deputy & Technical Manager, Game Development Academy | Chairwoman, IGDA Egypt Chapter | Regional Organizer of Arab countries and North Africa local sites Regional Organizer of Arab countries and North Africa local sites, The Global Game Jam, Egypt
Panelist #6: Eng. Imen Ayari, Head of Innovation Factory, Talan | Project Director, Hannibal, Tunisia
Panelist #7: Ms. Reem Asad, Vice President, Middle East & Africa, Cisco, UAE | Member, Board of Directors, Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Egypt
Panelist #8: Ms. Dina Helmy, Data Science Subject Matter Expert, ESLSCA University | Head of Data Science, Capiter, Egypt
Women in Tech SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition5:20 - 6:20
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Panel Discsussion #5
Topic: Research Trends for Blockchain, IoT & A.I.
Panelist #1: Prof. Mohamed Essaaidi, Chair, IEEE Morocco Blockchain Group
Panelist #2: Dr. Eva Porras, Managing Director & Lead Researcher, SmartLedger | Honorary Collaborating Researcher, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Contratado Doctor, ANECA (Spain)
Panelist #3: Dr. Alia Sadawi, Engineering System Management Researcher , The American University of Sharjah (UAE)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitPanel Discsussion #4
Topic: Women in Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Dr. Heba Labib, Director, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Center, Nile University, Egypt
Panelist #1: Dr. Irene Samy, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Service Engineering and Management Department, Nile University & American University in Cairo, Egypt
Panelist #2: Dr. Mireille Barsoum, BBA Program Director, Professor of Marketing, Monarch Business School, Switzerland | Strategic Marketing Consultant & Assitant Professor of Practice, Nile University, Egypt | Adjunct Professor, American University of Cairo, Egypt
Panelist #3: Dr. Eng. Samira Negm, Entrepreneur, AI Ride Sharing App: Raye7, Egypt
Women in Tech SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition6:20 - 6:50
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Panel Discsussion #6
Topic: Metaverse: & The Immersive Future with Blockchain
Panelist #1: Muhammad Salman Anjum, Chief Mate, MateSol & InvoiceMate | Head of MENA & South Asia Hub, BSV Blockchain Association (UAE/Pakistan)
Panelist #2: Vasilisa Marinchuk, Director of International Relations, Centre Blockchain of Catalunya (Spain) | Head of Partnerships BSV MENA Hub (UAE)
5G IoT Blockchain SummitClosing for Women in Tech
Speaker: Dr. Marianne Azer, Member of the Egyptian Parliament | Associate Professor, Nile University | Director of Information Center | President, ISACA, Egypt
Women in Tech SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition6:20 - 6:50
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Panel Discsussion #7
Topic: A future World with Blockchain: Opportunities & Challenges
Moderator: Dr. Jimmy Nguyen, CEO, Blockchain for All | Former President, BSV Blockchain Association (USA)
Panelist #1: Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency , Nigeria
Panelist #2: Dr. Latif Ladid, Founder & President, IPv6 FORUM | Chair, IEEE ComSoc TC sub Internet of Things
5G IoT Blockchain SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition8:30 - 10:00
(GMT+2)
Registration
10:00 - 10:10
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Opening Keynote Industruy Summit Physical
Speaker: Mr. Sohaib Qamar
10:10 - 10:50
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Keynote Speech #1
Speaker: Mr. Mansour Hanif
Title: Neom Smart Cities in KSA
10:50 - 12:00
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Panel Discussion #1 Physical
Panel Moderator: Mr. Fady Ismail
Panelist #1: Mr. Mohamed Amin
Panelist #2: Mr. Hossam Reda Al Gamal
Panelist #3: Mr. Ahmed Sedki
Panelist #4: Mr. Khaled Al Attar
Industry/Gov. Track Industry SummitPaper Session A Physical
Technical Track12:00 - 12:40
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Keynote Speech #1 Virtual
Speaker: Dr. Pietro Manzoni, Professor, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Title: AIoT for environmental Intelligence
12:40 - 1:20
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Fire Side Talk #1 Physical
Industry/Gov. Track Industry Summit1:20 - 1:50
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Exhibition Opening & Networking Break
1:50 - 2:20
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Keynote Speech #2 Physical
Technology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition2:20 - 3:00
(GMT+2)
Fire Side Talk #2 Physical
Speaker: Ms. Mirna Aref
Industry/Gov. Track Industry SummitTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition3:00 - 4:00
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Lunch Break
Technology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition4:00 - 4:30
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Keynote Speech #3 Physical
Technology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition4:30 - 5:10
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Panel Discussion #3 Physical
Industry/Gov. Track Industry SummitPaper Session B Physical
Technical TrackTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition5:10 - 5:50
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Panel Discussion #4 Physical
Industry/Gov. Track Industry SummitPaper Session B Physical
Technical TrackTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition8:30 - 10:00
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Registration
10:00 - 10:20
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Keynote Speech #1 Physical
10:20 - 10:50
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Keynote Speech #1 Physical
Speaker: Prof. Suat Özdemir, Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Title: AI in Fog Computing
10:50 - 11:50
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Panel Discussion #1
Industry/Gov. TrackPaper Session C Physical
Technical Track11:50 - 12:20
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Exhibition Opening & Networking Break
12:30 - 1:00
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Keynote Speech #2
Technology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition1:00 - 2:00
(GMT+2)
Panel Discussion #2
Industry/Gov. TrackPaper Session D Physical
Technical TrackTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition2:00 - 3:00
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Lunch Break
Technology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition3:00 - 3:30
(GMT+2)
Keynote Speech #2
Speaker: Dr. David Mohaisen, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida (UCF), USA
Title: Understanding the Privacy Dimension of Wearables through Machine Learning-enabled Inferences
Technology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition3:30 - 4:30
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Panel Discussion #3
Industry/Gov. TrackPaper Session E Physical
Technical TrackTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition4:30 - 5:30
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Panel Discussion #4
Industry/Gov. TrackPaper Session E Physical
Technical TrackTechnology and Startups Exhibition
Triple Helix Exhibition5:30 - 7:00
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Closing Ceremony & Conference Remarks
