International eGovernment Forum preparations discussed

Manama, Sept. 3 (BNA): Under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak AlKhalifa and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information & Communication Technology; the Executive Committee of Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2018 held its regular meeting to discuss latest preparations of the Forum’s 9th edition. The event will be taking place on October 7-8. This year’s executive committee is chaired by Lulwa Sami Ebrahim Acting Director of Communication and Marketing at Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA). The committee consists of the Vice Chairman Ahmed Naeemi from Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Digital Transformation Specialist and Managing Partner in Intermid Abdulla Al Hamid, CEO of T-Linx Waleed Khalaf. The committee members also consists of iGA members; Policy and Research Consultant Dr. Nasser Mohamed Lori, Acting Director, Change Management & Business Process Reengineering Donia Faisal Sarhan, Acting Director, Government Systems Support and Maintenance Hesham Ebrahim Alhashemi and Head of Quality Assurance Salman Yousif Salman. The committee has finalised a number of required preparations, including the coordination of hosting around 20 specialised speakers from Bahrain and globally, along with the supervision of the delegates registration, and promoting the Forum via various media channels in collaboration with specialised teams. The forum will presented papers on the latest ICT developments. More than 450 participants are expected to take part and become familiar with the diversified experiences in IT and innovative programmes in the field. Specialised papers will comprise several topics about cloud computing, ePayment initiatives, Smart City Technologies, Information Security, eTransformation amongst many others. The forum will also highlight the current trend in adopting the latest technologies such as financial Technology, Block Chain, Data Analysis and future trends to benefit when implementing development policies in the country. The forum will also address key national and regional success stories in the ICT field.