ITU Regional Conference on ICT for Women in the Arab Region: ICT④Women's Empowerment, Beirut-Lebanon, 26-27 November 2018

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Official Opening Session:

• Welcome remarks by Ms. Zeina Bou Harb, Ogero (Speech)
• Welcome remarks by Mr. Ebrahim Al Haddad, ITU ARO (Speech)
• Welcome remarks by Ms. Yvonne Sleiman, Ministry of Telecommunications, Lebanon (Speech)
• Keynote Speech by Mr. Andrew Sullivan, ISOC
• Keynote Speech by Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha, WB
• Video Address by Dr. Fadia Kiwan, AWO
• Video LLWB "Girls go IT"

Session 1:

• Dr. Hoda Dahroug, Director of Social Development, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt (Presentation)
• Dr. Nibal Idlebi, Chief of Innovation Section, UN-ESCWA (Presentation)
• Dr. Lama Moussawi, Associate Professor in Operations Management, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, AUB (Presentation) 
• Video of Ms. Samia Melhem, Lead Digital Development Policy Specialist, WB

Session 2:

• Ms. Rula Abou Daher, Chief Corporate Management Officer, Touch(Presentation)
• Ms. Sana Ghenima, CEO, Sanabil Med (Presentation)
• Ms. Rasha Manna, Independent Advisor-Scaling Businesses and Expanding Social Impact (Presentation)

Day 2, Tuesday 27 November 2018

Session 3:

• Mr. Oliver Rowntree, Senior Insights Manager, GSMA (Presentation)
• Ms. Aline Karam, Chief Communications Affairs Officer, Alfa Telecom(Presentation)
• Ms. Cynthia Abou Khater, Board Member, Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) (Presentation)
• Ms. Monique Morrow, President and Co-Founder, The Humanized Internet (Presentation)
• Ms. Monia Jaber Khalfallah, ITU's African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) (Presentation)

Session 4:

• Ms. Darine Amayed, CEO and Co-Founder, NYX-R (Presentation)
• Ms. Rouda Alamir Ali, Programme Officer, ITU Arab Regional Office (Presentation)
• Ms. Suha Osman, Head of Women and Technology Unit, Arab Women Organization (AWO) (Presentation)
• Dr. Mirna Barbar, Programme Management Officer, UN-ESCWA (Presentation)
• Ms. Haneen Sayed, Lead Social Protection, Jobs and Gender Specialist at the World Bank, Mashreq Region (Presentation)