During this session Eng. Sally Metwally (Innovation support Manager , TIEC) presented a quick overview about the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategy & TIEC's different Initiatives and current programs and it's plan for 2011-2012.

 

During this session Eng. Hany Morcos (Cloud Technologies Director, Public Sector, Microsoft Middle East and Africa HQ ) presented a quick overview about Microsoft cloud strategy and offerings.

During this session Eng. Hany Morcos (Cloud Technologies Director, Public Sector, Microsoft Middle East and Africa HQ ) presented a quick overview about how to Move your business to be cloud based.

During this session Eng. kareman Adel (Projects Manager - ITAC, ITIDA) presented a quick overview about ITIDA support to cloud computing development.

During this session Eng. Mohamed Nar (Architect Evangelist, Microsoft) presented a quick overview about Azure platform demonstration , & Eng.Khaled Shier (Section Head, Egabi) presented a quick overview the story of Egabi Solutions Company that have adopted MS cloud technologies.

During this session Dr. Mitchell Halpern (Business Development Executive, IBM) addressed the following topics:
1)Introduction: Technology is Worthless: Why Good Ideas and Inventions are Not Enough.
2)Finding New Opportunities: The Art of Facilitated Brainstorming.
3)Identifying Market Needs: The Importance of Effective Market Research and Competitive Intelligence.
4)Creating Business and Technology Plans and Roadmaps.
5)Leveraging Technology to Develop New Income Streams: Technology Outlicensing and Partnering.
6)How to Resist the Temptation to Diversify Too Early: The Importance of Maintaining Focus.

During these sessions the main instructor is Apala Lahiri Chavan (VP, Human Factors International (HFI)) addressed the following topics:
- What characterizes an emerging market? How is it different from a traditional market?
- Understanding local ecosystems.
- Innovative and proven research techniques.
- Where will emerging markets be 10 years from now?
- What is the best way to prepare for this expansion and social change?
- How to successfully introduce products and services into these markets.