Tuesday, September 27th 2011

08.30

Registration and refreshments

09.00

Opening remarks from Chairman

THE CLOUD – WHAT, HOW & WHY?

09.05

Exploring the business advantages of cloud

Cloud computing is it overblown hype or real opportunity?
Transforming IT consumption and deployment with cloud computing
Leveraging cloud computing technology to supplement existing IT platforms
Securing ROI on cloud deployment to justify cost of installment implementation
Matching cloud solution with specific business needs

› Mr Ahmed Al Hammadi,

Manager/Product Marketing eHosting, Etisalat, United Arab Emirates

09.35

Doing more with less

Cloud computing as the new economic model for IT
Extracting real business value from cloud computing through optimized costs
Reduce operational costs with SaaS whilst gaining enterprise quality security
Efficiently storing, managing and accessing data through cloud solutions

› Mr Tareq Alemadi,

Head of IT, Office of Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, Qatar

10.00

Morning refreshments and exhibition opening

11.00

Panel discussion: Getting started with your cloud business intelligence strategy

Business intelligence as a revenue generator
Understanding the benefits that cloud brings to BI systems and BI development
Supporting performance management though analytic applications
Driving profitability though cloud business intelligence

› Mr Arun Tewary,

CIO, Emirates Flight Catering, United Arab Emirates

› Mr Illyas Kooliyankal,

Chief Information Security Officer, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, United Arab Emirates

› Mr Ramesh Cidambi,

Director IT and Logistics, Dubai Duty Free, United Arab Emirates

› Mr Andrew Rippon,
(Moderator)

Director of mobile technology, Intigral, United Arab Emirates

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

11.45

Panel discussion: Implementing Cloud

Identifying the barriers to adoption in your organization
Understanding how relevant the risks are
How costly is supporting multiple devices?
Productivity in a mobile cloud world

› Mr Mohamed Roushdy,

CIO, Siraj Finance , United Arab Emirates

› Ms Lisette Sens,

VP, Service 2 Media, United Arab Emirates

› Mr Firas Sleiman,

Lead Enterprise Architect, Abu Dhabi Government, United Arab Emirates

› Mr Vaibhav U. Bhatt,

Infrastructure Service Manager, DHL, United Arab Emirates

› Mr Jitendra Kapoor,
(Moderator)

Cloud and Virtualization Manager, Etisalat, United Arab Emirates

12.15

Enterprise roll out strategies

Understanding key benefits of enterprise class cloud computing
The impact of virtualization on protecting business data
Ensuring end-to-end data confidentiality, access control and authentication in the cloud
Positioning the cloud as a trustworthy platform not merely a cost reduction technology

› Mr Vaibhav U. Bhatt,

Infrastructure Service Manager, DHL, United Arab Emirates

12.45

Networking Lunch and exhibition viewing

RISKS, SECURITY & GOVERNANCE

14.15

Data is everywhere - Big data, the cloud and the analytic imperative

Creating a big data stack from which timely and accurate business decision can be made
Examining the drivers for BI to couple powerful performance with low cost, low risk, and ROI
Positioning BI SaaS installations within your business

› Mr Ramesh Cidambi,

Director IT and Logistics, Dubai Duty Free, United Arab Emirates

14.45

The dark side of clouds, myths and reality of cloud security

Major security concerns and issues for cloud computing
Understanding and addressing the risks of cloud computing
Balancing cost savings with cloud risk management
Understanding cloud computing profound effect at all levels of information
Exposing privacy, security and intellectual property risks

› Mr Illyas Kooliyankal,

Chief Information Security Officer, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, United Arab Emirates

PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS

15.15

Cloud computing in the government

Making services virtual
The impact of cloud computing on operations, business planning and growth
Best practice security architectures for the government cloud
Implementing a cloud service operating model in the government

› Mr Firas Sleiman,

Lead Enterprise Architect, Abu Dhabi Government, United Arab Emirates

15.45

Afternoon Refreshments break

16.15

Telecoms join the cloud - cloud moving to mobile

Mobile cloud computing to become the leading mobile application development and deployment strategy
A competitive advantage today, a competitive imperative tomorrow
Moving the computing power and data storage away into the cloud with mobile cloud applications
Bringing apps and mobile computing to a much broader range of mobile subscribers

› Mr Kapil Bhatia,

e-Business Manager, Masraf Al Rayan, Qatar

16.45