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Day 1: Wednesday 14 November 2007 |
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08.45 |
Welcome to Jeddah
Keynote Session:
The global context
Chairman:
John Simpson,
BBC World Affairs Editor |
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09.00 |
Change is all around us
Mike Moore,
Former Director General WTO and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand |
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09.30 |
A financial perspective
Anwar Ibrahim,
Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Development Committee Chair World
Bank and IMF |
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10.00 |
New technologies – new horizons
Dr. Michio Kaku,
International Author, Broadcaster and Theoretical Physicist |
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10.40
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Discussion Q&A
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11.00 |
Keynote Session:
The challenges for the posts
Chairman:
John Simpson
BBC World Affairs Editor Hilton Hall C & D |
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11.05 |
Understanding the challenge – posts and
technology
Edouard Dayan,
Director General, UPU |
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11.30 |
Through a different lens: The
customer’s perspective
Dr Ramnath Lakshmi-Ratan,
COO, US Direct Marketing Association |
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11.55 |
The role of the post in the
national communications infrastructure
Paulo Siciliano,
Director of International Relations, Brazil Post |
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12.20 |
The changing face of Saudi
Post
Dr. Muhammed Benten,
President, Saudi Post |
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12.45
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Discussion Q&A
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13.50 |
Keynote Session:
Posts, technology and the next decade
Chairman:
John Simpson BBC
World Affairs Editor |
Regional Technology Showcase
Chairman:
AbdulRahem Bawazeer,
General Manager, Dell, Saudi Arabia |
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13.55
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Cooperation opportunities
through technology
Cathy Rogerson,
Director, IBM
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Technology innovation that makes a difference
Irfan Harris,
Product Sales Manager, Cisco |
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14.15 |
How Oracle sees the future
Fadi AbdelKhalek,
Vice President, Public Services, Oracle
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An
update from Intel
Alaa Abunijem,
Program Manager Intel World Ahead, Middle East Turkey & Africa |
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14.35
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Digital
opportunities for the post
Maxim Lesur,
Managing Director, WW Postal Industry, Microsoft |
Content
Management
Walid Gomaa,
Solutions Manager, EMC
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14.55
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Postal transformation through
technology
Mark De Simone, VP
Emerging Markets, Cisco |
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15.15 |
Discussion Q&A
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Discussion & Q&A
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15.55 |
Keynote Sessions:
The Future in Focus
Chairman:
Cathy Rogerson,
Director, IBM |
Regional Technology Showcase
Chairman:
AbdulRahem Bawazeer,
General Manager, Dell, Saudi Arabia |
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16.00
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Responding to the
environmental challenge
Derek Osborn,
Director e-Biss International |
Self Mailing through
Vending Machines
Dr. Talal Chlach,
Senior Technology Consultant, National Technology Group |
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16.20 |
The
intelligent customer applied identifier for volume mailers
Francois Gillet,
Marketing & Business Development Director Solystic |
Satellite communications to build country wide virtual private networks
Dr. Harald W. Stange,
Director BU ICT Detecon Al Saudia |
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16.40
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Strategic importance of
interactive mail
Dennis Gilham,
Director Corporate Partnerships, Neopost |
Service Orientated
Architecture
Samer Mahmoud, IT
Leader, IBM Software Group |
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17.00 |
The increasing role of RFID
Chris Kelley,
Director, RFID, Intermec Technologies |
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17.20 |
Discussion Q&A |
Discussion & Q&A |
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Day 2: Thursday 15 November 2007 |
09.45
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Keynote
Session: Posts,
technology and the next decade
Chairman:
John Modd,
Director, Mail, Triangle Management Services |
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09.55 |
The Future
Role of Technology in the Transformation of Japan Post
Hideki Bando,
General Manager Technology, Japan Post |
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10.20
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Future trends
in wireless network technology
Dr. Mohammad
S. Obaidat, Senior Vice
President of SCS, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Communication,
and Professor of Computer Science, Monmouth University, NJ, USA |
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10.45
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Discussion Q&A
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11.25 |
Keynote Session:
Posts, technology and the next decade
Chairman:
John Modd, Director,
Mail, Triangle Management Services |
Regional Technology Showcase
Chairman:
Dr. Talal Chlach,
Senior Technology Consultant, National Technology Group |
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11.30 |
Farsi GeoTech contribution to
the Saudi Post Mega Projects and other projects in KSA
Eng. Zaki M.A Farsi,
President of Zaki M.A Farsi Group |
Oracle CRM solutions
Khalid Al-Herran,
Senior CRM Business Consultant Oracle |
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11.50 |
Technology for the postal
infrastructure
Erwin Lenhardt, Vice
President, Siemens |
Building a secure IT infrastructure
Mr Abdirashid Samater,
Senior IT Security Consultant, Ebttikar |
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12.10
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Simplifying IT
Greg Smith, Dell
Solution Director EMEA, Dell |
Electronic Services
Eng. Majed Al Anzan,
Director of
e-business services,
Saudi Post |
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12.30
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Hewlett Packard- Changing the
post to the ‘Post Bank’
Majid Laboudi,
Managing Consultant, Hewlett Packard |
Discussion Q&A |
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12.50 |
Discussion Q&A
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14.00 |
Keynote Session:
Posts and technology – an integrated approach
Chairman:
Khalil Daoud,
Chairman & Managing Director, Libanpost |
Regional Technology Showcase
Security Information Management, strategic improvements
Syahril Aziz,
Programme Director, FIT |
14.20
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Where
the USPS is heading
Thomas Day,
Senior Vice President – Intelligent Mail and Address Quality, USPS |
Who is
Motabei
Eng. Mohamed Khader,
CEO Al Motabei |
14.40
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Hybrid
Mail now bridge physical and electronic mail
Jacob Johnson
- Managing Consultant, Hybrid Mail Strategies,
Gemadec |
Discussion Q&A
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15.00 |
Electronic financial and postal services - the Tunisian experience
Raouf Nacef, Head of
Postal Products, Tunisia Post |
Closing Remarks
Dr. Usamah Altaf, CIO,
Saudi Post
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15.20 |
The role of Postal Technology
Centre
David Avsec, IT
Development Manager, UPU |
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15.40 |
Discussion Q&A |
16.30
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Where
we go from here
Exploring the options for the future in embedding technology in the mindset
of posts. Discussion of the learning points from the various sessions. A
debate on whether there are certain collective decisions and actions the
industry ought to take to ensure technology can help posts survive and grow
over the next decade. (Leaders’ Forum members share the outcome of their
discussions at this time.)
Chairman:
Ulf Dahlsten,
Director for Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, European Commission |
17.30
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Closing
remarks
Dr
Muhammed Benten,
President, Saudi Post |
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17.45
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Close of conference |
