Day One – 19th September 2011
Cloud for the enterprise end-user

9:10 – 9:30 Welcome note and chairman's address
9:30 – 10:30 OPENING KEYNOTE: Cloud computing – expect the unexpected


Tibor Loncsar
Director – Strategy and operations, IT, DWTC
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break/networking session
  Track One – for the cloud novice Track Two – for the cloud wise
11:00 – 12:00 Public, private or hybrid – what works for you?


Dr Sabri Alazazi, Senior Advisor for IT, GM’s office, Municipality of Abu Dhabi City

Cloud optimisation-interoperability, portability and standardisation


Ali Radhi, Head of IT, MBC Group
12:00 – 1:00 ROI models with the cloud – capital expenses and revenue generation


Mohamed Roushdy, CIO, Siraj Finance		 Cloud optimisation – achieving performance from applications


Mike Tsalidis, MEA Server Business Group Lead, Microsoft Gulf
1:00 – 2:00 Networking lunch
  Track One – for the cloud novice Track Two – for the cloud wise
2:00 – 3:00 Strategy for the cloud – integration with IT strategy


Javed Abbasi, Director IT and Operations
Gisba Group, KSA 		Managing cloud partners as strategic partners


Edward Capaldi, divisional director of IT, Al Nisr Publishing

3:00 – 4:00

Growing with the cloud – beefing networks and working with telecom providers


Ramesh Krishna Bhandari, Business Development Specialist-Business Solutions, Central Marketing, Etisalat

 Security in the cloud – ensuring the door is guarded


Nick Black, Technical Manager, Trend Micro
4:00 – 4:30  Coffee break/networking session
4:30 – 5:30

Panel discussion
Challenges with the cloud – the truth that you do not hear often

Panelists:

  • Dr. Sabri Alazazi, Senior Advisor for IT, GM’s office, Municipality of Abu Dhabi City
  • Ali Radhi, Head of IT, MBC group
  • Javed Abbasi, Director IT and Operations, Gisba Group, KSA
  • Edward Capaldi, Divisional Director of IT, Al Nisr Publishing
  • Ramesh Krishna Bhandari, Business Development Specialist- Business Solutions, Central Marketing, Etisalat
  • Mohamed Roushdy, CIO, Siraj Finance
  • Nick Black, Technical Manager, Trend Micro
  • Mike Tsalidis, MEA Server Business Group Lead, Microsoft Gulf
5:30 Close of the day


Day Two – 20th September 2011
Cloud for the enterprise end-user

9:10 – 9:30 Welcome note and chairman's address
9:30 – 10:30 OPENING KEYNOTE: Government shared services – what does it need to become the cloud?


Dr Hazem Turki El Khatib, IT Director, Department of Finance, Abu Dhabi
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break/networking session
  Track One – for the cloud novice Track Two – for the cloud wise
11:00 – 12:00 Operating and managing the cloud – who is responsible and escalation procedures?


Deepak Kalra, Group IT Director, Safeer Group		 Working out the right contracts and SLAs and enforcing them


Geethalakshmi, CEO and Managing Partner, Associated Business Attorneys
12:00 – 1:00 Backup and disaster recovery in the cloud


Mark Lewis, Senior Director of Marketing and Alliances, EMEA, Riverbed		 Private cloud and virtualisation – perspective from an educational institution


Joseph Aninias,
Manager IT and Telecommunication Services, University of Wollongong, Dubai

 

1:00 - 2:00 Panel discussion
Charting the cloudy future – what is in store for the year to come?

Panelists:
  • Deepak Kalra, Group IT Director, Safeer Group
  • Mark Lewis, Senior Director of Marketing and Alliances EMEA, Riverbed
  • Geethalakshmi, CEO and Managing Partner, Associated Business Attorneys
  • Saji Oomen, General Manager (Group IT), Al Batha Group
  • Joseph Aninias, Manager IT and Telecommunication Services, University of Wollongong, Dubai
2:00 – 3:00 Networking lunch
  End-user workshop End-user workshop End-user workshop
3:00 – 4:30

Walking the tightrope: merging internal requirements with external service provision


Bas Wijne, Director of Information Services, Orbit Showtime Network

Journey to the cloud: strategy and plans for cloud computing

Fayyaz Alam, VP, IT production services, Emirates Group

Working with hybrid clouds and achieving security in them


Trevor Moore
Director of IT and Communications

Abu Dhabi University
4:30 Close of day
4:30 – 5:00  Coffee break/networking session


 

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