Event Brief

Do you want to know more about the global IT trends and what the future holds for this field? Do you want to get introduced to one of the leading IT companies in the world, and how its global edge can be catered to the local UAE market? ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers teams up with Capgemini in this event to introduce their fruitful partnership to the UAE market, and shed light on their success stories, latest technology developments and the importance of localization.

It has always been a struggle to deploy IT solutions, which ultimately meet international and global standards, in the local market. Localization is a must for these solutions to work effectively. The common blunders in implementations entail disregarding the difference in language, cultural values and norms, in addition to local business needs, rules and styles, and business processes. Having a thorough understanding of these factors will inevitably result in evading them, making end users manage their systems, their work and their businesses more efficiently, effectively and consistently. ITQAN’s vast experience in the field gives it this edge that many of its counterparts lack and oversee.

Capgemini, one of the world’s largest information technologies, management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies in the world has partnered with UAE’s leading systems’ integrator to provide optimum IT solutions to the UAE market. The added value of this collaboration will be highlighted in this event, with an overview on what both ITQAN and Capgemini achieved, and the latest happenings in the IT world.

Location	Venue	Date
Abu Dhabi, UAE	Hilton Hotel (Liwa Ballroom)	Monday 24th November 2008

Agenda

Time	Session Title	Speaker
9:00 – 10:00	Registration, Refreshments, Networking
10:00 – 10:05	Welcome note
10:00 – 10:20	Introductory Speech	H.E. Salem Al-Sha'er, General Manager General Information Authority
10:20 – 10:50	Capgemini Overview	Kishor Chitale – Head, Local Business Services, Capgemini
10:50 – 11:20	Localization – Best Practices for Maximizing Business & IT Alignment	Feras Al Jabi - General Manager, ITQAN
11:20 – 11:30	Refreshments break
11:30 – 12:15	Capgemini capabilities on: Government and Public Sector Telecom, Media and Entertainment Energy and Utilities	Graham Colclough - Vice President, Global GPS sector Laurent Bye – Regional Director, TME Herve Griffon - Vice President, Global EUC sector, Capgemini
12:15 – 12:45	Case Study on Localized HR/ Payroll solution – eKawader	Qaisar Radwan AIS Practice Manager – ITQAN
12:45 – 1:30	Capgemini Services & Delivery Model	Sunil Munsif - Sales Lead, Anupa Rout - Delivery and Operations Lead, Capgemini
1:30 – 2:30	Lunch