| 08:15 08:45 |
Arrival Refreshment and Registration |
(09:00 – 10:20) Session 1: Opening of the Conference and Keynotes
Chair: Prof. ZAHIR IRANI, Dean, Faculty of Management and Law, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Dr. THAERA ALSHIRAWI, President Assistant for Marketing, Media and Public Relations, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
Welcome
- Prof. ABDULLA Y. AL-HAWAJ
Founding President and Chairman of Board of Trustees
Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
- Prof. ALLAM AHMED
President, World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)
Director, Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute (MEKEI)
London, United Kingdom
Keynotes
- Governments in the digital age – progress, priorities and policies
SAMIA M. MELHEM
Lead Policy Specialist, Transport and ICT
Global Lead, Digital Development Community of Practice
World Bank
Washington DC, United States
- Government, universities and society: implications of the Digital Transformation
Dr. JASON J BLACKSTOCK
Head of Department
Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy
University College London
London, United Kingdom
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| 10:20 10:45 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 10:45 11:45 |
Session 2: Innovation and knowledge management
Chair: Prof. AMIR SHARIF, Professor of Operations Management and Founding Director, Operations and Supply Chain Systems (OASIS) Research Group, Brunel University, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: MOHAMAD AMIN HASBINI, Senior Security Researcher, Global Research and Analysis Team, Kaspersky Lab, United Arab Emirates |
- End-users’ satisfaction with the quality of innovative healthcare technologies in Bahrain: a case study of hospital information systems
Prof. MUKHTAR AL-HASHIMI, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
MISHLEEN M. AQLEH, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
- Dynamic model for the knowledge management and measurement of intellectual capital in services companies
Dr. VÍCTOR HUGO MEDINA GARCÍA, Distrital University, Colombia
ELMER YESID FAJARDO RODRÍGUEZ, Distrital University, Colombia
LINA MARIA MEDINA ESTRADA, Distrital University, Colombia
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| 11:45 12:00 |
Tea/Coffee Break/Pray |
| 12:00 13:00 |
Session 3: Water, energy and the environment
Chair: Prof. SHAWQI AL DALLAL, Acting Dean of College of Medical & Health Sciences and President’s Advisor for Futuristic Studies and Innovation, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
Rapporteur: Dr. MOAZZEM HOSSAIN, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia |
- Securing the future of Food, Water and Energy in the GCC
Prof. AMIR M. SHARIF, Brunel University, United Kingdom
Prof. ZAHIR IRANI, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
- Experimental application of Centrifugal Separation Techniques “CST” on reclaiming produced wastewater from oil refinery, Khartoum State
Dr. SARRA A. M. SAAD, Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Sudan
MONTAISR A. H. KHIDER, Ministry of Environment, Sudan
Dr. MOAWIA Y. BABIKER, Ekhtibarat Soil and Water Test Services, Sudan
SUFYAN A. M. OSMAN, Ministry of Oil, Sudan
- An investigation of the utilisation of energy and water conservation technologies in Bahrain: entrepreneurial opportunity
Prof. MUKHTAR AL-HASHIMI, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
SAYED DHEYA H. AHMED, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
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| 13:00 14:00 |
Lunch and Networking |
| 14:00 15:20 |
Session 4: Smart cities and public parks
Chair: MOHAMMAD SAMSUL HOQUE, Government of Bangladesh, Bangladesh |
- Investigating the role of information security management in smart city organisations
MOHAMAD AMIN HASBINI, Kaspersky Lab, United Arab Emirates
Dr. TILLAL ELDABI, Brunel University, United Kingdom
Dr. AMMAR AL-DALLAL, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain
- Bahrain parks: a cloud platform for planning, designing, and managing public parks
Dr. JOAO PINELO SILVA, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
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| 15:30 19:45 |
Free Time |
| 20:00 22:00 |
Dinner and Networking |
