Dubai Internet City (DIC) has today announced that the DIC Community Zone at Gitex 2005 will play host to a series of “Think Tanks” on various issues facing the ICT industry.
The Think Tanks, which are free and open to anyone attending Gitex, will be held every day commencing at 2pm in the DIC presentation area. They will comprise 45 minute open discussions by a panel of experts from a number of DIC Business Partners and industry leaders. Each will be followed by a 15 minute question and answer session.
The four topics are:
• Sunday 25th September 2005
o Information Security and Privacy issues in the Middle East: Threats and Opportunities
• Monday 26th September 2005
o Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Trends
• Wednesday 28th September 2005
o The Future of the ICT Industry in the ME: Expanding Horizons
• Thursday 29th September 2005
o Security in the ICT Industry
Dubai Internet City
Dubai Internet City (DIC) provides a Knowledge Economy Ecosystem designed to support the business development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies. It is the Middle East’s biggest ICT infrastructure, built inside a free trade zone.
DIC is a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 2 billion people with a GDP of $6.7 trillion. Within a short span of time, a dynamic international community of ICT companies has established itself in Dubai Internet City.
The global ICT giants are all here: Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco to name a few, in addition to many small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures. The ICT cluster in Dubai Internet City is comprised of companies from various sectors: Software Development, Business Services, Web Based & e-Commerce, Consultancy, Sales & Marketing and Back Office Operations.
DIC provides an environment that attracts most elements of the value chain for an ICT business. In addition, it has developed programmes that can be leveraged by the ICT community to explore and expand channel and business development opportunities.
