– – The event is designed to help organisations learn, develop and expand their mobility strategies using the BlackBerry® solution.
– Sessions included industry leaders discussing how to mobilize enterprise applications – including the 'super app' concept – defining IT strategies for mobile users, data protection, and mobilizing social networks within the enterprise.
– Keynote speakers at the forum included Reg Athwal, Founder & Chairman, RAW Group LLC; Ashraf Al Yedaiwi, Chief Operating Officer, Dubai World; Khaled Kefel, General Manager Middle East, RIM; Rory O'Neill, Senior Director of Business Marketing EMEA, RIM, Anthony Payne, Director of Platform Marketing, RIM
– The Dubai event connected nearly 200 key business innovators, technology leaders and existing BlackBerry customers
– BlackBerry Innovation Forum 2010 events, which themed mobility around "Love big ideas", commenced in London, followed by Paris, Johannesburg, Madrid, Milan, Benelux, Berlin and concluded in Dubai, the eighth event in six weeks.
Comments from Khaled Kefel, General Manager for RIM Middle East.
"We have seen the BlackBerry Innovation Forum successfully grow across Europe and felt it was a perfect time to bring it to the Middle East. This is a region that is really embracing enterprise mobility, with organizations looking for inspiration and solutions to ensure they have the best possible mobile strategies in place."
"The BlackBerry Innovation Forum in Dubai made for lively discussion and knowledge sharing on enterprise mobility; it was a great experience to host an event for our partners and customers here in the Middle East, giving them the opportunity to share ideas and get a sense of how the organisation can empower people to think and take action in real time."
