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Standing next to a humanoid robot no longer feels like an encounter with distant science fiction. It increasingly feels like an encounter with the next layer of digital infrastructure. For…
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AI+Expo 2026, hosted by Special Competitive Studies Project – SCSP, continues to establish itself as one of the most important global gatherings shaping the future of AI governance, policy, and…
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What a week. The World Bank Spring Meetings consistently concentrate global attention in Washington, bringing together decision-makers, practitioners, and experts across sectors. The formal agenda is only part of the…
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I spoke at the opening session of the International conference “Building Digital Libya” organized by the Arab ICT Organization and the Libyan General Authority for Communications and Informatics. This important…
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The 16th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting will be hosted by the Government of Poland in Katowice from 6-10 December, under the overarching theme: Internet United. The convening of…
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Data Protection Authorities celebrated the 28th of January 2021 the “Data Privacy Day” by publishing a video about the 40th anniversary of Convention 108. The video brought together EU and…
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A discussion around the global Internet Governance I was invited as guest speaker of e dedicated web-conference organized by the Tunisian Business Council Dubai & Northern Emirates (TBC) entitled “World…
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Participated in the panel of the International conference “Regulation of Media in a digital, mobile and social environment : Adapting, reforming, rebuilding” organized in Rabat Morocco by the Moroccan High…
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The 4th edition of AFRICA IT EXPO (AITEX 2019) organized in Rabat, Morocco the 24 and 25 October 2019 by APEBI the Federation of Information Technology, Telecommunications, and Offshoring under…
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LACTLD celebrated, on June 22, in Panama City, Panama, its twentieth anniversary of foundation. I attended the celebration as a member of the ICANN Board alongside many others members and…
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“We have created a global system for shocking us with surprises,” observed Leonard Kleinrock, a UCLA professor who played an influential role in the development of the Internet. The fathers…
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The Mohammad Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) released a report titled ‘The Arab World Online 2017’ on Wednesday, which examines the digital transformation and societal trends brought about by…
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The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in El Ghazala Tunis on October 17, 2017 under the theme of “Shape Your Digital Future”. As President of the Tunisian IGF MAG, I…
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The Association of Tunisians of the Grandes Ecoles, ATUGE, is a human adventure of more than 25 years in which generations of Tunisians shared a common dream, that of serving,…
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I participated in the event of the Digital Diplomacy Coalition hosted by Google in its Washington DC office. The event was an opportunity to celebrate the five-year anniversary of the…
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Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Regional Program South Mediterranean organized with the help of co-opinion an Expert Roundtable 17-20 August 2017 in Hammamet Tunisia. The roundtable brought together policy-makers, academics, distinguished…
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As a preparation for the launch of Abweb Fablab, I visited the Fab Foundation in Boston as well as different Fablabs both in the US and in France. The Fab…
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As part of the ICANN 2017 Leadership Programme (LP) with from participants of most of the AC/SO/SG including the board directors. As part, of the programme, we participated in a…
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I had the pleasure to participate in a debate organized by the Internet Society France and AfNIC nad hosted by Webforce3 in their HQ in Paris. The discussion with the…
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I participated in the first Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference of Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network was held on November 14-16, 2016 in Paris, France. For the first time on…
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I participated in the 2016 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) that took place in Washington DC…
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In an old chateau called Chateau Klingenthal near Strasbourg, France, I participated at one of the Salzburg Global Seminar meetings on “Remaking the state – the impact of the digital…
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The conference co-organised by the Estonian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, the German Chairmanship of the OSCE and by the Council of Europe. In the last…
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I participated in the OECD Forum 2016 organised in the OECD HQ in Paris from 31 may to 1 June 2016. The forum hosted several important panel sessions tackling a…
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The third ME DNS Forum organized by ICANN and ISOC and hosted by Talal Abughazlah Organization in Tunis will be the place to meet and network with the industry’s top…
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The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of…
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As part of the ICANN Middle East Strategy devised by the Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG), ICANN aims to develop and sponsor outreach programs and initiatives in partnership with national…
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Keynote & High-level Debate: Disrupt or be Disrupted to Make Broadband Universal Panelists from left to right, Mr Andrea Faggiano, Associate Director, Head of SASCAR, TIME practice, Arthur D. Little,…
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), is a specialized agency of the United Nations, the ITU is one of the many players working with partners to connect the world. The Plenipotentiary…
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I participated as a speaker at the 2014 Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) organized in Manama Bahrain 3-5 June 2014. Session : Big data: an opportunity or a threat? Maximizing…
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The UAE Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the first Middle East DNS Forum co-organized by the ICANN and ISOC. I had the opportunity to speak at the MENA DNS Forum…
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Net security, respect for private data, contribution to development, rights, and obligations of users, were the issues discussed in the first edition of the Tunisian Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The…
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I participated in the 2nd Arab IGF in Algiers, Algeria and had the opportunity to speak at the workshop “Access: Infrastructure & Critical Internet Resources” Context of the workshop:Broadband Internet…
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A project offering internet users in Syria a way to securely connect to the internet and another to establish a forum to monitor internet censorship in Myanmar were selected as…
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Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS) hosted in the State of Kuwait the First Arab Internet Governance Forum (Arab IGF) under the umbrella of the League of Arab States (LAS) and…
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The African Internet Governance Forum was formally launched in Nairobi, during the global Internet Governance Forum in 2011. The Forum has been approved by the Council of Ministers of ICT,…
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Internet Society organized a Global INET in Geneva to celebrate the 20th Anniversary. The theme of the Global INET was “Meeting at the Crossroads: Imagining the Future Internet” . I…
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The Board of Trustees of the Internet Society met in 30 – 31 Jul 2011, in Quebec city Canada. The full agenda of the Board meeting is available here.
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Building Internet expertise and regional capacityThe importance of connecting with regional Internet communities has never been greater. Local conditions require local solutions, assisted and informed by the technical expertise and…
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INET Conferences are organized by the Internet Society since 1994. In 2010, I participated in the INET organized in Washington DC on Apr 29, 2010 under the theme of “Internet…
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For the first time, the whole At-Large community met together face-to-face in the ‘At-Large Summit’. About 90 representatives of the At-Large membership of organisations (called “At-Large Structures”) were present. The…
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As an Internet Society Ambassador, I participated in the third annual Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad India on 3-6 December 2008. As part of the ISOC Internet Leaders programme, the…
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H.H. Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah ICT Awards is a global independent non-profit organization with a developmental approach towards developing human capabilities and reinforcing the role of organizations and entities in the…
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As a member of the Public Interest Registry ( .ORG ) Advisory Council ( AC ), I participated in the meeting organized in Virginia US. The Advisory Council is composed of industry leaders…
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ICANN organized in its meeting in Los Angeles 2007 a farewell to its Chairman, the Father of the Internet, Vint Cerf at the SONY studios. In this speech, Vint chosen…
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I participated at the 2006 Edition of EGENI in France and in its’ first African edition that happened few days after during the ICANN Meeting in Marrakech. EGENI (European General…
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The World Summit on the Information Society was a two-phase United Nations-sponsored summit on information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva…
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