Building Digital Transformation on Strong Foundations

THURSDAY 4 MAY 2017

Thursday 4 May & Friday 5 May 2017 at The Grand Serail

09:00 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 11:20 SETTING THE SCENES

10:00 - 10:10 What Digital Transformation for Government is about? Setting the scene Mr. Wael Rifai / Dr. Ali Abdallah10:10 - 10:30 Lebanon Digital transformation of the public sector: opportunities and challenges Edwin Lau, OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate10:30 - 11:00 The E-Government Journey so far OMSAR team: Dr. Ali Ataya and Mr. Najib Korban11:00 - 11:20 Panel Discussions: focus is on the reality of e-government in Lebanon and contrasting e-government and digital government Speakers of this session

11:20 - 11:40 Coffee Break

11:40 - 13:00 GOVERNMENT DIGITAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES: SHARING EXPERIENCES OF DELIVERING DIGITAL PROJECTS

11:40 - 11:55 Presidency of the Republic Colonel Pierre El Zein11:55 - 12:10 Ministry of Interior Dr. Khalil Jbara12:10 - 12:25 Biometric Passports Colonel Fadi Harb, DG of General Security12:25 - 12:40 Ministry of Education Mr. Toufik Karam12:40 - 13:00 Panel Discussions: focus is on Identity Management Summary of enablers and barriers to Digital Transformation Digital experts and Speakers of this session

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:20 GOVERNMENT DIGITAL SERVICES: VIEWS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FRONT LINES

14:00 - 14:20 Income Tax and VAT Revenue projects Mr. Talal Salman & Mrs. Mirna Hananiah, Ministry of Finance 14:20 - 14:40 National Social Security Fund Dr. Mohamad Karaki14:40 - 15:00 Ministry of Public Health Mrs. Lina Abou Mrad15:00 - 15:20 Panel Discussions: focus is on enablers and barriers for integrating e-payment with Digital Services Digital experts and Speakers of this session

15:20 - 15:40 Break

15:40 - 16:30 DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES

15:40 - 15:55 Ministry of Telecommunications Mr. Bassel Al Ayoubi15:55 - 16:10 Ogero Mr. Imad Kreidieh16:10 - 16:30 Panel Discussions: focus is on the criticality of Networking and Cloud Infrastructures as enablers for Digital Transformation Digital experts and Speakers of this session

17:00 - 17:50 OFFICIAL OPENING17:00 - 17:10 Digital Government Dr. Ali Abdallah - Birmingham City University17:10 - 17:15 Patnerships for Accelerating Digital Transformation Dr. Hanifa Shah - Birmingham City University17:15 - 17:20 Role of AUB in supporting Digital Government Dr. Fadlo R. Khoury, MD, President of the American University of Beirut17:20 - 17:35 Vision for Government Digital Transformation Her Excellency Minister of State for Administrative Reform, Dr. Inaya Ezzeddine17:35 - 17:50 Signing of MOUs COCKTAIL RECEPTION

First National Digital Government Conference

FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017

09:00 - 9:30 Registration / Networking

9:30 - 10:50 INTERNATIONAL MODELS AND BEST PRACTICES

09:30 - 10:00 Modern Tools for Digital Government (designing policies based on factual evidence derived from big data) Mr. Wael Rifai, Pentaho, UK10:00 - 10:30 A Modern Architecture and an Agile approach for Digital Government: UK experience Dr. Ali Abdallah, Birmingham City University, UK10:30 - 10:40 Questions and Answers

10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break

11:10 - 12:30 UNIFIED CRITICAL PLATFORMS FOR ALL DIGITAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES

11:10 - 11:30 Options for a citizen-centered Identity Management platform Dr. Maya Chehab, EY, UK11:30 - 11:50 Options for citizen-centered e-payment platforms Dr. Raed Sharafeddine / Mr. Ali Nahle, Lebanon Central Bank11:50 - 12:10 Options for open Procurement platforms TBC12:10 - 12:30 Panel Discussions: Platforms as enablers for building interoperable and usable digital services by design Digital experts and speakers of this session

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:50 MITIGATING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

13:30 - 13:50 Building in Cyber Security, Usability and Inter-Operability Dr. Paul Kearney, British Telecom, UK13:50 - 14:10 Addressing the Skill Gap: Partnerships with people, public, private and academic organisations Dr. Ali El-Hajj, AUB14:10 - 14:30 Governance for Transforming Practices: legal, Practical & Policies Issues related to Digital Signatures and Digital Identities Peter Sommer 14:30 - 14:50 Panel Discussions: Platforms as enablers for building interoperable and usable digital services by design Digital experts and speakers of this session

14:50 - 15:10 Break

15:10 - 16:30 ENABLING THE TRANSFORMATION TO DIGITAL GOVERNMENT: CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS

15:10 - 15:30 Strategic approach to digital transformation: The case for a citizen-centered agile approach Panel of national and international digital experts, senior civil servants and problem owners15:30 - 15:50 Master plan, identifying and scheduling of priorities Panel of national and international digital experts, senior civil servants and problem owners15:50 - 16:10 Funding mechanisms, milestones, and future activities. Panel of national and international digital experts, senior civil servants and problem owners

16:10 - 16:20 OFFICIAL CLOSING

16:10 - 16:20 Her Excellency Minister of of State for Administrative Reform, Dr. Inaya Ezzeddine

16:20 - 16:30 Break

16:30 - 17:00 PRESS CONFERENCE

Building Digital Transformation on Strong Foundations

Thursday 4 May & Friday 5 May 2017 at The Grand Serail

First National Digital Government Conference