H.H. Deputy Prime Minister Inaugurates the Opening of Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2018
07 Oct 2018
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa - Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information & Communication Technology – inaugurates the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum & IT Expo 2018 this Sunday (7th October) in its ninth edition at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa also inaugurates Bahrain IT Expo 2018 that will run for two consecutive days. It will open its doors from 10AM-3PM on the first day and 8AM-3PM on the second.
The Forum covers a variety of topics presented by more than 20 speakers specialized in Cybersecurity and Privacy, Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis along with the Blockchain technology. For the first time ever, the Forum will include a Ministerial Panel discussion with the participation of H.E. Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa - Minister of Justice & Islamic Affairs – together with H.E. Mr. Zayed bin Rashed AlZayani - Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism – on Digital Transformation in the Public Sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain (Judicial and Commercial Sectors).
Organized by the Information & eGovernment Authority, this year’s Forum is sponsored by Huawei as the Diamond sponsor; C5 Accelerate, GBM and VIVA as the Platinum sponsors; Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, AlMoayyed Computers and Oracle Cloud as the Gold sponsors; Luncheon Sponsors include Benefit and AppDynamics; Gulf Air as the Official Carrier; Zain as the Internet sponsor; accompanied by BIBF as the Knowledge Partner.