Program
All sessions will be in the Blue Auditorium unless otherwise noted
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening and Welcome ZU and RIM |
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Keynote Speaker Mohamed Al Ghanim (Director General, TRA) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | BlackBerry Developers Program Lewa Abu Khait (Senior Alliance Manager Middle East, RIM) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 10:30 - 11:45 | Academic Presentations Zakaria Maamar, Teaching Mobile Computing (Zayed University) Qusay H. Mahmoud, Designing Learning Experience through Mobile Apps (CMER, University of Guelph) Khalid Khawaja, Programming Mobile Devices in a CS Program (American University of Dubai) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Panel Discussion: Mobile Devices and Mobile App Development in Computing Education Moderator: Leon Jololian (Zayed University) Panel Members: James Carmichael (Al Ghurair University), Ibrahim Baggili (Zayed University), Ashraf Khalil (Abu Dhabi University) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch and Networking Fine Dining Room, Cafeteria, 1st floor |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Monetizing Mobile Apps Mohamed Ali (ZeroWire Labs) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Mobile Trends Samer Geissah (Du) |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Qatar Mobility Innovations Center Adnan Abu-Dayya (QU Wireless Innovation Center, QUWIC) |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Innovative Apps for a Global Market Mario Hashem (Apps2you) |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Panel Discussion: Opportunities and Challenges in the Middle East Mobile Apps Market Moderator: Leon Jololian (Zayed University) Panel Members Adnan Abu-Dayya (QUWIC), Lewa Abu Khait (RIM), Osama Elhassan (TECOM), Kamel Lajili (RIM) |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Dinner Cruise (for summit participants with paid registrations) |
| Time | Hands-on Session 1 (Qusay H. Mahmoud) Venue: Convention Center, Conference Room 1 |
Hands-on Session 2 (Kamel Lajili) Venue: Convention Center, Conference Room 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Light Breakfast | Registration and Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Mobile App Development Models and Tools | Introduction to BB dev with Java |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break and Networking | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Getting Started with HTML 5 WebWorks | Introduction to BB dev with HTML 5 WebWorks |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch and Networking Fine Dining Room, Cafeteria, 1st floor |
Lunch and Networking Fine Dining Room, Cafeteria, 1st floor |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Developing and Publishing an App | Introduction to BBM SDK |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break and Networking | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Best Practices in Mobile App Development, and Instructor and Student Resources | Introduction to BB 10 with NDK and Cascades |