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First Day – Wednesday February 4, 2009

8.30 – 9.00 Registration

9.00 – 9.30 Welcome Notes

      ·          Elie Salem, President – University of Balamand

      ·          Ziad Haddara, Regional Project Manager – UNDP/ICTDAR

      ·          George Awad, Program Officer, Communication & Information Sector – UNESCO Regional Office – Beirut

9.30 – 10.00 Overview of Ma3bar

       ·          Walid Karam, Coordinator, Ma3bar – UOB

10.00 – 10.45 Partners’ Vision & Experience in FOSS ( 5 min. each)

Aleppo University American University of Beirut Arab Open University – Kuwait Beirut Arab University Birzeit University Cairo University Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology – Damascus Jordan University Jordan University of Science and Technology

10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break11.00 – 11.45 Partners’ Vision & Experience in FOSS ( 5 min. each)

Lebanese American University Lebanese University Al-Quds Open University Qatar University Sudan University of Science and Technology Université Antonine University of Balamand Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik Université Saint Joseph, Beirut University Tunis El Manar – ENIT

11.45 – 12.45 Working Groups

 

 

        Group 1                      Group 2               Group 3

Awareness-raising           Training           Applications

 

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Break14.00 – 16.00 Working Groups

        Group 1                      Group 2               Group 3

Awareness-raising           Training           Applications

 

16.00 – 16.30 Tour on UOB Campus16.30 – 20.30 Back to Hotel – Free Time20.30 Dinner

 

 Second Day – Thursday February 5, 2009

9.00 – 10.30 Group Presentations

      ·          Group 1 presentation - Awareness-raising

·          Group 2 presentation - Training

      ·     Group 3 presentation - Applications

10.30 – 10.45 Ma3bar Portal Demonstration

        ·     Walid Karam, Coordinator, Ma3bar – UOB

10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.40 FOSS Educational Model

      ·     All, group discussions – moderated by George Awad, Program Officer, Communication & Information Sector -

            UNESCO Regional Office –   Beirut

11.40 – 12.20 Collaboration & Decentralization Model

 

        ·     All, group discussions – moderated by Ziad Haddara, Regional Project Manager – UNDP/ICTDAR

 

12.20 – 12.45 Wrap-Up – Recommendations – Conclusions

        ·     All, group discussions

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 – 18.00 Visit to Geita Grotto

 

 

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