"ARABIC DOMAINS, e-COMMERCE & INTERNET :
PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE"

APRIL 15th - 17th, 2002
@ LE PALACE HOTEL
TUNIS, TUNISIA

07:30 - 08:30     Public Registration

08:30 - 10:00     Official Opening

The Tunisian MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES STATEMENT
By: H.E. MINISTER MR. AHMED FRIAA

THE TUNISIAN INTERNET AGENCY STATEMENT
By: DR. FARIEL BEJI

AINC Statement
Business Arab Forum for Communications and Technology Statement
By: Dr. Hosni Tayeb, AINC Arab League Committee Chair

10:00 - 10:30   Coffee Break

10:30- 12:45    Arabic & Multilingual Domain Names

Arabic Domains, eCommerce & Internet – Past, Present & Future
Dr. Asaad Alnajjar, CEO Millennium Inc., AINC Executive Director

Policy Challenges for Arabic Domain Names
Nasser Alshawaf, Director Shebaak.com, AINC Policy Committee Chair

Domain Naming & Intellectual Property Rights: Principal Issues
Pr. Abdelouaheb Bahi, Director of Tunis Center for Conciliation and Arbitration, Former President of the Tunisian Bar Association - Tunisia

The Cyber Commune Initiatives in Mauritania
Dr. Zakaria Ammar, .mr ccTLD - Mauritania, AINC Vice Chairman

The Domain Name Spring Clean Project
Christian de Larrinaga, Design Intelligence, Chairman of The Internet Society of England

ICANN – The Past & the Future
Herbert Vitzthum, ICANN ccTLD Liaison, Austria / USA

International Domain Names
Elisabeth Porteneuve, Chair NC IDN TF, ICANN ccTLD CENTR

12:45- 14:00    Lunch

14:00- 16:20   Emerging Industries based on Internet Applications

Egypt's Free Internet Initiative - Opportunities and Challenges
Mrs. Christine Arida, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) – Egypt, AINC Chair

e-Commerce in Tunisia
Mrs. Lamia Chefaï, The Tunisian Internet Agency – Tunisia

Data, Voice & Video applications over the Internet
Dr. Haydar Haba,  CTO Millennium Inc.

e-Learning Project : The Tunisian Virtual School
Mr. Adel Gaaloul, Director of Institut National de Bureautique et de micro-informatique, Ministry of Education – Tunisia

WEB Services
Toni Prince, BDM Telecoms & ISPs, Intel Middle East & North Africa

e-Government : The Tunisian Experience
Mr. Maledh Marrakchi, Director at the Secretariat of State for Informatics and the Internet (S.E.I.I) – Tunisia

DHCP IP Resolution Technology
Kussay Alsabunchi, Senior Network Architect IBM Global Services

16:20- 16:40   Coffee Break

16:40- 18:00    Panel Discussion: Open forum to all speakers to answer public questions

18:00- 19:00    Tunisia Declaration, Press Conference

• The Fourth Arabic Internet Names Consortium (AINC) Meeting,
• The Second Arab ccTLD meeting
• The Third Arabic Domain Name seminar.