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Seminar on : “M-Payment Services – Global Experiences for the Arab Region”
Tunisia, 23-24 February 2010
Karthago le Palace hotel, Gammarth
HE/Mr.Tawfik BACCAR, Minister,Governor of The Central Bank of Tunisia
Tuesday 23 February 2010
08:30-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:15 Official Opening session
HE/Mrs. Khédija GHARIANI, Secretary-General – AICTO.
HE/Mr. Tawfik BACCAR, Minister, Governor of - The Central Bank of Tunisia
10:00 – 10:15 Keynote speech
- Mr. Karim TAGA, Managing Director Austria, Arthur D. little
"Global trends in M-payment – Challenges and opportunities"
10.30- 10.45 Coffee Break
10. 45 – 1100
- Mr. Khaled Hazem Foda, Head of IT Development Section, League of Arab States
“The Arab General Strategy for ICT Building the Information Society up to 2012”
11.00 – 12.30 Session 1
“M-Payments in emerging markets – A new business Opportunity »
Moderator : Prof. Tawfik Jelassi, Ph.D., Dean - Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées – Paris
- Mr. Anthony Belpaire, General Manager, Payment initiative Alcatel-Lucent
- Mr. Kimmo Mattila, CEO, Plusdial Oy , Finland
- Mr. Ramzi El Fekih, C.E.O. Creova
12.30- 14.00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Session 2
« Cross industry cooperation – Issues and potentials within the value chain »
Moderator : Mr. Nasser KETTANI, Regional Standards Officer Africa and Middle East, Microsoft
- Mr. Igor Milashevskiy, Associate Rapporteur of Q16/13 and Q7/17 (ITU-T)
- Mr. Erik Van Thielen, VP Sales Europe Africa, TransferTo
- Ms. Nathalie Ferrant,westernunion
15.30- 15.45 Coffee Break
15.45- 17.15 Session 3
“challenges & key success factors for a successful uptake of m-payment services”
Moderator : Mr. Fayçal HOUAS, General Manager, SYSTEL, TUNISIA
- Mr. Djellali Mokhtari, Aikku Associates
- Mr. Morsi Berguiga, Principal -Arthur D Little
- Mr. Mousser Jerbi, Chief Commercial Officer Enterprise - Tunisia Telecom
Wednesday 24 February 2010
09.00- 10.30 Session 4 « Impact of the regulatory environment on the m-payment development : Different perspectives»
Moderator : Mr. Taher Bouzayen, Regional Director, North Africa, Qtel group
-Mr. Herbert Fenkhuber, CEO, AD MCS, Fairmont offices - Dubai
- Mr. Khaled Ben Younes, Corporate Director for Regulation and International Business - TUNISIANA
- Mr. Ali Jaouahdou, Director, Société Tunisienne de Banque -Tunisia
10.30- 10.45 Coffee Break
10.45- 12.15 Session 5:
Different business models within the m-payment ecosystem
Moderator : Mr. Mondher Makni, Marketing Manager, Telnet, Tunisia
- Mr. Youssef Aboudaya, Solution Area manager Revenue management
MUNAF, Ericsson
- Mr. Mabrouk Abaab, CEO EUROPEAN-NORM France
- Moez Kthiri, Responsable Marketing, BIAT
- Mr. Khaled Zarghlayoun, Technical Director, Monétique tunisie
12:15 – 13:15
Round table: Developing an m-payment system for the Arab Region
Moderator : Prof. Tawfik Jelassi, Ph.D., Dean - Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, School of International Management - Paris
13:15-13:45
Official Closing session
- Recommendations
- Closing by :
