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Conference Agenda
Agenda At-a-Glance
Tuesday, 16 April | |
| 07:30-19:30 | Registration |
17:00-19:30 | Exhibit Hall Grand Opening/Networking Reception |
Wednesday, 17 April | |
| 07:30-18:30 | Registration |
| 08:30-08:45 | Opening Ceremony & Welcome Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP | BICSI President Ayman AboSlema, RCDD, DCDC, NTS, OSP, CT | BICSI MEA District Chair |
| 08:45-09:00 | "Digital Infrastructure in a Connected Future" Todd Taylor, RCDD, NTS, OSP | BICSI President-Elect |
| 09:00-09:15 | Guest Speaker |
| 09:15-10:00 | Keynote Presentation “The Increasing Dependence on Digital Infrastructure – A New Utility” Mark Acton | Head of Data Centre Technical Consulting | CBRE |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break & Exhibits |
| 10:30-10:45 | “BICSI MEA Update” Rob Chandler | Manager | BICSI MEA District |
| 10:45-11:15 | “Use of Building Information Modeling in ICT Industry - Case Study for Ambulatory Care Center” Mohamed Mohie El Din, RCDD | Lead Telecommunication Design Engineer | Dar-Engineering | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 11:15-12:00 | “Single-Pair Cabling’s Emergence into Enterprise Automation and IoT Networks” Valerie Maguire, BSEE | Director of Standards & Technology | The Siemon Company | Cave Creek, Arizona, USA |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch & Exhibits |
| 13:30-14:15 | “Passive Optical LAN - Game Changer: An Integrator's Perspective - Case Study from UAE” Indrajith Parakrama Munaweera, BSc, MIIESL, MSc, MBA, PMP | Senior Project Manager | Tamdeed Projects, Etisalat | Al Ain, Abu Dhabi |
| 14:15-15:00 | “AV over IP and SDVoE (Software Defined Video over Ethernet)” Mitesh B: Desai, RCDD, PRINCE 2 | INS Manager - Infrastructure Solutions | GBM Dubai, UAE and Shahzad Ather, AVIXA CTS Pre-Sales Specialist | GBM | Dubai, UAE |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break & Exhibits |
| 15:30-16:15 | “Connecting Buildings to a Smart World with IoT and Digital Ceiling” Diogo Avelino | Partner Development Manager | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 16:15-17:00 | “IoT in the Household and Cybersecurity Threats” Trevor Kleinert, RCDD, NTS, DCDC, CNID, DCP, DCCA, CCTT, DCS, FIML, FASMI, MAICD, MAITD, MACS CP IP3P, AIMC, AMICDA | Chair-Elect, Board of Directors, BICSI South Pacific | Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia |
| 17:00-17:15 | BICSI MEA Awards Ceremony Ayman AboSlema, RCDD, DCDC, NTS, OSP, CT | MEA District Chair |
| 17:15-19:00 | Exhibition & Reception |
Thursday, 18 April | |
| 08:00-15:30 | Registration |
| 08:30-09:30 | Keynote Presentation “The Three Biggest Mistakes We Can Make to Sabotage our Future” Eugene Seah | CEO | Trainium |
| 09:30-10:00 | "Overcoming The Weakest Link In Zettabyte Infrastructure Delivery" David Cuthbertson | CEO | Square Mile Systems Ltd. | Poulton, Gloucestershire, England |
| 10:00-10:30 | “Saudi Aramco Standard: Outside Plant (OSP) Infrastructure Design Optimization” Russel Vincent Unabia Torres | Communication Engineer | Saudi Aramco Dhahran | Saudi Arabia |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break & Exhibits |
| 11:00-11:30 | "FTTx Network rEvolution" André Grossman | Consultant for Automated Infrastructure Management | Reichle & de-Massari AG | Wetzikon, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 11:30-12:00 | “From 10G to 400G: Analysis of the Past, Current and Future Infrastructure Solutions” Gautier Humbert, RCDD | Standards Coordinator, Digital Infrastructure | Legrand | Saint Marcellin, France |
| 12:00-12:30 | “Practical Use of AI in Data Centers” Murat Cudi Erenturk, DCDC | Consultant | Goradata Consulting and Software Ltd: | Ankara, Turkey |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch & Exhibits |
| 13:30-14:00 | “Current and Future Cooling and Power Trends in Data Centres” George Berbari | CEO | DC PRO Engineering | Sharjah, UAE |
| 14:00-14:30 | Presentation TBD |
| 14:30-15:00 | “Project Management Fundamental for Telecommunications Projects” Tommy Chiu, RCDD, DCDC, ESS, NTS | Project Manager | Stantec Consulting Ltd: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break & Exhibits |
| 15:30-16:15 | "Hot Technology Trends and Telecommunications Cabling to Support Them" Jonathan L. Jew | Principal, J&M Consultants | Chair, BICSI 002 Data Center Standard Subcommittee | Secretary, TIA TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 16:15-17:00 | Panel Discussion: “The Future of ICT Integration” Moderator: Taseer Rangrez | CEO | Kodeks Group | Dubai, UAE Panelists: Mark Acton | Head of Data Centre Technical Consulting | CBRE Ihab Assi | Member of the Board of Directors | MEFMA |
| 17:00 | Lucky Draw & Close |