AMMAN —
The
Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (Intaj)announced Tuesday the agenda of Jordan Innovation, Tech and Entrepreneurship in
Dubai (
JOITED), in partnership with the ministries of Investment and Digital
Economy and Entrepreneurship and the Jordan Business Council in Dubai,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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The event, scheduled for 21–25 of February, aims to
promote Jordan as a regional digital and innovation hub and enable Jordanian
companies to meet and communicate with major international companies and
investment funds, eventually seeking to create opportunities for growth and
expansion, according to a statement.
Intaj indicated that the opening remarks will be delivered
by Zaher Qatarneh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Investment and
Commissioner General of the Jordanian Pavilion at
Expo 2020 Dubai.
The forum will include several sessions, the first of
which is titled “Why Jordan Is a Digital and Innovation Hub?” In this session,
Minister of Digital Economy and
Entrepreneurship Ahmad Hanandeh will be
attending as a speaker, along with the Minister of Investment Khairy Amr and
Chairman of Intaj Amjad Suwais.
The event ... aims to promote Jordan as a regional digital and innovation hub. ...
According to the statement, the second session discusses
the government’s efforts towards Artificial Intelligence transformation and
smart cities, followed by the third session, which will tackle fintech in
Jordan, while highlighting some Jordanian success stories and case studies.
In the fourth session, panelists will discuss how
successful Jordanian companies have been in driving digital transformation in
public and private sectors based on Jordanian success stories and case studies related
to EnterpriseTech and digital transformation locally, regionally and globally.
The fifth session will tackle Jordan’s keeping up with
emerging technologies, while the sixth session will highlight Jordanian talents
and the possibility of Jordan becoming an ITO/BPO International Hub.
Also during the forum, Philip Bahoshy, Founder and CEO of
MAGNiTT, will present and discuss “Jordanian Startups Success in Numbers”.
The closing session will highlight and promote Jordanian
startups with the aim of providing investors and potential partners with a
clear idea about the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Jordan and showcasing some
success stories.
In the four days following the forum, an expo for Tech
companies and startups will be held at the Jordanian pavilion at Expo 2020
Dubai, where many clients, investors, and potential partners will meet with a
number of
Jordanian companies.
Intaj expressed gratitude to companies supporting and
sponsoring the event, including JoPACC, MakanE, Webhelp, Eastnets, and Aspire.
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