AgendaOctober 20, 2019

Ramallah Cultural Palace

Sponsors

Organizers

Partners

الجـهـاز الـمـركـزي لـالحـصـاء الـفلسطينيPalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Opening - Trending

Data Matters in Palestine – Short Film

09:30 – 11:00

Opening @11:00

Keynote speakers

Data Science and official statistics: Partnership Opportunities Dr. Ola Awad, PCBS PresidentData science and higher education: Bridging the gap Prof. Ali Abu Zuhri, AAUP PresidentData in action – A human touch (Storytelling) Mr. Sander Duivestein, Trend watcher; influencer

Investing in data Mr. Ammar Aker, CEO PALTEL Group

Big Data – Big Opportunities Mr. Rushdi Ghalayini, Director General - Bank of Palestine

The Future is ours H.E. Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, The Prime Minister

SDGs Data hubNo one left behind (PCBS)

Data ScienceMaster Program (AAUP)

Investing in Data(PALTEL Group)

Information Securityin Palestine and GovernmentComputer Center Services

The Rikaz Databank

JapaneseRep. Office & JICA

ESRI The Science of where

Data ScienceCampus

UK StatisticsInteractive Atlas

Big Data – Big opportunities(Bank Of Palestine Group)

ArabStatisticians

Union

Open DataWatch

Launching Ceremony: Data Science Initiative (PCBS, AAUP)

Exhibition – Engaging with Partners

Data Matters - Interact

Chair Person: Dr. Juraj Riecan, Director of Statistics Division, ESCWA

Chair Person: Mr. Sam Bahour, Businessman and entrepreneur

End of Festival

Data Science 4 Development - Real life examples from local context Dr. Faisal Awartani, CEO - Alpha International Data Science – The right path – the right results Dr. Amjad Abu-Rmileh, Data ScientistBig Data – Big Ideas: Artificial Intelligence perspectives Dr. Eyad Elyan, Robert Gordon University

Speakers

Speakers

Better data – Better Decisions Mr. Sakhr Nammari, Heads Business Analytics, Bank of PalestineData science and big data for official statistics and public good Dr. Tom Smith, Data Science Campus, UK National StatisticsImpact of data science on our lives – Future perspectives Mr. Samer Aamar, Data ScientistThe future data scientist – Global context Mr. Yu Tian, Head of Data Science Program, PARiS21

Data Matters – Applications

Data Matters – Opportunities

12:30 – 13:40

13:45

Closing session: Recap and way forward

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