• "The Role of IT in Business Transformation" seminar by Mr. Chris D. Moyer, EDS Fellow, Saturday September 24, 2005 10:00 a.m.

• "Growing ICT Sector Employment" seminar by Dr. Tony Murphy, Vice-president of Gartner Consulting, Tuesday 24 May 2005 6:30 p.m.
• First seminar: Luis Leamus, Senior Vice President of META Group, Tuesday October 5, 04
• IT Forum press conference and launch June 9th, 2004
• Founding Members Meeting June 9th, 2004
• Seminar series to be confirmed

  • Sept - Chris Moyer, EDS

  • Oct - Tae Yoo, CISCO
  • Dec - Martin Curly, Intel
  • Jan - Dubai Ports & Customs
  • Feb - Prof. John Ward - Cranfield University

Suggested topics by IT Forum members

• Future of open sourcing
• Communications and networking
• Performance management and business intelligence
• Spending strategies
• Outsourcing - strategic and/or tactical
• Strategic management: the balanced scorecard
• Vendor management
• Digital rights management
• e-strategies and issues at the UAE or Gulf level
• Targeting seminars by industry segment: government, education, IT