Program

April 9, 2008

08:00-09:00 Registration + light breakfast
09:00-09:30 Opening ceremony (ZU)
09:30-11:00 Service-Oriented Computing: State of the Art and Research Challenges
Dr. Michael P. Papazoglou
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:15 Panel discussion
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Business at the Speed of Change
Dr. Hichem Maya
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:15 Panel discussion
16:15-16:30 Wrap-up

April 10, 2008

08:00-08:45 Registration + light breakfast
8:45-9:45 Service Oriented Architecture: Technical Foundation, Governance and Openness
Ahmed Shehada, IBM, UAE
9:45-10:15 Coffee break
10:15-11:15 Semantic Web Services: Past, Present, and Possible Futures
David Martin
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Panel discussion
12:30-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:45 Web Services Security: Standards, Challenges, and Research
Dr. Lorenzo D. Martino
14:45-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-16:15 Panel discussion
16:15-16:30 Wrap-up & recommendations for next year edition