The 9th Convergence Summit has kicked off in Amman. The two day event commenced with a welcome speech by event organizers, the Arab Advisors Group, as well as an opening address by HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan. The first day of the summit features presentations by several industry figures, including Ghassan Hasbani, CEO of the Saudi Telecom Company, Steve McCaffery, VP and General Manager at Motorola Home Business, Muhammad Al Alawneh, Enterprise and Data Solutions Manager at Umniah, and Yousef Abu Mutawe, CTO at Zain Jordan. 

The “Arabic Digital Content: Challenges and Opportunities” workshop has kicked off at the Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman. Under the patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya Bint El Hassan, the workshop aims to address current topics including the status of digital Arabic content. The event has been organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, the Jordan Computer Society and the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Society (TAG-Knowledge).

The first day of the Levant digital media event, the mediaME Forum:2011 that is being held in Amman, has successfully ended following very exciting and engaging panels and sessions presented by key industry figures from across the region. The first day, which has gathered over 300 delegates, opened with welcoming words from Zeid Nasser, the founder of mediaME.com and CEO of MediaScope, followed by a Keynote speech from Joud Nawar, the media research manager at Ipsos.