The Evolution of ASREN’s Region ASREN’s 4th Annual Conference, e-AGE 2014 Muscat, Oman, 10-11 December 2014 Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director, ASREN, torman@asrenorg.net

عفاف الطرمان Afaf Al Torman In the last 3 weeks just before our e-AGE 2014 Conference in Muscat, I lost 3 of my very close relatives. I send this presentation and the success of e-AGE 2014 to their souls as acknowledgement for their support and encouragement أختي الشابة التي تعلمت منها الكثير قبل وبعد وفاتها عفاف الطرمان My young sister from whom I learned before & after her death Afaf Al Torman الرجل الذي منحني أفضل هدية يمكن أن يقدمها إنسان لآخر (زوجتي) يحيى عبدالهادي My Father in law who gave me the best gift (my wife) Yahya AbdelHadi عمي الذي حافظ على الأرض في فلسطين حتى دفن فيها الحاج محمود الطرمان My uncle who took care of the land in Palestine till he was buried in it Mahmoud Al Torman 1927 to 8-12-2014 1-1-1932 to 15-11-2014 8-5-1974 to 20-11-2014

Something More Important is Happening Something More Important is Happening. The e-Infrastructure in Our Region is Evolving

ASREN’s Update, e-AGE 2012, Dubai Salem Alagtash presented in-depth study about the status of the e-Infrastructure across the Arab region

ASREN’s Update, e-AGE 2013, Tunis Yousef Torman presented the regional update based the recent developments in the Arab region. http://asrenorg.net/eage2013/en/content/program

ASREN’s Update, e-AGE 2014, Muscat Oman: Nasser Al Mandhari, OMREN Sponsor and Deputy Director of IT, TRC Algeria: Aouaouche El-Maouhab, Director, ARN Bahrain: Abdulla Althawadi, BahREN Egypt: Ahmad Hassan, General Manager, EUN Jordan: Nabil Shawaqfeh, Chairman, JUNet Lebanon: Walid Karam, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications Libya: Ahmed Al-Kilani, ICT Advisor to MOHE Morocco: Redouane Merrouch, Director, MARWAN Palestine: Irene Makhoul, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bethlehem University Qatar: Hassan Al-Derham , Vice President for Research, Qatar University Somalia: Dahir Hassan Arab, CEO, SomaliREN Sudan: Sami Salih, CEO, SudREN Tunisia: Habib Youssef, General Director, CCK UAE: Fahem Al Nuaimi, CEO, Ankabut Yemen: Khaled Basulaim, Managing Director, YCIT-HE Arab Region: Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director, ASREN, Jordan

Algeria Algerian Research Network – ARN Aouaouche El-Maouhab, Director of ARN

Bahrain Research and Education Network BahREN

Comoros

Djibouti

Egypt Egyptian Universities Network – EUN Dr. Ahmad Hassan, General Manager, EUN

Ministry of Higher Education Iraq Ministry of Higher Education

Jordan Jordanian Universities Network – JUNet Prof. Nabil Shawaqfeh, Chairman, JUNet

Kuwait

Lebanon National Center for Scientific Research – CNRS Walid Karam, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications

Libya Ministry of Higher Education Ahmed Al-Kilani, ICT Advisor to MOHE

Mauritania

Morocco Moroccan Academic and Research Wide Area Network - MARWAN Redouane Merrouch, Director, MARWAN

Oman Oman Research and Education Network - OMREN Nasser Al Mandhari, OMREN Sponsor and Deputy Director of IT, TRC

Palestinian Research and Education Network - PalNREN Palestine Palestinian Research and Education Network - PalNREN Irene Makhoul, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bethlehem University

Qatar Qatar National Research and Education Network - QNREN Hassan Al-Derham , Vice President for Research, Qatar University

Saudi Arabia SARInet Under trhe Internet Service Unit At King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)

Somalia Somali Research and Education Network – SomaliREN Dahir Hassan Arab, CEO, SomaliREN

Sudani Research and Education Network – SudREN Sami Salih, CEO, SudREN

Syria

Tunisia Al Khawarizmi Computing Center - CCK Habib Youssef, General Director, CCK

UAE UAE Advanced Research and Education Network Ankabut Mohammad Mabrouk, Manager, Network Operations, Ankabut

Yemen Yemen Center for Information Technology in Higher Education - YCIT-HE Khaled Basulaim, Managing Director, YCIT-HE

Arab Region Arab States Research and Education Network ASREN Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director

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