ASREN’s 4th Annual Conference, e-AGE 2014Muscat, Oman, 10-11 December 2014

The Evolution of ASREN’s Region

Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director, ASREN, torman@asrenorg.net

منحني الذي الرجليمكن هدية أفضلإنسان يقدمها أن

) زوجتي ) آلخر

عبدالهادي يحيى

My Father in law who gave me the best gift (my wife)

Yahya AbdelHadi

حافظعلى الذي عميحتى فلسطين األرضفي

فيها دفن

الطرمان محمود الحاج

My uncle who took care of the land in Palestine till he was buried in it

Mahmoud Al Torman

التي الشابة أختيقبل الكثير منها تعلمت

وفاتها وبعد

الطرمان عفاف

My young sister from whom I learned before &

after her death

Afaf Al Torman1-1-1932 to 15-11-2014 8-5-1974 to 20-11-2014 1927 to 8-12-2014

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

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

BahrainBahrain Research and Education Network

BahREN

Comoros

Djibouti

EgyptEgyptian Universities Network – EUN

Dr. Ahmad Hassan, General Manager, EUN

Iraq

Ministry of Higher Education

JordanJordanian Universities Network – JUNet

Prof. Nabil Shawaqfeh, Chairman, JUNet

Kuwait

LebanonNational Center for Scientific Research – CNRS

Walid Karam, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications

LibyaMinistry of Higher Education

Ahmed Al-Kilani, ICT Advisor to MOHE

Mauritania

Morocco Moroccan Academic and Research Wide Area Network -

MARWAN

Redouane Merrouch, Director, MARWAN

OmanOman Research and Education Network - OMREN

Nasser Al Mandhari, OMREN Sponsor and Deputy Director of IT, TRC

PalestinePalestinian Research and Education Network -

PalNREN

Irene Makhoul, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bethlehem University

QatarQatar National Research and Education

Network - QNREN

Hassan Al-Derham , Vice President for Research, Qatar University

Saudi Arabia SARInet

Under trhe Internet Service UnitAt King Abdulaziz City for Science and

Technology (KACST)

Somalia Somali Research and Education Network –

SomaliREN

Dahir Hassan Arab, CEO, SomaliREN

SudanSudani Research and Education Network –

SudREN

Sami Salih, CEO, SudREN

Syria

TunisiaAl Khawarizmi Computing Center - CCK

Habib Youssef, General Director, CCK

UAEUAE Advanced Research and Education

Network Ankabut

Mohammad Mabrouk, Manager, Network Operations, Ankabut

YemenYemen Center for Information Technology in

Higher Education - YCIT-HE

Khaled Basulaim, Managing Director, YCIT-HE

Arab RegionArab States Research and Education Network

ASREN

Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director

Thank You