Driving Innovation: Accelerating the Digital Future

An annual summit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is held by the Programmers Association to raise awareness of the benefits of utilizing the open-source system within the technology industry and fostering a sustainable environment. This approach ensures effectiveness in the development journey, reduces costs, and accelerates the pace of development. The summit aims to present bright ideas and visions to lead innovation by adopting open-source solutions. It enables various sectors and individual volunteers to engage with the open-source system, introduces and supports success stories, removes obstacles to facilitate access to them, and promotes the concept of giving and participation to build an effective society in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. These efforts are aimed at achieving the following aspirations: accelerating the pace of digital transformation, developing the information technology market, increasing local technical content, creating quality jobs, reducing feasible costs, and stimulating digital innovation and entrepreneurship.

Objectives
Introducing open source technologies and the latest products in this field.
Sharing expertise, experiences and effective practices between sectors.
Encouraging local IT companies to use open source technologies.
Introducing companies that support open source technologies.
Encouraging the governmental, non-profit and private sectors to adopt technology.
Targeted Sectors
Private, governmental, and non-profit sectors.
Academic and research bodies.
Students and entrepreneurs.
Developers and programmers.
Those interested in open source.
Summit Content
Workshops
Lectures
Discussion ring
Exhibition
Review success stories
Maysam Annual Award
Code testing challenge

Agenda
February 21, 2024
Speaker
Topic
Session
Time
Registration & Networking
8:30 AM
Dr. Arwa Chahbi, Group Director, Plexus Global
Welcome Address
Keynote
9:25 AM
Abdulaziz Oraij, Chairman, PARMG
Open Source: Accelerating Innovation at scale while transforming the kingdom into a knowledge-based economy
Opening Keynote
9:30 AM
Nawaf Khalifah, Senior Application Engineer, SDAIA
How to be an Open Source Contributor How contribute in Open Source projects would improve your skills
Keynote Presentation
9:40 AM
Moderator: Amer Zein El AbdinVP of Sales: Comprehensive Technology Company
Panelists: Dr Akram Nour, Chief of Digital Transformation, Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority
Faisal Al Mudayfir, Director of Software Development, Government Entity
Maan Al Jabr, Open Source Intelligence Unit Leader, ZATCA
Abdulelah Aloshayni, CEO, BABL Fintech Holding
Embracing Open Source for Digital Transformation
Panel Discussion
10:00 AM
Karim Assem, Middle East Sales Leader, EDB
Unleash Your Data: The Power of Open Source in Modernizing IT
Keynote Presentation
10:40 AM
Khaled Al Muhanna, Director of Technical Developmen, Ministry of Justice
The Evolving Dynamics in Open Source Software
Keynote Presentation
11:00 AM
Amal Alhassani, Associate Executive Director of Innovation, King Abdullah Medical City
The importance of Open Innovation in creating a competitive advantage for businesses
Keynote Presentation
11:20 AM
Networking Coffee Break
11:40 AM
Panel Moderator: Timothy Scheller, Director, GA Digital
Abdullah Al Ghumaijan, Director of Cybersecurity Operations, Government Entity
Abdulaziz Oraij, Chairman, PARMG
Mohamed Al Mazroa, Cybersecurity and Software Development Expert Confidential
Khaled Al Muhanna, Director of Technical Development, Ministry of Justice
The Emerging role of National and Local Governments’ in Open Source: Now, Near, Future
Panel Discussion
12:00 PM
Aseel AlSulaimi, Digital Strategy Direcotor, Digital Transformation General Dept. Ministry of Transport & Logisitcs
The Impact of open source software on business administrations
Keynote Presentation
12:40 PM
Maan Al Jabr, Open Source Intelligence Unit Leader, ZATCA
Using open Sources in Smart Security targeting
Keynote Presentation
01:00 PM
Networking Lunch Break
01:20 AM
Jerry Tan, Executive Deputy Secretary, COPU
Introduction of COPU: The Central Hub of Open Source in China
Keynote Presentation
02:10 PM
Faisal Al Ghamdi, CEO, Git Source SA
GitSource: Source code repositories
Keynote Presentation
02:30 PM
Fahad Alduraibi, Director of Cybersecurity Operations Center, Government Entity
Cybersecurity in Opensource
Keynote Presentation
02:50 PM
Mosaab Alzoubi, CEO, RuyaOS Co.
Abdulaziz AlOraij, Chairman, PARMG
Moderator: Mohamed Alamoudi, Vice Chairman, PARMG
Fahad Alduraibi, Director of Cybersecurity Operations Center, Government Entity
Open Source | Vision, Ambitions and challenges
Panel Discussion
03:10 PM
Dr. Raed Al Shaikh, Acting Manager, EXPEC Computer Operations Department, Saudi Aramco
AI in OpenSource
Keynote Presentation
03:40 PM
Maysam Awards Ceremony | Coding Challenge Winners Ceremony
04:00 PM
All Speakers
The Road Ahead: Open Source in Saudi Arabia and the World
Closing Keynote & Ceremony
05:00 PM