Under the patronage of His Excellency the Prime Minister Mr. Saad Hariri, the Faculty of Engineering at Antonine University is organizing the Smart Beirut Summit (SBS) on December 18, 2018.

AGENDA

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM | Registration
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Inaugural Session

• Dr. Chady Abou Jaoude, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Antonine University
  
• Fr. Michel Jalakh, oam, President, Antonine University
  
• Mr. Jad Tabet, President, Order of Engineers and Architects-Beirut

SBS Main Panel: Toward a Smart Beirut, legislation, infrastructure, funding, and ambitions Moderator: Mrs. Salam Yamout, Regional Director Middle East, and ISOC

• H.E. Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health
• H.E. Mr. Cesar Abi Khalil, MP, Minister of Energy and Water
• H.E. Mr. Nicolas Sehnaoui, MP, Former Minister of Telecommunications
  
• Mr. Marwan Hayek, Chairman and CEO, Alfa
• Dr. Dirk Dreher, Vice President, Head of Logistics Planning, BMW Group

11:00 AM - 11:30 PM | Reception

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Session 1 | Smart Transportation, Mobility and Supply Chain
Moderator: Dr. Ramzi Haraty, Associate Professor, Lebanese American University

• Mr. Markus Bauer, Head of Planning Process and Systems, BMW Group
• Mr. Georges Rehbane, Senior Manager, CME offshore
• Mr. Ralph Khairallah, Co-Founder/ CEO, Carpolo

12:45 PM - 02:00 PM | Lunch Time

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM | Hackathon Pitch (Fr. Abbot Antoine Rajeh Hall)

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM Session 2 | Smart and Sustainable Environment
Moderator: Mr. Tony Reaidy, Administrative Director, Antonine University - Bekaa Campus

• Mr. Ziad Abi Chaker, CEO, CedarEnv
• Mr. Elias A. Bachaalany, CEO, AutomatiX
• Mrs. Stephanie Abi Abdallah, Programs Director, Beirut Digital District
• Mr. Pierre Khoury, General Director, Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC)

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM | Coffee Break

04:15 PM - 05:15 PM Hackathon Main Panel

• Fr. Michel Jalakh, oam, President, Antonine University
• Dr. Georg Birgelen, German Ambassador
• Dr. Tobias Afsali, General Work Council, BMW Group
• Mr. Frank Boening, Area Vice President-Central Europe, Splunk
• Dr. Bechara Al Bouna, Co-Founder, inmind.ai / Director, TICKET Lab., Antonine University

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM | Reception

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM Smart Beirut Summit – SBS 
Moderator: Dr. Mariette Awad, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut

• Mrs. Lina Abou Mrad, National e-Health Programme Director, Ministry of Public Health
• Mr. Bassem Hashash, Managing Partner, Proximie
• Mr. Rabih Maalouf, Founder/ CEO, VM-Care
• Dr. Nabil Chehata, HIS Referent Physician, Hotel Dieu de France
• Mrs. Jocelyne Ziadeh, HIS Project Director, Hotel Dieu de France

For registration: http://www.smartbeirut.net
For more information: contact@smartbeirut.net