9:00 - 9:20 AM

Welcome Speech from Organizers

By:
1\ NIC
2\ NCTR

9:20 - 9:30 AM

Greetings from Workshop Chair

By Prof. Ibrahim Ahmed Omer

9:30 – 10:30 AM

Keynote Speech (to address issues such as what is FOSS, when it was first introduced, how popular it is, who should use it, how can Sudan benefit from it, where we are now and how we can start, success stories, various needed decisions/ policies/ support/ mechanisms/roles,…)

By Prof. Sami Sharif

Session Chair is Prof. Izzeldeen Mohammed Osman

10:30 – 11:30 AM

FOSS Master Plan In Malaysia – Part 1

By MAMPU

11:30 – 12:00 PM

Tea/ Coffee Break

12:00 – 1:00 PM

FOSS Master Plan In Malaysia – Part 2

By MAMPU

Session Chair is Dr. Alsammani Abd-Almuttalab

1:00 – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 – 2:30 PM

Using Open Source In Education in Sudan

By Bazara Barry - University of Khartoum

Session Chair is Dr. Hisham Abu-Shama

2:30 – 3:00 PM

Building & Developing OS Community in Sudan

By Yahia Abd-Allah - Sudan University

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Localization and Arabization of Linux operating system

By the Egyptian Linux Users Group (ELUG)

3:30 – 4:00 PM

Tea/ Coffee Break

4:00 – 4:45 PM

FOSS: A Strategic Vision (to address issues such as the impact of FOSS on different sectors, aspects related to intellectual property and knowledge creation, legal/moral/political/social/commercial/technical issues…

By Dr. Izzeldeen K. Amin

Session Chair is Dr. Mohammed Abd-Allah

4:45 – 5:15 PM

Break

5:15 – 6:00 PM

General Discussion and Recommendations

Session Chair is Prof. Mustafa Nawari