Government Transformation in a Hyper Networked Economy

Innovation Day 3:

Social Media: Building and executing a strategy in the context of maximizing citizen return on investment

Social Media is the easiest and biggest Citizen database for Government organizations to convey, influence & transform public policies. It allows a healthy, active & real time interaction with citizens of a country. Therefore, as a leading Government entity you must learn to harness the power of Social Media through innovative technological means in the current economy of hyper-networking.

Join us on 16^th April 2015 at Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government - to discuss how to:

• Use Social media to better support citizens.
• Enable accountability and transparency.
• To bring about transformational policies and create acceptance.
• Find ways employees, citizens, and business partners can share best practices, experiences, and information.
• Find ways employees, citizens, and business partners can share best practices, experiences, and information.

 

 

 

 

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Key Speakers

Dante Ricci

Global Public Services and Healthcare, SAP

In this role, Dante’s mission is to help organizations through technology to improve people's lives.

Dante has over 19 years of experience in technology holding roles in operations, finance, solution engineering, solution management, strategy and innovation. Dante recently served as Senior Director Solutions Marketing for the Global Public Sector team where he playing a significant role in achieving SAP's global mission to help the world run better and improve people's lives everywhere.

Ricci is on the Corporate Leadership Board for the Capital Area Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Light the Night Walks and Longwood University Alumni Board.

Yasar Jarrar

Co-Founder at 01 Government. The Arabic Portal for Digital Government

Yasar Jarrar is a partner at Bain & Company and heads the Middle East (ME) Public Sector and Social Impact Practice. Previously, he was a Partner in PwC, led the ME Strategy Group, Global Education Group, and established the ME Public Sector Institute.

Prior to joining PwC, Yasar worked as the Executive Dean of the Dubai School of Government and as a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also served as the Strategy Advisor at The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai for over three years and as Senior Advisor at the Prime Minister’s Office (UAE Federal Government).

Prior to that, Yasar Jarrar established and led the Government Performance Directorate in the Prime Ministry of Jordan, and previously was the Head of Policy and Strategy in the Executive Council of the Dubai Government.

In 2009, Yasar was distinguished as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and founded the WEF’s Global Shapers Hub in Dubai. He is also a member of the WEF’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government.

Prior to that, Yasar Jarrar worked in the UK as a Research Fellow in Cranfield School of Management and Bradford School of Management, and advised leading international organizations including DHL UK, Bank of Scotland, Shell, Emirates Airlines, Saudi Aramco, and Arla Foods.

Yasar has published extensively in various academic and trade journals, and his insights have been quoted in global and regional media.

Key Speakers

Timing

Session

 

08:00 – 08:30

Arrival and registration

التسجيل والحضور

08:30 – 08:35

Welcome note

الترحيب

08:35 – 09:05

Innovation Day Talk: Big Data

النقاش: تسخير البيانات الضخمة من أجل القرارات الحكومية

09:05 – 09:20

Open floor discussion

جلسة النقاش المفتوح

09:20 – 09:30

Networking

التعارف والتواصل

09:30 – 11:00

Design Thinking Lab

مختبر تصميم التفكير الابداعي