Iraq Summit offers crucial business opportunities for ICT & Education leaders

The summit is set to be hugely successful, with a strong ministerial delegation set to attend from the key sectors at minister, deputy minister and director general level. The delegation will be led by the Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research HE Abed Theyab, Minister of Communications HE Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and Minister of Science & Technology HE Raed Fahmi, all of whom have formally confirmed their attendance.

A central pillar of Iraqi Government strategy is to form and strengthen relationships with leading international operators who can bring best-in-breed technology, training and management skills to the country. Ministerial objectives include the establishment of computer and electronic communication standards, providing computer training for government employees and planning for Iraq's information technology programmes.

The attending ministers will be looking to work with public and private industry, governmental agencies and educational institutions to lead scientific and technological development for the purpose of fostering the restoration and improvement of Iraq's ICT and education infrastructure.

All Iraqi officials will be attending to speak about their ministries' requirements for their relevant sectors in front of an audience of senior corporate executives, before holding private consultations with some of the pre-eminent operators in the ICT and education sectors.