communication technology

The year 2008 was marked by momentum on many fronts for ictQATAR, the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology. More parents are involved in their children’s day-to-day educational progress with the help of technology and business leaders are boosting revenue and performance. More than 300 online services can be accessed anytime, anywhere through Qatar’s online government portal Hukoomi. And because of round-the-clock vigilance by a team of international cyber experts, children and adult users are safer on the Internet.

The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) partners with Gartner to deliver an executive technology briefing that will detail how businesses can build successful IT strategies. The event will take place on Wednesday, 30 September 2009 at the W Hotel from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

"Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, is delighted to partner with ictQATAR on this briefing. IT strategy creation has always been a high priority for CIOs and our keynote speaker, Dave Aron, Vice President of Gartner's CIO research team, is a true thought leader in this space,"" said Myles Bird, Regional Director, Gartner Gulf.

Qatar's people, institutions, and government have made steady progress in adopting ICT into daily life, according to Qatar's ICT Landscape 2009, the first country-wide, survey-based ICT study released on May 17th, 2009.

This first report provides a good understanding of where Qatar stands today compared to developing and developed countries in terms of ICT adoption by all sectors of the society, including residents, government, and the business community. It also looks at the education, health, and tourism sectors, as well as the ICT job market.

Qatar is building a formidable standing in the integration of information and communications technology (ICT) into society, clearly marked by its inclusion among the top thirty networked nations in the world in the recently released Global IT Report 2008-2009.

The Report, which surveyed 134 countries, is released annually by the World Economic Forum and INSEAD, and serves as a global benchmark for the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on a nation's economic climate and its international competitiveness.

Read a full analysis of Qatar's profile in the Global IT Report, in ictQATAR's latest e-newsletter issue: http://www.ict.gov.q...

Qatar has advanced three places in the Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009 - to 29th. The annual Report, released by the World Economic Forum and INSEAD on March 26th, is the world's most comprehensive international assessment of the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on nations' development and international competitiveness.

This year the Report surveys 134 developed and developing economies that account for more than 98% of world GDP. Last year's report included 127 countries.

Russia vies for nuclear power plant deal in Bangladesh

Russia entered a race with China and South Korea yesterday to win a contract to build a 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant for energy-starved Bangladesh, officials said.
Russian envoy Gennady Trotsenko presented a proposal to Yafes Osman, state minister for science and information and communication technology.

China and South Korea have made similar proposals in the last year, but Bangladesh was yet to make a decision.
“We have placed a proposal for undertaking efforts to set a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh,” Trotsenko told reporters after meeting Osman.

A senior science ministry official said the authorities were also studying the offers from China and South Korea to build the nuclear plant.

The Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) and College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) hosted the second annual conference on e-education, "ICT Conference 2009: Exploring ICT in Education" on March 7 and 8 at CNA-Q's Duhail Campus. Nearly 500 educators from across Qatar attended the conference, which featured lectures and workshops with leading international experts in the field of ICT (information and communication technology) in education.

The Supreme Council for Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) and College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) will host the second annual conference on e-education, “ICT Conference 2009: Exploring ICT in Education.” The two-day conference, taking place March 7 and 8 at CNA-Q’s Duhail Campus, will bring together educators from across Qatar and leading international experts in the field of ICT (information and communication technology) in education.