Third Regional Conference on Cyber Security: Personal Data, Intellectual Property and National Security

“Third Regional Conference on Cyber Security: Personal Data, Intellectual Property and National Security,” The event is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice, organized by the Lebanese Information Technology Association (LITA) and hosted by the School of Law and Political Sciences at the Université St. Joseph.

Also participating:

Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) – K.U.Leuven – Belgium

l’Institut de Recherches sur l’Evolution de l’Environnement Normatif des Activités Transnationales (IREENAT) – France

Higher Coucil for Sciences & Technology – Jordan

National Agency for Data Safety – Tunisia

Ministry of Administrative Development – Egypt

International Association for the Fight Against Cyber Crime – France

Information and Archives Center – League of Arab States

The United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA)

Federation of Arab Internet Authors

Oct 20

Keynote and Welcome Speeches, 9-30 -10:30

Session 1, 11:30 – 13:00

Personal Data and Information Technology

· Evaluation of Personal Data Protection Laws in the Digital Age – Joseph DuMortier

· Personal Data between privacy and national security – Mona Achkar Jabbour

· Data Protection – Lebanon – Legal Overview – Wassim Najjar

· Data Collection Techniques – Economic Opportunity and Risks – Adel Jomni

Session 2, 14:30 – 16:00

Risks and Protection on the Internet

· Lebanon overview – Omar Natour

· Measuring vulnerabilities – Hesham Auda

· Systems and Data Protection – Yousri Dhaki

· Patent Laws in Lebanon – Ministry of Economy & Trade – Wissam Al Amil

· Judicial Approach – Protection of Digital Data – Elias Nassif

· Data Protection using digital images and graphic symbols – Mohammed Chawki

Oct 21

Session 1, 9:30 – 11:00

Innovation and Content Protection

· Cyber Security, national identity and national security – Adel Toussi

· Digital Citizenship and Creative Content – Aly Harakeh – Microsoft

· Arab Intellectual Property Portal – Dina Founes – Microsoft

· IP in Anglo Saxon and Latin Judicial Systems – Farid Jabbour

Session 2, 11:30 – 13:00

Integration in the IT Society

· Electronic Security and the risks of staying behind in the digital age – Jean-Jacques Lavenue

· Children Online Safety – Imad Hoballah

· Anonymity and its Impact on National Security – Salma Khaled

· The Value of Electronic Signature in Cross Border Cooperation – Sizoui Snail

Session 3, 14:30 – 16:00

Arab and European Best Practices

· Project 2-Center – Jean Christophe Le Toquin – Microsoft

· Policies and Protection Techniques in the Arab World – Belhassen Zouari

· Policies and Strategies adopted by Egypt – Ahmed Kamel

· Cyber Space Protection in the UAE – Said Dhahiri

Oct 22

Session 1,

Tracking Cyber Violations

· Cyber Crime in Lebanon – General Anwar Yehia and Major Elie Bitar

· Overview on Cyber Crime on the Internet – Salem Oujli

· Characteristics of Cross border Cyber Crime – Jenaa Sriri

· Internet Behavior and Identifying Counterfeiters – Francois Wallon

Roundtable – 11:30 – 13:00

Academic and Professional Requirements in the Digital Age – New Competencies

· Intellectual Propert – Zarqa Private University Piracy-Free Campus – Dr. Mahmoud Abu Shi’ra, Dr. Mohannad Al Hassan

· E-Government Strategy – Lebanon – OMSAR – Nasser Issraoui

· Data Protection – Lebanon – Interior Security Forces – General Hussein Zaarouri

· School IPR Competition – Lebanon – Ministry of Education – SchoolNet – Abdou Yammine

· Trustworthy Computing – Mark Chaaban – Microsoft

Recommendations, 13:00 – 13:30