TechWadi

Communications for Technology Professionals

TechWadi will be hosting its next networking event on Thursday Nov. 20, 2008.  Join us to network with your peers and to learn new professional skills from our distinguished speaker.  

Communication is a cornerstone of all businesses and integral in the development of corporate and personal relationships.  However, while some messages resonate well with audiences, others seem to miss their target completely.  How can we deliver consistently clear, concise and culturally tailored messages?  

Join us at the next TechWadi event to find out.  Our expert panel will be lead by Dr. Dina Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of Broadcasting at San Francisco State University.  Come learn how to: 

• Articulate messages that resonate with your target market
• Encourage editors and reporters to talk about your business or invention
• Effectively communicate with colleagues, higher management and clients
• Overcome cultural and business obstacles to business success with companies based in the U.S. and in the MENA region
   

 Registration:

- Free for paid members: Click here to register

- $20 for non-paid members: Click here to register 

Location: San Jose

Cisco, Building 1, Mt Rainier Conference Room
3850 Zanker Road 
San Jose, California 95134 

Date & Time: Thursday Nov. 20, 2008 

Registration and Networking at 6:00 PM 
Program starts at 7:00 PM 

About Dr. Ibrahim:

Dr. Dina Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts department at San Francisco State University, where she teaches Radio and Television News Production courses. She is also a co-producer of the radio show Arab Talk on KPOO 89.5 FM in San Francisco. She has reported for the BBC World Service Radio in London, CNN in Atlanta and Cairo, NPR in Austin, Texas, UPI in Cairo and Arab News newspaper in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Her research interests are in the area of American television news representation of Arabs and Muslims. Her B.A. and M.A. are from the American University in Cairo and her Ph.D. is from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Dr. Ibrahim’s Contact Info

Libra Law Firm

TechWadi is delighted to welcome Libra Law, a leading Law Firm based in Kuwait, as the latest TechWadi Sponsor.

Libra Law Firm has a presence throughout the Middle East through partnerships in other Arab countries and its practice covers many key areas of corporate law.

In particular, we would like to thank the head of Libra Law Firm, Ammar Milhem, for his support of TechWadi and our mission.

Ammar Milhem - Senior Partner & Co-Founder

Mr. Ammar M. Milhem is the senior partner and co-founder of our local firm whose responsibilities include providing legal consultation and advice on international business agreements and arbitration matters. Additionally, he has advised many local and international clients on legal aspects of conducting business in Kuwait as well as on insurance, trademarks and patents registration, commercial agencies, franchises, taxation and intellectual and industrial property rights.

Mr. Milhem holds an L.L.M. from University of Kent of Canterbury, UK. with a concentration on international commercial law and practices. He earned his B.A. degree in Law from Kuwait University Law School in 1986, received training in a British law firm and in the noted local firm for four years.

Mr. Milhem can be reached at: ammar@libralawfirm.com

About Libra Law Firm

Libra Law Firm was established in 1995. It is an example of integrated legal & para-legal services company. Through its affiliated law firms and companies, Libra has established a legal platform for many local and international clients in Kuwait, the Middle East Countries and the G.C.C. countries.

Libra Law Firm has also developed its own legal product, i.e., “H2Libra” which is a “Law Office Management System” that enables a lawyer, law firm and legal departments of a ministry or a company to organize, inter-alia, the work flow, documents, archive, accounting, library and internal & external communications. “H2Libra” is the system platform for our Franchise Law Firm network and chain operating through “Libra Law Firm”. “H2Libra” - Law Office Franchise provides Legal Services Quality Systems and is currently associated through close collaboration with our allied business partner in New Zealand Mr. Dennis Gates, a reputable lawyer who founded a successful law firms’ franchise under ‘‘Worried Group”

Today, Libra Law Firm has close affiliations with law firms in Kuwait, Jordan and Qatar along-with corresponding law firms in the GCC region and many countries in the world.

The concept followed by Libra Law Firm is to offer its clients a wide scope of assistance in safe-guarding their legal interests in any commercial venture they may intend to carry-out. In addition to rendering direct assistance through consultation, litigation, arbitration and conciliation, Libra renders translation, collection and Intellectual Property Registration services.

The Libra Co provides advice to its clients in anticipation of potential problems before they arise and closely aids them in formulating timely protective strategies. When problems do arise, Our firm represents its clients in negotiations and, if necessary, in litigation, arbitration or mediation.

The Firm combines our  wide - ranging connections and in-depth knowledge of Kuwaiti commercial practice and legal matters with the international expertise and specialist resources of it’s staff in order to provide a unique legal service. Our Company is affiliated with Libra General Trading & Contracting Co. w.l.l., with corresponding offices in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon and many other non-Arabic Speaking countries.

Libra Law Firm is a concrete example of integration in the legal and para-legal profession, as well as all attendant legal and semi-legal services.

The areas in which the affiliated law firms and Libra are particularly qualified to advice and details of senior personnel are set out below. Libra has grown to become one of the leading legal practices in Kuwait.

Areas of Practice

Our full service corporate practice includes rendering consultancies and representation of our clients in litigation involving:

• Media, Telecommunications and e-Commerce
• Banking, Funds and Financial Services
• Intellectual Property (Trade-Marks, Patents, Designs, Trade-Names, Copyright)
• Company, Commercial and Corporate Finance
• Construction and Engineering (Claims and Contracts)Company,Commercial and Corporate Finance
• Maritime, Aviation, Transportation and Int. Trade
• Oil and Petrochemical Industries
• Agency and Franchise Insurance & Re-Insurance
  
  

Contacting Libra Law

www.libralawfirm.com

Libra Law Firm
Postal address: 22379 Safat, Z.C. 13084 Kuwait

Tel: (965) 2466446
Fax: (965) 2466447
E-Mail: contact@libralawfirm.com / ammar@libralawfirm.com

 
TechWadi is delighted to welcome EastNets, a technology company based in the UAE, as the latest TechWadi Sponsor.

EastNets is indicative of the emerging Arab technology companies which are developing technologies and solutions and selling them in the Middle East, Europe and North America.

In particular, we want to thank Hazem Mulhim, Chairman of the Board and CEO of EastNets, for his support of TechWadi and our mission.
 

  Hazem Mulhim – Chairman of the Board and CEO

Having held senior management positions for the past 17 years, Hazem has proven his ability to establish and expand a business structure according to market needs. He has demonstrated the ability to build a new business, introduce new products, penetrate new markets, build various alliances and partnerships in the area, and has successfully implemented projects in various countries.
Hazem was educated in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the Higher Institute for Mechanical & Electronic Engineering. There, he earned his Masters of Science in Electronics Engineering and Medical Electronics. He also earned a Certificate of Advanced Management Program (AMP) from INSEAD, Fontainebleau in France.
 

EastNets Background:

Founded in 1984, EastNets is engaged in the provision of payment and security solutions primarily for the financial, corporate and government sectors. EastNets has strategic presence in the Middle East, Europe and North America providing services to customers across 120 countries. It is a business partner of SWIFT maintaining all five spectrums of SWIFT partnerships (SWIFT Business Partner, SWIFT Service Partner, SWIFT Business Partner Service Bureau, SWIFT Solution Partner, and SWIFT Education Partner). EastNets has other strategic global alliances offering value added payment solutions. It also develops Business Software Solutions, such as Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Anti Money Laundering Applications, SWIFT Empowerment applications, and card Issuing Software.

In the current trends of outsourcing, EastNets has a well established service bureau offering outsourced payment and financial payment solutions and services globally. In 2004 IFIC Kuwait acquired 25% of Eastern Networks BVI. Today IFIC holds board positions along with CEO Hazem Mulhim. As a strategic partner IFIC provides ongoing support to the EastNets executive team.

We are very proud to announce that EastNets Group has acquired SIDE International in 2007. The two companies had been business partners since 2002 reflecting a successful partnership which lead to strategic acquisition.

EastNets Solutions:

Business Software Solutions
EastNets™ has developed a number of business software solutions to cater for different market segments. The product lines include: AML Profiling & Filtering suits, Integration solutions, Kiosk solutions, SWIFT Empowerment with reporting, duplicate detection, recovery solutions, etc. More than 400 established customer references are using these products.
 
Partner Solutions
EastNets™ has established global valued business partnerships such as, SWIFT for financial applications, DoubleTake for high availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, and CheckFree for Reconciliation and Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment Solutions.
 
Integration Services
EastNets™ has developed integration Solutions such as en.finmeX and en.PayGate and other services pertaining to confidential transactions with process efficiency.
 
Portal Services (en.SB)
EastNets™ has established a service bureau offering SWIFT connectivity and application services, Reconciliation and AML Filtering solutions. It has also established portal services as low cost outsourced solutions for the financial and corporate industry.

Contacting EastNets:
 

 
 
http://www.eastnets.com/ 

EastNets - UAE
Tel: +971 4 391-2888
Fax: +971 4 391-8652
uae@eastnets.com
Building 2, Office G02/G03
Dubai Internet City
Dubai, UAE
P.O. Box: 500135