Khalifa University, Sharjah Campus hosted the First GCC Royal Holloway, Information Security Group Alumni Reunion Conference on the 24th of March 2009.
This event was sponsored by Khalifa University. A keynote address was presented by Prof. Fred Piper, Royal Holloway, University of London as a guest of honor.
The provisional Alumni conference program is as follows:
08:30-09:00: Free Registration
09:00-09:05: Prof. Fred Piper: Opening remarks
09:05-09:30: Dr. Ali Al-Qayedi, Manager, KUSTAR, Sharjah Campus: Welcome, KUSTAR InfoSec Overview
09:30-10:30: Keynote speaker: Prof. Fred Piper, RH, University of London: The Application of Cryptography
10:30-11:00: Tea / Coffee Break
11:00-11:30: Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun, KUSTAR, UAE: Ubiquitous Network Security
11:30-12:00: Mr. Liaquat Khan, Director of Ascertia, UAE: Advanced Digital Signatures for PDF Documents
12:00-12:30: Dr. Fauzan Mirza, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan: Digital Forensics
12:30-13:00: Mr. A. Rahiman, Manager of eDocuMan: Digital signatures for long-term preservating/archiving
13:00-13:05: Closing remarks
13:05-14:00: Networking Lunch
This was the first GCC Region ISG Alumni Conference for getting in touch with all Alumni members and Information Security Professionals in the GCC region.
Please contact Dr. Chan Yeob Yeun, conference organisor for any enquires regarding this event.
I am recently invited by the RAIS 2009 (the 2nd Symposium on Recent Advances in Information Security) to give my talk entitled "Securing Ubiquitous Utopia Environment", which will be held at the University of Sharjah on the 27th of April 2009:
