Maroc Diplomatique kicked off this Friday, May 27, the second session of MD Talks, a cycle of African and international strategic reflection conferences, following a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the start of the 2022 academic year, digital technology, one of the major challenges of the global economy, is debated during this conference on the theme: “Digitalization, strategic lever of the New Development Model. »
Placed under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, this event sees the participation of several members of the government including Mr. Chakib Benmoussa, Minister of National Education, Preschool and Sports, Mr. Ryad Mezzour, Minister of industry and trade, Mrs. Aouatif Hayar, Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and the Family and Mr. Mehdi Bensaid, Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication. As a reminder, Mr. Benmoussa was one of the great architects of the NMD, because he had the heavy task of being the president of the Commission.
At the opening of the conference, Mr. Hassan Alaoui, Director of Publication and Mrs. Souad Mekkaoui, Editorial Director will deliver their welcome address.
This return to the MD Talks is enhanced by the presence of Diplomatic guests of honor with HE LI Changlin, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Morocco, HE Mohamat Abdelrassoul, Ambassador of Chad to Morocco and HE Lezin issha Boussougou, Consul General of the Republic of Gabon in Laâyoune.
On the institutional side, we note the participation of Mr. Abderrahim El Hafidi, Director General of ONEE and President of the Arab Electricity Union, Mr. Sidi Mohammed Drissi Melyani. Director General of the Digital Development Agency (ADD) and Mr. Benacer Boulaajoul, Director of the National Road Safety Agency NARSA.
Partner of Maroc Diplomatique at this conference, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is represented by Mr. Steffen Krüger, its Resident Representative in Morocco, who will make his speech during the institutional plenary.
Scheduled for one day, the conference is divided into two panels (morning and followingnoon):
Panel 1 “Digital, pillar of economic, social and human development”
Digital Nation, the great bet of modern Morocco, Mohamed Saad, Deputy Managing Director of the Casablanca Stock Exchange
Covid-19, accelerator of digital transformation and the emergence of e-commerce, Abdelouahed Rahal, Director General of Trade at the Ministry of Industry and Trade,
Digital transformation: What opportunities for our startup ecosystem, Mrs. Lamiae Benmakhlouf, General Manager of the Technopark
The digitization of the Administration: between rupture and revolution, Mounir Houari, Director General of CRI Dakhla Oued-Eddahab
The strengths of Morocco to establish itself as a digital & innovation hub, Mrs. Meryem Zairi
Panel 2 “Issues, challenges and opportunities of digital transformation”
Maritime and Port Sector in the Age of Digitalization: Challenges and Opportunities, Ms. Amane Fathallah, Director General of Ports and Merchant Navy
Digital transformation between innovation and digital inclusion: Issues and challenges, Yahya Sefraoui, Director of Digital Transformation at Inwi
5G and the sovereign cloud, the foundation of the digital economy for a national revival, Chakib Achour, Director of Marketing Business Strategy at Huawei
Humanizing digital transformation or the guarantee of success, Dr. Abdelilah Kadili, President of the Tamkine Foundation
The Legal Arsenal in the Face of Cybercrime: A Colossus with Feet of Clay, Me Allia Skalli, Founder of AF Legal Services Capitalisant
Global digital and technological transformation: opportunity to seize of more than 100,000 qualified offshore tech jobs for Morocco, Idriss Elasri, Managing Director of Capgemini Engineering Morocco.
The conference will close with a debate on the challenges of digitization and a message of fidelity and loyalty addressed to HM the King.
