Date : 26/10/2013
(with photos)
KUWAIT, Oct 26 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti Eng. Manar Al-Hashash, in her speech
delivered at UN-sponsored World Summit Award Global Congress of 2013 on
e-content and creativity, held in the Sri Lankan Capital Colombo, shed light
on the Kuwaiti website that provides detailed information about the country
environment.
In a telephone interview with KUNA from the conference venue in Colombo, on
Saturday, Al-Hashash said she spoke about the Kuwaiti website, worked out by
Kuwait Public Environment Authority (EPA), providing "a very rich data bank to
everything related to the Kuwait environment.
"Such data and information can be useful for decision makers, experts and
various segments of the society."
Kuwaiti project "Beatona" or (Our Environment) will be honored during this
ceremony. Beatona is the official environmental portal of Kuwait for the
dissemination of authentic environmental information and data about the State
of Kuwait throughout the World Wide Web.
Noting the noticeable Kuwaiti participation in the international event,
Al-Hashah said she addressed the congress, along with three other keynote
speakers, and that she underscored necessity of e-data in the Arab world for
various classes and people of diverse concerns.
Al-Hashash said the Sri Lankan President opened the week-long congress on
October 23rd, speaking in his statement about the State project, "Smart Sri
Lanka."
Al-Hashash, who has a long and rich experience in e-content production
chairs a session in the second day and a workshop in the third day of the
conference.
The WSA Global Congress 2013, held in Colombo from October 23 to 26,
involves world's top e-content developers, government representatives and
leading ICT experts. The conference's objective is to present the most
creative mobile and web applications from all over the world and to discuss
the crucial role of e-content for the global economy, environment, government,
healthcare, education and mobility.
Manar Al-Hashash is a Computer Engineer from Kuwait, holding a master
degree (MBA) with focus on Management of Information Technology. Based on that
academic technical background, Manar works in two parallel lines, technical
and social. She is the co-founder of DotDesign, a software development
company. On the other hand, she embarks on several activities with the main
goal of "Promoting ICT in Society".
Since 1999, Manar has been involved in media and public work in many ways
to achieve that goal. She prepares and presents the weekly IT program
"Compunet World" on Kuwait Satellite Channel in Arabic as well as preparing
and presenting another weekly IT program on KTV2 in English called "Zero Ones".
In 2004, Al-Hashash launched and Managed a Local e-Content Annual Contest
under the name of "Ghiras electro Contest" which aims at youths in Kuwait
(14-22yrs) competing for best website design, best presentation, best graphic
design and best mobile e-greeting card, all focus on local content.
Manar also has a rich experience in the press media publishing for IT, as
she wrote a weekly IT page for an official daily newspaper in Kuwait from 2000
till 2005, where she concluded that experience by launching the IT magazine
"Dot" of which she was owner and Chief Editor.
As a student, Manar was awarded an IEEE for her outstanding Internet and
e-Commerce projects in 2000. In addition to being a member in WSA board of
directors, Manar is a member of a High-Level Panel of Advisers of Gaid -
United Nations. (end)
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