The USPalTech Summit 2021
Recordings of all schedule sessions
Opening Ceremony
Outsourcing Tech work to Palestine
Outsourcing Digital Marketing to Palestine
Report & Closing Remarks
Success stories, outsourcing tech to Palestine
Media & Art Tech
Outsourcing Cybersecurity to Palestine
The USPalTech Summit 2021
All schedule times are in Washington DC – Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Summit program with topics and speakers.
Some sessions will be updated as we get speakers confirmation.
9:30 am – US NY – EST
4:30 PM – JERUSALEM
Opening Ceremony
Welcome notes by organizers and special guests.
Marwan Ahmad
President of Arabesque Media, a Virginia based marketing agency
Layla Kaiksow
Executive Director
Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy
Mathew Ley
Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy
10:00 am – EST
5:00 PM – JERUSALEM
Success stories of working with Palestinian talent
Panelists will share sucessful stories of hiring Palestinian technology talents in different areas.
Hatem (Tim) Sahouri
CIO at Medcor Inc.
Tony Habash
Chief Business Integration Officer & CIO at American Psychological Association
Masaood Yunus
Business Strategy Enabler/Digital Transformation and Innovation Leader
11:00 am – EST
6 PM – JERUSALEM
Outsourcing Tech work to Palestine
Find out how to find good talents and secure out sourcing tech projects to Palestine.
Haneen AbuFarha
Diversity Sourcer at Yardstick Management/Technical Recruiter at Upwork
Sean Carroll
President & CEO, Anera
Wesam Herbawi
Lead Software Engineer at HERE Technologies
12:00 pm – EST
7 PM – JERUSALEM
Technology, Media and Art
Using media and art projects to support local Palestinian talents.
Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Muslim & Arab Worlds at California State University, San Bernardino
James Trotter
Assistant Director of Academic Technologies and Innovation at California State University, San Bernardino
1:00 Pm – EST
8 PM – JERUSALEM
Finding and Outsourcing Digital Marketing
Discussion on best ways to find and hire digital marketing talents in Palestine.
Marwan Ahmad
President of Arabesque Media, a Virginia based marketing agency
Iman Hassouneh
Communication, Translator and Marketing Expert
2:00 pm – EST
9 PM – JERUSALEM
Cybersecurity Outsourcing
A panel discussing on the need for cybersecurity project outsourcing to Palestine.
Ahmed AbuGharbia
Usama Houlila
Principal, CrossRealms, Inc.
3:00 PM – EST
10 PM – JERUSALEM
Closing
Closing remarks
