Top industry leaders will take part as keynote speakers at the Mena ICT Forum 2010, which is to be held in Jordan next month.

More than over 500 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) leaders, government officials and entrepreneurs will take part in the forum, being held under the patronage of King Abdullah II on October 10 and 11.

The Information Technology Association of Jordan (Int@j) today announced the keynote speakers for the event. They include: Werner Vogels, VP and CTO of Amazon.com; Stanislas de Bentzmann, CEO of Devoteam Group; and John Chambers, CEO of Cisco.

Considered one of the region’s foremost ICT and Information and Communications Technology Enabled Services (ICTES) industry events, the forum will present over 65 distinguished speakers from leading private and public entities from around the globe, who will convene in Amman to deliberate the Mena region’s most current and pressing ICT and ICTES concerns, said a statement.  

Speaking on behalf of Int@j, Aiman Mazahreh, chairman, said: “We are extremely pleased to have successfully attracted leading regional and international companies and industry stakeholders to our doorstep, to introduce them to our industry’s realities from Jordan, and also to invite them to collaborate and advance together. Our keynote speakers are evidence of the promise our region holds for the future of ICT and ICTES industries across the globe. This forum comes as a testament to our confidence that valuable networks and partnerships will result from this event, and will impact numerous businesses, thus reflecting positively on the industry and region as a whole.”

Gold Partners of the event are: EMC, Orange, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Umniah, and Zain. – TradeArabia News Service