ASREN’s 4th Annual Conference, e-AGE 2014 Muscat, Oman, 10-11 December 2014 Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director, ASREN, torman@asrenorg.net In the last 3 weeks just before our e-AGE 2014 Conference in Muscat, I lost 3 of my very close relatives. I send this presentation and the success of e-AGE 2014 to their souls as acknowledgement for their support and encouragement الرجل الذي منحني أفضل هدية يمكن أن يقدمها )إنسان آلخر (زوجتي My Father in law who gave me the best gift (my wife) 1-1-1932 to 15-11-2014 أختي الشابة التي تعلمت منها الكثير قبل وبعد وفاتها عمي الذي حافظ على األرض في فلسطين حتى دفن فيها My young sister from whom I learned before & after her death My uncle who took care of the land in Palestine till he was buried in it 8-5-1974 to 20-11-2014 1927 to 8-12-2014 Something More Important is Happening. The e-Infrastructure in ASREN’s Update, e-AGE 2012, Dubai Salem Alagtash presented indepth study about the status of the e-Infrastructure across the Arab region ASREN’s Update, e-AGE 2013, Tunis Yousef Torman presented the regional update based the recent developments in the Arab region. http://asrenorg.net/eage2013/en/content/program ASREN’s Update, e-AGE 2014, Muscat - - Oman: Nasser Al Mandhari, OMREN Sponsor and Deputy Director of IT, TRC Algeria: Aouaouche El-Maouhab, Director, ARN Bahrain: Abdulla Althawadi, BahREN Egypt: Ahmad Hassan, General Manager, EUN Jordan: Nabil Shawaqfeh, Chairman, JUNet Lebanon: Walid Karam, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications Libya: Ahmed Al-Kilani, ICT Advisor to MOHE Morocco: Redouane Merrouch, Director, MARWAN Palestine: Irene Makhoul, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bethlehem University Qatar: Hassan Al-Derham , Vice President for Research, Qatar University Somalia: Dahir Hassan Arab, CEO, SomaliREN Sudan: Sami Salih, CEO, SudREN Tunisia: Habib Youssef, General Director, CCK UAE: Fahem Al Nuaimi, CEO, Ankabut Yemen: Khaled Basulaim, Managing Director, YCIT-HE Arab Region: Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director, ASREN, Jordan Algeria Algerian Research Network – ARN Aouaouche El-Maouhab, Director of ARN Bahrain Bahrain Research and Education Network BahREN Comoros Djibouti Egypt Egyptian Universities Network – EUN Dr. Ahmad Hassan, General Manager, EUN Iraq Ministry of Higher Education Jordan Jordanian Universities Network – JUNet Prof. Nabil Shawaqfeh, Chairman, JUNet Kuwait Lebanon National Center for Scientific Research – CNRS Walid Karam, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Telecommunications Libya Ministry of Higher Education Ahmed Al-Kilani, ICT Advisor to MOHE Mauritania Morocco Moroccan Academic and Research Wide Area Network - MARWAN Redouane Merrouch, Director, MARWAN Oman Oman Research and Education Network - OMREN Nasser Al Mandhari, OMREN Sponsor and Deputy Director of IT, TRC Palestine Palestinian Research and Education Network PalNREN Irene Makhoul, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bethlehem University Qatar Qatar National Research and Education Network - QNREN Hassan Al-Derham , Vice President for Research, Qatar University Saudi Arabia SARInet Under trhe Internet Service Unit At King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Somalia Somali Research and Education Network – SomaliREN Dahir Hassan Arab, CEO, SomaliREN Sudan Sudani Research and Education Network – SudREN Sami Salih, CEO, SudREN Syria Tunisia Al Khawarizmi Computing Center - CCK Habib Youssef, General Director, CCK UAE UAE Advanced Research and Education Network Ankabut Mohammad Mabrouk, Manager, Network Operations, Ankabut Yemen Yemen Center for Information Technology in Higher Education - YCIT-HE Khaled Basulaim, Managing Director, YCIT-HE Arab Region Arab States Research and Education Network ASREN Yousef Torman, Co-Managing Director Thank You