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SUMMARY:CAMPUS LECTURE | Ghita Mezzour (Alumni Award 2023)
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:"Unlocking Morocco's Digital Potential: Towards an Innovative 
 and Inclusive Growth"\nGhita Mezzour\, Morocco’s Minister Delegate in Ch
 arge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform\, Alumni Award 2023 a
 nd EPFL alumna\n\nPresentation\nMorocco has made of the digital one of the
  levers of its socio-economic development. Its ambition is to become a dig
 ital champion\, by offering a competitive digital economy ecosystem\, and 
 by setting up suitable infrastructure and training its youth in the latest
  technologies to become a producing country and exporting of innovative so
 lutions.\n\nThe Moroccan Minister of Digital Transition and Administration
  Reform and EPFL laureate\, Dr Ghita Mezzour\, will detail the means imple
 mented by the Moroccan government in order to take advantage of its potent
 ial with the aim of becoming an essential destination for investment and d
 igital production.\n\nAbout Ghita Mezzour\nDr Ghita Mezzour is the Morocca
 n Minister in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform. Prio
 r to her appointment\, she worked as an entrepreneur and as an academic on
  developing digital solutions that have strong socio-economic impact. She 
 holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and a master’s and a bachelo
 r’s from EPFL. Dr Mezzour has received multiple international awards for
  her work.\n\nProgramme\n\n12:00pm Welcome address\nLeïla Ojjeh\, EPFL Al
 umni Director\n\n12:05pm Introduction\nMartin Vetterli\, EPFL President\n\
 n12:10 Campus Lecture\n"Unlocking Morocco's Digital Potential: Towards an 
 Innovative and Inclusive Growth"\nGhita Mezzour SC'08\, Morocco’s Minist
 er Delegate in Charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform\n\n1
 2:30pm Q&A\nModerated by Rachid Guerraoui\, Professor\, EPFL\n\n01:00pm A
 peritif\n\n02:00pm End of the event
LOCATION:CE 1 3 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CE%201%203
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