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Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

الفعالية هي عبارة عن ثلاثة أيام (عطلة نهاية الاسبوع) تستهدف المبرمجين والمصممين ومديري الاعمال، حيث يقومون بطرح أفكارهم في اليوم الاول، ويجري التصويت عليها من قبل المشاركين، ويتم اختيار الأفكار الحائزة على اكثر الأصوات (١٠-١٥) فكرة لتدخل المسابقة، وبعد ذلك يقوم اصحاب الأفكار بتكوين فرق من المشاركين، حيث يختار من المصممين والمبرمجين ومديري الاعمال ما يكفيه لإنجاز الفكرة في اليومين التاليين.

في اليوم الثاني يتم التركيز على العمل وإنجاز المشروع، ووضع خطط العمل، ويتخلله محاضرتين من خبراء مجال الاعمال الريادية لإكساب المشاركين المعلومات اللازمة والمفيدة لمشاريعهم وتحويلها الى شركات في المستقبل.

في اليوم الثالث يتم التركيز على انهاء العمل والتجهيز لعرض الاعمال امام الحكام، وفي الحفل الختامي يتم الاعلان عن الفائزين وتسليم الجوائز.

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Schedule

Thursday

Feb 16
  • Registration and Networking
  • Event kick off
  • Introduction of startup weekend
  • Tips for success - Iyad Kamal (Aramex's COO)
  • Preparing to pitch
  • 1 min. pitches
  • First round of voting
  • Team forming & Idea discussion
  • Break
  • Team Building Session – Ahmad Al Assad
  • Start working!

Friday

Feb 17
  • Doors open & Breakfast
  • Friday prayer time
  • Lunch
  • Mentors arrive
  • Business model generation – Mohammad Khawaja
  • Customer Development & The Lean Startup Model - Rami Al-Karmi
  • Mentors help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
  • Dinner
  • Mid weekend check-in, status reports, call for help!

Saturday

Feb 18
  • Doors open & breakfast
  • Mentors Arrive
  • Lunch
  • Technical check, Start prepping for presentations
  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS
  • Creativity - Wael Attili
  • Winners announcement & awards
Speakers

Wael Attili

Topic: Creativity

CEO & Co-founder at Kharabeesh for creative content

Ahmad Al-Assad

Topic: Team building

Founder & Trainer at Waqtak Training Company

Rami Al-Karmi

Topic: Startups Session

CEO, N2Vlabs (geeky-yet-lean investment arm) at N2V

Mohamad Khawaja

Topic: Business model generation   |  

CEO Startappz.com [an investment arm of N2V], the mobile accelerator of Arabia

Iyad Kamal

Aramex’s Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Judges

Ahmad Takatkah

Investment Director - Early Startups at N2V

Zamil A. Safwan

Founder at Jade Electronic Industries Shareholder at Jockey Electronics Owner at International Systems Inc. (Intersys) (Sole Proprietorship)

Rami Kamal Adwan

CEO - EHS Hakeem

Ghadier Bana

Co-founder - CEO at wikikiwis

William Kanaan

Head of New Business Development - Middle East & North Africa at Google

Mentors

Mohamad Khawaja

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CEO Startappz.com [an investment arm of N2V], the mobile accelerator of Arabia

Eyad A. Al Azab

Mentor at The Mowgli Foundation Operations Manager at Nibras.com Inc Co-Founder / President at TechJordan- Information Technology Professionals Association

Samer Jabari

Board member / chair man PPAC at Young Entrepreneurs association Founder and Board member at Sabaek investment Owner at Focus Solutions

Muhammad Arrabi

Senior Investment Associate at n2v.com

Hussein AlSarabi

Founder / General Manager at Bangaia.com and CommunitiesTech.com. Masters in Business Administration. Human Development and NLP trainer.

Duha Awayes

Vice President at TechJordan Chief Consultant / Deputy Division Manager -Integrated Solutions Division at STS

Nabil Darwish

UNRWA Microfinance Department - Marketing & Communications Officer

Rami Al-Karmi

CEO, N2Vlabs (geeky-yet-lean investment arm) at N2V

Omar Al Sharif

Marketing Manager at Oasis500

Ali Dahmash

Founder & General Manager at REACH 2.0 Founder at Under My Olive Tree

Firas Steitiyeh

Social Media Operations Manager at The Online Project Founder & Editor at SteitBlog

Ramzi Fawakhiri

Investment Associate at National Net Ventures (N2V)

Yousef Wadi

Product Manager at Yahoo!

Ziad Al-Masri

Ziad is one the pioneers in Mobile Data Services & Content in the Middle East. Before partnering in Maysalward, Ziad was heading Data Services & Content team at Zain Group

Suliman AlBattat

Managing Director, ALM Consultant [MVP] at Evanteck

Alaa Sharaf

Quality Assurance at Bisan Systems Co-Founder / User Experience Specialist & Development Specialist at ndproductions::digital imaging::

Fadi Bargouti

CEO/ Co Founder at Curl Stone Studios

Laith Zraikat

Co-founder, Chief Product Officer at Jeeran.com Co-founder, Director of Innovation at Jeeran.com

Zaid Masri

Deputy Head of Strategic Planning at Capital Bank

Muhammad Mansour

Senior Marketing Manager at N2V

Lubna Taimeh

co-Founder and Operations Manager at Fanbase

Mahmoud Manasrah

Trainer and Windows Phone Developer at Free Lance Trainer and Windows Phone Developer Co-founder/Senior Technology Specialist & Consultant at Eskadenia Software, Jordan

Organizers
Masoud Alhelou
Ata Alqadi Ataqadi
Ahmed Barqawi
Emad Adwan
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