CAMPUS LECTURE | Ghita Mezzour (Alumni Award 2023)
We are pleased to invite you to the next EPFL Campus Lecture with Ghita Mezzour, Morocco’s Minister Delegate in Charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, Alumni Award 2023 and EPFL alumna:
"Unlocking Morocco's Digital Potential: Towards an Innovative and Inclusive Growth"
Friday, October 6 2023
12pm - 1pm
EPFL campus (room CE1 3)
In English
Morocco has made of the digital one of the levers of its socio-economic development. Its ambition is to become a digital 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 solutions.
The Moroccan Minister of Digital Transition and Administration Reform and EPFL laureate, Dr Ghita Mezzour, will detail the means implemented by the Moroccan government in order to take advantage of its potential with the aim of becoming an essential destination for investment and digital production.
Dr Ghita Mezzour is the Moroccan Minister in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform. Prior 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 bachelor’s from EPFL. Dr Mezzour has received multiple international awards for her work.
Program
12:00pm Welcome address
Leïla Ojjeh, EPFL Alumni Director
12:05pm Introduction
Martin Vetterli, EPFL President
12:10pm Campus Lecture
"Unlocking Morocco's Digital Potential: Towards an Innovative and Inclusive Growth"
Ghita Mezzour SC'08, Morocco’s Minister Delegate in Charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform
12:30pm Q&A
Moderated by Rachid Guerraoui, Professor, EPFL
01:00pm Aperitif
02:00pm End of the event
The event will be recorded and available a few days after the event on our EPFL Alumni YouTube channel