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Dr. Driss Kettani

Position: Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane Head of several research laboratories

University unit: School of Science and Engineering, ICT4D Area of expertise

• New ICT and Good Governance

• eGovernance (eVote, eConsultation, etc.)

• New Media and Democracy

• The Use of Technology to Promote Human,

Economic and Social Development

Languages: Arabic, French, English Bio Driss Kettani holds a PhD from the Computer Science Department of Laval University in Canada (1999). He also holds a Certificate in Business Administration from the Business School of the same University and a Certificate in Geomatics from the Environmental System and Research Institute (ESRI/Montreal). In 1994, he was hired for two years as a Research Engineer for a Canadian Company (OCTOPUS System) specialized in intelligent transport systems. Between 1994 and 1998, Kettani was appointed as lecturer in the Department of Computer Science in Laval University and then as Invited Professor (until now). In 1998, he has been hired, by the Canadian Department of Defence and worked for two years as a Defence Scientist in the Defence Research Establishment in Valcartier/Quebec. In September 2000, Driss Kettani joined Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane as a professor of Computer Science. Further to his teaching duties, he leads several Research Laboratories with international grants from North America and Europe. Kettani’s expertise and scientific merit have been recognized by the national and international community through a number of distinctions and awards including: The National eMtiaz 2006 Award for the best ICT4D Research Project in Morocco; the TIGA (Technology in Government in Africa) in 2007 award by The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre (CePRC); the 2008 United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA); and the Arab Academia for Science and Technology (AST) Award in 2009, for the best research with impact on the field in the Arab Region. Publications Kettani, Driss, Bernard Moulin, and Asmae El Mahdi, "Toward a Roadmap to e-Government for a Better Governance", Handbook of Research on E-Government Readiness for Information and Service Exchange: Utilizing Progressive Information Communication Technologies. Ed: Dr. Hakikur Rahman, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-671-6 ISBN10:1605666718, IGI Global 2010. Kettani, Driss, “E-Government Applications in the African Context”, The Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders Module Series, The United Nations for Africa Center for Information and Communication Technology for Development, UNECA 2009. Kettani, Driss, Michael Gurstein, and Asmae El Mahdi, “Good Governance and E-Government: Applying a Formal Outcome Analysis Methodology in a Developing World Context”, International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG), Vol. 2, No.1 pp. 22 – 54, ISSN (Online): 1742-7517 - ISSN (Print): 1742-7509, DOI10.1504/IJEG.024963. 2009.

 

Kettani, Driss and Asmae El Mahdi, “Fez e-Government Project: An Initiative Transforming Scientific Research to Value in Morocco.”, Electronic Journal of e-Government, Vol. 7 Issue 4, 2009, (pp371 – 380), ISSN 1479-439X 371 ©Academic Conferences Lt 2009. Kettani, Driss and Asmae El Mahdi, “Fez eGovernment Project: An Initiative Transforming Scientific Research to Value in Morocco”; Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on e-Government – London – 2009 – Print FORMAT, (Ed.) Hahamis, Panos and Remenyi, Dan, pages: 389-397, Academic Publishing Limited, Reading, UK, ISBN 978-906638-33-7 Book , 2009. Kettani, Driss, Moulin, Bernard, Gurstein, Michael and El Mahdi, Asmae, E-Government and local Good Governance: A PILOT PROJECT IN FEZ, MOROCCO, The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, EJISDC, no. 35/1, Pages 1-18, 2008. Kettani, Driss, Asmae El Mahdi (2008) “eFEZ: ICT4D Initiative Transforming Scientific Research To Value for The Development in Morocco” In Proceedings: the 5th Congress of Scientific Research Outlook & Technology Development in the Arab World (SRO5), October 2008 (Best Paper Award) Kettani, Driss, Asmae El Mahdi and Houda Chakiri, “An ICT4D Entrepreneurship Success Story Based on Research and Innovation”, In Proceedings: the 5th Congress of Scientific Research Outlook & Technology Development in the Arab World (SRO5), October 2008. Kettani, Driss, Asmae El Mahdi, ‘Back Office Integration Issues in Developing Country Context: Lessons Learned from a Case Study in Morocco’, In Proceedings: International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV), Cairo, Egypt, December 2008. Kettani, Driss., Moulin, Bernard., and El Mahdi, Asmae. (2008), Proposition of a Method for the Development and Deployment of e-Government Systems that Emphasize Good Governance, in: Kropt, P., Benyoucef, M., and Mili, H. (Eds.), 2008 International MCETECH Conference on e-Technologies, 35, 227-231, IEEE Computer Society: DOI 10.1109/MCETECH.2008.35 Kettani, Driss, Bernard MOULIN, and Michael Gurstein. “An analysis and Design Method for eGovernment Systems Based on Good Governance”, WSEAS Transactions on Computers. Issue: 2, Volume: 4. ISSN 1790-0832, February 2007. Kettani, Driss, Bernard MOULIN, and Asmae El Mahdi, “Towards a formal design Methodology of eGovernment Systems Based on Good Governance”. In proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-ACTIVITIES ’06), Venice, Italy, November 20-22, 2006. Kettani, Driss Michael Gurstein, Bernard MOULIN and Asmae Elmahdi, “An Approach to the assessment of Applied IS with particular application to Community based systems”, Lecture notes in Computer Science (LNCS), no. 4277, Pages 301-310, 2006. Kettani, Driss Bernard MOULIN, and Asmae El Mahdi. “Towards a formal framework of impact assessment of E-Government systems on governance”, WSEAS Transactions on Computers. Issue: 12, Volume: 4. ISSN 1109-2750, 2006. Dr. Driss Kettani is available for interviews. Media contact a.lahbabi@aui.ma or (+212)-535-862-104.