ArabNet Goes Live, and Global!
The long awaited and highly anticipated ArabNet conference kick started today, with over 500 participants attending the opening ceremony, including internet and tech leaders from around the world, investors, media, entrepreneurs, bloggers and professionals from the tech industry.
The opening ceremony and the conference activities that followed were broadcast live online, giving an opportunity for everyone who couldn't attend to be part of this unique and first-of-its kind event to ever happen in the Middle East.
Under the direction of Samer Karam and a dedicated team of geeks and coders who worked 24 hours a day for the past week, a custom-designed, cutting-edge system was developed that allows for live broadcast of video, illustrations and tweets directly from the conference. The platform also integrates a voting mechanism to allow attendees to vote for their favorite startup or idea via the live website: live.arabnet.me