At core of the Information Technology Development, there is a vital need for a strong IT community with common vision regardless of the competition, effective communication regardless of the contradiction and commitment to achieve the shared goal of the appropriate positioning of Egypt on the Global ICT map .

ITI Community Debates (IC Debates) is an attempt to settle arguments facing IT community and challenging the overall development of this crucial sector in Egypt. It is an invitation to gather, work out differences, resolve disagreement, integrate efforts and strengthen the bonds to share goals. The main focus will be to facilitate sharing of knowledge and perspectives, and to point people to additional knowledge resources.

Each practitioner brings different experiences with technology and educational settings, and through the community, each can share his or her experiences to enhance the network’s collective ICT expertise. The community will serve as a platform to exchange ideas and opinions on appropriate technology and solutions for developing ICT sector – a conversation currently lacking a central point of communication between practitioners and thus ITI Community Debate will be a resource to quickly resolve outstanding issues.

ITI Community Debates follow the style of Oxford style of debating and adapt it to its online Debates as well. The format was made famous by the 186-year-old Oxford Union and has been practiced by politicians, prominent intellectuals and Key figures from across the world. It revolves around an assertion that is defended on one side (Agree Team) and assailed on another (Disagree Team) in a contest hosted and overseen by ITI (the Moderator). Each side has three chances to persuade audience or readers: opening, rebuttal (disproof of the other side) and closing.

In ITI Community Debates, Agree and Disagree teams each consist of a group of speakers (1-3) Knowledgeable in the issue at hand. We also invite featured expert guests to comment on the debate not to take sides, but to provide context and informed perspective on the subject.

Those attending an ITI Community Debate participate in two ways: by voting to determine the debate’s winner and by addressing comments to the moderator. As long as the debate is open, you may change your vote as many times as you change your mind. And you are encouraged to air your own views by sending comments to the moderator. These should be relevant to the motion, the speakers’ statements or the observations of featured guests. And they must be addressed directly to the moderator, who will single out the most compelling for discussion by the speakers.