Berytech Community

During the second week of May, Berytech organized a series of group sessions, workshops and individual meetings revolving around the launch of a media cluster.
The sessions were animated by Mr. Alain Tubiana, Managing Director of image cluster ICONOVAL, and member of the board of the French National Clusters Association.
His work in Lebanon was divided into four parts.
The first day was dedicated to the Berytech team, Mr. Tubiana shared his knowledge around cluster models and discussed sustainability issues while Berytech shared with him the work that has been done since August of 2011 consisting of reports and presentations about the local media industries. 

As the successor to the current Internet Protocol, IPv4, IPv6 is critical to the Internet’s continued growth as a platform for innovation and economic development. Organized by the Internet Society, and building on the successful one-day World IPv6 Day event held on 8 June 2011, World IPv6 Launch represents a major milestone in the global deployment of IPv6.

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to enhance competition and user choice via the introduction of new gTLDs (Generic Top-Level Domains). The application for these new gTLDs will be open between January and April 2012 only.

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Thank you Dian!

Without you, I would have probably missed out on the wonderful experience that was TEDxBeirut.

The first time I’ve heard of TED in general, was in the summer of 2008 in Istanbul (where I’ve met Dian during a pre-Masters summer program that helped us prepare our journey to the UK).

After watching a couple of videos I got hooked with the concept, the speakers and the contagious positive energy behind it all.

For those who are unfamiliar with the TED and TEDx concepts, here’s what you need to know… Read the rest of this entry →

I recently attended a workshop organized by the World Bank Group at the Grand Serail, focusing on the ease – or not – of starting a business in Lebanon for limited liability companies, best known as SARL (Société anonyme à responsabilité limitée).

Inevitably, the workshop leaders had to draw comparisons and benchmark against existing practices worldwide. They looked at four indicators, being first, the number of days required to pre-register, register and post-register a company, secondly, the cost against % of income (exclusive of any hidden charges!!), thirdly, the paid-in minimum capital, which presently stands at LBP 5M, and finally, the number of procedures involved. Read the rest of this entry →