Majlis Ash-Shura - Fahad Bin Nasir Al-Oboud

Name:	Dr. Fahad Nasser Al-Aboud
Place & Date of Birth:	1965, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Marital Status:	Married

Academic Qualifications:
- PhD: Information Sciences, strict specialization: (Internet Application in Research), Florida State University, 1999. - MA: Information Science, Wisconsin State University, USA, 1994.

Professional Experience:
- Member, Majlis As-Shura, 2001. - Member, the Committee on Communications and Information Technology, Majlis As-Shura. - Chairman, Technical Committee on electronic circulation in the Council, 2005. - Chairman, the Communication Committee on the infrastructure project for Information Technology, Majlis As-Shura, 2005. - Chairman, the Committee for the establishment and follow-up of the Center for Media and Information Monitoring, Majlis As-Shura, 2007. - Chairman, the First Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Majlis As-Shura, 2004 - 2006. - Member, international association for information Technology, 2003. - Associate Professor of government systems and e-commerce, 2005 - King Saud University. - Assistant Professor of Government Systems and e-commerce 2000 - 2005 - King Saud University> - Lecturer from 1994 thru 1999 - King Saud University. - Member, Internet Committee, King Saud University, 1999 - 2000 - King Saud University. - Member, Founding Committee for knowledge Economy Association, 2009- King Saud University. - Director, Information Management Department, 1988 -1994 - King Fahd National Library.

Conferences And Symposia:
- Lectured and Participated in a number of conferences and symposia as a Keynote Speaker in the Kingdom and abroad.

Membership:
- Adviser, Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), 2008. - Member, the Consultative Group of the National Plan for Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, 2008. - Member, the Committee on e-Government Program (yesser), the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, 2004 - 2005. - Member, the international encyclopedia (Who is Who). - Column Writer in the Informatics Section, Riyadh Daily, from 1999 to date.

Research and Publications:
- E-Government: the Practical Application of e-Government (Book), 2009. - E-government: planning and implementation, (Book) 2003. - Search Mechanism on the Internet, (Book) 2000. - Obstacles to using Internet in the “Internet Center of King Saud University”, (research paper) 2000. - Electronic Content Management (research paper) 2008. - Copyright on the Internet, (research paper) 2004. - The role of Internet in the informatics and cultural development e 2004.