Zeid Nasser of MediaMe, Marwan Juma, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology in Jordan, Maher Kaddoura of Meydan, Walid Abu-Hadba of Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism, Dr. Gayane Markosyan of Synopsys, Habib Haddad of YallaStartup and Yamli.com, Haitham Abul-Haija of Intel, and Som Mittal of NASSCOM discuss the unique qualities of and opportunities in ICT in the Middle East, and how supporting entrepreneurship goes hand in hand with transformation in education and broader cultural change.