Sponsors:
- Oger Telecom
- MTC Group
- Paltel Group
- Kalaam
- Xpress
- Orange
- Fastlink
- Qualcomm
- Optimiza Solution
- Adaptive Mobile
- Glimmer Glass
- Primustel
Speakers:
- Mr. Jawad Abbassi, General Manager
- Mr. Ammar A. Aker, CEO, JAWWAL
- Mr. Medhat Amer, CIO, Fastlink
- Mr. Imad Ayoub, CEO, Cyberia
- Dr . Saad Barrak, Director General, MTC Group
- Mr. Craig Blakeley, Alliance Law Group LLC
- Mr. Bashar Dahabra, CEO, Info2Cell
- Dr. Paul Doany, CEO Oger Telecom, Chairman Turk Telecom
- Mr. Michael Dunning, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings
- Mr. Mohamed Elnawawy, VP, International and Regulatory Affairs, Te Data Egypt
- Mr. Mohammed Al Faraj, Director of Strategies & Communication, Saudi Telecom - ALJAWAL
- Dr. Usama Fayyad, Chief Data Officer & Sr. VP Research and Strategic Data Solutions, Yahoo, Inc
- Mr. Jeremy Foster, Marketing Director, Ericsson
- Mr. Luigi Gasparollo, V.P. Business Development MENA Region, Qualcomm
- Mickael Ghossein, CEO, Jordan Telecom Group
- Mr. Jean-Philippe Gillet, Regional Vice President, Intelsat
- Mr. Mark Guirgis, Vice President, PRIMUS Telecommunications Group
- Mr. Faisal Hakki, Finacial Markets Research Manager, Arab Advisors Group
- Mr. Hilal Halaoui, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Mr. Samer Halawa, Executive Manager, Globitel
- Mr. Andy Hanna, VP-Sales & Chief Commercial Officer, Kalaam Telecom
- Dr. Ahmad Hiasat, CEO, TRC
- Mr. Khalil Al-Hindwan, Senior Manager, Oracle
- Mr. Gareth Maclachlan, VP Products and Services, AdaptiveMobile
- Dr. Abdul Malik Al Jaber, CEO, Paltel
- Mr. Marwan Juma, CEO, XPress
- Mr. Peter Kaliaropoulos, CEO, Batelco
- Mr. Hakam Kanafani, Chief Business Development Officer, Oger Telecom
- Mr. Robert Lundy, President and CEO Glimmerglass, Inc.
- Mr. Alexander McNabb, Group Account Director, Spot on Public Relations
- Mr. Hazem Malhas, CEO and Vice Chairman, Optimiza
- H.E. Mohammed Omran, Chairman, Etisalat
- Mr. Carlos Riera, CEO, Kalaam Telecom
- Mr. Santino Saguto, Director, Italy Greece MENA, Spectrum Strategy Consultants
- Dr. Kamal Shehadi, Chairman and CEO, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Lebanon
- Mr. Omar Shoter , CEO, Noorsat
- Mr. Sami Smeirat, CEO, Wanadoo
- Mr. Samih Toukan, CEO, Maktoob
- Ms. Nadine Usta, Senior Research Analyst, Arab Advisors Group
- Mr. Philippe Vogeleer, Chief Strategy Officer / Secretary General, Jordan Telecom
Agenda:
- FUTURE GROWTH FOR TELCOS - Where will it come from?
- Telecom markets liberalization in the Arab World: An operator’s perspective.
- The age of regional telecom operators: Identifying and leveraging growth opportunities.
- Organic growth vs. acquisition growth. Risks and rewards.
- Creating and building synergies between subsidiaries.
- Service and network strategies: Pure plays or integration?
- Financing growth and new ventures: Examples and experiences.
- Service portfolio strategies for new entrants
- An Integrated Operator Model
- Arab telecom and media markets: A 2007 update
- What services can help mobile operators increase revenue, efficiency, differentiation, and market share?
- The broadcast industry: Trends and issues.
- Strategies for content distributing and broadcasting.
- Opportunities and challenges in the development of Mobile TV through various platforms
- Platforms for TV: Sat TV, Terrestrial Digital TV, Mobile TV, IPTV
- Convergence and the Evolution of Value
- The regional broadband market: Growth drivers and inhibitors.
- Best ways to kick start a broadband boom in the Arab World.
- The choice between copper and wireless access. What determines it?
- Regulating broadband markets
- Broadband strategies for content providers.
- Will WiMAX be the silver bullet? Or is it all hyped?
- Consolidation of Telco assets in the Middle East: A trend or a fad to waste hard earned cash?
- Capacity glut: Will the operators find ways to capitalize on Broadband access technologies?
- Will disruptive technologies spoil the long awaited promise of “multi-play”?
- Convergence, Complexity & Customer Needs - 3 C's facing the Telcos
- Financing Telecom and Media ventures and projects in the Arab World: Current Trends.
- Equity, Debt funding, public bond markets, Islamic financing. Which is best for the companies?
- Credit risk developments: What is needed for a public rating? And why is a public rating needed?
- Stock markets and IPOs: Lessons learned.
- Valuing license and telecom companies: Financial and strategic considerations.
- The New Optical Internet
- Telecom Opportunities in Lebanon
- The IT component in telecom and media companies: The role of technology providers.
- Protecting the Mobile Individual's Way of Life
- The requirement for customer usage protection
- Approaches to protection
- Case study on value received
- New trends in social media and on-line communities
- Leveraging the Internet and cellular subscriber bases for revenues
- The state of portals and search in the region. Is there room for regional players in front of major global players like Google and yahoo!
- TV interactivity as a revenue stream? Has its hey day passed or major growth still ahead?
- Mobile strategies for online content providers
- Content strategies for cellular operators
