Sponsors:
- Orgasystems
- Qualcomm
- Asiacell
- Orange Jordan
- Ericsson
- Etisalatuna
- Zain Jordan
- Umniah
- Motorola
- Eskadenia
Speakers:
- HE Minister of ICT Mr. Marwan Juma
- Mr. Mohammad Omran, Chairman, Etisalat
- Dr. Saad Al-Barrak, (Former) Managing Director of Zain Group ,Current Managing Director and CEO of Zain Saudi Arabia
- Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO, DU
- Mr. Samir M. Abdulhadi, President & Chief Executive Officer, Orbit Group
- Mr. Peter Kaliaropoulos, CEO, Batelco
- Mr. Alex Shalaby, Chairman, Mobinil
- Mr. Sam Barnett, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, MBC Group
- Mrs. Khédija Hamouda Ghariani, Secretary-General, Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization
- Dr. Mash’hour Abu Dakka, Minister of Telecommunications & IT in Palestine
- Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, CEO International, Saudi Telecom
- Dr. Diar Ahmed, CEO, Asiacell
- Mrs. Nayla Khawam, CEO Jordan Telecom Group – Orange Jordan
- Dr. Abdel Malik Al Jaber, CEO of Zain Jordan
- Mr. Ihab Hinnawi, Chief Executive Officer, Umniah
- Mr. Steven Hall, CEO, CNBC Arabiya
- Mr. Imad Ayoub, CEO, Cyberia Group
- Mr. Yousef H Mugharbil, President of Rotana Digital Entertainment, ROTANA Media Group
- Mr. Hosam Sokkari, Head of Audience, Yahoo! Middle East
- Dr. Ibrahim A. Kadi, Senior Advisor, Communications & IT Commission (CITC)
- Mr. Hakam Kanafani, Chief Business Development and Synergy Office, Oger Telecom
- Mr. Sami Smeirat, VP Orange Jordan, CEO Jordan Data Communication Company Ltd
- Mrs. Wassila Zitoune, VP Orange Jordan, Fixed and internet Business Unit
- Mr. Emad Elmasry Director, Corporate Strategy, Arabsat
- Mr. Hesham K. Khalipha, Director of Marketing, Arabsat
- Mr. Yousef Hamidaddin, CEO, Acxiom MENA
- Mr. Khaled Hudhud, Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs, Umniah
- Mr. Hans Ovesen, Vice President, Industry Relations and Marketing, Ericsson AB, Sweden
- Mr. Jihad Srage, Vice President, Business Development – Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Qualcomm
- Mr. STEVE McCAFFERY, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA Home Business Motorola Inc
- Mr. Alper Turken, Director of Sales, Middle East & Turkey Motorola Home
- Mr. Mathias Liebe, Director Marketing EMEA, Orga Systems
- Mr. Jeremy Foster, Marketing Director, Marketing and Strategy, Ericsson Middle East
- Mr. Qusai Qaryouti, Business Development Director, ESKADENIA Software
- Mr. Yousef Hamidaddin, CEO Acxiom MENA
- Mr. Serge Van Herck, CEO, Newtec Cy
- Mr. Tony Huang, Director, CTO Office, MENA Region Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Mr. Ahmed Ossama, Managing Director, TE Data
- Mr. Louay Abou Chanab, Senior Associate, Booz & Company
- Mr. Bahjat ElDarwiche, Partner, Booz
- Mr. Krishna Gopal, VP- MEA SAARC Sales and Global Alliances , Tech Mahindra
- Dr. Ahmad Hiasat, Telecom Expert / Consultant
- Mr. Alan Horne, mortal Independent Regulatory Expert
- Mr. Laszlo Horvath, President and Founder, Active Media
- Mr. Santino Saguto, Partner, Value Partners
- Mr. Faris Awartani, Chair of the FTTH Council Europe Middle East Group
- Mr. Jawad Shaikh, Vice President & Head of Middle East Region, Capgemini Consulting
- Mr. Jawad Abbassi Founder and General Manager, Arab Advisors Group
- Dr. Nasser Jabari, Director of Research and Consulting, Arab Advisors Group
Agenda:
- The telecom and media operators’ panel
- Perspectives on 2009 and mid 2010: Operating in the midst of a global credit crunch and economic slowdown.
- The road ahead: A focus on organic growth or more mergers and acquisitions?
- Strategies for convergence
- Possible consolidation with adjacent segments: Media into broadband, telcos into media
- Innovative business and revenue models
- Next Steps for Mobile Broadband Access: The Embedded Era
- The Convergence strategies panel
- Planning the right infrastructure for convergence-based models.
- Dynamics of cooperation / competition amongst industry players (Telcos, media companies, vendors, online platforms)
- Convergence in the world of VAS
- New Trends in Mobile Applications and Content Importance (M-Commerce, Gaming and Entertainment)
- The Road to Convergence in Iraq
- Media Companies in the Era of the Digital Revolution
- Generating value through convergence
- How new satellite technologies are transforming the consumer broadband and mobile market
- The Optimal Number of Mobile Operators in Any Country
- Leveraging 3G services in Jordan and the region
- Spectrum Development and Spectrum Harmonization an Economical Growth Driver
- The Regulatory Panel: Regulation in an era of convergence
- Regulation in a post monopoly era
- Current challenges for regulators
- Future roadmap for Arab telecom and media markets
- Laissez-faire or more regulation? What is the best approach?
- Evolution of a Pay TV Platform in the Middle East
- Building the Next Generation Broadband
- TE Global Reach and Route Diversity
- Media access points (MAPS)
- An overview of the Arab Telecom and Media markets
- The broadband & online media panel.
- The state of the broadband markets in the Arab World
- What technologies will prevail in the medium to long term?
- FTTH vs wireless vs copper!
- Regional online markets
- Where will future revenues growth come from?
- Social media networking
- Online news agency
- The state of online advertising
- Do local players have a chance in a market dominated by global profitable players
