Sponsors:
- Paltel Group
- Xperia
- Umniah
- Orange
- Zain
Speakers:
- Ms. Doha Abdel Khaliq, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, ESKADENIA Software
- Mr. Raed Al Ebraheem, Regional Business Manager, Middle East & Africa, Sony Mobile
- Dr. Jon Anderson, Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC
- Mr. Sylvain Attal, Director of Managing Editor, France 24
- Mr. Faris Awartani, Chairman & CEO, FTTH Council
- Ms. Maha Bahou, Executive Manager, Central Bank of Jordan
- Mr. Francis Barel, Business Development - Middle East & North Africa, Paypal
- Mr. Sam Barnett, CEO, MBC
- Mr. Samer Bazya, Regional Director, Yahsat
- Mr. Thierry Bouffioux, Founder & CEO, Distribution Advice
- Mr. Mohamed Burha,CEO, CNBC Arabia
- Mr. Raslan Deiranieh, Deputy Group CEO / Chief Financial Officer of Orange Jordan
- Dr. Paul Doany, Managing Director, Doany & Partners
- Mr. Luigi Gambardella, Chairman of the Executive Board of (ETNO) and Vice President of Telecom Italia, Telecom Italia
- Mr. Fadi Ghandour, Founder & Vice Chairman of Aramex
- Mr. Ahmed Halil, VP of Sales for the Middle East and Central Asia, ABS
- Mr. Ahmad Hanandeh, CEO, Zain Jordan
- Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, Founder & CEO, Graycoats
- Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh, CEO, MenaITech
- Mr. Mustafa Hasan, General Manager, Hulul
- Mr. Ihab Hinnawi, CEO, Umniah
- Dr. Joe Khalil, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
- Mr. Jack Knetsch, Managing Partner, Prime Mover Consultancy
- Mr. Madhur Kripal,Senior business development leader, Tech Mahindra
- Mr. Mohamad Mourad, Regional Manager Gulf, Google
- Mr. Rafat Nawawi, CEO,FRiENDi Mobile Jordan
- Mr. Tim Peters, Principal, A.T. Kearney UAE Ltd.
- Mr. Fadi Qutaishat, Vice President, Globitel
- Mr. Moheb Ramsis, Senior Director, Business Development, Qualcomm
- Mr. Hesham Rowaihy, Western Region Manager, Badir Program
- Mr. Santino Saguto. Partner Deloitte & Touche
- Mr. Orkun Saitoglu, Startup Lead, EMEA, Paypal
- Mr. Nael Salah, Managing Director, ESKADENIA Software
- Mr. Allen Samawi, Digital and Partnerships Manager, Umniah
- Mr. Jean-Luc Scherer, Head of Service Line Revenue Growth, Communication Services Practice at Ericsson
- Mr. Nabil Shanti, VP/CCO, Arabsat
- Mr. Sami Smeirat, Vice President/Chief Enterprise Officer of Orange Jordan
- Mr. Amjad Tadros, CEO, mediaME & ShooFeeTV
- Mr. Philippe Vogeleer, Executive - External Affairs, vodafone Group
- Mr. Jawad Abbassi, Founder and General Manager, Arab Advisors Group
Agenda:
- The state of the industry panel:
- The state of the industry: reflections on 2013, 2014 and beyond.
- Taxation issues: what works and what hurts!
- The road ahead: A focus on organic growth or more mergers and acquisitions?
- Progress report on consolidation with adjacent segments: Media into broadband, telcos into media.
- Innovative business and revenue models.
- Plans for private and public cloud deployments by regional operators. Strategies for network virtualization.
- The broadcast and content Vision Panel:
- Media consumption now and in the future, globally and regionally.
- Social media role, disruptive and game changer?
- OTT vs. Telecom Strategies
- Telecom Market Performance
- Insights from Arab Advisors ongoing primary research of Arab TMT markets
- The infrastructure panel:
- Policies required to insure timely and sufficient investments in infrastructure.
- Regional operators’ approach to virtualization of networks and cloud deployments.
- Operator Cloud solutions.
- Enabling e-commerce in Jordan & beyond
- M/E Commerce & M/E payment panel
- Role of mobile and innovative e-payment schemes in encouraging the growth of e-commerce and m-commerce in the region? Will they deliver more than payment cards?
- Mobile Wallets, Mobile Money and their prospects in MENA.
- Mobile Points of Sale.
- Startups under the spotlight
A selection of startups popularly nominated. Presenting their business models directly to the audience who will interact and decide whether they would be future clients or not.
- Smartphone Business in the Region
- Academic insights in a converged world!
Insights from cutting edge academic research focusing on ICT, new media / alternative media and social media.
- ARABSAT: The Future of Satellite Communication in the Middle East
- Panel on satellite platforms and systems: their role in the convergence eco system and in broadcast and online media strategies.
- The Internet of Things Panel:
- The status of M2M, Internet-of-Things in the Arab World.
- Role of operators, business verticals in advancing its adoption.
- Gold opportunity for home grown start-ups?
- Potential for M2M in health services in the Arab World
- Can Incubation and Acceleration Initiatives help?
