Sponsors:
- Zain
- Jawwal
- Qualcomm
- Globitel
- Eskadenia
- Ericsson
- Orange
- Signal Communication
- Greenpacket
- Optimiza
Speakers:
- Dr. Saad Al-Barrak, MD and Deputy Chairman – Zain Group
- Mr. Sam Barnet, COO, MBC
- Mr. Ross Cormack, CEO, Nawras
- Mr. Mickael Ghossein, CEO, Jordan Telecom Group – Orange Jordan
- Dr. Abdulmalik Jaber, Vice Chairman & CEO, Paltel Group
- Mr. Peter Kaliaropolous, CE, Batelco
- Mr. Osman Sultan, Chief Executive Officer, du
- Mr. Fayez Abu Awad, Business Development Manager - MEA, Nokia Interactive
- Mr. Mohammed Alayyan, Publisher and Chairman, Al Ghad Newspaper
- Mr. Ammar Aker, CEO, Jawwal
- Ms. Fayza Amin, General Manager Middle East & Africa Region, Malaysia Telecom
- Mr. Clement Charron, JTG VP / General Manager Wholesale Business Unit.
- Mr. Bashar Dahabra, CEO, Info2Cell.com
- Mr. Bo-Erik Dahlström, President and CEO, Ericsson Market Unit Middle East
- Mr. Maarten de Wit, Director, Oliver Wyman
- Mr. Chris Forrester, Editorial Director, Rapid TV News
- Mr. Luigi Gasparollo, V.P Business Development MENA, Qualcomm Europe
- Mr. Krishna Gopal, Vice President – ME, Tech Mahindra
- Mr. Nael Halawa, Managing Partner – Marketing and Business Development, Globitel
- Mr. Saleh Hamza, CTO, NileSat
- Dr. Bassam Hanoun, CEO, wi-tribe limited- Jordan PSC
- Mr. Marwan Juma, CEO, XPress
- Mr. Hakam Kanafani, Chief Business Development Officer, Oger Telecom
- Mr. Tamouh Khauli, JTG VP / CEO Orange Innovations and Corporate Integrated Solutions BU
- Mr. Sulieman Maani, CEO, Itisaluna
- Dr. Wassef Masri, General Manager, Optimiza Jordan
- Mr. Alexander McNabb, Group Account Director,
- Spot on PR
- Mr. Russell Merryman, Editor-in-Chief, Web & New Media, Al Jazeera English Channel
- Mr. Massimo Migliuolo, Vice President Emerging Markets Service Provider, Cisco
- Mr. Yousef Mugharbil, President Rotana, Digital Entertainment
- Mr. Saad Nasir, CEO, Zain – Jordan
- Mr Nael Salah, Managing Director and Founder, ESKADENIA Software
- Mr. Yagoub Al Sulais, General Manager, Green packet Networks
- Dr. Samer Taha, General Manager, Waseela for Integrated Telecommunications Company
- Mr. Mikkel Vinter, CEO FRiENDi mobile
- Mr. Jawad Abbassi, General Manager, Arab Advisors Group
Agenda:
- “Know thy neighbor” networking minute
- Managing Technology convergence and social convergence: the case of the Paltel group in Palestine.
- How telecom operators and media companies envision cooperation / competition in the era of convergence and interactivity.
- Are the lines blurring between media broadcasters and telecom operators?
- Business models in the era of convergence.
- Telecom operators and media companies: Friends or Foes?
- Regional software suppliers’ capabilities and their importance to the regional landscape
- Unveiling Hidden Revenue Potentials
- 3G terminal’s evolution and how it enables new market segments.
- How VoIP will alter the ME telecom landscape in 2008 and Beyond
- The New Economy. Capturing the next growth phase in a convergent future
- Content, platforms and income: A review of what audiences like to see and do on the various media platforms of MBC, and a review of the business models used to generate a return.
- Transformation of the Teleco Operations World Telecom & Media: - Threat & opportunities
- The Broadcast industry’s strategy for new media delivery platforms (IPTV, Mobile TV,)
- 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
- MPEG2 or MPEG4? Broadcasting's Holy Grail?
- Free-to-air or pay TV?
- Educating the public on new technologies 3D TV, fact or fantasy?
- Solid state storage, the next vital step for telcos and TV
- Wholesale strategies to drive broadband service uptake
- Mobile Banking trends
- An Overview of the recent technology developments in the field of broadband wireless access and their impact on the Arab Markets
- “Know thy neighbor” networking minute
- Next Generation Media Consumption
- The content and convergence strategy of large telecom operators: The case of Oger Telecom
- Arab telecom and media markets: A 2008 update
- “MVNOs – An opportunity for improved customer propositions in MENA telecom?”
- Jawwal: the era of new challenges
- “Multi-Regional Infrastructure Redundancy towards National and Global Business communications Integrity - Showcasing Asia as a Case Study”
- Telecom companies strategies for enhancing content. TV, Radio and Media operators’ Strategies to capitalize on enhanced telecoms usage amongst its target market. Liberalization policies effects on market development.
- The future and promise for Wireless broadband and mobility: Battle of the standards or a future of co-existence?
