Sponsors:
- Zain
- Qualcomm
- Arabsat
- Motorola
- Ericsson
- Umniah
- Orange
- Oracle
Speakers:
- Mr. Jawad Abbasi, Founder and General Manager, Arab Advisors Group
- Mr. Antoine Abdul-Massih, Regional Technology Director, JWT MENA
- Mr. Fayez Abu Awad, EVP MENA, Boost Communications
- Mr. Eyad Abu Khorma, CEO, Damamax Jordan
- Mr. Ammar Aker, CEO, Paltel Group
- Dr. Abdel malik al –Jaber, Chief Operating Officer, Zain Group and CEO, Zain Jordan
- Mr. Mohammed Al Mannai, CEO, Qatar National Broadband Company
- Mr. Ziad I. Al-Masri, CEO and Partner, Maysalward
- Dr. Ammar Bakkar, Director of New Media, MBC
- Mr. David Butorac, Chief Executive Officer, OSN
- Mr. Michael Dagher, President & CEO, Dama Ventures
- Mr. Hatem Dowidar, CEO, Vodafone Egypt
- Mr. Omar Christidis, Vice President, IBAG
- Mr. Mohamed El Moctar, Head of Strategic Planning and PMO, Arabsat
- Mr. Jeremy Foster, Head of Marketing, Government and Industry Relations, ERICSSON Region Middle East
- Mr. Amjad Frouqa, Director of Quality, Business Continuity & Information Security, Umniah
- Mr. Stefano Gioia, SDP Principal Solution Specialist EMEA, Oracle Communications EMEA
- Mr. Krishna Gopal, Vice President – Global Alliances; Vice President – Sales (MEA), Tech Mahindra
- Dr. Bassam Hannoun, CEO, Wataniya Palestine
- Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, CEO International, STC
- Mr. Khaled Hegazy, External Affair Director, Vodafone Egypt
- Mr. Ihab Hinnawi, CEO, Umniah
- Mr. Khaled Hudhud, Director of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs, Umniah
- Mr. Marwan Juma, Founder and co-Owner, dot.jo and Kinz
- Mr. Ari Kesisoglu, Managing Director, Middle East North Africa
- Dr. Joe F. Khalil, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Mr. Anders Lindblad, President and Head of Region Middle East and North-East Africa, Ericsson
- Ms. Rebecca Mayer, Consultant, Arab Advisors Group
- Mr. Falko Mortiboys, Senior Digital Insights Executive, BBC Global News
- Mr. Khaled Nuseibeh, Data Services Director, Zain
- HE Mr. Mohammad Omran, Chairman, Etisalat
- Mr. Tim Peters, Principal – Communications & High Tech Practice, A.T. Kearney Middle East
- Mr. Majied Qasim, Managing Director, D1G
- Mr. Keith Robinson, EMEA PBG Director, Avnet
- Mr. Santino Saguto, Partner and Director, Value Partners Dubai
- Mr. Alex Shalaby, Chairman, Mobinil
- Ms. Majd Shweikeh, CEO, V-Tel Holdings
- Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO, DU
- Mr. Alper Turken, Director of Sales Middle East & Turkey, Motorola Mobility
- Mr. Basel Tutunji, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, nPario
- Mr. Philipe Vogeleer, General Counsel, Nawras
- Mr. Rufus Weston, Senior Manager – Digital Insights, BBC Global News
- Mr. Thomas Wilson, Director and Memeber of Executive Committee CEO & Founder, Teralight Ltd.
- Mr. Hani Yassin, Technology Director, MEA, Qualcomm
- Mr. Mohamed Youssif, CEO, YahLive
Agenda:
- MMain sponsor address:
- Key issues surrounding Broadband in Jordan
- The state of the industry panel
- The state of the industry: reflections on 2010, 2011 and beyond
- 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
- Many M&A deals have been considered but not materialized? what is the impact of the current political and economic environment on the future of mergers and acquisitions?
- Redefining Mobility: Upcoming Wireless Innovations
- The Convergence strategies panel
- LTE prospects in the Arab World, when and where?
- What roles for operators in the web 2.0 era? Where are the opportunities and threats?
- What will shape the industry over the next three years in terms of innovation?
- How will operators participate in innovation and is there enough done at the level of telecom operators to keep up with the fast pace of change in consumer behavior?
- Will operators invest heavily in broadband infrastructure and not be able to recoup their investments while smart phone vendors, and Internet pure plays, reap all the benefits?
- HDTV convergence: Benefits to broadcasters, satellite operators, and viewers.
- Converged Experiences: The Future of Video
- Cloud Computing Concerns and Risks
- From Infrastructure to Ecosystem; Customers are holding our hand
- Mobile Media Traffic Monetization,s A Perspective
- News consumption in times of crisis – New media usage and the Arab Spring
- How to Capture and Monetize Subscriber Behavior in the Digital Era
- Consumer centric, not revenue centric
- Enabling Rapid Innovation and Monetization: Delivering Network Platform Services
- The Wholesale Business and Broadband Services
- The panel on broadband Internet and new media
- 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: The road ahead.
- The state of online advertising
- Do local players have a chance in a market dominated by global profitable players
- Resources for convergence: Human resources, financial resources and the role of startups.
- The state of venture capital Funding
- The role and eco-system of media cities
- Educational matters
- Corporate CSR role
- The economic structure and impact of media city on the economy.
- The Road Ahead: Google's Big Technology bets.
The Debate:
- Over-the-top OTT players (like Facebook, Google, Youtube, hulu) should not have to pay more than their own access to the internet, to deliver their services.
- Operators sell Internet access to consumers, and consumers can use that bandwidth whichever way they like.
- 'Net Neutrality' is how the Internet should remain. Removing it is a ploy to allow telcos to share in the success of the OTT Players.
- “ Broadcasting…. Old Media in a New Media World?”
- Ongoing trends in the Arab Telecom and Media markets
- The panel on social media, social commerce, e-commerce and gaming Social media or social commerce?
- The various elements necessary for growing the Arab online games business:
- The state of Arabic games content & platforms
- Enhancing the pillars of e-commerce in the region
- How is user generated content on social networks shaping the deployment of infrastructure capacity?
