5G Mena 2019 | Knect365 Informa Business | 7 April 2019 | Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah St - Dubai - UAE

G MENA 2019 will bring together telecom operators, solution providers, regulators, OTT players and IoT specialists from across the region to define clear use cases, debate new business models, and drive the connected revolution towards LTE-A, IoT, Smart Cities and 5G.

2019 Speakers

Hatem Bamatraf
Chief Technology Officer, Etisalat International

Paul Doany
Chief Executive Officer, Turk Telecom

Hisham Siblini
Chief Technology Officer, Orange Egypt

Saleem Alblooshi
Chief Infrastructure Officer, Du

Sacha A. Dudler
General Manager Corporate Performance, STC (Saudi Telecom Company)

Sami Said
Chief Information Security Officer, Tunisie Telecom

Kamal Sameer Shehadi
Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer, Etisalat International

Zarrar Khan
Chief Technology Officer, Viva Kuwait

Amr Abu-Suleiman
Chief Marketing Officer B2B, Orange Jordan

Fadi Nasser
Senior Advisor to Chief Executive Officer, General Manager ICT, Omantel

Milan Jovancic
Chief Technical Officer, Telecom Oman

Abdullah Al-Omari
Acting Chief Information Officer, Mobily

Abdullah A. Al-Zmame
Vice President of Network, Saudi Telecom Company (STC)

Pierre-Etienne Cizeron
Chief Consumer Business Unit Officer, Orange Egypt

John McGuire
Vice President Innovation & Strategic Partnerships, Visa

Yves Dubuisson
Chief Strategy Officer, Ooredoo Algerie

Sheeba Hasnain
Head of IT Operations, Government of Sharjah

Alaa Zaher
Head of Strategy & Innovation, Vodafone Egypt

Tarig Enaya
Senior Vice President of Enterprise Business Unit, Saudi Telecom Company

Jawad Abbassi
Head of MENA, Government & Regulatory Affairs, GSMA

Johann Adjovi
Principal and Head of Middle East, Analysys Mason

Shubh Agarwal
Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Metaswitch

Firas Al Hilu
IT Director, Global Healthcare Co.

Ayad Aldaijy
Adviser to the Saudi Arabian Minister of Environment, Water & Agriculture, and CIO, Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture

John Baker
Senior Vice President Business Development, Mavenir

Abdelkrim Benamar
Vice President of Service Assurance, Systems and Services Division, EXFO

Marwan Bin Dalmook
Senior Vice President ICT Solutions & Smart City Operations, du

Benoit Duchene
Vice President & Head of Global Alliance and Partnership, Tata Communications Transformation Services

Roberto Ercole
Director Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Samena Council

Mustafa Ergen
Chief Technology Advisor, Turk Telecom

Yashar Etemad
Chief Technology Officer, RightTel

Andrea Faggiano
Partner, Arthur D. Little

Paul Gainham
Director of Strategic Marketing, Matrixx

Tacis Gavoyannis
Global Head of Smart Cities, Enzen Group

Sergey Gerashchenko
Vice President, Business Marketing-Managed Services, Etisalat

Nicolas Gresser
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Etisalat Group

Ammar Hamadien
Head of Strategic Engagement, GSMA

Dr Ibrahim Harb
Chief Legal, Regulatory, Sourcing and Supply Chain Officer, Orange Jordan

Moataz Hassouna
CIO, Emaar Properties Egypt

Mubarik Hussain
IT Director, Bloom Holding

Vivek Jhamb
Senior Advisor, Telesat

Ali Katkhada
Group CIO, Depa United Group

Semih Kumluk
Lead Data Scientist & AI Coordinator, Turkcell

Adam Lalani
Group Head of IT, Tristar Group

Fadoua Laroussi
Program and Planning Director, Inwi

Robin Osagie
Business Development Manager, EXFO

Kumar Prasoon
Group Chief Information Officer (CIO), Century Group

Mohamed Ramadan
Operations Vice Presidency, NTRA Egypt

Matthew Reed
Practice Leader, Middle East and Africa, Ovum

Mahmoud Refaat
Director Enterprise Products, Commercial, Du

Yvon Rouault
Mobile Network Segment Manager - Service Assurance Division, EXFO

Ahmed Aly Shaban
Senior Consultant - Government Services Sector, Prime Minister's Office - UAE

Hasan Sharif
Senior Manager Spectrum Strategy, TRA UAE

Anssi Tauriainen
Director - Data Science & Advanced Use Cases, EXFO

Wim te Niet
Vice President, Sales - EMEA, EXFO

Chafic Traboulsi
Vice President and Head of Networks, Ericsson Middle East and Africa, Ericsson

Alp Uysal
Vice President & Head of Strategy & Technology & S&PA Market Area Middle East & Africa, Ericsson

Wijnand Van Till
Vice President Business Finance, Saudi Telecom Company

Frédéric Vergine
Market Segment Solutions Director - Service Assurance, Systems & Services Division, EXFO

Saurabh Verma
Associate Director, ICT, Frost & Sullivan

Satish Yadav
Director - Finance Accounting Advisor Service, EY

Karim Yaici

Senior Analyst - Head of Middle-East and Africa Research, Analysis Mason

2019 Sponsors & Partners

ICT STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Ericsson

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Exfo
• Oppo
• Tata Communications
• ZTE

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Spirent

SILVER SPONSORS:
• France Brevets
• Mavenir
• Telesat Canada

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Rhode & Schwarz
• Matrixx Software
• MetaSwitch

EXHIBITORS:
• Aspire Technology
• France Brevets
• Matrix Software
• Mavenir
• MetaSwitch
• Micordate Telecom
• PCTEL
• Rohde & Schwarz
• Spinner
• Tata Communications
• Torry Harris
• ZTE

PARTNER SUMMIT SPONSOR:
• Exfo

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Teletimes
• Ovum
• CommsMEADeveloping Telecoms
• Northern African Wireless Communications
• Telco Professionals
• Analysys Mason