Telecoms World Middle East 2018 | Terrapinn | 17 September 2018 | The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, Gate Village, Difc، off Sheikh Zayed Road - United Arab Emirates

Back in 2004 Terrapinn brought the global Telecoms World brand to Dubai to serve the gulf region. At that time Middle Eastern telecom and mobile operators were in a period of rapid growth and searching for new ideas, and the technology that would enable them to revolutionise their business models.

Fast forward to 2018. Whilst the topics and technologies have evolved, the thirst and hunger shown from key industry stakeholders and government is as strong as ever.

2018 Speakers

Ali Ben Abdallah
Head Of International & Wholesale, Tunisie Telecom

Ahmed Abdel-latif
Group Chief Wholesale Officer, Batelco

Saeed Abdulla
Head Of Cyber Security, Du Telecoms

Makram Abi Salloum
Head Of Tech & Telco, Facebook & Instagram

Nabeel Y. Abolkhair
Global Services Sales Director, Saudi Telecom Company

Johann Adjovi
Principal, Head Of Middle East, Analysys Mason

Praveen Agarwal
Vice President Middle East And Submarine Investments, Bharti Airtel

Prateek Agarwal
Chief Wholesale Officer, Teo (Telecom Oman)

Ahmad Al Hanandeh
Ceo, Zain Jordan

Ulaiyan Al Wetaid
Ceo, Viva Bahrain

Saleem Albalooshi
Evp Infrastructure & Technology, Du

Ali Amiri
Group Chief Carrier & Wholesale Officer, Etisalat

Wajeeh Anwer
Evp Technical, P.t.c.l.

Raddad Ayoub
Partner, Ey Ernst And Young

Ilhan Bagoren
Member, Turkish Trade Center Ict

Hatem Bamatraf
Chief Technology Officer – Etisalat International, Etisalat

Edmund Barwuah
Head Of Mobile Financial Services, Airtel Ghana

Mandeep Bhatia
Executive Vice President Of New Businesses And Initiates, Vodafone India

Khaled H. Biyari
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Telecom Company

Sam Blatteis
Previous Google Head Of Public Policy And Government Affairs Gcc & Ceo, The Mena Tech Brief

Abdellatif Bouziani
Group Ceo, Smart Telecom East Africa

Mark Britt
Chief Executive Officer And Co-founder, Iflix

Krzysztof Bronarski
Marketing Specialist, Comarch Middle East

David Ceccanti
Worldwide Business Consultant Director, Commprove Ltd

Nrks Chakravarthy
Vice President Service Excellence, Reliance Jio

Juanita Clark
Co-founder &chief Executive Officer, Ftth Council Africa

Mike Conradi
Partner, Dla Piper

Nicholas Constantinopoulos
President, Freedompop International

Lokesh Dadhich
Principal, Arthur D. Little

Dr. Paul Doany
Chief Executive Officer, Turk Telekom

Hatem Dowidar
Chief Executive Officer, International, Etisalat Group

Benoit Duchene
Head Of Global Partnerships And Alliances, Tata Communications Transformation Services

Amr Fathy
It Vice President, Etisalat

Goncalo Fernandes
Head Of Iot & M2m, Du

Babak Fouladi
Chief Technology And Information Officer, Mtn

Graeme Gabriel
Strategic Wfo Consultant, Verint Systems Uk Ltd

Wangeci Kanjama Gathinji
Head Of Wholesale & Roaming Dpt, Safaricom Ltd

Markus Golder
Ceo, Jawwy

Tõnu Grünberg
Ceo, Ucell

Isabelle Hajri
CMO, Dhiraagu

Ammar Hamadien
Head Of Strategic Engagement, Gsma

Atef Helmy
Senior Advisor Mea, Orange

Hesham Herzalla
Director Digital Transformation And Technology Innovation, Etisalat

Andy Huckridge
Director Of Service Provider Solutions, Gigamon

Mahesh Jaishankar
Vice President Of International Connectivity & Infrastructure, Du

Matthew Jones
Head Of Mobile Data & Uk Managing Director, Telia Carrier

Ajit Kahaduwe
Svp Of Product Strategy & Product Management, Pgi

Terry Kane
Director Commercial & Industry, Facebook & Instagram

Hakam Khaled Sudki Kayed
Sales Director Middle East, Africa And Turkey, Stormshield

Abu Saeed Khan
Senior Policy Fellow, Lirneasia

Selda Korkmaz Bostancioglu
Chief Customer Care Officer, Bakcell

Jason Lo
Chief Executive Officer, Tune Talk

Beniamin Longodor
Vp Direct Sales, Nts Retail

Jose Lopez-villen
Director Of Digital Services & Strategic Partnerships, Du

Miles Mcwilliams
Head Of Global Sales- Ipt/cdn Vertical, Deutsche Telekom

Vaneet Mehta
AVP - Mena & Central Asia Ws, Mobily & Enterprise, Tata Communications

Hamza Mohammad Swaid
Customer Analytics And Strategy App Consultant, Verint Systems Uk Ltd

Amir Mortezaie
Director Smart Home, Du

Bwali Barnabas Ndyanabo
Head Of Project Management, Airtel Tanzania

Abeer Nijmeh
Senior Director Business Strategy & Open Innovation, Etisalat

Saad Odeh
Chief Of Wholesale And Enterprise Officer, Viva Bahrain

Kamal Okba
Ceo, Tigo

Nicholas Oliver
Founder & Ceo, People.io

Peter Oxley
Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, Responsetek

Hariprasad Pichai
Principal, Arthur D Little

Ali Pirinccioglu
Partner, Ey Ernst And Young

Cahyadi Poernomo
Group Head Of Customer Value Management, Indosat Ooredoo

Karan Ponnudurai
Chief Digital Officer, Batelco

Tony Poulos
Managing Editor, Disruptiveviews

Bernhard Pusch
Head Of Carrier Sales – Emea, Telstra

Sohail Qadir
Vice President Of Wholesale Business, Omantel

Miguel Quiroga
Vp Head Of Digital, Verizon Fios

Dr Khalid Rafique
Director General, Pakistan Telecommunication Limited

Justin Reilly
Head Customer Experience Innovation, Verizon Fios

Daniel Ritz
President & Ceo, P.t.c.l.

Riku Salminen
Ceo And Partner, Jongla

Nadine Samra
Vice President - Digital Business Middle East & Africa, Zee Entertainment

Mohamed Shatla
Business Development Senior Manager, Celfocus

Dr Kamal Samir Shehadi
Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer, Etisalat

Maaz Sheikh
Chief Executive Officer, Starz Play

Karim Eid Tabbouche
Chief Commercial Officer, Viva Bahrain

Mohamed Tangasawi
Wholesales Advisor, Ex-wholesale & Regulatory Head, Zain Sudan

Gaurav Thaney
General Manager 4g, Lte Business & Products, Reliance Jio

Prince Thomas
Head Of Product Management, Digital & New Business, Ooredoo Oman

Mehmet C. Toros
Chairman, Tti Group Management Board, Türk Telekom International

Sammy Tuffaha
Director Of Digital Payments, Etisalat

Mikkel Vinter
Founder & Director, Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa

Laurent Viviez
Partner, A.t. Kearney Limited

Christian Von Der Ropp
Director, Terrestrial Networks, A Human Right

Francesco Votta
Senior Product Manager Wi-fi Roaming For Inflight, Deutsche Telekom

David Walton
Regional Account Director Emea, Anam Technologies Ltd

Alaa Zaher
Head Of Strategy And Innovation, Vodafone

2018 Sponsors

Title Sponsors

• STC
• Etisalat

Platinum Sponsor

• Wipro

Gold Sponsors

• IBM
• Microsoft
• Nexign

Silver Sponsors

• Tata Communications
• Bics
• Huawie Marine
• quantel

Associate Sponsors

• E-Marine
• Ses Networks

2018 Partners

Strategic Media Partner

• Telecom Review

Official Media Partner

• ITP

Alliance Partner

• ngena

Forum Partner

• MEF

Research Partner

• Oxford Business Group
• Arab Advisors

Media Partners

• CIO Review
• IoT Now
• Telco Professionals
• TeleGeography
• Teletimes International
• www.telecompaper.com
• TelecomWatch
• SubCableNews
• SubCable World
• Vanilla Plus