Venue
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

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Event Date Tue May 24 +04 - Wed May 25 +04 (over 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon May 23 4:00pm - Tue May 24 4:00pm
Location The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre
DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE
Region EMEA
Details

This event is the meeting place for the brightest and most innovative minds across the region's telco industry. From virtualization to programmable networks; 5G to the Internet of Everything edge computing to cloud native networks; network security to giga speed infrastructure, you can expect the top trends to be covered.

Speakers

2022 Speakers

Hany Aboushady
Chief Technology Officer, Jawwy - STC, Saudi Arabia

Jasim Al Awadi
Head of Government & Key Accounts Segments, Du, United Arab Emirates

Maitha Ali Jaffar
Senior Manager - Performance and Excellence, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Oman

Maha AlQernass
Business and Fulfilment VP, Zain Telecommunications, Saudi Arabia

Jehad Altwairki
Vice President, Solutions by stc, Saudi Arabia

Yaqoub Alzarooni
Head of Technology Quality and IOC, Du, United Arab Emirates

Elie Antoun
Head of Telecom & Media MENA, Facebook, United Arab Emirates

Anto Arpino
Head of Operations Simplified, Amazon Web Services, Italy

Ari Banerjee
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Netcracker Technology, United States

Gina Bester
General Manager - Middle East and Africa, Terrapinn Holdings Ltd, South Africa

Ahad Bhai
Chief Executive Officer, Bongo, Bangladesh

Diego Camberos
Chief Operating Officer, Vodafone, Qatar

Alaa Dalghan
Managing Director, CognitDX, United Arab Emirates

Paolo Emiliani
Co-Founder, Global Operations Manager, SecurityGen, Italy

Khaled Hegazy
Chief Business Officer, Etisalat Misr, Egypt

Apostolos Kallis
Chief Commercial Officer, Etiya, United Kingdom

Devrim Melek
SVP, Strategy, osn, United Arab Emirates

Shabir Ali Murtaza
Technology Project Program Manager, Ooredoo, Oman

Niall Norton
General Manager - Networking Software Division, Amdocs, Ireland

Prianca Ravichander
Director Global Partnerships and Ecosystems, Tecnotree, United Arab Emirates

Massimo Romagnoli
Co-Founder & VP (Sales) Europe & Middle East, SecurityGen, Italy

Gil Rosen
CMO, Amdocs, Israel

Sami Saber
Managing Director, Syniverse, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Shaath
Solution Architect Service Providers EMEA, F5, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Shatla
Associate Executive Business Development and Sales, CELFOCUS, United Kingdom

Masood Mohamed Sharif
Chief Executive Officer - UAE, Etisalat, United Arab Emirates

Khalid Murshed
Chief Technology & Information Officer, Etisalat, United Arab Emirates

Andrew Hanna
Chief Executive Officer - ZainTech, Zain Group, United Arab Emirates

Yaarob Al-Sayegh
Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile, Saudi Arabia

Rob Beswick
Managing Director, Virgin Mobile UAE, United Arab Emirates

Bernardo Campillo
Head of Industry Partners for IoT / Big Data, Telefonica, Spain

Rachelle Peterson
Senior Director, Head of Global Commercial Distribution, CNN International Commercial, United Kingdom

Isabelle Hajri
Chief Marketing Officer, Ooredoo algeria, Algeria

Ahmed Abdel-Latif
Director, Independent International Wholesale Expert, Bahrain

Tareq Abu-Lughod
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Istikana, Jordan

Lt. Col. Hamad Khalifa Al Nuaimi
Head of Telecom Division: Infrastructure Department, ICT Center, Abu Dhabi Police, United Arab Emirates

Ayob Alsanad
Head of Enterprise PMO, Zain, Saudi Arabia

Ali Amiri
Group Chief Carrier And Wholesale Officer, e&, United Arab Emirates

Marwan Ajami
Partner - MENA TMT Consulting Leader, EY, Saudi Arabia

Amitoj Arya
Associate Partner - MENA TMT Consulting, EY, United Arab Emirates

Yasser Fouad
Group Director: Information Security, Network & Infrastructure, Telecom Egypt, Egypt

David Abt
Principal, Delta Partners, United Arab Emirates

Bechara Kaddoum
Head of Cybersecurity - EMEA & APAC, Telefónica Global Solutions, Hong Kong

Marne Martin
President: IFS Service Management, IFS, United States

Maxim Nartov
Chief Business Officer, Nexign, Russian Federation

George Njuguna
Chief Information Officer, Safricom, Kenya

Kamal Okba
Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Gabon, Chad

Brendan Press
Chief Commercial Officer, Gulf Bridge International (GBI), United Kingdom

Neil Shah
Chief Product Officer, Wavelo, United States

Fuad Siddiqui
Partner - Global 5G Industry and Emerging Tech Leader, EY, United Arab Emirates

Hanadi Ayoub
Vice President of Solution Delivery & Development, du, United Arab Emirates

Asif Aziz
Chief Commercial Officer, Jazz, Pakistan

Mukund Cairae
President - Media Networks Division, Toonz Media Group, United Arab Emirates

Rajeev Chandak
Director - Corporate Strategy and Strategic Partnerships: Strategic Planning, du, United Arab Emirates

Arun Dehiri
Managing Director, Red Dawn Consulting, United Kingdom

Nanang Hendarno
Chief Technology Officer, Telin, Indonesia

Daniel Kyama
Group Head - Customer Experience and Financial Services, Airtel Africa, Kenya

Mohsen Malaki
Managing Director And Partner, Synergy Consulting, United Arab Emirates

Bill Marra
Chief Commercial Officer, Cinturion, United States

Manoj Mathew
Executive Vice President & Territory Head, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, United Arab Emirates

Miles Mcwilliams
Head - Global Business, Internet, Content And Security Solutions, Deutsche Telekom, United Kingdom

Hesham Mustafa
Chief Business Officer, stc Bahrain, Bahrain

Sohail Qadir
Vice President of Wholesale Business, Omantel, Oman

Naser Refaat
Chief Technology Officer, Rotana Media Group, Egypt

Justin Reilly
Chief Executive Officer, Wavelo, United States

Karim Saad
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Giga Works, United Arab Emirates

Adrian Shatku
Chief Executive Officer, WIS Telecom SA, Belgium

Mike Singh
Chief Executive Officer, Telekom Caribe, United States

Neelesh Singh
Chief Information Officer, Africa, Airtel Africa, India

Fayaz Taher
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Bongo, Bangladesh

Elia Tsouros
Managing Director, MTN, Botswana

Steven Turner
Chief Executive Officer, SimulTV, United States

Greg Varisco
Chief Executive Officer, Cinturion, United States

Zahra Zayat
Chief Commercial Officer for Evision/e&Life, Etisalat, United Arab Emirates

Sabah AlKubaisy
Senior Adviser Telecoms and Tech, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Bahrain

Samit Banerjee
Division President - Cloud Operations Services, Amdocs, Israel

Danny Bates
Chief Commercial Officer, STARZPLAY, United Arab Emirates

Steve Bowen
Chief Executive Officer, MDS Global Ltd, United Kingdom

Matt Hatton
Founding Partner, Transforma Insights, United Kingdom

Cédric Hubert
VP Sales, Evina, France

Benoit Janin
Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile Kuwait, Kuwait

Hassan Farooq Khan
Territory Manager, CloudBlue

James Kirby
SVP, Head of EMEA, CSG, United Kingdom

Joan Larroumec
CMO, Evina, France

David Lotfi
Chief Executive Officer, Evina, France

Kevin Mutuma
Carrier Business Director, China Mobile International, Kenya

Donald Reinhart
Chief Executive Officer, LATRO, United Arab Emirates

Hussein Salem
Regional Sales Manager - Middle East, Salesforce, Netherlands

Ahmad Samir
Cx Planning And Design Director, WE Telecom Egypt, Egypt

Paolo Storti
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Zextras, Italy

Karim Tabbouche
Chief Consumer Officer, stc Bahrain, Bahrain

Farid Taha
CCO, Evina, France

Rob Taylar
Business Development Director, Limelight Networks, India

Mohammed Khedir
Regional Manager, Telstra, United Arab Emirates

Sponsors & Partners

2022 Sponsors and Partners

TITLE SPONSOR:
• VINA

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Solutions
• Netcracker
• wavelo

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Amdocs
• F5
• Mastercard

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Etiya
• syniverse
• Security Gen
• Tecnotree
• MDS Global
• Cloud Blue
• IFS
• GBI
• Sales Forse
• nexign

SILVER SPONSORS:
• csg
• Limelight
• Zextras
• Latro

KNOWLEDGE SPONSOR:
• EY