Welcome Note:
Mr. Toni Eid, Founder
Telecom Review CEO, Trace Media
Keynote:
Tom Loozen
Managing Director Global Communication Industry, Accenture
Keynote: Tom Loozen Managing Director Global Communication Industry, Accenture
Summit 2015: Sessions
Visionary Debate
Moderator:
Ghassan Hasbani
CEO, Graycoats
Ahmad Julfar
Group CEO, Etisalat
Keynote: Osman Sultan, CEO, du
Moderator:
Ghassan Hasbani
CEO, Graycoats
Osman Sultan
CEO, du
Discussion: Building a better connected world together
Keynote:
Charles Yang
President, Huawei Middle East
The Telecom Leader Panel
Moderator:
Ghazi Atallah
CEO, NxtVn
Panel:
Linda Suvi
Chairperson, du
Marc Halbfinger
CEO, PCCW Global
Hussein Rifai
Chairman CEO, MDIC
Greg Young
CEO, Ooredoo
Luigi Gambardella
President, ChinaEU
Rafiah Ibrahim
President ME & East Africa, Ericsson
Bernard Najm
VP ME & Africa, Nokia
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Thani
CEO Kuwait, Ooredoo
Mohammed Mourad
Regional Director MENA, Google
Jay Srage
President Middle East, Africa and South East Asia, Qualcomm
Khalifa Al Shamsi
Chief Digital Service Officer, Etisalat Group
Dr. Homoud Mohammed Al Kusayer
Vice President of Wholesale, STC
Topic:
- Digital Transformation
- Opportunities for telecom Operators
- Mobility & Customer Experience
- IOT Service – Enterprise Digital Transformation – Role & Potential Revenue Stream
Opening Keynote of Smart City Stream
Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr
Director General, Smart Dubai
Panel: ICT Infrastructure & Big Data in a Smart City
Moderator:
Bilel Jamoussi
Chief Study Group Department, ITU
Panel:
Hatem Bamatraf
Group CTO, Etisalat
Tarek Saadi
VP ME & East Africa, Ericsson
Paul Berriman
Group CTO, HKT
Noel Kirkaldy
Head of Vertical Solutions MEA, Nokia Networks
Dirk Jungnickel
SVP Business Analytics & Big Data, du
Ihab Ghattas
Assistant President, Huawei Middle East
Visar Sala
Strategy Lead for Middle East and North Africa, Accenture
Topic:
- Who should invest in the Smart City infrastructure?
- Role of Operators & Governments/li>
- How can we benefits from Big Data
Smart City Impact on City Dimension Panel: Smart Cities Leading to Smart Countries
Moderator:
Ghazi Atallah
Chief CEO, neXgen
Panel:
Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr
Director General, Smart Dubai
Orvar Hurtig
VP and Head of Busines line Industry & Society, Ericsson
Job Witteman
CEO, AMS – IX
Carlos Domingo
Senior Executive Officer, du
Safder Nazir
Regional VP Smart Cities & IoT, Huawei
Vick Mamlouk
VP Wireless Sales MEA, Commscope
Salomon Salinas
Global Smart Cities Lead, Accenture
Francisco Salcedo
SVP Digital Service, Etisalat
Jay Srage
President Middle East, Africa and South East Asia, Qualcomm
Topic:
- Economy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship
- Mobility, Transport, Traffic
- Living (Health, Education, etc)
- Governance (Citizens services, Citizens engagement)
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Interviews
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Huawei Middle East participated in the 13th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit 2019. The company’s President of Carrier Business Group, Mr An Jian presented his keynote 5G commercialisation in the region and what the company hopes to achieve with 5G in the near future.</p.
PCCW Global participated in the 13th Edition of Telecom Review Summit. Mike van den Bergh, Chief Global Stratrgy and Marketing Officer, presented a keynote address at the event. Following his speech, Telecom Review spoke to him about leveraging 5G and the need for telcos to transform to technology companies
Summit Sessions
The 13th edition of Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit was held on December 10th at the Meydan Hotel in Dubai. This edition attracted the ICT industry’s most influential leaders who convened to discuss the changes that have happened in the industry during the year.
Mr. Toni Eid, Founder of Telecom Review and CEO of Trace Media gives the opening welcome note at the 13th Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit.
Dr. Eesa Bastaki, President, University of Dubai, highlights the history of the technological evolution in his official opening keynote.
Mr. Mike van den Bergh, the Chief Global Strategy and Marketing Officer, PCCW Global gives a keynote about how PCCW Global transformed from a legacy carrier to a technology company.
An Jian, President of Carrier Business Group, Huawei Middle East Region explains in his keynote how to make 5G a commercial success.
One of the interesting sessions at the 13th edition was the debate between Eid and Hatem Dowidar, CEO, Etisalat International.
The Telecom Leaders’ panel was comprised of Hazem Metwally, CEO of Etisalat Misr, Jacek Passia, Regional Executive & Programme Director at Vodafone, Ahmed Mekky, CEO of Fiber Misr, Dr. Ahmed Sindi, CEO of Dawiyat, and Engineer Mohamed Ben Amor, Secretary-General at AICTO. The panel was moderated by Ghazi Atallah, CEO of NXN.
Mr. Patrick Sullivan provided an overview of how Verizon is developing network services and digital interaction with customers to make sure that they are successful in the fourth revolution.