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
5G will be deployed in Lebanon in the first half of 2019, announced Marwan Hayek, CEO and Chairman of Alfa managed by Orascom TMT in an exclusive interview with Telecom Review during the 11th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit.
Telecom Review TV managed to secure an exclusive interview with MATRIXX Software CEO and co-founder Dave Labuda during his recent visit to their regional offices in Dubai. Labuda rose to prominence following the success of his company Portal Software in the late 90’s. He later sold the company to Oracle in 2006. In 2009, Labuda and fellow co-founder Jennifer Kyriakakis recognized that there was a gap in the market and started MATRIXX Software.
Debating whether 5G is an evolution or a revolution took center stage at the 11th Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit where a panel was dedicated to this particular topic along with 5G use cases and expectations for the deployment timeline. Telecom Review had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Mohamed Madkour, VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions, Huawei to discuss the Chinese vendor’s approach to 5G in the Middle East.
MYCOM OSI was one of the first in its industry to introduce and commercialize next generation cloud native solutions coupled with innovative subscription business models. Telecom Review managed to secure an exclusive interview with MYCOM OSI President and CTO, Mounir Ladki onsite at the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit
Summit Sessions
Telecom Review held the 10th edition of Telecom Review Summit under the theme "It's All About SMART Networking", in Lebanon on April 13th, 2018. Held under the patronage of His Excellency Mr. Saad Hariri, President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, the Telecom Review Summit gathered over 450 attendees from over 18 countries, and hosted Lebanon's first 5G trial conducted by local telecom operator Alfa and Swedish vendor Ericsson.
The Telecom Review Summit 2017 in Dubai was bigger and better than ever, covering two days for the very first time. This video explores some of the topics discussed at the Summit, featuring exclusive interviews with just some of the influential attendees at the event. Join us as we revisit the Telecom Review Summit – It’s All About SMART Networking.
Take a look into the future of Smart Cities and IoT. Register here for the 9th Telecom Review Leaders' Summit
Joint Keynote:
Younus Al Nasser
Assistant Director General, Smart Dubai Office
CEO, Dubai Data Establishment
Wesam Lootah
CEO, Smart Dubai Government Establishment
Topic:
Egypt’s Vision for Digital Transformation