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
Huawei’s presence at GITEX this year has been nothing short of impressive and innovative. Huawei UAE very recently appointed cybersecurity expert, Aloysius Cheang to be their Chief Security Officer, making him Huawei’s first CSO in the region. Telecom Review managed to secure an exclusive interview with Cheang to discuss the country’s cybersecurity landscape and the key takeaways in this space from 2020.
At GITEX this year, Huawei was exhibiting a wide array of technologies, spanning across several industries and business groups. Telecom Review managed to secure an exclusive interview with Huawei’s Mohammed Madkour, VP Marketing and Solutions of Wireless and Cloud Networks, to discuss the current climate of the industry and the state of 5G deployments across the region and the world.
Aji Ed, who participated in the Telecom Review Summit 2020 panel titled “The Era of 5G: Spectrum Allocation” talks about the relationship between 5G and edge computing and its importance in generating new use cases.
Henrique Vale, who participated in the Telecom Review Summit 2020 panel titled “Telcos Digital Transformation” discusses digital transformation in the midst of Covid-19 as well network transformation and management
Summit Sessions
Mr. Toni Eid, Founder of Telecom REVIEW & CEO of Trace Media delivering the welcome note that officially inaugurates the 14th edition of Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit.
H.E. Eng. Majed Al Mesmar, Deputy Director General for the Telecommunication Sector, TRA UAE gives the official opening keynote.
A visionary debate between Khalifa Al Shamsi, Chief Strategy & Corporate Governance Officer, Etisalat Group and Jawad Abbassi, Head of MENA, GSMA.
Frederic Schepens, CEO, MTN GlobalConnect delivers a keynote at the 14th Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit.
An Jian, President of Carrier Network Business Group, Huawei Middle East gives a keynote at the 14th Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit.
The panel discusses the future of the telecoms industry and the role of ICT leaders.
Ahmed Mekky, Chairman and CEO, Benya Group delivers a keynote at the 14th Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit.
The panel gives an update on the status of 5G in light of the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected also spectrum allocation activities.