ARABCOM 2007 - CONFERENCE AGENDA |
Day One, 11 April, 8:00 am – 9:30 am Registration & Coffee Break
09:30 – 10:30 am Official Opening Ceremony |
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H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri
Minister of Development for Government Sector in UAE
Keynote Speaker
Speech English / Arabic |
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H. E. Dr. Marwan Hamadeh
Minister of Telecommunication in Lebanon
Speech Arabic |
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H. E. Ms Mognana Sow Mohamed Deyna
Secretary of state in charge of New Technologies in Mauritania
Presentation |
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H.E. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa
Deputy Minister / Ministry of transportation Kingdom of Bahrain |
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H.E. Brigadier Abbas Arabi
Director / National Telecom Company - representing the Minister of Telecom in Sudan
Speech Arabic |
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Katia Tayar
Founder & President
Arabcom group
Keynote Speaker
Speech English / Arabic |
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Osman Sultan
CEO
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Keynote Speaker
Biography
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Session 1 - Next Generation Networks |
Session Chairman
Robin Mersh
Chief Operating Officer - DSL Forum |
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10:30 – 10:50 am
Michael Heuer (Keynote Speaker)
Vice President of Business Development and Consulting
BT Group
Topic: Next-generation network transformation and the impact on the network, systems process and people
Biography
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10:50 – 11:10 am
Mazen Jabri
General Manager, UAE
Cisco
Topic: Experience Provider-Quad Play and Beyond
Biography
Presentation |
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11:10 – 11:20 am
Saeed Hamad Al Hamli
Senior Manager/ Portfolio Management & Integration
Etisalat International Investments
Topic: Reaching Value Through Synergy
Biography
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Q & A – 11:10 – 11:20 am
Networking Coffee Break 11:20 – 11:50 am
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11:50 – 12:10 pm
Robin Mersh (Keynote Speaker)
Chief Operating Officer
DSL Forum
Topic: IPTV and Triple Play: Optimizing Broadband Networks for Service Delivery Excellence
Biography
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12:10 – 12:30 pm
Moheb Ramsis
Technical Sales Director, Mobile Networks MENA
Huawei Technologies
Topic: The Roadmap to Convergence
Biography
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12:30 – 12:50 pm
Russ Freen
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Bridgewater Systems
Topic: Profiting from Third-Party Content and Service-Layer Policy Control
Biography
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12:50 – 13:10 pm
Samer Halawi
Vice - President
Inmarsat
Topic: Intelligent business on the go
Biography
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Q & A – 13:10 – 13:20 |
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Lunch 13:45 – 15:10 pm Sponsored by |
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Session 2 - Next Generation Network
Technology Developments, Challenges, Services and Applications |
Session Chairman
Michael Heuer
Vice President of Business Development and Consulting - BT Group |
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15:10 – 15:30 pm
Peter Bachmann
Managing Partner
Detecon International GmbH
Topic: Next Generation System and Service Managment - from traditional platforms to future oriented NGN
Biography
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15:30 – 15:50 pm
Alexey Alpatov
Technical Director
CBOSS
Topic: Convergent Solutions for Telecom Operators
Biography
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15:50 – 16:10 pm
Sherif Hamoudah
Director, Telecommunications Industry
Oracle
Topic: Solutions for 21st Century Telecoms : How to increase average revenue per subscribers (ARPU) and lower Capex
Biography
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16:10 – 16:30 pm
Eric Daya
Director Business Development
Materna GmbH
Topic: Quadruple play and Mobile convergence via MVNE (Mobile Virtual Network Enabler) Services
Biography
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Fixed Line Operators Panel |
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Q & A - 16:30 pm - 16:40 pm
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Networking Coffee Break 16:40 – 17:20 pm
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Arabcom Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony 21:00 pm
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END OF DAY 1 |
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Day Two, 12 April, 9:00 am – 10:00 am |
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Registration & Morning Networking Coffee |
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Session 3 - IPTV
New Revenue Model Needed for fixed line Operators |
Session Chairman
Benoit Denis
Consultant - Frost & Sullivan |
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10:00 – 10:20 am
Ahmed Ali Ashadawi
President & CEO
Al-Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Co.
Topic: IPTV Competitive Advantages & Challenges
Biography
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10:20 – 10:40 am
Robert Noonan
VP Global Sales, Marketing & Customer Care
Tut Systems
Topic: Launching Ground-Breaking IPTV Services with Advanced Compression Technologies at QTel
Biography
Presentation
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10:40 – 11:00 am
Jim Wilkinson
EMEA On-Demand Business Manager
C-COR
Topic: The On Demand Opportunity: VOD and Advertising
Biography
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11:00 – 11:20 am
Marc Bedoret
Head of marketing
Viaccess
Topic: IPTV, the future has arrived!
Biography
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Q & A 11:20 – 11:30 am
Networking Coffee Break 11:30 – 12:00 pm
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Session 4 - Mobile Broadband & WiMAX |
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12:00 – 12:20 pm
Mahmoud Hashem
Director of Business Development
Redline Communications
Topic: Connecting the World with WiMAX
Biography
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12:20 – 12:40 pm
Luigi Gasparollo
V.P. Business Development MENA
Qualcomm
Topic: Network decisions today pave the way to 4G evolution
Biography
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12:40 – 13:00 pm
Dr. Marwan Jabri
Co-Founder & CTO
Dilithium Networks
Topic: Converged Video Value Added Services
Biography
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Q & A 13:00 – 13:10 pm
Lunch 13:10 – 14:30 pm |
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Session 5 - Mobile TV & Mobile Content
New Revenue model for Mobile Operator |
Session Chairman
Guy Alain Djopmo Komguep
Senior Consultant Mobile Architectures and Services - Detecon International GmbH |
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14:30 – 14:50 pm
Benoit Denis (Keynote Speaker)
Consultant
Frost & Sullivan
Topic: Applying the North American and European Mobile TV Experience to the Middle Eastern Region
Biography
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14:50 – 15:10 pm
Guy Alain Djopmo Komguep (Keynote Speaker)
Senior Consultant Mobile Architectures and Services
Detecon International GmbH
Topic: Tackling MobileTV regulatory, technological, marketing and business acumen issues
Biography
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15:10 – 15:30 pm
Gert-Jan Panken
Director of Mobile Alliances
Irdeto
Topic: Mobile TV: big business….if well protected!
Biography
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Q & A 15:30 – 15:40 pm
Networking Coffee Break 15:40 – 16:10 pm
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16:10 – 16:30 pm
Terry Uppal
President
Mobile-worx, Inc.
Topic: SMS based Mobile Advertisement
Biography
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GSM Operators Panel |
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Q & A 16:50 – 17:00 pm
Closing Ceremony & Arabcom Dubai Declaration End of Conference |
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