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| DAY ONE Thursday 13 May 2009 |
| 08:30 am– 09:45 am Registration |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am Keynote Opening address |
ICTs for economic growth
How can ICTs contribute to accelerating economic growth? Are we on Arab countries level
b&mb -ready ? |
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H.E. Dr. Charbel Nahas
Minister of Telecom
Lebanon
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Mrs. Katia Tayar
Founder & President
Arabcom group Founder
Lebanon
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Ms.Dina Pule
Deputy minister of communications
South Africa
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Dr Imad Hoballah
Acting Chairman & CEO
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Lebanon
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Marwan Hayek
Chairman and CEO
Alfa
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Dr Abdel Malek Jaber
Chief Executive Officer
Zain Levant
Jordan
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Dr. Ahmed A. Sindi
Chief Executive Officer
Etihad Atheeb Telecom Company
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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11:00 am – 11:30 am
Official Opening of Exhibition and Tour
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11:30 am - 11:55 am
Keynote Speech |
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Claude Achcar
Managing Director
Actel Consulting
Hong Kong
Topic: Arab Operators: Riding the Apple / Google wave
How will mobile operators stay relevant when Over The Top players like Apple and Google offer services, apps, and billing direct to their customer base? How not to be relegated to the role of “bit pipe”?
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«« LUNCH BREAK »»
16:00 pm– 16:50 pm
Session 3 Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. This session discusses how to make money in the cloud - for startups, incumbents and Venture Capital/Investments. How to make a career in Cloud Computing. |
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Moderator: Zoran Vasiljev
Partner
Value Partners
United Arab Emirates
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Ahmed Adly
Senior Technology Solutions Manager
Oracle
Topic: Unlocking the Cloud with Enterprise Private Platform as a Service |
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 Fadi Moubarak
General manager, Levant Area
Cisco / Lebanon
Topic: Cloud computing : Trends and Impact on service providers
business models |
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END OF DAY ONE - ARABCOM DINNER AT 8 PM - transportation from Hotel Lobby at 7pm |
| DAY TWO Friday 14 May 2009 |
10:00 am – 10:50 am
Session 4 Call centers Outsourcing
If you are interested in saving your valuable time and productive resources, then outsourcing your services to a call center is your best bet. This session will focus on the new call center launched in Lebanon and the Unique opportunities they might offer to large clients around the globe , by using the latest technologies. |
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Speaker :Ali Kassab
Chief Executive Officer
Vocalcom / Lebanon
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10:50 am– 11:40 am
Session 5 Revenue Assurance, Fraud Reduction and Cost Management in Telecoms |
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Andrew Doyle
Vice President of Sales, EMEA
Connectiva Systems, Inc./ United Kingdom
Topic: Revenue Optimization: Extending RA Beyond Prevention to Increase ARPU and AMPU |
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Mustafa Al Kailani
Director of MEA Sales
Tango Telecom
Ireland
Topic: Compelling strategies to combat churn and increase ARPU in highly competitive markets - Dynamic Pricing Service in Action |
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11:40 am- 12:00 pm
Session 6 Service Provider Internet Growth Strategy |
 
Speaker: Firas Ghanem
Territory Manager
Blue Coat Systems
Topic: Saving on expensive international bandwidth links while improving the end-user Web experience
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12:00 pm– 12:25 pm
Session 7 Profitability in the mobile Broadband Era
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Speaker: Muhammad Atif Jamil
Huawei
Middle East and North Africa
Topic: : Building Profitable Next Generation Mobile Broadband
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12:25 pm– 12:45 pm
Session 8 Keynote speech Smart cities / Smart villages
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Speaker: Dr. Ali Amer
Senior Telecom Advisor
Saudi Telecom Company / KSA
Topic: : The competitive advantage of the smart cities and their roles on the National Economic development
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«« LUNCH BREAK »»
14:30 pm- 14: 55 pm
Session 9 Satellite deployment
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Speaker: Daniel Enns
SVP, Strategic Marketing & Business Development
Comtech EFData / USA
Topic: : Deploying new efficient satellite backhaul solutions to reach the next billion subscribers
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15:20 pm– 15:40 pm
End of Summit, Closing ceremony and Recommendations
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