The GSMA announced the first speakers for its Mobile 360 Series – MENA (Middle East and North Africa) conference on 26-27 November 2018 in Dubai.
GSMA said this year’s telecom event focusing on CXOs from the mobile service provider industry will place a focus on the investment in transformative technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and 5G.
Confirmed speakers
Hatem Dowidar, Chief Executive Officer International, Etisalat
Imen Benzine, CMO, Algerie Telecom
Dr Ling Wu, Chairman, Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG) Consortium
Osman Sultan, CEO, Du
Rafiah Ibrahim, President Middle East and Africa, Ericsson
Mohie Elrafey, CMO, GE Healthcare, Eastern Growth Markets
Jawad Abbassi, Head of MENA, GSMA
John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA
Anthony Butler, Chief Technology Officer, IBM Blockchain Services, Middle East and Africa
Jaime Galviz, COO and CMO, Microsoft MEA
Thierry Millet, CEO, Orange Tunisia
Navin Gupta, Managing Director, South Asia and MENA, Ripple
Daichi Nozaki, VP Global Business, SoftBank
Nasser bin Suleiman Al-Nasser, CEO, STC
Ahmed El Beheiry, CEO, Telecom Egypt
Aysem Ertopuz, EVP Digital Services and Solutions, Turkcell
Scott Gegenheimer, CEO Operations, Zain Group
Mobile 360 – MENA
The first day of the show will address the application of new technologies and their impact on different sectors of the economy, including topics such as blockchain, AI in enhancing the customer experience, cybersecurity risk, digital identity and the Internet of Things.
The second day will focus on infrastructure, policy and the regulatory approaches necessary to drive further innovation in the 5G era.
Etisalat, Huawei, Ericsson, Facebook, Intelsat and Matrixx Software are sponsors.
