Monday December 5, 2011
Morning session's Chairman: Mr. Jawad Abbassi, Founder & General Manager, Arab Advisors Group

• Who will have the closest relation with the customer? And will this matter?
• How to navigate the impending rapid changes for the benefit of all?
• Telecom operators’ strategies for smart handhelds
• The Cloud: Strategies by telcos.
• Managing the data tsunami.

Moderator: Mr. Jawad Abbassi, Founder & General Manager, Arab Advisors Group

Panelists:

• Ms. Nayla Khawwam, CEO, Jordan Telecom Group
• Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO, DU
• Dr. Abdel malik al -Jaber, Founder and Chairman, MENA Apps
• Dr. Paul Doany, Chairman, Timar Ventures
• Dr. Bassam Hannoun, CEO, Wataniya Mobile
• Mr. Matthew Willsher, Chief Marketing Officer, Etisalat

Coffee Break and Networking

• Startups, Venture capital, investments, exit strategy.
• How can the Arab World plug into the value chain of manufacturing smart handhelds?
• Role of owners of handheld platforms in evolving the industry

Moderator: Mr. Ziad Matar, Sr. Director - Head of the Middle East & Central Asia, QUALCOMM

Panelists:

• Mr. Rashid Al Ballaa, CEO, N2V
• Mr. Mohamad Mourad, Regional Manager Gulf, Google Inc.
• Mr. Mohammed Al Mefleh, Director of Product Management Middle East, Research in Motion
• Mr. Tom Erskine, Head of Smart Devices, Nokia Middle East and Africa
• Mr. Ziad Aly, Founder & CEO, ALZWAD Mobile Services

12:45 PM

1:15 PM

1:45 PM

Lunch Break

Afternoon session’s Chairman: Mr. Alexander McNabb, Director, Spot On Public Relations

• Cloud computing: Trends, threats and opportunities.
• New Technologies evolving smartphone usage
  - AR (Augmented Reality)
  - Near Field Communications (NFC)
  - 3D / HD / etc.
  - Beyond Smartphones, the Internet of Everything
• Smart handhelds in the enterprise

Moderator: Mr. Jeremy Foster, Head of marketing, government and industry relations, Ericsson Middle East

Panelists:

• Mr. Samer Dameri, VP Products & Services, Mobily
• Mr. Gilles Fayad, Director Middle East and Africa , QUALCOMM
• Mr. Alok Mohan, Managed Enterprise Solutions Manager - Middle East, HP
• Mr. Lewa Abukhait, Senior Alliance Manager, Research in Motion
• Ms. Hala Zawati, Managing Partner, easyinfo

Coffee Break and Networking

End of Day One

Tuesday December 6, 2011

• Open-market vs. Carrier-driven retail and distribution
• Role of carriers in the smartphone Retail space
• Advertising expenditure to promote the smartphones and tablets platforms. The regional dynamics.
• Mobile advertising and sponsored services
• Evolution into the MVNO model

Moderator: Mr. Alexander McNabb, Director, Spot On Public Relations

Panelists:

• Mr. Nick Di Marzo, CEO, SaleCo
• Mr. Raed Hafez, Managing Director, Motorola Mobility
• Ms. Alexandra Tohme, Head of Digital Strategy, Oglivy One
• Mr. Douglas Palau, Sr. Vice President, Impact BBDO

Coffee Break and Networking

10:45 AM

• Dr. Ammar Bakkar, Director of New Media, MBC
• Mr. Nick Bryant, Managing Director, TXT TV
• Mr. Sebastien Marteau, Vice President Mobile Services, Intigral
• Mr. Naji Bouhabib, CEO & GM, MT2- Mobile Technology Tomorrow

 1:00 PM

Coffee Break and Networking

Affirmative (Agrees with the motion)

• Mr. Marwan Juma, previous Minister of ICT in Jordan, Founder and Co- Owner, dot.jo & Kinz
• Mr. Jawad Abbassi, Founder and General Manager, Arab Advisors Group

Negative (Against the motion)

• Mr. Hans Christian Iversen, Director for Coleago Consulting, London, UK
• Mr. Jeremy Foster, Head of marketing, government and industry relations, Ericsson Middle East

Format:

• Moderator introduces the motion and the two sides and explains the format.
• Each side presents its case. First speaker For and then first speaker Against (5 minutes each 10 minutes total). Then second speaker For and then second speaker Against (5 minutes each, 10 minutes total).
• Rebuttals (5 minutes each side, 10 minutes total).
• Questions / opinions from Audience (15 minutes).
• Audience decides on winner by voting.

Lunch Break and Networking

3:15 PM

End of Summit