Opening Ceremony
Welcome and Leaders’ Vision Statements, Organizers’ Speeches, Chief Patron’s Message

Welcome and Leaders’ Vision Statements, Organizers’ Speeches, Chief Patron’s Message

Hon. Dr. Ishaq Sider
 Minister 
 Ministry of Telecom & Information Technology 
 State of Palestine 

Ms. AlFhadah AlBaiz 
 Director 
 Sector Development Ministry of Communications & IT 
 Saudi Arabia

Ms. Marta A. Tomovska 
 Advisor 
 Office of the Prime Minister Republic of Serbia

Mr. Vanness You 
              VP 
 Marketing and Solutions Huawei Middle East

Connectivity and the New Digital Life, Full Optical Networking, NBN, OpenRAN, Universal Service Obligation, Infrastructure Funding & Financing Models, 5G & IoT Demand Stimulation

Mr. Denis Kapelyushnik 
 ICT Talent Program 
 UNESCO (IITE)

Broadband Commission Agenda for Action, ITU’s Take on Re-thinking ICT Policy, Cross-Border Data Flows, Spectrum Planning & Reservation for IMT-2020 & Beyond, 6GHz, ICT Talent & Expectations of Younger Generation, Industry 4.0

Mr. Ram Ramachandran 
 MD 
 Tech Mahindra MEA

Cloud Resilience, Hybrid-Cloud, Cloud Native Security, Multi-Cloud, Cybersecurity, Cloud Service Models, “X2B”, Cloud & Network Synergies, FinTech

Mr. Sabri Ali Yehya 
 Chief Technology Officer 
 e& 
 UAE

Mr. Denis O’Brien 
 Chairman, Digicel 
 UN Broadband Commissioner 
 Ireland

Mr. Andrew Hanna 
 CEO 
 ZainTech 
 UAE

H.E. Salem Al Marri 
 Director General 
 Muhammad Bin Rashid Space Centre 
 UAE

Operator’s Transformed Role & New Business Models, Network Energy Innovations, Sustainability & Net-Zero Transition, Digital Power, Space-based Platforms & 5G Tech Innovations

Investment, Multilateralism, Acceleration to G5 Regulation, Cybersecurity, Sustainable Digital Ecosystem & Society

Mr. Hatem Dowidar 
 Group CEO 
 e& 
 UAE

Dr. Robert Pepper 
 Head, Global Connectivity Policy & Planning 
 Meta 
 USA