Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal ATIF2006 Agenda

Under the High Patronage of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Harthy

Minister of Transport & Communications

The 8th Arab Telecom and Internet Forum

24 - 25 May 2006 / Shangri-la Resort

Muscat, Oman

Day 1: Wednesday 24 May 2006

13:00 - 16:00 Registration

16:00 - 16:30 Opening Ceremony:

  • H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Harthy, Minister of Transport & Communications, Sultanate of Oman
  • Mr. Faysal Abou Zaki, Deputy General Manager, Al-Ikissad Wal-Aamal Group
  • Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Director, Telecommunications Development Bureau, ITU
  • Mr. Khalid Belkhayour, President and CEO, ARABSAT

16:30 - 17:00 Opening of the Exhibitionand Reception hosted by OmanMobile

17:00 - 18:00Plenary Session I:ِThe State of Telecom Competition in the Arab World

Session Chairperson: Dr. Mohammad Al Wohaibi, CEO Omantel and Chairman

of the Forum

Speakers:

  • The future prospects beyond expansions

Mr. Mohamed Omran, CEO of Emirates Telecommunications Corporation "Etisalat"

& Chairman of Thuraya Satellite Telecommunication Company

  • Will mergers and acquisitions be the characteristics of the next phase

Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton

  • New 2006 Business Opportunities in the Fixed And Mobile Markets in Saudi Arabia

Mr. Abdulrahman Al Fehaed, Deputy Governor for Regulatory Policies and Licensing Affairs, Communication & IT Commission, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

18:00 – 18:15Discussion

18:15 – 19:30 Special PanelDiscussion:Developing the National Telecommunications

Strategy

(Open-Discussion with the Arab Telecom Ministers)

Moderator:Mr. Hamadoun Toure, Director, Telecommunications Development

Bureau, ITU

19:30 - 20:00 Ceremony to honor the life time achievement in Telecom

21:00 - 22:30Dinner hosted by Omantel in AlbustanPalace Intercontinental

Transportation is available at Al-Bandar Shangri-la’s main entrance

Day Two: Thursday, 25 May 2006

09:00 - 09:45Plenary Session II: Investment Activities and Cross Border Moves

Session Chairperson:Mr. Louay Abou Chanab, Senior Consultant, Connexus

Consulting

Speakers:

  • Critical success factors in entering new markets in the region: Innovation to success

Mr. Ahmed Haleem, Chief Executive Officer, Wataniya International

  • Economic benefits and implications in investing and deploying new technologies

Dr. Walid Moniemne, Senior Vice President CEMEA, Nokia Networks

  • The role of the private investments in assisting and developing the Arab Least development Countries (LDCs)

Mr. Ebrahim Al-Haddad, Head of the Arab Regional Office, ITU

09:45 - 10:00 Discussion

10:00- 10:30Presentation by SAMENA, “the South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa

Telecommunications Council”

Speaker: Thomas W. Wilson, Executive Managing Director & Founder SAMENA

10:30 - 10:45Coffee Break hosted by Inmarsat

10:45- 11:45Plenary Session III: Broadband Deployment and Future Growth Potential

Session Chairperson:

Speakers:

  • Experiences in broadband deployment

Mr. Maan Al-Sabi, Business Development Director, Middle East & Africa, Flag Telecom

  • IPTV Infrastructure for Broadband Deployment

Mr. Rajan Chirayath, System Manager, Juniper Networks

  • Enhancing enterprise productivity: Managed Communication Services

Mr. Gabriel Karam, Marketing & Business Development Manager, Middle East & Africa, India & Turkey, Alcatel

  • Broadband Potential

Mr. Ghazi Atallah, Managing Director, Service Providers Emerging Markets, Cisco Systems

11:45 - 12:00 Discussion

12:00 - 13:00Plenary Session VI: Wireless Technologies and Mobility

Session Chairperson:

Speakers:

  • High speed wireless access technologies: HSDPA, WiMax & FLASH–OFDM

Dr. Hicham Aroudaki, Director, Technical Consulting Department, Siemens

  • IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Key enabler for convergence

Mr. Jean-Luc Scherer, Manager, Technical Sales SupportMiddle East, Ericsson

  • Critical success factors for 2.5 to 3G migration: Case studies from market makers

Mr. Moheb Ramses, Technical Director, Mobile Networks, Huawei Technologies

  • Wirless Broadband Solutions

Mr. Noel Kirkaldy, Director, Wireless Broadband Networks, Middle East and Africa, Motorola

13:00 - 13:15 Discussion

13:30 - 15:00Lunch hosted by Etisalat

15:00 - 16:00Special Discussion Panel:The challenges facing CEOs in the new

phase of market development

Moderator: Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton

Speakers:

Dr. Harri Koponen, General Manager & Chief Executive Officer, Wataniya Telecom, Kuwait

Mr. Peter Kaliaropoulos, Chief Executive Officer, Batelco, Bahrain

Dr. Amer Al-Rawas, Managing Director, OmanMobile, Oman

Mr. Charbel Fakhoury, General Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Gulf Region

16:00 - 16:15 Discussion

16:15 - 17:15Plenary Session V: The Next Generation in Satellite Communications

Session Chairperson:

Speakers:

  • The strategies adopted by satellite service providers

Mr. Saeed Al Hamli, Chief Commercial Officer, Thuraya

  • BGAN:Broadband for a mobile planet

Mr. Samer Halawi, Regional Director for Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, Inmarsat Ltd

  • The new Satellite services

Mr. Zaid Al-Khudhairi, Regional Manager, Arabian Gulf & Asia, Arabsat

  • Satellite broadband services for aeronautical and maritime sectors

Dr. Mohamed El Amin, Director, International Regulatory Affairs, Connexion by Boeing

17:15 - 17:30 Discussion

17:30 - 17:45Coffee Break

17:45 - 18:45Special Discussion Panel:The Role of Regulatory and InternetCities in

Developing ICT in the Arab World & ITU’s World Telecom Development

Conference Outcome and Regional Initiatives

Moderator:Eng. Nashia AL-Kharusi, Commissioner, Telecom Regulatory

Authority (TRA), Sultanate of Oman

Speakers:

Dr. Jean-Yves Besnier, Headof Partnership, Promotion and Membership Unit, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU

Dr. Salim bin Sultan Al-Ruzaiqi, Head of Information Technology Technical Secretariat (ITTS), Sultanate of Oman

Mr. Jalal Fawaz, President, Professional Computer Association (PCA), Lebanon

18:45 - 19:00 Discussion

19:00 - 19:30Closing Session: Closing session and recommendations

Session Chairperson: H.E. Saud Bin Sulaiman Bin Hamir Al-Nabhani, Under Secretary for Communications, Ministry of Transport & Communications, Sultanate of Oman

  • Dr Mohammad AL Wohaibi, Chairman of the Conference
  • Mr. Hamadoune TOURE, Director of the ITU-BDT
  • Mr. Faysal Abu Zaki, DeputyGeneral Manager of Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal

*This program is subject to change as seen necessary by the organizers

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