GSMA Announces New Speakers for Mobile 360 Series – Middle East and North Africa

Fifth Edition of Regional Industry Event to Cover Impact of MobileAcross Diverse Market

DUBAI,(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOS Wire)) The GSMA today announced newspeakers for its Mobile 360 Series – Middle East and North Africa (MENA)conference taking place on 9-10 October in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Thetwo-day event has confirmed over 50 speakers, including 15 CEOs and 25 C-Levelexecutives from 17 countries. The 2017 agenda includes cutting-edge insight andopinion on the key topics impacting the region, such as the Internet of Things,cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, 5G, disaster response, social mobilevideo, e-commerce and digital transformation, amongst others.

“Mobile360 – MENA is now in its fifth year and is firmly established in the region asa must-attend event as evidenced by the number of high-profile speakers thathave been confirmed for this year’s show,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief MarketingOfficer, GSMA. “We look forward to welcoming delegates to discuss and debatethe latest developments from across the mobile industry and how they areimpacting one of the world’s most diverse regions.”

Newlyconfirmed speakers for the event include:

• Bahar Akin, SVP Digital Payments, ‘BonusFlas’ Garanti Bank
• Salvador Anglada, Chief Business Officer, Etisalat
• Sherif Hashem, VP Cybersecurity, NTRA Egypt
• Haitham Al Kharusi, VP Consumer Unit, Omantel
• Yves Gauthier, Director General, Orange Maroc
• Shainoor Khoja, Managing Director Roshan Community, Roshan
• Zyad Alkhwaiter, GM Regulatory Affairs, STC
• Gregg Rowley, VP Corporate Strategy, STC
• Alpha Bah, Chief of IT Emergency Preparedness and Response, UN WFP
• Jorge Conde, VP Multiplatform, Strategy and Business Development, Southern and Western Europe, Middle East and Africa, Viacom
• Ashraf Helal, Commercial Operations Unit Director, Vodafone Egypt

Theyjoin previously announced speakers including:

• Ulugbek Yuldashev, Founder, Awok.com
• Faisal Al Bannai, Founder and CEO, DarkMatter
• Osman Sultan, CEO, Du
• Matias Silanpaa, EMEA Director of Growth and Operator Partnerships, Facebook
• Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA
• Nasser Kettani, CTO Middle East and Africa, Microsoft
• Dr. Atef Helmy, Senior Advisor, Board of Directors, Orange Middle East and Africa
• Wesam Lootah, CEO, Smart Dubai
• Abdulrahman Tarabzouni, CEO and MD, STV
• Nazar Arabi, CSO, Sudatel Group
• Firat Yaman Er, CSO, Turk Telekom
• Ziad Shatara, CEO, Umniah
• Mikkel Vinter, Founder and CEO, Virgin Mobile Middle East
• Fadi Ghandour, Chairman, Wamda Group
• Diana Baddar, Head of Partnerships MENA and Turkey, YouTube
• Scott Gegenheimer, CEO of Operations, Zain Group

Mobile360 – MENA includes a number of thought-provoking keynote presentations, panelsand workshops, including ‘The Artificial Intelligence Revolution’, ‘MobileSocial Video Networks for Communication, Media Consumption and PoliticalChange,’ ‘Dynamic Governance and Regulatory Modernisation’ and ‘DigitalTransformation and Customer Experience’. This year’s event will also include an‘Innovation Showcase’ session with a opportunity for start-up technologycompanies to pitch to a panel of venture capitalists and industry experts.

Co-locatedagain with GITEX, Mobile 360 – MENA will be held in the new Za'abeel Hall 6,close to Gulfcomms in the Dubai World Trade Centre. Recently confirmed sponsorsinclude Ericsson (Gold Sponsor), Staxx (Showcase Sponsor), Mahindra Comviva,NXN and Wipro (Silver Sponsors) and Canar Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (WifiSponsor). They join previously announced sponsors Etisalat (Host Sponsor), Bankof Khartoum (Gold Sponsor), Huawei (Global Industry Supporter Sponsor), GlobalCertification Forum (Showcase Sponsor) and Mobile Arts (Supporting Sponsor).

To registerplease go to: www.mobile360series.com/mena/attend/attendee-registration/. For further information on Mobile360 – MENA please visit www.mobile360series.com/mena/. Follow developments and updateson Mobile 360 – MENA (#M360MENA) on Twitter @GSMA, on Facebook www.facebook.com/Mobile360Series and LinkedIn on www.linkedin.com/company/gsma-mobile-360-series. Download the event app forfurther information: www.mobile360series.com/app/.