Schedule
23
Nov, 2020
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening Remarks | Saleem Alblooshi | 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM GST | du |
| 2 | Agenda and introduction to GCF | Lars Nielsen | 10:05 AM - 10:15 AM GST | GCF |
| 3 | 5G – how, what, where, why? The global picture and implications for MENA | Chris Hogg | 10:15 AM - 10:25 AM GST | GCF |
| 4 | Transforming the operator from the inside out: key technologies and lessons learned. | Dr Mahmoud R Sherif | 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM GST | du |
| 5 | Partnership, a relevant strategy to develop new Orange services | Micheline Perrufel | 10:40 AM - 10:50 AM GST | Orange |
| 6 | 5G - Accelerating Growth | Sami Nashwan | 10:50 AM GST - 11:05 AM GST | Huawei |
| 7 | Riding the 5G wave: AI at the Edge | Mr Aji Ed | 11:05 AM - 11:20 AM GST | Nokia |
| 8 | 5G Speedtest and latency: How does MENA compare with other regions? | James Carroll | 11:25 AM - 11:35 AM GST | Ookla |
| 9 | How Open RAN will transform mobile networks | Sarabjit Singh | 11:35 AM - 11:50 AM GST | Keysight |
| 10 | The 5G Business challenge: Finding and developing new businesses and services in key verticals | Abdessattar Sassi | 11:50 AM - 12:05 PM GST | ZTE |
| 11 | Applying ITU’s AI/ML Toolset in Communications Networks | Dr. Bilel Jamoussi | 12:05 PM - 12:15 PM GST | ITU |
| 12 | AI/ML in future networks: opportunities for MENA | Vishnu Ram OV | 12:15 PM - 12:25 PM GST | IEEE |
| 13 | Cloud and AI: New applications enabled by 5G, AI and Cloud | Tayfun Wang | 12:25 PM - 12:35 PM GST | CloudMinds |
| 14 | 5G Mobile Network Testing | Jibran Siddiqui | 12:35 PM - 12:55 PM GST | Rohde & Schwarz |
| 15 | Wrap up, lessons learned and intro to day 2. | Lars Nielsen | 12:55 PM - 1:00 PM GST | GCF |
24
Nov, 2020
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome and recap from day 1 | Lars Nielsen | 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM GST | GCF |
| 2 | MENA Mobile Economy: Trends and best practices in stimulating 5G enabled economic growth. | Jawad Abbassi | 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM GST | GSMA |
| 3 | 5G brings exciting opportunities but also major challenges to deliver memorable Customers Experience for Telcos. | Dr. Emmanuel Manyonganise | 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM GST | du business |
| 4 | Mobile Private network and IOT Industrial use cases | Ammar Sabbagh | 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM GST | Ericsson |
| 5 | Healthcare and becoming ‘covid-secure’: How 5G, AI and Cloud are keeping people healthy in UAE | David Lee | 10:50 AM - 11:00 AM GST | Singular Wings |
| 6 | How AI opens up new opportunities for new services: 5G and AI, Necessities and Ethics | Shadi Hayani | 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM GST | TelcoMira |
| 7 | 5G campus in Dubai, how campus use cases will foster innovation. | Falk Schröder | 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM GST | Detecon |
| 8 | LiFi and 5G as natural connectivity partners | Mohamed Azayem | 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM GST | LiFi Alliance |
| 9 | Cloud-native architectures will define the vRAN future | Mohamed Bakry | 11:45 AM - 12:00 noon GST | Cisco |
| 10 | 4G Evolution to cloud native 5G Core | Orhan Nazlisoz | 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM GST | HPE |
| 11 | Covid secure: How identity solutions are becoming critical to the fight against covid. | Anas Mostafa | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM GST | Veridos |
| 12 | Strategy in Action: How operators can benefit from collaborative strategy setting with their IoT suppliers – a case study from the defence industry | Prof. Jerome Couturier PhD, MBA | 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM GST | 3H Partners |
| 13 | Panel Session: Developing new businesses using 5G, AI and cloud - lessons learned and ways forward. | Lars Nielsen, Chris Hogg, Jawad Abbassi, Prof. Jerome Couturier PhD, MBA, Dr. Ayman ElNashar | 12:45 PM - 12:55 PM GST | GCF |
| 14 | Final thoughts, lessons learned and prizes draw | Lars Nielsen | 12:55 PM - 1:00 PM GST | GCF |