2023 Speakers
ABDULAZIZ ALDHAHER
Country Director, ST Engineering iDirect
AHMED NAYEL
Director, Sales Engineering Middle East, ST Engineering
ALEXANDER JEUCK
President and Co-founder, ICT and SpaceTech Pathfinder
ALVARO SANCHEZ
CEO, Integrasys
AMANDA TURNBULL
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Rise Studios
ANDREW HILL
Director – Digital Entertainment, Etisalat by e&
ARAVIND SWAMINATHAN
Co-Founder, Calyx
AREF ABED
Mobile Apps & Gaming Manager, mbc group
ASHOK NAMBOODIRI
Chief Business Officer – International Business, Zee Network
AUS ALZUBAIDI
Director of IT & Media Management, mbc group
BASHIR BASHIR
Creative Director & Filmmaker
BILAL DAYANI
Chief Operating Officer, Eagle Films ME
CAROLINE FARAJ
VP, Editor-in-Chief, CNN Arabic
CATHERINE MWANGI
Head of TV Production & Programming, Kenya Television Network
CHARILAOS KOUROGIORGAS
Technical Director, Atheras Analytics
CRISPIN DOMINIC
Founder, ACTION FILMZ PRODUCTIONS LLC
DARINE AL KHATIB
VP - Film Production, Majid Al Futtaim
DAVID PROVENCHER
VP Business Development, AVL
DEEPU PILLAI
Senior Manager, Strategy & Market Intelligence, SES
DR. ADIL SALIH
Head of News Gathering, Asharq News
DR. BADR ALSUWAIDAN
Senior Vice President and CTO, ArabSat
ELIZEBETH VARGHESE
Principal, Deloitte
EUGENE MBUGU
Film Producer & CEO, D&R Studios
FAGR KASSIM ALI
Director of Media Sector Development, Sharjah Media City
FARAH KREIDIEH
Editor in Chief, Marie Claire Arabia
FARES SAYAEGH
CEO, ROYA Media Group
FARID ANTOINE
Co-founder & Partner, 8zone Games
FLOYD TURNER
VP Global Service Delivery Operations, Talia
GIL ELIZOV
VP Products, Gilat
GREG EWERT
Vice President Strategy & Business Development, Intelsat
GRIGORY LAVROV
VP Marketing, Local Brands & Franchise Management - CEE & MENAT, Warner Bros. Discovery
HAMID NAWAZ
General Manager, Enterprise & Cloud, MECA, SES
HANI EL ARJA
Vice President Connectivity Sales, MENA & Central Asia, Eutelsat
HANS FRAIKIN
Commissioner, Abu Dhabi Film Commission
HEBA KORAYEM
Content Market & Distribution Specialist, H Consult
HELEN WEEDON
Managing Director , Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG)
ISABELLE MAURO
Director General, GSOA
JACK BUECHLER
Chief Commercial Officer, Quika (Talia) Limited
JAMES TREVELYAN
Senior Vice President, Enterprise & Emerging Markets, Speedcast
JOAKIM ESPELAND
CEO, QuadSAT
JOE APA
Director of Business Development, Rivada Space Networks
JONAS MICHAELIS
Head of Operations - qibb, Techtriq GmbH
JOSE HORTA
Business Development Director, Integrasys
KARAN KABRA
Co-Founder, Reflexion AI Inc
KEVIN SEBASTIAN
Head of Content and Partnerships, ITP Gaming
KHAYALYA ALIYEVA
Sales Director, Enterprise & Cloud, Middle East & Central Asia, SES
LALIT VASE
Founder & CEO, Nasr eSports
LANCE HASSAN
Director, Intelsat Corporation
LAURA BUCKWELL
Former News Anchor, Event Host & MC
LESLIE KLEIN
President and CEO, C-com Satellite Systems
LOUBNA FAWAZ
Head of Content- TV and Digital, CNBC Arabia
MAAZ SHEIKH
CEO, Starzplay
MAI ELKHALIFA
Founder, All is Media
MAJED AL SUWAIDI
SVP, Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City, and Dubai Production City, TECOM Group
MANOJ MATHEW
EVP & Territory Head - MENAPT, Zee Network
MANSI OBEROI
Radio Host - Drive Time Presenter, Funasianetwork Big 106.2
MARIAM ALSERKAL
Founder, Triplets on Set
MARIUS JOHANSEN
Head of Content Operations, Shahid (MBC GROUP)
MARK LAMBERT
President, Kratos
MARTIN JARROLD
Vice President International Programme Development, GVF
MAZEN LAHAM
Founder & Managing Director, Different Productions
MEDHAT KARAM
CEO, Shofha
MIGUEL COUTINHO
Head of Strategy, NDI
MOHAMAD BARADA
International Sales Manager, ETL System
MOHAMED ALENEZI
Head, Al Maha TV
MOON BAZ
Creator Partnerships Lead, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Meta
MOUSTAPHA BEKHEET
Founder & CEO, Pan Arab Media
NATHALIE HABIB
Co-Owner & Executive Producer, Blink Studios
NICK GRANDE
Owner, mena tv
NITIN NARKHEDE
Founder & CEO, The Ally
OBEIDA DANHACH
CEO, Mediaquest
PHILIPP GLÄNZEL
General Manager – CTO, Qvest
RAMI AL-WAZANI
System Design Engineer, Spacebridge
RANDALL BARNEY
Director of Certification and Membership, WTA
RHYS MORGAN
General Manager, EMEA Media and Networks Sales, Intelsat
SAEED AL JANAHI
Director of Operations, Dubai Film & TV Commission
SAEED AL NOFELI
Director, in5
SAEED SHARAF
CEO, eSports Middle East
SAFA ABURIZIK
Head of Series, MBC Studios
SALIEE WALY
Founder & CEO, S Productions
SANDEEP SUD
Head Of Operations, KadaK FM
SANJAY RAINA
Global Media & Entertainment Executive, AD Film Commission
SASHA EL JURDI
Head of Content Programming, TikTok MENA
SERGY MUMMERT
Senior Vice President, Global Cloud Sales and Strategic Partnerships, SES
SHADI NASHWAN
CEO, Pixitoon
SHARONDA LEE-TIMBERLAKE
Director, Service Operations, Intelsat
SHIREEN SETHI
COO, Network 1 Media
STEFANO FALLAHA
Founder & CEO, Podeo
STEPHEN HODGE
CEO, OTTera
SUNNY AHUJA
Business Head, FunAsia
TALAL AL AWAMLEH
CEO, Arab Telemedia Group
TASSABIH HASSAN
Head of Insights, Mena.tvo
TONY SAAB
SVP Content & Strategic Partnerships,, Starzplay
VAIBHAV MAGOW
Vice President, International Division, Hughes
VIJAYA SUSAN CHERIAN
Managing Partner, CPI Trade Media
VIRGIL LABRADOR
Editor-in-Chief, Satellite Markets and Research
YASSIR HASSAN
Director, Transmission Operations, ArabSat
YULIANA SLASHCHEVA
Chairman, SMF Studio
