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

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