Mohamed Abdel Monem is an enthusiastic 5G Researcher and Instructor in Egypt and the Middle East with 10 years of experience in Telecom field.

He delivered +3500 hours courses in Mobile Telecommunication field 2G,3G, 4G, VoLTE and 5G specifically, trained +30000 students both engineers and undergraduates around the world live and online.

He has his own professional technical website, YouTube channel, and Facebook technical page where he walks his followers through a full understanding of the upcoming 5G technology covering end-to-end research and news.

He delivered online training in different countries like USA, KSA, Bahrain, and Kuwait and was a speaker at many Egyptian universities like AUC, GUC, Cairo University, and Ain-Shams University covering the topics of 5G, AI, Big Data, and IoT.

Mohamed gave training to different Experts and engineers from many operators like AT&T, Vodafone India, Jawwal, Ericsson AB, Talcel, T-Mobile, Ooredoo, Huawei, Samsung, Evantaum, Motorola Solutions and Airtel.

In his career, Mohamed worked with several Vendors such as Nokia, Huawei, and Ericsson. Also, he worked with different Operators as Etisalat, Vodafone, and Telecom Egypt. Mohamed also works on graduation and research projects in the telecommunication field to enhance different mobile network performance

In 5G Track, Mohamed was invited to be Speaker in 5G MENA (the largest event in the MENA region to focus on advancing and commercializing 5G networks) in last April, 2019 to deliver a presentation about how operators should prepare their network to be 5G-Ready.

Recently Mohamed delivered two rounds of Mobile Technology Traning for IT Security Team in Ooredoo Oman. Now Mohamed is leading the Learning & Development Team in Rakuten Mobile in Japan.

Jawad leads the GSMA MENA team in the UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia responsible for GSMA work & activities in the MENA region, which spans 25 countries. He overseas the MENA advocacy activities and GSMA programs such as future networks and technology programs. As a team, our role also includes engaging our members (the mobile operators) in the strategic directions of the GSMA including strategies for 5G deployments, Internet of Things, Identity and AI.

The GSMA MENA team works with a wider team of mobile experts based in London and other locations within the GSMA is in charge of engaging all stakeholders in the region and advocacy work to insure the sustainable investments in mobile broadband networks. Our work includes promoting the mobile industry’s positive contributions to regional and national economic development at the highest levels, influencing the region’s major opinion leaders.

Jawad’s career experience in ICT and Media spans 26 years. Before joining the GSMA as head of MENA in Oct 2015, Jawad managed the Arab Advisors Group, which he had founded in 2001 and sold 55% of the company to the Arab Jordan Investment Bank in 2005. Before founding Arab Advisors Group, Jawad’s career experience included working as a senior telecommunications and technology consultant with the Yankee Group in Boston - USA. Between 1998 and 2000, Mr. Abbassi was a Senior Analyst with the communications research arm of the Economist Intelligence Unit in Boston.

Jawad is also a frequent guest speaker at conferences and seminars related to technology, communications and media in the Arab World.

Jawad has received his BSc in engineering from the American University in Cairo -Egypt in 1993 and received a scholarship for an MSc in information systems from the London School of Economics in 1998. He also completed executive education courses in finance for Senior Executives from Harvard Business School in July 2010 and Comparative Tax Policy in August 2018 from Harvard Kennedy School.

Amit Sachdeva is a Global Telecom Advisory leader for EY since 2013. He is also responsible for Telecom Media and Technology Advisory Business in Africa, India & MENA (AIM). Amit has over 22 years of consulting experience wherein he has advised Technology, Media and Telecom companies. He has contributed to some of the global technology & telecom solutions in the area of customer experience, IoT, Analytics and Digital solutions. He has been a Panelist and Presenter at some of the leading National and International consulting and telecom events and conferences. He has been one of the key contributors to telecom transformation and outsourcing Case Study at Harvard Business School

As an Industry expert, Amit has led the Business transformation programs in the area of EBIDTA improvement, CRM, Self Care, Order management and Enterprise Application Integration. He has also led the business transformation of a global leading technology company and helped them to improve EBIDTA & Market capitalization.

Saurabh brings with him over fifteen years of experience in strategic consulting and advisory to ICT service providers, and CxOs across private and public sector enterprises.

He is the leader for Frost & Sullivan’s ICT practice for the Middle East Region. His forte lies in strategy consulting around go-to-market, business models, business planning, M&A/JV opportunities, and IT sourcing advisory for CIOs. Recent advisory services engagements have mostly focused on cloud and datacenter strategies, undersea cables, business case development, 5G use cases, feasibility assessments, and contact centers.

Over the years, Saurabh has been frequently quoted in media on major market developments, and has been regularly featured in leading telecom magazines with his thought leadership pieces on 5G and its use cases.

Hazem joined Ogilvy in 2018 from a WPP sister agency, POSSIBLE, to lead the transformation of Ogilvy across the MENA region into a modern marketing, data driven digital hub. He is an accomplished digital professional with a passion for connecting the business world with technology and a deep understanding of driving Digital Transformation from a brand, comms, business and technology layer. He brings to the table the rare mix of being strategically and data driven on one hand, but also being hands-on in delivery and utilizes his technical background on the other hand to bring the best we have to offer to our clients.

Hazem is an avid sports fat and gym rat and with the FIFA World Cup 2022 being next door to his current base in Dubai, wants to make best use of the proximity to be part of the unique experience Qatar 2022 will bring to the world of football.

In 2002 I Joined AD Police and started working as Network technician, at the same time, my passion for educational qualifications was under my target. Thus, I worked hard in parallel and earned my HD (Higher Diploma) degree at CNET from the HCT AlAin, as well as my Bachelor degree in computer Networking. In 2009, I moved to New York and applied for SU (Syracuse University) where I completed my Master Degree in Telecommunication Network Management. In 2018 I earned my higher degree in PHD Project Management from the British University in Dubai.

I attended more than 100+ events, workshops and conferences internally and externally and most of them were about Network Security and telecommunication as well as cyber security. However, my responsibility at AD police GHQ as telecom section manager make me always busy, I do have other role as a telecom committee manager for most of the events around AD city such as , Grand Prix Formula One event.

Founder of “Digital Barza“ which has more than 100+ members to accelerate the process of sharing and exchanging the knowledge.

"The train doesn't stop at one station; it keeps on going, so work hard to achieve your targets one after another".

A Corporate/Commercial In-house Lawyer with an LLM from University of Nottingham and 10 years’ experience of working for prestigious Saudi organisations including Emaar, The Saudi Stock Exchange and Saudi Telecom Company.

An excellent communicator, both in English and Arabic, I have led training and awareness across functions, particularly to ensure compliance throughout the organisation. Well-versed in a range of legal matters, having worked across Real Estate, Telecoms and Financial Services industries, I advise on; Commercial Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Compliance, Regulations and IT/Technology Law.

Paul became the CEO of the Scotland 5G Centre – the national centre for the acceleration of the deployment and adoption of 5G in Scotland – in May 2020 and has quickly made his mark on the 5G ecosystem. He is passionate about mobile telecommunications and delivering socio-economic benefit to a broad range of stakeholders to enable digital connectivity.

Previously, as founder of his consultancy practice, Paul advised both private and public-sector organisations on major strategic initiatives, taking advantage of the latest wireless capabilities to develop coherent plans to deliver organisational goals and increased business value.

Paul began his career on the first graduate training scheme run by Orange, now EE, and rose through the company to become head of strategic development. There, he played a key role in establishing the UK’s first deployments of 4G services in rural communities.

Mohamed Aziz Taga is product manager for 5G Broadcast/Multicast & Transmitter Systems with Rohde & Schwarz, Munich, Germany. Aziz leads the 5G Broadcast/Multicast business development activities and associated projects worldwide. After obtaining his Master degree in Computer Networking and Telecommunications, Taga became a Mobile Core Network Specialist within Nokia Networks with an extensive Cellular PDN/EPS/IMS/SDM technical background before joining Rohde & Schwarz in 2018.