Day One
Promoting the Unique Capabilities of Combining TV with IP
Keynote Session: Making IPTV a Commercial Success in MEA
8:00 AM
Registration & Networking Refreshments
8:55 AM
Chairman's Introduction
- Julian Herbert, Principal Analyst, Broadband, Informa Telecoms & Media
9:00 AM
Building advanced network TV & Video Services - for Today and Tomorrow
- Khalifa Al Shamsi, Senior Vice President –Marketing, Etisalat
9:20 AM
Evaluating Opportunities for IPTV in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Saad Dhafer Al Qahtani, VP Residential Sector Services, STC
9:40 AM
Recouping losses from Internet and Satellite piracy with IPTV
- Tamouh Khauli, VP Jordan Telecom Group Innovation & Chief Information Security Officer, Orange Jordan
10:00 AM
Monetising IPTV through Interactive Advertising
- George Dabaghi, Regional Director, Motorola
10:20 AM
Refreshment Break & Exhibition Visit
Session 2: Innovating Services
11:20 AM
Encouraging up-take of pay TV with premium content
- Marc-Antoine d'Halluin, CEO, Obit Showtime
11:40 AM
Personalising IPTV: Giving Users Control over their Viewing Preferences
- Alan Delaney, IPTV Business Development Director, Ericsson / TANDBERG Television
12:00 PM
Advanced Advertising: Monetising VOD and Beyond
- Simon McGrath, Chief Marketing Officer, Seachange
12:20 PM
A Differentiated Multimedia Offer Based on Multiple Screens: IPTV and On-Demand extensions on Mobile and Over the Top
- Pedro Menendez Valdes Alvarez, Multimedia Business Development Director for EMEA , Alcatel Lucent
12:40 PM
Networking Lunch and Exhibition Visit
Session 3: Monetization & Risk Elimination
1:50 PM
Case Study: IPTV : Opportunities and Challenges in the North African Quality, Service and Price
- Ahmed Ossama, Managing Director, TE Data
2:10 PM
The opportunities and Challenges of IPTV/ PAY TV in Africa: Nigeria Case Study
- Godfrey Ohuabunwa, Managing Director, Multimesh Broadcasting Company
2:50 PM
Preventing Piracy: New Business Opportunities for IPTV
- Fred Ellis, Chief Operating Officer, Securemedia
3:20 PM
Refreshment & Exhibition Break
Session 4: Compelling Content for Growth of IPTV Services
4:10 PM
Launching time-shifted and catch-up services for a competitive edge
- David Price, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing Communications, Harmonic
- Steve Oetegenn, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Verimatrix
- Jim Lomax, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales, ADB
4:40 PM
Exploiting the Partnership Model
- Syed Naveed Akhtar, General Manager, Pakistan Teecommuncations
5:00 PM
Packaging and Monetizing On-Demand Content Successfully
- Ivan Verbessell, SVP, Marketing, Nagravision - Kudelski Group
5:20 PM
Evolving Partnerships with Broadcasters & Content Aggregators / Providers
- Sharon Wheeler, CEO, Turquoise Branding
- Ian Locke, VP, Global Communications, Envivio Inc.
- Benoit Denis, Commercial Strategy & Planning Manager, SES ASTRA
- Samir Ibrahim, Head of Distribution for New Media, Al Jazeera
5:50 PM
