Smart Cities & 5G

SMART CITIES & 5G

By 2050, more than two-thirds of the planet’s population will live in cities. Investments in smart cities to support community resilience is one of the most important outcomes of the crisis.

How are City Authorities addressing the ongoing challenges, the economic repercussions and the long-term implications for planning in a post-pandemic world? How AI, 5G, IoT, Quantum and other tech advances being harnessed in areas such as smart urban design, sustainable transport and logistics, clean energy and utilities, urban health and resilience, among others?

As the world has changed in 2020 the dependence on network speed, capacity and security has never been greater. Network vendors, mobile operators, and governments are working together to best meet the needs from nations, industries, and consumers with 5G. The expectations on 5G are huge, from consumer electronics and entertainment with VR gaming to powering Industry 4.0 applications enhancing businesses, public services and infrastructure.

Hear how 5G is being leveraged across sectors to boost competitiveness and how to secure real first mover advantage.

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Speakers

Ahmed Mahboub

Executive Director of Customers Service, Corporate Administrative Support Services Sector, RTA United Arab Emirates
Dynamic Young Emarati leader responsible for implementation of Dubai Government Excellence Program and Hamdan Bin Mohammed Program for Smart Government
Ayman Elnasher

VP and Head of Technology Planning, Du United Arab Emirates
ICT professional with 20+ years expertise building and leading robust systems and start-up operations in competitive industries
Azhar Sayeed

Senior Director, Global Telco Technical Development, Red Hat United States
Holds nine patents and is the author of the book "MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization".
Bilal Ashgar

GM Digital & Business Services, PTCL Pakistan
Telecom guru & creative strategist with over two decades of expertise, leading digital business for largest largest ICT company of Pakistan
Catarina Selada

Head of City Lab, CEiiA (Centre of Engineering and Product Development) Portugal Portugal
Award winning expert, leading the Smart City Index & the Portuguese Smart Cities Network
Charity Wanjiku

Co-founder & COO, Strauss Energy Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya
Forbes Top 50 women in Tech, co-founded the award-winning energy enterprise in Kenya
Claude Schück

Regional Manager - Middle East , Veeam Software United Arab Emirates
20 years’ experience in the IT industry, joined Veeam 3 years ago heading up the Africa Business and has relocated to Dubai to lead the Middle East team.
Colin Judd

Senior Director of Government Relations, Careem United Arab Emirates
Dave Crane

Host, DaveCraneGlobal.com United Arab Emirates
Former BBC-Host, award-winning motivational speaker, public speaking trainer and business coach
David Cunha

Advisor for Information Technologies and Digital Transformation , Lisbon Municipality Portugal
Smart(er) Cities enthusiast & Urban Intelligence supporter, leading citizen centric smart city strategy for Lisbon
Dr Christopher H Cooper

General Manager Data Center Group, Lenovo, Middle East & Africa United Arab Emirates
Helps customers accelerate their digital transformation journey enabling “Smarter Technology for all”
Dr. Jonathan Reichental

CEO, Human Future, former CIO for the City of Palo Alto, Human Future United States
"Named one of the top 100 CIOs in the world "
Dr. Mohamed Madkour

VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions, Huawei China
Leads the 5G expansion for Huawei in the MENA region.
Elisabeth Braw

Visiting Fellow , AEI United States
Interviewed by the BBC alongside Eric Schmidt on geopolitics in tech, contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Policy and the Times
Fadi Pharaon

Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa , Ericsson United Arab Emirates
Leads the Market Area Middle East & Africa, serving customers in the Middle East and Africa with Ericsson’s innovative technology and services
Francisco Salcedo

Senior Vice President, Etisalat Digital United Arab Emirates
Driving digital transformation by enabling enterprises and governments become smarter through the use of the latest technologies
Fuad Siddiqui

Executive Partner & Vice President, Nokia Bell Labs United Arab Emirates
Authored ‘Future of Enterprise’ chapter of Bell labs Future X Network book
H.E. Mohamed Bin Taliah

Chief of Government Services , United Arab Emirates Government United Arab Emirates
Oversees the Emirates Government Service Excellence Program aiming to raise the efficiency of government services by focusing on customers
Hani Khalaf

CTO - IoT and Digital Cities, Dell EMC, Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) United Arab Emirates
Leads IoT and Digital Cities business, passionate promoter of IoT as a key disruptive technology driving the Digitization of the business & cities
Jawad Abbassi

Head of MENA, GSMA United Arab Emirates
Represents the telco industry’s key stakeholders across the Middle East
Karim Ibrahim

CEO, RobocomVR Lebanon
Karim Ibrahim is the CEO for RobocomVR. Winning 2019’s Hasbro’s Game Changer Awards and being selected for Forbes 30 under 30 Class of 2020
Ken Rutkowski

Award winning Talk Show Host of “Business Rockstars” United States
Co-Founder of the #1 business radio talk show in America
Khaled Aldharrab

Vice President Infrastructure, stc Saudi Arabia
Eng. Khaled has also pioneered the launch of all major Mobile (e.g. 3G, 4G & 5G) broadband services covering the whole of the Kingdom with best possible quality and throughput.
Lacina Kone

Director-General, Smart Africa Secretariat Rwanda
Leads Smart Africa- a commitment from African Heads of State and government to accelerate Africa into a knowledge economy through the adoption of ICT-driven initiatives in cities.

Smart Cities & 5G is a critical enabler for:

AI & IoT, AI and Big Data Analytics, 5G smart networks & city services, big data and block chain, Quantum AI, Robotics, Smart city governance.

Smart Cities & 5G is a critical enabler for:

Key Themes:

Key Themes:

Key Themes: AI, IoT & citizen engagement, smart city infrastructure & 5G, city surveillance & bigtech regulation, circular economy transition, quantum AI & city readiness, city resilience, integrated city transport

Smart Cities & 5G track is made for:

- Government/Ministries
- City Municipal Authorities
- Telecom, Transportation, Real estate, Environment, Utility
- Investors, Startups, Architects, Banks and Financial Institutions, Solution Providers, Research & Academia

Smart Cities & 5G track is made for:

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