Global Certification Forum (GCF) , with the support of du and etisalat, held the highly acclaimed “GCF 5G MENA” workshop on 28 November 2018 at the Gloria Hotel Dubai. The event was attended by operators, manufacturers and the test industry from across the MENA region who gathered to hear about the development and commercialisation of 5G. As you will see from the comprehsive agenda below, the presenters included the region’s foremost experts and industry representatives from across the mobile & IoT industry, who discussed how the industry can move forward with 5G to execute the successful deployment of its capabilities. A link to the presentations is contained in each agenda line item.
GCF is planning to hold a follow-up event in 2019 and will furnish details later. In the meantime, GCF will be returning to Dubai again for a Members meeting from 15-17 January 2019 so please Contact GCF if you would like to meet us or if you have any questions about the “GCF 5G MENA” workshop.
Workshop Agenda and Presentations
Time |
Topic |
Presenter |
Role |
Company |
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08:30-08:55 |
Registration, coffee and welcome |
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09:00 |
Opening speech |
Saleem Alblooshi |
Chief Infrastructure Officer |
EITC (du) |
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09:10 |
Lars Nielsen |
General Manager |
GCF |
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09:20 |
Chris Hogg |
Programme Manager |
GCF |
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09:30 |
Jawad Abbassi |
Head of MENA |
GSMA |
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09:50 |
Dr. Mahmoud R Sherif |
VP Infrastructure Strategy & Architecture |
EITC (du) |
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10:10 |
5G Opportunities and Challenges in the MENA Region |
Dr. Abdulhadi Abou Almal |
Director Technology and Standardisation |
Etisalat |
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10:30-10:45 |
Networking coffee break |
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10:45 |
Ignacio Gonzalez |
Senior Expert |
Vodafone |
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11:10 |
5G New Radio: Motivation, Design, Deployment Options & Challenges |
Mohamed El Saidny |
Senior Regional Account Manager, EMEA and India |
Mediatek |
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11:35 |
Abdesattar Sassi |
CTO, UAE |
ZTE |
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12:00 |
Anas Mostafa |
Regional Director |
Veridos |
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12:25 |
Mark Gilmour |
Senior Advisor Product Line Management |
Ciena |
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12:50 |
Ammar Ammar |
Head of Networks Campaigns in Middle East and Africa |
Ericsson |
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13:15-14:10 |
Lunch |
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14:15 |
5G Network Evolution: Radio goes to the Cloud, and Core goes alone… |
Aji Ed |
CTO, Middle East and Africa |
Nokia |
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14:40 |
Shakil Ahmed & Jibran Siddiqui |
Regional Director Mobile Network Testing Technology & Application Engineer Mobile Network Testing |
Rohde & Schwarz |
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15:05 |
Dr. Mohamed Madkour |
VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions |
Huawei |
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15.30-15:50 |
Networking coffee break |
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15:50 |
Lesson learned from Luxembourg 5G strategy including LIFI technology
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Marc Fleschen |
CEO Zero1 LiFi |
Zero1 |
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16:15 |
Rafa Garcia |
Telecommunications Industry expert |
Keysight |
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16:40 |
Vikas Chauhan |
Business Development Manager |
Anritsu |
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17:00 |
Lars Nielsen |
General Manager |
GCF |
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17:30 |
Close of Meeting |
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