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Media & technology leadership meet in Dubai to debate content strategies at finance conference
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 29, 2011: CEOs and Regional Leadership from MBC Group, Google, Intigral, Abu Dhabi Media Company and Microsoft will meet in Dubai to debate content strategies, partnership and investment opportunities at the annual TMT Finance Middle East 2011 conference on May 9.Nadine Hany, Senior Business News Presenter of the Al-Arabiya News Channel will chair the Media and Convergence debate which will address strategies for monetising content and assess which companies are best positioned to profit from new technology, in front of an international audience of investment bankers, telecom executives, investors and advisers.
Taking place at the end of the first day of the conference, Mohamad Mourad, Regional Manager Gulf, Google will open the debate with a visionary keynote titled: “The Dawn of a New Connected World – How, where and what Google is betting on the latest internet mega trends.”
The Round Table will then feature leadership from the region’s leading media and technology companies including: Sam Barnett, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, MBC Group; Karim Daoud, CEO, Intigral; Karim Sarkis, Executive Director Broadcast, Abu Dhabi Media Company and Samer Abu Ltaif, Regional General Manager, Microsoft Gulf.
“We are really excited to have such an outstanding Chair and panel of influential speakers for this session,” said Dominic Lowndes, the Managing Director of BroadGroup TMT Ventures, the event organiser, and Editor of TMT Finance News Alert. “The relationship between content owners and technology providers is transforming rapidly and will drive the next phase of transactions and financing for telecom and media companies, so it is critical to our audience.”
Now in its fifth year, the TMT Finance & Investment Middle East Conference and Awards Ceremony takes place at the Ritz Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre on May 9-10. The event is supported by STC as Main Event Sponsor, Booz & Company, Clifford Chance and SNR Denton.
Key sessions include: The Global Telecom Strategy Round Table; M&A Advisers Panel; CFO Round Table; Financing Growth Session; Leadership Strategies for Next Generation Business; Regulation and Growth Panel, Broadband Investment; Infrastructure Sharing and the Media and Convergence Debate. For full programme details visit www.tmtfinance.com/me/programme
Register to attend at http://www.tmtfinance.com/middleeast/register/Default.aspx
The TMT Finance Middle East Awards Dinner takes place on Monday May 9 at the Ritz Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre from 7.30-9.30pm. Awards will be presented for Telecom Deal of the Year; Mobile Operator of the Year; Telecom M&A Adviser of the Year; Outstanding TMT Leader of the Year (CEO); Emerging Markets Growth Story of the Year; Telecom Debt Bank of the Year; Broadband Operator of the Year; Technology Provider of the Year; Software Solution of the Year; and Telecom Law Firm of the Year.
Nominate a company for an Award before April 7 at http://www.tmtfinance.com/awards2011/awardsnominations/
BroadGroup TMT Ventures provides specialist news, research and strategic networking opportunities for executives, bankers, investors, and professionals active in the telecom media and technology sectors in global growth markets.
Investment and advisory opportunities are highlighted through our Portal (www.tmtfinance.com), Newsletter (TMT Finance News Alert), Conferences (TMT Finance Middle East, TMT Finance Asia, TMT Finance Africa, ICT Financing Emerging Markets Global Summit, Cloud Law Summit), Award Ceremonies (TMT Finance Awards) and Market Reports.
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