TMT Finance and Investment Middle East is the leading annual gathering for telecom, media and technology executives, financiers, advisers and deal makers. Renowned for the outstanding quality of speakers and attendees who will decide the key deals and strategies for 2010. Register to meet with CEOs and CFOs operators, strategy advisers, investment banking heads, legal experts, thought leaders and investors.
Key topics for 2010 – The Telecom Leadership Round Table; M&A Advisers Panel; Technology Leaders Debate Wireless; Financing Strategies; Investing in Emerging Markets; Mobile Payments; Cloud Computing opportunities and Broadband Middle East.
Programme
8.00 – 9.00
Registration and Networking Breakfast
9.00 – 9.15
OFFICIAL CONFERENCE OPENING
9.15 – 9.35
VISIONARY KEYNOTE SPEECH
9.35 – 11.00
TELECOM LEADERSHIP ROUND TABLE – STRATEGIES FOR MAINTAINING GROWTH
How will operators increase value for their stakeholders? Telecom Leaders outline their international and local strategies
- What are the most promising growth opportunities for telcos, locally and internationally?
- Will M&A see a revival in 2010 and beyond?
- How will strategic investments be funded in the post-recession era?
- What are the areas of innovation that operators could pursue?
- How can operators effectively transform their cost structures and release cash to fuel investments?
- How can operators integrate their international operations and realize synergies?
11.30 – 11.45
VISIONARY KEYNOTE SPEECH
11.45 – 12.45
M&A ADVISERS PANEL - HOW WILL TRANSACTIONS SHAPE THE TELECOM LANDSCAPE?
Leading Investment Bankers and Legal Advisers debate opportunities and best practice for telecom M&A globally
- How will financing affect deal flow through 2010?
- Who will lead consolidation in different geographies?
- Where are the opportunities for acquisition in Asia, Africa and the Middle East?
- Infrastructure and towers sales and investment opportunities
13.45 – 14.00
KEYNOTE SPEECH / FIRESIDE INTERVIEW
14.00 – 15.00
TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVES ROUND TABLE – TAKING MOBILE BROADBAND GLOBAL
World leading vendors, network operators and equipment providers debate the opportunities from the deployment of new technologies and solutions which will accelerate the adoption of mobile broadband.
- 4G, WiMAX, LTE, HSPA and CDMA solutions assessed
- Which technologies will drive growth in emerging and mature markets?
- Network roll out issues
- The new device marketplace – Handsets for markets
15.00 – 16.00
RAISING FINANCE – HOW AND WHERE TO ACCESS CAPITAL
Leading telecom bankers, vendor finance heads, investors and advisers highlight the latest strategies for raising finance in the new global economic climate.
- Debt restructuring, syndicated loans, Islamic finance and project financing
- Equity Capital Markets, IPOs, private and public placements
- Alternative financing: Vendor Finance, Development Finance Initiatives, ECAs
- Private Equity, Government financing, Sovereign Wealth Funds
16.00 – 16.30
Networking Break
16.30 – 17.15
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PANEL
The latest opportunities in infrastructure investment and sharing in India, Africa and the Middle East
- Towers M&A and investment opportunities
- Infrastructure sharing
- Middle East, Africa and India outlook
- Spectrum allocation
17.15– 18.00
THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATIONS – LEVERAGING WEB 2.0
Who is best placed to generate revenue from social media, applications and mobile content?
- Mobile Devices: A new world of opportunity
- Platform and Operating System consolidation
- The influence of Application developers
- Commercial opportunities through collaboration
18.00 – 19.00
Cocktail Reception
19.00 – 21.30
TMT Finance Middle East 2010 Awards Ceremony and Dinner
8.00 – 9.00
Registration and Networking Breakfast
9.00 – 9.15
VISIONARY KEYNOTE
9.15 – 10.00
TELECOM GROWTH STRATEGIES – EXPANDING IN AFRICA
- Successful strategies and services for low ARPU mass markets
- New investment opportunities
- the impact of new applications and services
- Infrastructure investment and Partnership opportunities
10.00 – 10.45
TELECOM GROWTH STRATEGIES –CONSOLIDATING ASIA
- M&A Activity ahead - India, Indonesia and Vietnam in focus
- Infrastructure investment and partnership opportunities
- 3G and 4G opportunities – WiMAX, CDMA and LTE
- How to enter and partner in China.
10.45 – 11.15
Networking Break
11.15 – 11.30
VISIONARY KEYNOTE
11.30 – 12.15
BROADBAND MIDDLE EAST - NEXT GENERATION OPPORTUNITES AND CHALLENGES
Business and investment opportunities from the roll out of High Speed Broadband across the Middle East.
- Next Generation Networks, fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), IPTV, FiOS
- Fixed and mobile broadband opportunities and open access solutions
- High Speed National Broadband Network initiatives – Where will rollout lead to investment and transactions?
- Regulation and government investment programmes
12.15 – 13.00
INVESTING IN CLOUD
How telecom operators, vendors and service providers can benefit from the shift to cloud computing.
- How big is the market opportunity for Enterprise Private Clouds?
- Will operators create value from Cloud opportunities?
- How will Private Cloud impact Managed hosted services?
- Is Mobile Cloud the next big thing?
13.00 – 14.00
Networking Lunch
14.00 – 14.15
VISIONARY KEYNOTE
14.15 – 15.00
MHEALTH-COMMUNICATING AND DELIVERING UNIVERSAL CARE
How communications technology and mobile applications can revolutionise health care.
- Government initiatives for making ehealth mobile
- Telecom led opportunities and initiatives
- Integrating embedded services and handheld devices
- Mobile technology
- Regulation and legal issues
15.00 – 16.00
MOBILE PAYMENTS AND REMITTANCE: EMERGING AND MATURE MARKET MONEY REVOLUTION
- What are the best applications and services?
- Challenges and revenue opportunities for telecom operators
- Mobile banking challenges - Regulatory issues and cross border differences
- Transaction and transfer security
16.00 – 16.30
Networking Break
16.30 – 17.30
SPECIAIST WORKSHOP