The Smart Handheld Summit - December 2011 – Crown Plaza hotel, Dubai will avail a platform for all industry stakeholders to discuss and debate key issues including: 

• The state of the smart phone ecosystem in the Arab World. 
• Roles of Arab telecom operators in driving the industry forward. 
• Roles of international vendors and technology companies in the regional ecosystem. 
• Roles of Media companies and content owners. 
• Opportunities for application developers for the Arab World and from the Arab World. 
• The evolving business models and revenue streams. 
• The role of clusters and business hubs in developing the content and models for smart handhelds in the Arab World. 

CEOs and Top Executives speaking at the 2011 conference include: 

• Mr. Rashid Al Ballaa, CEO, N2V 
• Dr. Abdul malik al-Jaber 
• Dr. Ammar Bakkar, Director of New Media, MBC 
• Mr.Tom Erskine, Director of Smart Devices, Nokia 
• Mr. Gustavo Fuchs, Director, Mobility ,Microsoft Middle East & Africa  
• Mr. Fadi Ghandour, CEO, Aramex 
• Ms. Nayla Khawwam, CEO, Jordan Telecom Group 
• Mr. David Ashford , General Manager, AppsArabia 
• Mr. Mohamad Mourad, Regional Manager Gulf, Google 
• Mr. Basel Tutunji, CEO, nPario 
• Mr. Hosam El Sokkari, Head of Audience, Yahoo 
• Mr. Mohammed Al-Mefleh, Director, Product Management Middle East, Research In Motion 
• Invited Speakers include:
• HE Mr. Mohammad Omran, Chairman, Etisalat 
• Mr. Osman Sultan, CEO, DU 
• Mr. Ross Cormack, CEO, Nawras 
• Mr. Philippe Vogeleer, Company Secretary, Nawras 
• Mr. Ihab Hinnawi, CEO, Umniah 
• Mr. Jeremy Foster, Head of Marketing and Government / Industry Relations, Ericsson 
• Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, CEO International, STC 
• Mr. Hatem Dowidar, Vodafone 
• Mr. Marc Ajfes, Qtel 
• Mr. Hakam Kanafani, CEO, Turk Telecom 
• Ms. Majd Shweikeh, CEO, V-TEL 
• Mr. Samer Al Damery, VP Marketing, Mobily 
• Mr. Imad Ayoub, CEO, Cyberia