GITEX Digital Strategies
It’s almost GITEX time and Alexander McNabb will, once again, be chairing the GITEX Digital Strategies Forum. The Forum takes place on Wednesday 15 October 2014 during GITEX Technology Week 2014 and will take delegates through global digital consumer trends, digital marketing strategy and planning, mobile marketing , digital CSR, one:one marketing and more.
You’ll find the full agenda and list of speakers for the Digital Strategies Forum on the GITEX website here and you can register to attend the conference (at a cost of AED 1,650) here. As usual, if you’d like to connect with the speakers and panelists attending the Forum, here’s a list with their Twitter and Linkedin links!
Digital Strategies Forum Speakers & Panelists
Alexander McNabb
Senior Consultant, Spot On PR 
Tom Roychoudhury
Chief Innovations Officer, MCN
Frederic Martinent
Marketing Director for Mobile Marketing Solutions, Gemalto
Ed Gabrys
Research Director, Gartner
Carolynne Schloeder
Director, Global Mobile Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation
Racha Makarem
Managing Director of Insights and Research, VivaKi MENA
Suzanne Locke
Head of Content, Souqalmal.com
Darine Sabbagh
Social Media & Digital Marketing Consultant, Lebanon Information Technology and Services
Dr. Jassim Haji
Director Information Technology, Gulf Air
Martin Kubler
General Manager, Iconsulthotels
Derrick Pereira
Product Manager, Landmark Group
Gail Livingstone-Potter
General Manager, ExpatWoman.com
Lee Mancini
CEO, Sekari
Dr. Armstrong Takang
CEO, Alteq
Gareth Deere
Content and Technology Research Director , MEAP-Ipsos
Andrew Burgess
Director of Conversation & Viral Marketing, NEXA UAE
Christian Farioli
Digital Marketing Lecturer and Keynote Speaker, DM3 Institute
Eamonn Carey
Head of Digital/Advisor, MHP Communications
Saji Oommen
Group Director Information Technology, Albatha Group
Simon Torrance
Member, Big Data Programme, World Economic Forum
Ashish Panjabi
COO, Jackys
Ashi Sheth
Manager of Enterprise Platforms, Netflix Inc
Peter Olu Jack
Director, NITDA
Rimma Perelmuter
CEO, MEF
Dr. Suleiman Al-Hedaithy
Chairman of the Board, FTTH Council MENA
The Digital Strategies Forum is sponsored by Gemalto
* Updated 14 October 2014
** Speakers and panelists are listed above in order of appearance on the GITEX Digital Strategies Forum Agenda. The list may be subject to updates from the organisers.
If you’re a Twitter users, do check out @spotonpr‘s Twitter list of speakers and panelists and if you’re tweeting about or from the forum, please hashtag #GITEXDigital.
Want to check out who spoke at GITEX Digital Strategies Forum 2013? Check out last year’s blog post.
Contact us
If you’d like to contact Alexander McNabb about the Digital Strategies Forum, you can do so via email at alexanderm(at)spotonpr(dot)com or via Twitter at @AlexanderMcNabb.
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