Agenda

9:00 Registrations & breakfast

10:00 Opening of the Peering Workshop
Marco Brandstaetter, Regional Director Middle East & South Asia, DE-CIX

10:05 Welcoming words
Ivo A. Ivanov, Chief Executive Officer, DE-CIX
Abou Moustafa, Vice President of Enterprise, Business and datamena, du
Abdulrahman Al Marzouqi, Director Policies and Programs Department, TDRA

10:15 Keynote speech: The birth of an international Internet hub
Ivo A. Ivanov, Chief Executive Officer, DE-CIX

10:45 Coffee break

11:30 Special guest speech: How is UAE becoming a global digital hub
Dr. Saeed Aldhaheri, Director for the Center of Futures Studies, University of Dubai.

12:00 Capacity Middle East Media Panel Discussion: Delivering the future interconnection infrastructure in the UAE & the Middle East
Moderated by Carl Roberts
Panellists:
Veer Passi, Group CEO, Kalaam Telecom
George Szlosarek, CEO, neutrality.one
Vaneet Mehta, Board member & Region head - Middle East, Central Asia & Africa, Tata Communications
Mohamed Bakry, Head of Systems Engineering - Global service providers, Middle East, Cisco
Serkan Sevim, CEO, Medianova

12:50 Surprise program

13:25 Closing of the Peering Workshop

13:30 Lunch

15:00 Departure for the Peering Cruise

16:00-20:00 Peering Cruise