2019 Speakers

World-class speakers. Thought-leaders from public and private sectors. Experts in their fields.  Drawn from industry, government, regulatory bodies, international organizations, consultancies and academic institutions around the world.

 

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Allana Abdullah

CEO

Bahaso

Indonesia

Serge Abiteboul

Executive Board Member

Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)

France

Nadia Abouayoub

Strategist and Improvement Lead

British Computer Society

United Kingdom

Herson Abreu

Customer Care Manager, Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC)

UNICEF

Hungary

Dilli Ram Adhikari

Managing Director

Nepal Telecom (Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited)

Nepal

Majid Mohamed Al Madhloum

Senior Manager Center of Digital Innovation “CoDI”

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)

United Arab Emirates

Hamad Al Mansoori

Director-General

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)

United Arab Emirates

Ghaida Alanazi

Digital Education Lead

National Digital Transformation Unit

Saudi Arabia

Saleem Alblooshi

Chief Technology Officer

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC

United Arab Emirates

Mary Alcantara

Head of Startups

MKB Fintechlab

Hungary

Enrique Alvarado Hablutzel

Fund Manager

Bamboo Capital Partners

Switzerland

Antonio Amendola

Executive Director International External Affairs

AT&T Global Networks Services Belgium SPRL - Branch

Belgium

Stefano Ammirati

Director for Road Safety & Global Advocacy

FIA

France

Alin Claudiu Apostu

Project Manager

Romanian Business Leaders

Romania

René Arnold

Head of Department Markets and Perspectives

WIK

Germany

Marta Arsovska Tomovska

Director for PAR/Advisor for IT and Entrepreneurship

Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia

Republic of Serbia

Salem Avan

Director, Policy, Governance, and Strategy Division

United Nations Office of Information and Communication Technology

USA

Mohamed BA

Head of Innovation Division

ITU - BDT (ITU-D)

United Nations

Bocar A. Ba

Chief Executive Officer

SAMENA Telecommunications Council FZ LLC

United Arab Emirates

Davit Babayan

Head of Extension and Science department

Ministry of Economy

Armenia

Uwe Baeder

Director, International Relations

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG

Germany

Innocent Bagamba Muhizi

Chief Executive Officer

Rwanda Information Society Authority

Rwanda

Kalvin Bahia

Principal Economist

GSMA

United Kingdom

Assia Bahri

Regulations Leading Manager

Sigfox

France

Jonathan Baker

Head of Science unit

UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and C ulture in Europe

Italy

Bryn Balcombe

CSO, Roborace and Director

ADA Innovation Lab Limited

United Kingdom

László Balogh

Deputy State Secretary

Ministry of Finance

Hungary

David Banes

Director

David Banes Access and Inclusion Service

United Kingdom

Junaid Basir

Head of Mobile Agriculture

Telenor Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.

Pakistan

Andrea Bausz

Head of Core Network Design Centre

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Hungary

Liam Benham

VP of Government and Regulatory Relations

IBM Eruope

Belgium

Balazs Bertenyi

Chairman

3GPP

Hungary

Abdulaziz Bin Salem Al Ruwais

Governor

Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC)

Saudi Arabia

Abdur Rahim Biswas

Project Director, WUZIUP

FBK Create-Net

Italy

Rik Bleeker

CSR Head of Corporate Affairs for Europe North

Cisco Systems

Netherlands

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Gergo Budai

Deputy CEO

Vodafone Hungary

Hungary

Kristóf Bárdos

Co-founder, International Business Developer

GreenFox Academy

Hungary

Àkos Bòna

Director for International Affairs

The Digital Future Foundation

Hungary

CHRISTOPHER CLARK

Head, Marketing and Partner Relations

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Kamissa Camara

Ministre

Ministère de l'Economie numérique et de la Prospective

Mali

Luciana Camargos

Senior Director of Future Spectrum

GSMA

United Kingdom

Jean Manuel Canet

Vice Chairman ITU-T Study Group 5

Orange

France

Hakima Chaouchi

Research Professor

Institut Mines-Télécom

France

Zhaoxiong Chen

Vice Minister

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)

China

Olivier Chiabodo

Founder and CEO

The Explorers

France

Marcin Cichy

President

Office of Electronic Communications

Poland

Dorina Cinari

Deputy Minister

Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy

Albania

James Gabriel Claude

Chief Executive Officer

Global Voice Group

Spain

Cesar Contreras Gonzalez

Coordinator of Technological Development

Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes

Mexico

Isabelle Corbett

Head of Regulatory Affairs

R3

USA

Andras Csepinszky

‎Director of Advanced Automotive Technology

NNG

Hungary

Barnabás Csikós

Business Development Team Leader

INPUT Program

Hungary

Jacek Cukrowski

Chief, Regional Division for Europe and Central Asia

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Austria

Hoang Minh Cuong

Director General

Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA)

Saša Dalipagic

Deputy Minister of Communications and Transport

Ministry of Communications and Transport

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Miklós András Danka

Product Manager and Developer

Palantir Technologies

USA

Joost De Kluijver

Founder and CEO

Closing the Loop B.V

Netherlands

Isabella De Michelis

CEO, CSO & Founder

ErnieApp Limited

Ireland

Győző Debreczeni

Project Manager

Governmental Information Technology Development

Hungary

Philippe Defraigne

Founding Director

Cullen International S.A.

Belgium

Nathalie Devillier

Research Professor

Grenoble Ecole de Management

France

Moustapha Mamy Diaby

Minister

Ministère des Postes, des Télécommunications et de l’Economie Numérique

Guinea

Jose Maria Diaz Batanero

Strategy and Policy Coordinator

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Faizal Djoemadi

Chief of Digital & Innovation Officer

PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk

Indonesia

Xin Dong

Vice President

China Mobile Communications Corporation

China

Lina María Duque

Legal Counsel and Dispute Resolution Coordinator

Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC)

Colombia

Damon Embling

World News and European Affairs Correspondent

Euronews

United Kingdom

Hipolito Ondo Envo Bela

Vice-Minister

Ministerio de Transportes, Correos y Telecomunicaciones

Equatorial Guinea

Magnus Ewerbring

CTO for Asia Pacific

Ericsson

China

Jeannice Fairrer Samani

Managing Director

Fairrer Samani Group, LLC

USA

Sofía Fernández de Mesa

Director of International Relations, Telefónica and ProFuturo

ProFuturo Foundation

Spain

David Fidalgo

Co-Founder

Asociación Española del Vehículo Autónomo Conectado (AEVAC)

Spain

Michel Fraisse

Europe VP & CTO Network Energy

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

France

Lise Fuhr

Director General

European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO)

Belgium

Nabil Gangi

Deputy Regional Representative

FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Hungary

Umar Garba Danbatta

Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

Nigeria

Attila Gecse

Senior Policy Advisor

Digital Future Foundation

Belgium

Paolo Gemma

Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 5 Working Party 2, ITU

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Italy

Fei(Feigo) Geng

Vice President Wireless & Cloud Core Network Marketing & Solution Sales

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Switzerland

Jeremy Godfrey

Chair of the Board of Regulators

Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications - BEREC

Latvia

Roy Graves

Vice-President, Technology and Finance

Caption First

USA

Francis Gurry

Director General

World Intellectual Property Organization

United Nations

Mahendra Man Gurung

Secretary

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT)

Nepal

Kemal HUSEINOVIC

Chief of the Digital Networks & Society Department

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Christopher Haley

Head of New Technology & Startup Research

Nesta

United Kingdom

Péter Halácsy

Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder

Prezi

Hungary

Zoltán Hamar

Chief Technology Officer

Automotive Proving Ground Zala Ltd.

Hungary

Jason Harle

Assistant Manager

Deloitte

Denmark

Valentina Araya Hernández

Account Executive

Start-Up Chile

Chile

Dirk Hetzer

Senior Expert

Deutsche Telekom AG

Germany

Aarti Holla Maini

Secretary General

EMEA Satellite Operators Association (ESOA/GSC)

Belgium

Yuhong Huang

Secretary-General, GTI & Deputy General Manager

China Mobile Research Institute

China

Juan-Antonio Ibanez

Researcher

Telefon AB - LM Ericsson

Sweden

Stephen Ibaraki

Social Entrepreneur and Futurist - Chair REDDS Capital

REDDS Venture Capital

USA

BILEL JAMOUSSI

Chief, Study Groups Department, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Danielle Jacobs

Founding member euro.digital (representing business ICT users), President

International Telecommunications Users Group

Belgium

Rossen Jeliazkov

Minister

Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications

Bulgaria

Toshiya Jitsuzumi

Research Professor

Chuo University

Japan

Malcolm Johnson

Deputy Secretary-General

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Bret Jordan

Director Cyber Security, Office of the CTO

Symantec Corporation

USA

Aniko Juhasz

Deputy State Secretary

Ministry of Agriculture

Hungary

Naoto Kadowaki

Vice President

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

Andreas Kaiser

Director Traffic Analytics for 5G and Smart City / IoT

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG

Germany

Ervin Kajzinger

Director of International Affairs and Strategy

National Media and Infocommunications Authority

Hungary

Osamu Kamimura

Vice President and Head of Spectrum Policy Office

SoftBank Corporation

Japan

George Kamiya

Analyst

International Energy Agency

France

Pranvera Kastrati

Senior Expert on Economic and Digital Connectivity

Regional Cooperation Council

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Masanori Katsura

CEO

Zeus, Inc

Japan

Takeshi Kawabe

President

Japan Battery Regeneration,Inc.

Japan

Hironao Kawashima

Professor Emeritus, Mobility Culture Research Center

Keio University

Japan

Kazembe Kazembe

Minister

Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services

Zimbabwe

Julie Kearney

Head of Regulatory Affairs

Loon LLC

USA

Pinky Kekana

Deputy Minister

Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies

South Africa

Csaba Kelemen

Head of Department

Ministry for Innnovation and Technology

Hungary

Bernard Kirk

CEO

The Camden Education Trust

Geert Kits Nieuwenkamp

Agricultural Counsellor

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Hungary

Lina Konstantinopoulou

Secretary-General

EuroRAP

Belgium

Gabor Korosi

Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs

Telenor Hungary

Hungary

Martin Koyabe

Head of Technical Support and Consultancy

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

United Kingdom

Ashoke Kumar Biswas

Secretary, Posts and Telecommunications Division

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology

Bangladesh

Chae Sub LEE

Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Tomas Lamanauskas

Founder and Managing Partner

Envision Associates Ltd.

United Kingdom

Thomas Lammer

Principal Market Infrastructure Expert

European Central Bank

Germany

Renze Bill Lan

Chief Strategist

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

China

David Lanyi

Head of Deep Learning Methods, Deep Learning Competence Center

Continental Corporation

Hungary

Anang Latif

CEO of Agency of Telecommunication and Information Accessibility (ICT USO Fund Agency)

Ministry of Communication and Informatics

Indonesia

Saša Leković

CTIO Serbia and Montenegro

PPF Group

Republic of Serbia

Keng Thai Leong

Deputy Chief Executive (International & Corporate)

InfoComm Media Development Authority

Singapore

Molly Lesher

Senior Digital Economy Policy Analyst

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

France

Helena Leurent

Director-General

Consumers International

United Kingdom

Jun Li

Deputy Secretary-General

Telematics Industry Application Alliance

China

Po-Wen Liu

Senior Sector Economist

European Investment Bank

Luxembourg

Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes

Chief Executive Officer

Latent Logic

United Kingdom

Caroline Louveaux

Chief Privacy Officer

Mastercard

Belgium

Zhong (Noah) Luo

Engineer

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

China

Sofie MADDENS

Head, Regulatory and Market Environment Division

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

MARIO MANIEWICZ

Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Marius-Catalin MARINESCU

Head of Corporate Strategy Division

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Anamaria MESHKURTI

Outreach and Events Coordinator

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

David Maasz

CEO

Entrepreneurship Foundation

Hungary

Damjan Manchevski

Minister

Ministry of Information Society and Administration

Republic of North Macedonia

Nguyen Manh Hung

Minister

Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC)

Viet Nam

Jennifer Manner

Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs

EchoStar Operating LLC

USA

Coral Manton

Researcher and Developer

Women Reclaiming AI

United Kingdom

Ian Mash

Director, Chief Transformation Office, Carrier Business Group

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

United Kingdom

Konstantinos Masselos

President

Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT)

Greece

Isabelle Mauro

Director, Head Digital Communications Industry

World Economic Forum LLC

Switzerland

Scott McKenzie

Vice President

Coleago Consulting Ltd.

United Kingdom

Enrique Medina Malo

Chief Policy Officer

Telefónica S.A.

Spain

Robert Middlehurst

Vice President International Regulatory Affairs

Emirates Telecommunication Corporation - Etisalat

United Arab Emirates

Elizabeth Migwalla

Senior Director and Head of Government Affairs-Africa

Qualcomm, Inc.

South Africa

Tim Miller

Partner

Plum Consulting

United Kingdom

Joel Alexander Mills

Chief Executive Officer

Augment City AS

Norway

Paul Mitchell

Senior Director, Internet Governance

Microsoft Corporation

USA

Américo Muchanga

Chairman of the Board

Autoridade Reguladora das Comunicações de Moçambique

Mozambique

Laura Munoz

Engagement Manager

Centre for Financial Regulation and Incl usion - CENFRI

South Africa

ALEXANDER NTOKO

Chief of the Operations and Planning Department

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

MIKO NXELE

Senior Human Capacity Building Officer, Telecommunication Development Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Jonathan Naidoo

CEO

SmartXchange

South Africa

Amanda Nelson

Chief Executive Officer

Vodafone Hungary

Hungary

Jade Nester

Director of Consumer Policy

GSMA

United Kingdom

Luis Neves

CEO

Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)

Belgium

Nikolay Nikiforov

Chairman of the Board

Diginavis

Russian Federation

Josef Noll

Research Professor

University of Oslo

Norway

Haruo Okamura

President

Global Plan Incorporated

Japan

Lauri Oksanen

VP Research and Technology

Nokia Corporation

Finland

Mário Augusto da Silva Oliveira

Secretary of State for Telecommunication

Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies

Angola

John Omo

Secretary-General

African Telecommunications Union

Kenya

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary

Office of the Prime Minister

Robert Orr

Chair, the Natural Products Centre of Excellence for Research and Commercialization and CEO

Cuna del Mar

Canada

Bram Over

Impact Project Manager

Close the Gap

Belgium

Ursula G. Owusu Ekuful

Minister

Ministry of Communications

Ghana

Jaroslaw PONDER

Head of the ITU Office for Europe

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

László Palkovics

Minister

Ministry for Innovation and Technology

Hungary

Maarit Palovirta

Director of Regulatory Affairs

European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

Belgium

Daniel Pataki

Vice President of Regulation

GSMA

Hungary

Milica Pejanović Đurišić

Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Montenegro to UN

Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the United Nations in New York

Republic of Montenegro

Honghua Peng

Chief Marketing Officer

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

China

Annemijn Perrin

CEO and Founder

Digital Skills Foundation

France

Markus Pilgrim

Director of the Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe

International Labour Organization

United Nations

Valentina Primo

Founder and CEO

Startups Without Borders

Egypt

Elena Puigrefagut

Senior Project Manager, Technology & Innovation

European Broadcasting Union

Switzerland

Gisa Fuatai Purcell

Acting Secretary-General and Director, ICT Development

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

United Kingdom

Andy Purdy

Chief Security Officer

Huawei Technologies USA

USA

Leigh Purnell

CEO

Petalite Limited

United Kingdom

JOAQUIN RESTREPO MEJIA

Head, OPS

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Esteban Redolfi

Director of Digital Future Society

Mobile World Capital

Spain

Samira Ribeiro

Systems Analyst

Instituto Atlântico

Brazil

Je Myung Ryu

Senior Digital Development Specialist

World Bank

USA

REINHARD SCHOLL

Deputy Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Neil Sahota

IBM Master Inventor and World Wide Business Development Leader, IBM Watson Group

USA

Eli Salis

IPR expert for the Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk

Eurochambres

Belgium

Mohamadou Saoudi

Permanent Secretary

Ministère des Postes et Télécommunications

Cameroon

Dona Sarkar

Head of the Insider Program

Microsoft Corporation

USA

Eleanor Sarpong

Deputy Director & Policy Lead, A4AI

World Wide Web Foundation

United Kingdom

Futoshi Sasaki

Deputy General Manager

Internet Initiative Japan Inc.

Japan

Melissa Sassi

Startup Program Manager & IBM Z Influencer

IBM

USA

Kuni Sato

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Hungary

Embassy of Japan

Hungary

David Saunders

Representative

UN Women

Bosnia and Herzegovina

György Schamschula

CEO

Magyar Posta Zrt.

Hungary

Silvio Schembri

Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation

Office of the Prime Minister

Malta

Aude Schoentgen

Principal Consultant

Plum Consulting

France

Ron Sege

Operating Partner

Benhamou Global Ventures

USA

Geoffrey Sengendo

Head, Technical Services: RCDF

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

Uganda

Ram Sewak Sharma

Chairman

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

India

Zhangshu Sheh

President

Beijing Star Time Telecommunications Tec hnology Co.

China

Walter Situ

Manager

PCCW Global

China

Joel Snyder

Director of the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project, and President

Audio Description Associates, LLC

USA

Gamze Sofuoglu

Product Manager

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.

Turkey

Gabriel Solomon

Head of Government & Industry Relations, Europe & Latin America

Ericsson

United Kingdom

Endre Spaller

Vice-President, Government IT Development Agency

Ministry for Innovation and Technology

Hungary

Victor D. Sparrow

Director, Spectrum Policy and Planning

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA

USA

Paul Spence

Chief Technologist

McLaren Applied Technologies

United Kingdom

Valentina Stadnic

Administrator

Moldova IT Park

Moldova, (the Republic of)

Christoph Steck

Director Public Policy & Internet

Telefónica S.A.

Spain

Lidia Stepinska - Ustasiak

Head of Social and Corporate Policy Unit

Office of Electronic Communications

Poland

Ratka Strugar

General Director, Directorate of Electronic Communications, Postal Service and Radio Spectrum

Ministry of Economy

Republic of Montenegro

Gergely Szertics

Lead Business Partner

Artificial Intelligence Coalition of Hungary

Hungary

Péter Szijjártó

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Diana TOMIMURA

Spectrum Regulation and Policy Advisor

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Philippe TUZZOLINO

Vice President, Environment

Orange

France

Hatsumi Tanaka

CEO

Welltool Co., Ltd.

Japan

Fruzsina Tari

Innovation Manager

AImotive

Hungary

Brett Tarnutzer

Head of Spectrum

GSMA

United Kingdom

Susan Teltscher

Head of the Human Capacity Building Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Glendowlyn Thames

Deputy Commissioner

CTNext

USA

Nyombi Thembo

Director for the Rural Development Fund (RCDF)

Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

Uganda

Karin Thurberg

Director of Product Management Europe Branch, Wireless Network Product Line

Huawei Technologies Sweden AB

Sweden

Mike Thususka

Director of Economic Development

City of Summerside

Canada

Yushi Torigoe

Chief, Strategic Planning and Membership

International Telecommunication Union

Mohammed Traoré

Digital and Innovation Advisor

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

France

Giulia Traverso

Principal Cryptographer

Cysec SA

Germany

Sophie Treinen

Information and Knowledge Management Officer

FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Hungary

János Tremmel

Director of Network Technology

Magyar Telekom Plc.

Hungary

Tim Unwin

Emeritus Professor of Geography and Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D

Royal Holloway, University of London

United Kingdom

Marc Vancoppenolle

Global Head of Nokia Government Relations

Nokia

Belgium

Gábor Varga

National Technology Officer

Microsoft

Hungary

Dalibor Vavruska

Managing Director, Research and Head of Global Connectivity Strategy

Citibank UK

United Kingdom

Elmir Tofig Oglu Velizadeh

Deputy Minister

Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Dávid Vitézy

Director-General

The Hungarian Museum of Science, Technology and Transport

Hungary

Péter Vári

Deputy Director-General

National Media and Infocommunications Authority

Hungary

Bálint Végh

Advisory Senior Manager

PwC

Hungary

Joanne WILSON

Deputy to the Director, Radiocommunication Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Ping Wang

Vice President

China Satellite Application Industry Association (CSAIA)

China

Matyas Weber

Manager

KPMG Tanácsadó Kft.

Hungary

Frederic Werner

Head, Strategic Engagement Division, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Rosarita Niken Widiastuti

Secretary-General

General Secretariat of Ministry of Communication and Informatics

Indonesia

Dominique Würges

Director, International Relations

Orange

France

Chaobin Yang

President, 5G Product Line

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

China

Naeem Th. Yousir

Minister

Ministry of Communications

Iraq

Yiqu Zhang

President of Wireless Broadband

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

China

Houlin Zhao

Secretary-General

International Telecommunication Union

United Nations

Edward Mingcheng Zhou

Vice President of Global Public Affairs

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

China