2019 Speakers
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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