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
Speakers & panellists
![Ivo A. Ivanov Ivo A. Ivanov](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/7/8/9/e/789e4c2e51c1e97702a9535bfb3aba3dd97befe3/II.jpg)
Ivo A. Ivanov, CEO DE-CIX
![Abou Moustafa Abou Moustafa](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/e/a/9/d/ea9dc5f2a01835c94878f6f29362e846a16e67a3/Abou-Moustafa.jpg)
Abou Moustafa, Vice President of Enterprise, Business and datamena, du
![Marco Brandstaetter, Regional Director Middle East & South Asia, DE-CIX](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/f/6/b/2/f6b265547de93870d744c0b4d0132488d8e5babd/MB.jpg)
Marco Brandstaetter, Regional Director Middle East & South Asia, DE-CIX
![Carl Roberts Carl Roberts](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/8/3/f/2/83f29a4eaf9b24ca4bd3017b18525fc23c1d812d/Hadaara-Consulting_Carl-Roberts.jpg)
Carl Roberts, Hadaara Consulting
![Veer Passi Kalaam telecom Veer Passi Kalaam telecom](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/c/8/d/b/c8db0a7a978ead51460102a292669142f9d8b5e0/Kalaam_Veer.jpg)
Veer Passi, CEO, Kalaam Telecom
![George Szlosarek neutrality.one George Szlosarek neutrality.one](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/e/1/b/0/e1b061efab0263ecb7734d717f97614c257abdff/neutrality.one_George-Szlosarek.jpg)
George Szlosarek, CEO, neutrality.one
![Vaneet Mehta Tata comms Vaneet Mehta Tata comms](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/9/2/0/8/9208090b0648b2b44b0c06fa9f9661e03475f205/Tata-Comms_Vaneet-Mehta.jpg)
Vaneet Mehta, Board member & Region head - Middle East, Central Asia & Africa, Tata Communications
![Mohamed Bakry Cisco Mohamed Bakry Cisco](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/3/2/8/b/328bf91a964d9a03ec8b3c1efb38ca127b5d14af/Cisco_Mohamed-Bakry.jpg)
Mohaed Bakry, Head of Systems Engineering - Global service providers, Middle East, Cisco
![Serkan Sevim – CEO, Medianova Serkan Sevim – CEO, Medianova](https://uae-ix.net/_Resources/Persistent/3/7/2/d/372d2a3665146820d54585fae83e8f57d74ae4d5/Serken-Sevim---CEO-of-Medianova-330x330.jpg)
Serkan Sevim, CEO, Medianova