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SatCom MECASA 2009 offers a limited number of prestige speaking opportunities to qualified partners.
Do you have a story to tell?
Do you have expertise in this market that you want to share?
Have you benefited from a product or service that could help others?
Presenters and panellists will be specially selected industry leaders and experts that will share their vision and practical strategies.
There are a limited number of opportunities for sponsors to participate in the conference presentations.
Opportunities include:
- Keynote presentations
- Client case study presentations
- Panel sessions
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 Mr Yousef H Mugharbil,
President Rotana Digital Media Graduated in 1988 from the University of Denver in Colorado, USA majoring in Electrical Engineering. With over 20 years of international & regional experience starting in 1988 working for Fortune 500 companies which included StorageTek (USA), AT&T Bell Laboratories (USA), Lucent Technologies (USA, EMEA) and joining Etisalat-UAE for three and a half years upon leaving Lucent Technologies in November 2002; while for the past three years working with Rotana, the world’s largest Arabic media company in the capacity of President for Digital Media & New Entertainment.
Initially engaged in engineering designing high-speed Integrated Circuits (ICs) developing one of the world’s fastest data archival systems at StorageTek. Later joining AT&T Bell Laboratories as a Member of Technical Staff working on communication circuits in the Advanced Technology laboratory and later on, joining Lucent Technologies (due to company split) in the Global Commercial Markets and subsequently in the Optical Networking Group. Internationally, the work assignments included working in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the UAE engaging with key customers and global telecom operators. Departed from Lucent Technologies in November 2002, with the position of Director for Technical & Market Development responsible for the Optical Networking Group activities in the MEA region overseeing region strategy, market & business development and offer development, to take on an Executive position at Etisalat. At Etisalat engaged in leading the development and implementation of the corporation’s overall Corporate Strategy overseeing the Group’s domestic & international strategies reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. In March 2006, accepted a leading Executive position with Rotana Entertainment Group to oversee the global convergence of Media & Telecom and assume the responsibility of transitioning the company into the digital world and setting the overall strategy for the group across the entire digital domain value channels including Digital Interactive TV, Online, Mobile and New Media. Currently holding the position of President of Rotana Digital Entertainment.
A seasoned senior leader with a proven track record of with long experience in working effectively in a multi-cultural environment, having had the experience to work and engage with clients in different regions including North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Appearing: Day One: Monday 7 December 2009 11.20 Keynote: digital migration - the future of HDTV transmission
- How quickly is HDTV becoming the de facto standard?
- Why MECASA’s broadcasters need to invest in HDTV or risk losing market share to IPTV
- Satellite as the perfect choice for HDTV in MECASA
- Implications on regional satellite capacity
President, Rotana Digital Media |
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