Speakers 2025
Melissa Fleming
Under-Secretary-General for Global Communication, The United Nations
Caroline Faraj
VP CNN international and Editor in Chief of CNN Arabic, CNN
Anass Benderiff
Media trainer and digital strategy consultant, RNW
Boris Van Westering
Media Innovation manager, RNW
Hager Hesham
Data journalist – Coach, founder Anamat
Lisa MacLeod
Director of FT Strategies
Marc Al Asmar
Head of Creative Director, Al Mashhad TV
Mohamed Zidan
Investigative journalist, ICFJ
Pamela Kasrouani
Trainer, Google News Initiative
Amb. Ahmed Rashid Khatabbi
Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Media and Communication Sector at the League of Arab States
Amr Abdel Hamid
TV and News Anchor, El Ghad TV
Jaafar AbelKarim
Journalist and talk show host, DW
Abanoub Emad
Senior Multimedia Journalist, Sky News Arabia
Dr. Adel Saleh
Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Mass Media, BUE
Ahmed Atef Ramadan
Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Mass Media, BUE Chief Investigator, Al Dostor Newspaper
Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim
CEO, The Grand Egyptian Museum
Ahmed Samir
Journalist and News Producer
Alex Mahadevan
Director of Media Wise, Poynter Institute
Amr El Eraqi
Technical Director, 4 Labs
Dana Abu Shamseya
TV Presenter, Al Qahera News Correspondent
Dinah Lammiman
Professor of Immersive Factual Storytelling, UCL
Khaled El Baramawy
Digital Media Expert
Khalid Khalil
Content creator and journalist at BlinX
Laura Haaber
VP of Ethics, Governance & Policy at The Responsible AI Future Foundation
Madeleine White
CEO, The Audiencers
Dr. Mervat Abou Ouf
Dean of the School of Visual Arts and Creativity Management at ESLSCA University
Mona Abdel Maksoud
Media Learning Expert, Free Press Unlimited
Nader Ibrahim
Senior Video Journalist, The New York Times
Nuria Sanz
Director of UNESCO Egypt, UN
Dr. Rasha Ragheb
Deputy Director of AAMBS and Former Director of NTA
Samir Omar
Head of News Channels Sector, UMS
Sherif Amer
Lead Anchor, MBC Masr
Tarek Nour
Chairman, UMS
Tav Klitgaard
CEO, Zetland Media
Wouter Van Tongeren
Chief Executive Officer RNTC
Youssef El Ostaz
Director of News, Al Ghad TV
Aya Abdelrahman Shaheen
TV Presenter, Extra News
Aya Ibrahim
Head of News and Reports, DW
Abdo Gadallah
Director of Editorial Quality and Insights, IMI
Ahmed Ragab
Investigative Reporter
Aldo Sanchez Vera
Multimedia Journalist and Author, DW
Bandar Al-Mashhadi
CEO, MRC Saudi
Eman El-Hossary
TV Presenter
Esraa Essary
Deputy Minister - Sector Development, Saudi Minister of Media
Fady Ramzy
Adjunct Faculty, Digital Journalism Instructor, AUC
Hamam Megahed
News Anchor, Extra News
Hazem Al Zumaii
News Anchor, Al Ghad TV
Heba Galal
TV Anchor, Mehwar TV
Karina Mhanna
Acting Head of Sputnik Arabic
Mohamed Hani
Deputy Editor in Chief, Asharq Al-Awsat
Mohamed Saied Mahfouz
Advisor to Al-Ahram Chairman for Technological Development
Niall Hill
Lecturer, Immersive Factual Storytelling, UCL
Pamela Kaserouni
Trainer, Google News Initiative
Ramy Radwan
TV Presenter
Randa Abul Azm
Cairo Bureau Chief, Al Arabiya
Safaa Faisal
BBC News Editor
Samya Ayish
Journalist and Media Trainer
Sarah Abdullah
Editor and Program Manager, ICFJ
Sohaib Charair
News Anchor, Al Arabiya
Suha Sibani
Chief Executive Producer, France 24
Tamer Ezz El Dine
TV Anchor, France 24
Souraya El Badaoui
Dean Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University
Tini Sevak
VP of Audiences and Data, CNN International
Yasser Abdel-Aziz
Writer and Research in Media and Communication
Yassin El-Gohary
Anchor, CNBC Arabiya
Emad El-Din Hussein
Editor in Chief, Al-Shorouk