Speakers 2023
Mark Smith
Media, Entertainment & Telecoms Consultant. Head of IBC Accelerator Innovation Programme and Chair, IBC Council (UK)
Paul McCarthy
Chief Executive, Football Writers Association (UK)
Susanne Mikhail
Regional Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for the Arab States.
Hossam Zomlot
The Palestanian Ambassador to UK (Palestine)
Jafaar Abdul Karim
TV Host of Jafaar Talk, DW (Germany)
Sanaa Mansour
Vetern TV Anchor, DMC Network (Egypt)
Mona El Shazly
Veteran TV Anchor (Egypt)
Ibrahim Eissa
Veteran Journalist (Egypt)
Abdou Gadallah
Head of News, Sky News Arabia (UAE)
Nakhla ElHage
General Manager, Blinx (UAE)
Naoufer Ramoul
TV Presenter, Dubai Media Corporation (UAE)
Amr Abdel Hamid
TV and News Anchor, El Ghad (Egypt)
Yasser Abd Elaziz
Media Expert (Egypt)
Lutfi Al Zoabi
Editor in Chief and TV Anchor, Al Mash-had (UAE)
Maha Abdallah
TV Host of Nagahon, Sky News Arabia (UAE)
Riham Al Sahli
Head of DMC Network (Egypt)
Jasmine Taha Zaki
TV Presenter, DMC Network (Egypt)
Dina Abdel Karim
TV Presenter (Egypt)
Ebrahim Fayek
TV Anchor, ON Time Sport (Egypt)
Mervat Abou Oaf
Professor, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Amr Al Feki
CEO, United Media Serviced (Egypt)
Ahmed El Tahery
Head of News Sector, United Media Services (Egypt)
Fadwa Kamal
Media Training Specialist, ICFJ (USA)
Mais Katt
Media Trainer, ICFJ
Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi
General Director of Emirates News Agency WAM (UAE)
Geoff Shreeves
Veteran Football Broadcaster (UK)
Barry Adams
SEO Consultant for News Publishers, Polemic Digital (UK)
Maitha Al Suwaidi
CEO of Strategy and Media Policy, UAE Media Council (UAE)
Daniela Spath
DW Lab (Germany)
Ahmed El Leithy
CNN Business Arabic (Egypt)
Hamam Megahed
News Anchor, Al Qahera News (Egypt)
Alaa Al Ghatrevy
Editor in Chief, El Masry El You (Egypt)
Ola Al Shafaei
Editor in Chief, Youm 7 (Egypt)
Tamer Abu Arab
Journalist and TV Presenter (Egypt)
Ayman Ibrahim
TV Presenter, Al Ghad (Egypt)
Thandi Smith
Head of Programms, Media Monitoring Afrca (South Africa)
Ahmed Zaki Othman
Journalist (Egypt)
Dina Zahra
News Anchor, Al QAhera News (Egypt)
Rasha Abdel Wahab
Digital Media Expret (Jordon)
Nader Ibrahim
Senior Video Journalist, New York Times (Egypt)
Mohamed Said Mahfouz
Head of News Channels Training Center, United Media Services (Egypt)
Mona Salman
TV Presenter, Russia Today (Egypt)
Kareem Ramzy
TV Anchor, Egyptian TV (Egypt)
Nancy Nour
News Anchor, Extra News (Egypt)
Nada Reda
News Anchor, Al Qahera News (Egypt)
Yasser El Zayat
Journalist (Egypt)
Howaida Mustafa
Dean of the Faculty of Media, The Seience and Technology, Must University (Egypt)
Devin Windlsepcht
Managing Director, ICFJ (USA)
Mohamed El Mahamoudi
TV Anchor, ON Time Sports (Egypt)
Mohamed El Hammadi
Head of UAE Journalists Association. (UAE)
Omar Abdel Naser
Mojo Technical Officer, Al Qahera & Extra News (Egypt)
Ahmed El Sayaad
Head of Digital Sector, News Sector, United Media Services (Egypt)
Ahmed Haymen
Visual Storyteller (Egypt)
Mona Bu Samra
Editor in Chief, Al Emarat Al-Youm (UAE)
Diana El Dabaa
Strategic Communications Expert (Egypt)
Fatheia Al Dakhakhany
Journalist (Egypt)
Amr El Eraki
Adjunct Faculty, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Aly Soutohi
Documentary Film Maker (Egypt)
Abdallah Abdul El Karinm Al Rayssi
Executive Director of the News Content, WAM (UAE)
Pamela Kesrouani
Teaching Fellow, Google News Iniatieves (Lebnon)
Montira Narkvichien
Chief of Communications, UN Women for the Arab State
Yannis Symeonides
Journalist, CNN Greece (Greece)
Othman Al Merghani
Editor in Chief, Al Tayyar Newspaper (Sudan)
Ruth Nesoba
Regional Deployments and Newsgathering Assistant Editor, BBC World Service (Kenya)
Jason Mclure
Director of Development, The Examination (USA)
Kassy cho
The Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Almost (Taiwan)
Dinah Lammiman
Immersive Practitioner and Course Lead, UCL’s (UK)
Matthew Capon
Video Journalist at large formerly working at publications inc. the daily Mirror, the independent, and the london evening standard (UK)
Laura Haaber Ihle
Research Scientist, AI Ethicist (Denmark)
Paul McNally
Founder, Develop AI (South Africa)
sahar Hassan
Journalist, France 24 (Egypt)
Ahmed Abu Zeid
News Anchor, Al Qahera News (Egypt)
Dean Arnett
Film maker and AI Media Tools Expert (UK)
Rasha Qandeel
Professor, The American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Mona AbdelMasoud
Media Learning Expert. Free Press Unlimited. (Germany)
Khaled Elbarmawy
Digital Media Transformation Expert (Egypt)
Mona El Shayeb
TV Anchor, Egyptian Television (Egypt)
Maha Salah El Din
Data Journalist and Trainer (Egypt)
Nora Younis
The founder and Editor-in-Chief, Al Manassa (Egypt)
Mostafa Fathi
Managing editor, Cairo 360 (Egypt)
Ehab Sallam
Lawyer and Legal Expert (Egypt)
Ahmed El Sheikh
Digital Media Consultant, Mediamise (UK)
Khaled Mansour
Writer and Journalist (Egypt)
Ahmed Samir
Journalist (Egypt)