Networks 4 The Next 2026

Networks 4 The Next 2026

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
27 – 28 January 2026

Networks 4 The Next

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27 – 28 January 2026

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The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina

Speakers

Guest speakers

Dr. Jassim Al Awadhi

Head of Enterprise Platforms
ENBD

Shayma AlRedha

Director of Data & Cognitive Services | Technology Operations
du

Abdulla Baghoum

Head of Technology Operations
du

Andrea Faggiano

Head of TMI practice
ADL Consulting

Willy George

Head of Network, Zain Omantel
ZOI

Shaima Mohamed Al Ali

Senior Engineer – Rail Maintenance Department
RTA

Rajit Nanda

CEO
DataVolt

Nabeel Nasser

Smart Cities Consultant

Philippe Sachs

Chief Business Officer & President of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)
Nscale

Esa Vesterinen

Principal, Head of Autonomous Networks
Detecon

Tay Wei Kiang

Head of Network Operations & A3N (Autonomous, Analytics & AI)
Singtel

Dr. Martin Wrulich

Senior Partner
McKinsey

Nokia speakers

Mohammad Abualreesh

EEC Network Engineer, Espoo
Nokia

Mohamed Askar

Automation Consulting System Engineer
Nokia

Kumeel Asmail

Head of Industrial Solution Sales
Nokia

Sebastiano Bertani

NI FN Head of Corteca AI
Nokia

Bashar Bou-Diab

Director, Consulting Systems Engineer for IP networks, Middle-East
Nokia

Michael Bushong

Vice President of Data Center
Nokia

Filip De Greve

NI FN Portfolio Marketing
Nokia

Nassim Dhamani

Solution Selling Specialist
Nokia

Pascal Dom

NI FN Broadband Networks Senior Product Manager
Nokia

Justin Doucette

Head of Corteca
Nokia

Sherif Farouk

Solution Selling Specialist
Nokia

Eric Festraets

Director, Strategic Marketing, Fixed Networks
Nokia

Paolo Francati

Head of Pursuit Team
Nokia

Manish Gulyani

Head of Technical Marketing
Nokia

David Heard

President, Network Infrastructure
Nokia

Alan Hollander

NI Hyperscaler Market VP Apps/Systems Engineering
Nokia

Tarunava Konar

DMTS, Principal
Nokia Bell Labs

Fabrice Le Pape

Head of MEA Enterprise Business Development
Nokia

Eli Leal

(CNS, Security) – Sales Lead Security MEA
Nokia

Benoit Leridon

Transportation Business Development Director Nokia Infrastructure
Nokia

Robert Levesque

Director Product Management, NI/Optical Networks
Nokia

Roque Lozano Barbero

Senior Vice President Network Infrastructure Middle East & Africa
Nokia

Michel Ploeg

EMEA rPLM Manager Data Center
Nokia

Kurt Pynaert

NI Autonomous Networks Lead
Nokia

Luigi Re

Optical Network Architect, NI Optical Networks Systems rPLM
Nokia

Javier Sanchez Pita

NI FN Services – Broadband Easy solution lead
Nokia

Alexander Sarbo

NI CTO & Solutions
Nokia

Dom Schaeffer

Director IP Consulting Engineering EMEA, Nokia
Nokia

Anis H. Sinno

Head of Middle East Africa & India Field Marketing
Nokia

Jorge Soto (MN)

MEA Defense Segment Lead
Nokia

Sadik Topal

NI Consulting Engineering IP NPI Leader 
Nokia

Cris Van Overloop

NI FN Services Marketing Director
Nokia

Dominique Verhulst

Energy Segment Lead
Nokia

Bart Vrancken

Optical Network Consultant- Enterprise
Nokia

Emilia Zagorska-Iskander

Chief-of-Staff – MEA
Nokia