Forty regional industry leaders will shed light on ongoing and upcoming trends in the hyper-connectivity era and the emerging disruptive models across the globe at this year’s Technology Convergence Conference.

Speakers and attendees will also discuss key developments taking place in areas of mobility, IoT/Big Data, cloud computing and social platforms, at the event being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman, Jordan, on May 30 and 31.

Organised by the Arab Advisors Group, the conference will focus on the ongoing advancements taking place across the region’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) markets, specifically its growth drivers, disruptive business models and, the impact of digitisation on business and society.

The conference will bring together industry professionals representing key stakeholders of the TMT industries in the Arab World. Discussions will focus on the opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation and the redefining of businesses and societies in the era of hyper connectivity.

This year’s conference has been realigned with a number of format changes and features that will make the event more engaging for the audience.

IT firm Optimiza, a sponsor of the event, will be presenting its latest IT solutions comprising the IT infrastructure, business solutions and integration in Jordan and the region.

During the Health Tech panel, Optimiza will demonstrate healthcare offerings that are specialty designed to help all healthcare facilities to manage their daily operations and deliver quality health services to their customers while complying with the international standards and best practices.

Nassar Saleh, CEO of Madfooatcom, another sponsor, commented: “As the operator of eFAWATEERcom for the central bank of Jordan, the 2016 Technology Convergence Conference enables us to tie eFaWATEERcom into other payment solutions bringing an important use case to convergence and innovations like mobile wallets allowing the customers to pay their bills using all digital channels which will help us to continue to add value to the Jordanian market.”

Speakers at the conference will include Jawad Abbassi (head of Mena, GSMA); Rami Adwan (CEO of Jordan Air Ambulance Center); Wael Attili (chief creative officer of Kharabeesh); Samer Bazyan (regional director for Mena at Yahsat); Emile Cubeisi (managing partner at Silicon Badia); Mais Daoud (director of ICT sector component at JCP); Imad Deir (general manager of Healthcare Solutions); Ra'ed Hajarat (Jordan managing director and technology director for Oracle ECEMEA); Ahmad Al Hanandeh (CEO of Zain Jordan); Jerome Henique (CEO of Orange Jordan); Marwan Juma (founder and chairman of Kinz for Information Technology); Karim Kawar (president of the Kawar Group); Noel Kirkaldy (head of vertical solutions Mena, Nokia Networks); Kıvanc Onan (regional director of PayPal Turkey, Middle East and North Africa); Sanjay Raina (general manager of Fox Middle East); Fares Sayegh (general manager of Roya TV); Ahmad Tijani (CEO of Nat Health); Irfan Verjee (principal for the service provider transformation group, Cisco); Yousef Wadi (chief weather technologist, ArabiaWeather); and Sebastien Wakim (general manager for Lebanon and Jordan, Uber). –TradeArabia News Service