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Anticipating Its Members’ and Industry Leaders’ International

Travel Constraints, SAMENA Council Announces Postponement of

Leaders’ Summit 2020 to Late June

In consideration of current travel restrictions situation, SAMENA Council feels its objectives in all its leadership gatherings.
announced across organizations, and fundamental objective of ensuring its I feel that our decision to postpone the
requests received from private and Leaders’ Summit’s signature-class, leadership gathering from April to end of
public-sector industry leaders invited to comfortable business conference June, tentatively, will meet the approval
participate in the Leaders’ Summit 2020, ambience for SAMENA Council Members, of the Industry. SAMENA Council will
SAMENA Telecommunications Council policymakers, business decision-makers, communicate on this slight change in
announces that the annual leadership and experts, invited to delve into important plans with invited personalities on an
gathering of business leaders and regional discussions, may not be fulfilled. Thus, individual basis.”
change-makers, originally scheduled to despite having put in place comprehensive
take place in Dubai on April 9th, will now be health measures, it has been decided The SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit is
held later in June 2020. SAMENA Council to take all constructive feedback from an annual leadership event, encompassing
will announce the new date in the coming Members and the Industry into account private and government sector leaders’
weeks. and officially announce the postponement gathering, business networking,
of the Leaders’ Summit 2020. innovation exhibition, various bi-lateral
The agenda of the Leaders’ Summit 2020 closed-door meetings among CEOs and
is centered on bringing Telecom and non- CEO of SAMENA Council, Bocar BA, has Regulators, and expert panel discussions,
Telecom industries together to hold cross- stated that “For us to have a productive held among stakeholders in business-
industry discussions in order to build cross-industry dialogue with concerned conducive ambience. To be held under
the case for 5G investments and to see decision-makers, it is absolutely essential the theme “Harnessing 5G Across
how telecommunications technologies, that all concerned stakeholders are Industries”, Leaders’ Summit 2020 will
especially 5G and associated technologies, physically present during the power- take discussions from earlier editions
can catalyze infusion of other industries packed discussions we have planned for of the Leaders’ Summit forward toward
across all walks of citizen life and layers the Leaders’ Summit 2020. It is, however, ensuring inclusiveness of other industries
of the human society in a wholesome, equally important to us that inclusiveness and verticals as the global Digital Economy
smartly integrated and beneficial manner. as well as well-being of all industry leaders evolves with the help of 5G technologies.
are ensured. SAMENA Council always
However, in view of the prevailing health endeavors toward fulfilling both of these

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