EMF 2025
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The story of EMF 2025
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Youssef El Ostaz
Director of News, Al Ghad TV
Yassin El-Gohary
Anchor, CNBC Arabiya
Yasser Abdel-Aziz
Writer and Research in Media and Communication
Wouter Van Tongeren
Chief Executive Officer RNTC
Tini Sevak
VP of Audiences and Data, CNN International
Tav Klitgaard
CEO, Zetland Media
Tarek Nour
Chairman, UMS
Tamer Ezz El Dine
TV Anchor, France 24
Suha Sibani
Chief Executive Producer, France 24
Souraya El Badaoui
Dean Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University
Sohaib Charair
News Anchor, Al Arabiya
Sherif Amer
Lead Anchor, MBC Masr
Sarah Abdullah
Editor and Program Manager, ICFJ
Samya Ayish
Journalist and Media Trainer
Samir Omar
Head of News Channels Sector, UMS
Safaa Faisal
BBC News Editor
Randa Abul Azm
Cairo Bureau Chief, Al Arabiya
Ramy Radwan
TV Presenter
Pamela Kaserouni
Trainer, Google News Initiative
Nuria Sanz
Director of UNESCO Egypt, UN
Niall Hill
Lecturer, Immersive Factual Storytelling, UCL
Nader Ibrahim
Senior Video Journalist, The New York Times
Mona Abdel Maksoud
Media Learning Expert, Free Press Unlimited
Mohamed Saied Mahfouz
Advisor to Al-Ahram Chairman for Technological Development
Mohamed Hani
Deputy Editor in Chief, Asharq Al-Awsat
Melissa Fleming
Under-Secretary-General for Global Communication, The United Nations
Marc Al Asmar
Head of Creative Director, Al Mashhad TV
Madeleine White
CEO, The Audiencers
Lisa MacLeod
Director of FT Strategies
Laura Haaber
VP of Ethics, Governance & Policy at The Responsible AI Future Foundation
Khalid Khalil
Content creator and journalist at BlinX
Khaled El Baramawy
Digital Media Expert
Karina Mhanna
Acting Head of Sputnik Arabic
Jaafar AbelKarim
Journalist and talk show host, DW
Heba Galal
TV Anchor, Mehwar TV
Hazem Al Zumaii
News Anchor, Al Ghad TV
Hamam Megahed
News Anchor, Extra News
Hager Hesham
Data journalist – Coach, founder Anamat
Fady Ramzy
Adjunct Faculty, Digital Journalism Instructor, AUC
Esraa Essary
Deputy Minister - Sector Development, Saudi Minister of Media
Eman El-Hossary
TV Presenter
Emad El-Din Hussein
Editor in Chief, Al-Shorouk
Dr. Rasha Ragheb
Deputy Director of AAMBS and Former Director of NTA
Dr. Mervat Abou Ouf
Dean of the School of Visual Arts and Creativity Management at ESLSCA University
Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim
CEO, The Grand Egyptian Museum
Dr. Adel Saleh
Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Mass Media, BUE
Dinah Lammiman
Professor of Immersive Factual Storytelling, UCL
Dana Abu Shamseya
TV Presenter, Al Qahera News Correspondent
Caroline Faraj
VP CNN international and Editor in Chief of CNN Arabic, CNN
Boris Van Westering
Media Innovation manager, RNW
Bandar Al-Mashhadi
CEO, MRC Saudi
Aya Ibrahim
Head of News and Reports, DW
Aya Abdelrahman Shaheen
TV Presenter, Extra News
Anass Benderiff
Media trainer and digital strategy consultant, RNW
Amr El Eraqi
Technical Director, 4 Labs
Amr Abdel Hamid
TV and News Anchor, El Ghad TV
Amb. Ahmed Rashid Khatabbi
Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Media and Communication Sector at the League of Arab States
Alex Mahadevan
Director of Media Wise, Poynter Institute
Aldo Sanchez Vera
Multimedia Journalist and Author, DW
Ahmed Samir
Journalist and News Producer
Ahmed Ragab
Investigative Reporter
Ahmed Atef Ramadan
Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Mass Media, BUE Chief Investigator, Al Dostor Newspaper
Abdo Gadallah
Director of Editorial Quality and Insights, IMI
Abanoub Emad
Senior Multimedia Journalist, Sky News Arabia
Speakers 2025
Agenda 2025
Registrations and networking breakfast
Opening Cermony
Melissa Fleming
Eman El-Hossary
Noha El Nahass
Media in Transformation: Who leads, Who adapts?
Tarek Nour
Caroline Faraj
Wouter Van Tongeren
Amr Abdel Hamid
In Financial Reporting: How Can we Present Numbers
Yassin El-Gohary
Ahmed Samir
Special interview
Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim
Randa Abul Azm
Official opening (Data and Audiences by 2030)
Tini Sevak
Coding for journalists: Essential Skills for 2030
Hager Hesham
Chat with your data
Amr El Eraqi
Integrating AI and Automated Tools in Modern Fact Checking
Aldo Sanchez Vera
Global Voices: Rethinking engagement for 2030
Suha Sibani
Safaa Faisal
Aya Ibrahim
Immersive Factual Storytelling: Opportunities and Challenges - now and into the future
Dinah Lammiman
From Audiences to Audiences
Khaled Elbarmawy
Visual Storytelling: utilizing Video in News Reporting
Nader Ibrahim
Geminin for Journalists
Pamela Kaserouni
Lunch
The Future if Subscriptions: Moving Beyond the one Size Fits all paywall.
Madeleine White
Making 360° VR: Lasting Lessons and New Approaches in immersive Factual
Niall Hill
Journalism in the age of Free AI
Yasser Abd Elaziz
Emad El-Din Hussein
Fady Ramzy
The Future-ready newsroom
Lisa MacLeod
Alex Mahadevan
Amr El Eraqi
Esraa Essary
Elevate your Journalistic Work: Viability lessons from ICFJ (1)
Sarah Abdullah
Digital Media Leadership: Introduction to Media Viability
Boris Van Westering
Academia, Training and the Future of hiring
Dr. Rasha Ragheb
Dr. Adel Saleh
Dr. Mervat Abou Ouf
Souraya El Badaoui
Mohamed Saied Mahfouz
Navigatinf the Future: A Complete Model
Tav Klitgaard
Official launch of the 2030 virtual reality Newsroom
The use of AI in Arabic media: Sputnik Arabic as model
Karina Mhanna
Networking Breakfast
CNN Storytelling Bootcamp Training (by invitation only)
Samya Ayish
Caroline Faraj
Sarcasm Storytelling in Digital Journalism: How to be A blinxer?
You are the idea, and they are the Team
Abanob Emad
Which Screen will Lead
Mind the Gap: AI and Information Divide
Mona Abdel Maksoud
Nader Ibrahim
Ahmed Samir
AI Driven Newsroom
Marc Al Asmar
Stories from field Reporting
Ahmed Atef Ramadan
The Future of News Gathering
Gaza: Converge Continues!
Amb. Ahmed Rashid Khatabbi
Dana Abu Shamseya
Youssef El Ostaz
Google Pinpoint for Jormalists
Pamela Kaserouni
Digital Verification and investigative Reporting
Mohamed Zidan
Lunch
GEN AI in Newsrooms
Laura Haaber
Changing the game: MRC's Impact on Saudi Arabia's Audience Measurement system
Bandar Al-Mashhadi
The Future of Voice Journalism
Ahmed Ragab
AI and Ethics: Ecosystems of Response-ability
Anass Benderiff
Jaafar AbelKarim
Who is setting the Rule in the Global Era of AI?
Nuria Sanz
Laura Haaber
Ehab Sallam
Elevate your Journalistic Work: Viability lessons from ICFJ (2)
Sarah Abdullah
Are we on the Right Track?
Sherif Amer
Samir Omar
Abdo Gadallah
Mohamed Hani
Closing Cermony
Ramy Radwan
EMF Business Accelerator
Vodafone &IMI 4 Labs & Poynter 4 Labs & RNTC 4 Labs & Info Times
