EMF 2023
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Ahmed Zaki Othman
Journalist (Egypt)
Thandi Smith
Head of Programms, Media Monitoring Afrca (South Africa)
Ayman Ibrahim
TV Presenter, Al Ghad (Egypt)
Tamer Abu Arab
Journalist and TV Presenter (Egypt)
Ola Al Shafaei
Editor in Chief, Youm 7 (Egypt)
Hamam Megahed
News Anchor, Al Qahera News (Egypt)
Ahmed El Leithy
CNN Business Arabic (Egypt)
Daniela Spath
DW Lab (Germany)
Maitha Al Suwaidi
CEO of Strategy and Media Policy, UAE Media Council (UAE)
Barry Adams
SEO Consultant for News Publishers, Polemic Digital (UK)
Geoff Shreeves
Veteran Football Broadcaster (UK)
Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi
General Director of Emirates News Agency WAM (UAE)
Mais Katt
Media Trainer, ICFJ
Ahmed El Tahery
Head of News Sector, United Media Services (Egypt)
Amr Al Feki
CEO, United Media Serviced (Egypt)
Mervat Abou Oaf
Professor, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Ebrahim Fayek
TV Anchor, ON Time Sport (Egypt)
Dina Abdel Karim
TV Presenter (Egypt)
Jasmine Taha Zaki
TV Presenter, DMC Network (Egypt)
Riham Al Sahli
Head of DMC Network (Egypt)
Maha Abdallah
TV Host of Nagahon, Sky News Arabia (UAE)
Lutfi Al Zoabi
Editor in Chief and TV Anchor, Al Mash-had (UAE)
Yasser Abd Elaziz
Media Expert (Egypt)
Amr Abdel Hamid
TV and News Anchor, El Ghad (Egypt)
Naoufer Ramoul
TV Presenter, Dubai Media Corporation (UAE)
Nakhla ElHage
General Manager, Blinx (UAE)
Abdou Gadallah
Head of News, Sky News Arabia (UAE)
Mona El Shazly
Veteran TV Anchor (Egypt)
Sanaa Mansour
Vetern TV Anchor
Jafaar Abdul Karim
TV Host of Jafaar Talk, DW (Germany)
Hossam Zomlot
The Palestanian Ambassador to UK (Palestine)
Susanne Mikhail
Regional Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for the Arab States
Paul McCarthy
Chief Executive, Football Writers Association (UK)
Mark Smith
Media, Entertainment & Telecoms Consultant. Head of IBC Accelerator Innovation Programme and Chair, IBC Council
Ibrahim Eissa
Journalist (Egypt)
Khaled Mansour
Writer and Journalist (Egypt)
Ahmed El Sheikh
Digital Media Consultant, Mediamise (UK)
Ehab Sallam
Lawyer and Legal Expert (Egypt)
Mostafa Fathi
Managing editor, Cairo 360 (Egypt)
Nora Younis
The founder and Editor-in-Chief, Al Manassa (Egypt)
Maha Salah El Din
Data Journalist and Trainer (Egypt)
Mona El Shayeb
TV Anchor, Egyptian Television (Egypt)
Khaled Elbarmawy
Digital Media Transformation Expert (Egypt)
Mona AbdelMasoud
Media Learning Expert. Free Press Unlimited. (Germany)
Rasha Qandeel
Professor, The American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Dean Arnett
Film maker and AI Media Tools Expert (UK)
Ahmed Abu Zeid
News Anchor, Al Qahera News (Egypt)
sahar Hassan
Journalist, France 24 (Egypt)
Paul McNally
Founder, Develop AI (South Africa)
Laura Haaber Ihle
Research Scientist, AI Ethicist (Denmark)
Matthew Capon
Video Journalist at large formerly working at publications inc. the daily Mirror, the independent, and the london evening standard (UK)
Kassy cho
The Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Almost (Taiwan)
Othman Al Merghani
Editor in Chief, Al Tayyar Newspaper (Sudan)
Yannis Symeonides
Journalist, CNN Greece (Greece)
Montira Narkvichien
Chief of Communications, UN Women for the Arab State
Pamela Kesrouani
Teaching Fellow, Google News Iniatieves (Lebnon)
Abdallah Abdul El Karinm Al Rayssi
Executive Director of the News Content, WAM (UAE)
Aly Soutohi
Documentary Film Maker (Egypt)
Amr El Eraki
Adjunct Faculty, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Diana El Dabaa
Strategic Communications Expert (Egypt)
Mona Bu Samra
Editor in Chief, Al Emarat Al-Youm (UAE)
Ahmed Haymen
Visual Storyteller (Egypt)
Ahmed El Sayaad
Head of Digital Sector, News Sector, United Media Services (Egypt)
Omar Abdel Naser
Mojo Technical Officer, Al Qahera & Extra News (Egypt)
Mohamed El Hammadi
Head of UAE Journalists Association. (UAE)
Mohamed El Mahamoudi
TV Anchor, ON Time Sports (Egypt)
Devin Windlsepcht
Managing Director, ICFJ (USA)
Howaida Mustafa
Dean of the Faculty of Media, The Seience and Technology, Must University (Egypt)
Nada Reda
News Anchor, Al Qahera News (Egypt)
Nancy Nour
News Anchor, Extra News (Egypt)
Kareem Ramzy
TV Anchor, Egyptian TV (Egypt)
Mona Salman
TV Presenter, Russia Today (Egypt)
Mohamed Said Mahfouz
Head of News Channels Training Center, United Media Services (Egypt)
Rasha Abdel Wahab
Digital Media Expret (Jordon)
Dina Zahra
News Anchor, Al QAhera News (Egypt)
Sanaa Mansour
Vetern TV Anchor, DMC Network (Egypt)
Nader Ibrahim
Senior Video Journalist, New York Times (Egypt)
Dinah Lammiman
Immersive Practitioner and Course Lead, UCL’s (UK)
Ahmed Samir
Journalist (Egypt)
The Voices on Stage
Agenda 2023
Registerations and Networking
Opening Remark
Noha El Nahass
Under Fire: Media and Professionalism
Ibrahim Eissa
Amr Abdel Hamid
Yasser Abd Elaziz
Abdo Gadallah
Ahmed El Tahery
Hossam Zomlot
Naoufer Ramoul
Coffee break and networking
Main Presentation: Opportunities, limitations, and real world use cases for AI technology in the future
Mark Smith
Khaled El Baramawy
Cross- Border Investigative partnership on health journalism
Jason Mclure
Developing your Sports News
Paul Mcarthy
From Clickbait to Ka-ching: How Can AI Enhance the Profitability of Journalism?
Khaled El Baramawy
How to Find a New Podcast Idea?
Mona El Shayeb
Explanatory Data Analysis Using R
Amr Al-Eraqi
Combating Online Harms: A Focus on Hate Speech
Thandi Smith
Mobile journalism in the digital world
Omar Abdel Naser
Audiences-less Media!
Khaled Mansour
Mona AbdelMasoud
Howaida Mustafa
Mona Salman
AI-Generated Content: Who Owns it?
Matthew Capon
Mark Smith
Reporting on Elections in the Era of Social Media
Fadwa Kamal
Anonymous Sources, Who is Protecting Credibility?
Fatheia Al Dakhakhany
How to Pitch a Story as a Freelancer?
Nora Younis
Factcheckers: A Step on the Hard Path
Mohamed El Hammadi
Mohamed Said Mahfouz
Devin Windlsepcht
Dina Abdel Karim
Biased Algorithms
Ahmed ElSheikh
Lunch Break
Mobile Photography 101
Ahmed Haymen
Digital Storytelling for Service Journalism
Mostafa Fathi
Hard Equation in Economic Journalism
Ahmed Al-Leithy
Take your First Steps in Journalism
Master your Message: Crafting a Powerful Communication Strategy
Diana El Dabaa
What if there is no investigative journalism
Jason Mclure
Mais Katt
Developing your Digital Reporting
Pamela Kaserouni
News Coverage Using Open Sources Tools and Techniques
Nader Ibrahim
The Future is Here: The Skills of Tomorrow in Demand Now
Paul MacNally
Dean Arnett
Dina Zahra
Registration and networking
Susanne Mikhail Eldhagen, regional director, UN Women Arab States
Wall of Fame: Female Journalists in the Arab Press
Sanaa Mansour
Riham Al Sahli
Mona Bu Samra
Jasmine Taha Zaki
Maha Abdallah
News on Social Media Style
sahar Hassan
Professional Reporting Inclusive Coveage for Women Issues and Challenges Posed by Disinformation
Ahmed Zaki Othman
Montira Narkvichien
Unlocking the Power of Gamification in Content Production
Rasha Abdel Wahab
Investigative Journalism: Rules and Ethical Codes
Rasha Qandeel
Unveiling Digital Threasts to Elections in MENA Region
Anass Benderiff
Problematic Coverage of the Armed Conflicts
Othman Al Merghani
Dr. Mervat Abou Ouf
Ahmed Abou Zeid
Ayman Ibrahim
The future of News: key Changes
Abdallah Abdul El Karinm Al Rayssi
Khaled Elbarmawy
Nada Reda
Immersive Factual Storytelling: Oportunities and Challenges
Dinah Lammiman
Coffee Break
Media, Audiences and the Technology Race
Amr Al Feki
Nakhla ElHage
Mona El Shazly
Cross-Culture Media: With or Against Diversity?
Jafaar A. Karim
Yannis Symeonides
Ruth Nesoba
Tamer Abu Arab
Ahmed Samir
sahar Hassan
Adjusting Terms used in Armed Conflicts Coverage
Ehab Sallam
Discovering New Techniques of Storytelling
Pamela Kaserouni
Instagram for News Stories
Kassy cho
Institute for Experiential AI" Model
Lunch Break
Elections Reporting 2.0: Using Data, Visuals and Stories.
Mais Katt
Verification in the Newsrooms
Maha Salah El Din
SEO from A TO Z
Barry Adams
Building Artificial Intelligence Models to Analyze Textual Data Analyzing News About the War in Gaza.
Amr Al-Eraqi
AI Tools in Newsrooms
Dean Arnett
Government Communication During Crisis
Hamam Megahed
Raise your Voice on Social Media
Matthew Capon
The DW LAB: How we Create Innovative Journalistic Products
Daniela Spath
Sports Media: Between Professional Standards and Marketing Roles
Ebrahim Fayek
Kareem Ramzy
Mohamed El Mahamoudi
Closing remarks by experts and closing cermony
EMF 2023 Highlights
25-11-2025
A keynote session addressing the future of media development in the region
25-11-2025
A keynote session addressing the future of media development in the region
25-11-2025
A keynote session addressing the future of media development in the region
25-11-2025
A keynote session addressing the future of media development in the region
25-11-2025
A keynote session addressing the future of media development in the region
25-11-2025
A keynote session addressing the future of media development in the region
Sponsors & Partners
International Partner:
International Center for Journalists
FWA
DW
Google News Initiative
Exclusive Telecom Partner
Vodafone
Knowledge Partner
UN Women
Al Qahera News
Media Partners
Channel One
Youm7
Sky News Arabia
Al Watan
DMC
CBC
ON
Al Qahera News
FWA
Hayah Karima
TeN TV
Masrawy
Al Masry Al Youm
Al Shorouk
Al Ain
Kora Plus
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