Social Media Forum

3rd Edition of the highly successful Social Media Forum is back in Abu Dhabi in November. The Forum assembles social media experts, thought leaders and, media and communication leaders to discuss the impact and future of social media on the region’s marketing, media and communications. This year, through thorough research we have identified our audiences’ want/need to learn, in further detail, about effective social media for brands. That is why, this year, we bring to you, across a wide range of industries, the most influential corporate brands in social media to present on best practice in the region.


Alexander McNabb Director Spot On Public Relations	Arto Joensuu Marketing Director Dubizzle.com	Darine Sabbagh Marketing Manager Integrated Digital Systems (IDS)	Feras Hilal Online Conversationalist Aramex


Marcus Bailey Regional Head of Corporate Affairs for Mena and Pakistan Standard Chartered	Meredith Tuqan Director Social Media Omnicom Media Group (OMG)	Yousef Tuqan CEO Flip Media	Humza Ijaz Creative Director LBi MENA


Aida Al Busaidy Manager of Planning, Internal and Online Communications Masdar	Mohamed & Peyman Parham Al Awadhi Wild Peeta	Christopher Suttenfield Community Director Flip Media	Mark Soohoo Director of Digital Edelman


Rama Prasad Head - Social Media Marketing Al Reyami Group	Kelvin Quee Head of Business Development JamiQ Private Limited

Learn how these brands have implemented social media into their marketing campaign, and hear about the significant activity which has led them to be deemed the ‘most influential’
Develop knowledge and understanding of the use of social media in the financial, destination, hospitality, PR, transport, online, and journalism industries
Discover what makes for catastrophic social media; where have brands gone wrong in the past; how to avoid making the same mistakes
Understand the importance of content in social media
Listen and be aware of how social media potentially can become an ‘ugly’ matter