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For the first time, GITEX Tech Week & GITEX Future Stars will feature a combined conference programme, bringing the best of both worlds – tech titans and startups – in one truly empowering agenda.

• Learn from 460 of the biggest tech minds on stage

• Power-packed keynote sessions and 9 sector-focused conferences

• 290+ hours of debating and discussing major trends: 5G, Healthcare, Marketing & more

All conferences will be held in Za'abeel Hall 4, 5, & 6.

Conference Programme

Conference ProgrammeThe biggest & boldesttechnology show in MENA& South Asia

David Stillman Generational Expert (US)

Nasir Kenea, Chief Information Officer, City of Markham (Canada)

Kai Schmidhuber, Digital & Innovation Expert (Germany)

Aik van Eemeren, CTO Innovation team, Lead Public Tech, City of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

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In conversation with Bozoma Saint John Making big moves with no regrets Bozoma Saint John, CMO, Endeavor (US)

Jonah Stillman Generational Expert (US)

Safder Nazir, Regional Vice President Digital Industries Strategy, Huwaei (UAE)

Connor BlakleyCMO, Campus Agency (US)

Brian Brockway, Chief Technology Officer, Vice President, Commvault (US)

Zak NormandinFounder & CEO, Iris Nova (US)

Gary Brantley, CIO, City of Atlanta (US)

Iddris SanduTechnology Architect (US)

Lucy Hedges, BBC Presenter and Technology Editor, UK Metro (UK)

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In conversation with Tyler Shultz An ethical dilemma – When to say enough is enough

Tyler Shultz, Whistle-blower Theranos (US)

Leading innovation with Etisalat digital transformation

Mike Sutcliff, Global Chief Executive, Accenture Digital (US)

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Saleem AlblooshiChief Technology Officer du (UAE)

Dr. Mohamed Madkour VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions - Huawei (CHINA)

Hatem BamatrafChief Technology Officer, Etisalat International (UAE)

Fadi PharaonPresident, EricssonMiddle East & Africa (UAE)

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Josh Constine Editor-at-Large TechCrunch (US)

FEATURED: Understanding and selling to Generation Z Connor Blakley, Chief Marketing Officer, Campus Agency (US)

Ask Us Anything: What do you want to know about Gen Z’ers? Moderator: Justin Nguyen, Founder & CEO, GetChoGrindUp (US) Panelists: Gabriella Jordan, Owner, Jewelz of Jordan & Co-Founder, ExCEL Youth Mentoring Institute (US) Connor Blakley, Chief Marketing Officer, Campus Agency (US) Jonah Stillman, Generational Experts (US) Haile Thomas, Founder & CEO, HAPPY (Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth) (US)

Battleground 5G - What is at stake and what will it take to win? Moderated by: Elisabeth Braw, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI (UK) Panelists: Fadi Pharaon, Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa, Ericsson (UAE) Hatem Bamatraf, Chief Technology Officer, Etisalat International (UAE) Saleem Alblooshi, Chief Technology Officer, du (UAE) Du Yeqing, VP of 5G Product Line, Huawei (China)

TechCrunch Editor Josh Constine’s secrets to pitching Josh Constine, Editor-at-Large, TechCrunch (US)

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Chairperson’s opening remarks Pavel Kireyev, Assistant Professor of Marketing, INSEAD (France)

UNPLUGGED CONVERSATION AI Wows Wimbledon! Sam Seddon, Sports and Entertainment Sponsorship lead, IBM (UK) Dirk Karsten Beth, Managing Director and Founder, Hyalescent Ventures (US)

INSEAD POWERED WORKSHOP (No) Marketing for Machine Learning: The Case of a Deep Learning Startup Pavel Kireyev, Assistant Professor of Marketing, INSEAD (France)

RECRUIT ME, I’M 9! Adam El-Rafey, Child Prodigy (UAE)

The Mobility Gold Rush Thomas Mueller, Fjord General Manager - Europe, Africa, Latin America, Accenture (Germany)

FEATURED: Make way for Gen Z David & Jonah Stillman, Generational Experts (US)


Be insightful - Taking a look at the startup crowd globally Moderated by:Will Hutson, Founder & CEO, LMTD (UAE) Panelists:Ines Verschueren, Principal, Greyhound Capital (UK) Dirk Beth, Managing Director, Hyalescent Ventures (US) Sharif El-Badawi, Managing Partner, 500 Startups MENA (US)Kareem Elsirafy, Managing Partner, Modus Capital (US)

The state of innovation and venture capital in the Middle East Moderated by: Phillip Bahoshy, Founder, MAGNiTT (UAE) Panelists: Waleed Khalil, Managing Partner, Endure Capital (Egypt) Hasan Haider, Partner, 500 Startups (UAE)Vera Futorjanski, Director of Innovation & Partnerships, 500 Startups (UAE) Heather Henyon, Founder, WAIN (UAE)

Scaling Portfolios: When money isn’t enough – How can you distinguish yourself? Moderated by: Tom Strodtbeck, Program Director, UK-MENA Hub (UK) Panelists: Chris Haley, Co-Founder & Partner, 01 Ventures (UK) Kerstin Cooley, Managing Partner, Brightly Ventures (Sweden) Daniel Keiper-Knorr, Founder & General Partner, SpeedInvest (Austria)Younghoon Park, Executive Vice President, GS Shop (Korea)

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Chairperson's operning remarks Lucy Hedges, BBC Presenter and Technology Editor, UK Metro (UK)

Topic coming soon! Mike Sutcliff, Global Chief Executive, Accenture Digital (US)

In conversation with Tyler Shultz An ethical dilemma – When to say enough is enough Tyler Shultz, Whistle-blower, Theranos (US)Interviewed by: Josh Constine, Editor-at-Large, TechCrunch (US)

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Manage your Business the Cloud ERP way Ahmed Sami, Senior Sales Director - Gulf, KSA, CEE, CIS and Turkey, NetSuite

A Modern Approach to Change Management Arpan Makwana, Sr. Vice President - Innovation Strategy, Evosysglobal

Disrupting Customer Experience with AI Hamza Nasir, Strategic Business Director, LiveAdmins DMCC

Opening session Innovation Hubs: Spurring Innovation Through Stakeholder Engagement Moderated by: PK Gulati, Founder, SmartStart Fund Panelists: Danish Farhan, CEO, Xische Goncalo Fernandes, Head of Open Innovation, Etisalat Ned Jaroudi, Serial Innovation Intrapreneur and Ecosystem Builder

Saudi Arabia: From A Kingdom of Oil To Kingdom of Startups Moderated by:Ahmed Abdulwahab, CEO, Next Arabia Panelists:Dr. Ahmed Al Theneyan, Deputy Minister, Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology(MCIT) Dr. Nabeel Koshak, Saudi Venture Capital Company(SVC) Nawaf Al Sahhaf, CEO, BADIR Othman Dahash Aldahash, Vice President Corporate Development, STC GroupEsam Al Thukair, Vice Governor Entrepreneurship Monshaia, SME General Authority

The Future of Banking in Saudi Arabia and the UAE: FinTech or TechFin Moderated by: Ahmed Abdulwahab, CEO, Next ArabiaPanelists: Nejoud Al Mulaik, Director, Fintech Saudi Raja Al Mazrouei, Executive Vice President, DIFC FinTech Hive Abdulaziz Al Jouf, CEO & Founder, Paytabs Lutfi Zakhour, Managing Director, Accenture Strategy, Middle East & Turkey

Meet Saudi Female Entrepreneurs Paving The Future Moderated by: Ahmed Abdulwahab, CEO, Next ArabiaPanelists: Noura Alnasser, CEO & Founder Greenish Jawaher H. Afandi, CEO & Founder Associates Khawlah Almadoudi, CEO & Founder Deerasa

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Passion isn’t found, it’s nurtured Benjamin Stern, CEO, Nohbo (US)

The Making Of A Young Entrepreneur: Developing the mindset of an entrepreneur Gabrielle Jordan, Owner, Jewelz of Jordan & Co-Founder, ExCEL Youth Mentoring Institute (US)

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Journey to millionaire property tycoon status at 19 years old Akshay Ruparelia, Founder & Managing Director, Doorsteps.co.uk (UK)

Utilising LinkedIn for your stepping into your careerJustin Nguyen, Founder & CEO, GetChoGrindUp (US)

Rediscover your potential and make sense of your ideas Iddris Sandu, Technology Architect (US)

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GITEX Crowdforce Mario Meir-Huber, Head of Big Data, Analytics & AI CoE - A1 Telekom Austria Martin Beltrop, Senior Director Portfolio Management, Nokia Enterprise - Nokia (Germany) Robert Grant, Vice President – Global Government Affairs - Cruise

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5G, AI & IOT intelligent connectivity empowering digital transformation of business and nations Dr. Mohamed Madkour, VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions - Huawei (CHINA) Presentation: The countdown to full-scale 5G roll-out and working to meet demand from operators Fadi Pharaon, President - Middle East & Africa, Ericsson (UAE)

Presentation: Transitioning to the Speed of the Infinite Possibilities and Full Potential of 5G Osman Sultan, CEO, du (UAE)

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Panel: 5G & IoT at the core of powering intelligent industry and manufacturing Moderator: Dritan Kaleshi, Head of Technology (5G), Digital Catapult (UK) Panelists: Jan Rabe, CEO - Consulting, Siemens Mario Meir-Huber, Head of Big Data, Analytics & AI CoE, A1 Telekom (Austria) Martin Beltrop, Senior Director Portfolio Management, Nokia Enterprise, Nokia (Germany) Abderrahmane Mounir, GM - Enterprise Division, Batelco (BAHRAIN)

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Operator’s playground: Unlocking 5G commercialisation in an untapped market Moderator: Dritan Kaleshi, Head of Technology (5G), Digital Catapult (UK) Panelists: Mats Carrgard, Senior Vice President, Business Performance, Virgin Mobile – MEA (UAE) Saleem Alblooshi, Chief Technology Officer, du (UAE) Nawaf Al Gharabally, Chief Technology Officer, ZAIN (KUWAIT)

GITEX TELECOMS AWARDS

Teaching Vehicles to Think, Drive and Talk Moderator: Dritan Kaleshi, Head of Technology (5G), Digital Catapult (UK) Panelists: Jay Giraud, Founder & CEO, Damon (Canada) Dr. Georges Aoude, Co-Founder & CEO, Derq Inc. (UAE) Mircea Gradu, PhD, Senior Vice President Quality and Validation, Velodyne Lidar, Inc. & SAE International President and Chairman of the Board (2018) (US) Robert Grant, Vice President – Global Government Affairs, Cruise (US)

GITEX Showdown Debate with Audience Participation: Are we at risk of the next cyber-Pearl-Harbor? Moderator: Elisabeth Braw, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services, Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) (UK) Jawad J. Abbassi, Head of MENA, GSMA (UAE) Honourable Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Nigeria Dritan Kaleshi, Head of Technology (5G), Digital Catapult (UK)

GITEX Crowdforce: Presentations and group discussions on the psychology of Internet and social media cultures and how memes and influencers can be optimally leveraged in marketing Dr. Crystal Abidin, PhD, Author, Researcher and Sociocultural Anthropologist (AUSTRALIA) Joe Federer, Author and Social Media Leader (US)

Conference Host’s Opening Remarks & Opening Presentation: Innovating the Content, Format and Channel Bernie Su, Three-time Emmy Award-winning Interactive Storyteller (US)

Presentation: How the strongest brands in the world target, understand, personalise and optimise each stage of the customer journey Joakim Leijon, CEO, Whispr Group (US)


Onstage Interview: Evolving the Art of Digital Storytelling: Infusing talent and artistry in the new technologically enhanced tools of advertising Matteo Gabba, Executive Director, Condé Nast International (UK)

Onstage Interview: The story of two friends launching a men’s underwear brand relying on artistry, lifestyle and celebrity influence to win on the Digital Battlefield Andreas Palm, CEO, CDLP (Sweden) Christian Larson, Film Director of Music Videos and Commercials, Creative Director, CDLP (Sweden)

Onstage Interview: Capturing your Audience and taking them on a journey - Building a following using data driven and digital first strategies Stephanie Peterson, VP Digital Marketing, Planning & Activation, Adidas (US)


Presentation: Collaborative Marketing: New Materials and Production Technology for Fashion Maria Intscher, Vice President & Design Director - RTW, Vera Wang (US)

Onstage Discussion: Harnessing the power of fashion brands to influence positive change through digital marketing Maria Intscher, Vice President & Design Director - RTW, Vera Wang (US) Stephanie Peterson, VP Digital Marketing, Planning & Activation, Adidas (US)

GITEX DIGITAL MARKETING AWARDS

Onstage Interview: Instagram Marketing and the Shift in Customer Acquisition Zak Normandin, Founder & CEO, Iris Nova (US)

Digital Marketing Strategies to target Enterprise Clients Susan Jain, CMO (Middle East & Africa), IBM (UAE) Fida Kibbi, Vice President, Head of Marketing, Communications, Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility (MEA), Ericsson (UAE)


Opening Address: Spurring innovation and technology: What are the drivers behind a vibrant regional tech and investment ecosystem?William Chappell, CFO & EVP, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (UAE)

Funding for success: Vet closely! Moderated by: Omar Hassan, Founder & CEO, UK-MENA Hub (UK) Panelists: Nick Slater, Partner, AI Seed (UK) Carmen Alfonso-Rico, Investor, Samaipata VC (UK) Soline Kauffman, Engagement & Partnerships Director, Blisce (France)

Getting social: Invest for good and still reap the rewards Moderated by: Barbara Kurshan, Senior Fellow & Innovation Advisor, University of Pennsylvania (US) Panelists: Henry Wigan, Co-Founder, Mustard Seed VC (UK) Anulika Ajuto, Investment Director, Open Society Foundation (UK) Shainoor Khoja, Managing Director, Better Business Enterprise & Chief Impact Officer, Foundation Holdings (UAE)

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Chairperson’s opening remarks Bernie Su, Three-time Emmy Award Winning Interactive Storyteller (US)

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Transformation of Cities in the 4IR Moderated by: Lucy Hedges, BBC Presenter and Technology Editor, UK Metro (UK)Panelists: Gary Brantley, CIO, City of Atlanta (US)Safder Nazir, Regional Vice President Digital Industries Strategy, Huwaei (UAE)Nasir Kenea, Chief Information Officer, City of Markham (Canada) Aik van Eemeren, CTO Innovation team, Lead Public Tech, City of Amsterdam (Netherlands)Brian Brockway, Chief Technology Officer, Vice President, Commvault (US)

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GITEX Crowdforce Hetal Popat, Programme Director & Head, Open Banking, HSBC (UK) Kris Bennett, Chief Learning Officer, Blockchain Training Alliance (US)

Chairman’s Opening Remarks Kris Bennett, Chief Learning Officer, Blockchain Training Alliance (US)

FEATURED Is imitation the best form of profitability? Should traditional players be copying the challenger? Evans Munyuki, Chief Digital Officer, Emirates NBD (UAE)

FEATURED Risks with AI: Just how prepared are you? Yogesh Mudgal, Director of Emerging Technology Risk, Citi Bank (US)

FEATURED Digital transformation in the banking industry Daniel Gould, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (UAE)

FEATURED Embracing Powerful Partnerships: Co-operation sometimes beats competition Himanshu Shrivastava, Managing Director, Head of Digital Technology (APAC & EMEA), Citi Bank (Singapore)

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Save $1 trillion by converting AI to ROI Moderator: Kris Bennett, Chief Learning Officer, Blockchain Training Alliance (US) Panelists: Sanjay Malhotra, Chief Digital Officer, Dubai Islamic Bank (UAE) Sudin Baraolar, Head of Innovation, State Bank of India (India) Yogesh Mudgal, Director of Emerging Technology Risk, Citi Bank (US) Mark Hosking, Head of Emerging Technology, Red Hat (UAE)


Open Banking Deep Dive: The reality of collaborative banking Moderated by: Kris Bennett, Chief Learning Officer, Blockchain Training Alliance (US) Panelists: Evans Munyuki, Chief Digital Officer, Emirates NBD (UAE) Hetal Popat, Programme Director & Head, Open Banking, HSBC (UK)

GITEX FINTECH AWARDS In conversation with Facebook The role of Big-Tech: Facebook to take on financial services industry Eleni Kitra, Regional Head of Financial Services & Automotive, Facebook (UAE)Interviewed by: Prof. Samir Elmasri, Chief Executive Officer, Digitalizationv

Blockchain in Banking: What are the emerging areas of interest? Moderator: Kris Bennett, Chief Learning Officer, Blockchain Training Alliance (US) Marc Taverner, Global Ambassador & Head of Market Development, Bitfury (UK) Prof. Samir Elmasri, Chief Executive Officer, Digitalization

Chairperson’s operning remarks Miguel Lobo, Associate Professor of Decision Sciences, INSEAD (UAE)

Jaw-dropping Cross Sector Applications of AI Mohammad Shokoohi-Yekta, Senior Data & Applied Scientist, Microsoft (US)”

Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery: From Open Surgery to the Robotic System Dr.Matt Kroh, Chairman, Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (UAE) Dr Ricard Corcelles, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University (UAE)

AI for Business: CEO Panel Moderator: Anand Rao, Global Artificial Intelligence Lead, PwC (US) Panelist: Rana Gujral, CEO of Behavioral Signals (US) Joakim S Leijon, CEO and Founder, Whispr Group (US)

Enabling smallholder farmer agriculture value chain using Artificial Intelligence Ruchit Garg, Founder CEO, Harvesting (India)

INSEAD POWERED WORKSHOP AI, Business & Society Theos Evgeniou, Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management, INSEAD

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Catching the Wave of New Media and Next Gen Marketing Moderated by: David Stillman, Generational Expert (US) Panelists: Connor Blakley, CMO, Campus Agency (US) Iddris Sandu, Technology Architect (US) Jonah Stillman, Generational Expert (US) Zak Normandin, Founder & CEO, Iris Nova (US) Kai Schmidhuber, Digital & Innovation Expert (Germany)

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Oracle MySQL Enterprise Edition - Top 5 things Enterprise Business’s need to know! Carsten Thalheimer, Solution Engineer & PreSales Consultant (EMEA), MySQL Global Business Unit (Germany)

A Practical Guide to AI-powered Customer Support Saurabh Prabhuzantye, Head - Business Development, Middle East & Africa, Freshworks (India)

Cloud-based IoT Implementation for Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth Udayan K. Mandavia, Chief Growth Officer, iPatientCare (US)”

Future Focused Student Education Cecil Walker Mack III, Innovation Activator, GEMS Dubai American Academy (UAE)


Society 5.0 - Blockchain & Democracy Randall Lee Pires, Chairman- Board of Advisors, Government Blockchain Association (US)

Presentation by KnowB4

SAP Security & Compliance - the inconvinient truth Presentation by: Virtual Forge

Defending IIOT: From Stuxnet to Trisis — 10 years of industrial cyberattacks Speaker: Bogdan Carlescu, Bitdefender

Presentation by Linkshadow Intel Led Security Presentation by FireEye

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Availability vs. Reliability and Choosing the Right Class of Data Centre Phillip Johnson, RCDD, Aviation Security Consultant, Osprey Systems Dubai (UAE)Murat Cudi Erenturk, DCDC, Consultant, Goradata Consulting and Software Ltd, Ankara (Turkey)

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Featured Talk: Electrifying Transportation in China and its Long-term Impact on China’s Oil Demand. Feng An, Founder & Executive Director - ICET Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang, Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Senior Research Fellow, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics

Featured Talk: Leading the Charge in the next frontier for EVs to clean up the trucking and transportation business Dakota Semler, Co-Founder & CEO - XOS (Thor Trucks)

Presentation: General Motor’s Vision of Future Mobility Gary West, Managing Director of Future Mobility, General Motors (Middle East)

The Innovators and Disruptors of Mobility Moderator:Peter Campbell, Global Motor Industry Correspondent, Financial Times Jay Giraud, Founder & CEO, DamonDakota Semler, Co-Founder & CEO, XOS Trucks Gary West, Managing Director of Future Mobility, General Motors (Middle East) Eleni Kitra, Head of Automotive & Financial Services, Middle East, North Africa, Facebook

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Onstage Interview & Audience Discussion: The B-Nano by Usain Bolt: A New Breed of Automobile Moderator: Peter Campbell, Global Motor Industry Correspondent, Financial Times Interviewee: Shervin Pishevar, Serial Entrepreneur, VC in Bolt Mobility

GITEX Showdown Debate: Is E-Mobility a Potential Threat to the Environment? Moderator: Akin Adamson, Director Middle East, Ricardo Energy and Environment Panelists: Lars Petter Maltby, CTO & Managing Director, Eyde Innovation Center, Eyde Cluster Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang, Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Senior Research Fellow, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics Jelani Aliyu, Director General, Nigerian Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC)

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Mobility Logistics, and Instant Services - Infrastructure & Challenges Moderator: Mahesh Jaishankar, Vice President - International Connectivity & Infrastructure, du Panelists: Chetan Chaudhary, Advsior, UAE PMO Derek Irving, Director Expo 2020 Operations, UPS Dhiren Harchandani, Founder, Zenboxed

Why Blockchain is a Teamsport Moderator: Gaurav Dhar, CEO, Marshal Panelists: Dr Marwan Al Zarooni, Founder, Dubai Blockchain Centre Iqbal F. Alikhan, Program Director, Blockchain & Innovations, IBM Jose Fernandes, Director New ICT Solutions & Emerging Technologies, du

Intelligent Security: Incorporating Big Data into Security Policies Moderator: Kuldeep Bhatnagar, Advisor, AD Environmental Authority Panelist: Afzal Ibrahim, VP, Head of R&D Future Lab, ENBD Jayant Ratti, Founder & MD, Nayan Technologies Hoda Al Khuzaimi, Research Assistant Professor, Engineering, NYU

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: From humbled beginnings to an amased milliom-dollar fortune Alex Lovén, Founder & CEO, Net World Sports (UK)

Creative Session: Telling Emmy-winning stories on YouTube & Twitch Bernie Su, Three-time Emmy Award WinnerUS)


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Chairman’s Opening Remarks Kai Schmidhuber, Digital & Innovation Expert (Germany)

Getting acquired: The magic behind the merge Ronaldo Mouchawar, Co-Founder & CEO, Souq.com (UAE) Interviewed by: Tom Otton, Founder & Managing Director, Create Media Group (UAE)

DEMYSTIFYING DIGITAL: For the Retailer Kai Schmidhuber, Digital & Innovation Expert (Germany)

In conversation with Vish Sankaran and Greg Moore Create true impact: Reinventing the modern organization through digital transformation Vish Sankaran, Chief Innovation Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance (US) & Greg Moore, Corporate VP, Health Technology & Alliances, Microsoft (US) Interviewed by: Joe Stringer, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Tenx Health (UK)

Accenture Middle East Innovation Maturity Index: The roadmap for data-driven innovation Xavier Anglada, Digital Lead - MENA & Turkey, Accenture


The unconventional element of trust: Revolutionising Direct-to-Consumer with Iris Nova Zak Normandin, Founder & CEO, Iris Nova (US)

GAFA though: Remaining relevant and able to compete with tech giants Phillip Raub, Co-Founder & President, B8ta & Co-CEO, Toys “R” Us (US)


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End of Brick-&-Mortar And Beyond

What’s in store: What retail customer experience will look in the next five years Moderated by: Abdellah Iftahy, Partner, McKinsey & Company (UAE) Panelists: Syed Usamah, Director of Engineering, ThredUP (US) Stephanie Peterson, VP Digital Marketing, Planning & Activation, Adidas (Germany) Bart Denolf, CEO Franchise, Sacoor Brothers (UAE)Maria Intscher, Design Director RTW, Vera Wang (US)

Powering resales as a service to revolutionise the entire retail industry Syed Usamah, Director of Engineering, ThredUP (US)

In conversation with Joe AbiAkl Machine vs. Talent: Understanding the trials and tribulations of the transformation from corporate to digital Joe AbiAkl, Chief Corporate Development Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Holding (UAE) Interviewed by Abdellah Iftahy, Partner, McKinsey & Company (UAE)

Perseverance is key: Building your startup to a $3.1 billion valuation Magnus Olsson, Co-Founder & CXO, Careem (UAE)

From startup To challenger – Differentiating in a commoditized market Hans-Holger Albrecht, CEO, Deezer (UK)


Regulatory Hacking: What startups need to know about regulated markets David Heaton, Barrister, Brick Court Chambers (UK)Interviewed by: Will Hutson, Founder & CEO, LMTD (UAE)

Life lessons on bridging the digital skills gap Amy Golding, Chief Executive Officer, Opus Talent Solutions (UK)

GITEX STARTUP AWARDS

Riding the next wave of disruption: Will your business be next? Moderator: Hebah Fisher, Co-Founder & CEO, Kerning Cultures (UAE/US) Panelists: Anis Harb, General Manager, Deliveroo (UAE) Kunal Kapoor, Founder & CEO, The Luxury Closet (UAE) Anthony Khoury, General Manager, Sonder Inc. (UAE) Geet Bhalla, Co-Founder & CEO, Holiday ME (UAE)

Bolster loyalty & profitability: The real power of mentorship in the tech industry Moderated by: Will Hutson, Founder & CEO, LMTD (UAE) Panelists: Gary Sheynkman, Partner, Leyden Ventures (UAE) Eyad F. Latif, Counsel, Latham & Watkins (UAE) Ahmed AlGusair, Strategic Delivery Director / Accelerator Manager, Business Incubators & Accelerators Co (BIAC) (KSA)

Pitching to investors: How to stand out and make them love you Will Hutson, Founder & CEO, LMTD (UAE) Panelists: Gary Sheynkman, Partner, Leyden Ventures (UAE) Asher Siddiqui, Invester & Adviser (UAE) Anil Joshi, Founder & Managing Partner, Unicorn India Venture (India)Chris Haley, Co-Founder & Partner, 01 Ventures (UK)

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Topic coming soon!HE Abdulaziz AlJaziri, Deputy CEO & COO, Dubai Future Foundation (UAE)

Bigger & Better: How to successfully scale your business Moderated by: Tom Otton, Founder & Managing Director, Create Media Group (UAE) Panelists: Ambareen Musa, Founder & CEO, Souqalmal.com (UAE) Clemence Dutertre, Chief Executive Officer, Hala Andreas Palm, CEO, CDLP (Sweden)Ines Verschueren, Principal, Greyhound Capital (UK)

TECHCHAT with the CEO Doing business in the digital age: The Digital Transformation Ronaldo Mouchawar, Founder & CEO, Souq.com (UAE)

Chairperson’s Opening RemarksBernie Su, Three-time Emmy Award Winning Interactive Storyteller (US)

Architecture, design and cultural empowerment through technology Iddris Sandu, Creative Architect (US)

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Stimulating Massive Network Effects in Decentralized AI Networks Ben Goertzel, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Singularity Studio, & CEO & Founder, SingularityNET Foundation (US)

Minds + Machines: Why are we still underestimating AI? Moderated by: Anand Rao, Global AI Lead, PwC ((US) Panelists: Theos Evgeniou, Professor of Decision Sciences & Technology Management, INSEAD (France)Daniel Jiang, Chief Solution Director, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International (China) Ben Goertzel, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Singularity Studio, & CEO & Founder, SingularityNET Foundation (US)

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Chairman’s Opening Remarks Speaker: Peter Campbell, Global Motor Industry Correspondent, Financial Times

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Are schools making us less intelligent or what? Haile Thomas, Founder & CEO, HAPPY (Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth) (US)

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks, Zaynah Bhanji, Founder, Vital XR (US)

IN CONVERSATION Technology, Humans, Evolution: What is the future of humankind? Monishwaran Maheswaran One of the youngest Computer Scientists working in the field of Deep learning, Cognitive Computing, and Cloud Computing, (US) Theos Evgeniou, Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management, INSEAD (France)

Sustainable AI – World First Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO, Bee’ah (UAE)

AI and Data Trends for 2020 Mario Meir-Huber, Head of Big Data, Analytics & AI at A1 Telekom Austria

From the North and South Pole to Artificial Intelligence Marek Kaminski, Worldwide Traveler, Guinness World Record Holder (Poland)

INSEAD POWERED WORKSHOP Managing data science projects in organization Theos Evgeniou, Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management, INSEAD (France)

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Three reasons to start building your company while studying Eddy Zhong, Entrepreneur & Investor (US)

Creative Session: The art of storytelling – Starting your first podcast Hebah Fisher, Co-Founder & CEO, Kerning Cultures (UAE/US)

Why STEM is Dope Justin Shaifer, STEM Ed Specialist (US)

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Hyperloop - Vision to Reality Speaker: Harj Dhaliwal, Managing Director, Middle East and India Field Operations, Virgin Hyperloop One

Introducing the first Robo-taxi Service in California: Lessons for the MENA Speaker: Dr Jewel Li, Chief Operating Officer, AutoX

Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Innovation (V2I) Interface InnovationMichael Zweck, Senior Predevelopment Engineer, AUDI

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Autonomous Vehicles Venturing into Public Roads Moderator: Peter Campbell, Global Auto Correspondent, Financial Times Panelists: David-Emanuel Hauptmann, Business Product Manager, AID (Autonomous Intelligent Driving) Robert Grant, Vice President of Government Affairs, Cruise

The Damon Motorcycle: An AI Shield Protecting Riders Speaker: Jay Giraud, Founder and CEO, Damon

Panel: Will Driverless Vehicles will be Safe, Ready and common on the Road by 2030? Moderator: Venkat Sumantran, Author of ‘Faster, Smarter, Greener – the Future of Urban Mobility’ (MIT Press) and former CEO of Tata Motors (India) Panelists: Jianxiong Xiao (Professor X), Founder & CEO, AutoX Mircea Gradu, PhD, Senior Vice President Quality and Validation, Velodyne LiDAR, Inc. Harj Dhaliwal, Managing Director, Middle East and India Field Operations, Virgin Hyperloop One Hani Yassin, Sr. Director, Technology Strategy, Etisalat International

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks, Lucy Hedges, BBC Presenter and Technology Editor, UK Metro

Welcome Address H.E Dr.Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General, Smart Dubai Office (UAE)

LEADERS PANEL Sensible Smarter urbanized world, but how? Moderator: Carlo Ratti, Director, MIT Senseable City Lab (US) Panelists: Gary Brantley, CIO, City of Atlanta (US) Eduard Lysenko, Minister, Head of the Department of Information Technologies, Government of Moscow H.E. Wesam Lootah, CEO, Smart Dubai Government (UAE) Nasir Kenea, Chief Information Officer, City of Markham (Canada) Aik van Eemeren, CTO Innovation team, Lead Public Tech, City of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Common Business Mistakes When Going Global Kyle Ellicott, Co-Founder of ReadWrite and Chief Labs Officer, ReadWrite Labs (US) Rami Salman, VP of Growth at Voicea (UAE) Dirk Beth, Managing Partner, Hyalescent Ventures (US)

Enhancing Prosperity in the Digital Era Safder Nazir, Regional Vice President Digital Industries Strategy, Huwaei (UAE)

Delegate coffee break Smart Dubai Data: Building The City’s Data Future H.E. Younus Al Nasser, Assistant Director General, Smart Dubai & CEO, Smart Dubai Data (UAE)

The Foundation to Smart City Success Brian Brockway, Chief Technology Officer, Vice President, Commvault (US)

Using Location Intelligence to Empower Smart Communities Richard Budden, Lead for Smart Cities, Transport and Infrastructure, Middle East and Africa region, Esri (UAE)

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GITEX SMART CITIES AWARDS

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When Sam Sam halted a city! Gary Brantley, CIO, City of Atlanta (US)

Panel Discussion: City attacked! Moderator: Gary Brantley, CIO, City of Atlanta (US) Panelist: Mario Meir-Huber, Head of Big Data, Analytics & AI at A1 Telekom Austria (Austria)Saqib Chaudhry, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD) UAE

AR and the city of tomorrow Sabarish Gnanamoorthy, Founder, WaypointAR (US)

GITEX Showdown Debate Unifying the Smart City: Enabling Circular Economy Moderator: Emanuele Bompan, Editor-in-Chief, Renewable Matter (Italy). Panelist: Randall Lee Pires, Chairman- Board of Advisors - Government Blockchain Association (US) H.E. Mr. Adel Afiouni, Minister of State for Technology and Investment Affairs, (Lebanon)Andrew Jackson, HM Consul General to Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Director of Trade and Investment (DIT), (UAE) Dr. Frans Jorna, Executive Director Digital City and Innovation at the City of Almere (Netherlands) Iina Oilinki, Chief Innovation Officer, Helsinki Metropolitan Smart & Clean Foundation (Finland) Chris Johnson, SVP Global Enterprise, Nokia Global leader (UK)

Beyond 2020 – Cities of the Future Moderator: Lucy Hedges, BBC Presenter and Technology Editor, UK Metro Panelist: Oliver Kraft, Executive Director Expo 2020, Siemens (UAE) Alan Williams, Vice President Expo 2020 Sponsorship & Operations, UPS (UAE) Alma Au Yeung, Corporate Director - Strategic Projects & Partnerships Expo-2020, Emaar (UAE)Elias Aad,Head of MENA Government Business , Vice President, Strategic Growth, Mastercard (UAE) Rashid Mohammed, ICT Deputy Chief, Expo 2020 Dubai (UAE) Valentina Riggins, Industry X.0 Smart Cities Lead MET, Accenture (UAE)

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Disrupting the retail industry: The 411 on startup-driven innovation Moderated by: Ines Verschueren, Principal, Greyhound Capital (UK) Panelists: Ashish Tulsian, Co-Founder & Chief Everything Officer, POSist (India) Pawel Kolacz, Co-Founder & CEO, IAMBOT Inc. (US) Phillip Raub, Co-Founder & President, B8ta & Co-CEO, Toys “R” Us (US) Lisen Almgren, Head of Soundry & In-Store Music, Epidemic Sound (Sweden)

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Next Big Thing: Deep Tech Made In The UAE Moderated by: Ahmed Abdulwahab, CEO, Next Arabia Panelists: Dr. Ahmed Hassan, CEO, LifeRays Dr. Salah Al Omari, Technology Inventor Dany Farha, Co-Founder & CEO BECO Capital


Four-Pair PoE: Powering the Future of Intelligent Buildings and the IoT Christian Schillab, EMEA Marketing Engineer, Fluke Networks, Moedling, (Austria) Tertius Wolfaardt, Business Development Manager, Axis Communications (UAE) Murat Cudi Erenturk, DCDC, Consultant, Goradata Consulting and Software Ltd., Ankara (Turkey) Narender Vasandani, RCDD, Technical Services Group Manager-Middle East & India, Siemon Company (UAE)

Close of BICSI Workshop Leveraging an Enterprise Data Service Platform to Remove Data Complexity Ian Wood, Senior Director, Technology Practices EMEA, Veritas (UK)

How can smartest cities limit global warming to 1,5°C? Iina Oilinki, Chief innovation Officer, Helsinki Metropolitan Smart & Clean Foundation (Finland)

The perils of the open office Ahmed Sousa, Regional Manager, Solution Architects, MEA & Turkey, Poly

TECHChat with LeadersWhat’s Next: Aspirations for the new decade Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports (UAE)

Driving Digital Transformation Journey with an efficient RPA-AI operating model in the Banking and Financial Services Industry Jeb Million, CTO, American Express, (Bahrain)

The Intelligent World: Tackling Global Problems with AI Monishwaran Maheswaran, One of the youngest Computer Scientists working in the field of Deep learning, Cognitive Computing, and Cloud Computing, (US)

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Financial Future: Seamless Payments Moderator: Gaurav Dhar, CEO, Marshal Panelist: Kanchan Kumar, CEO, Remitr Jon Edward Santillan, Founder, Denarii Cash Altaf Ahmed, Director, Digital Payments & eCommerce Solutions, Etisalat

The Future of AI: Deep Reasoning Moderator: Gary Sheynkman, Advisor and Investment Partner, GINCO Panelist: Jayant Ratti, Founder, Managing Director, Nayan Technologies Muntaser Al Mansoori, Senior Research Analyst, AI Office at UAE PMO Nizar Habbash, Associate Professor of Computer Science, NYU Aradhya Malhotra, Founding Member, Skyless Games

Disruptive Technology Innovation Ecosystems - The UAE Way Moderated by: Ahmed Abdulwahab, CEO, Next Arabia Panelists: Ahmad Alwan, Head of Strategy and Corporate Development Hub71, Abu Dhabi Dr. Asma Ibrahim Al Mannaei, Director Department of Health, Abu Dhabi Raed Kuhail, Executive Director Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Dubai Hussain Al Mahmoudi, CEO, Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park

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CREATIVE ECONOMY CORPORATE & START-UP CO-CREATION – THE ROLE OF A RETAIL TECH ACCELERATOR Moderated: Katia Kachan Panelists: Christian Kunz, Director of Corporate Development, Lafayette Plug &Play Dina Sidani, Director, Chalhoub Group Greenhouse Philipp Denisov, CEO, Brandquad Ritesh Tilani, CEO, Enhance

CREATIVE ECONOMY CHALHOUB GROUP GREENHOUSE PRESENTATION Dina Sidani, Director, Chalhoub Group Greenhouse

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NO INNOVATION – NO FUTURE: INTEGRATING DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN CONSUMER-ORIENTED INDUSTIRES Moderated by: Katia Kachan Panelists: Andrei Ryan, Head of Strategy, Yandex Market Dhruv Saxena, Director of New Business Models, Nike Marco Filocamo, Head of Startups, Fashion Technology Accelerator

FIRESIDE CHATS KEY SUCCESS FACTORS TO MIX TECH THINKING AND ART COLLABORATION Moderated by: Vadim Grigoryan, Creative Director & Brand Strategist Megha Malagatti, Marketing Director, ST Dupont Christian Larson, Co-founder & CEO, CDLP Andreas Palm, Co-founder, CDLP

KEYNOTE: ART AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE SERVICE OF HIGH QUALITY ASPIRATIONAL BRANDSVadim Grigoryan, Creative Director & Brand Strategist

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AR-VR in Education: Using Visual Methods to Help Engagement Moderator: Anna Batchelder, Co-founder and CEO, Bon Education Panelist: Mayank Dhingra, Senior Education Business Leader, HP Sunil Prasad, Founder, Shichida UK Aradhya Malhotra, Founding Member, Skyless Games

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India’s Mobility Revolution Driven by Startups Kunal Khattar, Managing Partner, AdvantEdge

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Chairperson’s Opening Remarks, Steve Bambury, Director, Digital Inception Consulting (UAE)

The Class of 2030: The technology imperative & the labor market demands Mark Sparvell, Education Leader, Microsoft Corporation (US) Dirk Schmautzer, Partner, Middle East Office of McKinsey & Company (UAE)

Gameful Learning - How Gamification trains a new generation of talent towards the future of work Joris Beerda, Managing Director, The Octalysis Group (Switzerland)

The Future of Work and how to thrive in it Karl Mehta, Founder & CEO, Edcast (US)

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Security, Education & Technology in the 21st Century Her Excellency Uza. Marya Didi, Minister of Defence, Republic of Maldives


Adventures of a physicist-turned YouTuber Dianna Cowern, Founder, Physics Girl (US)

Smart means Heart : The future of learning in Dubai Dr. Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) (UAE)

Knowledge Economy Beyond the horizon of One Million Jordanian Coders HE Mothanna Gharaibeh, Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan


IN CONVERSATION AI and implications on Society Artificial intelligence is a technology that is going to impact every aspect of our lives. Zaynah and Ben will discuss artificial general intelligence and the implications it will have on our society, as well as how we can prepare for the future with technology. Dr. Ben Goertzel, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Singularity Studio and, Founder & CEO, SingularityNET Foundation (Hong Kong) Zaynah Bhanji, Founder, Vital XR

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Tech for Good - Fulfilling a dream! German Bencci, Founder, Code Your Future (UK)

INTERVIEW Get Started on Immersive Education Vinay Narayan, Vice President, Platform Strategy & Developer Community, HTC VIVE (US) Interviewer: Sabarish Gnanamoorthy, Founder, WaypointAR (Canada)

Rubik’s Cubes, Minecraft … and the future of schools Adam El Rafey, Child Prodigy (UAE)

Democratizing Education: Drives Access and Delivers Better Education for Everyone Mohammed Al-Bitar, Founder and CEO, HalaPro (UAE)

GITEX Showdown Debate Injecting technology to boost the knowledge economy: Is enough being done? Moderator: Steve Bambury, Director, Digital Inception Consulting (UAE) Panelist: Sreejit Chakrabarty, Director for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, GEMS Education (UAE) Mark Sparvell, Education Leader, Microsoft Corporation (US) Vinay Narayan, Vice President, Platform Strategy & Developer Community, HTC VIVE (US) Dianna Cowern, Founder, Physics Girl (US) Mohammed Al-Bitar, Founder and CEO, HalaPro (UAE)

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GITEX HEALTHCARE AWARDS

Digital health in the post-digital era: the global challenge Dr.Sam Shah, Clinician and digital lead from the NHS (UK) Dr. Mohamed Nasr, Co-Founder and MD, Optimus (UAE) Merging AI and Blockchain to expand human lifespan and support longevity medical research Dr. Ben Goertzel, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Singularity Studio and, Founder & CEO, SingularityNET Foundation (Hong Kong)David Lake, CEO, Rejuve (Canada)

GITEX Showdown Debate: Treating the Data security and privacy epidemic Moderator: Saqib Chaudhry, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD) UAE Panelist: Dr.Joel Selanikio, Co-Founder and CEO Magpi and Physician Georgetown University (US) Christopher P. Boone, Vice President and Lead of Global Medical Epidemiology and Big Data Analysis, Pfizer (US) Dr.Sam Shah, Clinician and digital lead from the NHS (UK)

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In pursuit of unlimited clean, safe and carbon-free energy Christopher Mowry, CEO, General Fusion (Canada) Interviewed by Adriana Karaboutis, Group Chief Information & Digital Officer, National Grid (US)

The Intelligent, Proactive Future of Medicine: Where can Technology Take Us?Dr. Daniel Kraft, MD Faculty Chair for Medicine, Singularity University & Founder & Chair, Exponential Medicine (US)


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Chairperson’s Opening Remarks, Lucy Hedges, BBC Presenter and Technology Editor, UK Metro

SPOTLIGHT Research at the frontline of innovation Moderator: Dr.Rakesh Suri, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (UAE) Panelist: Dr. Rasheed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Head of Medical Research, Department of Health Abu Dhabi (UAE) Dr. Daniel Kraft, MD Faculty Chair for Medicine, Singularity University & Founder & Chair, Exponential Medicine (US)

Big Data, AI, and the Consumerization of Healthcare Dr.Joel Selanikio, Co-Founder and CEO Magpi and Physician, Georgetown University (US)

Living Hospital of tomorrow Iain Hennessey, Surgeon and Clinical Director of Innovation, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (UK) Interviewer: Zaynah Bhanji, Founder, Vital XR (Canada)


Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare, The Cleveland Clinic Way Dr.Aziz Nazha, Director, Center of Clinical Artificial Intelligence, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio (US)

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UNPLUGGED Close up to cancer: Tech-guided Precision Genome Engineering Alexandar Reinaldo Pérez, Author, Guidescan (US) Dirk Beth, Managing Partner, Hyalescent Ventures (US)


Accelerating drug development with real-world evidence and AI-powered Intelligence Christopher P. Boone, Vice President and Lead of Global Medical Epidemiology and Big Data Analysis, Pfizer (US)

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Partnering With Cities: Bird’s Approach to Providing Accessible, Equitable, and Responsible Transportation Speaker: Haya Douidri, Head of Public Policy and Government Partnerships (Southern Europe, Benelux, Middle East) Bird (NL)

Panel Discussion: Taking on MENA’s Micromobility Challenge with E-Scooters Panelists: H.E Mohammed Sultan Al Obaidly, Assistant Secretary General, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future (Council of Ministers) Hussain Mohammed Al Mahmoudi, CEO, American University of Sharjah Enterprises (AUSE) & CEO, Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SRTIP) (UAE) Dr. Sarah Haynes, Co-Founder, Co-CEO & Co-Chairwoman - Bolt Mobility (US) Haya Douidri, Head of Public Policy and Government Partnerships (Southern Europe, Benelux, Middle East) Bird (NL)

Book Signing with Venkat Sumantran, Author of ‘Faster, Smarter, Greener – the Future of Urban Mobility’ (MIT Press) and former CEO of Tata Motors (India)

Presentation: The Role Geospatial in Future Mobility Speaker: Richard Budden, Lead for Smart Cities, Transport and Infrastructure, Middle East and Africa region, Esri (UAE)

Transforming Transportation by means of Technology and Urban Planning, and Engineering Social Behaviour Speaker: Venkat Sumantran, Author of ‘Faster, Smarter, Greener – the Future of Urban Mobility’ (MIT Press) and former CEO of Tata Motors

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks, Paul Kewene-Hite, Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise - INSEAD

SingularityNET Powered Workshop The next wave of Innovation in AI Dr. Ben Goertzel, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Singularity Studio and, Founder & CEO, SingularityNET Foundation

How can 5G benefit from AI Henrique Vale, Nokia Software VP MEA at Nokia (UAE)

The Blue print for AI enabled digital transformation Milan Sheth, Executive Vice President, IMEA, Automation Anywhere (UAE)

Inspiring Hollywood’s emotions Bernie Su, 3X EMMY Award-Winner. Creator of VANITY starring DENISE RICHARDS (US) Rana Gujral, CEO of Behavioral Signals (US)

INSEAD POWERED - AI vs Human Judgment Miguel Lobo, Associate Professor of Decision Sciences, INSEAD

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GITEX Crowdforce Discussion Group 1: Renewable Energy Trends (Group Leader: Akin Adamson, Director Middle East, Ricardo Energy and Environment) Discussion Group 2: Power Distribution and Energy Storage Solutions (Adel Al Tamimi, Director Artificial Intelligence – I&TF, DEWA (UAE) Discussion Group 3: Oil and Gas Exploration (Sak Nayagam, Global Marketing Director - Digital, Baker Hughes)

Chairman’s Opening Remarks Sak Nayagam, Global Marketing Director - Digital, Baker Hughes (UK)

Opening Presentation. Forecasting World Energy Demand anticipated impact on price from recent market developments Speaker: Robin Mills, CEO, Qamar Energy (UAE)

Is data the new oil? How the world of energy thrives in the Digital Transformation era! Speaker: Matt Watts, Director of Technology & Strategy, NetApp (UK)

Electrifying Transportation in China and its Long-term Impact on China’s Oil Demand Speaker: Feng An, Founder & Executive Director, ICET (US)

Seeing all sides of the E-Mobility Transition and its impact on energy demand. Moderator: Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang, Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Senior Research Fellow, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics (China) Panelists: Feng An, Founder & Executive Director, ICET (US) Dakota Semler, Co-Founder & CEO, XOS (Thor Trucks) (US) Akin Adamson, Director Middle East, Ricardo Energy and Environment (UK)


Amping up the tech - Digital Technology in the Power Sector: what does it look like and how do we get there? Speaker: Adriana Karaboutis, Group Chief Information & Digital Officer, National Grid (US)

Partnering in Transformative Technologies and Business Models to Maximise the ROI of Renewables and Clean Energy Solutions Moderator: Sak Nayagam, Global Marketing Director - Digital, Baker Hughes Panelists: Adriana Karaboutis, Group Chief Information & Digital Officer, National Grid (US) Adel Al Tamimi, Director Artificial Intelligence – I&TF, DEWA (UAE) Christopher Mowry, CEO, General Fusion (Canada) Tristan Jackson, Director, Smart & Distributed Energy, Advisian (US)

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Going Digital Nuclear – Making energy facilities safer, more efficient and exciting for a new generation of engineers using AR, VR and 360-degree videos. Speaker: Miko Olkkonen, Head of E-side – Nuclear Operations, Fortum (Finland)

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CASE STUDY: “Fuelling the Future” – accelerating digital transformation across the Oil & Gas sector Speaker: Sak Nayagam, Global Marketing Director, Digital, Baker Hughes

Paving the Road for New Technology in Oil & Gas Exploration Moderator: ElFadl Ibrahim, Advisor, Digital Oil Field, ADNOC (UAE) Panelists: Amr Hujainah, MEA DELFI Champion (The E&P Cognitive Environment), Schlumberger (UAE) Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton (US) Sak Nayagam, Global Marketing Director - Digital, Baker Hughes (UK) Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA - Nigeria)

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Fundamentals of Passive Optical LAN Ahmed Ghazy, RCDD, Technical Manager, MEA & APAC, Excel Networking, UAE Indrajith Parakrama Munaweera, BSc, MIIESL, MSc, MBA, PMP, Senior Project Manager | Tamdeed Projects, Etisalat, UAE Osama Abed, RCDD, CDCDP, M.SC., Nexans Cabling Solutions, UAE


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Manage your Business the Cloud ERP way Ahmed Sami, NetSuite Senior Sales Director - Gulf, KSA, CEE, CIS and Turkey

Blockchain and the Impact on Our Future Areez Bhanji, 14 year old blockchain and machine learning developer (Canada)

Proven Pathway to migrate to a Cloud WMS Shan Muthuvelu, President, ITOrizon Inc”

Value Innovation and Digital transformation Ali Shabdar, Regional Director - MEA, Zoho

Move to the Cloud:Same Goal, Different Paths: Destination Cloud Nigel Payne, Senior Business Development Director, Oracle Advanced Customer Services

Malte Prien, Lecturer on Entrepreneurship, HWR (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

How best to address Vuln TI and testing / instrumenting its effectiveness Presentation by: Proofpoint

Reducing risk with People Centric Security: Proofpoint Security Awareness & Training PSAT & Closed-Loop Email Analysis and Response CLEAR Presentation by Martin Philip Blackhurst, Proofpoint

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IoT: Big Data Convergence & Integration with IoT Moderator: Judhi Prasetyo, Lecturer and Researcher, Middlesex University Panelist: Alberto Delgado, VP IoT and Digital Payments, Etisalat Vijay Jaswal, CTO, Software AG Mazen Farraj, Services Leader, ME, Nutanix Byron Gavin, Head of Data & Analytics, RBBI

Cyber Security: Both Cyber-criminals and Businesses Leverage AI Moderator: Kuldeep Bhatnagar, Advisor, AD Environmental Agency Panelist: Kamran Ahsan, Senior Director - Digital Security Services, Etisalat Premchand Kurup, Co-founder and CEO, Paramount Ziad Matar, Co-founder and Partner, Meditari and Partner

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Welcome by Conference Chair Malte Prien, Lecturer on Entrepreneurship, HWR (Berlin School of Economics and Law) (Germany)

Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang, Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Senior Research Fellow, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics (CHINA)

CEO- CONNECT and Networking Moderator: William Skidmore, Editor, Gulf Africa Review (UAE) Lare Ayoola, CEO, Tranter IT (Nigeria) Evelyn Lewis, CEO, SBTS Group (SIERRA LEONE) Nitin Anand, Executive Director & Board Member, Skyline University College (SUC) (UAE) Prince Randy Koussou Alam Sogan, Partner, WASEL&WASEL (NL) Daser David, Director General, Plateau State Information & Communication Technology Development Agency (Nigeria)

Mastering the African Tech Start-up Scene and Getting in on the Ground floor Moderator: Malte Prien, Lecturer on Entrepreneurship, HWR (Berlin School of Economics and Law) (Germany) Paul Mbua, CEO, Zirtech Corporation (Cameroon)

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Nigeria Focus: Presentations & Panel Discussions Hosted by NITDA WELCOME ADDRESS by: Honourable Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Nigeria

NITDA AS AN ENABLER OF TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA Speaker: Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) (Nigeria)

LEVERAGING THE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA - AFRICA’S LARGEST ECONOMY Panelists: Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro, Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) (Nigeria) Jelani Aliyu, Director General, Nigerian Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) (Nigeria) Abimbola Alale, Managing Director/ CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) (Nigeria) Agu Collins, Ph.D, Director of Corporate Planning & Strategy, NITDA, (Nigeria) Dr. Evans Woherem, Chairman, Digital Africa Group

NIGERIAN STARTUPS INTERACTION @ AIF An Audience Interactive discussion on the Nigeria Startup Ecosystem led by NITDA representatives

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CREATIIVE ECONOMY NEW BUSINESS MODELS IN FASHION: FROM SUSTAINABILITY TO CUSTOMIZATION Fabrice Jonas, CEO & Founder, Myfashiontech Maeva Bessis, Deputy CEO & La Caserne General Manager, L’Exception Kunal Kapoor, CEO, The Luxury Closet Maria Intscher, Director RTW, Vera Wang

CREATIVE ECONOMY FEATURED SPEAKER: THE TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY OF THE CHALHOUB GROUP TOWARDS A BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Joao Vieira, Head of External Transformation,Chalhoub Group

CREATIVE ECONOMY FIRESIDE CHAT THE AGE OF EMPOWERED CONSUMER IN FASHION & RETAIL: TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL TO CREATE CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT Joakim Leijon, Founder & CEO, Whispr Group Interviewed by Katia Kachan

CREATIVE ECONOMY EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION IN BUSINESS – USER-DRIVEN APPROACH Anand Vengurlekar, CEO, Brand Stategist, Ariane Consulting

CREATIVE ECONOMY START-UP COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT & CLOSING REMARKS

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INSEAD POWERED - Data-Driven Pricing and Advertising Pavel Kireyev, Assistant Professor of Marketing, INSEAD

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Is Your Digital Infrastructure Ready for the Technology Economy? Christian Schillab, EMEA Marketing Engineer, Fluke Networks, Moedling, Austria

Presentation by Cofense Speaker: Geoffrey George Brooks

Presentation by Centrify Speaker: Samir Kirouani

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Presentation by Threat Qotient Speaker: Stephen Rivers

Presentation by Demisto Speaker: Patrick William Bayle

Consumer Robotics: Robots for Everyday Life Moderator by: Matt Karau, Lecturer of Engineering Design, NYU Panelist: Aradhya Malhotra, Founding Member, Skyless Games Judhi Prasetyo, Lecturer and Researcher, Middlesex University

Impact of 3D Printing : Finding More Ways of Making a Better Product Moderator by: Matt Karau, Lecturer of Engineering Design, NYU Ashish Panjabi, COO, Jacky’s Group of Companies Simone Majocchi, Business Development, 3D Wasp

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