Conference Speakers

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : 2021 Planet Reset - 5th Machine Age of Change
• Track/Activity : Opening Ceremony

Who is Stephen Ibaraki

• Multiple Awarded Global Visionary
• UN-related and Fortune CEOs Think Tanks Founder
• Founding Chairman YPO European Impact Summit Advisory Board
• Founder “AI for Good” Global Movement and World’s Largest AI UN SDG Summit
• Founder world’s No.1 CEO “futures summit”, and think tank -- CEOs managing trillions in assets
• Stephen Ibaraki Chairman and Managing General Partner REDDS Capital. In addition, Stephen is gl obally unique with Chairman, Founder, Board roles in: Business and startups, successful Entrepreneurship/investments/venture capital, No.1 global computing Science organizations, No.1 UN - related innovation programs, No.1 CEO / Industry - organizations / thin k tanks, No.1 Summits (acronym BE - SUN - CIS). 300+ annual global engagements impacting USD $100+ Trillion in ESG (environmental, social, governance), sustainable investments for 2020. He is keynote speaker, moderator, producer at more than 100 global CEO and leader events annually. Stephen’s has more than 300 “lifetime and career” achievements and awards for disruptive innovation, futuristic investments, successful entrepreneurship, and global technology leadership, as exemplified by July 2020 IFIP news -- 18 global Microsoft Awards including 15 Microsoft MVP Awards -- last one awarded in July 1st, 2020. There is more on LinkedIn

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Good Future - Technology and Humanity by 2030.
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: IoT & Smart Cities
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Pr. Aawatif HAYAR President of University Hassan II of Casablanca-Morocco. She received, with honors,as the First Moroccan, the degree of “Agrégation” in Electrical Engineering from EcoleNormaleSupérieure de Cachan in 1992. She received the “Diplômed'EtudesApprofondies” in Signal processing Image and Communications and the degree of Engineer in Telecommunications Systems and Networks from ENSEEIHT de Toulouse in 1997. She received with honors the Ph.D. degree in Signal Processing and Telecommunications from Institut National Polytechnique in Toulouse in 2001. She was research and teaching associate at EURECOM’s Mobile Communication Department from 2001 to 2010 in Sophia Antipolis-France. AawatifHayarhas an HDR (Habilitation à Diriger la Recherche) from University Sud Toulon Var from France on Cognitive Wideband Wireless Systems on 2010 and an HDR on Green Téléommunication from University Hassan II Casablanca on 2013. From 2011 till June 2019, AawatifHayar had Professor position at the engineering school ENSEM of University Hassan II Casablanca. Since June 2019, Pr. Aawatif Hayar was appointed President of the University Hassan II of Casablanca-Morocco and is the second female in the history of Morocco to occupy this position. She is also member of Casablanca “Avant-garde” City think-tank. She is co-initiator since 2013 of E-madina Smart City Cluster. Her research interests includes fields such as cognitive green communications systems, UWB systems, smart grids, smart sustainable social building, e-governance, open data for citizens, smart cities, ICT for social eco-friendly smart socio-economic development. Pr. AawatifHayaris also IEEE DLT Chair for EMEA region since 2014 and the designerof Frugal Social Sustainable Smart City concept for Casablanca and emerging countries which was selected by IEEE Smart City initiative as one of the most innovative projects in the world in 2015. Pr. AawatifHayar is currently Chair of Casablanca IEEE Core Smart City project. She was also selected by the prestigious African Innovation Foundation as one of the top ten innovative African women in 2015. AawatifHayar has developed “Frugal Social Collaborative Sustainable Smart City Casablanca“, a new concept for smart city transformation which was distinguished by IEEE Smart city initiative in 2015 as an innovative cost effective inclusive smart city concept. She is the Scientific Advisor, at the City level, of Smart City Expo Casablanca and General Co-Chair of IEEE international Conference on Smart Cities (IEEE ISC2 -2019). Pr. AawatifHayar is currently leading or involved in a couple of R&D/Innovation projects with the City of Casablanca, the region Casablanca Settat, CNRST, INDH, GIZ and Heinrich Böll Stiftung such as End to End Energy Efficiency Living Lab, Virtual Museum of Casablanca, e-douar “Smart Inclusive Ecological village”and Solar Decathlon Africa E-Co Dar and Benguerir Smart City ASToN AFD projects.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Beyond self-driving, a modular collaborative vehicles ecosystem
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• I'm a Physicist, Industrial Designer and an Artist, from Venice, Italy.
  Interdisciplinary and versatile background allows me to connect Science, Technology, Art and Design.
  The Strategy:
  Science leads from the deepest Research insight and Analysis of Problems to Smart Solutions. (Science: from Math and Physics to Technology, from Cognitive Sciences to Marketing)
  Design places the User in the Center of the whole Net.
  Art reaches the eyes and the Heart of the User.
  Always aware of cutting edge technologies, discoveries and innovations, to be in the most competitive position to foresee the Future, shaping it and Inventing it.
  I love to design, not just products, but User Experience Networks, Innovations that change the World.
  Specialties: Product Design, Manual&Digital Sketches, 3D modeling, Rendering, Product Presentation, Advanced Technology, Physics and Engineering, Complex Systems Analysis and Optimization, Statistical mechanics applied to human factor driven systems (eg. Stock Markets, Transportation and Logistics).

• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Lobna Karoui is an Artificial Intelligence Leader, AI Trust Builder, Game Changer and results-oriented with more than 18 years of experience in AI Advisory positions, Innovation Strategic planning, AI Product Management and digital transformation. She is a scientist with more than 30 publications and presentations in international conferences. Following her dream of Teaching, she was an assistant professor in prestigious educational institutions as Sorbonne University and Polytechnique School. In 2008, she was awarded her PhD in Artificial Intelligence at the University Paris-Orsay Sud and the Engineering Higher School Supelec. From there, she jumped on the Corporate World with her creative Mindset to bring visions to life and concepts to market. She worked as AI product manager and digital transformer with high achievers and leaders in different industries: Banking, telecommunication, Hosting, Luxury, retail. According to her successful track record of driving cost effective and scalable strategies, she speaks across the world in industry events and internal corporate seminars. Deeply connected to startup and innovation ecosystem across the world, she is involved as a borad advisor in couple startups and SME to bring AI vision, foster incremental business and drive cultural change. As a mentor and an exponential thinking Ambassador, she leverages her experience and network to increase awareness and action in Artificial Intelligence for diversity and best changes for human. She is the Google Female recognized in the AI equation "Disruption, Empathy and Trust". As Executive Coach, she spreads the Mindset of Disruption to build the human trust environment for a business exponential growth. Dr. Lobna Karoui is the President of AI Exponential Thinker with a mission to educate 1 Million people from the young generations about TRUST Technologies. The target is set for the horizon 2025. Dr. Karoui was featured by Forbes according to her actions for a future of Trust Technologies for our youth generation. In 2019, she was invited as a speaker in the most prestigious and successful institutions, education organization and Tech companies such as Bloomberg, Harvard university, Stanford, WEF, Amazon headquarter Seattle, ...; www.aiexponentialthinker.com

• Participation : Keynote Speaker

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women in ICT Leadership and Empowerment
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Prior joining DESC, Al-Blooshi was a research assistant and a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR), UAE. Al-Blooshi has a master’s in information security from KUSTAR and master’s in public administration from Mohammed bin Rashid College in collaboration with Harvard University. She is one of the inventors for “Volatile Memory Erasure by Controlling Refreshment of Stored data” patent submitted to US regulate patent. Dr. Bushra has also worked in ADNOC as well as RTA where she managed different project teams and worked closely with business departments to automate their manual processes. She also took part in many strategic initiatives and committees in both organizations.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Digital Transformation in the MENA Region
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Hoda A. Al Khzaimi is currently a research assistant professor at New York University Abu Dhabi and the Director of Center of Cyber Security in New York University Abu Dhabi. She served in different posts for research and development in Cyber Security and Cryptology for the past years. She headed the Department of Research and Development for Cyber Security and Cryptology in different national initiatives in the United Arab Emirates along with her associations to different security initiatives nationally and internationally.
  Alkhzaimi has a specific expertise in Cryptology; cryptanalysis, constructing and validating security hardware and software components, constructing trusted security architectures for different environments in different products for the respective industries. Hoda A. Alkhzaimi obtained her PhD in Cryptanalysis from Denmark Technical University. Her current research interests include Space, Aerospace, and UAV security, constructing and analyzing cryptographic primitives, validating and investigating links between different cryptanalytic approaches, and utilizing cryptographic primitives in different cybersecurity architectures as in Internet and Things of big data analysis among others.

• Participation : Guest Speaker
• Session Title : On the Road to an AI World
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Obtained PhD from Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm-Sweden in Telecommunication Networks and Systems. He was the MEA Regional Director of Quanergy FZ LLC, driving the embrace of LiDAR sensors by System Integrators across several sectors in MEA and India, covering Ai-based applications such as Autonomous Cars and automated CCTV Security systems. Previously, he worked at STC Engineering, Operations and Regulations. He was cofounder of STC R&D Department. As Chief- Engineering Switching Design & Standards for 15 years, at Bell Canada International and STC, Dr. Essam was key for the introduction of new networks and services in KSA, including all Mobile and Paging networks.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Transformation in the MENA Region
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit

Laila Al Hadhrami is

• A senior Executive Digital Trasnformation in eTransformation team in Ministry of Transport and Communications and Information Technology MTCIT
• Director of Building Capacity in Smart City Platform.
• Change Management Consultant for digital transformation teams.
• Founder of Change Management Community of Practice
• Lead Government Innovation Project
• Founder of Smart City Ambassadors

Laila al Hadhrami,  senior executive-Digital Transformation in the eTransformation team in Ministry of Transport, communications and IT, as she is also the director of Building Capacity and Awareness in Smart City Platform. She started working as a professional in this field from 2005 and has experience as well as credentials in different relevant fields including Government Innovation, Change Management, UX, Re-process engineering, Business Analysis, Project Management, and Knowledge Management. Speaking about Knowledge Management, she is very passionate about CoPs and she has established the first CoP in Change Management in Oman.

Laila has also participated as a speaker in many conferences and seminars in Oman and overseas. Currently, she is leading national projects in Oman, like Government Innovation in emerging technologies in Oman, and other projects related to digital transformation. She is also the founder of Smart City Ambassadors initiative that has been awarded by ITU Innovation Challenges Winning ideas from the Ecosystem best practice challenge category 2020.

Currently, Laila is Leading change management activities on the digital transformation program and support the government entities to adapt the required changes to meet their digital transformation objectives and organization culture change towards the digitization.

Laila is a member in different committees in Oman and overseas as well as in the UN standards evaluation internal committee and the UNSECO ICT Programme in Beirut. She is also a government fellowship UNU-EGOV and has a current collaboration with international organizations like ITU and UNI-EGOV to document Oman’s experience in Smart City Ambassadors as a global best Practice. Away from work and technology, Laila has published two translated books, some short stories, and is currently working on two new books about her experience in travel which is one of her hobbies as she visited more than 50 countries. She is also the founder of @oman_traveler – the first tourism account in Oman with more than 200K followers.

Education

• (2006- 2008) MA degree in Education, Online Education - University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
• (2000-2004) B.Sc in English Literature from College of Arts and Science, SQU.

Qualifications:

• Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM), 2018
• Lean Practitioner Manager, PDO, 2017
• Train the Trainer, Muscat, 2017
• Business Analysis course from Knowledge Academy, UK, 2016
• Certified Change Management Registered Practitioner. (CM), APMG, 2015
• Qualified PMP, PMI, 2015
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), PMI, 2015.
• Certified User Experience Specialist, CXS30140168, Akendi, 2014
• Diploma of NLP, APNLP, 2014
• Quality for Project Managers, Georg Washington University, UK, 2014.
• The Bullet Proof Program, Prosper, 2013.
• Managing IT Projects, Georg Washington University, UK, 2013.
• Scheduling and Cost Control, Georg Washington University, UK, 2013.

Awards and Memberships:

• ITU Innovation Challenges Winning ideas from the Ecosystem best practice challenge category 2020
• Oman Woman Award of the Year 2020 in Innovation & Technology
• Member in steering committee of Organizational Change in MTCIT, 2020
• UNU-EGOV government fellowship (2018/UNU/EGOV/CTC/GF/53) in Portugal.
• Director of Building Capacity and Awareness in Smart City Platform www.smartoman.om .
• Head of Change Management Framework committee, ITA.
• Member in the UN standards internal committee in ITA.
• Member in the executive team of Smart City Platform
• Member in the steering committee of National Project for Accelerating Government Performance.
• Member in UNSECO ICT Program, Beirut.
• Member in the executive team of OIST (Oman Information Technology Society)
• Member in the Steering committee board of OSET (Omani Society for Educational Technology)

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Transformation in the MENA Region
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Ms. Ghada Elkeissi is the Director of Software Engineering & Analytics at GE Power Digital MENAT & SSA. She is a technology leader with 17 years of experience in IT, leading both pre-sales and large-scale project delivery in multiple regions.
  Ghada has joined GE Digital on June, 2017. She leads a team of UX designers, software engineers, data scientists, and data analytics experts to develop global repeatable digital solutions that can accelerate both go to market and projects implementations. The solutions are focused on industrial internet of things platform, connecting to assets, collecting data and applying advanced analytics & machine learning to provide operational and business optimization. Prior to working for GE, Ghada has worked for IBM for 15 years, her last role was the Chief Architect for Watson IoT COE for North America.
  In July 2017, Ghada was named as the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Ambassador for the UAE. Ghada is an Open Group certified Distinguished Architect. She has patents and publications. She is an active career coach, and technical mentor. Ghada holds Bachelor (2000) and Masters (2004) degree in Computer Science from the American University of Cairo. She was born and raised in UAE. On a personal level, she enjoys having a large social network, loves arts, traveling and immersing in to different cultures.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : IoT & Smart Cities
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Sirin Tekinay received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees both in EE with concentration in communications and signal processing from Bogazici University, Istanbul in 1989 and 1991 respectively. She completed her Ph.D. in Telecommunications at the Department of ECE, School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, in 1994. Until recently, she has worked as a Senior Member of Technical Staff at the Wireless Systems Engineering Group of NORTEL. Dr. Tekinay has recently joined Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Forward Looking Wireless Technology Lab as a Member of Technical Staff. Her research interests include teletraffic modeling, resource and mobility management, performance analysis, and network architecture design. She has authored many publications in wireless communications and related areas. Dr. Tekinay is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu, and IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology Societies, IEEE technical committees on Personal Communications, Communications Switching and Vehicular Technology. She is the Operations Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine. She is serving on the Technical Program Committee of Globecom 1997 and the executive committee of MOBICOM'97.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : IoT & Smart Cities
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr Huda Alsiyabi is a senior consultant in public health. Currently works as a Director of the department of community based initiatives at the Ministry of Health in Oman. She graduated from the Sultan Qaboos University as a medical doctor then had MA/ Postgraduate Diploma in education in health and social care from the University of Reading, UK. She is a member of different committees such as the technical committee of His Majesty award for volunteerism, national committee of non-communicable diseases and GCC committee of healthy cities. Participated in developing different manuals and guidelines and conducted several projects related to community-based initiatives and physical activity in health in Oman.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Transformation in the MENA Region
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Neila Benzina is CEO Middle East & Africa, Business & Decision. After graduating from the National Institute of Telecommunications of Paris (TelecomSud Paris), she has worked for 3 years in France, as a consultant in the field of Business Intelligence, Customer Experience and Digital with major French groups such as than Saint-Gobain, Renault and LVMH. She then embarked on entrepreneurship by creating an information systems consulting and engineering company specializing in data management and analytics. After 4 years, a strategic partnership has developed with the multinational Business & Decision, a French group listed on the new Euronext market. She developed the activities to become a leader in its Middle East & Africa specialties, addressing both local and international customers in a co-localised mode. She drives a team of over 380 people, over a public /private ecosystem. In 2015, she was decorated as a Knight of the National Order of Merit. In 2017, she was selected among the 50 most powerful women in Africa by Jeune Afrique. She is President of the Tunisian Association for Communication & Technology, Founding Member of Amena (Development & Microfinance Association), Vice-President of AmCham, in charge of information and communication technologies and Vice-President in charge of the Communication of Réseau Entreprendre.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Transformation in the MENA Region
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Beaugrand has a PhD in Finance from Paris Dauphine University and is an Executive Global MBA from London Business School and Columbia Business School in New York. She is certified on innovation strategy and design thinking from MIT. She’s a French national and speaks fluent Arabic, Italian, French and English. She has more than 20 years of experience in management consulting and technology industry, with an expertise in SAP solutions and ecosystem acquired during different international worldwide positions. She is also a serial entrepreneur- she is the founder of an e-commerce retail shop in MENA, and was also the founder and managing director of a boutique technology firm based in Europe, managing more than 18 consultants’ and several global accounts across several regions. She was also head of Corporate Finance Unit in CGI in Paris (Plaut consulting), and she recently also founded a new talk show ‘POP Talk,’ focused on leadership and sharing lessons for entrepreneurs and leaders.
  
  Dr. Beaugrand is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship, and is an advocate for more women in top management positions. She is the founder of the Innovation and Society Club, a part of the LBS Alumni Association, and was also the founding member of the Women in Business Club, a part of the LBS Alumni Gulf Association.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women in AI
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Information Systems department at CMU-Q. I am also part of the Natural Language Processing Lab and work on Arabic NLP with Nizar Habash and Kemal Oflazer. My Ph.D. is from Paris-Sud University, France, where I worked on paraphrasing in the framework of Computational Linguistics, advised by Anne Vilnat and Aurélien Max. My M.Sc. is in Computer Science from the Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée University and a bachelor degree in Computer Science from the University of Manouba, Tunisia. She worked on different projects including resolving different NLP issues. Her main research interest revolves around Statistical Machine Translation.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women in ICT Leadership and Empowerment
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Rasha Morsi is a Professor and Founding Director of the Creative Gaming and Simulation (CGS) lab in the Department of Computer Science at Norfolk State University (NSU).
  Dr. Morsi is an exceptional scholar with extensive research experience in the areas of Modeling, Simulation, Visualization, and Training Technologies (MSV&TT) design and development, Formal Methods, and Data and Visual Analytics. Dr. Morsi's research has been supported by several agencies securing her over $5.3M in funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense, among other public and private agencies. Dr. Morsi is also a pioneer in the design and development of assessment-based games and interactive simulations for education. Her unique and exemplary experience as a teacher, scholar, and software developer has afforded her the means to design and lead several cutting-edge projects which include console-based games, mobile apps, and interactive web-based tools for K-16 education. Her innovation in the use of modeling and simulation in the design and development of these educational tools has earned her Governor McDonnell's prestigious 2012 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award. This is just one of Dr. Morsi's slew of honors and awards. Dr. Morsi has been ecognized as the 2009 YWCA Woman of Distinction for Science and Technology for her service to her profession and the community. She was also named one of the 2008 Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s Emerging Scholars. In 2007, she was the first recipient of the NSU ‘University Award of Excellence,’ an award given to a faculty member who has performed in a superior manner in teaching, scholarly activity, and service. This is one of the highest honors the University can bestow on one of its faculty. Other awards and honors include the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology’s Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Grantsmanship, and Engineering’s Top Faculty.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women in AI
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Mona Nabil Demaidi did her MSc in Software Engineering and Data Management at the University of Manchester, UK and PhD between Birmingham City University and the University of Manchester, UK with a specialization in Advanced Software Engineering. Mona joined An-najah National University in 2016, to become the youngest female with a PhD certificate at the faculty of engineering and Information Technology. Her research focuses on building personalized learning environments using machine learning. In 2018, she published a book and two journal papers which introduces a new platform for auto-generating assessment questions using semantic web. Besides her academic work, Mona is an active member of several societies which globally support women in the technology sector. She has been working with Women in Engineering and Arab Women in computing since 2014, and in 2017 she became the first female supervisor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at An-najah national university student branch. Being a key part in such societies, Mona organized several initiatives which aim to empower women and reduce the unemployment rate in Palestine. In the technology sector in Palestine, the number of undergraduates females is high, however, in the tech industry, the unemployment rate for women is 60% which is three times more compared with males. Mona studied the reasons behind the high percentage and started applying several activities at the university and in the Palestinian community, to encourage women and help them improve their technical and communication skills.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women in ICT Leadership and Empowerment
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Professor Sana Odeh is Clinical Professor and Faculty Liaison for Global Programs of Computer Science at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and Affiliated Faculty of Computer Science at New York University Abu Dhabi.
  A proponent of women in technology, Professor Odeh is the founder and chair of the Conference on Women in Computing in the Arab world, founder and chair of Arab Women in Computing, founder and chair of the annual NYU Abu Dhabi International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World, chair of the annual New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Conference, and the faculty advisor for NYU Courant’s Women in Computing (WinC) at NYU New York. She is also a member of the leadership committee of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) and the steering committee of the Association for Computing Machinery Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W).
  At NYU Abu Dhabi, Professor Odeh set up the Computer Science department and created several successful international collaboration projects in computer science from 2010 - 2013. She remains an affiliated faculty and teaches during the spring semester. She is also on the board of NYU Paris, and coordinates and develops computer Science courses at NYU Paris.
  Her research focuses on Arab women in computing, programming languages, web and mobile technologies, developing information technologies for the developing world, and e-learning.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women in AI
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• CEO and founder of Enhanced Technologies, a Moroccan IT company specializing in developing e-Government solutions. Selected among top ten finalists of Sawaed contest http://www.enhanced-tech.ma/index.php?lang=english, named among 100 best social entrepreneurs in GK3, Malaysia 2007, selected in Techwomen program 2012 funded by the US department of State www.techwomen.org. Got the IEEE CIST 2014 Young ICT Entrepreneur Award (http://www.ieee.ma/cist14/cist-14-awards/85-ieee-cist-2014-young-entrepreneur-award) and got WSTEM best middle level executive award 2015 by Meera Kaul Foundation. Mrs Houda Chakiri got a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Mohammed the Vth University in Rabat, a master’s degree in Laser Physics from Hassan IIth from University of Casablanca, and a Master’s Degree of Science in Computer Networks from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. Houda has worked since 2003 as an IT manager overseeing different R&D projects at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, and is currently working to manage the change that introduction of ICT brings to the organizational, political, and social levels in public administration in Morocco while managing her company Enhanced Technologies.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Investment opportunities amidst the digital transformation era, Industry 4.0 technologies, and tech-based startups
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• Chairman & Co-Founder – DaamInno – Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• CEO & Co-Founder – Sana Tourism
• Vice Chairman & Partner – National TalentS Company
• Board Member & Co-Founder – Arabian Robotics Company
• Business Development Head – GCC – Aays Financial Services
• Angel Investor in a number of International Startups and Funds
• Overall Inspiration – Saudi Educational Initiatives
• International Selection Panelist – Endeavor Global
• Local Selection Panelist – Endeavor Entrepreneurship Saudi Arabia
• Advisory Board Member in a Number of Saudi Endeavor Entrepreneurship Companies
• Long-Term Mentor + Mentor of the Month Oct 2018 – Endeavor Entrepreneurship Saudi Arabia
• Mentor in Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed) & KFUPM Entrepreneurship Institute
• Judge in many startup competitions
• Director of Saudi Aramco Educational Partnerships – Until 2011
• Advisor to all major contributions of Saudi Aramco to the community – Until 2011
• Senior Consultant in Saudi Aramco’s Corporate Planning Organization – 2003-2007
• Coordinator of the Kingdom’s Petroleum Strategy – 2004-2006
• Manager – Saudi Aramco IT Operations, Applications and Technology Planning – 1998-2003
• Led Formtion of Saudi Aramco Information Protection organization - 2002
• Advisory Board (Dammam Community College, Prince Muqrin University – IT Department, Um Al-Qura University –I T Department, King Saudi University – Math Department)
• Board Member – Non-Profit Organizations – Association of Volunteer Work, Benaa (Orphans in Eastern Province – Saudi Arabia), Ertiqa (Computer Refurbishing) + Others
• Masters in Business Administration – University of Hull – U.K.
• Bachelors in Computer Engineering – University of Massachusetts – Amherst – U.S.A.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Artificial Intelligence; Opportunities and challenges
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• 23 years at Senior Technical & Academic positions, was working for International semiconductor companies, holding six international patents and Co-Author of a book entitled “Intellectual Property for Electronic Systems: An essential introduction ”, IEC2007. Membership in DVB-CPT, VSIA standardizations and IEEE, and a Professor in different known universities in UAE in the field of Computer Engineering and Educational Technology.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Digital transformation & Industry 4.0 : Investment opportunities in Africa & Middle East
• Track/Activity : Industry/Gov. Track
• 23 years at Senior Technical & Academic positions, was working for International semiconductor companies, holding six international patents and Co-Author of a book entitled “Intellectual Property for Electronic Systems: An essential introduction ”, IEC2007. Membership in DVB-CPT, VSIA standardizations and IEEE, and a Professor in different known universities in UAE in the field of Computer Engineering and Educational Technology.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Transformation: Present & Future in The Age of AI, Big Data, IoT, and Mobility
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Business Development and Community Growth Manager at HERE Technologies, leading Partnership and Community strategy, and contributing to the product and content growth of HERE Open Location Platform in the Middle East. Mohamed brings over 14 years of extensive business experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial arena. Prior to HERE, he was responsible for Mobility Solutions Sales at Microsoft, managing the business in the MEA region.
  Before Microsoft, Mohamed was among a team of four who established Nokia regional office back in 2006. His last role was a Business Development Manager for Near East and North Africa running Nokia Ecosystem and Partners Engagement, where he led the launch of the first Nokia Mobile Lab in MEA.
  Avid, active supporter and coach to aspiring entrepreneurs, an Advisory Board member at multiple startups, in addition to other business facilitation and consultancy roles.
  Ambassador of One Young World appointed to represent Egypt. A devout tech geek, passionate about traveling, and loves to be called by his nickname Galilu.

• Participation : Opening Speech
• Session Title : Opening Speech
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• I’m an award-winning ICT and Smart Buildings Consultant specialising in the digital transformation of buildings into smart properties which enhance the experience of building stakeholders, lower energy consumption, enable data-based governance decisions and reduce capital and operational expenditure. I have 07 years’ experience in leading technical multi-disciplinary designs for ICT projects and have provided consultancy, client technical advice, tender review and installation quality assurance services for client organizations in commercial, education, healthcare, cultural, residential and hospitality sectors across US, Russia,, UK and the Middle East.
  I have spoken at 40+ international events including the UNESCO World Science Forum, IEEE Sections Congress and the World Engineering Education Forum. My talks cover topics such as smart buildings, educational policy making, career management and inquiry-based science education.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Transformation in the MENA Region
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Hoda is a highly experienced, creative and self-motivated executive; with nearly 25 years of experience in delivering innovation and driving business value for customers in their respective industries. She worked for leading multinational software companies including SAP, Oracle & Microsoft in regional and global capacities, where she lived and worked in three different continents (Europe, Asia and Africa), which gave her a well-rounded experience in dealing with different cultures, challenges and business models.
  Hoda joined SAP in 2013 in the UAE where she held various positions before being appointed as Managing Director for SAP Egypt in Feb 2018. In her current capacity, Hoda is responsible for SAP’s in country presence and growth strategy including driving sales, marketing and operations. This in addition to her role in leading global education and training platforms to expand Egypt’s digital ecosystem and workforce. Given her impact in transforming SAP business in the country, Forbes acknowledged her leadership by recognizing her as one of the Middle East Most Influential Women for 2018. She was also recognized as one of the Top50 Women in Egypt in early 2019 & was selected again by Forbes as one of the Power Businesswomen in the Middle East in early 2020. Hoda was nominated by SAP Middle East South cluster employees and awarded the “Diversity & Inclusion Champion” for her leadership and significant impact in that area in 2019 & was also selected to be on the Women to Watch Program at SAP in early 2020 (a newly established global program focused on small group of around 70 top talented women worldwide within SAP – a company of 100,000+ Employees).
  Hoda is one of the Middle East’s leading technology innovators and pioneers – supporting public and private sector customers to advance their digital transformation agendas, drive new business models, and transform citizen and customer experiences. Since her appointment as Managing Director of SAP Egypt, she made strong progress on Egypt’s investment plan, expanding the breadth and depth of the SAP Channel Partner Program, and is continuing to enhance the partnerships with the academic sector to support young talent development and job creation.

• Participation :Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Women in AI
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• I am a curious, passionate, ambitious researcher, professor and entrepreneur. My interests/passion include Artificial Intelligence, robotics, affective and cognitive computing, Human-Computer Interaction, psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and education.
  I believe in the power of education and how it can change the world. I have co-founded Women in AI, an international organization whose mission is to increase female representation and participation in the field of AI. I am leading the education and research parts of the organization.
  Till October 2017 I worked as a research and developpement engineer at A.I.Mergence, a startup in robotics and artificial intelligence. My research activities and interests span the areas of Human-Robot Interaction, automatic understanding of human behaviour, social signal processing and affective computing.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : 5G & ORAN
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Chih-Lin I is CMCC Chief Scientist of Wireless Technologies. She received Ph.D. EE from Stanford University. She has won 2005 IEEE ComSoc Stephen Rice Prize, 2018 IEEE ComSoc Fred W. Ellersick Prize, the 7th IEEE Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award, and 2015 IEEE Industrial Innovation Award for Leadership and Innovation in Next-Generation Cellular Wireless Networks.
  She is the Chair of O-RAN Technical Steering Committee and an O-RAN Executive Committee Member, the Chair of FuTURE 5G/6G SIG, the Chair of WAIA (Wireless AI Alliance) Executive Committee, an Executive Board Member of GreenTouch, a Network Operator Council Founding Member of ETSI NFV, a Steering Board Member and Vice Chair of WWRF, a Steering Committee member and the Publication Chair of IEEE 5G and Future Networks Initiatives, a member of IEEE ComSoc SDB, SPC, and CSCN-SC, and a Scientific Advisory Board Member of Singapore NRF.
  She has published over 200 papers in scientific journals, book chapters and conferences and holds over 100 patents. She is co-author of the book “Green and Software-defined Wireless Networks – From Theory to Practice” and has also Co-edited two books: “Ultra-dense Networks – Principles and Applications” and “5G Networks – Fundamental Requirements, Enabling Technologies, and Operations Management”. Her current research interests center around ICDT Deep Convergence: “From Green & Soft to Open & Smart

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : 3GPP Standardisation
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Satoshi Nagata received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2001 and 2003, respectively. In 2003, he joined NTT DOCOMO, INC. He worked for the research and development for wireless access technologies for LTE, LTE-Advanced, and 5G. He had contributed to 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 as a vice chairman during November 2011 to August 2013, and also contributed as a chairman during August 2013 to August 2017. He is currently a vice chairman of 3GPP TSG-RAN since March 2017.

• Participation : Keynote Speech
• Session Title : IPv6 Networking
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Dr. LIU currently serves as Industry Development Director in Data Communication Network Area at Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. His research interests include Network AI, NFV/SDN, ICN, IPv6 and IoT. He is responsible for industry standard activity in Network AI and IPv6 related area.
  He has been actively contributing in organizations of standards and technical professional. He served as Co-founder and Technical Manager of ETSI ISG ENI, Vice-Chairman of ETSI ISG IP6, Secretary of IRTF SDNRG, Member of IETF OPS area Directorates, key Proponent of IETF SUPA WG, Author of 9 RFCs, Rapporteur of 1 work item in ETSI; Guest Editors of Special Issue on Intelligent Network Management in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, NFV Special Issue in IEEE Network Magazine and Architecture For Next Generation Wireless Networks Special Issue in IEEE Communications Magazine, and Referees/TPCs for several conferences and journals in computer networking area. He has published papers in leading conferences including IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), and International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS).

• Participation : Keynote Speech
• Session Title : 5G Cross-Border Corridors
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Jorge Pereira obtained the Engineering and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal in 1983 and 1987, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering-Systems from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, in 1993.
  He has been with the European Commission since September 1996, initially as Scientific Officer, becoming Principal Scientific Officer in 2005. He has remained in the same DG, dealing with ICT, covering a broad variety of areas, with a focus on networking, devices, applications and services, experimentation, testing and validation, as well as deployment. He is, since 2016, in the area of Future Connectivity Systems, focusing on 5G and beyond, where he is responsible for the areas of Advanced Spectrum Management; optical-wireless convergence; Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM); and Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR).
  He is a member of the Advisory Board of John Wiley’s Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, and of the Editorial Board of Kluwer Academic Publishers’ Wireless Personal Communications Journal.
  He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer in Portugal and a Member of the IEEE, where he is Associate Editor for Mobile Radio, including Vehicular Communications, for the IEEE VTS Magazine, and a member of the IEEE 5G Summit Steering Committee of the IEEE Communications Society. He also served as Associate Editor of the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

• Participation : Keynote Speech
• Session Title : 6G Flagship
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Prof. Ari Pouttu has scientific and engineering experience as a researcher, project manager and research manager in various domains of ICT development. The projects under his command have resulted in waveforms and system designs for military radio communication, radar systems, embedded device networks, future wireless radio communications including cellular systems, cognitive networks and navigation applications.

• Participation : Keynote Speech
• Session Title : IoT Vision
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Dr. Bayoumi has been a faculty member in CACS since 1985. He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt; M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Washington University, St. Louis; and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada. Dr. Bayoumi is the recipient of the 2009 IEEE Circuits and Systems Meritorious Service Award. Dr. Bayoumi is the recipient of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society 2003 Education Award, and he is an IEEE Fellow. He was on the governor's commission for developing a comprehensive energy policy for the State of Louisiana. He represented the CAS Society on the IEEE National Committee on Engineering R&D policy, IEEE National Committee on Communication and Information Policy, and IEEE National Committee on Energy Policy. He is also active in the “Renewable & Green Energy” and “Globalization: Technology, Economic and Culture” fields. He was a free lance columnist for Lafayette’s newspaper.
  Dr. Bayoumi has graduated more than 44 Ph.D. and about 175 Master's students. He has published over 300 papers in related journals and conferences. He edited, co-edited and co-authored 5 books in his research interests. He was and has been Guest Editor (or Co-Guest Editor) of eight special issues in VLSI Signal Processing, Learning on Silicon, Multimedia Architecture, Digital and Computational Video, Perception on a Chip, and Systems on a Chip. He has given numerous invited lectures and talks nationally and internationally, and has consulted in industry.
  Dr. Bayoumi is the Vice President for Conferences of the IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society, where he has served in many editorial, administrative, and leadership capacities, including Vice President for Technical Activities. He was Chair and Founder of "Circuits and Systems for Communication" Technical Committee. He was Chair of VLSI Systems and Applications (VSA) Technical Committee (TC). He was General Chair of the Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception, 1993, New Orleans. He was General Chair of the IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 1994) (Lafayette), and Co-General Chair of MWSCAS 2003 (Cairo). Dr. Bayoumi served as General Chair of the Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLS 1998), Lafayette, LA; General Chair of the VLSI Signal Processing Systems Workshop (SiPS 2000), Lafayette, LA; General Chair of the International Workshop of Digital and Computational Video (DCV 2002), Clearwater Beach, FL; General Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2004), Lafayette, LA, Chair of the IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2003); General Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems ( ISCAS 2007); and General Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ( ICIP 2009).
  He was Associate Editor of the Circuits and Devices Magazine, Transaction on VLSI Systems, Transaction on Neural Networks, and Transaction on Circuits and Systems II. Dr. Bayoumi is Associate Editor of INTEGRATION, VLSI Journal and Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems. He was Associate Editor of the Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers. He is Regional Editor for the VLSI Design Journal and on the Advisory Board of the Journal on Microelectronics Systems Integration. Dr. Bayoumi served on the Distinguished Visitors Program for IEEE Computer Society, 1991-1994, and Circuits and Systems Distinguished Program, 1999-2001. Dr. Bayoumi was Chair of the ASSP Technical Committee on Signal Processing Systems Design and Implementation. He is Faculty Advisor for the IEEE Computer Student Chapter at UL Lafayette, the winner of the 2002 Outstanding Chapter Award. He won UL Lafayette 1988 Researcher of the Year award and 1993 Distinguished Professor award at UL Lafayette.
  Dr. Bayoumi served on the technology panel and advisory board of the U.S. Department of Education project, "Special Education Beyond Year 2010," 1990-1993. He was Vice President of Acadiana Technology Council. He was on the organizing committee for Acadiana's 3rd Internet Workshop, 1999. He gave the keynote speech in "Acadiana Y2K Workshop," 1999, Lafayette. He is a member of Lafayette Chamber of Commerce where he was a member of the Economic Development, Education, and Tourism Committees. Dr. Bayoumi was a technology columnist and writer of the Lafayette newspaper, "The Daily Advertiser". It won’t be a bigger problem to find one video game lover in your neighbor. Since the introduction of Virtual Game, it has been achieving great heights so far as its popularity and technological advancement are concerned. The history of video game is as interesting as a fairy tale.

• Participation :Panelist
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Zahra Al-Rawahi is a Director of Innovation Capacity Building at The Research Council. Previously, she served as Director of Research of Communication and Information Technology.
• Dr. Al-Rawahi’s works involve developing talents in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and equip them with the requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes that can promote them to be in positions of influence within the organizations. She believe professionals who understand the dynamics of science and technology within the context of economic and market development, are critical to help in designing blueprints and strategic implementation frameworks to lead strategic transformation within countries and organizations.
• Dr. Al-Rawahi serves as an Associate Researcher on e-Learning. She has conducted research, workshops, and presented large number of papers on International conferences and gathering. Her Major research interests include e-learning/e-assessment, adaptive system and Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS). Dr. Al-Rawahi holds a Ph.D in Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligences from University of Sussex. She is also a member of many International professional organizations on ICT.

• Participation : Opening Speech
• Session Title : Opening Speech
• ndy Chen, P. Eng., President & CEO, Catronic Enterprise, Founding Managing Partner, REDDS Capital President-Elect, IEEE TEMS (2020/2021) "TEMS help members to maintain essential engineering management skills and support their leadership career path" Andy Chen is the President & CEO of a global consulting firm. The firm’s principle business is to provide consulting services for utility industry worldwide. Andy held the position of the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Strategy and Architecture of the largest Canadian-based electricity generator.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : IoT & Smart Cities
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Syrine Tlili holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems Security from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She also obtained her Diploma of in-depth studies (DEA) and her national Engineer Diploma from the National School of Computer Sciences, Tunis, Tunisia.

• Participation : Opening Speech
• Session Title : Opening Speech
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Founder & President, IPv6 Forum
• Chair, 5G World Alliance
• Member of 3GPP PCG (Board)
• IEEE 5G Steering Committee Member
• IEEE IoT Steering Committee Member
• Chair, IEEE ComSoC IoT TsC
• Vice Chair, IEEE ComSoC SDN-NFV TC
• Emeritus Trustee, Internet Society ISOC
• IPv6 Ready & Enabled Logos Program Board
• World summit Award Board Member
• Vice-Chair, ETSI IPv6 Industry Specification Group
• Member of 3GPP2 PCG
• Member of UN Strategy Council
• Member of Future Internet Forum EU Member States (representing Luxembourg)
• IPv6 Forum Internet Pioneer Award, 2002
• IPv6 Life Time Achievement Award, 2016
• Research Associate @ University of Luxembourg on multiple European Commission Next Generation Technologies IST Projects.

• Participation : Opening Speech
• Session Title : Opening Speech
• Dr. Eesa Mohammed Bastaki is the President of the University of Dubai.
  Dr. Bastaki is the recipient of the highest award in the UAE, the “Emirates Excellence Award in Sciences, Literature and Arts”, in the field of Sciences. Dr. Bastaki’s extensive experience in education, leadership, technology and communications will prove a major asset in leading the university into its next progressive phase, which besides the building of a new campus and the addition of several programs, such as a Master of Laws degree and Doctorate degrees in Business Administration. Previously, Dr. Bastaki worked as a professor at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) specializing in Communications Engineering. He also held positions as: CEO of ICT Fund; Director of Education, Training and Research and Development for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO); Consultant and IT Project Manager for Al-Ain Municipality; Board member of KHDA’s UQAIB and was member of many academic boards. He is one of the founders of DSO and RIT-Dubai. He is Honorary Chair of IEEE, Chairman of Emirates Science Club, Board member of the Cultural and Scientific Association and was a Board member of Ankabut (UAE’s NREN) and many more. He is the Chair of “Drones for Good Award”, “Robotics & AI for Good Award” and “Emirates Energy Award”. He also judges the Dubai-initiated competition 10X. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Innovation Award in Project Management. He has organized hundreds of events, conferences, forums and competitions.
  During his time at UAE University, DSO and ICT Fund, Dr. Bastaki chaired several technology and research boards, initiated technology incubation concepts and coined on R&BD terminology, where he brought forward the rich experience of enhancing the University of Dubai’s research drives and futuristic programs. His main goals are to enhance Research & Business Development to serve the industry and fulfill his drive towards his vision of “Made in UAE, Sold Globally”.
  Dr. Bastaki received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of California, San Diego and his PhD from University of California, Irvine, before returning to help improve the education and technology sectors in his homeland, the UAE. University of Dubai faculty, staff and students are gratified that a man of his accomplishments leads the University on its continuing path to provide the highest quality education in the region.

• Participation :Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Digital Transformation & Sustainability
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• Khaled is currently managing the Cloud Transformation; Emerging Technologies & Innovation function at Etisalat UAE. Previously, he worked for Google, HP, Dubai Government and Etisalat Misr.
  Khaled is also an IEEE senior member, where he held several global volunteering roles, and served as a member of the Educational Activities Board CPC, member of the IEEE Engagement Committee, and member of the IEEE Region 8 Conferences Coordination Committee (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Khaled graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Ain Shams University; and is certified from University of California (Berkeley) in Technology Entrepreneurship & Mentoring Innovative Technology Startups.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Transformation: Present & Future in The Age of AI, Big Data, IoT, and Mobility
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Leading global innovations of the travel sector. In his capacity, Hany helps partners grow in international markets using digital and steers initiatives to leverage the wealth of Google’s big data and machine learning to drive scale and performance of top travel clients worldwide.
  Previously, he was the Global Strategy & Business Development Manager for the travel sector at Google working with major airlines, hotel chains and tourism boards. Over the course of working at Google, Hany has advised on digital strategies for 200+ advertisers across different verticals and regions.
  Prior to joining Google in January 2011, Hany was heading the software department at Orascom Telecom developing search engine and linguistic software to tackle the NLP particularities of the Arabic language and web. He started his career as a Software Engineer. Hany holds Masters and Bachelor degrees in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo (AUC). He also obtained his Master of Business Administration from AUC - specialized in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Transformation: Present & Future in The Age of AI, Big Data, IoT, and Mobility
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Vidya Gugnani ,Director and Lead of Co-Innovation Lab, UAE is a co-innovation expert working with SAP Co-Innovation Lab , a forum to drive innovations with our local customers and partners.With over 17 years of experience in IT and 13 of them working in SAP.She has donned different hats as a developer ,project lead,program manager,Development manager, Delivery manager, Product Manager, Partner collaboration lead in development teams in SAP in ABAP products,SAP HANA ,SAP Cloud Platform,SAP UI technologies and most recently leading development team charters in SAP Analytics.As part of the co-innovation network, she has worked with key partners and customers in the region showcasing the power of SAP technologies with new age innovations in AR,VR,robotics, blockchain, machine intelligence and the latest technology innovations,instrumental in garnerning many innovation awards.Vidya, holds 3 technology patents and is an in-house SAP technology trainer and a trained design thinking coach.

• Participation : Opening Speech
• Session Title : Opening Speech
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Tlili joined the Department of Electrical Engineering as an associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai in 2010. Prior to the above Dr.Tlili served for two years as the program director of the Computer Engineering program at MSU-Dubai. Previous to joining the ECE faculty, Dr. Tlili was an associate professor and program coordinator of Electrical and Computer Engineering program at the American University in Dubai from 2004-2008. She participated in obtaining ABET accreditation for Engineering programs at AUD.
  Dr. Tlili is an IEEE senior member. She served as the IEEE Women in Engineering chair for the UAE section and on the Executive committee of IEEE region 8 UAE section, from 2005-2013. Under her leadership the IEEE WIE UAE section obtained "2010 Women in Engineering affinity group of the year" award.
  Dr. Tlili's research interests include Antenna analysis and design, Electromagnetic Theory, Field propagation in complex media and Microwave electronics.

• Participation : Opening Speech
• Session Title : Opening Speech
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Fatma Taher is an Associate Professor in the department of computer and applied technology and an assistant dean for Research and Outreach in the College of Technological Innovation and the CEO of Happiness and Wellbeing at Zayed University, Dubai, UAE. Her research interests are in the areas of signal and image processing, pattern recognition, artificial intelligent, medical image analysis, especially in detecting of the cancerous cells, kidney transplant, autism and Cerebrovascular Segmentation from MRA Images. In addition to that, remote sensing and satellite images researches. She received her PhD from Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE, in 2014. So that she is the first UAE local that graduated with PhD in Engineering inside the UAE, and Khalifa University considered as the first University to grant PhD degrees in computer engineering. Dr. Fatma Taher has published more than 60 papers in international Journals and conferences. She served as a member of the steering, organizing and technical program committees of many international conferences, and has served on many editorial and reviewing boards of international journals and conferences. Dr. Fatma is the chair of IEEE UAE section. Dr. Fatma has received many distinguished awards such as: the UAE Pioneers award as the first UAE to create a computer aided diagnosis system for early lung cancer detection based on the sputum color image analysis, awarded by H.H Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, 15th Nov. 2015. Innovation award at the 2016 Emirati Women Awards by H. H. Sheik Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum. Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority and Patron of Dubai Quality Group and L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Middle East Fellowship 2017. In addition to that, the Prize for the best PhD excellence Award in leadership day for Khalifa University, 12th February 2012. Best paper award in the BCS International IT Conference Towards 21st Century Innovations, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 31st March-1st April 2013. Best paper award of the first prize in the PhD Forum of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), PhD Forum, Dec. 8-11, 2013. Dr. Fatma has developed new techniques for the accurate identification and segmentation of medical images (MRI, CT images) as well as new registration techniques based on multiple second-order signal statistics, all of which have been reported at multiple international conferences and journal articles.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title :IoT Vision
• Track/Activity : 5G Summit
• Mohamed Essaaidi received the doctorate of state degree from Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetuan, Morocco, in 1997. He has been a professor of electrical and computer engineering in Abdelmalek Essaadi University since 1993 and the dean of College of IT (ENSIAS) of Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, since 2011. He is the founder and the current chair of the IEEE Morocco Section. He's been the cofounder and cogeneral chair of several IEEE cotechnically sponsored conferences such as Information and Communication Technologies International Symposium (ICTIS) since 2005 and International Conference on Multimedia and Computing Systems (ICMCS) since 2009, and codirector of NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Information Security Assurance, Tetuan, Morocco, in June 3-6, 2005 and NATO ASI on Software Agents, Applications and Technologies, Tangiers, Morocco, in September 2010. He is the author and coauthor of more than 200 papers which appeared in refereed specialized journals and symposia. He was the coeditor of the book Information Assurance and Computer Security , IOS Press, 2007 and the book Software Agents, Agent Systems and Their Applications, IOS Press, 2012. He was the editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Information and Communication Technologies, Serials Publications, India, from 2007 to 2010. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communication Society, and IEEE Education Society. (Based on document published on 10 November 2014).

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• Dr. Digham enjoys a diverse experience encompassing the dimensions of policy, industry, and academia of the telecommunications field.
  Dr. Digham is currently the Chairman of the “Smart Cities and Communities” group under the Development sector at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Prior to that, he was the Chairman of the joint group between Radio and Development sectors of the ITU on “Spectrum Management for Developing Countries”. He also served in the past as a board member of the Industry Advisory Board for the IEEE Wireless Communications Engineering Technology (WCET) certificate program.
  Dr. Digham is a co-founder of the IoT Egypt forum and a member in the national committee in charge of the planning for smart cities in Egypt. Dr. Digham is an adjunct Professor at Nile University. He has been developing and teaching a specialized course on “Telecom Policy and Technology Trends” at both Cairo and Alexandria Universities in Egypt.
  In the past, Dr. Digham worked for Alcatel Telecom (Egypt branch), Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (Cambridge, USA), and the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities, USA).
  Dr. Digham has got his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, and his B.Sc. from Cairo University, Egypt.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title: Panel: Smart Cities
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• A results-oriented and innovative leader with extensive Technology/Management experience, he holds A Doctorate in Business Administration with his research on the impact of technology on creativity and innovation, a master degree in Information Technology management (Engineering System Management) and certified Chief Innovation Officer with more than fifteen years of experience in telecommunication, banking, transportation and mobility.
  Dr. Shirah managed the technology strategy section when he first joined RTA in 2011 leading the development of technical strategies and technology governance framework and practices, adapting business transformation and technology strategic alignment to advance corporate goals he was promoted to the position of the Director of information technology leading the digitization of the enterprise toward Dubai government strategic objectives focusing on elevating internal services.
  Due to his massive experience in smart city (effective member and program leader of the smart city initiative) and world class smart services, he was assigned the role of Director of Smart Services focusing on transforming RTA external services, developing unique applications and delivering artificial intelligence strategy and machine learning capabilities.
  Versed in Innovation, business models, strategic planning, governance and enterprise architecture practices prevalent in government practices, roads and transportation businesses, banking and technology services industries, he become one of the specialized technology strategist in roads and transports domain.
  Dr. Shirah holds a portfolio of delivering business values through managing and delivering unique and complex projects, the “Enterprise Command & Control Center” of mobility in Dubai (also known as EC3) is one example, proudly inaugurated in 2017 by H.H. Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoom as the first delivered project for Expo2020 and beyond and the only nerve system of mobility in the city of Dubai capturing more than 70 million records of data on daily basis and integrating more than 32 systems with more high number of functionalities and latest technologies adapted to deliver seamless event and crisis management platform.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title: Panel: Smart Cities Solutions
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• A passionate team builder, inspiring leader, founder of successful businesses recognized by FORBES and ENDEAVOR in the GCC. With a total of 12 years in business, I have been successfully managing innovative ventures and accelerating growth with sustainable business models.
  Very keen in managing stakeholders’ expectations, bringing all teams to one vision of building an Innovative Digital Ecosystem in the ME.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title: Panel: Digital Transformation & Sustainability
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Ibrahim is Ericsson MEA Head of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics leading the development, sales and delivery of Ericsson’s artificial intelligence and analytics solution portfolio in more than 70 countries.
  He bags +15 years of telco experience delivering software and analytics projects to operators across Middle East, Asia & Europe.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title: Blockchain vs. DataBlockMatrix
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Rick Kuhn is a computer scientist in the Computer Security Division at NIST, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). His research focuses on combinatorial methods in software verification and testing (csrc.nist.gov/acts), and extending these methods for assurance and explainability in AI and machine learning. He has authored three books and more than 150 conference or journal publications on information security, empirical studies of software failure, and software assurance. He co-developed the role based access control model (RBAC) used worldwide and led the effort that established RBAC as an ANSI standard. Before joining NIST, he worked as a software developer with NCR Corporation and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He received an MS in computer science from the University of Maryland College Park

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title: Panel: Women in ICT Leadership and Empowerment
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Eng Najla Triki, Studies department manager in ST2I, in Tunisia. She is also general secretary of the Tunisian Association of Women in Engineering and Science (ATFI) and she was recently elected as a member of the board of directors of INWES (International Network of Women in Engineering and Sciences).
  Eng Najla Triki is a Telecommunication engineer. She graduated from ENSEEIHT (National School of Electronics, Electrotechnics, Computer Science and Hydraulics of Toulouse - France) in June 1995 and she has a master diploma in networks and security from SUP'COM (in Tunisia).
  Ms. Triki has many international certifications such as PMP (Project Management), COBIT (IT Governance) and ITIL (IT management).
  he began her professional career in 1995 at the CERT where she managed many consulting projects in the field of infrastructure and networks on behalf of public and private companies, and she had the opportunity to participate in many national projects in Tunisia as well as projects in Africa.
  From 2010, she assumed many responsibilities in the field of digital transformation, as Head of Electronic Administration unit within the Ministry of information and communication technologies in Tunisia, and as CIO (Chief information officer) at CERT.
  From January 2018 to December 2020, she was in charge of the CERT cooperation and marketing department in CERT.

• Participation : Keynote Speech
• Session Title: New Space Internet Intersects 5G: Zoom on Low Earth Orbit Constellations
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Dr. Riad Hartani has spent the last two decades contributing to the development of Internet, Mobile and Artificial Intelligence technologies, mostly out of the Silicon Valley as a hub, building multiple leading technology startups, advising on strategic investments and rolling out innovative technologies all over the world. He led many industry firsts in the areas of Internet infrastructure design, cloud architectures, Space Internet Technologies and Artificial Intelligence. He is well versed in the technology startups, innovation and investment eco-systems globally. He has lived, worked and travelled in very diverse regions of the world, gaining a broad understanding of cross-cultural technology management and technology ecosystems development.
  Most recently, he jumpstarted “Padovani Ventures”, a multi-disciplinary advanced technology initiative. He co-founded a global technology and investments advisory firm, “Xona Partners” (Silicon Valley, Singapore, Vancouver, Tokyo, Hong Kong), with a novel startup incubation and spin-in model as a way to foster disruptive technology innovation. He co-founded “iValley.co”, a technology startup co-creation studio in the Silicon Valley with a Blockchain, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence (AI) focus. He has been in the leadership team of various Silicon Valley technology startups, including: Wichorus, Inc. as head of Global Systems Engineering (acquired by Tellabs for over $165 Millions), Anagran, Inc. as Head of Technology (acquired by Saisei, raised over $50 Millions in venture capital) and Caspian, Inc. as Chief Architect (acquired by Sable Networks, raised over $300 Millions in venture capital). Focus has been on the development of Internet infrastructure, Web Scale cloud platforms and AI applications. He worked closely with lead Silicon Valley Venture Capital firms, contributing to raising significant venture capital funding, in the ventures he was involved with, leading to various successful acquisitions. He lead and contributed to advanced research teams in prestigious R&D labs in the USA (University California at Berkeley), Canada (National Research Council), France (Scientific National Research Center), South Korea (Telecommunications Research Institute) and Japan (Hitachi Central Research Labs & AI Labs). He advised some of the top 10 technology companies on their business and investment strategies in the USA, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China, among others. He engineered many industry firsts, including: AI based autonomous subway control systems (France), AI based facial expressions recognition (Japan), ultra-low latency stock exchange data center design (Hong Kong) and 4G mobile networks rollouts (USA). Riad’s Ph. D. thesis was one of the first Machine Learning dissertation combining Neural Networks (numerical AI) and Fuzzy Systems (symbolic AI) with successful industrial applications. He has been a founding member of various technology ventures, on the advisory board of various startups in over 15 countries, been on the judging committee of global investment and technology awards events over 20 times, published/presented over 200 research, industry and Internet standards papers, lectured at over 10 lead global universities and R&D labs, advised various government and regulators on technology matters, performed investment due diligence to some of the top 10 private equity firms and has been on the advisory boards of several startups accelerators around the globe. He is on the advisory board of various Smart Cities related initiatives (e.g. Omega, a NASA spin-off, Algiers, Barcelona, etc.) and an Angel Investor (Member of the Angel Capital Association). He holds two Engineering degrees and a Master degree (applied mathematics, systems and computer engineering, from Ecole Polytechnique, Algeria and Ecole des Mines, France) with the highest distinctions. He earned a Doctorate in Computer Science (AI) with highest honors from the University of Paris, was a doctoral and post-doctoral fellow at University of California at Berkeley - all awarded by age 25. Later on, completed the Executive Education in Business at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Riad won various prestigious academic and industry awards, including the best Engineering and best Ph. D. thesis distinctions, along with various inventions/patents. Riad was born and grew up in Algiers (Beb El Oued Neighborhood). He lived and lead R&D teams in about 8 countries across North America, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, China, South East Asia and the Far East, conducted business and deployed technology solutions in well over 50 countries and travelled to over 100 countries/regions on 6 continents, gaining a valuable understanding of diversity across cultures and societies.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title: Panel: Women in ICT Leadership and Empowerment
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Graduated from Faculty of Engineering - Damascus University – Electronical Engineering Section, Rouda has 20+ years extensive experience in diverse areas within ICT such as Policies, Regulations, Internet Governance and Cybersecurity with solid Vendor and Operator background. The past 9 years are spent in working with the International Organizations, mainly United Nations.
  Rouda Joined the International Telecommunication Union in 2010, she is currently holding the position of Program Officer – ITU Regional Office for the Arab States - which focuses on promoting the equitable and sustainable development of ICT networks and services for the Arab countries. Since then, she has been involved in many key projects, events and programmes in the area of ICT Development in the Arab region. She is the focal point of the ITU cybersecurity initiative and all its related activities in the Arab region including the ITU Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative.
  Prior to joining ITU, Rouda has worked for the UN-ESCWA as an ICT Officer and drafted the publication on Internet Governance: Challenges & Opportunities in the Arab region.
  Rouda’s previous experience acted as the Head of Virtual Private Network Development in Syrian Telecommunications Establishment as well as Director of the Public Data Network which was responsible for the data backbone and its services in Syria. She had participated in the development of the Syrian backbone from the first early days with successful record of accomplishment and achievements.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title: AI-enabled Edge Computing
• Track/Activity : IEEE 5G Summit
• Dr. Soumaya Cherkaoui is a Ful Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringof Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. Since 2005, she is also an Adjunct Full Professor at Lulea University, Sweden and has been the Director of INTERLAB, a research Laboratory which conducts research funded both by government and industry. Before joining U. Sherbrooke as a faculty member, Pr.
  Cherkaoui worked for industry as a project leader on projects targeted at the Aerospace Industry. Pr. Cherkaoui was a Visiting Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Toronto. In 2006, she was a Visiting Professor at the Centre of Distributed Systems and Software at Monash University, Australia, and in 2012, she was an invited visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley.
  Pr. Cherkaoui has more than 100 publications in reputable journals, conferences and workshops in the area of commmunication networks. She has participated as a General Chair, Editor, Member of Technical Committee, Session Chair, or Program Committee Member of numerous conferences or referenced journals.
  In 2010, she was appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence Auto21, Canada and member of the Expert Advisory Panel of Precarn, Canada. Since 2017, she has been appointed as member of MITACS Research Council.
  Her research and teaching interests are in Wireless Networks. Paricularly, she works on Cyberphysical systems, including Vehicluar Networks and Smartgrids, Machine-to-Machine Communications, and Internet of Things (IoT).

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Improve your success chance? Let's have a coffee and explore Innovation-PM-Valorisation- and Lifelong Learning. Shaping my Research through Project Management PhD-candidate ambition and (co-)authoring conference/journal papers. Curious?
  My purpose: leverage my knowledge & experience from xxxM$ P3M to new stakeholders in open, collaborative, innovative ways, using diverse perspectives. From groundbreaking to confronting, in particular, if entering a new sector. Not having complete knowledge/experience of an area is an advantage, allowing an unbiased and creative approach (TRIZ). From T2Pi or M-shaped professional, full-stack eng. manager, authentic inspiring & networked leader, crossing boundaries inside & across organizations.
  The manner of engagement can be manyfold: open discussion, management consultancy, brainstorm, intervention/cleanup, reorganization, start a change process, project or program up to full goal-oriented delivery, and realization. Or just use a coaching approach to overcome hurdles in thinking patterns. Or my mere presence may help to unleash the hidden potential in the people & organization.
  There is only one constant: CHANGE. Surfed the S-curves/hype cycle on smart cards, TTIs, navigation systems, telecom, mobile, ip.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Convergence: The Powerhouse of Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Neil Sahota (萨冠军) is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) subject matter expert, and Professor at UC Irvine.
  With 20+ years of business experience, Neil works to inspire clients and business partners to foster innovation and develop next generation products/solutions powered by AI.
  Neil's work experience spans multiple industries including legal services, healthcare, life sciences, retail, travel and transportation, energy and utilities, automotive, telecommunications, media/communication, and government. Moreover, he is one of the few people selected for IBM's Corporate Service Corps leadership program that pairs leaders with NGOs to perform community-driven economic development projects. For his assignment, Neil lived and worked in Ningbo, China where he partnered with Chinese corporate CEOs to create a leadership development program.
  In addition, Neil partners with entrepreneurs to define their products, establish their target markets, and structure their companies. He is a member of several investor groups like the Tech Coast Angels and assists startups with investor funding. Neil also serves as a judge in various startup competitions and mentor in several incubator/accelerator programs.
  He actively volunteers with nonprofits for event management, fund raising, grant reviews, and site visits. Neil is an active member of the UCI Alumni Association and serves on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Marathon, supporting their work with the OC Kids program in fighting childhood obesity.

• Participation : Technical Committee Co-Chair
• Track/Activity : Technical Track
• Prof. Mustafa Elnainay received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer engineering from Alexandria University, in 2001 and 2005, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Virginia Tech, in 2009. He is currently on leave and affiliated with the Faculty of Computer and Information Systems, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
  He is also a Professor of computer engineering with the Computer and Systems Engineering Department, Alexandria University, Egypt. His research interests include wireless and mobile networks, cognitive radio and cognitive networks, as well as software testing automation and optimization.
  His focus is on the use of artificial intelligence to solve problems in different domains, including communications and networking, indoor localization, and software engineering. He has served as a Reviewer, TPC member, and TPC chair/track chair for various international journals and conferences.

• Participation : Technical Committee Chair
• Track/Activity : Technical Track
• I have been at James Madison University since August 2012 where I worked as an assistant professor in the Integrated Science and Technology Department from August 2012 until July 2018.
  Afterward, I was awarded tenure and promotion as an associate professor starting August 2018.
  At James Madison University, I am the Telecommunications, Networking, and Security (TNS) Advisor for the students who wish to declare the TNS as their concentration. In the ISAT department, I teach in the TNS sector (Computer Networking and Security Courses), the IKM sector (Computer Programming and Database Courses) and the Intelligence Analysis IA program. Also, I teach Computer Science (CS) courses (mainly the graduate program for the master degree).
  For my research, I am interested in the issues surrounding Intelligent Transportation, Mobile Development, Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Network Security, Wireless Network Security, Internet of Things (IoT), Voice over IP (VoIP), Network Programming, and Cloud Computing.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: Innovation in the AI & IoT Industry
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Sudeendra Koushik is currently the Vice Chairman of IEEE Bangalore Section and holds over 21 years of experience in Product Innovation & Development. An alumnus of IIM-K, ICFAI and University of Mysore, Mr. Koushik has been honored with the ‘Innovation Council Award’ by Karnataka State Innovation Council in 2013. A guest speaker, motivator and evangelist, Mr. Koushik has been on the panel for MIT Emerging Technologies conference, TiE Startup festival, amongst numerous others. Through his talks, he seeks to bridge the Innovation and Research gap between the industry and academia & foster the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst youth.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Artificial Intelligence Opportunities for Exponential Women
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Lobna Karoui is an exponential optimist.
  She believes in a bright Trust Technologies Future and our ability to build it together.
  Dr. Lobna Karoui is an Artificial Intelligence Trust Builder and results-oriented with more than two decades experience building AI products for more than 50 million users and customers.
  She is one of the 1000 AI experts in the world who signed “Autonomous Weapons: an Open Letter” with Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk. She is a Google recognized Expert about “Disruption, Empathy and Trust”.
  As a Digital transformer, She has been working with thousands of high Business game changers and executives in Banking, telecommunication, Hosting, Luxury, retail, Automotive and health. According to her successful track record of driving cost effective and scalable AI strategies, she was invited as a contributor at Forbes & MIT and as a speaker at Harvard University, Stanford, World Economic Forum, Amazon, Bloomberg.
  Dr. Karoui was graduate from CentraleSupelec and Yale.
  Dr. Lobna Karoui is the President of AI Exponential Thinker with the mission to empower 1 Million young people, horizon 2025, about TRUST Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Opportunities. As a Futurist, she invites Exponential Thinkers to design the Future of Work and Education in this Fast Technologies Era.

• Maryam holds BS in Electrical Engineering from UAE University 1998 and EMBA from Zayed University 2007. Maryam is currently serving as Senior Specialist Distribution Asset Management at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority DEWA. Maryam has also served reputed organizations in executive positions in UAE: UAE University, Dubai Aluminium Company, Schneider Electric, Dubai International Financial Center and Dubai Cable Company - DUCAB.
  She head successfully DUCAB-HV building Project and test unit facility, which is a joint venture between DEWA and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority and DUCAB of shares 25%, 25%, 50%. It was inaugurated by ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed Almaktoum on Nov 2011.
  Maryam served on various Boards local and international: Emirates Science Club, Dubai Quality Group DQG, International Mensa and IEEE. Maryam has served as a Board Member of DQG 2009-2010 and was elevated to the position of Secretary General in 2011-2012. During, DQG & ASQ reach to a mutual agreement.
  Maryam has represented DQG at meetings at the American Society of Quality (ASQ), USA in 2011and main speaker at ASQ conference in Mexico in 2011and 2013.
  In IEEE, Maryam is an eminent professional on various Boards of IEEE locally and internationally. She was the pioneer as a female section chair in Middle East and the region; of UAE section (2012-13).
  She formed the IEEE Women in Engineering Group (WIE) in UAE in 2003, and support forming the same in the region; Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunis and others. She also served as the IEEE WIE Coordinator for Region 8 in 2007- 2008; during she received honorable award for the both years for being the best growing region in term of WIE membership. She also served as WIE global liaison for PES Committee in 2010 - 2012.
  Maryam is an expert skeet shooter as a hobby and is an avid global traveler and is active in social media – facebook with a number of followers to her professional activities.

• Participation : Guest Speaker
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• As General Manager of Services at SAP for South Europe, Middle East and Africa, Augusta Spinelli is responsible for driving the SAP Services strategy and organization in the region to deliver exceptional business outcomes for SAP customers, leveraging world-class technology & solutions.
  Augusta has helped hundreds of companies transform and excel by leveraging SAP innovative solutions to achieve their business goals. She champions diversity in her organization and enjoys discovering different cultures while supporting teams to thrive and grow personally and professionally. Augusta enjoys travelling and visiting new countries and is based out of Dubai.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: AI & IoT innovation ecosystem and supporting mechanisms in the MENA region
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Heba Labib is currently the Manager of Technology Commercialization and Industry Relations Office at Nile University. From 2011 through 2014, she was the founder and executive director of NU100, a nationwide entrepreneurship initiative for techpreneurs who have developmental ideas. The initiative resulted in the establishment of 18 companies.
  In2007, Ms. Labib had partnered in setting up Palm Paper, a waste paper recycling mill, where she had played multiple roles in procurement operations and logistics and later in product development and establishing the company’s sales operations. In 2004 Ms. Labib started Nile’s Gift, a company that processes and exports “Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”.
  Ms. Labib has won a number of entrepreneurship awards for the aforementioned businesses from Arab Business Challenge in 2007 in UAE, Business in Development Challenge in 2006, Netherlands, and the Shell “Intelaqah for Best Business Idea” Award in 2005 in Oman. She has also and participated in several Entrepreneurship seminars.
  Prior to the aforementioned ventures, Ms. Labib’s experience includes technical procurement for utility trucks components, diligent studies on utilization of rice straw waste to convert to MDF, and conducting a research study for the FAO on the “Gender Roles in the Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”.
  Heba Labib holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oakland University, MI, and an MSc in Management of Technology from Nile University, Egypt, and is currently working on her PhD at Nile University. Heba Labib is an entrepreneur by nature with a mix of academic and interpersonal skills, enhanced with multidisciplinary and international exposure. She’s an excellent team player with highly effective communication skills.

• Participation : Panelist
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• An initiative-taking, highly driven Executive with 18 years experience and a proven track record of performance, strong leadership and communication skills.
  Successfully negotiated and closed more than a Billion dollar worth of deals, managed international teams in excess of 300 people, delivered on multi-million dollar P&Ls, identified new business opportunities and defined my company's marketing and business strategies in various international markets.
  Held a number of leadership roles in Schlumberger, Emerson & BHGE, including Regional Manager, Global Marketing Manager, Marketing Director and Group Regional Manager. as well as a key government post in 2015, when I was appointed as Minister's assistant for Investment and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources in Egypt.
  I hold a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in marketing and operations from the American University in Cairo where I graduated top of my class as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the same university.

• Participation : Guest Speaker
• Session Title : SMEs Digitization, Challenges and Technology Players Opportunities
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Digital transformation expert with 15+ years of experience in telecommunication industry. Assigned various technical and commercial leadership roles in mobile radio networks, fixed connectivity services, Telco VAS, Cloud services, IoT, artificial intelligence, Big data & analytics in addition to enterprise digital solutions. Now, leading Vodafone Business Solutions where setting the Digital Transformation strategy for Vodafone Enterprises, by creating solutions through the establishment of cutting edge technologies and successful implementation to support enterprises growth in digital era. Skilled in products development, business development and digital transformation; through building high performing teams while adopting lean and agile tactics. Entrepreneur, lead Vodafone R&D and innovation team for a decade, supporting Tech-startups, passionate about social entrepreneurship and innovation.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: AI & IoT innovation ecosystem and supporting mechanisms in the MENA region
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Mohammad Khawaja is currently the CEO of Startappz - a specialized house of expertise for smart technologies that partners with leading telecom operators, government organizations and airlines.
  Before that, Mohamad worked at the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship as the Executive Director and the founding Project Manager of Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition – The first startup competition in Jordan. He was also in charge of managing the “Google Award for The Best Online Business” and the “Cisco Entrepreneur Institute” as well. Earlier in 2001, Mohamad co-founded his first business in the domain of content management solutions.
  Mohamad has a B.Sc. in Telecommunication Engineering and an Executive MBA from IE Business School. He is an active member of Tech, VC and geek communities in EMEA and one of the co-creators of the global bestsellers: "Business Model Generation" & "Business Model You", in addition to being the master reviewer for translation of "Value Proposition Design". Mohamad is an active evangelist and widely recognized advisor in lean startup and customer development methodologies for entrepreneurs around the world.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Building industries for Human prosperity going beyond SDG and the sustainability theme
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Author of “The Digital Disruption Book”, Osama is Visionary technology and business executive, enterprise technology chief architect with diverse experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations. Creative Cisco Consultant with ability to identify solutions that will support business objectives; driving business growth and acceleration in divers markets across multi domain technologies. Expert in identifying all viable options and communicating the strategy, risks, issues and benefits of each to senior executives and non-technical stakeholders. Proven ability to identify talented individuals and mentor them to create effective teams that achieve business goals.
  Business, Technology, and Innovation Executive, with more than 23 years of ICT experience. Osama Al-Zoubi is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Cisco Middle East and Africa (MEA). In his current role, Osama leads the Engineering and Innovation for Cisco in MEA. A key area of focus under Osama’s leadership is the development and execution of Technical, Innovation, and Business strategies for digital transformation, for the Middle East and Africa region.
  Osama drives technology strategy and innovation, through working closely with Government Agencies, Enterprise Customers, Private Sector and Partners across the region. His focus is on developing Business and Technology Architectures to deliver on government priorities, drive innovation, and partners to accelerate country digitization.
  Osama is experienced and regarded as a technical leader who leads the Systems Engineering and Innovation organization for Cisco in the Middle East and Africa. In his role, he partners with all customers across the region to drive innovation and digital transformation.
  Osama has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), in Chicago, Illinois USA.
  Osama joined Cisco in 2001 in Chicago, IL USA; and a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE). Osama enjoys volunteering, reading, volleyball, swimming, traveling, teaching, coaching and development.

• Participation : Panelist
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Mansoor has over 25 years experience of planning, building, optimising and operating mobile networks around the world. In 2011 he joined EE and was accountable for the technical launch of 4G and integration of the Orange and T-Mobile networks as Director of Radio Networks and board member of MBNL (the joint venture of EE with H3G). At BT he was Director of the Converged Networks Research Lab from 2016 to 2018. More recently, Mansoor was CTO of Ofcom, the UK telecoms and media regulator. As CTO he was head of the technology profession and member of the Policy and Management Board. He led Ofcom’s activities in network security & resilience as well as engagement on technical matters with CTOs, industry bodies and Government. In February 2020 Mansoor will join Neom as Executive Director, Technology and Digital Infrastructure. Mansoor is patron of the ITP, a member of the Steering Board of the UK5G Innovation Network, and on the Advisory Boards of the Satellite Applications Catapult and UCL Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dept.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: AI & IoT innovation ecosystem and supporting mechanisms in the MENA region
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Hussein AL-NATSHEH is an executive-level data scientist and machine learning specialist. He has more than 16 years of experience in technology business innovation. AL-Natsheh currently serves as the CEO of Mowjaz (A subsidiary of Mowdoo3 for AI-powered personalized recommendation App of Arabic digital content aggregation). He also serves as Chief AI Officer at Mawdoo3 Limited sine he joined after acqui-hiring of his started late 2016. At Mawdoo3, he co-founded and led the AI team who developed the best Arabic NLP/NLU toolkit (ai.mawdoo3.com) and the Arabic speaking digital assistant, Salma.ai, which later became a subsidiary of Mawdoo3 that is specialized in providing localized voice assistants for banks and call centers. He also co-founded Qalam.ai (another subsidiary of Mowadoo3) which is similar to Grammarly but specialized in Arabic.
  Al-Natsheh holds a Ph.D. in data mining from the University of Lyon. He has 2 master's degrees; One in data mining and knowledge management from France and Italy in 2015 and another one in computer engineering back to 2007 from Jordan. He made the later master thesis at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland.
  In 2009, he founded Ciapple LLC, a company providing data mining web services for on-line businesses like eCommerce and digital media companies. In the first 3 years of Ciapple, AL-NATSHEH had been working on developing the company with a few data mining products and services for several clients in the Middle East. In 2013, he co-managed the company focusing on providing cloud-based data services built on data mining open source technologies.
  Previously, he was the director of the Innovation Division (TRIZ-matic) and the Program Manager of the Technology Commercialization Program at the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) in Jordan. AL-NATSHEH has received many business planning and innovation awards and recognitions from national and regional innovation and entrepreneurship support organizations like MENA-OECD Investment program, Ijma3, MedVentures, infoDev, QRCE, JEDCO, ASTF, Mowgli, and SRTD.

• Participation : Guest Speaker
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• I am the Chief Data Scientist and leader of the Centre of Excellence for IBM MEA. I have led ground-breaking Data Science teams and implementations of fully deployed large-scale AI projects globally for over 15 years. I am passionate about advising IBM’s top-tier clients and governments in developing data strategies that show P&L value and to transform them into data-driven organizations that lead the field.
  As I have seen the ‘good, the bad and the ugly’ side of Data Science and AI, I ensure that my clients steer well clear of risks and use my experience as a guide.
  As a renowned thought leader, I am a trusted advisor to both governments and international bodies (e.g. the UN) on the risk of AI and its impact on society and I am working in collaboration with these bodies on developing a worldwide AI ethics framework.
  I enjoy talking and presenting in front of large audiences and lecturing at universities as well as sharing my experiences and passion for Data Science and AI and I am a successful investor, consultant and mentor for innovative start-ups, both fin-tech and other.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Governments & Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : Industry/Gov. Track
• Eng. Tariq Al Awadhi has been working in the frequency spectrum field for about 20 years and has successfully represented the UAE several times during his participations in various international conferences. He also held leading positions in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Arab League as well as the Committees of Gulf Cooperation Council and the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12). Al Awadhi has been heading the Technical Committee of the GCC Technical Office at the GCC General Secretariat since 2003 and the Arab Spectrum Management Group since 2008.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the brain behind Fourth Industrial Revolution: What impacts will AI bring to smart cities after COVID-19?
• Track/Activity : Industry/Gov. Track
• "Former Chief Telecommunications Engineer, Chief Technology Officer and Acting Assistant Commissioner (Information Systems) of the Hong Kong Police (HKP), Dr Wong had an oversight of ICT policies formulation, cybersecurity and rollout of strategic imperatives. He is the innovator of Finance-Operate-Own-Share “FOOS” business model, which has brought synergy by means of public and private sectors partnership to resolve major technology problems for HKP and to bring business benefits for both parties. The model is internationally recognized as an industry-wide success that has huge worldwide application opportunities. He clinched the Best Innovation at the International TETRA Awards 2012, and the Ken Goulding Prize for Professional Excellence 2015 from Middlesex University London.
  Jolly has distinguished himself in the technology profession by receiving the Outstanding Contribution to TETRA Award 2008, for his stewardship of mission-critical, large-scale, complex technology programs. He continues to inspire and influence the mission critical industries globally; examples of quick followers to adopt same standards include Hongkong Electric, Shenzhen Police, Singapore Police Force, Royal Malaysia Police, and the UK Home Office.
  Professionally, Jolly is former Vice President and Trustee of the Institution of Engineering and Technology “IET”, one of the largest qualifying body and learned society with over 165k members worldwide. He is an Advisory Board Member of the IET Academy and IET Smart Cities Journal Editor (Online ISSN 2631-7680). Jolly is renowned for his advocacy of professionalism in ICT industry and entrepreneurship among young engineers. Academically, he is a Visiting Professor for the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, the Shanghai University, Policy Fellow for Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) at University of Cambridge.
  Jolly was appointed member of the Advisory Committee on Innovation and Technology (2015-17), to contribute in establishing a blueprint for innovation and technology development for HKSAR. In May 2019, Jolly was appointed an Advisor to the Hongkong Electric on policies and strategies related to innovation & technology, advanced metering infrastructure, and cybersecurity. He’s a weekly columnist ‘Tech in Synergy’ at the Hong Kong Standard."

• Participation : Panelist
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Sri has been associated with the IEEE-SA and the IEEE India office for the past 4+ years with focus on standards engagements in India and executing the programs on the Emerging Technology programs within the IEEE-SA. In this strategic role, Sri drives standards related initiatives & programs globally across technology sectors which include amongst others IoT, Smart Cities, Sensors, eHealth and VLSI domains, and also to engage Indian engineering community to global IEEE standards development efforts.
  Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (formerly Motorola Inc.) for 18 years, managing a global R&D team focused on Electronic Design Automation.
  Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Post Graduation degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Women in ICT Leadership and Empowerment
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Women in AI
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Alhanoof Althnian is an Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the College of Computer and Information Science and the Deputy Director of the Digital Innovation Unit at the Entrepreneurship Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in AI from the University of Kansas and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Indiana University. She recently served as an AI expert member in two task forces at the Science 20 (S20) official engagement group at the G20. Her research interests include Multi-agent Systems, Evolutionary Computation, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Bio-inspired Computing. Her practice revovles around employing AI to solve challenging problems and advising businesses and governmental entities on AI adoption and implemetation.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the brain behind Fourth Industrial Revolution: What impacts will AI bring to smart cities after COVID-19?
• Track/Activity : Industry/Gov. Track
• Cristina Bueti is the ITU Focal Point on Environment and Smart Sustainable Cities. She is also the Counsellor of ITU-T Study Group 20 “Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C)” at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She also serves as TSB/ITU focal point for Latin America.
  Cristina Bueti graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Law and International Cooperation and Development of the University of Florence, where she completed postgraduate studies in International Cooperation and Telecommunications Law in Europe. She also holds a specialization in Environmental Law with a special focus on Telecommunications.
  In 2003, Ms. Bueti built on her academic credentials by completing a specialized course in peace keeping and international cooperation with special focus on telecommunications at the Faculty of Laws, University of Malta, before joining the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva in January 2004.
  As part of the International Women's Day 2016, she was named as one of the twenty Geneva-based inspirational women working to protect the environment.
  She has authored over 40 reports on telecommunication issues. A native Italian speaker, Cristina is also fluent in English, French and Spanish.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Governments & Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : Industry/Gov. Track
• Dr. El Sayed Azzouz is the head of spectrum management at National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA)and Assistance Professor at the Military Technical College (MTC). He has participated in many national activities such as 3rd Mobile Operator to Egyptian market, VSAT Licenses, and preparing the Egyptian frequency allocation table and chart. At the international level, he is the vice chairman of the Arab Spectrum Management Group (ASMG), ITU-R Study Group 1, and ITU-R JTG 4-5-6-7. He has also participated in several international meetings including WRC-07, WRC-12, and RRC-06.
  Dr. Azzouz is an Assistance Professor in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the Military Technical College (MTC). He got a B. Sc. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (With Grade Excellent) from the MTC in1984, M. Sc. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from MTC in 1992, and Ph.D. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Strathclyde University in 1996. Dr. Azzouz has published tens of papers in journals and conferences. In addition, he has published a book named "Automatic modulation recognition of communication signals” in 1996. Moreover, he was awarded the Mountbatten Premium Prize from IEE Society in 198.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Artificial Intelligence; Opportunities and Challenges
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Dr. Hosni holds a PhD in Water Science from the University of Quebec, Canada. He obtained his master’s degree in Applied Science, Environmental Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. Before joining MBZUAI, Dr. Ghedira was the Director of the Research Centre for Renewable Energy Mapping and Assessment at Masdar Institute. Before moving to the UAE, Dr. Hosni spent six years at the City University of New York as assistant professor and research associate professor. He was the founding director of the Environmental Remote Sensing and Image Processing Laboratory at the NOAA Cooperative Remote Sensing Science & Technology Center (NOAA-CREST) in New York from 2003 to 2008.
  Dr. Hosni has played a leading role in establishing Masdar Institute as regional research hub in the field of earth observation, satellite image processing and atmospheric modeling, attracting more than $20 M of external funding over the last 10 years. Dr. Hosni is an active member in several regional and international working groups in the field of clean energy policies, space technologies and environmental monitoring. He was nominated in January 2019 by Solar Quarter Magazine in the list of Most Influential Solar Business Leaders in The MENA PV Market.
  Dr. Hosni has authored and co-authored more than 120 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and referred conference proceedings. He has also supervised more than twenty PhD and MSc theses in the USA and the UAE. Dr. Hosni has participated as invited speaker, panelist and session chair in several international conferences and forums covering environmental monitoring, renewable energy resource assessment and space technologies. Dr. Hosni has been nominated in January 2018 as an affiliate member in Mohammed bin Rashid Academy of Scientists.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Artificial Intelligence; Opportunities and Challenges
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Dr Mohammad Yaqub is an assistant professor in the Computer Vision Department at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is also an honorary research fellow at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  Dr Yaqub was the Vice President of Engineering at Intelligent Ultrasound limited - Oxford [2016 - 2020]. He has led the R&D team to develop state-of-the-art solutions in different clinical applications. His main achievement was the development of ScanNav, the first AI-based fetal anomaly scan assessment system.
  Dr Yaqub spent several years at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME), University of Oxford initially as a DPhil student then as a research fellow until September 2016. After that he was an academic visitor at the IBME (until 2019), University of Oxford and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (until 2020), University of Oxford. He was also a teacher at the IT Learning Centre, IT Services, University of Oxford [2010 - 2020].
  Furthermore, Dr Yaqub is part of Oxford EMI Training where he teaches courses to non-English speaking university lecturers from all over the world who teach their courses in English. More details can be found here (www.oxfordemi.co.uk/lecturers).
  Dr. Yaqub’s research interests include medical image analysis (e.g., ultrasound, MRI and CT), deep learning / machine learning, and medical image registration. Dr Yaqub has been granted several research grants funded by different parties such as EPSRC, Innovate-UK, and Philips Healthcare. Furthermore, he acts as a reviewer for several high tier journals and conferences. He has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles in top conferences and journals such as IEEE TMI, Medical Image Analysis, MICCAI and UOG. Full list of publications can be found here

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Artificial Intelligence; Opportunities and Challenges
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Nasser Alrayes, is a Senior Advisor at the Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) heading the development of the Integrated Smart City Strategy (Riyadh as a pilot). Prior to joining SDAIA, Nasser was a Digital Transformation Senior Expert at the National Digital Transformation Unit (NDU) with a focus on smart cities, Industry 4.0, Smart Health and Smart Education. Moreover, he acted as a vice dean of maintenance and operation at the deanship of e-Transactions and Communications at King Saud University (KSU) and a data center director at KSU. He served as a lecturer at the College of Computer and Information Sciences at KSU with a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California (USC)

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the brain behind Fourth Industrial Revolution: What impacts will AI bring to smart cities after COVID-19?
• Track/Activity : Industry/Gov. Track
• Leading technologist specialising in the creation and development of innovation technology solutions in the communications and management of cultural heritage, over the past 5 years he is focused on Business, Social and Campus networking as a core solution of Smart Cities.
  As Co-Chair of the IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Consortium Smart Cities Working Group, he is pioneering a “People-Centric” approach to Smart Cities development in order to create and promote a new global standard. This approach focuses on the “human experience” within a city, ensuring that technology solutions not only provide efficiencies for resources and services, but also ensure social well-being, personal development, and strong local business and economic growth.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker

• Participation : Guest Speaker
• Session Title : Operationalising digital transformation and using data science to improve the security of life and assets
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• I have more than 18 years of experience in the field of Information Technology and Governance in various capacities. I have worked with many clients of national and international repute including Pakistan government, US government, Mashriq Bank, and Punjab Police. I have the honour of being the Director for the project of the automation of Punjab Police that changed 150 years old system.
  The project has gone beyond Punjab into Sindh and Baluchistan. My current engagement is in the development of a governance framework for a Unified Criminal Justice System. Sharing and learning through teaching has kept me in touch with academia as a visiting faculty member at various institutions of national repute including NUML, Superior University and BETS. I have also written research papers on processes, budgeting and quality of projects.

• Participation : Guest Speaker
• Session Title : Operationalising digital transformation and using data science to improve the security of life and assets
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Innovation in the AI & IoT Industry
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Dr. De has been incessantly crafting Core Technologies to 'Make a Better Connected World with Enriched Human-Machine Interactions'. These solutions nestle in the intersection space of AI-IoT-Big Data. Over the years, he has been solving complex problems: from Radar Systems to Futuristic Devices; from Rich Communication to Machine Understanding.
  His meticulous drive has made Samsung India center an Innovation Hub with repeat recognition through 'National IP Award', Zinnov 'Great Place to Innovate' award among many others. He leads Samsung's deep partnership with and strategic investment in Indian Startups. As CTO, he works to blend judiciously 'Inhouse Innovation' with 'Open Innovation'.
  He works closely with Nasscom, CII and FICCI on many Industry initiatives and Country policies. He has been contributing to global technology standards and is current chair of OCF India forum for IoT. He is also chairing IEEE Communication Society in Bangalore and has been spearheading workshops on Emerging Technologies. He is Fellow of IETE, IEI and Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).
  Between 2005 and 2011, he has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor in IIT-Roorkee and Adjunct Professor in IIT-Delhi. In last two decades, he has visited 50+ universities resulting in Industry-Institute collaborations. He has been involved with DST and premier institutes as member of Advisory Committee, Research Council and Governing Body.
  Dr. Alok is B.Tech from IIT-Kharagpur, ME from IISc-Bangalore and Ph.D from McGill Univ. He has 30+ years of Corporate R&D experience after his doctoral research. He has ~25 patents granted/filed and 50+ publications. Beyond playing Global roles in Canada and South Korea, Dr. De has worked extensively with teams in USA, France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, Netherlands and Belgium.
  For Technology Leadership, Dr. De has received numerous accolades, Alexander Graham Bell Prize (Canada), IETE Memorial Award, IDC Insights Award; and also from IESA for 'Innovative Product', Zinnov for 'Intrapreneur of the Year', Assocham for 'Tech Leader of the Year' and TechCircle for 'Business Transformation'. He is recognized as one of the 'Most Influential CIO/CTOs of India' and is Invited Speaker in 'Thought Leadership' forums.
  Dr. De loves to use Science and Art for developing Technology; and also leverage Technology for nurturing Art and Science. Imbibing principles of Deep Technology, Consumer Experience and Social Inclusion, Dr. De has become a strong champion of TechOnSciArt, TechOfValue and TechForAll. More on: www.aloknathde.com

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: Women in ICT Leadership
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Dr. Manar Abu Talib is Chair of Research Outreach Department, Vice Chancellor Office for Research & Graduate Studies at University of Sharjah, UAE. She is also a faculty member at College of Computing & Informatics. Dr. Abu Talib’s research interest includes software engineering with substantial experience and knowledge in conducting research in software measurement, software quality, software testing, ISO 27001 for Information Security and Open Source Software. Manar is also working on ISO standards for measuring the functional size of software, and has been involved in developing the Arabic version of ISO 19761 (COSMIC-FFP measurement method).
  She published more than 70 refereed conferences, journals, manuals and technical reports, involved in more than 500 professional activities and sponsored research activities and supervised 7 Master thesis, 3 PhD thesis and 35 capstone projects. She received the Best Teacher Award two times, the Exemplary Faculty Award in 2008 and 2010, Google CS4HS Award in 2014, QCRI ArabWIC and Anita Borg Institute Faculty scholarships in 2015, outstanding University & Community Service Award in 2016, Exemplary Leader Award in WiSTEM 2016 and Exemplary Leader Award in ArabWIC 2019.
  She was the Counselor of IEEE Student Branch at Zayed University, 2012-2013 and founder and former CEO of Emirates Digital Association for Women (EDAW111). She is the ArabWIC VP of Chapters in Arab Women in Computing Association (ArabWIC), Google Women Tech Maker Lead, an executive member in UAE IEEE Section & Women in Engineering (WIE), the Sharjah Google Developer Group Advisor, the UAE representative for the COSMIC-FPP Education Committee, Co-coordinator of OpenUAE Research & Development Group and the International Collaborator to Software Engineering Research Laboratory in Montreal, Canada.

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: Innovation in the AI & IoT Industry
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit
• Santosh Krishna S is a senior practitioner of Data Science and BigData and contributed in various roles for two decades in IT Industry.
  He leads various Research & Development initiatives and Innovative solutions in the area of Big Data engineering and High Speed data Analytics solutions.
  He has successfully led the development of various real-time IOT solutions and Cloud Data lakes.
  He was the key contributor for the Digital transformation of a Large Transit Ticketing system in Australia, Smart City of Las Vegas, Smart Platform for ensuring Social distancing in public transport, Smart ICU, etc.
  He works as a horizontal leader for solutions in industries like Banking , Telecom, Smart City ,High-Tech, Healthcare, etc.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit
• Ms. Atsuko Okuda was appointed as the Regional Director in April 2020. Prior to the new assignment, she was the Chief of the ICT and Development Section of the ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok, Thailand from 2015 to 2020. At ESCAP, she promoted the development of regional broadband connectivity and inclusive broadband through the implementation of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) initiative.
  Before joining ESCAP, Ms. Okuda served the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut as the Chief of the Governance and State building Section and as the Team Leader responsible for ESCWA Knowledge Management. Prior to it, she contributed to the Umoja project, the UN Secretariat ERP initiative, as Testing Manager at the Department of Management, UNHQ for 2 years. From 2002 to 2010, she was responsible for promoting a wide range of ICT for development initiatives at ESCAP and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) as Senior IT Officer. She started her UN career in the area of ICT for Development at the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, the Bureau for Development Policy and UNDP Country Office in Bhutan from 1997 to 2002.
  Ms. Okuda obtained a BA from Kyoto University (Japan), MA from Helsinki University (Finland), and has currently been enrolled as a research fellow on e-governance at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in the Netherlands. Her academic articles on broadband and AI were published by the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy. Among other publications and research papers, she was the author of a chapter on e-resilience in the 2018 UNDESA E-government Survey and a recent ESCAP blog on digital resilience against COVID-19.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital transformation & Industry 4.0 : Investment opportunities in Africa & Middle East
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• Ahmed Mekky is the Former Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Bridge International (GBI); additionally he is a co-founder and Board Member of GBI. Ahmed led the company in building the first-ever privately-owned and independently-operated submarine cable in the Gulf region, with onward connectivity to Europe, Africa and Asia.
  Ahmed is a highly experienced telecom executive with strong technical and business qualifications and an impressive track record of 15 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning, business unit development, project and product management, and system engineering strategies. Indeed, he is considered a pioneer in the field of satellite communications having managed numerous projects across the region, including the evaluation process for the launching of a new satellite to serve the Middle East and the investment in a new satellite hub in the Gulf.
  Prior to founding GBI, Ahmed worked on projects encompassing both telecom’s infrastructure and satellite communications. Ahmed has taken a leading role on a broad range of business opportunities including the acquisition of an existing telecom operator, investing in telecom ventures in Europe, investing in GSM licenses in Africa and acquiring a license for a country’s international gateway for voice and data.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital transformation & Industry 4.0 : Investment opportunities in Africa & Middle East
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• A highly respected industry professional and alumnus of Harvard Business School with extensive experience in: Executive Management, Project Management, Metrication, Expert Systems, Business Intelligence, Business Process Modelling and Re-Engineering, as well as in Strategic Planning and Execution. He has successfully implemented global mission-critical business processes in IT, Engineering and financial Industries across Europe and Africa. As a recognised thought leader, industry expert and C-level executive of multi-billion dollar corporations, Dr Woherem has a vantage point and the know how to help Financial organisations, IT organisations, global corporate organisations, as well as government institutions in creating lasting and profitable solutions to management and business process challenges.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital transformation & Industry 4.0 : Investment opportunities in Africa & Middle East
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• Ravikiran Annaswamy is the Co-founder and CEO of Numocity Technologies. He is very passionate about clean mobility and is working towards accelerating Electric Mobility in India and world market. His strategy is on using IOT, Analytics and Deep Learning to accelerate adoption of Electric vehicles and innovate through new business models of Energy as a service.
  He has over 25 years of experience; as an Entrepreneur and as a business leader at Nokia Siemens Networks and Siemens AG. He was instrumental in launching and scaling, frugal and innovative solutions like Mobile Prepaid, Data Charging, and various VAS solutions in India and global markets. He championed Intrapreneurship by working as the Innovation head for Bangalore site of Nokia Siemens Networks.
  He is a serial entrepreneur and passionate to incubate new Start-ups. He was the Co-founder of Deccan Institute of Innovation and Design, Co-Director at Founder Institute (Fi.com) Bangalore, Mentor at NUMA Bangalore and mentor and coach for many early stage start-ups. He is also a charter member of TiE Bangalore.
  He is on the global leadership team of IEEE 5G and is contributes to the vision and strategy of future applications and services.
  He is also a professional volunteer at IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers). He is currently a global board member and Vice President of Membership and Marketing for IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society. He was the chairman for IEEE Bangalore section and on the board of IEEE Asia Pacific during 2014-17.
  He is a thought leader and a speaker at numerous prestigious international business conferences.
  He has done his MBA from Indian institute of Management Bangalore and has graduated from UVCE Bangalore (University of Visveswaraya College of Engineering).

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Disruption in Education
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Investment opportunities amidst the digital transformation era, Industry 4.0 technologies, and tech-based startups
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• Leading a grass-roots innovation hub which was fully conceptualized, designed and flawlessly executed to become a leading center for funding ground-breaking startups, accelerating growth of companies, corporate innovation, ecosystem development, incubation and acceleration. Working with global partners in innovation, the top seed-accelerators and VCs, and the most ambitions private equity investment groups to effectively accelerate the growth of technology-enabled ideas and companies.
  In addition to my executive leadership role of leading all aspects of a company, my dynamic career has also given me broad experience in the following: real estate development, private equity, venture capital, strategy, project management, finance, accounting, HR, business development, sales and marketing, project engineering, technical oil & gas related roles, controls and automation.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Transformation: Present & Future in The Age of AI, Big Data, IoT, and Mobility
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Disruption in Education
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Disruption in Education
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track

• Participation : Guest Speaker
• Session Title : Harnessing the Power of AI for Expanding Scientific Research Horizons: Insightful Pathways and Research Perspectives for Addressing the Complexities of Real-World Problems
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track
• Raed Shubair received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering (with Distinction and Class Honors) from Kuwait University, Kuwait in June 1989 followed by his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering (with Distinction) from the University of Waterloo, Canada in February 1993. His PhD thesis received the University of Waterloo ‘Distinguished Doctorate Dissertation Award’. He is a Senior Advisor at the Office of Undersecretary for Academic Affairs of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, UAE where he focuses on strengthening ties with leading universities and establishing collaborations with world-class research centers, as well as preparing and mentoring talented studies for pursue graduate studies at top-ranked universities. He is a Full Professor of Electrical Engineering with current and past affiliations at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA; New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi, UAE; Harvard Medical School, USA; and University of Waterloo, Canada. He has also been Full Professor of Electrical Engineering at Khalifa University (formerly Etisalat University College), which he joined from 1993 up to 2017. His current research interests include RF/Microwave technologies, smart integrated antennas and radio systems, mm-wave/terahertz integrated technologies, nano-EM and photonics, EM in health science and biomedicine, bio-electromagnetics, medical sensing, new EM materials, wireless sensors and networks wireless communications, adaptive array processing, machine learning, and computational methods. He has more than 330 publications in the form of US patents, book chapters, and indexed peer-reviewed papers in indexed journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Raed Shubair the ‘Teaching Excellence Award’ and ‘Distinguished Service Award’ several times. He was nominated for the IEEE Distinguished Educator Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and received the ‘Distinguished Service Award’ from both ACES Society, USA and from MIT Electromagnetics Academy, USA. Prof. Raed Shubair organized and chaired numerous technical special sessions and tutorials in IEEE flagship conferences. He delivered over 60 invited speaker seminars and technical talks in world-class universities and flagship conferences. He is a standing member of the editorial boards of several inter-national journals and serves regularly on the steering, organizing, and technical committees of IEEE flagship conferences in Antennas, Communications, and Signal Processing including several editions of IEEE AP-S/URSI, EuCAP, IEEE GloablSIP, IEEE WCNC, and IEEE ICASSP. Prof. Raed Shubair He has served as the TPC Chair of IEEE MMS2016 and TPC Chair of IEEE GlobalSIP 2018 Symposium on 5G Satellite Networks. Prof. Raed Shubair holds several leading roles in the international professional engineering com- munity. He is Board Member of the European School of Antennas, Regional Director for IEEE Signal Processing Society in IEEE Region 8 Middle East, and Chair of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Educational Initiatives Program. Prof. Raed Shubair is Editor of the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology and Editor of IEEE Open Journal in Antennas and Propagation. He is a Founding Member of five IEEE society chapters in UAE which are IEEE-UAE Communication Society Chapter, IEEE-UAE Signal Processing Society Chapter, IEEE-UAE Antennas & Propagation Society Chapter, IEEE-UAE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Chapter, IEEE-UAE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter. He is the founder and counselor of the IEEE Student Branch at New York University Abu Dhabi. Prof. Raed Shubair has been honored and serves currently as an invited speaker with the prestigious U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Prof. Raed Shubair is Fellow of MIT Electromagnetics Academy and Founding Member of MIT Scholars of the Emirates. He is Founder & Chair of IEEE at NYU Abu Dhabi and Founder & Chair of IEEE-UAE Innovation & Research Program.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Digital Transformation & Sustainability
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Panel: Investment opportunities amidst the digital transformation era, Industry 4.0 technologies, and tech-based startups
• Track/Activity : Industry & Government Track

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Track/Activity : Technical Track

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Autonomous Driving fueled by Smart Communication
• Track/Activity : Technical Track

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Sensor-less Energy-free Sensing: The Future of Ubiquitous Context-Awareness for the IoT
• Track/Activity : Technical Track
• Moustafa Youssef is a professor at the American University in Cairo and Alexandria University and founder & director of the Wireless Research Center of Excellence, Egypt. His research interests include mobile wireless networks, mobile computing, location determination technologies, pervasive computing, and network security. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE TMC and ACM TSAS, served as the Lead Guest Editor of the IEEE Computer Special Issue on Transformative Technologies and an Area Editor of ACM MC2R as well as on the organizing and technical committees of numerous prestigious conferences. He is the recipient of the 2003 University of Maryland Invention of the Year award, the 2010 TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists, the 2013 and 2014 COMESA Innovation Award, the 2013 ACM SIGSpatial GIS Conference Best Paper Award, the 2017 Egyptian State Award, multiple Google Research Awards, among many others. He is also an IEEE and ACM Fellow.

• Participation : Opening Speech
• Session Title : Opening Speech

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: The power of community in times of disruption
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: Women Leadership in tech
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit

• Participation : Panel Moderator
• Session Title : Panel: Well being as an accelerator of human impact
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech Summit

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Mohammed Alhashmi is an accomplished leader with more than 32 years of public and private sector experience. As the Chief Technology Officer, Innovation and Future Technology Department at Expo 2020 Dubai, he leads a team of information technology professionals and Premium Partners responsible for delivering one of the most advanced and innovative World Expo’s in the event’s 167-year history. Moreover, Mohammed is responsible for Procurement, Contracts and Legal departments at Expo 2020 Dubai.
• Prior to Expo, Mohammed served as Director General of the Gulf Business Foundation, a leading supplier of aerospace and aviation technologies, corporate investments, corporate office solutions, hospitality as well as industrial solutions throughout the Middle East.
• Mohammed started his career in 1989 with Dubai Aluminum (now part of Emirates Global Aluminum, the world’s fifth largest aluminum smelter), where he served as Manager of IT Services. During that period until 2006, Mohammed gained incremental technical and managerial experience in the various ICT verticals including, ICT operations, application development, information security and ICT service delivery. From 2006 to 2008, he led the award-winning implementation of SAP R/3, the enterprise resource planning solution, at DUBAL.
• In 2008, Mohammed joined Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority as Executive Director Corporate Support where he was responsible for different business units including ICT, procurement, logistics, administration, safety, security and environment. He was also given further responsibilities as Executive Director, adding Sales, Marketing and Corporate Communications to his portfolio. He continued to lead various technology transformations, sustainability and business process optimization initiatives.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit

• Participation : Keynote
• Session Title : Mobile operators and Cognitive technology
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Business Development and Community Growth Manager at HERE Technologies, leading Partnership and Community strategy, and contributing to the product and content growth of HERE Open Location Platform in the Middle East. Mohamed brings over 14 years of extensive business experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial arena. Prior to HERE, he was responsible for Mobility Solutions Sales at Microsoft, managing the business in the MEA region. Before Microsoft, Mohamed was among a team of four who established Nokia regional office back in 2006. His last role was a Business Development Manager for Near East and North Africa running Nokia Ecosystem and Partners Engagement, where he led the launch of the first Nokia Mobile Lab in MEA. Avid, active supporter and coach to aspiring entrepreneurs, an Advisory Board member at multiple startups, in addition to other business facilitation and consultancy roles. Ambassador of One Young World appointed to represent Egypt. A devout tech geek, passionate about traveling, and loves to be called by his nickname Galilu.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : IPV6-based 5G
• Track/Activity : 5G Summit
• Sureswaran Ramadass serves as the Head of Research & Development of Mlabs Systems Bhd.He is also the Head of APAN (Pacific Advance Networks: www.apan.net) for Malaysia. Prof. Ramadass served as Chairman of Mlabs Systems Bhd, from April 1, 2005 to October 14, 2009. He served as Non-Independent & Non-Executive Director of MLabs Systems Bhd since April 1, 2005 until May 27, 2014. He has been a Non-Independent & Non-Executive Director of MLabs Systems Bhd since May 27, 2014. Over the years, he has published over sixty (60) national and international level research papers as well as written chapters and provided writing materials for a few books in the area of multimedia conferencing. Dr. Ramadass holds a Bachelor of computer Engineering and Master in electrical and computer Engineering from the University of Miami, USA in 1990 and holds a Doctorate from USM.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Society 5.0
• Track/Activity : 5G Summit
• Teruo Higashino is a professor of Osaka University, Japan where he leads Mobile Computing Laboratory in Graduate School of Information Science and Technology. He is studying about algorithms, software and design methodologies concerning with localization/behavior estimation of pedestrians/crowds, development of ultra-low power consumption IoT devices, CPS research for future smart and connected communities, IT technology for disaster mitigation and green innovation, and so on. From 2018, he has been serving on the PI of Society 5.0 Project of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. Society 5.0 is a motto of Japanese Government for constructing future super smart societies, and our project aims to contribute to life-design innovation through research and development.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : IPV6-based Cloud
• Track/Activity : 5G Summit
• Chongfeng Xie is Vice-chair ETSI IPE

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : Succsess Story: IPV6-based new internet in India
• Track/Activity : 5G Summit
• An International expert in NGN technologies, Regulation, Interconnection and Broadband with 40 years’ experience in all aspects of Telecom, including 25 years with Govt. and Regulator, Satya N. Gupta is publicly recognized as an Analyst, Author, Advocate and Advisor on ICT related Policies, Projects and Business. After his post-graduation from IISc. Bangalore, he joined ministry of Communication in 1981 and Ministry of railways in 1983. He is recipient of Minister of railways award for outstanding performance for the digitalisation project.
• A triple master in Electronics Design Technology, IT Management and Telecom Policy and Regulation, he is globally known as “NGNguru” he is a trainer and coach for telecommunication technologies, policy and regulation and a Regulatory advocate. Author of “Everything over IP-All you want to know about NGN”. He also authored a concept called “Job Factory- Converting Unemployment into Intraprenuership”. His recent research-based work, “Long Tail – Walking the Extra Mile on Rural Broadband Business”, brings out the innovative business models for rural broadband connectivity. He has also established and mentoring a consulting startup named SAAM CorpAdvisors providing Govt. Affairs as Managed Service.
• He is Honorary Secretary General of ITU-APT Foundation of India. Additionally, he is Vice-President and Trustee of PTCIF and Co-chairs BIF committee on Rural Digital Infrastructure. He founded NGN Forum in India to spread awareness and capacity building in the field of emerging technologies. As a member of Expert panel of Commonwealth Telecom Organisation, he conducts training programs in the areas of NGN Technologies, Broadband Policy and Regulation, Interconnection Costing in NGN Era, Spectrum Management, IPV6, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Blue-Ocean Strategy. He is first Indian recipient of IPv6 Hall of Fame – 2019 by Global IPv6 Forum and also the Chairman of Bharat IPv6 Forum.
• Presently, he is working as Chairman, BLUETOWN, India & BIMSTEC, S. Asia to forge newer partnerships and “Making It Happen” its Vision of “Connecting the Unconnected people living in Rural areas of World

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title : IPV6 Security and Privacy
• Track/Activity : 5G Summit
• Lawrence Hughes is Senior Software Engineer - Cybersecurity at Abbott and was the co-founder/CEO of Sixscape Communications. Prior to co-founding Sixscape, he was the co-founder and CTO of Cipher Trust in 2000, and the inventor of the technology there that did a USD273 million exit in 2006. He is also the inventor of Identity Registration Protocol (IRP) and SixChat protocol which were submitted to the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) and both awarded TCP port numbers on the Internet. Lawrence is the co-chair of IPv6 Forum Singapore and he is world class in both cryptographic and IPv6 technologies. Lawrence graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Science (Pure Math) from Florida State University, USA.

• Participation : Keynote Speaker
• Session Title :IEEE Blockchain
• Track/Activity : 5G Summit
• Ramesh Ramadoss is an entrepreneur, researcher, author, and international speaker based in Silicon Valley. He is a co-chair of the IEEE Blockchain Initiative. He leads the IEEE Blockchain Standards Committee. He also leads the IEEE Blockchain Community and was instrumental in launching 30 IEEE Blockchain Groups all over the world. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India in 1998 and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA in 2003. Between 2003 and 2007, he was employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University, Alabama, USA. He moved to Silicon Valley in 2008 and has over a decade of industrial experience in technology companies. He conducted R&D projects for DARPA, NASA, US Army, US Air Force, Sandia National Labs, and Motorola Labs. He is the author or co-author of 1 book, 3 book chapters and 55 research papers. He has delivered talks at over 70 international conferences in 30 countries.

• Participation : Panelist
• Track/Activity : Insdustry Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : How digital technologies can address health and education inequality: challenges and solutions
• Prof. Hussain Al-Ahmad is the founding Dean of Engineering and IT at the University of Dubai. He has 33 years of higher education experience working at academic institutions in different countries including University of Portsmouth, UK, Leeds Beckett University, UK, Faculty of Technological Studies, Kuwait, University of Bradford, UK, Etisalat University College, UAE and Khalifa University, UAE. He was the founder and Chair of the Electronic Engineering Departments at both Khalifa University and Etisalat University College. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, signal and image processing, multimedia, remote sensing and propagation. He has supervised successfully 30 PhD and Master students in the UK and UAE. He has delivered short courses and seminars in Europe, Middle East and Korea. He has published over 120 papers in international conferences and journals and has a UK patent. He served as chairman and member of the technical program committees of many international conferences such as IEEE EDUCON 2016, IEEE ICECS 2013, IEEE GCC 2011, IEEE ISSPIT 2009 and IEEE ICPSPC 2007. He is the chairman of the IEEE UAE Education Chapter. He was a vice chairman of the IEEE UAE section and the Middle East Section of BCS. He was a founder member and chairman of the IEEE UAE Computer Chapter and vice chairman of the IEEE UAE Signal Processing and Communication Chapter. He was also a founder member and secretary of the IEEE Kuwait section.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Cities for a digital future

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Cities for a digital future
• Kamal is building IoT digital products strategies starting from use cases selection, GTM plan, P&L management. Working to develop IoT ecosystem starting from devices/sensors OEMs, system integrators, platform developer community enablement, and empowerment. Kamal is Business, product developer, and strategist with more than 9 years of experience in cellular networks, IoT and projects realization, worked along last 4 years to develop many IoT use cases and developing IoT Ecosystem across all IoT value chain domains.
• Kamal worked in so many major companies in telecom field such as Ericsson Egypt, Vodafone, Digis Squared and MSI Consultancy.
• He is IEEE Volunteer for +8 years helping graduation projects moving from the graduation project phase to the real prototype during his work in the MIE Competition of IEEE YP Egypt. Kamal participated in many Conferences like IEEE Global Conference on IoT 2018 and 2019, IEEE Egypt IoT challenge advisor board, AAST leading your career, and UN Technology Innovation Labs Egypt Reboot the earth challenge.
• Kamal is looking for a master's degree in technology management at Nile University focusing on the IoT role in Digital transformation era.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Cities for a digital future
• Dr. Ismail Zohdy is a smart mobility expert with more than fifteen years of experience collectively between USA, Egypt and United Arab of Emirates, in Intelligent Transportation Systems, Shared Mobility, Future Mobility modeling, Autonomous and Connected Vehicles technology, Electric Mobility and all Smart City initiatives. He is currently an Agile Coach and the Program Manager of Self-Driving Transport strategy at Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Government of Dubai, United Arab of Emirates. His role to manage/oversee technical implementation for smart mobility, electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles roadmap, maintain stakeholder engagement and engage/negotiate with transport technology providers for future mobility deployment in Dubai.
• He previously supported many US federal clients, including Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation and Advanced Research Projects Program for US Department of Energy. Dr. Zohdy is an author of 40+ peer-reviewed publications, and book chapters for Autonomous vehicles

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the brain behind Fourth Industrial Revolution: What impacts will AI and IoT bring to smart Societies?

• Participation : Moderator
• Session Title : Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the brain behind Fourth Industrial Revolution: What impacts will AI and IoT bring to smart Societies?

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the brain behind Fourth Industrial Revolution: What impacts will AI and IoT bring to smart Societies?

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : How technological disruption is transforming Africa's business landscapes?

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : FinTech :How Covid has Accelerated the needs to financial inclusion and solutions

• Participation : Keynote

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : The power of community in times of disruption
• Track/Activity :Women in tech

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : The power of community in times of disruption
• Track/Activity :Women in tech

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : The power of community in times of disruption
• Track/Activity :Women in tech

• Participation : Keynote
• Session Title : Welcome Note
• Track/Activity :Women in tech
• Her Excellency Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri is the UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency.
• In her role as Minister of State for Advanced Technology, her Excellency spearheads the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s efforts to empower the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and promote research and development in the advanced science and technology sector, to create new industries that drive the shift towards a knowledge-based economy. This, in turn, contributes to the overall mandate of the Ministry to strengthen the UAE’s industrial base, ensure in-country value, and raise the competitiveness of local industries.
• As Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency, Her Excellency is responsible to oversee the Agency’s mandate of pioneering the space sector, ensuring its contribution to the national economy and to the UAE’s sustainable development.
• Her Excellency is also the Chairwoman of the Emirates Scientists Council, Chairwoman of the UAE Council for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Chairwoman of the Dubai Future Academy Board of Trustees, and Deputy Project Manager and Science Lead of the Emirates Mars Mission (Hope Prode) at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC).
• Prior to her Ministerial role, Her Excellency was the Director of Research and Developmentat MBRSC, where she established the Centre’s Knowledge and Research Department and put in place product assurance and functionality systems. She was also involved in DubaiSat-1 and DubaiSat-2, and in the project development for KhalifaSat.
• In 2014, Her Excellency was tasked with and led the establishment of the Advanced Aerial Systems Program, where she championed development efforts on a prototype High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite. The project resulted in a successful 24-hour flight of the unmanned vehicle, which recorded the highest altitude of any unmanned aircraft over UAE airspace.
• In 2015, the World Economic Forum honored Her Excellency as one of its 50 Young Scientists for her contributions to science, technology, and engineering.
• Her Excellency Sarah Al Amiri holds a Bachelor's and a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the American University of Sharjah.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital disruption impact on society in the new era: Industry Prospective
• Track/Activity : industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Societal Impacts of Digital Disruption in Economy: Cornerstone to Sustainability
• Track/Activity : industry and Government

• Participation : Keynote
• Session Title : Social Innovation as a means to Empower People in Driving Economic Development & Social Change
• Track/Activity : industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Disruption can spur Africa's economy: Covid-19 As a Catalyst for Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Disruption can spur Africa's economy: Covid-19 As a Catalyst for Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Anas has been leading innovation programs for over 5 years by establishing innovation hubs, investing in startups, and providing early-stage incubation and acceleration programs. He has extensive experience working with governmental entities in establishing sustainable innovation ecosystems. Anas has worked closely with national space organizations in establishing innovation frameworks and strategies for accelerating entrepreneurship in the space industry.
• He recently led several initiatives in the incubation of space technology startups in the UAE through custom space innovation programs, and has done extensive work in the drones tech industry. Anas founded innovaMENA, an innovation enabler that supports startups and industry stakeholders, and provides innovation advisory to several organizations.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Disruption can spur Africa's economy: Covid-19 As a Catalyst for Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : industry and Government
• Omar Abdulaziz Khan is Director of International Offices at Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry leading the global development and management of Dubai Chamber International Offices. He currently manages eleven offices across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
• Prior to his current position, Omar held consecutively successful leading positions at Dubai Chamber as Membership & Documentation Services Department Director representing Dubai Chamber at the ICC World Chambers Federation on trade facilitation issues and as Customer Service Centers Director during which he helped to transform Dubai Chamber from having a customer-centric department to being customer-centric organization.
• Omar has led training sessions in Dubai and the GCC to help implement the ATA Carnet system across the region and regularly participates as MC, presenter and speaker for Dubai Chamber.
• Before joining Dubai Chamber, Omar worked for HSBC Middle East in the Commercial Banking Sector under the Business Banking Unit as Relationship Manager.
• Omar holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Disruption can spur Africa's economy: Covid-19 As a Catalyst for Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : industry and Government
• John Matogo is the Global University Programs Leader for IBM Africa. John joined IBM in Sept 2014 bringing with him vast experience from the academic community in East Africa. His role involves leading IBM academic programmes with universities in countries in the African region.
• John has been instrumental in forging collaborations for IBM with numerous institutions of higher education and ministries of education in the African region. The outcome of the programmes initiated so far include having over 1000 certifications and over 5000 trained students and faculty members on the new and emerging technologies including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, Internet of Things, data science, cyber security and many more.
• Prior to joining IBM, John was the founding Manager of @iBizAfrica, the business innovation centre at Strathmore University and a faculty member in the Faculty of Information Technology at the same institution, teaching software engineering and computing courses. He was instrumental in coordinating the first ever e-readiness survey of over 50 universities in East Africa while working with KENET. He is interested in the application of technology in educational environments and developing digital skills among young professionals. His research interests include: ICTs in education, ICT4D, Free & Open source software and Innovation & entrepreneurship.
• His contribution to the local technology community was recognized at the iHub Tech Community Award ceremony on 8th March 2015.
• He is an active volunteer with IEEE in Region 8 (EMEA region) and is serving as the current Chair for the Action for Industry sub-committee in Region 8. (EMEA region). He served as Chair for the IEEE Kenya Section 2014-2015. John is a former board member of AfriLabs (2012-2015), which is the umbrella body for innovation hubs on the African continent.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : How Digital Technologies Can Address Health and Education Inequality: Challenges and Solutions
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government
• Dr. Mahboub is a consultant pulmonologist and allergy diseases specialist. He is also the head of the respiratory department at Rashid Hospital. He obtained his medical degree from UAE University and holds both the American and Canadian Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary and Immunology specialties. Dr. Mahboub is a teaching professor at Sharjah University and has great experience in both teaching and research.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : How Digital Technologies Can Address Health and Education Inequality: Challenges and Solutions
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government
• My main research interest is in understanding Human behaviors, whether it concerns understanding neuromuscular strategies in learning, adaptation and recovery, or brain’s neural dynamics and cognitive functions. Understanding such mechanisms are essential to assist in developing various rehabilitation/neurorehabilitation technologies that are essential to enhance the Quality of people Life (QOL). I, therefore, have studied Muscle Synergy and Sensory Synergy concepts to build neural synergy based-rehabilitation system/devices. I have also worked in proposing a robot-based assessment and assistance system for (children with autistic spectrum disorder), as well as, (Elderly Cognitive impairment).
• Currently I am running the AI and Robotics Lab, A part of Industrial 4.0 project, triggered by UAE University

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : The Power of Community In Times of Disruption
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government
• Abeer is a technology entrepreneur from Palestine. She has been branded Palestine’s first female high-tech entrepreneur. Abeer was the recipient of “Best Technology Enabler and Facilitator” Award given by MEA Women in Technology Awards 2014. Following this award, Abu Ghaith has been selected as one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Arabs” and as one of the top 100 Most Powerful Arab Women in the World for 2015 and 2014.
• Also, she has been selected as one of the 100 Most Powerful Arabs Under 40 for 2015. In addition, she has been selected as one of 21 Young Inspirational Figures who are fighting to make a change in the World based on Huffington Post UK.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Well-being As an Accelerator of Human Impact
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government
• Managed to build the experience needed to find my way into DELL EMC and have been there since 2013. Worked in multiple sectors, covered multiple solutions, products and technologies and mastered the Cloud solutions positioning.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Well-being As an Accelerator of Human Impact
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Well-being As an Accelerator of Human Impact
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Well-being As an Accelerator of Human Impact
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women Leadership in Tech
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women Leadership in Tech
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women Leadership in Tech
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Women Leadership in Tech
• Track/Activity : Women in Tech

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Youth & Entrepreneurship in Digital Economy Era
• Track/Activity : Industry and Government

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : FinTech: How Covid has Accelerated the needs to financial inclusion and solutions
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Cassandra Carothers invests globally into early-stage (pre-seed through Series B) frontier and deep tech startups aiming to solve the world’s toughest problems and fundamentally transform markets through moonshot innovation.
• Investing on behalf of Upheaval Investments of Chicago, she is based in the SF Bay Area and globally. Industries of focus include quantum(!) and next-gen computing, aerospace, robotics, advanced materials, AI/ML, data, privacy and security, health tech, and cleantech. She is passionate about breakthrough innovation, grounded in commercial viability, and with a line of sight to a massive, platform scale.
• Cassandra is a former operator; with expertise in international market development, sales, business development, and technology commercialization. She hails from an international business background, having lived and worked across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : FinTech: How Covid has Accelerated the needs to financial inclusion and solutions
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : FinTech: How Covid has Accelerated the needs to financial inclusion and solutions
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Mohamed El Dallal is a serial Entrepreneur currently the Co-founder and CEO of "Innovideas LLC. for Marketing & Advertising". Co-founder of" Dcodes LLC. for software solutions", and Co-founder and board member of "Techne Summit", a yearly international conference aimed at supporting and encouraging technological entrepreneurship in Egypt.
• Earning his BSc degree - Computer & Communication Engineering-, MBA holder specialized in International Business, a researcher in the digital marketing field. Currently doing his DBA specialized in Entrepreneurship.
• His passion for photography, videography, entrepreneurship and youth empowerment at an early age encouraged him to start his journey as the Co-founder of two startups: Viewfinders Photography club and Event Popper web platform
• He has conducted hundreds of talks/Panels /workshops at 30+ countries about his Entrepreneurship, Marketing, business developments. also working on Marketing consultations for a couple of Egyptian SMEs and mentoring Startups over the EMEA region.
• Mohamed is also an avid volunteer, participating with several NGOs, projects, and youth initiatives both inside and outside of Egypt since 2009. He is currently a Global Shaper Alumni –an initiative from the world economic forum-, Member of the Egyptian junior business association (EJB), Rotarian as well as an IEEE Region 8 (EMEA) Entrepreneurship Initiative team leader, IEEE Entrepushisp 2021 steering committee member, and IEEE Region 8 Action for Industry committee corresponding member.
• Due to his versatile experience in entrepreneurship, Mohamed has been selected as a representative of youth, entrepreneurs, and future leaders of the Arab world in many international conferences. The most recent of which was his participation in the first Arab Youth Forum as a part of the World Government Summit held in Dubai in 2017, and the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2015, where he was one of the youngest participants.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Disruption Can Spur Africa's Economy: Covid-19 as a Catalyst for Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Amadou Daffe is the CEO and Co-founder of Gebeya, Inc. a Pan-African online talent Marketplace that identifies the Best of African Talent, and matches them with cutting-edge projects from selective customers. Corporations and SMBs in industries like telecommunications and transportation rely on Gebeya to be a one-stop shop for talent capable of building new products and services to scale up their businesses. Amadou’s passions for tech, talent, and Africa fuel his drive to expand Africa’s freelance marketplace, leveraging the continent’s richest and most indispensable resource: its human capital.

• Participation : Panelist
• Session Title : Digital Disruption Can Spur Africa's Economy: Covid-19 as a Catalyst for Digital Transformation
• Track/Activity : Industry Summit
• Founder and CEO of Orbit Health, a leading digital health company, serving the second largest country in Africa, Ethiopia. The company focused on applying innovative solutions to improve access and quality health care outcome.
• A professional engineer and serial entrepreneur, Pazion brings over a decade of technical and strategic leadership experience. He began his technology startup journey while leading a successful engineering career in the aviation industry; he spent 12 years with the Boeing Company at various roles. In the past, he has founded four technology startups.
• A strong advocate of social entrepreneurship, he believes technology can lead into economic transformation in Africa. At Orbit Health, he is responsible for leading the product development, the execution of the company’s short and long-term strategy, and cultivating partnership and service expansion beyond Ethiopia.
• Pazion studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seattle University. He currently lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.