Conference Speakers
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Conference Chair
Dr. Eesa Bastaki
Conference Chair - Dubai University President, Dubai, UAE
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P. Eng. Andy Chen
Founding Managing General Partner, REDDS Capital, President at IEEE TEMS
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IEEE 5G Summit Chair
Dr. Latif Ladid
Founder & President, IPv6 FORUM- Chair, IEEE ComSoc TC sub Internet of Things
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Dr. Fatma Taher
Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, UAE
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Eng. Tariq Al Awadhi
Executive Director of Spectrum Affairs, Emirati TRA
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Ir. Robert Bierwolf
VP Conferences IEEE TEMS 2015-2020; IEEE BLX Section Chapter Coordinator
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Dr. Stephen Ibaraki
Chairman Stephen Ibaraki REDDS Capital, Founder AI for Good, Venture Capitalist
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Mr. Gerd Leonhard
Author, Futurist & Humanist, CEO The Futures Agency
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Women in Tech Summit Chair
Dr. Boutheina Tlili
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai, UAE
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Mr. Neil Sahota
IBM™ Master Inventor, Author, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisor
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Dr. Magdy Bayoumi
Professor and Department Head, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
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Technical Program Chair
Dr. Mustafa ElNainay
Professor, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Publication Chair
Dr. Samy El-Tawab
Associate Professor, James Madison University, USA
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Dr. Fadel Digham
R&D Director at the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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Dr. Satoshi Nagata
Vice Chairman at 3GPP TSG-RAN
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Dr. Zahra Al Rawahi
Director of Innovation Capacity Building and Support, Previous Director of Information & Communication Technology at Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Oman
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Dr. Rahma Beaugrand
Head of Customer Advisory & Presales at UAE & Oman, SAP
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Mr. Badr Al Olama
Chairman at STRATA Manufacturing, Executive Director at Mubadala
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Industry Summit Chair
Eng. Sohaib Qamar Sheikh
IEEE Region 8 Vice Chair for Technical Activities
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Dr. Sudeendra Koushik
VP Conferences at IEEE TEMS, Chair at IEEE TEMS India
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Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi
Dean of ENSIAS College of Engineering, Mohamed V University, Morocco
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Dr. Lobna Karoui
AI Strategy Growth Builder - Forbes & MIT Contributor - President at AI Exponential Thinker
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Eng. Ahmed El Beheiry
Founder of WAKANDAI Ventures
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Eng. Mohamed Salama
Sr. Account Executive MEA at HERE Technologies
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Eng. Khaled Mokhtar
Innovation & Emerging Technologies Manager, Etisalat, UAE
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Eng. Jamal Al-Dabal
Investor, Chairman of DammInno for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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Eng. Maryam Althani
Senior Specialist Distribution Assets, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, UAE
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Dr. Ahmed Dabbagh
Director of Professional Services at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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Eng. Faisal Alkhaldy
Digital Transformation Advisor & CEO of LinkersIoT
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Dr. Bushra Albelooshi
Head of Research & Innovation, Dubai Electronic Security Center, UAE
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Dr. Shucheng Will Liu
Industry Development Director of Datacom Strategy & Business Development at Huawei
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Ms. Augusta Spinelli
Global Services and Support Head at SAP, South Europe, Middle East & Africa
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Dr. Heba Labib
Director, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Center, Nile University, Egypt
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Eng. Osama Al-Zoubi
Chief Technology Officer of Cisco Middle East and Africa, Author of “The Digital Disruption” book,
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Mr. Tommaso Gecchelin
Founder, Inventor & CTO of NEXT Future Transportation
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Ms. Rouda Alamir Ali
Programme Officer, International Telecommunication Union, Arab Regional Office. Egypt
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Ms. Mirna Arif
Country General Manager - Microsoft Egypt
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Eng. Ibrahim Eldeftar
Head of Artificial Intelligence & Analytics, Middle East & Africa, Ericsson
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Eng. Hoda Mansour
Managing Director of SAP Egypt & New Frontiers South
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Ms. Ghada Elkeissi
Head of Professional Services, Public Sector - MEA at Amazon Web Services
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Eng. Mansoor Hanif
Executive Director Technology & Digital Infrastructure at NEOM
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Dr. Hanan Salam
Associate Professor, Co-founder and Head of Education & Research at Women in AI
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Dr. Jorge Pereira
Associate Editor, Mobile Radio incl. Vehicular Communications, VTS Magazine at IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
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Dr. Hussein Al-Natsheh
Serial Tech Entrepreneur, CEO of Mowjaz and Chief AI Officer at Mawdoo3
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Dr. Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler
Chief Data Scientist, Advanced Analytics & AI Practice leader, GBS at IBM
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Eng. Rick Kuhn
National Institute of Standards & Technology
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Dr. Hoda Al Khzaimi
President at Emirates Digital Association for Women, Director of Center for Cyber Security and Interdisplinary Studies at New York University in Abu Dhabi
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Dr. Chih-Lin
CMCC Chief Scientist of Wireless Technologies, China Mobile Research Institute
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Eng. Ahmed Sedky
Head of Digital Business Solutions at Vodafone
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Dr. Neila Benzina
Co-Founder Holberton School, Founding Partner at WIMBEE
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Eng. Hany Abdelkawi
Head of Travel Sales at Google, Investor & Mentor
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Eng. Mohamad Khawaja
Angel Investor, CEO at Startappz
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Eng. Vidya Gugnani
Director, SAP Co-innovation Lab
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Dr. Aawatif Hayar
President of University Hassan II, Morocco
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Dr. Houda Bouamor
Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Machine Learning & Deep Learning Expert
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Dr. Mona Nabil Demaidi
Assistant Professor, Al Najah National University, Palestine
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Dr. Ari Pouttu
Professor at Centre for Wireless Communications, Oulu University, Finland
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Dr. Syrine Tlili
CEO of National Agency for Electronic Certification
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Dr. Maher Shirah
Smart Cities and Digital Transformation Advisor
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Dr. Sana Odeh
Professor at NYU, Founder & Chair of Arab Women in Computing
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Dr. Soumaya Cherkaoui
Interlab Research Laboratory University of Sherbrooke, Canada
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Dr. Essam Mitwally
Founder & CEO at AiTech4U, Senior IEEE Life Member
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Ms. Laila AL Hadhrami
Director of Smart City Building Capacity & Awareness at Smart Cities Platform, Oman
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Dr. Jolly Wong
Visiting Professor, Institute of Smart City, Shanghai University, Former Chief Technology Officer and Acting Assistant Commissioner (Information Systems) of the Hong Kong Police
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Dr. Hoda Chakiri
Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
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Dr. Riad Hartani
Internet Technologist, Tech Investor, Author of "Tech Nomads of the Universe"
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Dr. Rasha Morsi
Professor, Norfolk State University, VA, USA
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Dr. Huda Al Shuaily
Chair of Smart City Platform, Oman
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Dr. Sirin Tekinay
Dean of College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah - Chair of Global Engineering Deans Council
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Dr. Najla Triki Boulila
Associate Editor, Mobile Radio incl. Vehicular Communications, VTS Magazine at IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
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Mr. Sri Chandrasekaran
Senior Director (Standards & Technology), IEEE India
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Ms. Jumana Baghabra
Digital Policy Expert at the National Digital Transformation Unit, Saudi Arabia
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Dr. Alhanoof Althnian
Assistant Professor of AI at King Saud University, Deputy Director of the Digital Innovation Unit at The Entrepreneurship Institute, Saudi Arabia
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Ms. Cristina Bueti
Counsellor of ITU-T Study Group 20: IoT & Smart Cities and Communities (SC&C) at International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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Dr. El Sayed Azzouz
Vice President for Infrastructure Technology at National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA)
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Dr. Hosni Ghedira
Director Engagement Services, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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Dr. Mohamed Yaqub
Assistant Professor, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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Eng. Nasser Alrayes
Senior Consultant at the Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA)
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Eng. Joel Myers
Chair of Smart Cities for the IEEE IoT Initiative and Global Cities Alliance (GCA)
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Eng. Syed Qasim Ifzal
IT Director at Punjab Information Technology Board, Pakistan
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Mr. Muttahir Salim
Associate Director - Security, BuroHappold Engineering
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Dr. Aloknath De
Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Samsung R&D Institute, India
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Dr. Manar Abu Talib
Chair of Research Outreach Department at University of Sharjah, UAE
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Mr. Santosh Krishna Srikantaiah
Sr. Director, Data and Intelligence, NTT DATA Services, India
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Ms. Atsuko Okuda
Director of ITU’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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Eng. Ahmed Mekky
Chairman & CEO of Benya Capital
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Dr. Evans Woherem
Founder & Chairman of Digital Africa Global Consult Ltd
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Eng. Ravikiran Annaswamy
CEO & Co-Founder of Numocity Technologies and VP at IEEE TEMS
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Prof. Abdelaziz Konsowa
President of Alexandria University, Egypt
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Eng. Anas Zeineddine
CEO of innovaMENA
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Eng. Zakaria Tassamart
Principal Consultant at Oracle
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Dr. Amna Al Dahak
Assistant Undersecretary, Ministry of Education, UAE
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Dr. Habib M. Kammoun
Assistant Professor, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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Prof. Raed Shubair
Founder & Chair of IEEE at NYU Abu Dhabi Chair of IEEE-UAE Innovation and Research Program Regional Director, Middle East, IEEE Signal Processing Society
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Dr. Muneer Zuhdi
MEA Bell Labs consulting Head, Nokia
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Eng. Mahdi Fida Aladel
Chief Executive Officer of Aramco Ventrues