Agenda

10:00 - 11:00

10:10 – 10:20
10 October 2022 | 10 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

GITEX YouthX introduction

Speakers

Reem AlMosabbah

Dubai Youth Council

Mohammed Mukhtar

Co-Founder

United Arab Emirates

Unipreneur Inc.

10:20 – 10:25
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

GIA Hub Introduction

Speakers

Mohammed Aboud

Co-Founder

GIA Hub

10:25 – 10:30
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Inaugural note

Speakers

Dr. Abdulla Al Shaikh

President

Dubai Youth Council

10:30 – 11:30
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Launch of the Crypto Oasis EcoSystem Report 2022

10:30 – 11:30
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Youth Circle Session

10:55 – 11:00
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Welcome by MC

Speakers

Dave Crane

Professional MC

11:00 - 12:00

11:00 – 11:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam Take Over
  • Global DevSlam Hall, Take Over Stage

Data Science Infinity Career Workshop

Speakers

Andrew Jones

Founder & Instructor

Data Science Infinity

United Kingdom

11:00 – 11:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

Expereince the Magic of Digital Gold

Gain an understanding as to how Comtech Gold has redefined the tokenisation infrastructure for real-world assets by digitisation of gold powered by the XDC blockchain. Investors can have access to Digitalised gold which is 100% backed by Pure Physical Gold, securely stored in Internationally recognised Gold Vault in allocated and segregated manner. CGO Tokens are Shariah Compliant and listed on Global Exchanges – Lbank & BiTrue.

Speakers

Navin Dsouza

Co-Founder & CEO,

Comtech Gold

11:00 – 11:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Improve Services Resilience with Full Stack AIOPS

Digital Transformation with AIOps is The Key to Business Resilience, continuously improving the resilience and stability of IT services that meet the business agility demands and use AI and automation to reduce manual troubleshooting and repair effort, improving performance and reducing costs.

Speakers

Mahmoud Abdelghafar

AIOps & Data Center Automation Practice Lead

Microfocus

11:00 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 5, Fintank Stage

KARM LEGAL: Emerging Trends in Retail Lending

With lending products gathering steam, there are many new solutions that have come to the foray. While traditional payment systems are trying concepts like Buy Now Pay Later, the crypto ecosystem has gone deeper into crypto lending. With this panel we envisage to discuss various trends like BNPL, Crypto lending and DeFi lending solutions that are available for retail consumers currently. Additionally, we will also discuss the regulatory aspects surrounding these concepts and approach of different regulators.

Speakers

Zuhursho Rahmatulloev

Co-Founder,

Alif Bank

Alper Celen

Founder,

Enhance Ventures

Anuscha Iqbal

Co-Founder

Spotii, a ZipPay Company

Akshata Namjoshi

Associate Partner,

KARM Legal Consultants

Ratul Roshan

Senior Associate,

KARM Legal Consultants

Shantnoo Saxsena

CEO,

Encryptus

11:20 – 11:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Real Time Ransomware Attack: Detect, Prevent, Recover - Watch a demonstration - Proactive, active and reactive protection all in one

Speakers

Nicholas Keene

Solutions Engineer

Acronis

11:30 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam Take Over
  • Global DevSlam Hall, Take Over Stage

Data Science Scholarship winners announcements

Speakers

Andrew Jones

Founder & Instructor

Data Science Infinity

United Kingdom

11:30 – 13:30
10 October 2022 | 120 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: Creative Economy
  • Zabeel Hall 6, Creative Economy Stage

Dubai Culture Innovation Cup

11:30 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Launch of the UAE Legacy NFT collection - Dubai Edition

11:30 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 90 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

Launching in Rough Conditions - Story of the Biggest Onchain Launch in a Bearmarket - Grizzly.fi

11:30 – 11:50
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Stablecoins and the path to CBDC

The payment trend is clearly showing into digital direction, but which digital assets are most suited for this purpose: Stablecoins, CBDCs or both? In this keynote speech the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) will shade light how the new era of money could look like, what type of stablecoins can already be use for payments right now, and what is the status of various CBDCs across the globe.

Speakers

Kaj Burchardi

Platinion Managing Director

BCG

11:30 – 11:45
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

Welcome & Opening Keynote

Speakers

Fernando Morillo

SEVP - Group Head of Retail Banking

Mashreq Bank

11:40 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

EIP’s DNS-DHCP-IPAM (DDI) Solutions

Speakers

Racha Abdallah

Customer Solutions Architect – MEA

EfficientIP

11:45 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

Leadership, Empathy & Innovation

Speakers

Amnah Ajmal

Executive Vice President, Market Development, EEMEA

Mastercard

11:45 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

WELCOME & OPENING ADDRESS

Speakers

H.E Omar Sultan Al Olama

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications

United Arab Emirates

Government of UAE

11:50 – 12:30
10 October 2022 | 40 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Evolution of Virtual Asset Regulations

Speakers

Samuel Burke

Managing Editor & Senior HostManaging Editor & Senior Host

Real Vision

Tim Byun

Global Government Relations Officer

OKX

Dimitrios Kavvathas

CEO

MENA, Amber Group

Amardeep Thandi

Director, Crypto Regulatory and Compliance Lead EMEA

Chainalysis

Kelvin Yeung

Founder & CEO

HKD.com

Mark Aruliah

Senior Policy Advisor

MEA, Elliptic

Alex Chehade

Executive Director and General Manager (UAE),

Binance

11:55 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

MC REMARKS

Speakers

Jessica Walker

Moderator & CMO

Fluid Finance

United Arab Emirates

11:55 – 12:00
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

Welcome address

Welcoming address by MC

Speakers

Bernie Su

CCO

Metatheory

United States of America

12:00 - 13:00

12:00 – 12:45
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Digital Dubai Authority case studies

  • Introduction of Digital Dubai Authority (DDA) and Development @ DDA 
  • Message Driven Microservices using Spring and Solace 
  • Reactive Programming 
  • Building a unified platform for Government to deliver services

Speakers

Khawar Habib

Lead Mobile Engineer

Digital Dubai Authority

United Arab Emirates

Sumeet Chopra

Software Engineer

Digital Dubai Authority

United Arab Emirates

Farooq Arshed

Technical Lead

Digital Dubai Authority

United Arab Emirates

Fatma Alfalahi

System Developer

Digital Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Ismail

Senior Systems Engineer

Digital Dubai

United Arab Emirates

12:00 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall, Tech Talks

Digital Footprints in a Real World - The Future is Here

Speakers

PK Gulati

Founder

SmartStart Fund

Ronald Menzel

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Dreamscape and Serial Sustainable Entrepreneur (CH)

Bashar Kilani

Managing Director

Accenture

Kushal Shah

Head of CVC

e& Capital

Noah Raford

Founding Executive, Futurist-in-Chief and Chief of Global Affairs

Dubai Future Foundation

12:00 – 12:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Digitally Sustainable Solutions for Azure IoT with ICONICS

Speakers

Rene Arnost

Senior VP of Worldwide Sales

Iconics

12:00 – 12:15
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

FINTX - Building a One-of-a-Kind Fintech Eco-system for the UAE and Beyond

Speakers

Ahmed Mohamed Al Awadi

Managing Director & CEO

United Arab Emirates

FintX (Emirates Post Group Company)

12:00 – 12:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

Introducing Shift Build, the next gaming platform on the web 3.0 platform

Speakers

Tareq Fouad

Head of Growth

Shorooq Partners

United Arab Emirates

12:00 – 12:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 5, Fintank Stage

Investera: How Disruptive Technology Is Reshaping The Way We Invest.

Speakers

Roaa Shamlouli

Fintech Solution Advisor

Investera

12:00 – 12:45
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Panel discussion: Igniting sparks - Lessons from inspiring pioneers to UAE's future pioneers

Speakers

Rizwan Sajan

CEO

Danube group

Adnan Noorani

Founder

Future Innovation Summit

Dr. Suaad Al Shamsi

1st Female Emarati Aircraft Engineer

12:00 – 12:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

The Importance of Identity Security Modernization

Speakers

Tamer Odeh

Regional Director MEA

SentinelOne

12:00 – 12:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Unleash Digital with EI Technology Innovation

Speakers

Dr. Tian Qi

Chief AI Scientist

Huawei Cloud

China

12:15 – 13:15
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

Innovation though partnerships : A Roadmap for successful fintech collaboration

A discussion on the technological and business frameworks to enhance the market access to financial  innovation.   

Speakers

Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi

CEO

United Arab Emirates

Emirates Development Bank (EDB)

Sabinije von Gaffke

Catalyst, Moderator, Speaker, TV Host, Head of Sustainability and Global Partnerships

"Planet IX/Nibiru Studios & The Planet Nine Foundation"

Sweden

Ahmed Mohamed Al Awadi

Managing Director & CEO

United Arab Emirates

FintX (Emirates Post Group Company)

David Shepherd

Global Head of Strategy- Risk intelligance

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Tan Bin Ru

CEO (SEA)

OneConnect Financial Technology

Charu Ramchandani

Associate Vice President, Digital & Fintech Partnerships

Emirates NBD

Beverly Rider

CEO, Portfolio T (a Tonomus Company) & CCO

Tonomus

12:20 – 12:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Business Objectives Beyond Cloud: Reason why Transformation will lead the way in the Cloud Strategy.

Microsoft Innovation Session

Speakers

Javeen Rafiq

Head of Strategy and Growth

Rackspace

12:20 – 12:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Continuous Threat Exposure Management: Improving the Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Quality of your Cybersecurity Programme

Speakers

Amit Mishra

Co - Head of Product Engineering

Hive Pro

12:20 – 12:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Mapping the Future of Mobility

Speakers

Dr. Brian Gu

Vice Chairman & President

XPENG

China

Dan Murphy

Anchor & Correspondent

United Arab Emirates

CNBC

12:30 – 13:15
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Blockchain & Global Governance: Digital Identity & Trust – Advancing Decentralized SSID Programs

From new forms of supply chain to data privacy and citizen services, the blockchain promises to significant evolve how citizens interact with governments and what global communities they belong to, and identify with. Can Blockchain empowear societies to build better civilizations? This discussion looks at ongoing programs of digital identity and trust advancing decentralized self-sovereign identity programs looking at the roll-out of EU’s eIDAS alongside the European Self-Sovereign Identity Framework (ESSIF). What are the benefits and what are the risks? Are the interests of governments and its citizens aligned? 

Speakers

David Magard​

Co-Chair & Swedish Government Representative

European Blockchain Partnership

Dr. Sid Ahmed

Dubai Government Advisor,

Dubai Police

Nena Dokuzov​

Head of Project Group - New Economy and Blockchain Technologies

Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni

Stratigic Advisor

Digital Dubai Authority

Alex Bornyakov​

Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation

Ukraine

Government of Ukraine

Michelle Makori

Anchor

KITCO

12:30 – 13:30
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam Take Over
  • Global DevSlam Hall, Take Over Stage

Developer safari: An adventurous tour to explore top cloud-native developer tools and projects

Would you like to join us on a virtual tour of cloud-native developer-focused projects? Explore the details of each project and understand its use cases and solution architecture, and get started with a live demo. We will cover a typical software development journey starting from local and remote development, code check-ins, continuous integration, security scanning, continuous deployment to multicloud and multienvironment, database connectivity, asynchronous microservices communication, and everything in between. Learn which open source project would best suit your need for each stage of your software development. In this session, we will cover developer-centric open source projects that your development team must be familiar with and adapt to succeed in their projects and take your business to the next level.

Speakers

Karan Singh

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Red Hat (India)

Natale Vinto

Senior Principal Product Marketing Manager

Red Hat (Italy)

12:30 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 5, Fintank Stage

Super Fintechs: the rise and rise of the ‘all in one’ finance solution. Fintech super apps. How embedded finance is unlocking new verticals for B2Bs.

Speakers

Kosta Du

Co-Founder, CEO

Dapio

12:30 – 13:30
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

Workshop: Fund raising strategies for your gaming startups

Speakers

Tareq Fouad

Head of Growth

Shorooq Partners

United Arab Emirates

12:40 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Application and Data Integration in Journey to Cloud

Speakers

Akash Agrawal

Cloud Sales Leader

Informatica

12:40 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Automate Application Connectivity and Security Policy in the Hybrid Cloud

Speakers

Ahmed Taleb Al-Nahdi

Regional Sales Engineer

Algosec

12:40 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Three Moral Obligations of Technologists & Business Leaders

Speakers

Dr.Guy Diedrich

Global Innovation Officer & SVP

CISCO Systems Inc.

United States of America

12:45 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Building the future of education

Speakers

Boris Paillard

CEO

Le Wagon

12:45 – 13:30
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Panel Discussion: The Future work space : A productive center of innovation, ethics and talent development

Speakers

H.E Abdulla Al Falasi

CEO

Dubai Govt HR Dept

Hanane Benkhallouk

Founder

Tawazoun

Diana Wilde

Founder

Aurora50

12:55 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Welcome Remarks by MC

Speakers

Natasha D’Souza

United Arab Emirates

12:55 – 13:00
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Welcoming remarks by chairperson

Speakers

Siham Benhamidouche

MEA Cybersecurity Officer

Schneider Electric

13:00 - 14:00

13:00 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 90 Minutes
Free
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 5, Fintank Stage

"WORKSHOP: Opportunities and Challenges in Adopting Web3 for FinTech Industries

Speakers

Xi Chen

Associate Professor - Stern School of Business

United States of America

New York University

13:00 – 13:15
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

AI and Future Cities

As we reimagine how the future cities need to be to achieve a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive society, AI will be the key enabler of this vision

Speakers

Vijji Suryadevara

Head of Delivery - Cognitive Solutions

Tonomus

13:00 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

BRIAN ROSE: Mindsets to Survive & Prosper in a Crypto Bear Market

13:00 – 13:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Building Product is Easy…Right?

Speakers

Bil Ahmed

Chief Product & Technology Officer

LogicEra

13:00 – 13:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Creating an Open Metaverse

Speakers

Sebastien Borget

Co-Founder & COO

The Sandbox

France

Mike Butcher

Editor-at-large

United Kingdom

TechCrunch

13:00 – 13:05
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Opening keynote:

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security United Arab Emirates Government

United Arab Emirates Government

13:00 – 13:10
10 October 2022 | 10 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Welcome & Opening Address: Scaling Up in the Most Innovative and Accelerated Startup Eco-system

Speakers

H.E Omar Sultan Al Olama

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications

United Arab Emirates

Government of UAE

13:00 – 13:05
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

Welcome Address

Welcoming address by MC

Speakers

Mimi Nicklin

Bestselling Author, Creative CEO

Freedm

13:00 – 13:05
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Spotlight
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Welcome Remarks by MC

Speakers

Mayowa Adegoke

Award winning TV show host and international journalist - leading African media personality

United Arab Emirates

13:00 – 13:05
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Rising
  • Zabeel Hall 6, Pitch stage

Welcome Remarks by MC

Speakers

Tom Urquhart

Presenter

Dubai Eye Business Breakfast (AE)

13:05 – 13:30
10 October 2022 | 25 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Spotlight
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Spotlight Stage

Incubator and Accelerator Ecosystems

  • How do you support the Incubator and accelerator in Dubai? 
  • Tacking the role of incubators and accelerators in unleashing entrepreneurship and innovation. How do you see that this will achieve? 
  • Are ecosystems capable of supporting accelerators / Incubator and the Hybrid Model? 
  • Where do you see the roles of government and the role of private sectors? 
  • Education and incubation initiatives, what they are, how they work  We believe developing and promoting entrepreneurship can start at an early age. Can entrepreneurship be taught in classrooms/ School Incubator Model
  • How to transform digital challenges into opportunities encountered by startups in the UAE?

Speakers

Abdelaziz Almaazmi

United Arab Emirates

Aki Anastasiou

Interviewer

Johannesburg (SA)

13:05 – 13:25
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

Keynote: Harnessing AI in marketing ethically for competitive advantage

Speakers

Katie King

UK Government All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) task force, Author & CEO

AI in Business 

13:05 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 205 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Rising
  • Zabeel Hall 6, Pitch stage

Oman Technology Fund Pitch Competition

  • The top 30 submissions to the Oman Technology Fund Pitch Competition will have just a few minutes to present to and answer questions from a panel of expert judges. Join this session to see what technology and business innovations and which will make it through to the final 10 vying for investment!
13:05 – 13:20
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Thought leadership from Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

As the Executive Director of the UICCA, Sheikha Shamma is committed to bringing together members of the public and private sector, including academic institutions and non-governmental organisations to drive the nation’s commitment towards net zero by 2050.  As such, the UICCA operates as a non-partisan think tank, providing advice and recommendations to stakeholders on positive climate action that facilitate the transition to a green economy.

Speakers

Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

Executive Director

United Arab Emirates

UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators

13:10 – 13:40
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Panel: People, Purpose, Profit

  • Gauging market size and opportunity
  • Balancing pro-bono and viability
  • The role of startups in the global movement toward purpose-led business
  • How are investors driving embedding ESG into startup DNA?

Speakers

Bina Khan

Co-Founder, Angel Investor + Strategic Advisor

Summit Venture Partners LLC

Stefano Gurciullo

Partner

Denmark

Redstone VC

Lola Fernandez Flores​

Senior Investment Associate

Venturesouq

Yana Yasevich

Head of Platform

United States of America

Alter Global (US)

Wale Ayeni

Managing Partner

Helios Ventures Advisors

13:15 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Assessing and Mitigating Risks of VAs and VASPs impacting Institutional and Retail Banking and Finance

Speakers

Michal Gromek

Co-chair ,Digital Action Task Force

Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime

Barbara Halasek

Head of Regulatory Affairs

Coinfirm

Solandia Jurdi

Head of Compliance & AML

LyoPay

Mohammed AlKaff AlHashmi

Co-Founder, CBO, Executive Board member

Islamic Coin

Bernhard Kronfellner

ASC. Director , Head Crypto Central Europe

BCG

13:15 – 14:15
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

Defining New Rules : Global Regulatory Trends in a Rapidly Changing World

Small and agile or big and established? Analysing the successes of digital banking, what can be done better and how to prepare for what lies ahead in an unpredictable market and political world order.

Speakers

Ahmad Alwazzan

Group EVP,

Tap Payments

Arushi Goel

Data & Blockchain Expert,

World Economic Forum

Nezar Alhaidar

Director

Fintech Saudi

Mohamad El-Khalil

Dubai Financial Services (DFSA)

United Arab Emirates

Director, Head of Prudential Supervision

Nouran Youssef

Senior Financial Sector Specialist,

Arab Monetary Fund

Brian Yeoh

Head of Technology and Data Governance,, Financial Technology & Innovation

FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY AUTHORITY (ADGM)

Sabinije von Gaffke

Catalyst, Moderator, Speaker, TV Host, Head of Sustainability and Global Partnerships

"Planet IX/Nibiru Studios & The Planet Nine Foundation"

Sweden

13:15 – 13:20
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

Moderator Opening Remarks

Speakers

Nathan Swain

Former Senior Security Advisor to the U.K. Government, CISO MENA region

Binance

13:15 – 13:35
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Spring framework: Going native with Java

• Using the Spring Framework and Apache KAFKA together
• What's new and what skills are needed to be the developers of tomorrow?

Speakers

Yi Wei Ang

Chief Product Officer

Talabat

13:20 – 13:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Accelerating Connections in the Digital Age: Innovation to Inclusion to Trust

Speakers

Dimitrios Dosis

President, EEMEA

Mastercard

United Arab Emirates

Eleni Giokos

Anchor & Correspondent

United Arab Emirates

CNN

13:20 – 13:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Green Revolution: How can innovation drive the sustainability transformation in the region through actionable insights

Speakers

Dr. Celeste Lo Turco

Director SustainabilityDirector

Sustainability PwC Middle East

13:20 – 14:10
10 October 2022 | 50 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Keynote power panel: How Energy & Utilities leaders are leveraging technology to reduce their carbon footprint?

Key areas of discussion : 

 •Accelerating towards net zero using advanced technologies
•Special Address: MENA Hydrogen Alliance, COP 27 & COP 28
 

Speakers

Frank Wouters

Senior Vice President Energy Transition

Reliance Industries

Fabio Fontana

CEO ZeroPoint DC, Chief Growth Officer

Saudi Arabia

Tonomus

Daniel Zywietz

Founder and CEO

United Arab Emirates

Enerwhere Sustainable Energy

Ritu Kant Ojha

Co-founder & CEO

Wiyld Global MediaTech

Karim Megherbi

Director Transaction Advisory

Dii Desert Energy

13:20 – 13:30
10 October 2022 | 10 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

OPENING KEYNOTE

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security United Arab Emirates Government

United Arab Emirates Government

13:25 – 13:45
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

Growth marketing and data analytics for becoming a top notch company

Speakers

Alyssa Al Maiahi

Founder & CEO 

Mint Stalk

13:30 – 13:50
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Spotlight
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Spotlight Stage

Dubai Silicon Oasis/Dtec

- The journey of DTEC and ambitions/mandate for the future, how it supports startups and innovation
- Covering the Sandbox launched last year, where we stand, impact so far, how to get involved…

Speakers

Hans Henrik Christensen

Senior Director of DIEZ

Dubai Integrated Economic Zones (DIEZ)

Elliott Denham

Startup Programs Manager

Dtec

13:30 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

FIRESIDE CHAT : How to build an organizational culture that is cybersecurity ready

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security United Arab Emirates Government

United Arab Emirates Government

Jae Kyung Park

Security Advisory Committee Chairman, Chairman,

the National Cyber Safety Association of Korea, Social Security Intelligence Service, South Korea

Lessie Longstreet

Global Director of Outreach and Partner Engagement

Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI)

13:30 – 14:15
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Pitch Competition for university students. 10 pitches, 3 minutes each

13:30 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

Reality Capture essentials for establishing the Spatial Digital Twin

Speakers

Daniel Isaacs

CTO

Digital Twin Consortium

13:30 – 13:50
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall, Tech Talks

Spatial Technologies for Solving Real-world Challenges

Speakers

Pavel Mochalkin

CEO

URBI

13:35 – 13:55
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Supply chain security - the first steps

Supply chain security is a practice to identify the risks in the technology and processes involved in software development. It has become more relevant after the recent attacks like Solarwinds, Log4j and the United States Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity details the need for software producers to supply SBOMs. Generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) as part of your DevOps process is an essential technique to help secure your software supply chain. In this talk, the speaker will go through the concept of supply chain security and discuss the value of zero trust security, SBOM, how to generate them and how the tools like sigstore can help you secure your supply chain. The talk will be concluded with a demo of SBOM generation and consuming it.

Speakers

Saiyam Pathak

CNCF Ambassador & Director of Technical Evangelism

Civo

India

13:40 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Introduction to what3words

-        How what3words is working in the Middle East with Aramex, Careem and many others?

Speakers

Chris Sheldrick

Co-Founder & CEO

United Kingdom

What3Words

13:40 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

MEA Data Centre Boom: How can you can prepare for sustainable operations?

Speakers

Kian Mossanen

CIO

Siemens Energy

Germany

Natalya Makarochkina

SVP, International Secure Power

Schneider Electric

Russia

Suzanne Kianpour

Senior Journalist & Presenter

United States of America

BBC’s ‘Out of the Shadows’

13:40 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Secure. Streamline. Simplify. Save. With Citrix DaaS for Azure.

Speakers

Arjun Muralidharan

Principle Sales Engineer

Citrix

13:45 – 14:15
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

Panel discussion: Persona based marketing in a digital age using AI and ML

• Leveraging data analytics and AI for micro-segmentation of data
• How do you hyper-personalise customer experience using data? 

Speakers

Marwa Kabbour

Group Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication

Al Masaood

United Arab Emirates

Reda Baybars

Sales Director

Luxembourg

Talkwalker

Mimi Nicklin

Bestselling Author, Creative CEO

Freedm

13:50 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 40 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Spotlight
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Spotlight Stage

Meet the Heroes: Building a Successful Business in Dubai

  • Golden rules and fundamentals for guaranteed success
  • Building a brand that is seen and remembered
  • Success stories for entrepreneurial inspiration

Speakers

Aki Anastasiou

Interviewer

Johannesburg (SA)

Fadi Amoudi

Founder & CEO

United Arab Emirates

IQ

Rabea Ataya

Founder & CEO

United Arab Emirates

Bayt.com

Arjun Mohan

Founder & CEO

United Arab Emirates

Tenderd

13:50 – 14:10
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall, Tech Talks

The New Frontier - Software Supply Chain Security

Speakers

Bhawani Singh

Principal Solution Architect – APAC

Checkmarx

13:55 – 14:15
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

JavaScript Framework for Building User Interfaces: Frontend Development with Vuejs and Vuex for Handling State from APIs

Vue builds on top of standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and provides a declarative and component-based programming model that helps you efficiently develop user interfaces, be they simple or complex.
•State: Where you store the data
•Getters: Functions to get state data
•Mutations: Functions to mutate state data
•Actions: Functions to call the API endpoints
•Modules: Structure state for big and complex applications

Speakers

Yaqueline Hoyos Montes

Front end engineer

Deepset

14:00 - 15:00

14:00 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

Augmented reality in the metaverse

Speakers

Mark Sage

MIT Horizons Subject Matter Expert & Executive Director

AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA)

United States of America

14:00 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

Benoit Boudier, BD Manager EMEA, Cybavo

Speakers

Benoit Boudier

BD Manager EMEA,

Cybavo

14:00 – 14:00
10 October 2022 | 0 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Main Stage
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Close

14:00 – 14:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Critical Infrastructure Security in IT and OT

Speakers

Nandini Sapru

VP of Sales

emt Distribution

14:00 – 14:15
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Crypto Hack – A Modern Day Bank Robbery

Speakers

James Toh

Global Head of Business Development

Coinstore

14:00 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Fireside chat: Growing Green - Impact Investing Under the Microscope

  • The interest in sustainable and ESG investment opportunities – scope and growth
  • What this means for startups and how to take advantage of the trend
  • Advice on seeking investment for ESG-oriented businesses

Speakers

Triska Hamid​

Editorial Director

United Arab Emirates

WAMDA

Bill Liao​

General Partner

SOSV

Erich Sieber

Founder and General Partner

United Arab Emirates

PeakBridge

14:00 – 14:15
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

Hard resetting role of the CISO

We have already seen a need to go back to basics amidst the rapid changing business environment as we move into the digital era where there is a myriad of nomenclature that keeps on evolving as we speak. However, one thing for sure – digital transformation moved faster due to the pandemic have change the perception people have of digital transformation from buzzwords to imperative. Digital data is the new oil, and as the key value creation asset for most if not all companies today, risk brought about by the adoption of data and the increased reliance on these data have basically change the role and the priority of CISOs today, hurling the CISOs into the unknown cyberspace of tomorrow. This session shall explore the evolution of the role of CISO and reframe the key skillsets, qualities and corresponding responsibilities that will unlock value in the enterprises and therefore defining what it takes to be a successful CISO reining in the cyber tsunami.

Speakers

Aloysius Cheang

Chief Security Officer

Huawei UAE

14:00 – 15:00
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Using Technology to Supercharge Financial Services

Speakers

Gaurav Dhar

CEO

Marshal Fintech Partners

Ronit Ghose

Global Head, Future of Finance

Citi

Marwan Hachem

Founder and Group CEO

YAP

Mohammed Aziz

Co-Founder & CEO

Pluto Card

14:00 – 14:05
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Welcome address

  • Welcoming address by MC, Introduction of raffle draw – give business card and might win signed book

Speakers

Basil Ayass

Sales Leader, Education and Healthcare

Google

14:00 – 14:05
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Welcome address by MC & Chairpersons

Speakers

Nicole Cacal

Professor at Parsons School of Design & Founder & CEO

Forbes Ignite

United States of America

William Thompson

Chief Strategy Officer

United States of America

Forbes Ignite

14:05 – 14:20
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Building for the metaverse

Speakers

Ziad Traboulsi

Sr. Director - Engineering, Reality Labs Partnerships

Meta

United Arab Emirates

14:05 – 14:20
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Keynote Address – The Good AI

Sustainable Development Goals is on top of executive's minds. The Good AI is building a collaborative ecosystem of AI solutions and expertise to help companies make business sustainable. It is a stat-up focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals, empowering more than 117 Start-ups in more than 40 Countries with various programs including projects, events and content production. Case study: Organizations have a huge responsibility to report on their ESG’s and how organizations overcome the real struggles with the underlying data Discuss the impact of AI expertise on Climate & Biodiversity, Future of Work & Human rights, Circularity and Responsible use of AI.

Speakers

Caroline Lair

CEO

The Good AI

14:10 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Accountable for South Africa's 95% Electricity: Moving from Transmission to Transition – Understanding how technology is enabling alternative energies improve efficiency

Speakers

Faith Burn

Chief Information Officer

Eskom Holdings, South Africa

14:10 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall, Tech Talks

Future of Work - The New Hiring

Speakers

Felix Hermsen

CEO

Neurolytics

14:15 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 75 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Creating Future Leaders of Sustainability, Socialpreneurship and SGDs

Speakers

Dr Sultan Khalifa Rashid

Regional Officer

SDSN Youth (UN)

Zahra Hashi

KPMG

Razann Al Ghusein

EY

Saif Awadh

UN Resident Coordinator Office

Ann Marie

Founder

The Umbrella Institute

Kevin Holiday

Managing Director

C3

14:15 – 14:35
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Data centric machine learning

Speakers

Aishwarya Srinivasan

Contributor to Scikit Learn, Data Scientist

Google

14:15 – 14:30
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

E2E Security and Resilience for Autonomous Systems

Speakers

Dr Shreekant Thakkar

Chief Research Officer, Secure Systems Research Centre

Technology Innovation Institute

14:15 – 14:45
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

ESG and Fintech: Society, Inclusion and the Environment

Understanding the principles of the newest investment paradigm - Environmental, Social and Governance - and its implications in the start-up world.

Speakers

Nizam Uddin, OBE

Chief Strategy Officer

Algbra

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi

Director General

National Information Technology Development Agency (NTIDA)

Dr. Cédric Jeannot

CEO

Be Mobile Africa

Alexander Hizikas

Founder & CEO

EQUB

Jeff Stone

CEO – MENA

Abhi

14:15 – 14:40
10 October 2022 | 25 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

The power of empathy in storytelling

Speakers

Mimi Nicklin

Bestselling Author, Creative CEO

Freedm

14:15 – 15:00
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

TradFi, DeFi & CeFi – Harmonising Rules of Engagement for Institutional and Retail Investors for a Level Playing Field

Speakers

Oliver Kol

Founder & CEO

Grizzly.fi

Bernhard Kronfellner

ASC. Director , Head Crypto Central Europe

BCG

Ryan St

Strategy Investment Manager

KuKoin

Elizabeth Mathew

Head of Global Partnerships,

Metamask Institutional

Clayton Leslie

Head of Business Operations

Anchain.AI

14:20 – 14:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Axiomatics: “Orchestrated Authorization: The Future of Access Control”

Speakers

Dave Morvan

Professional Services Consultant

Axiomatics

14:20 – 14:35
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Keynote: From scrolling to strolling: Creating metaverse experiences

  • Monetizing the Metaverse; from early adopters to fractional ownership
  • Eliminating the digital divide with a new economic model
  • How Diversity, Equality and Inclusion will shape humanity

Speakers

Joseph Bradley

CEO

Tonomus

Saudi Arabia

14:20 – 14:50
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Panel Discussion – Bridging the funding gap

“Venture Capital & Female Founders” - “2021 - 1% of VC went to Female Founders” 

Speakers

H.E. Raja Al Mazrouei

EVP

DIFC Fintech Hive

Al Anoud Al Hashmi

Chief Executive Officer

SDG Global

Dr. Hanan Salam

Co-Founder

Women in AI

Dr. Sameh Ben Fredj

Lead Data Scientist

United Arab Emirates

Emirates Airlines

Mostafa Zafer

Vice President

IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software , IBM

United Arab Emirates

14:25 – 14:40
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track:
  • Zaabeel Hall 7

Founder stories and Q&A

Inspiring quickfire talks from the founders of regional and international unicorns with opportunity for Q A

Speakers

Dr. Doron Myersdorf

CEO & Co-Founder

StoreDot

14:30 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 5, Fintank Stage

"WORKSHOP: Gauging Operational and Investment Risk in Open Finance, DeFi and Crypto Markets

Speakers

Stephane REVERRE

Founder

SUN ZU Lab

14:30 – 15:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage

AR training for the metaverse

Speakers

Akram Amir

Founder & CEO

AR Engineering

United Arab Emirates

14:30 – 15:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

Blockchain & crypto Education – Accelerate your learning and avoid costly mistakes

Speakers

Vas Modinos

CEO and Founder,

Blockready

14:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 90 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall, Tech Talks

Creativity and Opportunity in the Metaverse

Speakers

Ramit Harisinghani

General Manager - Devialet

Chalhoub Group

United Arab Emirates

Sundar Raman

Director of Technology

Museum of the Future

Leila Hurstel

Chief Metaverse Officer at Verse Estate, Founder

AllStarsWomenDAO

Briar Prestidge

CEO

Prestidge Group

14:30 – 15:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Funding the Funds: Sector and Market Trends Impacting Fund Managers

Speakers

Sharif El-Badawi

CEO

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Future District Fund

Ertan Can

Managing Partner

Multiple Capital

Mike Butcher

Editor-at-large

United Kingdom

TechCrunch

14:30 – 14:50
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Global spotlight presentation: Clean Fuels & Clean Mobility: Role of technology in decarbonizing the supply chain & logistics for reducing the environmental footprint of the overall automotive and fuel industries

Key areas of discussion:
•Climate neutral fuels and emerging technologies to facilitate sustainable mobility
•Trends & developments around adaptive fuel technology
•Smarts solutions to decarbonize existing infrastructure

Speakers

Karl W. Feilder

Founder

Neutral Fuels

14:30 – 15:50
10 October 2022 | 80 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Spotlight
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Spotlight Stage

Keynote

Speakers

Aki Anastasiou

Interviewer

Johannesburg (SA)

Ronaldo Mouchawar

Co-Founder and CEO

United Arab Emirates

Amazon.ae

14:30 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam Take Over
  • Global DevSlam Hall, Take Over Stage

Multi cloud and hybrid application innovation and developer velocity

Speakers

Onur Gorur

Director Product Management - Apps, Infrastructure & Data Platform

Microsoft (UAE)

14:30 – 15:05
10 October 2022 | 35 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

Special Address: Interrelationship between Cyber Security & Artificial Intelligence

Speakers

Major Gen. (Ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel

Head of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center and the Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology, and Security,

Tel Aviv University

14:35 – 14:50
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

#Waimi: The coolest place to hang out for Metaverse development

• Educating brands, artists, athletes and more on NFTs’ massive potential for brand building and community value
• Introduction to immersive photorealistic Metaverse

Speakers

Avery Akkineni

President

Vayner3

14:35 – 14:55
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Responsible DevOps design for healthcare innovations

Leverage DevOps Design Strategies that impact Billion Lives that rely on safe & secure Infrastructure. Learn about adopting innovations from Graph Databases, AI Algorithms to Blockchains while maintaining DevOps integrity in your applications. This talk shares insights through Healthcare use cases showcasing the criticality of DevOps Design Decisions while innovating with cutting edge technologies.

Speakers

Shilpa Karkeraa

Founder & CEO

Myraa Technologies

Singapore

14:40 – 15:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

Jumping through the customer hoops

Evolution of the funnel The customer data imperative Rethinking retention, loyalty & advocacy .

Speakers

Ghassan Kassabji

Chief Growth Officer

Extend - The Ad Network

Saudi Arabia

14:40 – 15:00
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Organizational Change Management in Hyperautomation - The Best Practice

Speakers

Bui Dinh Giap (Ryan Bui)

CEO & Founder

akaBot (FPT Software)

14:45 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 45 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

The Future of Fintech in the MENA Region Featuring the Central Banks of Egypt and UAE

Speakers

Saleh Lootah

President of Harvard Business School Club in the Gulf Region & Chairman,

the Lootah Board of Directors

Rasha Negm

Head of FinTech & Innovation,

Central Bank of Egypt

Ahmed Monir

General Department Manager – FinTech and Innovation, Head of Regulatory Sandbox ,

Central Bank of UAE

Dr. Mostafa Hodieb

President,

Arab Academy for Management Banking and Financial Sciences (AAMBFS)

14:50 – 15:05
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Exploring the metaverse…

Speakers

Dr. Giovanna Graziosi Casimiro

Metaverse and XR producer

Decentraland

United Kingdom

14:50 – 15:05
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Keynote Address: Data, Analytics and AI in the Enterprise and why Diversity and Inclusion is so important

Closing the gender gap in Data, Analytics and AI on all levels is becoming critical for Enterprises. From Boardroom, to C-suite, to the strategy tables, teams and solutions. We have lots of examples of AI solutions that are biased. We also know that organizations with equitable female representation in the C-suite and boards report 10% better economic performance. Therefore, Data, Analytics and AI is the one profession that can either hurt society if diversity and inclusion is not baked in, and tremendously benefit society if it is done right. How do we do it right? We encourage more women to enter the field (today not more than 22% of the field is women). We encourage women to not only take on supportive roles but participate and lead (only 10% of publications in this field are by women). We encourage women to stay in the field and become Trailblazers and give back to the field (50% of women in the field leave in their midcareers)

Speakers

Lisel Engelbrecht

CIO - Data, Analytics & AI

Standard Bank

South Africa

Debbie Botha

Global Partnership Officer

Women in AI

14:50 – 15:20
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Spotlight
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Spotlight Stage

Panel: The Future of Transport and Mobility “Made in the UAE”

  • Can we become a driverless city and what impact will this have on business?
  • How can startups leverage this sector?
  • How can we grow the ecosystem together?

Speakers

Hans Henrik Christensen

Senior Director of DIEZ

Dubai Integrated Economic Zones (DIEZ)

Ghanim Al Falasi

Senior Vice President - Technology & Entrepreneurship

Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO)

Alexey Lapirov

Chief Executive Officer

Microavia

United Arab Emirates

Soham Shah

CEO and Managing Director

Selfdrive.ae

United Arab Emirates

14:50 – 15:10
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Spotlight Presentation: How Data Analytics & Solar-hybrid power plants can decarbonize off-grid & temporary power generation?

Speakers

Daniel Zywietz

Founder and CEO

United Arab Emirates

Enerwhere Sustainable Energy

14:55 – 15:15
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

DevOps, AIOps & CloudOps: The Gamechanger for Effective Transformation

• AI ethics and bias
• Integration of IT operations management, automation, monitoring, testing and others
• Cloud and cloud-native deployments

Speakers

Seth Dobrin

Ex - Global Chief AI Officer, IBM

15:00 - 16:00

15:00 – 15:15
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

"Is crypto the best tool for passive income" Choise.Com

Speakers

Andrey Diyakonov

Chief Commercial Officer

Choise.com

15:00 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage

A user generated metaverse

Speakers

Edo Fouilloux

Co Founder

Patch XR

Denmark

15:00 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: Creative Economy
  • Zabeel Hall 6, Creative Economy Stage

Building Bridges - Partnerships for UAE Art & Design

Overview of the importance of bringing together the manufacturing sector with the cultural industries. Through a selection of case studies, the presentation will highlight the value of the open access platform Make Works UAE. 

Speakers

Lisa Ball-Lechgar

Deputy Director

Tashkeel

15:00 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

How Blockchain & Crypto Payments are Enabling Businesses

Speakers

Nadeem Ladki

Head of Business Development - MENA

Binance

Binoo Joseph

CIO | CTO

EMAAR

Nayef Tawfiq Al Alawi

Founder & CEO

EasyPay

Walid Hizaoui Group

Chief Strategy Officer

Gargash Group

15:00 – 15:40
10 October 2022 | 40 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

Panel discussion: Going beyond data: Connecting customer experience (CX) to revenue

As per Gartner, by 2023, 25% of organizations will amalgamate marketing, sales and CX into a single function. Cost constraints and overlapping functional activities will drive amalgamation aimed at reducing duplicative efforts, and standardizing and centralizing operations across marketing, sales and customer experience (CX). Can you go beyond data once in a while? • Personal connect: Does this guarantee loyalty? • Customer and employee experience: Can you incentivize both?

Speakers

Inass Farouk

Marketing Director

Microsoft

Vaibhav Gogia

Chief of Staff - Corporate Services

Aditya Birla Group

India

Mimi Nicklin

Bestselling Author, Creative CEO

Freedm

15:00 – 15:40
10 October 2022 | 40 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Panel: Investor Viewpoint – What’s on the Radar?

  • Industry trends - what are investors particularly keen on at the moment and why?
  • Investor landscape - red flags and pitfalls
  • Business models and structures that build investor confidence
  • How do Angels and VCs differ in what they look for?
  • How the investor, founder relationships have evolved?

Speakers

Rabih Khouri

Chief Exit Officer

United Arab Emirates

MEVP (AE)

Charlie Graham-Brown

Chief Investment Officer & Partner

Switzerland

Seedstars

Aly Madhavji

Managing Partner

Blockchain Founders Fund

Hisham Al Gurg

CEO

United Arab Emirates

The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum

Marta Sousa Monteiro

EMEA Lead

AWS Startup Loft Accelerator

15:00 – 15:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

Securing Data in the New Era

15:05 – 15:25
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

How to unlease $54 billion worth of metaverse transactions

    • Understand why the metaverse will generate ever increasing revenue streams for brands.
    • How brands can unlock the power of virtual products and experiences.
    • Why brands need to start augmenting their business now

Speakers

Nick Pringle

SVP & Executive Creative Director

R/GA

15:05 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 25 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

IN CONVERSATION: Face to face with the VP CISO of John Hopkins

Network security breaches wreak havoc on healthcare organizations. Is compliance enough?

Speakers

Darren Lacey, J.D.

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer,

Johns Hopkins Medicine, US

Nathan Swain

Former Senior Security Advisor to the U.K. Government, CISO MENA region

Binance

15:05 – 15:20
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Keynote Address: WAI in the Metaverse

  • Women in AI in the Metaverse” Sustainable Metaverse and NFTs The NFT Market is Booming! 
    Thousand Eyes On Me, a non-profit helping women and minorities with leadership education. With launching Thousand Faces NFT collection, we can Invest in Art, Invest in Women''s and Invest in the Planet. Thousand Faces is the first Carbon Negative Female Investment Club using Art  NFTs. The project aims to invest in female led projects and initiatives and raise awareness about gender diversity in Web3 through the power of community.
  • Case study: Invest in Art. Invest in Women. Invest in the Planet.
  • Discuss the Promotion of female role models in STEAM through the Web3, Metaverse and NFT

Speakers

Moojan Asghari

CEO & Founder

Thousand Faces

15:10 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Aligning the future of computing with the future of the climate – touching upon utilization of waste energy with use cases from the energy and utility industry

Key areas of discussion :

 •Crypto mining rigs, Automation and Intelligent Asset Maintenance
•P&E – Property, Plant & Equipment vulnerabilities in the Digital Infrastructure
•Cloud Computing, Integrated Networks, Predictive Analytics & Maintenance

Speakers

Munaf Ali

CEO

Phoenix Group

Bijan Alizadeh

Co-Founder & Partner

Cypher Capital

15:15 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

Crypto for Family Offices

Speakers

Sumeet Surana

Senior Investment Associate,

Cypher Capital

Omar Rahim

Founding Partner

Matcha Capital

15:15 – 15:35
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Introduction to Project Owl: Connectivity is the Key

•The combination of IOT, Wifi to provide an off-grid, off-telecoms networking solution when traditional infrastructure is offline
•The ClusterDuck Protocol: An open source firmware for wireless sensing and communications

Speakers

Taraqur Rahman

Chief Data Scientist

Project Owl

15:20 – 15:40
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Labs
  • Hall 2, XLABS

A Life Story: From Clean Infrastructure to Chinese APT in 1 Month

Imagine that you've been tasked with checking that everything is working like clockwork, as it always has done, on your company's systems. You are 100% sure everything is alright; however, the assessment shows the opposite.  Or worse scenario - your client/partner calls you and tells you that there is some malicious activity coming from your side. Still, think that everything is clear from our end? However, the Chinese APT group might prove you wrong.

Speakers

Svetlana Ostrovskaya

Principal DFIR Analyst

Group IB

15:20 – 15:30
10 October 2022 | 10 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Book raffle draw and grab a coffee

MC draws a business card and hand over the book
15:20 – 16:20
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Spotlight
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Spotlight Stage

In Conversation: Astro Labs x DMCC

Speakers

Belal Jassoma

Head of Business Development of the Free Zone

United Arab Emirates

DMCC

Alex Nicholls

Director of Expansion

United Arab Emirates

AstroLabs

15:25 – 15:40
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

AI role in Metaverse: Reducing Distances

Speakers

Koo Ping Shung

President

AI Professionals Association

15:30 – 15:50
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

5G in Oil & Gas Digitalization

Speakers

Saif Akhtar

Director Solution Marketing, Carrier Business Group

Huawei Middle East

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

AI for a Sustainable Planet

Speakers

Nishath Saifuddin

Senior Consultant and Technical Trainer

Spectrum Networks

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 5, Fintank Stage

DeFi - What''s Next

Speakers

Thamim Ahmed

Digital Asset Researcher

London School of Economics

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Extreme Ownership, Take Souls, and Never Quit - Mindsets To Survive & Prosper In A Crypto Bear Market

Speakers

Brian Rose

Host

London Real

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam Take Over
  • Global DevSlam Hall, Take Over Stage

How to become a successful cloud engineer and get hired

Speakers

Mohammed Fazalullah Qudrath

Senior Developer Advocate MENA

Amazon Web Services

United Arab Emirates

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

How to Effectively Bootstrap your Blockchain Project

Speakers

Sławomir Paśko

Founder & CEO,

Neti Soft

15:30 – 15:45
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Keynote Address: State of Leadership in AI

State of Ethical & Responsible AI” Organizations with a good representation of Women on the Board of Directors are more likely to report 10% higher financial performance than its counterparts with all male or little women representation. Yet, women make up less than 25 percent of people working as AI specialists and even less in leadership roles related to AI. What can be done to increase the presence, participation and eminence of Women in the Field of AI?

Speakers

Alessandra Sala

President of Women in AI, Director of AI & Data Science

Shuttershock

15:30 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 60 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star Youth X
  • Zabeel Hall 5 Youth X Stage

Mental Health Heroes : Combining forces to combat common mental health challenges

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Maryam Ketait

Emarati Mental Health Specialist

Ally Salama

Founder

EMPWR

Khawla Hammad

Founder

Takalam

Latifa Bin Haider

Founder

Baytuki

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • North Star
  • Track: Creative Economy
  • Zabeel Hall 6, Creative Economy Stage

Networks of Impact | How to build impactful communities in the digital space?

Speakers

Joanne Hayek

Assistant Professor

DIDI Alumni

Nikhilesh Mohan

DIDI Alumni

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

ON STAGE INTERVIEW : Cryptocrime are predicted to exceed $30 billion in 2025, bad actors want to own your bitcoin

Moving towards a tokenized future

Speakers

Kevin Murcko

Founder & CEO,

Coinmetro

Martina Fuchs

Senior Business Correspondent

Switzerland

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

Shariah-Compliant Digital Money

Introducing the ethics-first Shariah-compliant financial ecosystem with the mission to empower the world's Muslim community with a financial instrument for the Digital Age. This discussion brings together the pioneers using a blockchain to enable seamless transactions and interaction, while supporting innovation and philanthropy.

Speakers

Sabinije von Gaffke

Catalyst, Moderator, Speaker, TV Host, Head of Sustainability and Global Partnerships

"Planet IX/Nibiru Studios & The Planet Nine Foundation"

Sweden

Khamis Buharoon Al Shamsi

Board Member & Vice Chairman

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Mohammed AlKaff AlHashmi

Co-Founder, CBO, Executive Board member

Islamic Coin

Hussein Mohammed Al Meeza

Co-Founder , Member of the Executive Board

Islamic Coin

Peter J.Rafferty

Managing Director & Founding Partner

United States of America

Xtellus Advisors

Andrey Kuznetsov

Co-Founder

islamic coin

15:30 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

The race to reality

Speakers

Keith Jordan

VP Innovation - Labs as a Service

Mastercard

United Arab Emirates

15:35 – 15:55
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Case Study: Creating an app from scratch that can used by millions

Speakers

Mahmoud Shahoud

Winner of One Million Arab Coders competition & Sr. Android Engineer

Habit 360

15:40 – 16:10
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage

Panel: Funding Winter? Availability and Levels from Seed to C Today

  • Is the pool of cash for startups drying up and why?
  • Pre-seed and seed challenges and how to get around them
  • Bootstrapping pros and cons
  • So you’re on your way: series B, series C buy in trends and downrounds
  • Are any verticals bucking the trend or more less impacted at least?

Speakers

Aby Sam Thomas

Editor in Chief

Entrepreneur Middle East (AE)

Ramez El-Serafy

CEO

Egypt

Flat6Labs

Ayman Alashkar​

Founder & CEO

Overwrite.ai

Medea Nocentini

Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer

Global Ventures

15:40 – 16:10
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Web 3: A fundamental transformational approach

  • Corporate efforts and the impact on marketing decisions.
  • Regulations, framework and social impact.

Speakers

Xi Chen

Associate Professor - Stern School of Business

United States of America

New York University

Tareq Fouad

Head of Growth

Shorooq Partners

United Arab Emirates

Naim Yazbeck

GM

Microsoft

United Arab Emirates

Cevat Yerli

Former Crytek CEO, Chairman & CEO

TMRW Foundation

United Arab Emirates

Mohammad Hans Dastmaltchi

Chairman

FTX MENA

United Arab Emirates

William Thompson

Chief Strategy Officer

United States of America

Forbes Ignite

Nicole Cacal

Professor at Parsons School of Design & Founder & CEO

Forbes Ignite

United States of America

15:40 – 16:10
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Zabeel Hall 7, Yellow Stage

Weyay case study: How we launched Kuwait’s first digital bank in 12 months

• Trust and relevance in the emerging ecosystem of services and an aggressive competitive landscape. • Meeting digital needs of the next generation with a signature brand experience 

Speakers

Aamir Fadhel

Deputy GM & Head of Consumer Banking

National Bank of Kuwait

Rebecca Bezzina

SVP & MD

R/GA

15:45 – 16:15
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Panel Discussion: Regulations made practical

“Volume and varying AI & Data guidance, standards, regulations” - “Making it useful and practical”

Speakers

Andrew Jones

Founder & Instructor

Data Science Infinity

United Kingdom

Angela Kim

Chief Partnerships Officer

Women in AI

Dr. Hoda Al Khzaimi

CEO

Women in AI

Althea Davis

Chief Data Officer

Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA)

15:50 – 16:10
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Clean Energy and clean mobility

Speakers

Ahmed Samir Elbermbali

Ex- MD, CEBC, Zero Emission Vehicle Campaigns Leader, UN Climate Change High-Level Champions

15:55 – 16:15
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Getting young people excited about learning to code, whether they speak English or not. A test case in Italy

•The approach for non-English speaking students learning programming languages like python and javascript, as well as robotics and the latest developments in the industry
•Gamification, “edu-tainment”, visual block coding and the organisation of international code camps 

Speakers

Derval O'Neill

Founder

CodEng

16:00 - 17:00

16:00 – 16:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall, Tech Talks

Building a Modern AI Governance Strategy: A Dataiku Perspective

- Why is governance the backbone of a robust MLOps strategy?  
- How to overcome the challenges behind applying good governance to MLOps?

Speakers

Umut Satir Gürbüz

Senior Sales Engineer

Dataiku

16:00 – 16:10
10 October 2022 | 10 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Tech Talks
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Close

16:00 – 16:20
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Free
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam Take Over
  • Global DevSlam Hall, Take Over Stage

Data Management for Successful AI with Cloud

Speakers

Amit Andre

CEO

Data Labs Inc (India)

16:00 – 16:00
10 October 2022 | 0 Minutes
Paid
  • Fintech Surge
  • Track: Fintech
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Summit

End of Day 1

16:00 – 16:40
10 October 2022 | 40 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

LEADERS PANEL : Front-runners in digital innovation: Are we cyber resilient?

New technologies like 5G, IoT and AI open a variety of chances for our societies, but also entail new risks. Inconsistent IT infrastructure and uncoordinated resilience strategies are a hotbed for cyber threats. GCC states are therefore prioritizing cooperation across borders. The panel discusses the comprehensive approach to cyber resilience with the potential to preserve and amplify the laurels of digital innovation within the region and beyond.

Speakers

Anett Numa

Cyber Policy Adviser

Ministry of Defence, Estonia

Dr. Bernd Pichlmayer

Policy Advisor for Cybersecurity

Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria

Rasha Abu AlSaud

EVP- Chief Information Security Officer

Saudi National Bank

Dr. Reem AlShammari

Global Thought Leader in Cyber Security & Technology, Energy Sector Founding Partner & Board member,

Kuwait

Women in CyberSecurity MiddleEast (WiCSME), Kuwait

Amer Sharaf

Director of Compliance Support and Alliances

Dubai Electronic Security Center

Kamal Zain

Chief Cybersecurity and Privacy Officer,

Huawei Gulf North, Qatar

Nathan Swain

Former Senior Security Advisor to the U.K. Government, CISO MENA region

Binance

16:00 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, Block Stage

Lewis Neal, Former NFL Player with the Dallas Cowboys and Blockchain Investor

Speakers

Lewis Neal

Former NFL Dallas Cowboys & Blockchain Investor

16:00 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Regulations in the Metaverse

Virtual Assets will be key to the 3D digital markets of the future. For the micro-economies of the metaverse to be successful, security, safety and cross-border transactions will be critical. Given the early-stage of these markets, the extent to which evolving regulation can be superimposed onto or harmonized with various metaverse economies remains an area of conjecture.

Speakers

Ken Rutkowski

Host

Gowree Gokhale

Founder & CEO

Grizzli.fi

Ralf Glabischnig

Co-Founder

Crypto Oasis

Sasha Tityanko

Deputy CEO & Art Director

Sensorium Galaxy Metaverse

Jagdish Pandya

Founder & Chairman

BlockOn Capital

16:00 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

The future of multi-user gaming in the metaverse

Speakers

Sylwia Machnik-Kochan

Vice President Sales Europe

HTC

Poland

16:10 – 16:15
10 October 2022 | 5 Minutes
Paid
  • Marketing Mania
  • Track: Marketing Mania
  • Hall 7, Tech Talks

Closing Remarks

16:10 – 16:50
10 October 2022 | 40 Minutes
Paid
  • North Star
  • Track: North Star 10x
  • Zabeel Hall 7, 10X Stage
  • 10x

Debate: To raise or not to raise in the current funding climate

  • With lower valuations, surely funds are more eager now?
  • But will the market go up and as a founder, should you hold back on raising?
  • Pitting the pros and cons in this dynamic debate, we’ll come to a scientific, albeit potentially not definitive recommendation for entrepreneurs and growing businesses

Speakers

Charlotte Mason

Venture Partner, Antler & Startup Bootcamp Director

INSEAD (UK)

Faisal Aftab

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Pakistan

Zayn Capital

Vivi Himmel

Co-Founder &CEO

United Kingdom

AltoVita

Simon Hill

Founder & CEO

Wazoku

Basil Moftah

General Partner

United Arab Emirates

Nclude VC

Hasan Haider

Managing Partner

Bahrain

+VC

16:10 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

How metaverse is shaping up the future of work

Speakers

Vesa Nopanen

Futurist & Principal Consultant

Sulava

Finland

16:10 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Energy
  • Zabeel Hall 3, Green Stage

Thought leadership by

Speakers

Siham Benhamidouche

MEA Cybersecurity Officer

Schneider Electric

16:15 – 16:35
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Devslam
  • Track: Global DevSlam
  • Global DevSlam Pycon MEA Stage
  • DevOps & Javatalks

Building ML/NN models using PyTorch, Tensorflow, & Scikit-learn & also the role that AI plays in revolutionizing the social media platforms

Speakers

Pranay Pathole

Tech Friend of Elon Musk, Software Developer & System Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

16:15 – 16:30
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Keynote Address – AI infused medical devices

AI Medical Devices and Data Centric AI” Rolling out Medical device for detecting Cervical Cancer with 97% accuracy Case Study:  Rolling out Medical device for detecting Cervical Cancer with 97% accuracy.  Dian Diagnostics has billions of patient medical laboratory test data harvested from its 25-year practices in China. Xiaomei’s AI solutions have been designed and developed heavily leveraging the data resources provided by Dian due to their joint venture business relationship.

Speakers

Xiaomei Wang

CEO

PathoAI

16:30 – 16:50
10 October 2022 | 20 Minutes
Paid
  • Future Blockchain Summit
  • Track: Blockchain
  • Zabeel Hall 4, The Exchange

Grand Opening Performance of Future Blockchain Summit – N.W.A Meets Pink Floyd

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Speakers

OG Arabian Prince

Founder,

iNov8 Next Open Labs

First Time in the Region

Scott Page

CEO,

Think:EXP

16:30 – 16:45
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Web 3.0
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage

Metaverse and its impact on digital fashion

Speakers

Deniz Ozgur

Co Founder

Space Runners

Turkey

Won Soh

Co Founder

Space Runners

United States of America

16:30 – 17:00
10 October 2022 | 30 Minutes
Free
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: X-Verse
  • X-Verse Stage
  • SPORTS & GAMING

Robocom VR: Taking a step further in a future of tech and gaming

Speakers

Karim Ibrahim

Founder & CEO

RobocomVR

16:30 – 16:45
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Hall 7A Pavilion, Blue Stage
  • Disrupt X

Unpopular opinion: You don't need to hire as many data experts. They’re already in your teams.

Data has become the core of most companies' operations. Making the most of data is key for all business units, in particular marketing, finance, supply chain, ... it means better insights, more productivity, and better decisions, autonomously. Companies first reflex is to recruit data experts. But data competencies are scarce; it's a challenge. However, it is infinitely easier (and more profitable internally) to upskill your teams on specific data skills or reskill them towards data expert jobs. In this discussion Clément Eulry, General manager at Le Wagon for Business, will explain why the right strategy to accelerate a digital transformation, is focusing on training existing employees with a ROI driven methodology.
16:40 – 16:40
10 October 2022 | 0 Minutes
Paid
  • Gitex Global
  • Track: Cybersecurity
  • Hall 1, Dark Stage

Close

16:45 – 17:00
10 October 2022 | 15 Minutes
Paid
  • AI
  • Track: Data Economy
  • Sheikh Rashid Hall Main Stage
  • Disrupt X

Awards

  • Women in AI Ambassador of the year
  • Women in AI Partner of the year
  • Trailblazer Woman in AI, Data & Coding
  • Most inspiring Education
  • Startup of the Year
  • Data & AI Chief of the Year
  • Women in AI Educator Award

Speakers

Alessandra Sala

President of Women in AI, Director of AI & Data Science

Shuttershock

Angela Kim

Chief Partnerships Officer

Women in AI

Debbie Botha

Global Partnership Officer

Women in AI

Yasmin Al Enazi

COO

United Arab Emirates

Women in AI