4th Annual Arab Future Cities Summit 2017 | Expotrade Australia Pty Ltd | 30 October 2017 | Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort and Spa, East Crescent Rd, Palm Jumeirah - إمارة دبيّ - United Arab Emirates

Following the vision of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to make the Emirate as the smartest and happiest city, the government of Dubai has implemented several innovative programs and smart city services, under the key dimensions of Smart Economy, Smart Living, Smart Mobility, Smart Governance, Smart Environment and Smart People.

The 4th Annual Arab Future Cities Summit to be held on 30th and 31st October, 2017 in Dubai will emphasize on the future opportunities and evolving technologies to counter the challenges faced and achieve the city’s ambitions in being one of the world’s most connected and sustainable “Smart Cities” – in time for Expo 2020.

2017 Speakers:

H.E. Dr. Abdullah Belhaif AlNuaimi
Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure Development

Samira Al Rais
Director of Policy and Strategy, Sustainable Development, The General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai

Ahmed Bahrozyan
CEO Licensing Agency, Roads & Transport Authority

Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi
Chief Operating Officer, d3 - Dubai Design District

Michael Lake
President & CEO, Leading Cities, Boston, USA

Yousef Baselaib
Executive Director, Masdar

Paul Copping
Chief Information Officer, Digital Greenwich, UK

Natalya Kaspersky
President - InfoWatch Group, Co-founder - Kaspersky Lab

James Bernard
Director of Business Development, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)

Francesca Bria
Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer, Barcelona City Council, Spain

Sgouris Sgouridis
Associate Professor - Engineering Systems and Management, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE

Christopher Free
General Manager Middle East, Uber

Charlotte Palmer
Environment Strategy and Future City Manager, Peterborough City Council, UK

Ismail Mohammed
Senior Vice President - Customer Operations, Du

Yousuf Mohammed Al Shaiba
Director of Smart Services Development Department, Ajman Municipality & Planning Department

Wafa Al Awlaqi
Chief Happiness and Positivity Officer, National Qualifications Authority

Mohamad Easawy
Head of IT Excellence, Dubai Customs

Robert Shakespeare
Group Design Director, Cracknell

Dr. Saeed Al Dhaheri
Chairman, Smartworld

Dr. Marie Thompson
Clinical Director, Vivamus

Dan Bulmer
Managing Director, Place Dynamix

Ghazi Atallah
CEO, NXN (formerly neXgen)

Ramez Shehadi
Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Booz Allen Hamilton Mena

Ian Machen
Head of Intelligent Mobility Middle East, Atkins

Dr. Osama Elhassan
Head of e-Health Section, Dubai Health Authority

Furqan Ahmed Hashmi
Head of IT Security and Operations, Emirates Investment Authority

Ken Goodrich
Research Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center, USA

Saman Haziq
Happiness & Positivity Editor, Khaleej Times

Michel Francis
Chief Architect, Design Director, Design & Construction Engineering

Phil Dunn
Design and Planning Manager, The Sustainable City - Diamond Developers

Dr. Zakir Malik
General Manager – Group Human Resources, Oasis Investment Company (Al Shirawi Group)

Chris Browning
Director, NORR Group Consultants International Ltd

Dr. Louise Lambert
Associate Professor, Canadian University of Dubai

2017 Sponsors:

• SSK
• VIMANA
• InfoWatch
• The Sustainable City
• WebNMS
• PCCW Global
• Canon
• Applied wayfinding
• FCS
• Exelen
• Boeing
• E-save
• TeamTarget
• Valmont
• ee-consulting AG
• Igienair
• Nokia
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Majid Al Futtaim
• Inspire the Next
• Samsung Business
• GR Lighting
• Philips
• Microsoft
• Huawei
• Renault
• Thales
• SAP
• Autodesk
• ZTE