Artificial Intelligence Week Middle East 2018 | IQPC Middle East | 4 September 2018 | Park Hyatt , Dubai Creek Club St - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Artificial Intelligence Week Middle East is an exclusive gathering with 3 co-located events focusing specifically on the applications of AI in the banking, healthcare, government and telecoms sector.

A first-of-its-kind AI event in the region, heads of IT, security, innovation, digital, CEOs, CXOs and other senior stakeholders from the leading companies in the region will be attending to learn more from real-life success stories on AI adoption and implementation, find out how to secure their AI networks and maximise on this multi-billion dollar AI revolution.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already radically altering the face of both public and private sector with greater change to come. A recent PwC report suggests that AI will contribute $320 billion to the Middle Eastern economy by 2030.

The first event of its kind in the region, Artificial Intelligence Week Middle East, will deep-dive into the real value of AI, on how to navigate the tsunami of data in an organisation, how to secure artificial intelligence networks and how to remain competitive.

2018 Speakers:

Dr. Andy Chun
CIO and AI Pioneer, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Shrimant Tripathy
Head of IT Risk and Security Advisory, World Bank Group, USA

Ryan Prox
Senior Constable in Charge, Crime Analytics Advisory & Development Unit, Vancouver Police Department, Canada

Dr. Ayesha Almutawa
Chief Innovation Officer, Ministry of Health, UAE

Ahmad Al Emadi
CISO, Dubai Municipality

Anwaar Al Shimmari
Chief Innovation Officer, Ministry of Infrastructure Development, UAE

Dr. Muna Al Dhabbah
Director of Government Service Development, UAE Prime Minister’s Office - Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and Future

Omar Al Busaidy
Global Shaper at World Economic Forum, Speaker, Author, Futurist

Dr. Nasser Alsaedi
AI Consultant, Head of Information Security, Abu Dhabi Police

Maj. Hamad Khalifa Al Nuaimi
Head of Telecommunications, Abu Dhabi Police

Mohammad Khaled,
Futurist, Digital Transformation, Information Security Expert, Department of Energy

Dr. Yousef Alhammadi
Advisor, The General Secretariat of the Executive Council

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

Ross Maclean
Group Chief Digital & Strategy Officer, GEMS Education

Nitin Bhargava
Chief Information Officer, Mashreq Bank, UAE

Max Amordeluso
EU Lead Evangelist Alexa Skill Set and EU Head of New Technologies, Amazon, Luxembourg

Col. Hemraj Parmar
CEO, BR Life, India

Evans Munyuki
Group Chief Digital Officer, Emirates NBD, UAE

Rachel Pether
CFA, Senior Advisor and Director Investor Relations, Sovereign Wealth, Fund Institute & Heirloom Investment Management, GCC & Canada

Adil Al Zarooni
CEO, Al Zarooni Emirates Investments, UAE

Najla Al-Midfa
General Manager, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center Accelerator (Sheraa), UAE

Hans Christensen
Director of Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, UAE

Görkem Çokçetin
Head of Fintech Integration & Innovation Lab, Emirates NBD, UAE

Anshul Srivastav
Chief Information Officer, Union Insurance, UAE

Dr. Aaron Han
Chief of Pathology, American Hospital, UAE

Robin Smith
Head of Cyber Security, South Yorkshire NHS, UK

Dr. Shabeer Nellikode
Managing Director, Universal Hospitals, UAE

Mohamed Roushdy
Experienced CIO, Digital Transformation

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

OFFICIAL AI CONSULTING PARTNERS & SPONSOR:
• PwC

STRATEGIC AI HEALTHCARE PARTNER & SPONSOR:
• GE Healthcare

START-UP PARTNERS:
• Kristal.AI
• AIDirections

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Robotics Tomorrow
• Planet Biometrics
• Mobile ID World
• FindBiometrics
• Developing Telecoms
• Mind Commerce
• Tractica
• AR/VR Magazine
• CustomerService.ae
• AiiA IQ