Data Innovation Summit 2025 - Dubai | Hyperight AB | 19 May 2025 | Conrad Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Trade Centre - Trade Centre 1 - Dubai - UAE

The most influential annual Data, Analytics and AI event in the world, bringing together the most innovative minds, enterprise practitioners, technology providers, start-up innovators and academics, working with Applied Data Innovation, Data Science, Big Data, ML, Applied AI, Generative AI, Data Management, Data Engineering, Architecture, Databases and DevOps, in one place to discuss ways to accelerate AI-Driven Transformation throughout companies, industries and public organisations. With over 50+ MEA and international speakers in this 4th MEA edition, spread across four stages, two workshop rooms, 30+ TIP sessions, and plenty of learning and networking activities in the exhibition area, the MEA summit is the place to be for all professionals and organisations working with utilisation of data and AI innovation for enhancing customer experience, improve operational processes, enable future sustainability, reinventing business models, or developing data-driven products and services.

With over 1500 practical case studies presented in the past 9 editions and with geo events in Europe, MEA, APAC, and the ANZ region, the event is a worldwide movement, ushering the community of data, analytics, and AI practitioners across functions, companies, industries, sectors, countries and regions to collaborate, benchmark, share and innovate.

2025 Speakers

CHAIRMAN:

Armin Kech
Director, Lead Data & Records Governance CoE, Swiss Re

FUTURE OUTLOOK:

Dr. Sara AlShaya
Director of the Data and Statistics Department, Emirates Health Services

Goran Cvetanovski
Founder and Editorial Director, Data Innovation Summit

KEYNOTES:

Mohamed Zouari
General Manager Middle East Turkey Africa, Snowflake

Gautam Verma
Head of Data Enablement, Department of Government Enablement

MODERATORS:

Martin Mazur
Head of Government Corporate Reporting, Department of Government Enablement

Michael Malek
Director – Data Management

Faris Al Masri
Data Strategist & Advisor, Federal Tax Authority

SPEAKERS:

Marwa El-Askary
Data Visualization & Analytics Manager, FABMISR

Pavel Shorokhov
Ex – Chief Data Officer, Magnit

Gorkem Unel
Head of Apps & Digital Services, TikTok

Rana Kamal Aly ElSharqawy
Head of Data Science and Analytics, EFG Holding

Dmitry Menshenin
Head of Insights and Analytics, Sanofi

Dr. Amira Abdelaziz
Senior Advisor - Data Science & Advanced Analytics, Central Bank of Egypt

Manish Vaidya
Head of AI, DCT Abu Dhabi

Alexis Jean Baptiste
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, L’Oréal

Mert Sendag
Director of Regional Data Strategy for EEMEA Region, Mastercard

Ali Hasan Abdulla Alhammadi
Head of Analytics & Data Science, Department of Government Enablement

Abdelrahman Mohammad Moawad
Data Engineering Track Lead, Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment – Digital Dubai

Gopi Maren
AVP – Data Governance & Privacy, RAKBANK

Dina Sallam
Head of Data, AI & CVM Analytics, Orange Egypt

Shashank Shekhar Sahoo
Manager of Artificial Intelligence Solutions / Applications, DAMAC Properties

Sasthi Sarma
Head of Data, Apparel Group

Wassim Ibrahim
Data Advisory Lead, WSP

Arockiaraj Arockiam
VP of Data, Analytics and AI, Thndr

Amr Mohamed Elsayed Metwally
AED Director of Innovation, Hamad Medical Corporation

Nagui BEN LEMRID
Data Science Manager, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Tim Falla
Partner & Founder, Affinity Reply

Savvi Vijayakumaraguru
Head of Data Architecture, Affinity Reply

Hossam Fathy Elsemellawy
Data Science Expert, STC

Buket Begüm Kutsal
Senior Data Scientist, Turkish Airlines

Basma Rady
Chief Data Scientist, Beltone Holding

John Mullis
Lead Sales Engineer, Fivetran

Sanchit Juneja
Director - Product (Big Data & ML/AI), Booking.com

Alexey Sidorov
Chief Data Evangelist, DENODO SL

Rishi Mathur
Sales Engineering Leader, Strategy

Ranjith Somasundaram
Senior Sales Engineering, Strategy

Ravi Gupta
Principal Presales Solutions Architect, Dremio

Joseph Aoun
Director of AI & Data Solutions – UAE General Manager, APGAR Middle East

Larbi Belbecir
Senior Solutions Consultant, BOOMI

Imran Moinuddin
Senior Vice President Data & AI, VentureDive

Shalin Trivedi
Technology Sales Leader, Kyvos Insights Inc.

Kevin Downey
Chief Technology Officer, Data Sentinel

Mike Burke
Manager, Solutions Architecture, dbtLabs

Rizwan Tufail
Group Chief AI and Data Officer, PureHealth

Maged Taher
EMEA General Manager, Incorta

2025 Partners

CO-HOST PARTNERS:
• Snowflake
• Reply Affinity
• Apgar
• Boomi

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Data Sentinel
• Mixpanel
• Insight

PARTNERS:
• Fivetran
• DBT Labs
• Denodo
• Strategy
• FanRuan
• Collibra
• DataPhi
• Kyvos
• Dremio
• Visiology
• VentureDive
• Incorta
• Airia
• Hemodata
• ABC
• FX
• SBI