EmTech MENA 2019 | EmTech Asia | 4 November 2019 | Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE

EmTech is your opportunity to discover future trends and to understand the technologies that will drive the new global economy. It’s where tech, business, and culture converge, and where you gain access to the most innovative people and companies in the world.

EmTech MENA is organized by MIT Technology Review Arabia, the region’s edition of the world’s oldest and most respected technology publication since 1899. EmTech is organized by Haykal Media and Dubai Future Foundation and was launched for the first time in MENA in 2018, in Dubai.

Since its inception in 1999, EmTech has become the world’s most influential conference on emerging technologies that matter, growing into a global community which runs in the United States, Europe, South America, India, Hong Kong, China and Singapore.

2019 Speakers

Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi
Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, UAE

David Rose
Spatial Computing Expert, MIT School of Architecture

Ryan Abbott
Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Surrey School of Law

Abdulla bin Touq
Secretary General of the UAE Cabinet

Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Founder and CEO, Alliances for Global Sustainability

Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab

Brian Behlendorf
Executive Director - Hyperledger, The Linux Foundation

Marius Swoboda
Head of Physical Science and Capability, Rolls-Royce

Khalfan Belhoul
CEO, Dubai Future Foundation

Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau
CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology Review

Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi
Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE

Abdulsalam Haykal
CEO, Haykal Group

Laurence Kemball-Cook
Founder, Pavegen

Dia Haykal
Editor in Chief, MIT Technology Review Arabia

Greg Cross
Co-Founder, Soul Machines

Emmanuel Fombu
MD, Physician, Author: The Future of Healthcare

Vishal Chatrath
CEO & Co-Founder, Prowler.io

Solomon Assefa
Vice President, IBM Research - Africa & Emerging Market Solutions

Jason Kahn
Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder, Mightier

Alberto Levy
Innovation Evangelist

Howard Herzog
Senior Research Engineer, MIT Energy Initiative​

Kevin Hu
Co-Founder & CEO, Quantifai

Newsha Ghaeli
Co-Founder & President, BioBot

Antoinette Matthews
VP, Licensing and Communities, MIT Technology Review

Donald Sadoway
John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, MIT

Hugo Spowers
Co-Founder, Riversimple

Predrag K. Nikolic
Associate Professor - Interactive Media, Shantou University

Claire Beatty
Editorial Director for International Markets, MIT Technology Review Insights

Ramzi Jaber
Partner, eConstruct

Kosmas Kretsos
Senior Director - R&D, Pfizer

Gideon Lichfield
Editor-in-Chief, MIT Technology Review

Rida Hamza
Vice President, Global Business Development, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Parsons Corporation

2019 Sponsors

KEY SPONSOR:
• Dubai Electricity & Water Authority

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Enoc
• Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

EXCLUSIVE INNOVATORS UNDER 35 PARTNER:
• Hamdan Foundation

EXCLUSIVE KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• PwC

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Parson

ACTIVATION PARTNERS:
• ADXP
• IQ Robotics

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• Arabnet
• Wamda

START-UP ZONE PARTNERS:
• P4M
• Teacherly
• Alesca Life Technologies
• Realedu
• Proximie
• Synkers
• Winnow
• Evera
• Audacelabs
• Clara
• Nybl
• Mekapharm
• Eshara Water
• WhizKey
• Ustad Mobile
• PigeonLine

MENA DIGITAL MEDIA PARTNER:
• Al-khaleejiah

ENGLISH MEDIA PARTNER:
• Arab News

REGIONAL BROADCASTING PARTNER:
• Sky News