GITEX Global 2020 | GITEX Future Stars | 6 December 2020 | Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

The most important week in the annual tech calendar, GITEX is a must-attend, world-class event located in Dubai. This is where the world’s technology leaders, enterprises and startups come together to show you the future of every business and every industry, as it happens.

2020 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

Brett King
Founder & Executive Chairman, MOVEN

Nolan Bushnell
Founder, ATARI

Pablos Holman
Hacker, Inventor, and Entrepreneur

Ken Rutkowski

Haifa Al Kaylani
Founder & Chairman, The Arab International Women’s Forum & Fellow, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, ILO

Prof. Dr. Regiane Relva Romano
Special Adviser, Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication

Trevor Martin
CEO, Mammoth Biosciences

Kat Borlongan
Director, La French Tech

Harj Dhaliwal
Regional Managing Director, Virgin Hyperloop

Christopher Thomas
Co-Founder & CO-CEO, Eureeca

Professor Sam Shah
Chief Medical Strategy Officer, Numan Founder and Director, Faculty of Future Health, COMD, Ulster University

Dr. Christopher H. Cooper
General Manager Data Center Group, Lenovo, Middle East & Africa

Sameer Sharma
Global GM, New IOT Markets, Intel

Piero Pelizzaro
Chief Resilience Officer, Department City Resilience, Milan Municipality

Charity Wanjiku
Co-founder & COO, Strauss Energy Ltd., Nairobi,

Suparno Banerjee
Vice President of Public Sector and Smart Cities, Nokia

Jeanne Holm
Chief Data Officer & Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor, City of Los Angeles

Vin Gupta
Principal Scientist, Amazon Care

Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa
Founder and Executive Director, Chil (Community Healthcare Innovation) AI Lab

Dr. Suraj Kapa
Director, Augmented and Virtual Reality Innovations Group, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Christopher P. Boone
Vice President, Global Head of Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Abbvie

Michal Gromek
Senior Contribitor, Forbes Europe

Tuncay Tuncer
Executive Director, Group Online & Mobile Banking, Head Digital UAE, Standard Chartered Bank

Filippo Maria Regna
Director and Co-Founder - Digital Innovation Observatories, School of Management, Politecnico di Milano

DIEGO PEREZ
Executive Director, Abfin Techs (Fintech Association of Brazil)

CHEN WEI (WILSON)
Senior Industrial Designer, Segway Robotics

Giordano Sordoni
Co-Founder, COO, Xos Trucks

Eleni Kitra
Global Business, Head of Financial Services & Automotive, Facebook

Robert Falck
Founder & CEO, Einride

Dave Crane
Host, DaveCraneGlobal.com

Jeff Maggioncalda
CEO, Coursera

Francis Davidson
Founder & CEO, Sonder

Vilhelm Hedberg
Founder & CEO, eKar

Joy Ajlouny
Co-Founder, Fetchr

Sarah Jones
Founder & CEO, Sprii

Neil Petch
Founder & CEO, Virtuzone

Tiffany Chu
CEO & Co-founder, Remix

Catarina Selada
Head of City Lab, CEiiA (Centre of Engineering and Product Development) Portugal

Ben Weisman
Financial Innovation Lead, World Economic Forum

Marcus Bernestrom
Co-Founder, FundedByMe MENA

Tony Sun
Deputy Director, Blockchain Trade Finance (Trusple), Ant Group

Rahul Vijay
Head of Global Connectivity, Technology Supply Chain & Operations, Uber (US)

Naeem Altaf
CTO - Space Tech & Quantum Ambassador, IBM (US)

Eric Aquaronne
Worldwide Systems Strategy, IBM

Peter Tavener
CFO & COO, Beehive

Saqr Ereiqat
Consulting Leader - Government & Public Sector, IBM

Elisabeth Braw
Visiting Fellow, AEI

Mats Granryd
Director General, GSMA

Harri Santamala
Founder & CEO, Sensible4

Firdosh Sheikh
CEO & Co-Founder, drife

Mariam Al Muhairi
Project Manager, Dubai Future Foundation

Ben Tregenna
Head of Informatics Programme, UNEP WCMC

Mark Balovnev
Partner, Accelliance

George Akhras
Chief Information Officer, Academia Management Solutions International (AMSI)

Mohamed Jawabri
Co-Founder & COO, Lendo

David Magard
Advisor - Division for Digital Development, Swedish Ministry of Infrastructure

Jyoti Lalchandani
Group Vice President & Regional MD, Middle East, Turkey & Africa, IDC

Helal Ismail
Head of Technology, CAFU

Marco Tempest
Cyber Illusionist

Dr. Mohamed Madkour
VP Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions, Huawei

Dezso Molnar
Aeronautics Engineer, Inventor and Pilot
Flying Car Racing League

Andrea Canidio
Assistant Professor, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Dr. Jacques El Khouri
Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Dar Al-Handasah

Dotun Rominiyi
Blockchain Strategy - Emerging Technologies, LSEG

Sandy Grigsby
Founder, BrioFIVE

Jean-Baptiste Gérard
Data Engineer & Product Manager, Louis Vuitton - LVMH

Mansoor Hanif
Executive Director Engineering Technology & Digital NEOM, NEOM

Ritchie Mehta
Founder, Learn Et Al & School of Marketing

Paul Lalovich
Founder, Agile Dynamics

David Balfour
Co-founder - Lightblue, Board Member | Vice Chairman - Tribe Global

Mimi Nicklin
Regional MD & Chief Creative Officer, RAPP

Sudhir Syal
CEO, Middle East, Book My Show

Cristina Covello
Head of Strategic Growth, Fooditude

Magnus Djaba
Global President & CEO - Saatchi & Saatchi & Premier League Equality Panel

Mark Evans
Managing Director – Marketing & Digital, Direct Line Group

Erica Kerner
SVP, Head of Marketing Strategy & Partnerships, Commercial, ONE Championship, Board Chairman, Singapore & South East Asia, The Marketing Society

Maya Makanjee
Non Exe Director at AIG, Tiger Brands & Chairman of Ethics

Paloma Azulay
Global CMO, Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen

Brendan Michael Vyner
Director of Marketing & Student Recruitment, University of Wollongong Dubai

Henry Windridge
Brand Director Middle East & Africa, Discovery

Aimee Peters
Group Head – Marketing & Communications, Mashreq bank

Claudia Navarro
Marketing Director, MENA, Coco Cola

Henry Rosas
Partner & Senior Director, TalkCircle

Peter Debenedicts
Chief Marketing Officer Middle East & Africa, Microsoft

Manav Sethi
Global CMO, Octro

Marwa Kaabour
Group Head - Marketing & Corporate Communication, Al Masaood Group

Shaddy Gaad
Senior Marketing Manager - MENA, Guinness World Record

Talal Omar
Country Manager - MENA, Guinness World Records

Rami Al Kadhi
Commercial Director, Anghami

Hussein Kandil
Regional Marketing Director, Hardees

Dawn Metcalfe
Managing Director & Author - Hard Talk, PDSi

Sevgi Gur
Director Customer & Consumer Experience, Michelin

Saleema Vellani
Innovation Strategist - World Bank, Adj. Professor Entrepreneurship & Design Thinking - The Johns Hopkins University

Sophie Devonshire
CEO, The Marketing Society

Darine El Khatib
Sr. Director – Creative Strategy & Brand Development, Warner Media

Alastair Sherriffs
VP Marketing & Growth, Property Finder

Austyn Allison
Editor, Campaign Middle East

Manjyot Sandhu
Regional Head - Marketing & Content Licensing, Zee Entertainment

Peyman Rashid Al Awadhi
Board Member - Mepra, CEO - New Media Academy

Joyce Baz
MEPRA - Board Member, Head of PR and Communications - Google MENA

Nada El BarsShoumi
MEPRA - Youth Board Member, Senior Manager - Weber Shandwick, MENAT

Lisa Welsh
MEPRA - Vice Chair, Managing Director - Hill+knowlton strategies

Richie Santosdiaz
Head of Strategy, Rise Group

Mateusz Mach
Founder & Ceo of Move, Bestselling Author on banking, Radio Host and TV Commentator, Nextrope

Azhar Sayeed
Senior Director, Global Telco Technical Development, Red Hat

Ziyaad Ahmed
Co-Founder & COO, Spotii

Thomas Zakrzewski
Founder and Managing Partner, EgisData

Ryan Den Rooijen
Group Head of Data, Chalhoub Group

Olinga Taeed
Visiting Professor, Birmingham City University

Dina El-Shenoufy
CIO, Flat6Labs

Marta Piekarska-geater
Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger - The Linux Foundation

Walid Hanna
Founder & CEO, Middle East Venture Partners

Matthew Yarger
Head of Mobility and Automotive, IOTA Foundation

H.E. Younus Al Nasser
Assistant Director General, Smart Dubai

Dr. Marwan Alzarouni
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Blockchain Center

Mark Taylor
Managing Director & Founder, TEMAMII.com

Ted Hwang
CEO, Danal Fintech

Dr. Stephen Harmon
Associate Dean of Research, Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE)

Chrissa Mcfarlane
CEO, Patientory

Tim K. Mackey
Associate Professor, UC San Diego, School of Medicine and Director - Healthcare Research & Policy & Director, Global Health Policy Institute

Waqas Mirza
Founding CEO, Avanza

Dr. Ramadan Alblooshi
CEO, Dubai Healthcare City Authority – Regulation (DHCR)

Kirsi Ekberg
Founder & CEO, Vilike

Aly Madhavji
Senior Blockchain Fellow, INSEAD

John Zerihoun
CEO, Yamba

Justas Pikelis
Co-founder, Monetha

Lacina Kone
Director-General, Smart Africa Secretariat

Professor Martin Spraggon
Dean, School of Business and Quality Management at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University

Iain Colledge
Principal, Raha International School

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yousif Baniyas
Higher Education Advisor & Director, Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), Ministry of Education (UAE)

Nadim Abdulrahim
Global Government Industry Scientist Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East

Hon. Michael Onyango
Senior Advisor – Transformative Technology To Cabinet Secretary, Member (Blockchain) & Artificial Intelligence, Taskforce, Ministry of ICT ( Kenya)

Steve Bambury
Director, Digital Inception

Professor Shafi Ahmed
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, BARTS Health NHS Trust

Dr. Vèna Arielle Ahouansou
Founder, Kea Medicals

Safder Nazir
Senior Vice President Digital Industries Strategy, Huawei Middle East

David Cunha
Advisor for Information Technologies and Digital Transformation, Lisbon Municipality

Dr. Juergen Rahmel
Chief Digital Officer, AI & ML Advisor, HSBC

Dr. Souma Alhaj Ali
Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering, Artificial Neural Network and Robotics, Director of Excellence and Governance, ICDE Focal Point on Quality in the Arab Region, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University

Geoffrey Alphonso
CEO, Alef Education

Debbie Botha
Executive Information Architect, IBM, Women in AI Ambassador for UAE, Women in AI

Dr. Hoda Alkhzaimi
President of Emirates Digital Association for Women, Director of Centre for Cyber Security, New York University Abu Dhabi

Yasmin Al Enazi
Leadership & Communications Lead of Women in AI & Director, Projects and Customer Happiness, Mechatronic Engineer, DGWorld

Andrea Gallego
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Arunima Sarkar
Artificial Intelligence Lead, Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution

Dr. Seth Dobrin
Chief Data Officer IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software, Vice President & Chief Data Officer, IBM Analytics, IBM

Tom Bicknell
Partner, Pinsent Masons

Vivek Zakarde
Head of Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse, Reliance General Insurance

Hisham Al-Falih
CEO, Lean Tech

Dr. Aviv Zeevi
VP Technological Transfer Division, Israel Innovation Authority

Dr. Norberto Andrade
Global Policy Lead for Digital and AI Ethics, Facebook

Aaron White
Managing Director – Middle East & Turkey, Nutanix

Natasha Dsouza
Journalist and Contributing Writer, Harvard Business Review

Christina Seyfried
Head of the Africa-China Initiative at Yale and Ph.D Candidate, Yale

Karim Ibrahim
CEO, RobocomVR

Ivan Jakovljevic
Chief Development Officer, Saudi Technology Ventures (STV)

Shane Shin
Founding Partner, Shorooq Partners

Katie Golding
Director – Marketing & Communications, Sky News Arabia

Sunny Landeros
Former Global Brand & Communications Director, Jetex, Official Member, Forbes Communication Council

Alex Malouf
Corporate Communications Director, Schneider Electric

Claire Furlong
GM Marketing & Communications, International Cricket Council (ICC)

Katie Traxton
Chief Communications Officer, Formula E

Nalin Chandna
CEO, National Gas Company

Hameed Yousuf
Social Media Influencer, HamiVlogs

Nasser Al Buhairi
TL Organizational Resilience (Fire Group), Kuwait Oil Company

Colin Lewis
Marketing Week Columnist, Author eCommerce Best Practice, Educator and Speaker, Multiple award-winning marketer, Investor, Advisor, CMO, OpenJaw Technologies

Henry Chilcott
Chief Brand Officer, Formula E

Amrith Gopinath
Senior Marketing Director, Adidas

Khaled Ismail
VP Communications - Europe, Central Asia, Middle East & Africa Region, Tetra Pak

Matthias Schranner
CEO and Founder, The Schranner Negotiation Institute

Chris Babayode
Managing Director – EMEA, Mobile Marketing Association

Andrew Campbell
Managing Director - Middle East, Brand Finance

Sherilyn Shackell
Founder & Global CEO, The Marketing Academy

Souad Al Serkal
MEPRA Strategy Board Member & VP Corporate Communications, Tabreed

Nigel Gibbons
Associate Director and Senior Advisor, NCC Group

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al-Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security, United Arab Emirates Government

Kamran Ahsan
Chief Marketing & International Business Officer, HELP AG, Etisalat Digital Security

Aloysius Cheang
Chief Security Officer, Huawei UAE

Dee Deu
CISO, Xoserve

Faisal Sibai
Vice President CISO, Withheld

Uday Dshpande
CISO, Larsen & Toubro

Adel Alhousani
CISO, Dubai Customs

Abdulla Al Sayari
CISO, Government of Abu Dhabi

Hafiz Farooq
Global Security Architect, Saudi Aramco

Bryan Seely
World Famous Hacker, Author & US Marine

Hessa Al Nahdi
Chief Information Security Officer, UAE Department of Culture and Tourism

Nathan Swain
Trusted Security Advisor, UK Government

Francisco Gaspar
Lead Cyber Security Architect, Telefonica

Viktor Polic
CISO, International Labour Organization

Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Regional CISO, Standard Chartered Bank

Kashif Khan
Head of Information Security Risk and Strategic Projects, Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company

Remo Marini
Chief Security Officer - Head of Group IT Operations Risk & Security, Generali

George Eapen
CIO, Petrofac

Muhittin Hasancioglu
CISO, Petronas

Anatolii Vovniuk
Former Head of IT, Naftogaz of Ukraine

Dr. Fadi Aloul
Professor and Department Head of Computer Science, American University of Sharjah

Linnéa Kornehed
CMO and Co-founder, Einride

Nadine Mezher
CMO & Co-Founder, Sarwa

Gary West
Managing Director OnStar Middle East and Head of Future Mobility, General motors

Majid Al Shehry
GM for Enterprise Architecture at National Information Centre & Strategic Advisor, Saudi Arabia Data & AI Authority (SDAIA)

Nour Al Atassi
Director -Service Providers-AMEA, Avaya

Dr. Alice Loveys
Managing Partner- Health Group & Chief Health Privacy and Security Officer, BTblock

KRISHNAN GOPI
Group Chief Disruption Officer
GEMS Education

FADI HANI
VP of Middle East, Africa and Turkey
Avaya

Miroslav Kafedzhiev
VP & GM, Honeywell SPS MERTA

Noor Sweid
General Partner, Global Ventures

Tushar Singhvi
Deputy CEO & Head of CE-Ventures, Crescent Enterprises

Hans Tung
Managing Partner, GGV Capital

John Cleese
Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter & Producer

Louise Gutteridge
CIPD Trainer, PRCA (Public Relations and Communications Association)

Avi Eyal
Managing Partner, Entrée Capital

Ali Sajwani
CEO, Grape Technology

Abdulqader Ali
Chief Executive Officer, Smartworld

Anna Juusela
CEO & Founder, Encourage.fi

Sean Reyes
Attorney General, State of Utah

Fadi Pharaon
Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa, Ericsson

DR. Jonathan Reichental
CEO, Human Future, former CIO for the City of Palo Alto, Human Future

Vikas Aggarwal
Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD

Dara Latinwo
Manager - Digital Delivery Centre, Deloitte

Massimo Cannizzo
CEO and Co-Founder, GELLIFY Middle East

Mohammed Hanif Al Qassim
Managing Partner & Founder, The Manor Hotel

Damien Drap
Co-Founder & COO, Nomad Homes

Sebastian Reis
EVP Global E-Commerce, Checkout.com

Eyas Hawari
Regional Director, Cloud & AI Business Group, Huawei Middle East

Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, PHD
Hon. Minister for Communications, Nigeria

Walid Namane
Analyst, EMIR

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi
Director General (DG), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

Yael Tamar
CMO, and PartnerTamar, SolidBlock

Ramy Al-Kadhi
Commercial Director, Anghami

Daniel Korski
Founder & CEO, Public.io

Shady Makhlouf
Head of Governments and Cities Segment – MEA, Nokia

Christopher Wodzicki
Director, Buro Happold

William Skidmore
Editor, Gulf Africa Review

Ayman Elnasher
VP and Head of Technology Planning, Du

Benjamin Fields
Founder, JIVO Health

Anne Kawalerski
Global Chief Marketing Officer, Bloomberg Media

Musab Abdalla
Director, Business Development, Information and Communication Technologies, Bahrain Economic Development Board

Michele Giordani
Managing Partner & Founder, GELLIFY

Christian Kunz
Head of Group Strategy and Innovation, DIFC

Prof Christopher Abraham
CEO, SP Jain School of Global Management

Mohammed Atif
Area Manager, DNV GL

Fuad Siddiqui
Executive Partner & Vice President, Nokia Bell Labs

Jeremy Crane
Founder & CEO, Yellow Door Energy

Khaled Abdulrahman Al Awadhi
Director Transportation Systems Department Public Transport Agency, Roads & Transport Authority, RTA

Zul Javaid
CEO, UAE Trade Connect

Anirudha Panse
Managing Director & Head of Trade Product Management, First Abu Dhabi bank

Reda Ezzat
Senior Vice President, Head of Trade & Structured Finance, Global Transaction Banking
Mashreq Bank

Devid Jegerson
SVP Head of Customer Experience and Platform Development, National Bank of Fujairah

Altaf Ahmed
Director/Retail IoT Channels & Payments, Etisalat

H.E. Mohamed Bin Taliah
Chief of Government Services, United Arab Emirates Government

Rami Kichli
Vice-President, Gulf and Levant, Software AG

Claude Schück
Regional Manager - Middle East, Veeam Software

2020 Sponsors & Partners

SG INNOVATION PARTNER:
•Huawei

VIP MAJLIS SPONSOR:
•Midis

THE DIGITAL FUTURE PARTNER:
•Dell

BADGES SPONSOR:
•Net App

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
•Avaya
•Lenovo
•Red Hat

STRATEGIC COUNTRY PARTNER:
•IEI

PARTNERS:
•www.Bokra.net
•MEA FINANCE
•CXO DX
•TECHx
•MEABUSINESS
•People and Computers
•TECH-IL
•Eye of Riyadh
•CISO MAG
•MCGH
•UNLOCK
•SMASHI TV
•NewAfrican
•Lithuanian Business Confederation
•Entrepreneur Middle East
•arabnet
•DBWC
•Smart SMB
•Kuwait Business Council
•Sky News Arabia
•Mediaquest
•AMEinfo.com
•CommunicateOnline
•Oxford Business Group
•Technology is Great
•JNS Media International MFZE
•Belgian Business Council Dubai
•Teletimes International
•StartUp Magazine
•Gulf Africa Review
•IDC
•INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES
•EtReports
•IT Edge News.ng
•Intelligent Tech Channels
•Intelligent CISO
•Intelligent CIO
•Forbes Middle East
•YOUTH Chamber of Commerce
•MarTech Vibe
•TahawulTech.com
•Security Advisor Middle East
•CPI Media Group
•Reseller Middle East
•Computer News Middle East
•Banker Middle East
•LiveAdmins
•Blockchain Advisor
•Small Enterprise
•Aragian Reseller
•Ambidextr
•Dubai Media Incorporated
•The Business Year
•MediaUno
•CXO Insight
•The Titans
•INSEAD
•Comms Mea
•Network Middle East
•Channel Middle East
•Telecom Worldwide
•Telecom Review
•MIT Technology Review
•Harvard Business Review
•Al Jazirah
•Teknotel Magazine
•Smart Cities World Forums
•PhoneWorld
•Central Asian Cellular Forum
•Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal
•U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council
•Cyber Sentinels
•Business Transformation
•GEC Media Group
•Enterprise Channels MEA
•AITnews

ACTIVATION PARTNERS:
•Visikord | Kinetronix
•PowerGaming
•Evolve Innovative Solutions
•Radius Digital
•VISYON
•DG WORLD
•Tektorch
•Vsualthree60
•MEA Business
•MARSES
•Innovation Floor
•Evans Media
•Artivive