IDC CIO Summit 2023 - Saudi Arabia | International Data Corporation (IDC) | 12 September 2023 | Fairmont Riyadh, Area, Business Gate, Qurtubah, Riyadh 11552, Saudi Arabia

As the share of the digital economy becomes increasingly significant, major governments around the world are beginning to develop dedicated strategies to enable its measurement and further development. Creating suitable regulatory environments and enriching the talent pool will be critical to the success of these strategies.

Digital-native firms, equipped with new business models and armed with substantial venture capital funding, have disrupted supply chains in numerous industries, fueling growth in areas such as ecommerce, direct-to-consumer services, digital payments, and cloud kitchens. With the metaverse and Web3 paradigms on the horizon, further disruption is expected to individual, enterprise, and industrial digital experiences.

• Receive critical insights from leading industry experts
• Discover solutions to pressing business challenges
• Get hands on with the industry's latest innovations
• Interact with the brands and specialists on your short list
• Engage in workshop-based technology discussions
• Participate in dedicated one-to-one meetings
• Share knowledge and network with your peers
• Take part in a series of fun, exciting, and memorable activities

2023 Speakers

Hamza Naqshbandi
Associate Vice President (Saudi Arabia & Bahrain), IDC

Jyoti Lalchandani
Group Vice President & Regional Managing Director (META), IDC

Meredith Whalen
Chief Research Officer, IDC

Alanoud Alhudaib
Director, Cloud Product and Service Management, SITE

Saud Altowaimi
Executive Head of Infrastructure & Managed Services, solutions by stc

Ram Ramachandran
Senior Vice President & Head, Middle East & Africa, Tech Mahindra

Ragy Magdy
Chief Commercial Officer, e& enterprise

Thomas Meyer
General Manager and Group Vice President of European Research, IDC

Ranjit Rajan
Vice President, Research (META), IDC

Charbel Khneisser
Vice President, Solutions Engineering, EMEA, Riverbed Technology

Hussam Abu-Rida
Technical Director, TXOne

Mark Schwartz
Enterprise Strategist and Evangelist, AWS

Amjad Al Sabbah
Vice President of North Gulf (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain), Sprinklr

Arindam Sengupta
Head of Technology Advisory, RSM Saudi Arabia

Nowaf Alaboudi
Head of Cybersecurity, Cipher

Sriram Narasimhan
Associate Vice President, Solutions, Cloud4C

Shadi Shidvash
Partner Alliance Director, Intel

Gunal Kannan
AVP, CTO Office, BMC Software

Dr. Ahmed Darwish
Head of Digital Solutions Delivery, Bank Al Bilad

Gabriele Obino
VP & GM Southern Europe & Middle East, Denodo

Jean van Vuuren
Associate Vice President of EMEA Commercial Sales, Hyland

Marc Merheb
Director of Solution Consulting, OpenText

Ayman El Marazky
Presales Senior Manager, SELL Region, Dell Technologies

Jessica Constantinidis
Field Innovation Officer EMEA – Strategy Office, ServiceNow

Roman Spitzbart
Vice President of Solutions Engineering, Dynatrace

Mehnaz Mahbub
Solutions Manager, Rack Solutions & Integration, Supermicro B.V.

Thara Allaboon
Strategic IT Consultant Lead, VMware

Ahmad Al-Qabbat
Enterprise Business Development Manager, Intel

Dana Abu Ali
Data & AI Technical Specialist, IBM

Wjdan Alharthi
Senior Data & AI Technical Specialist, IBM/SBM

Nawaf Al-Ghamdi
Data and AI Director, Council of Health Insurance(CHI)

Ashley Woodbridge
Chief Technology Officer (Middle East & Africa), Lenovo

Yousef A. Alsuhaibani
Chief Information Officer, Mobily (KSA)

Mohammed Alsuhaim
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Digital Academy

Khalid Almutairi
VP, IT, Saudi Arabian Mining Company (MAADEN)

Dr. Azzam Alsudais
CIO/CDXO, Prince Sultan University

Amin Al Jaber
CIO, Aljomaih Automotive Company

Mohamed Abdel-Aal
Director, Digital Experience and Innovation (KAUST Smart), King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

Bander Al-Shahrani
Head, Digital and Innovation, Public Investment Fund (PIF)|Projects (KSA)

Ahmad Alsubaihi
Senior Director IT Infrastructure and Operations, Public Sector

Dr. Abdulrahman Al Khnaifer
CIO, King Saud University (KSU)

Mohammad Alharbi
Assistant Deputy Minister for Digital & Innovation, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Dr. Faisal Al-Nasser
Head of Business Systems (CIO), Al Marai Company

Anas Mosa
IT Director, Public Investment Fund–Projects

Abdullah Al Awadh
Senior Director of Technology Services, The Council Of Cooperative Health Insurance

Kalle Bjorn
Senior Director, Systems Engineering, Fortinet

Anirban Mukherjee
Head of Tech Sales MEA, Red Hat

Ahmad Alabduljabbar
General Manager (Saudi Arabia), Intel Corporation

Osama Al-Zoubi
CTO (MEA), Cisco

Jihad Nehme
Chief Business Development Officer, Edarat Group

Vineet Shukla
Business Head – HCLTech Middle East & Turkey

Raha Moharrak
The Youngest Arab & the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest

Alaa Khalid Falimban
Manager, Cybersecurity Operations, Saudi Arabian Mining Company (MA'ADEN)

Jawad Moghnieh
Regional Leader, Veeam Software

Yazan Al-Yasin
Solutions Engineer, Cloudera

Hyther Nizam
President, Zoho MEA

Taher Haj Yousef
Strategic Development Director, Rimini Street

Ahmed Hussain
Senior Regional Sales Manager, Entrust

Hanan Al Qahtani
Enterprise Sales Executive, Confluent

Ahmed Sadek
Lead Solution Engineer, Boomi

Ahmed Al-Marzouk
Business Development Manager, Data Analytics, Alnafitha IT

Yousef BaSaad
Systems Engineering Lead, Trend Micro

Karthik Ananda Rao
Chief Technical Head, ManageEngine

Maik de Wolf
Managing Director, Mendix

Karthik Chandra Akula
Regional Sales Head, Freshworks

Gopan Sivasankaran
META General Manager, Secureworks

Etienne Niken
Principal Sales Engineer, Commvault

Jerry Jalava
Head of DevSecOps, Oivan

Ahmad Saad
Regional Sales Manager, Liferay

Ilia Ovchinnikov
Regional Sales Director, Infinidat

Echo Li
Director, Marketing and Solution Sales, Huawei Cloud Saudi Arabia

Barrie Green
Regional Vice President UKI & Middle East, Appian

Tessa Jones
Chief Data Scientist, Nournet

Khalaf H. Alahmadi
Chief Information Security Officer, 2P

2023 Partners

HOST PATNER:
• Site

GAME CHANGER PARTNER:
• Solutions By STC

CLOUD INNOVATION PARTNER:
• Bespin Global

CYBERSECURITY TRAILBLAZER PARTNER:
• Fortinet

CLOUD TECHNOLOGY PARTNER:
• Edarat Group

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Nournet

SMART ICT PARTNER:
• Red Hat Intel

GOVERNMENT PARTNER:
• Ministry of Human Resources

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• Tech Mahindra

AI PARTNER:
• HCL Tech

SUMMIT PARTNER:
• River Bed
• Tx One
• Aws
• RSM
• Sprinkl
• Cipher
• Cloud 4C
• BMC

PLATINUM PARTNER:
• Open Text
• Denodo
• Hyland
• Dell Technologies
• Service Now
• SBM
• VM Ware
• Lenovo
• Dynatrace
• Super Micr
• Council Of Health Insurance

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP PARTNER:
• Veeam
• Cloudera
• Rimini Street
• Zoho
• Entrust
• Confluent
• Freshworks
• Mendix
• Liferay
• Alnafitha
• Oivan
• Boomi
• Trend
• Appian
• Manage Engine
• Commvault
• Secureworkd
• Infinidat

ADVANCE INTELLIGENCE PARTNER:
• Huawel

DINNER PARTNER:
• IBM