IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2023 | International Data Corporation (IDC) | 21 February 2023 | Atlantis, The Palm, Crescent Rd - The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE

This event will bring together the region's foremost IT and telecom leaders, digital government pioneers, digital regulators and authorities, and industry thought leaders.

Hosting the Middle East's most prominent CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CTOs, and CIOs, the event will examine the current state of the digital economy, assess its ongoing impact on citizens, customers, employees, and operations, address the key challenges that need to be overcome, and outline proven best practices and strategies for driving future success.

2023 Speakers

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

Crawford Del Prete
President, IDC Worldwide

Naim Yazbeck
General Manager, Microsoft UAE

Phil Andrews
Vice President and General Manager (META), Red Hat

Tariq Alhashmi
Director of Technology Adoption & Development, Ministry of Industry & Advanced Technology

Jason Roos
Chief Information Officer, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KSA)

Mai B. AlOwaish
Chief Data & Innovation Officer, Gulf Bank (Kuwait)

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

Ali El Kontar
CEO, Zero&One

Mark Schwartz
Enterprise Strategist and Evangelist, AWS

Ashraf El Zarka
Vice President, Regional Managing Director MEA & Pakistan, UiPath

Tarek Khalil
Regional Director, Google Cloud

Pranish Kushare
Senior Solution consultant, Infor

Mina Nagy
Regional Go-To-Market Director, Microsoft

Alain Sanchez
EMEA CISO, Fortinet

Mohamed Zouari
General Manager, Snowflake

Arvind Srinivasan
SVP – Global Markets & Strategy, eMudhra

Milad Aslaner
Senior Director, Global Field CISO, SentinelOne

Dr. Alexey Sidorov
Chief Data Evangelist MEA, Denodo

Jessica Constantinidis
Field Innovation Officer, ServiceNow

Gordon Orr
Senior Director, Software Sales EMEA, F5

Georges Farah
Manager of Sales Engineering, Micro Focus

Mark Phillips
VP Solution Architecture, EMEA & APAC, Human Security

Nour Fateen
Director, Sales Engineering, Recorded Future

Ahmad Jaber
Principle Security Consultant (MENA), Tenable

Aysar Yousef
Azure Data & AI Lead, Financial Services & Aviation, Microsoft

Sergej Berendsen
CEO, Metri

Steven Frantzen
Senior Vice President & Regional Managing Director (EMEA), IDC

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti
Head of Cybersecurity Council for the UAE Government

Darran Rice
Tanzu Value Advisor, VMware

Garsen Naidu
Director, Specialist Sales and Architectures, Cisco

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

Kalyan Kumar (KK)
Global Chief Technology Officer and Head of Ecosystems, HCLTech

Neil Harbisson
The World’s First Officially Recognized Human “Cyborg”

Ahlem Njah
Senior Technical Cloud Endpoint Specialist, Microsoft

Nagia El-Emary
Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC

Ranjit Rajan
Vice President, Research (META), IDC

Harish Dunakhe
Research Director, Software and Cloud, META IDC

Vladimir Slinko
Senior Technology Advisor, KasperskyOS

Dr. Dani Abu Ghaida
Chief Digital Officer (MEA), Crayon

Islam Afifi
Regional Presales Manager, Veeam Software

Karim Y. Rizkallah
Regional Vice President of Solution Consulting, OpenText

Wajeeh AL Mesherky
CEO, Sahara Watira - RiCSOC

Denis Dincic
Global Solutions Architect, Equinix

Marouan Betaleb
Solutions Engineer, Hyland Software

Nidal Azba
Chief Technology Officer, Kyndryl

Karthik Ananda Rao
Chief Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine

John Doetch
Vice President, Global Sales Engineering, Swimlane

2023 Partners

SUPPORTERS:
• Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology
• Cyber Security Council
• Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT)
• Dubai Municipality

HOST PARTNER:
• GBM

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Microsoft

SMART ICT PARTNER:
• Red Hat

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS PARTNER:
• MDS System Integration

TRAILBLAZER PARTNER:
• Huco | VMware

SUSTAINABILITY PARTNER:
• Cisco

INNOVATION PARTNER:
• HCL Tech

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• Tech Mahindra

SUMMIT PARTNERS:
• Zero&One
• Riverbed
• AWS
• UiPath
• Google Cloud Mandiant

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• eMudhra
• Fortinet
• SentinelOne
• Denodo
• F5
• Snowflake
• Tenable Network Security
• ServiceNow
• MicroFocus
• Recorded Future
• Human Security
• Boomi

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP PARTNERS:
• Crayon
• Equinix
• Veeam
• OpenText
• SquareOne
• Hyland
• Kaspersky
• Manage Engine
• RiCSOC - Sahara Watira
• Kyndryl
• SwimLane
• Advanced Technology Consultancy & Huawei
• Pure Storage
• Mendix
• NetApp | Ingram

SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATION ZONE PARTNERS:
• Microsoft
• Infor

EXHIBIT PARTNERS:
• SER Group
• Rimini Street
• Freshworks
• TRUSPEQ
• Infinidat
• Symphony AI Summit
• New Smart | HP

ASSOCIATE PARTNERS:
• Emirates Digital Association for Women
• UAE Banks Federation
• Women in AI
• Women in Cyber Security Middle East

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Tech Magazine
• Industry Events
• AI Time Journal
• DX Talks
• GCC Business News
• Security Middle East Magazine
• Global Business Magazine
• CoinPedia Fintech News
• Coinspeaker
• U Today
• International Business Magazine
• Techx
• Media 7
• DigitalsetGo