IDC Saudi Arabia CIO Summit 2022 | International Data Corporation (IDC) | 19 September 2022 | Fairmont Hotel Riyadh, Business Gate Qurtubah Area, Riyadh 11552, Saudi Arabia

With digital agendas accelerating significantly over the last two years, the result has been a continuously changing, digitally driven world. IDC research shows that 49% of Middle East CIOs have brought forward their digital agendas by at least one year – and 14% by almost two years – following the upheaval of 2020. Many of these CIOs are now actively reviewing and exploring new digital business models and ecosystem partnerships for the long term.

Whether they're building resilient digital infrastructures or addressing the unique demands of a distributed workforce, CIOs are adapting their organizations to meet a new set of challenges and rethinking their leadership practices for a digital-first world. They are accelerating their digital investments and building organizations that adapt to evolving business requirements and capitalize on change.

This summit will explore the increasing pace of innovation, examine the region's evolving technology landscape, and present best-practice strategies that will help organizations transform themselves into digitally resilient future enterprises.

2022 Speakers

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

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

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Mashael Almuhanna

Senior Data&AI Technical Specialist, IBM

Nikhil Malhotra
Chief Innovation Officer, Tech Mahindra

Luc Hennekens
Director of Enterprise Strategy, AWS

Salman Ali
Senior Solution Engineering Manager, Riverbed Technology

Zahra Al-kaf
Customer Engineer, Infrastructure Modernization (Saudi Arabia), Google Cloud

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

Abdulaziz Alkahtani
Head of Enterprise Sales, CEQUENS

Uzair Mujtaba
Program Manager — IDC Saudi Arabia

Azaz Ahmad
Associate Consulting Director

Jawad Khalil
Program Manager, Telecoms KSA, IDC

Stephane Monboisset
Business Development Manager, Fortinet

Fouad Teban
Vertica International Field Leader, Micro Focus

Zaid F. Ghattas
Senior Commercial Lead, META, AMD

Paul Marshall
Senior Industry Consultant, SS&C Blue Prism

Abdulaziz Fayz D. Alrasheed
Sr. Territory Manager, VMware

Maik de Wolf
Country Manager, MESA, Mendix

Ayad (Ed) Sleiman
Chief Information Security Officer, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KSA)

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

Eng. Abdullah Faisal Biary
Chief Information Security Officer, United Cooperative Assurance

Bander Al-Shahrani
Head of IT, Public Investment Fund (PIF)|Projects

Ayman Alharbi
Sr. Director of IT, The Red Sea Development Company & Amaala

Turki Aldahmash
Executive Director of Business Technology, National Center for Performance Measurement

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

Hany Almansour
GM Information Technology, General Authority of ForeignTrade

Abdullah Alahmade
Chief Information Security Officer & BCM Director, Tamweel Aloula

Ahmed AlZahrani
Director of Healthcare Technology Development, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs

Muhammad Khurram Khan
Professor of Cybersecurity, Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) (KSU)

Jason Roos
CIO, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

Abdulrhman Alodhayb
CIO, Saudi Military Hospitals

Wael Ahmed Fattouh
CISO, Bank Al Jazira

Hani Saif
CIO, United Electronics Company (EXTRA) (KSA)

Mohammed Shah
IT & Smart City Director, Knowledge Economic City

Phil Andrews
Vice President and General Manager CEMEA Region, Red Hat

Osama Al-Zoubi
Chief Technology & Engineering Officer (Middle East & Africa), Cisco

Saad AlQahtani
Azure Cloud Solutions Director, Microsoft

Moatasem Ayyash
Solution Specialist Sales for Cybersecurity and Modern Workplace, Microsoft

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

Ashraf Abdelgawad
Threat Management Portfolio Security Manager, (MEA), IBM

Dr. Dani Abu Ghaida
Chief Digital Officer, Crayon

Ayman Bakir
Digital Transformation Expert, Kofax

Satyen Vyas
Chief Executive Officer, Symphony SummitAI

Ahmed Murad
Senior Solutions Engineer, Cloudera

Fadi Mantash
Saudi Arabia Country Leader, Udacity

Saleh Al-Nemer
CTO, HPE Saudi Arabia

Hady Medhat
Country Manager (KSA, Bahrain & Kuwait), Nexthink

2022 Partners

HOST PARTNER:
• IBM

GAME CHANGER PARTNER:
• SITE

INNOVATION PARTNER:
• UNIFONIC

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• Tech Mahindra

SMART ICT PARTNER:
• Red Hat

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• CISCO

SUMMIT PARTNERS:
• aws
• CLOUD 4C
• riverbed Starlink
• software
• CEQUENS
• Ui Path
• Microsoft
• Google Cloud

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• MICRO FOCUS
• SS&C blueprism
• FORTINET
• mendix A Siemens Business
• SAUDI BUSINESS MACHINES
• AMD
• vmware

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP PARTNER:
• KOFAX
• UDACITY
• Crayon
• CLOUDERA
• nexthink
• Nahil Computers | Hewlett Packrad Enterprise
• SYMPHONY SUMMIT AI

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Global Business Magazine
• Cyber Defense Magazine
• DX Talks
• World Business Outlook
• Jumpstart
• Tech Magazine
• AI Time Journal
• CIO Converge
• Industry Events