LEAP 2023 | Icoholder | 5 February 2023 | Riyadh Front Exhibition & Convention center, Riyadh Front, 13412 Saudi Arabia

This event brought together 100,000+ visitors to discover what is next for technology and humanity. Across the three days, we were joined by 700+ exhibiting global technology companies, 330+ top investors and 500+ global CEOs and expert speakers to cover the latest technology topics. Over $6.4 billion of initiatives and programs were announced and $1,000,000 won in the Rocket Fuel Start-up Competition.

2023 Speakers

MAIN STAGE SPEAKERS:

Mark Adams
Vice, SVP Innovation

Shafi Ahmed
Chief Medical Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust

Bader bin Rashid Al Khalifa
Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer, Beyon

Mnahi Al Masoud
Chairman, Future Look ITC

Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban
Managing Director, Google Cloud

Nizar Al Twaijri
CEO, stc Pay

Norah Al-Sharhan
KSA Marketing Lead, SAP

Alhamedi Alanezi
President & CEO, ArabSat

Abdullah Alkhalaf
SVP IT, Najm for Insurance Services

Abdulrahman Almoaiqel
Chief Commercial Officer, Tawal

Yousef Alomran
Chief Executive Officer, Mobily Ventures

Alexander Amartei
Director & Producer, Amartei Entertainment

Tilli Bannett
Managing Partner, SVB Capital

Steven Bartlett
Founder, Social Chain

Sandeep Bhadra
Partner, Vertex Ventures

Sebastien Borget
COO & Co-Founder, The Sandbox

Adam Boulton
Journalist & Broadcaster, The RH Group Ltd

Baroness Karren Brady
Vice Chairman, West Ham United Football Club

James Caan
Entrepreneur, BBC's Dragons' Den

Nicole Cacal
Founder & CEO, Forbes Ignite

Marc Carrel-Billiard
Global Managing Director, Accenture

Stephen Carter CBE
Group Chief Executive, Informa PLC

Michael Champion
Regional Executive VP, Informa Markets

John D'Agostino
Coinbase Executive

Sumit Dhawan
President, Vmware

Daniel Diez
Chief Transformation Officer, Magic LEAP

Hatem Dowidar
Group CEO, e & Group

Tim Draper
Founder, Draper Fisher Juvertson

Borje Ekholm
President & CEO, Ericsson

Tim Ellis
CEO & Founder, Relativity Space

Jae Evans
Chief Information Officer, Oracle

Hussein Freijeh
Regional Manager, Snap Inc.

Sean Garnier
CEO, Urbanball

Maëlle Gavet
CEO, Tech Stars

John Granger
Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting

Vikas Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, Nykaa International

Anjali Gupta
Advisor, SEATARA Space & Space4Girls

CP Gurnani
CEO & Managing Director, Tech Machindra

Kiuk Gwak
CEO, bHaptics

Thierry Henry
Football Legend and Tech Investor, Final Whistle Sports

Mark Hon
Chairman & Founder, Sugar Venture Capital

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi
Director General & CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency

Yassine Jaada
Chief e-sports Officer, PSG

Keith Jordan
Vice President, Mastercard

Anser Khan
CTO, MIS

Susan Kilrain
Astronaut, NASA

Carlo Koelzer
Founder & CEO, 360T

Phalgun Kompalli
Co-Founder, UpGrad

Pekka Lundmark
President & CEO, Nokia

2023 Sponsors and Partners

STRATEGIC SPONSORS:
• aramco
• neoleap
• Microsoft
• Tonomus. NEOM
• SITE
• SAP
• IBM
• eWTP
• Alibaba Cloud
• Aces

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Future Look ITC
• Elm
• TAWAL
• Integrated Dawiyat
• MIS
• O SEERA
• DETASAD

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• najm
• Arabsat
• 910ths

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Lean
• Sure Global Tech
• Digital Future
• Spire

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Emaar Executive
• Qoyod
• Emirates NBD
• BTECH
• Business Finland
• ESC
• JETRO
• British Embassy Riyadh
• Business Finland
• Tech destiNation Pakistan

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• MOZN
• SNCICT
• Tech Mahindra
• Social Development Bank
• Jisr
• Tools & Solutions
• SABB
• Haraj
• Oman Datapark
• Gameball
• Xceed
• Smart Technology Solutions
• Naseej
• Meltwater Outside Insight

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• stc

LEADING DIGITAL PARTNER:
• Mobily

5G TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• ERICSSON

ICT INNOVATION PARTNER:
• HUAWEI

FINTECH PARTNER:
• stc pay

AI PARTNER:
• SDAIA

INNOVATION & EMERGING TECHNOLOGY PARTNER:
• Deloitte

TECH BUILD AND DESIGN PARTNER:
• BCG X

DIGITAL CONSULTING PARTNER:
• PwC

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• devoteam

CYBER SECURITY PARTNER:
• Trend

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• Mckinsey & Company

HR SOFTWARE PARTNER:
• zenHR

EDTECH PARTNER:
• Classera

METAVERSE CONSULTING PARTNER:
• accenture

INVESTOR LOUNGE PARTNER:
• HALA

HEALTHTECH PARTNER:
• King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

PAYMENT PARTNER:
• Tap

HOSPITALITY PARTNER:
• Floward