One Giant Leap Event 2023 | LEAP Summit | 5 February 2023 | Riyadh Front Exhibition & Convention center, Riyadh Front, 13412 Saudi Arabia

The second edition of LEAP is finally here: if you’re in tech, you need to be there.

Get together with 100,000+ tech innovators and leading experts from around the world to discover new ideas, build new partnerships, and connect with inspiring mentors and investors. LEAP in – and tap into the limitless potential of tech to build a positive future.

2023 Speakers

Dr. Shafi Ahmed
Chief Medical Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust

Mnahi Al Masoud
Chairman, Future Look ITC

Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban
Managing Director, Middle East, Africa & Turkey, Google Cloud, Google

Alhamedi Alanezi
President and CEO, ArabSat

Abdulrahman Almoaiqel
Chief Commercial Officer, Tawal

Yousef Alomran
Chief Executive Officer, Mobily Ventures

Tilli Bannett
Managing Partner, SVB Capital

Steven Bartlett
Founder, Social Chain

Sandeep Bhadra
Partner, Vertex Ventures

Sebastien Borget
COO and Co-founder, The Sandbox

Adam Boulton
Journalist and Broadcaster, The RH Group Ltd

Baroness Karren Brady CBE
Vice Chairman, West Ham United Football Club

James Caan CBE
Entrepreneur, Media Commentator and Former Investor on BBC's Dragons' Den, ExpressMed laboratories, Bahrain

Nicole Cacal
Founder and CEO, Forbes Ignite

Marc Carrel-Billiard
Global Managing Director, Innovation Lead, Accenture

Stephen Carter CBE
Group Chief Executive, Informa PLC

John D’Agostino
Coinbase executive

Sumit Dhawan
President, Vmware

Daniel Diez
Chief Transformation Officer, Magic LEAP

Tom Dore
Director Education, British eSports Federation

Tim Draper
Founder at Draper Associates/DFJ/Draper University, Draper Fisher Juvertson

Borje Ekholm
President and CEO, Ericsson

Tim Ellis
CEO and Founder, Relativity Space

Jae Evans
Chief Information Officer, Oracle

Sean Garnier
Athlete, Sports Personality and Content Creator - CEO, Urbanball

Maëlle Gavet
CEO, Tech Stars

Vikas Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, Nykaa Distribution & Nykaa International, Nykaa

CP Gurnani
CEO and Managing Director, Tech Machindra

Kiuk Gwak
CEO, bHaptics

Thierry Henry
Football Legend and Tech Investor, Final Whistle Sports

Dr. Mark Hon
Chairman and Founder, Sugar Venture Capital

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

Yassine Jaada
Chief e-sports Officer, PSG

Keith Jordan
Vice President Innovation @ Mastercard Labs, Mastercard

Anthony Joshua MBE
Two-Time Heavyweight World Champion

Anser Khan
CTO, MIS

Susan Kilrain
NASA astronaut, Navy Test Pilot – the 2nd woman and youngest person to pilot the Space Shuttle

Carlo Koelzer
Founder and CEO, 360T

Phalgun Kompalli
Co-founder, UpGrad

Pekka Lundmark
President and CEO, Nokia

Ana Maiques
CEO, Neuroelectrics

Toli Makris
CEO, EX Sports

John Mankins
Founder, Artemis

Dr. Gillian Marcelle
CEO & Founder, Resilience Capital Ventures LLC

Ioana Matei
Metaverse/Web3 Leader, Co-founder, Creative, Producer, Reality+, Fine Arts Film Festival, Women in Immersive Technologies, Procter & Gamble

Derya Matras
VP for Middle East Turkey and Africa, Meta

Vilma Mattila
Founder, 5ire

Daisy McAndrew
Journalist and Broadcaster

Jack McCauley
Professor and Innovator in Residence, UC Berkeley

Rajan Mehta
Executive Vice President, Chief Product & Technology Officer, WWE

Merritt Moore
Founder, Physics on Pointes

Ksenia Moskalenko
Chief Executive Officer, Mission Space

Gerhard Mulder
CEO & Co-Founder, Climate Risk Services

Edosa Odaro
Chief Data Analytics Officer, Tawuniya

Guy Parsonage
Global Metaverse Leader, Pwc

Chip Paucek
Co-Founder and CEO, 2U, Inc

Fadi Pharaon
President Middle East and Africa, Ericsson

Dr. Sian Proctor
SpaceX Astronaut, Inspiration4 - 4th black woman to go to space, Relativity Space

Carlos Puyol
UEFA Ambassador, World Champion, FC Barcelona and Spanish Footballing Legend

Rajiv Ramaswami
President and CEO, Nutanix

Gitanjali Rao
Time's Kid of the Year 2020, TED speaker, inventor, Innovator

Taavi Rõivas
Former Prime Minister, Estonia

Alessandra Sala
Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Shutterstock

Frank Salzgeber
Managing Director, Saudi Space Commission

Christoph Schell
EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, Intel

Mudassir Sheikha
Co-founder and CEO, Careem

Subha Tatavarti
Chief Technology Officer, Wipro

Marianna Tessel
Chief Technology Officer, Intuit

Dr. Manel Torres
Managing Director and Founder, Fabrican Ltd.

Anna Tutova
CEO, Coinstelegram

Dr. Sebastian Weidt
CEO, Universal Quantum

Martin Wezowski
Chief Futurist and Head of the Future Hub, SAP

Steven Yi
President Middle East and Africa, Huawei

Gao Yujia
Assistant Group Chief Technology Officer, National University Health System

Robby Yung
CEO, Animoca Brands

2023 Sponsors and Partners

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• STC

5G TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• Ericsson

ICT INNOVATION PARTNER:
• Huawei

STRATEGIC SPONSORS:
• Saudi Aramco
• Neoleap
• Microsoft
• Tonomus
• Saudi Information Technology Company
• SAP
• Mobily
• IBM
• eWTP Arabia Capital

FINTECH PARTNER:
• STC Pay

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Future Look ITC
• Elm
• TAWAL
• Dawiyat Integrated Telecommunications & Information Technology Company
• Moammar Information Systems
• Serra
• DETASAD

INNOVATION & EMERGING TECHNOLOGY PARTNER:
• Deloitte

TECH BUILD AND DESIGN PARTNER:
• BCG X

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Najm
• Arabsat
• 9/10ths

DIGITAL CONSULTING PARTNER:
• PwC

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• Devoteam

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

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Emaar Executive
• Qoyod
• Emirates NBD
• BTECH
• Business Finland
• ESC
• JETRO Riyadh Office
• British Embassy Riyadh
• Mastercard Inc.

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• McKinsey & Company

HR SOFTWARE PARTNER:
• ZenHR

EDTECH PARTNER:
• Classera

METAVERSE CONSULTING PARTNER:
• Accenture

INVESTOR LOUNGE PARTNER:
• HALA

PAYMENT PARTNER:
• Tap

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Mozn
• SNCICT
• Tech Mahindra
• Social Development Bank
• JISR
• Tools and Solutions
• Naseej
• Xceed
• Saudi British Bank
• SMART Technology Solutions

NFT PARTNER:
• Nuqtah

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• Arabnet
• Women Spark