Smart Data Summit 2020 | Expotrade Middle East FZ-LLC | 17 February 2020 | Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa, The Palm Jumeirah East - Crescent Rd - Dubai - UAE

According to World Competitiveness Yearbook 2018, the UAE is ranked fifth globally in the use of big data analytics. With AI being the next big thing in the region, various sectors are now converging these two technologies to harvest better results. According to predictions from Forrester, 70% of organizations in the UAE are expected to implement AI to analyze unstructured data in the next two years, with hospitality, banking, tourism and oil and gas considered as the top players to use big data analytics.

The Smart Data Summit - the only conference dedicated to the growth and importance of big data analytics here in the Middle East region

2020 Speakers

Nick Hough-Robbins
Chief Data Officer, Royal Dutch Shell - United Kingdom

Ameya Karvir
Vice President, Data Science & Analytics, Discovery Inc - USA

Serdar Gürbüz
SVP | Digital Innovation and Analytics Solutions, Turkish Airlines - Turkey

Bartosz Pietruszka
Chief Data Officer & Head of Analytics, HSBC

Vittorio Barraja
Chief Data Officer, The Carlyle Group

Youmna Borghol
Chief Data Officer, Choueiri Group

Frederik Bisbjerg
Chief Digital Acceleration Officer, Noor Takaful

Piyush Chowhan
Chief Information Officer, Lulu Group International

Dr. Humaid Al Shamsi
Head of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi Police

Lloyd Danzig
Chairman & Founder, International Consortium for the Ethical Development of Artificial Intelligence – USA

Rami Zahran
Group Chief Marketing Officer, Saudi German Hospitals

Adil Belhouari
Senior Vice President, Head of Data Science, BI & Analytics, Riyad Bank - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Seham Elbehissy
Digital & Connected Cars General Manager, Groupe Renault

Louise Blake
VP Data, Seera Group

Stuart Hayes
VP - Data, Property Finder

Swapnil Srivastava
Global Head of Data Analytics, Evalueserve

Mats Carrgard
Senior Vice President, Business Performance, Virgin Mobile

Rohit Jaiswal
Chief Operating Officer, Dabur International Ltd.

Dina Mohammad-Laity
Head of Data Science, Property Finder

Richard C. van der Wath
SVP Head of AI & Advanced Analytics | Experienced Chief Data Officer, Emirates NBD

Alan Jacobson
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Alteryx, Inc.

Antonio Ricciardi
SVP Consumer Intelligence & Engagement, Etisalat

Muhammed Raza Jessani
SVP. Head of Strategic Planning & Business Analytics, Dubai Islamic Bank

Osama Elhassan
Head of e-Health Section, Dubai Health Authority

Dr. Ehsan Ullah Warriach
Director of Data Science, Vezeeta

Mohamed Zouari
Sales Director MEA, Snowflake

Ryan Den Rooijen
Head Of Data & Analytics, Chalhoub Group

Shailesh Jain
Group Head of Analytics & Insights, Landmark Group

Partha Banerjee
Chief Information Officer, Safeer Group Of Companies

Adel Manai
Head Of Data Analytics, MAF Carrefour Hypermarkets - Kuwait

Jaymin Darbari
Head of Data Governance, BI & Analytics, Department of Culture and Tourism

Antonello Supino
Head of Business Intelligence, AMEA, Dubizzle

Simon Leigh
System Engineering Manager, Confluent

Jonathan Flender
Head of Digital, Mumzworld.com

Boris Bialek
Head of Innovation for Europe, Middle East and Africa, MongoDB

Syed Mohammad Ali Naqvi
Head of Analytics, Data & IT Governance, Al Hilal Bank

Zain Ikhlaq
Head of Analytics, MAF Carrefour

Marcelo Kekligian
EY Partner, Big Data & Analytics, Ernst & Young

Sachin Bansal
Head of Segments, Loyalty and Assets, National Bank of Oman - Oman

Bahaa' Awartany
SVP & Head of Business Analytics & Decision Support - Personal Banking Group, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Pranay Sharma
AVP - Head of Customer Analytics, Emirates Islamic Bank

Khaled Abou Samak
Head of Data Science and Information, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Kartik Iyer
Lead – Data Engineering, Arab Bank

Rahul Arya
Managing Partner (MENA) - Strategy Consulting, Data Science and AI, Artefact Middle East & Africa FZ-LLC

Alexey Sidorov
Data Management Director, Chief Evangelist, Denodo

Vivek Sahabadi
Head of Analytics and Data Science, Namshi

Kartik Bhatt
Head Retail ( Strategy , Operations & Marketing), Adventure HQ

Ali Shabdar
Regional Director - MEA, Zoho Corporation

Vilhelm Hedberg
Co-Founder & CEO, ekar

Pablo Durante
Chief Marketing Officer, AWOK

Neha Sood
Vice President of Online Ordering, Zomato

Edward Gough
Head of Data Science & Analytics, IFFCO Group

Ahmad Yousef Tarawneh
Senior Consultant Digital Transformation, Dubai Police

2020 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Alteryx

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Confluent
• Zoho
• DataIku
• Snowflake
• denodo
• Hitachi

BIG DATA CONSULTING PARTNER:
• EY

ANALYTICS PARTNER:
• Evalueserve

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PARTNER:
• SAS

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Artefact
• MongoDB
• Fivetran
• Looker

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• h2o
• Syniti
• University of Wollongong in Dubai

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• ArabyAds

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Intelligent CIO
• EME Outlook
• Silicon India
• Gigabit
• Business Chief
• Oxford Business Group