Smart Data Summit 2021 | 17 February 2021 | 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

2021 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

Shaily Verma
Head of Data & Analytics, Emaar Group

Youmna Borghol
Chief Data Officer, Choueiri Group

Frederik Bisbjerg
Executive Director, Digital & Innovation, Daman National Health Insurance Company

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

Abboud Ghanem
RVP, Middle East & Africa, Alteryx

Seham Elbehissy
Digital & Connected Cars General Manager, Groupe Renault

Louise Blake
VP Data, Seera Group

Swapnil Srivastava
Global Head of Data Analytics, Evalueserve

Rohit Jaiswal
Chief Operating Officer, Dabur International Ltd.

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

Mohamed Zouari
Sales Director MEA, Snowflake

Ryan Den Rooijen
Head Of Data & Analytics, Chalhoub Group

Vishal Anand
Head Of Information Technology, Dubai Retail

Latifa Saleh AlShehhi
Head of Smart Data Section, Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center

Jaymin Darbari
Head of Data Governance & BI, Abu Dhabi - 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

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

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

Ali Shabdar
Regional Director - MEA, Zoho Corporation

Peter Moen
General Manager, ekar

Pablo Durante
Chief Marketing Officer, AWOK

Neha Sood
Vice President of Online Ordering, Zomato

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
• Toluna
• QlikQ
• General Assembly

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• ArabyAds

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