STEP Conference 2023 - Dubai | STEP | 21 February 2023 | TBA, Dubai Internet City

Step started out as a series of workshops and small gatherings, and over 11 years has grown to become the largest tech festival in Dubai. With 6 main tracks, more than 400 global startups showcasing, hundreds of global investors, and 8000+ global attendees over two days, Step brings the tech world to Dubai.

2023 Speakers

Ahmad Coucha
Co-founder & Ceo, Flapkap

Hani Alaita
Co-founder & Ceo, Qfil Solutions

Zoha Zoya
Head of Experience Design, R/ga

Nagham Hassan
Bintcoin

Imane Adel
Executive Vice President of Strategypaymob

Emir Isik
Head of Business Development, Tarabut Gateway

Lloyed Lobo
Cofounder & Board Member, Boast.ai & Traction

Ritesh Tilani
Founding Partner, Enhance Ventures

Rayan Ali Alsharif
Bim Ventures

Andrew Lee Miller
Startup Marketing Consultant, Growthexpertz

Colin Mcdonagh
Vice President, Velocity Global

Priya Rajan
Building Global Communities, Silicon Valley Bank

Mohannad Ali
Chief Executive Office, Hotjar

Nora Ali
Media Entrepreneur & Host, Morning Brew

Laila Bin Hareb Almheiri
Alive Holistic

David Henry
Chief Operating Officer, Nomo Fintech

G.v. Ravishankar
Sequoia Capital India Advisors Private Limited Logo
Managing Director, Sequoia India

Amal Dokhan
General Partner, 500 Global

Christopher Leacock
Advisor, Jillionaire Llc

Padmini Gupta
Ceo, Xare

Nile Younis
Senior Regional Director of Strategic Products, Hyperpay

Masaood Rahma Al Masaood
Emirates Angel Investors Association

Nitin Reen
Partner, Nuwa Capital

Khaled Talhouni
Managing Partner, Nuwa Capital

Khaled Ghorab
Irtiqa International إرتقاء الدولية للإستشارات

Peter Goodwin
The Chief Executive Officer, Mestaria

Sabrin Rahman
Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change

Sacha Haider
Partner , Global Ventures

Laila Abdullatif
Chair, Emirates Nature – Wwf

Noor Sweid
Managing Partner, Global Ventures

Vincent Maposa
Founder and Ceo, Wetility

Medea Nocentini
C3 – Companies Creating Change

Alexandra Draycott
C3

John Haining
Netzerø Solutions

Kevin Holliday
Managing Director, C3

Dr. Rasha Rady
Chefaa

Daniel Solomon
Herogo

Said Murad
Partner, Global Ventures

Sallyann Della Casa
Gleac

Jay Sadiq
Cooling Citie, Fortyguard

Helen Al Uzaizi
Director of Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship and Youth Start Up, Innovation & Social Impact, Bizworld Middle East

Hadeel Bani Hani
Director - Human Resources Mea, Crayon

Meli̇s Abacioğlu
Founder & Ceo, Wellbees

Sarah Boutros
Associate at Eckert Seamans

Tia Maher
Gut Health & Empowerment Coach, Tia Maher Coaching

Chanda Lokendra
Lizzom Fz Lle

Ivan Palomino
Managing Partner, Peoplekult

Brendan Kane
Hook Point Llc

Daniela Rossi
Founder and Managing Partner, Unlimited

Craig Borthwick
Partner, Lightblue

Nora Tourky
Senior Marketing Manager - Strategy & Brand Building, Alshaya Group

Ahella El Saban
Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer, Exits Mena

Lemya Soltani
Programmatic Audio & Podcast Advertising, Next Broadcast Media

Sergiu Ardelean
Co-founder & Ceo, Artivive

Mamta Varerkar
General Manager and Partner, Yellow

Nik Speller
Vice President of Commercial (Emea) , Influencer

Moe Minkara
Executive Creative Director / Founder, Mink

Brooke Cowling
Co-founder & Coo , Digital of Things

Umaer Abid
Marketing Manager, Anker Innovations

Mirko Maccarrone
Director of Web3, Lightblue

Anisha Oberoi
Founder & Ceo, Secret Skin

Heidi Shara
Founder & Ceo, Wear That

Jimi Ibrahim
Co-founder , Oasisx

Shameer Thaha
Member of Investment Committee, Accubits Technologies

Sharad Agarwal
Chief Metaverse Officer, Cyber Gear

Mounir Kabbara
Senior Manager, Pwc

Avinash Sharma
Co-founder & Ceo , Electricpe

Amr Mostafa
Ceo , Milango

Aahan Bhojani
Ceo & Founder, Silkhaus

Aneesh Mitra
Vice President Strategy, Smsrc

Chris Scanlan
Group Head of Investor Relations, Pyypl

Alexander Fazel
Chief Partnership Officer, Swissborg

Megha Merani
Independent Journalist, Freelance Editor/writer

Faraz Ashraf
Managing Partner, Trevex

Sonia Gokhale
Co-founder and General Partner , Venturesouq

Rawan Baddour
Co-founder, Zest Equity

Lothar Schillers
Active Sales Coaching

Ottmar Krauss
Principal Consultant & Founder, I² Consulting

Yasin Aboudaoud
Chief Development Officer , Brinc

Vilhelm Hedberg
Founder, Ekar

Omar Al Shaaban
The Space

Yana El Dirani
Partner - Venture Capital, Modus Capital

Laith Zraikat
Arzan Vc

Suraya Turk
Founder, Legal Circle Fzc

Victor Kiriakos
Founder, Dunes Ventures

Mamoun Hmedan
Cco & Managing Director - Mena , Wego

Hassan Awada
Senior Vice President, Kroll

Hasan Haider
Founder and Managing Partner, Plus Venture Capital (+vc)

Zuhair Shamma
Co-founder, Zest Equity

Ahmed Genedy
Co-founder , Ivoiceup

Joseph Wehbe
Chief Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Builder, Daimlas

Jehan Ara
Founder & Ceo , Katalyst Labs

Ayman Alashkar
Founder & Ceo, Overwrite.ai

Sana Alam
Founder & Cvo, Crank Recruitment

Issa Aghabi
Founder & Managing Partner, Access Bridge Ventures

Sameer Poonja
Co-founder, Spades

Saad Ansari
Co-founder & Ceo, Xpence

Céline Khattar
Fx Content Writer , Infinox

Ajay Singh Pundir
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Payments, Finastra

Lorenzo Rosettani
Hcomm and Art in Space

Asmaa Naga
Founder & Ceo, Stuck

Munish Mehta
Ceo, Stornest

Ahmad Mushtaq
Sohoby

Srijith Nair
Chief Information Security Officer, Careem (Uber Subsidiary) (Ex. Booking, Bt, Axiomatics), Careem

Baha Hamadi
Social Entrepreneur | Speaker | Communication Expert | Avid Writer | Media Whizz, Keel Comms

Melda Akin
Ceo, D14.ai

Anna Tutova
Ceo Coinstelegram, Coinstelegram

Ahmed Sameh
Senior Performance Marketing Manager, Tap Payments

Shereen Abdulla
Spark! Studios

Safwan Al Turk
Founder & Ceo, Conscious Baboon

Khyara Ranaweera
Founder & Ceo, the Conscious Consultancy

Gergana Abdulrahman
Co-founder & Ceo, Wild Fabrik

Sabin Muzaffar
Anankemag.com

Cheryl King
Founder, King & Co

Renaud De Gonfreville
Saas B2b Ceo and Co-founder, Ziwo

Dawn Barnable
Co-founder, Managing Director & Podcast Host, the Mettleset

Bassem Saber
Masters of Marketing Podcast , Igloo

Klaus Kajetski
Ceo / Founder / Final Boss , Yalla Esports

Atul Hegde
Co-founder Rainmaker Ventures, Yaap

Kai Simmonds
Corporate Wellbeing Consultant, Kai Wellbeing

Stefania Brunori
Marketing Strategy, Personal Branding, Social Media Content Marketing, Business Coaching , Stefania Brunori

Rafik El Hariri
Brand Ambassador, Adobe

Mazen Omair
Co-founder & Ceo , Eduployment

Basem Abu Dagga
Co-founder, Reimagined Capital

Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Goumbook , Fzco

Fadi a Khalek
Value Creator, Growth Advisor and Investor, Global Ventures

Hafsa Qadeer
Founder and Ce, Iminclusive

Dr. Mussaad M. Al-razouki
Kuwait Life Sciences Company

Malek El Husseini
Healthcare Asset Manager, See Capital

Zina Geoffrey
Zina Geoffrey Consulting and Research Office

Lubna Elbannan
Psdigital

Mona Faris
Industry Expert

Vanhishikha Bhargava
Founder, Contensify

Paul Dawalibi
Ceo, Holodeck Ventures

Miro Fok
Founder, Vita Virtues

Khalil Alami
Founder & Ceo , Telr

Karan Jain
Nayaone

Elian Daoud
Head of Robotic Process Automation , Axicorp

John Park
Sparklabs X

Juliette Nicholls
Founder & Director,, Pineapple Audio Production

Klaus Kajetski
Ceo / Founder / Final Boss, Yalla Esports

Talal Sulieman Alafghani
Nifty Souq

Bashayer Al Issa
Self Improvement and Growth Coach, the Motivating Coach

Nameer Khan
Chairman, Mena Fintech Association

Kareem Refaay
Managing Director Mena & Gulf , the London Institute of Banking & Finance

Nour Emam
Femtech Entrepreneur | Co-founder & Ceo , Motherbeing

Imad Hammad
Founder , Carswitch

Andrea Giannini
Founder, Cto, Exovolar

Hind Sergieh
Founder & Chief Metaverse Officer , Arkub Interactive

Karthee Madasamy
Founder and Managing Partner, Mfv Partners

Aya Sadder
Bolt Consultancy

Hisham a. Kassim
Levari, Pllc

Lana Ghanem
Vice President, Digital Health Investments & Partnerships, Hikma Ventures