World Summit AI 2025 - Qatar | World AI Summit | 8 December 2025 | Doha Exhibition & Convention Center (DECC), West Bay, Doha, Doha, Qatar

This event and Intelligent Health are known for their unwavering commitment to fostering diversity and equality. We firmly believe in the democratization of AI, striving to make the transformative power of artificial intelligence accessible to all regions and communities, contributing to the collective advancement of AI on a global scale.

The Key Themes Taking the Wsai Qatar Stage by Storm

The Future Is Collaborative:
• Explore the ethical considerations, untapped potential, and the future of human-Al partnerships that are shaping a better world

Dawn of The Cobots:
• Learn how to leverage empowering human-cobot partnerships to unlock employee potential and significant efficiency gains

Arabic Machine Learning on The Rise:
• Unlock the vast potential of Arabic GPT for NLP tasks -revolutionising communication, unlocking new research avenues, and bridging the digital divide for the Arab world

Revolutionising Neural Network Optimisation:
• Uncover the revolutionary impact of NEAT (Neuro-Evolution of Augmenting Topologies) on the limitations of traditional training methods

Al for Better Medicine:
• Discover how Al is revolutionising medical decision-making - leading to a more accurate, efficient, and ultimately patient-centered approach to healthcare

Bridging the Tech-Business Gap:
• Embrace the synergy between cutting-edge technology and strategic business application, and its power to unlock innovation and redefine industries

2024 Past Speakers

Samantha Samaras
Global Vice President Science & Technology, Beauty and Personal Care R&D, Unilever

Gary Marcus
Scientist, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University (US)

Major General Khalid AlRazooqi
General Director of Artificial Intelligence, Dubai Police

JoAnn Stonier
Mastercard Fellow of Data and AI, Mastercard

Vijay Karunamurthy
Field Chief Technology Officer, Scale AI

H.E. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Founder and Chairman, MBK Holding; Chairman, Tamkeen

Janet Adams
Chief Operating Officer, SingularityNET & Board Director, ASI

Sue Black, OBE
Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist, Director of EDI, Computer Science Dept., Durham University

Celeste Kidd
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

Ozanan Meireles
Vice Chairman of Innovation, Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine; Director, Surgical Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Laboratory (SAIIL)

Shukri Eid
General Manager, IBM Gulf, Levant, and Pakistan

Corbett Hoxland
Chief Technologist, HP

Renée Cummings
Professor of Practice in Data Science, University of Virginia

Cihangir Kocak
Business Strategist & AI Advisor, HP

Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy
Author; Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Louisville

Kaveh Vessali
Partner, Cognitive Cities Lead, PwC Middle East

Dr. Ott Velsberg
Government Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Republic of Estonia

Mohannad Abuissa
CTO, Cisco Middle East & Africa, Turkey, Romania and CIS

Mostafa Zafer
Vice President, Data, AI and Automation, IBM Middle East and Africa

Professor Dame Wendy Hall
Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) & Director of Web Science Institute, University of Southampton

Iban Garcia del Blanco
International Affairs Director, LASKER; Former Member of European Parliament (co-rapporteur EU-AI Law)

Kevin Kiley
President, Airia

Nikita Gordeev
Chief Technology Officer, Snoonu

Ramachandra Yermal
Head of Data & Analytics, The Department of Government Empowerment

Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Yassin Eltabakh
Principal Scientist, Qatar Computer Research Institute (QCRI)

Ms. Duha Al Buhendi
Director of Digital Society and Digital Competencies, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Qatar

Jon Truby
Professor - AI Law, National University of Singapore

Eman Al Kuwari
Director of the Digital Innovation Department, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Qatar

Indica Amarasinghe
Chapter Director - Doha, Startup Grind Qatar

Dr. Fatmah Baothman
Member of the Global Future Council, Future of Artificial Intelligence by WEF

Akif Kamal
Partner, Technology Consulting and Digital Services, PwC Middle East

Caner Canak
Group Director of AI & Data Science, Ooredoo Group

Lars Gehrmann
Group Chief Digital & AI Officer, Qatar Insurance Group & MENA Insurtech Association

Prof. Dr. Christoph Luetge
Director of the TUM Institute for Ethics in AI, Technische Universität München

Jules De Boinville
Head of EMEA, Scale AI

Dr. Kevin J. Jones
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Indiana University Columbus

Dr. Raul Rodriguez
Vice President, Woxsen University

Imran Choudhary
Data Protection Officer, Al Jazeera Media Network

Ahmed Serag
Founder and Director, AI Innovation Centre, Weill Cornell Medicine

Nacho Floristan
Generative AI Solutions Architecture, EMEA/APAC, Google Cloud

Milan Bates, MD, FRCS
Associate Specialist Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Infirmary

Faisal Hamady
Managing Director and Partner, BCG

Seema Prem
CEO & Co-Founder, FIA Global

Moussa Beidas
Partner, Ideation Lead, PwC Middle East

Matthew Ferraro
Executive Director, Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, US Department of Homeland Security

Ashwin Naib
Associate Partner, QuantumBlack AI by McKinsey

Tiago Henriques
EMEA Head of AI/ML, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud

Dr. Chawki Tawbi
Senior Partner Sales Engineer, Google Cloud

Samir Safar-Aly
Counsel, Financial Regulation, Compliance & Investigations (MENA-wide); MENA Fintech & AI Lead, Baker McKenzie

Dr. Salim Al-Shuaili
Director, Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Technology, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Oman

Uttara Sivaram
Senior Counselor to the Secretary for Artificial Intelligence, US Department of Homeland Security

Dr. Puthen Veettil Jithesh
Associate Dean for Education, College of Health & Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation

Rajesh Sivaprakasam
Consultant in Transplant, Access and General Surgery; Lead for Robotic Renal Failure Surgery, Research, Innovation and Education; Chair, Bartshealth Robotic

Adhari Alzaabi
Assistant Professor, Sultan Qaboos University

Hariprasad Chede
Head - Information Security Risk, Risk Management, National Bank of Fujairah

Dr. Zahra Al Rawahi
Director of Innovation Development, Artificial Intelligence Academy

Amr El Rahwan
Cybercrime Forensic Expert, United Nations Regional Centre for Combatting Cybercrime

Dr. Sabri Boughorbel
Expert in Machine Learning / Deep Learning / NLP, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)

Junaid Qadir
Professor of Computer Engineering, Qatar University

Amr Metwally
Director of Clinical Simulation and Innovation, Itqan Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center

Joseph Musolino
Director of Public Sector Customer Advisory, Middle East, Turkey & Africa, SAS

Prof. Dr. Ali Al Sanousi, MD, MBA, PhD
Executive Director Clinical Information Systems & Assistant Professor, Hamad Medical Corporation & Weill Cornell Medicine

Kevin Ferguson
Senior Systems Technical Advisor, Center of Excellence & Development (CoE), UAE Armed Forces

Valerie Hawley
Executive Director, Sorbonne Centre for Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Hamid Menouar
Principal R&D and Innovation Lead, Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC)

Ram Kumar
Chief Data & Analytics Officer of Cigna International Health and Head of Cigna Global Centre of Excellence, Cigna Healthcare

Dr. Hanan Alhaddi
Guest Lecturer on Strategy/Director of Integrative Cases on AI, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Board Director and Chair, Automotive AI Committee, Connected Vehicle Trade Association

Radhakrishnan Mahalingam
President & Honorary Advisory Committee, Qatar for Government Blockchain Association / BLI

Sofia Couto da Rocha
Clinician, Head of Innovation & Head Virtual Client, Lusíadas Saúde

Biju Balakrishnan
Chief Technology Officer, FIA Global

Lesley Nagle
IBM iX Go-to-Market Leader, Gulf & Levant; Customer Transformation, IBM Consulting

Jonathan McCrea
Founder, Whipsmart Media

Sharmila David
CEO, Ai-2nd Opinion

Ricardo Barcena
CEO & Co-Founder, Spotnik

Rose Rwegasira
Co-founder and Head of Business Operation, Ghala

Hassan El Amine
Design Director (UX/UI), IBM iX - Customer Transformation

Raphael Sanchez
Head of GenAI-ML EMEA South Practice Team, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud

Jesper Schleimann
EMEA AI Officer, SAP

Nour Al Hassan
Founder and CEO, Tarjama

Catherine Kurt
CEO, AQ22

Dr. Eng Fadi Nasser
Chief Commercial Officer, MEEZA

Dr. June Park
Senior Research Fellow, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore

Shams Hasan
Country Manager - Gulf, VAST Data