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AI and Interactive Storytelling in Video Games

Monday, February 10, 2025 17:30 - 18:10

The Future of Gaming: Market vs. Technology - A Dual Perspective

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 18:00 - 18:30

Ahmed AlSharif

H.R.H Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud Chairman, Saudi Esports Federation

Boyan Slat CEO & Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Alison Wagonfeld Chief Marketing Officer, Google Cloud

Enrique Lores CEO, HP

Kim Wilson Director of Sustainability, McLaren Racing​

Iker Casillas Former Real Madrid and Spain Player. Investor and startup accelerator

Alex Hirschi Founder, Supercar Blondie

Koen Kas Healthcare futurist, Delight thinker, Author, Prof Molecular Oncology, Healthskouts

Ahmed El Alfi Partner and Chairman, Sawari Ventures

Pete Sharman Founder, This

Elsa Hyland Angel Investor, Elsa Hyland AB

Philipp Berkessy Founder and CEO, Berkessy Consulting

Vittoria Ferragamo Sustainability and Special Projects Manager, Il Borno

Achmed Junusov Co-Founder and COO, H2UB

Dr Othmar Karas Former 1st Vice President, European Parliament

Stuart Oda CEO, Alesca Life

Sarah El Battouty CEO, ECOnsult

Laura Vecvagare Regional Head of Industry, IFC

Mahesh Ramanujam

Lavinia D. Osbourne Founder, Women in Blockchain Talks

Carla Aerts Education Innovation and Futuring, ErasmusX

Dr. Adel Alzenedy Deputy Governor, Technical & Vocation Training Corporation

Julian Sawyer CEO, Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered

Ramana Kumar CEO, Magnati

Faisal Galaria Non-Executive Director, Starling Bank

Lito Villanueva Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)

Moied Wahid SVP, CTO for Financial Services & Data, Experian

Tony Ashraf Managing Director and Global Head of Digital Asset Transformation, BlackRock

Prof. Oludele Awodele Professor of Computer Science and AI, Babcock University

Stephanie Tran Go-to Market, OpenAI

Marcio, Barradas Founder, Essence Food

Roman Axelrod Founder, XPANCEO

Christophe Legrand SVP, Pasqal

John Keppler Exec Chairman, Iyris

Kota Kandori Managing Director, Terra Drone

Sunghyun Park CEO, Rebellions

Aaron Sloan Founder, Golden Gloves VR

Lateefa Alwaalan Managing Director, Endeavor Saudi

Mareme Dieng Partner Africa, 500 Global

Dr. Hendrik Brandis Co-Founder & Partner, Earlybird

Ziyad Baeshen Vice President, General Atlantic

Asif Khan​ Vice President, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) – Fidelity Investments

Wojtek Walniczek Partner OTB Ventures

Umut Yidliz CSO, Infinia

Dr. Hannah Brocke Co-founder and CSO, PlanBlue

Lee Annamalai Director for Space Data Management, SSA

Elodie Robin-Guillerm Head of Global Clusters, Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Helene Huby CEO, The Exploration Company

H.R.H Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud Chairman, Saudi Esports Federation

Boyan Slat CEO & Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Alison Wagonfeld Chief Marketing Officer, Google Cloud

Enrique Lores CEO, HP

Kim Wilson Director of Sustainability, McLaren Racing​

Iker Casillas Former Real Madrid and Spain Player. Investor and startup accelerator

Dominic Thiem Retired Tennis Star

Alexa Jago CEO, New Horizon Pictures/Board of Directors, BAFTA North America

Maejor Ali American Grammy-Nominated Producer, Singer and Songwriter

Mia Shah-Dand CEO, Lighthouse 3 and Founder, Women in AI Ethics

Dominic Hackl Founder, Magic Keys

Steve Brown Chief AI Officer, Abundance360

Andrea Vena Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer, European Space Agency

Iman Oubou Co-founder, Vocable.ai

Nabiha Saklayen CEO and Founder, Cellino Biotech

Warren Jones Chief Technology Officer, SailGP

Ashley Zehnder Founder and CEO, Fauna Bio

Chris Yeh Author, Investor, and Mentor - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Wasabi Ventures

Carolina Aguilar Founder and CEO, InBrain Neuroelectric

Paulo Andrez President, EBAN - The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage Market

Alex Hirschi Founder, Supercar Blondie

Panos A. Panay President, The Recording Academy

Kirstine Stewart CEO, Media Mughals Technologies Inc.

Casper Stylsvig Chief Revenue Officer, Chelsea Football Club

Chad Anderson Founder and Managing Partner, Space Capital

Mai's Vault Social Media Influencer, Mais Vault

Jessica Kahawaty CEO and Founder, Mama Rita

Aidan Gomez Co-Founder & CEO, Cohere

Javier Tebas President, La Liga

Kam Ghaffarian Executive Chairman, AXIOM Space

Vusi Thembekwayo CEO, MyGrowthFund Venture Partners

H.R.H Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
Chairman, Saudi Esports Federation

Boyan Slat
CEO & Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Alison Wagonfeld
Chief Marketing Officer, Google Cloud

Enrique Lores
CEO, HP

Kim Wilson
Director of Sustainability, McLaren Racing

Iker Casillas
Former Real Madrid and Spain Player. Investor and startup accelerator

Alex Hirschi
Founder, Supercar Blondie

Koen Kas
Healthcare futurist, Delight thinker, Author, Prof Molecular Oncology, Healthskouts

Ahmed El Alfi
Partner and Chairman, Sawari Ventures

Pete Sharman
Founder, This

Elsa Hyland
Angel Investor, Elsa Hyland AB

Philipp Berkessy
Founder and CEO, Berkessy Consulting

Vittoria Ferragamo
Sustainability and Special Projects Manager, Il Borno

Achmed Junusov
Co-Founder and COO, H2UB

Dr Othmar Karas
Former 1st Vice President, European Parliament

Stuart Oda
CEO, Alesca Life

Sarah El Battouty
CEO, ECOnsult

Laura Vecvagare
Regional Head of Industry, IFC

Lavinia D. Osbourne
Founder, Women in Blockchain Talks

Carla Aerts
Education Innovation and Futuring, ErasmusX

Dr. Adel Alzenedy
Deputy Governor, Technical & Vocation Training Corporation

Julian Sawyer
CEO, Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered

Ramana Kumar
CEO, Magnati

Faisal Galaria
Non-Executive Director, Starling Bank

Lito Villanueva
Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)

Moied Wahid
SVP, CTO for Financial Services & Data, Experian

Tony Ashraf
Managing Director and Global Head of Digital Asset Transformation, BlackRock

Prof. Oludele Awodele
Professor of Computer Science and AI, Babcock University

Stephanie Tran
Go-to Market, OpenAI

Marcio, Barradas
Founder, Essence Food

Roman Axelrod
Founder, XPANCEO

Christophe Legrand
SVP, Pasqal

John Keppler
Exec Chairman, Iyris

Kota Kandori
Managing Director, Terra Drone

Sunghyun Park
CEO, Rebellions

Aaron Sloan
Founder, Golden Gloves VR

Lateefa Alwaalan
Managing Director, Endeavor Saudi

Mareme Dieng
Partner Africa, 500 Global

Dr. Hendrik Brandis
Co-Founder & Partner, Earlybird

Ziyad Baeshen
Vice President, General Atlantic

Asif Khan
Vice President, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) – Fidelity Investments

Wojtek Walniczek
Partner OTB Ventures

Umut Yidliz
CSO, Infinia

Dr. Hannah Brocke
Co-founder and CSO, PlanBlue

Lee Annamalai
Director for Space Data Management, SSA

Elodie Robin-Guillerm
Head of Global Clusters, Abu Dhabi Investment Office

Helene Huby
CEO, The Exploration Company

H.R.H Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud
Chairman, Saudi Esports Federation

Boyan Slat
CEO & Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Alison Wagonfeld
Chief Marketing Officer, Google Cloud

Enrique Lores
CEO, HP

Kim Wilson
Director of Sustainability, McLaren Racing

Iker Casillas
Former Real Madrid and Spain Player. Investor and startup accelerator

Dominic Thiem
Retired Tennis Star

Alexa Jago
CEO, New Horizon Pictures/Board of Directors, BAFTA North America

Maejor Ali
American Grammy-Nominated Producer, Singer and Songwriter

Mia Shah-Dand
CEO, Lighthouse 3 and Founder, Women in AI Ethics

Dominic Hackl
Founder, Magic Keys

Steve Brown
Chief AI Officer, Abundance360

Andrea Vena
Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer, European Space Agency

Iman Oubou
Co-founder, Vocable.ai

Nabiha Saklayen
CEO and Founder, Cellino Biotech

Warren Jones
Chief Technology Officer, SailGP

Ashley Zehnder
Founder and CEO, Fauna Bio

Chris Yeh
Author, Investor, and Mentor - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Wasabi Ventures

Carolina Aguilar
Founder and CEO, InBrain Neuroelectric

Paulo Andrez
President, EBAN - The European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds, and other Early Stage Market

Alex Hirschi
Founder, Supercar Blondie

Panos A. Panay
President, The Recording Academy

Kirstine Stewart
CEO, Media Mughals Technologies Inc.

Casper Stylsvig
Chief Revenue Officer, Chelsea Football Club

Chad Anderson
Founder and Managing Partner, Space Capital

Mai's Vault
Social Media Influencer, Mais Vault

Jessica Kahawaty
CEO and Founder, Mama Rita

Aidan Gomez
Co-Founder & CEO, Cohere

Javier Tebas
President, La Liga

Kam Ghaffarian
Executive Chairman, AXIOM Space

Vusi Thembekwayo
CEO, MyGrowthFund Venture Partners

Anouk Wipprecht
Founder, Anouk Wipprecht Studio

Tim Draper
Founder, Draper Associates