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Financial Consultant | Certified Business Valuer| Startups Advocate | Angel investor

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

Alex Hirschi
Founder, Supercar Blondie

Mai's Vault
Social Media Influencer, Mais Vault

Aidan Gomez
Co-Founder & CEO, Cohere

Javier Tebas
President, La Liga

Jeffrey Evans
Founding Partner, Mantis Venture Capital

Ken Kutaragi
Former Chairman and CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment

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

Navrina Singh
Founder and CEO, Credo AI

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

Sanjot Malhi
Partner, Northzone

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

Stef Williams
Founder, Thisissefi

Jeffrey Evans
Founding Partner, Mantis Venture Capital

Ken Kutaragi
Former Chairman and CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Ashish Puri
Partner, Lightrock

Yinglan Tan
Founding Managing Partner, Insignia Ventures Partners

Hala Fadel
Managing Partner - Growth, Eurazeo

Maha Abouelenein
Founder, Digital & Savvy

Janade Du Plessis
Managing Partner, Launch Africa Ventures

Harry Man
Founding Partner, Matrix Partners China

Vishen Lakhiani
CEO, Mindvalley

Conrad Tsang
Founder and Chairman, Strategic Year Holdings Limited

James Rothwell
Chief Marketing and Content Officer, World Rugby

Melissa Lawton
Chief Content Officer, SailGP

Connie Chan
Board Member, Andreessen Horowitz

Michael Cole
Chief Technology Officer, European Tour Group

Cathy Hackl
Tech Futurist, Journey

Lambert Hogenhout
Chief of Data and AI, United Nations

Michael Spranger
Chief Operating Officer, Sony AI

Marc Raibert
Founder, Boston Dynamics & Executive Director, AI Institute

Ryan Norys
Chief Technology Officer, Tottenham Hotspur

Martijn Blanken
CEO, Neo Space Group (NSG)

Pascal Gauthier
Chairman & CEO, Ledger

Masami Takahashi
Group Chief Operating officer, Scrum Ventures

Vijay Karunamurthy
Chief Technology Officer, Scale AI

Oliver Steil
CEO, TeamViewer

Jonathan Ross
CEO and Founder, Groq

Noor Nugali
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Arab News

Richard Fitzgerald,
Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Augustus Media (Lovin', Smashi, Odeum)

Waseem Sayegh
Head of LIVE, TikTok

Ashraf Zeitoon
Partner, Kawkab Entertainment

Muhammad Lila
Chief Executive Officer, Goodable

Waleed Alballaa
General Partner, Sukna Ventures

Alanoud Alabdulwahed
General Manager, MCIT

Hamad Albaker
Chief Business Officer, Jahez

Mazen Al Darrab
Founder, Chief Business Officer, Zid

Ayman AlSanad
Co-Founder & CEO, Mrsool App Company for Technology

Abdulaziz Al Loughani
Chairman & CEO, Floward

Dr. Lama Hakem
KAUST Entrepreneurship Center

Tareq Amin
CEO, Aramco

Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy
Former Managing Director - IC and Technology Fellow and Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton

Chris Solomi
Chief Digital Officer, Omnicom Media Group

Hussein Freijeh
VP and General Manager, MENA, Snap Inc

Derya Matras
VP UK, Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Meta

John Gregory
Global Retail Category Development Officer, Spotify

Zach Coelius
Managing Partner, Coelius Capital

Jad Ellawn
Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management

Dr. Sebastien Weidt
Co-Founder and CEO, Universal Quantum

Scott Lucas
Managing Director and Head of DLT, JP Morgan

Nadine Mezher
Co- Founder, Sarwa

Keith Jordan
Vice President Innovation @ Mastercard Labs, Mastercard

Nizar Altuwaijri
CEO, stc pay

Marianna Tessel
Chief Technology Officer, Intuit

Al Kingsley
CEO – NetSupport, Author and Chair - BESA’s EdTech Group

Elliott Levine
Director Worldwide Education, Qualcomm

Lucia Delagnello
President, Brazil Centre for Education Innovation

Helena Lersch
VP of Public Policy, Tiktok

Dr. Lawrence Schuette
Director of Global Research and Innovation, Lockheed Martin

H.E. Bandar Al Khrayef
Minister of Industry Minerals, KSA

H.E. Deemah Al Yaha
Secretary General, DCO

H.E. Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi
Secretary General of the Board, SDAIA

Omar Al-Shaaban
CEO, Garage KSA

Dr Basma Albuhairan
Managing Director, C4IR Saudi Arabia

Jerry Inzerillo
Group Group Chief Executive Office, Ad Diriyah Gate Development Authority

Matt Roberts
VP, Business Intelligence, Formula E

Rodi Basso
CEO, E1 Series

Stephane Houdet
Paralympic Tennis Champion

Sandra Rey
CEO, Glowee

Subha Tatavarti
Chief Technology Officer, Wipro

H.R.H Prince Abdulaziz Al Saud
Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Malik Abu Ghazaleh
Chief Digital Officer, Tiffany & Co.

Dr. Yuhyun Park
Founder & CEO, DQ Institute

Tomas Lamanauskas
Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Richard Mason
Best-Selling Novelist and Screenwriter

Sukesh Nayak
Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy

Kate Swanborg
SVP, Technology and Strategic Alliances, DreamWorks Animation

Eunice Lee
COO, Scopely

Jasmine Skee
CEO, Guild Esports

Hilmar Petursson
CEO, CCP Games

Yannick Theler
CEO, Steer Studios

HE Dr Mohammed Altamimi
Governor of the Communications, Space and Technology Commission

Barbara Belvisi
Founder and CEO, Interstellar Labs

Jeffrey Manber
President International and Space Stations Voyager Space

Aparna Bawa
Chief Operating Officer, Zoom Video Communications Inc.

Guillaume Pousaz
Founder and CEO, checkout.com

Rajiv Ramaswami
CEO, Nutanix

Rayyanah Barnawi
Saudi Arabia's 1st female astonaut

Christian Klein
CEO, SAP

Andrew Griffith MP
Minister of State for Science, Research & Innovation, UK

Alexis Le Quoc
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer, Datadog

Pekka Lundmark
President & CEO, Nokia

Tim Draper
Founder, Draper Associates

Luis Figo
Former Footballer. Investor

Anne Neuberger
Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Tech, The White House

Dr. Kai Fu Lee
Chairman and CEO, Sinovation Ventures

H.E. Khalid Al Falih
Minister of Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Adam Selipsky
CEO, Amazon Web Services

Haitham Alsahfy
CEO & Co-Founder, Fintactics Ventures

Tugce Ergul
Founding Partner, Hypernova

Brian Rogove
Co-Chief of Corporate Development, Alat

Amit Midha
CEO, Alat

Fabio Fontana
Chief Growth Officer, Tonomus, CEO Zeropoint DC

Don Tapscott
Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute

Anne Biondi Simonds
Founder & CEO, Muse Systems Enterprises

Ayman AlFallaj
CEO, THIQAH

HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz
President, Saudi Esports Federation (SEF)

Monica Brand Engel
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Quona Capital

Rodi Lasso
CEO & Co-founder, E1 Series

HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud
Founder and CEO, KBW Ventures

Ali Busaleh
CTO, Thmanyah

Abdulrahman Abumalih
Founder and CEO

Tareq Amin
CEO, Aramco Digital

HRH Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Salman Al Saud
Chairman, Saudi Water Sports and Diving Federation

Brian Ward
CEO, Savvy Games Group

Elaine Weidman-Grunewald
President, Tonomus Venture Studio and Chief Sustainability Officer, TONOMUS

Anil Chakravarthy
President, Digital Experience Business, Adobe

Her Royal Highness Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud Al-Saud
Secretary General, Alwaleed Philanthropies

Joseph Bradley
CEO, TONOMUS

Fadi Pharaon
President EMEA, Ericsson

Lauri Almann
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, CyberExer Technologies

Guido Mengoni
CMO & CDO, Temera

Altaf AlThekair
founder and CEO, Circle

Cenly Chen
Chief Growth Officer, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Supermicro B.V.

Helen Fullen
Founder and CEO, Alinea

Mei Chan
GM, Head of Fashion, Luxury & Lifestyle - Globalization Business, Alibaba Group

Professor Sun Dong
Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Hong Kong SAR

Noorin Virani
Group Director of Data & Insights, LVMH

Omar Hatamleh
Chief AI Officer, NASA

Chandler Song
Co-founder and CEO, Ankr

Amin Nasser
President and CEO, Aramco

Bin Li
Chairman, Tsinghua Unigroup

Dowson Tong
Senior Executive Vice-President of Tencent and CEO of Cloud & Smart Industries Group

Jwaher Al Saud
Executive Director of Customer Experience, Tawuniya

Nabil Mohamed
Chief Product and Technology Officer, 4Sale

Shravin Mittal
Founder & CEO, Unbound

Lord Stephen Carter CBE
Group Chief Executive, Informa PLC

Bill McDermott
Chairman and CEO, ServiceNow

Abdulelah Alfaris
Chief Operations Officer, Thiqah

Anya Hayden
Founder & General Partner, ANIM

Joseph Aoun
Director of Data Products and Analytics, Chalhoub Group

Saleh Al Tunaib
Co-Founder and CEO, Raha Holding

Joe Kobrianos
Chief Strategy Officer, AstroLabs

Michael Kratsios
Managing Director, Scale AI

Lan Guan
Chief AI Officer, Accenture

Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer of Google [X], Host of Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat, and international bestselling author

Jessica Wong
Founder & Managing Partner, eWTP Arabia Capital

Chase Lorio
Global Head of Grocery, Careem

Artur Bergman
Chief Architect and Founder, Fastly

Dr. Muhammad Al-Saggaf
President, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Anna Germanos
Group Director of CPG, Retail, E-commerce & Luxury, Middle East & Africa, Meta

Nicola Morini Bianzino
Global Chief Technology Officer, EY

Saeed Amidi
Founder and CEO, Plug and Play

Rick Fox
Co-founder and CEO, Partanna

Prof. Zexiang Li
Founder of Xbotpark and Shenzhen InnoX Academy; Co-founder of DJI; Distinguished Visiting Professor King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Wael Ismail
Vice President for Corporate Affairs (AMESA), PepsiCo

Tiit Riisalo
Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Republic of Estonia

Dr. Zhu Shenggao
Vice President of AI, Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia

Jigar Sagar
Serial Entrepreneur and Founder, Triliv

Stewart Kohl
Co CEO The Riverside Company

Paris de l'Etraz
Managing Director Venture Lab

Tejas Ravishankar
CEO Dimension

Abdulrahman Jiffrey
Partner, 500 Global

Mohamed Aboulnaga
Co-founder & Global CEO Exits MENA

Marta Arsovska Tomovska
Director for Digitalization Government of Serbia

Hon. Moses Kuria
HSC-CABINET SECRETARY PUBLIC SERVICE, Kenya

Sumayah AlZamil
Co-founder & CEO Nugttah

Sabinije von Gaffke
Founder IMPACTFULNESS Ventures

Jason Tanner
CEO of Applied Frameworks

Amna Razzaq
Vice President, Stalliongates Investments

Shafaat Hashmi
Chairman, Stalliongates Investments

Sultan H. Ghaznawi
Founder & CEO, Scene Investments

Kingsley Advani
Founder & CEO, Allocations

Basmah Alsinaidi
Managing Partner, Impact46

Michelle Zatlyn
Co-founder, President, and COO, Cloudflare

Kamran Abbasi
Chief Data and Technology Officer, Chalhoub Group

Gilbert Abi Zeid
Vice President, Logistics, GMG Group

Kerry Murphy
CEO and Founder, The Fabricant

Olfa Messoudi
Chief Digital and Marketing Officer of L'Oréal Middle East

Andrew Brinded
Chief Revenue Officer, Nutanix

Kirk Skaugen
Executive Vice President, Lenovo and President, Lenovo's Infrastructure Solutions Group

Dr. Sangok Seok
CEO, NAVER LABS

Saed Nashef
Founding Partner, Raed Venture

Seth Levine
Co-Founder, Foundry Group

Chris Rust
Partner, Clear Ventures

Dunja Poetschke
CFO, invygo

Jose Marin
Co-Founder, FJLabs

Gary Ng
CEO & Founder, viACT

Mohamed Aboulnaga
Co-Founder & Chairman, Exits MENA

Vincent Li
Founding Partner, Adaverse

Supreet Manchanda
Founding Partner, Raiven Capital

Fiorenzo Manganiello
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, LIAN Group

Frank Baker
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Siris

Ravi Shankar Ganapathy Agraharam Venkataraman
Managing Director, Peak XV Partners

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan
Former Minister, Pakistan's Minister for Investment

Julia Smith
Public Speaker & Talk Show Host, Blend

Kris Fade
Founder, FadeFit

Daniel Kraft
Head of Proptech, Stronghold Invest AB

Cian Cotter
Managing Partner, Insight Partners

Hilmar Veigar Petursson
CEO, CCP

Alexander Bent
Managing Partner and Founder, Undivided Ventures

Dr. Bijna Kotak Dasani
Managing Director, ARTHAUM Group

Moon Baz
Global Partnerships Lead, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Meta

Chiara Glorioso
Radio Presenter, Radio Bahrain

Paul Anton
Co-Founder, Huupe

Lyth Saeed
Co-Founder, Huupe

Manuel Arnaut
Editor in Chief, Vogue Arabia

Dr. Louise Muhdi
Business School Professor of Innovation and Strategy - Author, Consultant, and Advisor - Jury Member at VentureKick, Switzerland

Maya Ayoub
Women in Tech Ambassador for Saudi Arabia, WOMEN IN TECH®- Global Movement

Dr. Ahmad Algafari
Co-Founder and CEO, Dinar Investments

Rana Abdel Latif
Partner, SpeedInvest

Amrita Sethi
Physical and Digital Artist

Wilson Li
Chief Strategy Officer, Spark Education Group

Reem Wyndham
Partner, PactVC

Dr. Mark Jackson
Senior Quantum Evangelist, Quantinuum

Maxim Pochebut
Chief Learning Officer, Sigma Software Group

Emanuel Erde
Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Alastair Kingsley
CEO - NetSupport, Author and Chair - BESA’s EdTech Group

Omar Kashaba
General Partner, Algebra Ventures

Dr. Suneel Kandru
AI & Digital Health Expert, Faculty at Harvard/Tufts/BU, and Startup Mentor

Naif Al-Obaidallah
Co-founder and Managing Director SDM

Alexandra Topalian
Presenter

Ziad Jarrar
CEO and Founder MetEarth

Yuta Hirayama
CEO Ideapost

Roger Looney
Vice President Crossover Solutions

Peter Van Wingerden
CEO Floating Farms

Mitchell Price
Managing Director MK The Agency

Mike Day
Partner Roberts Day

Lawrence Eta
Chief Digital and Analytics Officer Royal Commission of AlUla

Kristina Podnar
Digital Policy Advisor Native Trust Consulting, LLC

Jennifer Sanders
Co-Founder and Executive Director Dallas Innovation Alliance

Jan Vapaavuori
Former Mayor of Helskinki and Former Minister of Economic Affairs

Itai madamombe
CEO Oceanix

Emily Yates
Chief Innovation Officer SEPTA

Edward Emmanuel
Founder and Director EE Digital Capital

Dr George Aoude
Co-Founder and CEO Derq inc

Clement Newton-Brown
Chief Executive Officer Skyportz

Annelie Kvick Thompson
Partner Grimshaws

Aghiath Chbib
CEO Seecra

Wei Gao
Assistant Professor Caltech

Vimal Govind
Co-Founder and CEO Genrobotics

Dr Tamara Sunbul
Medical Director of Clinical informatics John Hopkins Aramco University

Noah Davidsohn
Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder, Rejuvenate Bio

Marco Quarta
Co-founder and CEO Rubedo Lifescience

Jhonatan Bringas
CEO Lapsi Health

Hajar El Haddaoui
CEO, Circular Economy Company

Dr Reenita Das
Partner, Frost and Sulivan

Phil Sanderson
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Griffin Gaming Partners

Stoyan Angelov
Chief Executive Officer, Evedo

Nic Newman
General Partner, Emerge Education

Rhonda Shrader
Executive Director, Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship and NSF I-Corps

Darcy MacClaren
Chief Revenue Officer, SAP Digital Supply Chain

Ray Pang
VP of Technology Enablement, Supermicro

Govind Balakrishna
Founder and CEO, AllSportsFit

Eng. Abdullah AlDosari
Managing Director and Chairman of Board, T2 Company

Mohammed Husamaddin
Knowledge and Edtech Expert, Vice President at Naseej for Technology

Iryna Volnytska
President, SET University

Deepankar Rustagi
Co-Founder and CEO, OmniRetail

Dr. Husa Alangari
Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU)

Dr. Youssef Alhammadi
Executive Director, Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA)

Benedikt Knobloch
Founding Partner, Souschef Ventures

Racha Ghamlouch
Co-Founder, Digital Digest

Triin Linamagi
Founding Partner, Sie Ventires

Ambareen Musa
CEO, Yabi Technologies

Rushil Suri
COO, TRGC

Etienne VantKruys
Founder and Managing Partner, TRGC

Simon Hardie
Founder and CEO, Findexable

Remo Abbondandolo
General Manager - MENA, Checkout.com

Francesco Filia
Co-Founder and CEO, Fasanara Capital

Anil Joshi
Managing Partner Unicorn India Ventures

Tan Wooi Leong
Managing Director Surbana Jurong

Taavi Madiberk
CEO Skeleton

Imtiaz Mahtab
Co-Founder Hydeal

Omar Qaise
Founder and CEO, OQ Technology

Eng Mohammed Al Taani
Secertary General of the Arab Renewable Energy Commission & Chairman, Jordanian Renewables Energy Society

John Linden
CEO, Mythical Games

Saif Ishoof
Founder and Managing Partner, Lab22c

Ben Driggs
Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer, Honeywell Aerospace

Anant Maheshwari
President and CEO - Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell

Dr Stefan Tweraser
CEO, Rocket Factory Augsburg

Max Bautin
Managing Partner, Co-Founder, IQ Capital

Vijay Sankaran
Chief Technology Officer, Johnson Controls

Hermann Ludwig Moeller
Director, European Space Policy Institute

Dieter Grebner
CEO, PEAK Technology

Francesco M. Bongiovanni
Founder & CEO, Orbital Solutions Monaco

Karan Kunjur
Co-founder, K2 Space Corporation

Damien Garot
Founder, Stellar

Walter Ballheimer
CEO, REFLEX Aerospace

Katrin Bacic
CEO, UNIO Enterprise

Bulent Altan
Founding Partner, Alpine Space Ventures

Karen Jouve
CEO & Co-Founder; Doors3

Nollie Maoto
Chief Data and Analytics Officer; FNB South Africa

Stefan Klocke
Chairman; Volocopter GmbH

Christian Bauer
Chief Financial & Commercial Officer; Volocopter GmbH

Oliver Tuszik
President EMEA, CISCO

Noureddine Tayebi
Founder And CEO; Yassir

Jerome Monceaux
Founder and CEO; Enchanted Tools

Jane Poynter
Co-CEO; Space Perspective

Abdulmohsin Al Omran
Founder and Board Member; The Family Office International Investment Company

Rebecca Dixon
CEO, the*gamehers

Shannon Studstill
Founder and Principle, Stillpoint Production and Consulting

Tommaso Valente
CEO and Co-founder, Mirror

Sreekanth Chetlur
Chief Ecommerce Officer, Shoppers Stop India

Shahad Geoffrey
Co-founder & CEO, Taffi Inc.

Rajesh Kumar
CEO, FNP Middle East & SEA

Leila Al Marashi
Founder & CEO, CADO Gifting

Abdul Kader Baba
Chief Technology & Information Officer, Infrastructure South Africa

Ishaaq Jacobs
Chief Security Officer, Sasol

Jonathan Ross
CEO and Founder, Groq Inc.

Sasha Qadri
Presenter & Broadcast Journalist

Isabelle Kumar
Award Winning Journalist & Broadcaster

Dave Crane
Celebrated Motivational Speaker,CEO Mentor, and Event Host

Faisal Parkar
Director of IT, Tim Hortons Middle East

Allie Young
Chief Marketing officer, the*gameHERs

Luca del Monte
Head of Commercialisation Department ; European Space Agency - ESA

Bianca Cefalo
CEO & Co-founder; Space DOTS Inc.

Frank Salzgeber
Acting Vice Governor for Space; Communications, Space & Technology Commission

Asmaa Quorrich
Chief Marketing Officer, Saudi Tourism Authority

Ira Lam
Chief Legal Officer. Superlayer

Mounaz Abdel Rouf
Co-Founder & Co-Creative Director, Okhtein

Aya Abdel Raouf
Co-Founder & Co-Creative Director, Okhtein

Michael Katz
Video Games Industry Expert/Veteran, Former key Executive at Mattel, Atari, Sega

Eng. Dina Alsalamen
VP - Head of Cyber and Information Security Department, Bank ABC

Thibault Launay
CEO, Exclusible

Curtis Duggan
Founder and CEO, Wayviator

Zach Coelius
Managing Partner, Coelius Capital

Wiktor Schmidt
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Netguru

Tahira Dosani
Managing Partner, ResilienceVC

Omnia Hamed
Senior Director - International Ventures, The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum

Numan Numan
Managing Partner, 212.vc

Kefirah Kang
Partner, Finserv Experts

Jad Ellawn
Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management

Islam Shawky
Co-Founder and CEO, Paymob

Hasnae Taleb
Chief Investment Officer, Ento Capital

Kim Thompson
Founder, Owner, and Managing Director of RAW Coffee Company

Rob Enslin
CEO, UiPath

Ramesh Kollepara
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Kellanova

David Yarnton
Partner & Chief of Business Development, Kinguin Digital

Yasser Hasan
Public Figure & Content Creator

Haider Rafique
CMO, OKX

Elias Aad
Partner, Head of Digital & Entrepreneurship Practice - MENA, Roland Berger

Dr. Semih Kumluk
Head of AI and Digital, PwC

Dr. Ritesh Jain
Founder, Infynit

Diane El Hachem
Chief Operating Officer, Related Inc.

Antti Arponen
Co-Founder and CEO, Pyypl

Shameema Parveen
Chief Executive Officer, Edutech Middle East

Paul Naggaer
Chief Executive Officer, Diem Innovate

Dawn Paine
CEO & Co-Founder ,Aurora

Jimi Daodu
Founder and CEO, Vault Hill

Fadl Al Tarzi
Chief Executive Officer, Nexford University

Diana Knodel
Founder, Fobizz and App Camps

Ben Elliott
Founder and CEO, Ascent Tuition

Amin Alzarouni
Chief Executive Officer, BEDU

Tom Bohills
Founder, Founders Law

Nancy Assaad
Founder and CEO, The Marketing Boutique

Simone Berry
CEO & Co-Founder, POClab, Inc

Martin Yates
Chief Client Technology Officer, Core42

Nimit Palija
Chief Operating Officer, Geekay Group

Leena Khalil
Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Mumzworld

Dharmin Ved
CEO, 6th Street

Nicolas Nath
Chief Brand Officer, The Giving Movement

Patrice Evra
Former Football Star. Entrepreneur. Investor.

Caspar Lee
YouTube creator, entrepreneur, & investor. Co-founder and CVO, Influencer

Ben Jeffries
CEO and Co-founder, Influencer

Tom Kalinske
Video Game ,Toy & Ed Tech Executive

Shinobu Tayoda
Senior Advisor, Venture Tech Partners & Senior Advisor, iGlobe Partners

Madis Alesmaa
Co-Founder and CEO, Alpha3D

Philip Piliero
Strategic Consultant, Rubicon Consulting

Maarten Ectors
Founder, Profit Growing Innovator

Harvey Jang
Vice President - Chief Privacy Officer, Cisco

H.E. Belal Al Hafnawi
Commissioner - Board Member, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission

Dr. Simon See
Professor at University of Indonesia, Coventry University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University

Dr. Kathrin Kind-Trueller
Chief Data Scientist / AI A. Director Nordics, Cognizant

Debbie Botha
Chief Partnership Officer, Women in AI

David Reger
CEO, NEURA Robotics - European Senate of Economy and Technology

Camila Manera
Chief Data & Product Officer, LIBRODEPASES

Anna Danes
Co-Founder - Ricaris, Co-Founder - MVT

Sean F. Kane
Co-Chair of Interactive Entertainment Group, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein + Selz PC

Riley Russell
Head of US Studio & EVP, Kojima Productions

Simon Benson
Immersive Technology Director, IN4 Group

Peter Levin
Managing Director, Griffin Gaming Partners

Mohamed Isap
CEO, IN4 Group

Lars Jensen
VP, Worldwide Studios & Talent, PLAION

Joanie Kraut
CEO, WIGI

Gavin Gear
Founder, TeamGeerzy

Abdullah Alorainy
Investment Professional, MENA Investments

Samuel Fagbamigbe
Tech Entrepreneur & Ceo & Partner, Wealt & Unicorn Nursery

Russ Harding
Chief Creative Officer, Emergent Entertainment

Otto Plesner
Creative Director, RenaiXance

Leo Pearlman
Managing Partner, Fulwell 73

Jared Bendis
Creative New Media Officer, Case Western Reserve University

Gabo Arora
Founder & CEO, LIGHTSHED

Clay Epstien
Founder & Film producer, Film Mode Entertainment

Chad Knight
Artist

Alfredo Salazar-Caro
CEO & Creative Director, DiMoDA & TMVRTX STUDIO

Peter Davis
Co-founder and CEO, One Future Football

Sridhar Vembu
Co-founder and CEO, Zoho

Steven Bartlett
Founder of Flight Group and Investor on BBC Dragons' Den

James Caan CBE
Entrepreneur, Media Commentator and Former Investor on BBC's Dragons' Den

Baroness Karren Brady CBE
Vice-chair West Ham United and Lord Sugar’s aide on BBC, The Apprentice

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