PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AT WAIS

SOPHIA

United Nations Development Programm’s (UNDP) first-ever non-human ‘Innovation Champion’

CAPT. DR. ESSA IBRAHIM BASAEED

Head of Technical Studies Section, Gen. Dept. of Artificial Intelligence,

Dubai Police

United Arab Emirates

DR AMR ALMADDA

Chief Planning and Development Officer,

Advisor to H.E. the Minister of Hajj and Umrah

Saudi Arabia

FADI HINDI

Chief Executive Officer,

Takaful Emarat Insurance

United Arab Emirates

BERND VAN LINDE

CEO,

Commercial Bank of Dubai

United Arab Emirates

OUSSAMA BERQI

Head of AI & Data,

Careem

United Arab Emirates

JORGE SEBASTIAO

CTO EcoSystem,

Huawei

United Arab Emirates

DR ESAM ALWAGAIT

CEO,

National Digitization Unit, Government of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

HISHAM HAMMAMI

Chief Information Officer,

Ministry of Hajj and Umra

Saudi Arabia

HANS CHRISTENSEN

Vice President – Dtec,

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority

United Arab Emirates

HUSSAIN AL FARDA

Head of Innovation Centre,

Dubai Customs

United Arab Emirates

ABDULMAJEED ALOMRANI

Innovation Director,

Small & Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monshaat)

Saudi Arabia

HESHAM AL GHAMDI

Digital Transformation Director,

Abdul Latif Jameel

Saudi Arabia

DR OSAMA ELHASSAN

Vice Chair of Emirates Health Informatics Society,

Specialist, Health Informatics & Smart Health Department, Dubai Health Authority

United Arab Emirates

ALI ALOMRAN

Chief Information Officer,

Arab National Bank

Saudi Arabia

EVANS MUNYUKI

Group Chief Digital Officer,

Emirates NBD

United Arab Emirates