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Esam Alwagait has broad executive experience. He served as the deputy minister of foreign affairs for two years and a consultant to the Ministry of Education (Should we say Saudi Arabia here)

Responsible for upgrading and updating the organization’s data centres and networks, Hammami also works on building the e-gov strategic plan and managing the IT department.

Eng. Laialy AlMansoury, has over 20 years of experience in the IT and Security with extensive governmental project portfolios as well as experience managing large, complex IT projects.

He is leading the information security roles in Digital Transformation programs based on Blockchain, IoT, AI and Cloud Security architectures.

The first Saudi to be awarded the best CISO, Mr Alshodari provides companies with IT insight, enabling businesses and leadership that will foster a successful business decision-making platform using the right set of IT portfolios.

Varun Srivastava is a Cyber Security Professional with 13+ years of experience in this domain. He also serves on the advisory board of startups to contribute towards organic growth in their offerings covering Blockchain technology and E-Commerce.

Abubakar is a cyber Security Strategist with 14 years of international experience in Cyber Security strategy development, data privacy, and CERT design and implementation and is an Advisor to the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in Bahrain.

Ms. Al Nahdi has previously played the role of Operations Manager, Service Delivery Manager and Security Operations Manager. She is also, one of the recognized Emirati females in defining and implementing Security strategies.

Bryan Seely is an international keynote speaker, Cybersecurity expert, author and former U.S. Marine. He is passionate about fighting for consumer rights, privacy and educating the public about how to stay safe in a constantly changing technology landscape.

He is an ITU Cyber Security Expert (UN Organization), Member in Blockchain Committee – Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), Public Speaker, Blockchain expert, Fintech and IoT expert having achieved 4 global awards and also delivers Cyber Security training at events.