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HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan
President
Royal Scientific Society
Jordan
H.E. Ahmad Hanandeh
Minister
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship
Jordan
H.E. Kholoud Saqqaf
Minister
Ministry of Investment
Jordan
H.E. Usama Al-Sadawi
Minister
Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Empowerment
Palestine
H.E. Moctar Ahmed Yedaly
Minister
Ministre de la Transition Numérique de l’Innovation et de la Modernisation de l’Administration
Mauritania
H.E. Ishaq Sider
Minister
Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Palestine
H.E. Amr Talaat
Minister
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Egypt
H.E. Yousef Al-Shawarbeh
Mayor of Amman
Jordan
H.E. Adel Al Sharkas
Governor
Central Bank of Jordan
Jordan
H.E. Maha Al Bahou
CEO
Jordan Payments and Clearing Company
Jordan
H.E. Feras Milhem
Governor & Chairman
Palestine Monetary Authority
Palestine
H.E. Bassam Alsarhan
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners / CEO
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission – TRC
Jordan
H.E. Barry Lowry
CIO
Government of Ireland
Ireland
H.E. Marwan Juma
Chairman
Oasis500
Jordan
H.E. Suzanne Afanah
Managing Partner
Advvise
Jordan
H.E. Mohammed Al Ja’fari
Chairman
Innovative Startups & SMEs Fund
Jordan
H.E. Zaher Qatarneh
Secretary General
Ministry of Investment
Jordan
H.E. Afnan Alshuaiby
Executive Director
Women Development Organization
Egypt
H.E. Omar Nahar
Director of Planning, Ambassador for Cybersecurity
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jordan
May Li
Huawei Middle East Carrier Network Business Group, Solution Marketing VP
Huawei
Jordan
Maria Ulmer
Director General
Austria
Eugene Kaspersky
CEO
Kaspersky
Russia
Ziad Khalaf
Chairman
International Development Bank (IDB)
Iraq
Ubaydli Ubaydli
Chairman
Arab ICT Union
Bahrain
Amjad Swais
Chairman
Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (int@j)
Jordan
Anna Brailsford
CEO
Codefirst Girls UK
United Kingdom
Dave Feenan
Director
Digital Technology Skills Limited
Ireland
Tawfiq Khalili
Country Manager – Kuwait
ProgressSoft Corporation
Kuwait
Elizabeth Strickler
Director
Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation
United States
Justina Bieliauskaite
Projects Director
European Digital SME Alliance
Belgium
Aiman Mazahreh
Co-Founder, CEO
STS
Jordan
Abeer Qumsieh
Chief Business Development and Strategic Partnerships Officer
MakenE
Jordan
Bashar Hawamdeh
CEO
MENAITECH
Jordan
Walid Tahabsem
President & CEO
Integrated Technology Group (ITG)
Jordan
Anthony Mills
Executive Director | Founder & CEO
Global Innovation Institute | Legacy Innovation Group
United States
Filios Papastylianou
Strategy Director HCM, ECEMEA
Oracle
Cyprus
Nael Salah
Managing Director
ESKADENIA Software
Jordan
Abdulrahman Aljiffry
Accelerator Manager TAQADAM
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia
Hani Alhaj
VR Director
UBITC-Livaatverse
Jordan
Arvind Gupta
Co-founder and Head
DigitalIndia Foundation. Technology-Startups - NewMedia. WEF, OECD
India
Bashar Kilani
Managing Director
Accenture Middle East
United Arab Emirates
Amir Baradaran
Founder & CEO
ABXR Studio
United States
Bandar AlAmer
Board Member
MeemAin for Education
Saudi Arabia
Tambi Jalouqa
CEO
Propeller
Jordan
Ashraf Alqudah
CEO
Tjdeed
United Arab Emirates
Alaya Bettaieb
Managing Director
Smart Capital - Startup Tunisia
Tunisia
Dato’ Dan E. Khoo
CEO
World Innovation, Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)
Malaysia
Luma Fawaz
CEO
Oasis500
Jordan
Abdallah Al-Zoubi
Professor
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Jordan
Bassam Maharmeh
President
National Cyber Security Center
Jordan
Emin Vali
Co-founder
Metafluence: Virtual City for Influencers
United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Alhujairy
Chairman & Group CEO, Gulf Future Business
Founder & Chairman of Internet Society – Bahrain Chapter
Bahrain
Nabeel Alfayoumi
Managing Director
Digiskills Association
Jordan
Houssem Eddine Touil
Founder
Chamber Index
Tunisia
Hani Idris
CEO
International Development Bank - IDB Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Hadi Alshakhori
Business Incubation Manager
Saudi ARAMCO Entrepreneurship Center
Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Al-Muhtaseb
CEO
The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund
Jordan
Jackson Liu
Vice President
BIGO Technology
Singapore
John O'Dea
CEO
TechIreland
Ireland
Hazem Mulhim
CEO
Eastnets
Jordan
Anton Ravindran
Singapore
Mahmoud Sulaiman
Director
Investera
United Arab Emirates
Jay Tuck
Bestseller Author & Global Speaker
Germany
Mohab Anis
CEO
INNOVETY
Egypt
Ehsan Zadmard
CEO and Founder
Alveri GmbH.
Austria
Lana Ghanem
Managing Director
Hikma Ventures
Jordan
Maysa Al-Hussaini
M.D. FRCPath CIP® Full Member. Consultant Histopathologist/Neuropathologist Chair, Institutional Review Board
King Hussein Cancer Center
Jordan
Mustafa Kugu
Founder
FASTER Community
Turkiye
Olga Fragis
Founder and CEO
Live Assets
Canada
Usama Houlila
Principal
CrossRealms International, Inc.
United States
Muhannad Taslaq
Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | President | CEO | Board Member
Integral Reality Labs, Inc.
United States
Omar Hatamleh
Author, Between Brains
United States
Mohammad Nagaty
CEO
PIE
Egypt
Mohammed Alzubi
Founder & Managing Partner
Nama Ventures
Saudi Arabia
Nidal Bitar
CEO
Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (int@j)
Jordan
Richard Kerby
President
Richard Kerby, LLC
United States
Mutaz Nabulsi
CEO
Estarta Solutions
Jordan
Omar Shaban
Co-founder and CEO
The Space
Saudi Arabia
Nidal Qanadilo
Managing Partner
ArcCapital
United States
Ruba Darwish
Country Manager BMB
Board Member int@j
Jordan
Rami Qawasmi
CEO
Mawdoo3
Jordan
Rami Darwish
Founder & CEO
Arrow Labs
United Arab Emirates
Theresa Cullen
Pima County Public Health Director
RADM
United States
Safa Nassereldin
Presidential Secretary-General - Presidency office, Ass. Prof. at Faculty of Engineering
Al-Quds University/ Higher Council for Innovation and Excellence
Palestine
Sana Farid
General Surgeon, AI & XR Strategist
Munfarid Consulting
United Arab Emirates
Ilteris Oney
Head of MO Business
Atrify
Germany
Ahmad Shadab Taiyabi
President
Singapore FinTech Association
Singapore
Talal Tabbaa
CEO
CoinMENA
Bahrain
Tamer Azer
Partner
Shorooq Partners
Egypt
Ibrahim El Badawi
Founder & CEO
01Gov
Australia
Karim Samakie
Innovation Driven Enterprise Director
Digital Cooperation Organization
Saudi Arabia
Qusai Alsaif
CEO of Sadu Capital, CEO of Saudi VCPEA
Saudi Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
Saudi Arabia
Rabih M.Baalbaki
President
EdTech Syndicate
Lebanon
Omar Ayesh
CEO
Electronic Health Solutions (EHS)
Jordan
Gavin Millard
Deputy CTO
Tenable
United Kingdom
Mohammed Alzhrani
CEO & Founder
Jadwa Cloud
Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Al Rasbi
Managing Director
Oman Technology Fund
Oman
Said Al Mandhari
CEO
ITHCA Group
Oman
Yousuf Al Bulushi
CEO
Oman Technology Fund
Oman
Jawad Abbassi
Head of MENA
GSMA
United Arab Emirates
Fares Sayegh
CEO
Roya Media Group
Jordan
Laith Zraikat
Senior Partner
Arzan Venture Capital
United Arab Emirates
Charles Shaban
Middle East Consultant
International Trademark Association
United States
Rahma Beaugrand
VP, Head of Customer Advisory and Presales Middle East South
SAP
United Arab Emirates
Wilfried Yver
Chief Digital, Data, Innovation & Money Officer
Orange
Jordan
Zoran Lazarevic
Chief Technology Officer for Market Area Middle East & Africa
Ericsson
United Arab Emirates
Diana Hollmann
Employment-oriented MSME-Promotion, Team Leader
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Romania
Zaid Ibrahim
Chief Commercial Officer
Umniah
Jordan
Saed Khawaldeh
CEO and Co-Founder
DESAISIV
Jordan
Steve Hutt
Director of Account Management
M-Brain
United Kingdom
Mazin Alzaidi
General Partner
STV
Saudi Arabia
Tamer AlMasri
Strategic Marketing Consultant
Badu Sahra
Jordan
Zeena Majali
Co-Founder
CRYSTEL
Jordan
Ashraf Arafeh
Director of Cloud Park
Tonomus
Saudi Arabia
Kamal Othman
Sr. Director, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya & Levant
Dell Technologies
Jordan
Hasan Haider
Founder and Managing Partner
+VC
United Arab Emirates
Elie Habib
Principal at Venture Consulting Partners, Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures
United States
Rabih Dabboussi
Chief Business Officer
Rakuten Symphony
United Arab Emirates
Amer Fatayer
Investment Director
Dubai Future District Fund
United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Mirghani
Partner
BIM Ventures
Saudi Arabia
Omar Christidis
Founder & CEO
Arabnet
Lebanon
Rasha Manaa
General Manager - Jordan
Flat6Labs
Jordan
Saud Alsahhaf
Associate
IMPACT46
Saudi Arabia
Nadim Khater
Managing Partner
Tech Stack Authority
United Arab Emirates
Wassim Kari
CEO
Parallel Health and Beauty
Lebanon
Yazan Hijazi
Director
CORE@HTU
Jordan
Ziad Al Masri
Project Manager
Startup Village
Jordan
Walid Faza
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
MSA Capital
Saudi Arabia
Kais Al Essa
CEO & Founding Partner
Vision Ventures
Saudi Arabia
Majdi Armouti
Founder of Digital Haze Consulting, Cyber Intelligence & Security -Government of Jordan (Retired)
Jordan
Waleed Bishouty
Partner
Habayeb Advocates And Legal Consultants
Jordan
Joe Robertson
Director of Information Security and EMEA CISO
Fortinet
France
Saddam Sayyaleh
Entrepreneur and Social Innovation Expert
I Learn
Jordan
Fadi Bishara
Founder & CEO
Blackbox
United States
Riyadh Radhi
Research Associate
KAPITA
Iraq
Samir Talhouni
Co-Founder
Sager Drone
Jordan
Leila Serhan
Senior Vice President & Group Country Manager
Visa
United Arab Emirates
Florin Vrejoiu
Executive Vice-President
ATIC - Association for Information Technology and Communication of Romania
Romania
Sameer Mubarak
Chairman
Nafith Logistics
Jordan
Alexandru Marin
Lead Blockchain Consultant
Zitec
Romania
Jenny Atout Ahlzén
Co-Founder and Partner
Amam Ventures
Jordan
Dennis Ardis
CEO
Liwwa
Jordan
Ulrich Hess
Team Leader
GIZ - I-FIN
Germany
Masters of Ceremony
Rania El-Kurdi
United Kingdom
Razan Amoush
Saudi Arabia
Yasmeen Bitar
Jordan
