Our 2026
Speakers

Marco Casalaina

VP Products, Core AI and AI Futurist

Microsoft

Eng. Lama Arabiat

AI leader | strategic expert, and AI consultant

Rachel Xie

General Manager, Tencent Cloud MENA

General Manager of Operations, Channel Development & Marketing, Tencent Cloud International

Steve Nouri

CEO

Generative AI

Mazen Baroudi

MENA Chief Technology Officer and Technology Consulting lead

EY

Badr Alkarni

Product General Manager at NHC Innovation

Balady

Zaid Farekh

Founder & CEO

Propeller

Abdullah Alkhodairi

Chief Strategy Officer

SDAIA

David Casem

CEO & Co-Founder

Telnyx

Dr. Najla Altwaijry

Education Advisor

SDAIA

Dr. Majid AlShehry

International Center of AI Research and Ethics (ICAIRE)

Sultan Moraished

Group Head of Technology & Corporate Excellence

Red Sea Global

Larissa Abi Nakhle

IEEE Global Entrepreneurship - VP of External Partnerships and IEEE Computer Society Lebanon - Vice President

Co-founder and Head of Partnerships, ZAKA

Rabi Atiti

Head of Inclusion – EMEA & India / Talent & Inclusion

Informa

Mohamed El Dallal

CEO of PodMedia Network

Chair of the IEEE Entrepreneurship Global Committee for 2026

Maan Farsi

General Manager - Cloud Computing

Communication, Space, & Technology Commission