8:00 AM

8:45 AM

Registration and morning demos in the expo area

8:45 AM

9:00 AM

Chairman’s Opening remarks

Armin Kech

Director, Lead Data & Records Governance CoE at Swiss Re, Swiss Re

Plenum

9:00 AM

9:20 AM

Future Outlook

Goran Cvetanovski

CEO/Founder, Hyperight AB

Plenum

9:25 AM

9:45 AM

Generative AI - reinventing the way we work with watsonx

Mostafa Zafer

Vice President - Data, AI and Automation, IBM

Plenum

9:50 AM

10:10 AM

Keynote | The Future of Data Management: Bridging Analytics, Applied and Generative AI

Rami Kichli

SVP from Middle East & Turkiye, Software AG

Plenum

10:10 AM

10:55 AM

Panel | From Experimentation to Industrialisation - How to trully create impact with Advanced Analytics and AI

David Dadoun

Vice-President Data, Analytics and IT Innovations, BRP

Rizwan Tufail

Chief Data Officer, PureHealth

Imran Moinuddin

Senior Vice President - Data & AI, Venturedive

Giuseppe Mura

Director of Solution Engineering, EMEA, Software AG

Plenum

10:55 AM

11:20 AM

Refreshment Break in the Exhibition Area

11:20 AM

11:50 AM

Approach to responsible AI innovation: an early look at experiments which may transform the future of entertainment.

Yuri Berchenko

Head of Partnerships, YouTube Music + Premium, Youtube

[M1] - Business & Data Analytics Stage

11:20 AM

11:50 AM

Unleash the power of AI and LLM with Snowflake

Aamer Mushtaq

Head of Solutions Engineering - META, Snowflake

[M2] - Applied and Generative AI Stage

11:20 AM

11:50 AM

AI-infused end-to-end Data Management initiatives

Nicolas Khouri

General Manager, Apgar

Philippe Romano

VP Sales EMEA, Semarchy

[M3] - Data Management & Engineering Stage

11:55 AM

12:25 PM

How to drive customer and business value through prioritization of data-centric Analytics and AI

Ram Kumar

Chief Data & Analytics Officer Internationale Health , CIGNA

[M1] - Business & Data Analytics Stage

11:55 AM

12:25 PM

Harnessing the Power of AI with Foundation Models

Dr. Lina Bariah

Adjunct Professor, Khalifa University

[M2] - Applied and Generative AI Stage

11:55 AM

12:25 PM

AI with & without Data Management

Faris Almasri

Data Strategist & Advisor, Federal Tax Authority

[M3] - Data Management & Engineering Stage

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

Innovating with Insight: A Deep Dive into Data-Driven Strategies

Shivaprasad Nayak

Head of Data and AI Architecture, easyJet

[M1] - Business & Data Analytics Stage

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

How to Build a Real-Time Data Strategy for Next-Generation Applications

Yacine Younes

Senior Solution Architect, Redis

[M2] - Applied and Generative AI Stage

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

Using GenAI with Structured and Semi-Structured data.

Alexey Sidorov

Chief Data Evangelist, Denodo

[M3] - Data Management & Engineering Stage

1:00 PM

1:45 PM

Lunch Break in the Exhibition

1:50 PM

3:30 PM

Workshop: Building Scalable and Secure Gen AI Platforms for the Enterprise

Srinath Chidurala

Gen AI Expert and Evangelist, Yash Technologies

Pravish Jain

DevXOps Expert, Yash Technologies

Ankur Jain

Data Expert, Yash Technologies

1:50 PM

2:20 PM

Agile Analytics – Building a data-driven culture

Raphael Stein

Data Intelligence Div Director, ADEK (Abu Dhabi Education and Knowledge)

[M1] - Business & Data Analytics Stage

1:50 PM

2:20 PM

Knowledge Graph in Private Equity: LLM-enhanced Construction, Contextual Retrieval, and Reasoning

Lele Cao

Principal AI Research Scientist, EQT

[M2] - Applied and Generative AI Stage

1:50 PM

2:20 PM

Implement decentralized data governance in a data mesh architecture

John Thomas

Data Architect, Volvo Cars

[M3] - Data Management & Engineering Stage

2:25 PM

2:55 PM

From Silos to Synergy: Bridging the Business-Dev Gap with Product Launchpad

Asmaa ElTaher

Digital Innovation Lead, Vodafone

[M1] - Business & Data Analytics Stage

2:25 PM

2:55 PM

Unlocking Efficiency: Abu Dhabi Customs’ Journey to Informed Decision-Making

Yanal Qasim Al Khasoneh

Director of IT, Abu Dhabi Customs

Khalid Hasan Ali Al Marzooqi

Director of Development and Strategic Planning Division, Abu Dhabi Customs

Matthew Candy

Global Managing Partner - Generative AI, IBM Consulting, IBM

Irfan Verjee

Transformation Strategy Leader, IBM Gulf, Levant and Pakistan, IBM

[M2] - Applied and Generative AI Stage

2:25 PM

2:55 PM

Building the Ultimate AI powered Data Marketplace Experience

Mahmoud Yassin

Senior Data Manager, Booking.com

[M3] - Data Management & Engineering Stage

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Dynamic Campaign Orchestration: Unleashing the Power of Applied AI for Marketing Intelligence in on-demand food space.

Waseem Akram Syed

Director - Data, Kitopi

[M1] - Business & Data Analytics Stage

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Operational Data Science: ensuring ML models can deliver real-world impact

Dr. Indy Leclercq

Manager Data Science, Talabat

[M2] - Applied and Generative AI Stage

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Data as service for Business

Alexandre Carletti

MEA Zone Data Offcier, Schneider Electric

[M3] - Data Management & Engineering Stage

3:30 PM

3:45 PM

Refreshment Break in the Exhibition Area

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

Technology in Practice Sessions

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Building a Foundation of Data Trust: How Decube Empowers Your Teams - Decube - E07

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Denodo - E09

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Gen AI Powered Semantic Layer Witness how Kyvos Gen AI powered semantic layer supercharges data and AI initiatives - Kyvos - E16

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - How to efficiently implement a successful Data Democratization Strategy - Data Masters - E15

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Leveraging historical Geo-data to unlock more insights - Fugro - E13

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Redis - E04

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Software AG - E01

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Unleash the Power of Your Data with PI - Poslovna Inteligencija - E14

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

[TIP] - Unlocking the Power of Data Helping Vyaire Medical Increase Production by 100X - Wavicle - E05

4:20 PM

4:50 PM

Intoduction to Data Federation - A Modern Outlook on Data Governance Strategies

David Dadoun

Vice-President Data, Analytics and IT Innovations, BRP

Plenum

4:50 PM

5:00 PM

Chairman’s Closing remarks

Armin Kech

Director, Lead Data & Records Governance CoE at Swiss Re, Swiss Re

Plenum

5:00 PM

6:30 PM

Networking Mingle in the Exhibition Area