9:30 AM

10:00 AM

REGISTRATION | WELCOME COFFEE | ( HALL B)
REGISTRATION | WELCOME COFFEE | 1:1 MEETING

10:00 AM

10:10 AM

OPENING REMARKS BY CHAIR OF THE EVENT

Christoph Esslinger

FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR , IDEABAY AI

Jesse Lucas

Founder & CEO, Mantia

OPENING REMARKS BY CHAIR OF THE EVENT

10:10 AM

10:30 AM

FROM VISION TO IMPACT: THE UAE’S AI JOURNEY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE AGENTIC ERA

Saeed Al Shamsi

Chairman , EXHub Holding and AI20 Global Alliance

AI LEADERSHIP & THE AGENTIC FUTURE

10:30 AM

10:55 AM

SOVEREIGN AI: SHAPING THE UAE'S NEXT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Dr. Anas Najdawi

Director of Dubai Campus , Abu Dhabi University

Sherin Mathew

Chief AI Officer , Intelligen AI

EXECUTIVE FIRESIDE CHAT : SOVEREIGN AI & NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

10:55 AM

11:15 AM

BEYOND THE AI PILOT: SCALING AGENTIC AI IN PUBLIC SERVICES

Basema Aljaberi

PMO & Transformation Leader | AI Strategy & Responsible AI Advocate

“BEYOND CHATBOTS: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AI AGENTS START EXECUTING REAL WORK?”

11:15 AM

11:35 AM

THE AGENTIC INSURANCE FRAMEWORK: WHO PAYS WHEN AN AI AGENT GETS IT WRONG?

Vishal Mishra

Chief AI Officer , IDC Digital

AGENTIC AI, WEB3 & DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS

11:35 AM

11:55 AM

WHY MOST AI PROJECTS STRUGGLE, AND HOW THE REGION’S LEADERS CAN MAKE THEIRS WORK

Christopher Booth

Founder, CB AI Consultancy

AI STRATEGY AND ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION

12:00 PM

12:35 PM

SHIPPING ENTERPRISE AI AGENTS: 12 HARD-WON TRADE-OFFS FROM REAL PRODUCTION DEPLOYMENTS

Somnath Biswas

Head of AI Products , The AA

MASTERCLASS - ENTERPRISE AI AGENTS & PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

12:00 PM

12:35 PM

WHO IS REALLY IN CONTROL? WHEN AI AGENTS RUN CUSTOMER OPERATIONS

Mohamed Abduljawad

AI Engineer, Department of Government Enablement

Adel (Abdulla) Miran

Director of Facilities Management & Administration , Dubai Holding

Geeta Khatwani

Head of AI & Digital Transformation , SANNE

Anemone Kasasbeh, PhD

Manager of Data Science & Clinical AI , Ascension,

PANEL: AGENTIC AI & AUTONOMOUS AGENTS

12:35 PM

1:35 PM

Lunch
LUNCH

1:35 PM

2:10 PM

AGENTIC AI, SOVEREIGN AI, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK, ECONOMY, AND GOVERNMENT

Alaa Dalghan

AI Expert. C-suite Advisor. Keynote Speaker, Cognit DX

Kelechi Enyioha

Head, Digital Execution (AI/ML, Data Aanalytics & Automation) , Nigeria LNG Limited

Hani Khalaf

Field CTO , Dell Technologies

Nader Torki

Chief Strategy Officer , Cognit DX

PANEL : AI REGULATION, POLICY & GOVERNANCE TRACK

1:35 PM

2:10 PM

WHY VOICE AI FAILS AND WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT WORK

Ahson Kamal

Founder , Accelevate

VOICE AI, CONVERSATIONAL EXPERIENCES & AUTONOMOUS CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

2:10 PM

3:10 PM

GET STARTED WITH SOVEREIGN AI SUCCESSFULLY

Sherin Mathew

Chief AI Officer , Intelligen AI

MASTERCLASS : ENTERPRISE AI STRATEGY, GOVERNANCE & INFRASTRUCTURE

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

AFTER THE KILL SWITCH, WHAT THEN?

Paweł Świędziewski

Head of Enterprise PMO & AI Transformation, Commercial Bank International

RESPONSIBLE AI, GOVERNANCE & RESILIENCE

2:30 PM

2:50 PM

THE INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION : HOW ADVANCED ANALYTICS TURNS CONVERSATIONAL BANKING INTO A REVENUE ENGINE

Ashish Kulkarni

Digital Product Owner , Emirates NBD

FINANCIAL SERVICES, BANKING & INSURANCE (FSI) – AGENTIC AI & ADVANCED ANALYTICS

2:50 PM

3:10 PM

AI-DRIVEN NLP SOLUTIONS FOR MUSEUM VOCABULARIES AT THE LOUVRE ABU DHABI

Xavier Fresquet

Head of the Sorbonne Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

ARABIC NLP & REGIONAL INNOVATION

3:10 PM

3:40 PM

Break
BREAK

3:40 PM

4:00 PM

AI IS NOT A TOOL. IT’S A MINDSET: FROM AI ADOPTION TO AI FLUENCY

Rodrigo Aviles

Senior Manager - CX & AI , rpc – The Retail Performance Company GmbH the consultancy for inspiring customer-centric transformation

AI LEADERSHIP & TRANSFORMATION

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

THE AI READINESS CHECKLIST EVERY PRODUCT NEEDS (BEYOND THE HYPE)

Mohamed Essam

Product, Abu Dhabi TAMM

Moatasem Elberbawy

AI Product Consultant

MASTERCLASS - ENTERPRISE AI STRATEGY & GOVERNANCE

4:00 PM

4:35 PM

HUMAN LED, AI ENABLED: BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS READY FOR AGENTIC AI

Mohammed Benzakour

AI Transformation Leader | International Speaker | Author of Human-Led, AI-Enabled

Aart Miedema

Algemeen Directeur , De AI Afdeling

Bhavin Faldu

Tech Lead , Hexaware Technologies.

Wael Handous

Chief Executive Officer , Frank AI

PANEL: AI STRATEGY, ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION & ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS

4:10 PM

4:40 PM

I BUILT 50 AI TOOLS TO RUN MY LIFE - HERE'S HOW YOU BUILD YOUR FIRST

Lee Mallon

Founder , YALPOP

MASTERCLASS - AGENTIC AI & PERSONAL AI ASSISTANTS

4:35 PM

4:55 PM

THE QUESTIONS AI CAN’T SOLVE FOR US

Ayra Mudessir

Founder & CEO, Success Seekers

HUMAN JUDGMENT IN THE AGE OF AI

4:55 PM

5:00 PM

CLOSING REFLECTION

Jesse Lucas

Founder & CEO, Mantia

CLOSING FOR THE DAY