8:30 AM

9:00 AM

REGISTRATION | WELCOME COFFEE | 1:1 MEETING

9:00 AM

9:10 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

9:10 AM

9:30 AM

KEYNOTE - TBC

9:30 AM

9:50 AM

KEYNOTE TBC

9:50 AM

10:10 AM

TOKEN ECONOMICS & GOVERNANCE

Vishal Mishra

Chief AI Officer , IDC Digital

AGENTIC AI, WEB3 & DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS

10:10 AM

10:30 AM

BEYOND THE AI PILOT: BUILDING THE AGENTIC GOVERNMENT OF THE FUTURE

Basema Aljaberi

Lead PMO & Transformation Abu Dhabi Government | Principle Advisor – Oryxs solutions, Abudhabi Government

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

10:30 AM

10:50 AM

TBC

Akshay Dalal

Head of Regional Regulatory Affairs, Risk and Compliance - Middle East, Turkey & Africa , Google

10:50 AM

11:25 AM

HOW SOVEREIGN AI CREATES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Sher in Mathew

Chief AI Officer| AI Architect | Sovereign AI Specialist, Intelligen AI

Dr. Anas Najdawi

Director of Dubai Campus , Abu Dhabi University

PANEL : SOVEREIGN AI & NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

11:25 AM

11:55 AM

Break

BREAK

11:55 AM

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

11:55 AM

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

1:15 PM

FROM AI CHATBOTS TO AI WORKFORCES: HOW AGENTIC AI IS RESHAPING BUSINESS

Julius Oyekanmi

Founder & CEO , Finnova

MASTERCLASS - AGENTIC AI & AUTONOMOUS WORKFORCES

12:35 PM

1:15 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

1:15 PM

2:15 PM

Lunch

LUNCH

2:15 PM

3:15 PM

GET STARTED WITH SOVEREIGN AI SUCCESSFULLY

Sher in Mathew

Chief AI Officer| AI Architect | Sovereign AI Specialist, Intelligen AI

MASTERCLASS : ENTERPRISE AI STRATEGY, GOVERNANCE & INFRASTRUCTURE

2:15 PM

2:35 PM

THE GOVERNMENT THAT ACTS BEFORE YOU ASK — BUILDING TRUST IN THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI

Preethi Premnath

Advisor. Common Digital Platforms , Department of Government Enablement

PUBLIC SECTOR AI & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

2:35 PM

2:55 PM

WHO GOVERNS THE AGENT? BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY, RISK AND CONTROL FOR AGENTIC AI

Noor J. Aziz

Senior GRC Expert | GRC Team Lead , Leejam Sports Company

RESPONSIBLE AI / AI GOVERNANCE

2:55 PM

3:15 PM

TBC

Gionni Sessa

MBA SVP, Head of AI Products , First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

AI SAFETY, AGENTIC WORKFLOWS, GENERATIVE AI

3:15 PM

3:35 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

3:15 PM

3:55 PM

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

Mohamed Essam

Product, Abu Dhabi TAMM

Moatasem Elberbawy

Product , Abu Dhabi TAMM

MASTERCLASS - ENTERPRISE AI STRATEGY & GOVERNANCE

3:35 PM

3:55 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

4:00 PM

4:40 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

Conversational AI , Rabobank

Bhavin Faldu

Tech Lead , Hexaware Technologies.

Wael Handous

Chief Executive Officer , Frank AI

PANEL: AI STRATEGY, ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION & ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

AI TODAY - AI TOMORROW

Alaa Dalghan

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

CLOSING KEYNOTE - AGENTIC AI AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS