DECEMBER
2024 AGENDA

Staying updated in an AI-driven world is challenging. Join the Global AI Show on December 12-13, 2024, to hear insights from top business leaders, data experts, and innovators

Discover AI User Cases and Future Predictions
08.30
Registration & Coffee
09.30

KEYNOTE

The Future of gaming - How Esports, streaming, AI and web3 will change the gaming industry

Johnson Yeh, Founder, AmbrusStudio. Godfather of Esports in China
10.00

HEADLINER

Sacred intelligence: aligning AI with universal values for the greater good

Pujya Brahmavihari Swami, Spiritual leader, BAPS
10.30

KEYNOTE

Generative AI and the metaverse: Designing the future of digital coexistence

H.E Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security, United Arab Emirates Government, UAE
10.50

HEADLINER

Best practices for accelerating your AI journey with secure and powerful agents

Kevin Kiley, President, AIRIA
11.10

KEYNOTE

Could AI be your co-pilot in the operating room during your next surgery?

Professor Shafi Ahmed, Surgeon, Futurist, Humanitarian; CEO, Medical Realities
11.50

KEYNOTE

AI is Transformation

Professor Tsedal Neeley, Taylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research, and Faculty Chair of the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Business School
12.10

KEYNOTE

Professor Feng Zhu, MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
12.25

KEYNOTE

AI for a billion entrepreneurs

Professor Rem Koning, Co-Principal Investigator, Tech for All Lab, Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard
12.40

KEYNOTE

AGI: The Quest for Human-Level Machine Intelligence?

Janet Adams, COO, SingularityNET
13.00

HEADLINE PANEL

AI IN CX: “Gold-rush era” of AI-powered experience

Ilaria Buonpane, Director of Customer Experience, Talabat
Ahmed Khbeer, CEO & Managing Director, Tafaseel BPO
Dinesh Dua, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Luxury Real Estate Company
Jacqueline Elboghdadi, CMO, Adnoc Distribution
Geeta Raghuvanshi, Chief Data & Technology Officer, Al Futtaim Blue
Udit Agarwal, VP & Global Head of Marketing, Exotel- MODERATOR

AI GOVERNANCE & RESPONSIBLE AI

14.00

KEYNOTE

Corporate policy alignment: Who takes responsibility for AI application governance within organizations?

Dr. Hakim Hacid, Executive Director & Chief Researcher, TII - Technology Innovation Institute
14.30

KEYNOTE

How humans and agents can drive customer success

Marouane Mraih, Lead Solution Engineer, Salesforce
15.00
SPECIAL FEATURE

HEADLINER PANEL

Your new Chief AI Officer

H. E. Mubaraka Ibrahim, CEO-AI, Emirates Health Services
Dr. Marwan Alzarouni, CEO - AI, Dubai Economy and Tourism
Abdullah Al Jaziri, Chief AI Officer, DEWA
Awadh Almur, Chief AI Officer, Federal Authority of Nuclear Regulation
MODERATOR: Loubo Siois, Executive Producer & Host, The Dubai Talk Show
16.00

SPOTLIGHT

Can AI help Governments minimize security risks?

Kevin Ferguson, Senior Systems Technical Advisor, Center of Excellence & Development (CoE), UAE Armed Forces
16.20

Fireside chat

Global Female Leadership in AI

Dr. Jen Stave, Inaugural Launch Director, Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard
Shibani Suri, Senior Lead, Strategic Growth & Alliances, Global Engagements, Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard University
16.40

HEADLINER:

Leveraging AI for market intelligence

Jeanie Fang, Director of Data & AI, Crunchbase
17.00

HEADLINER FIRESIDE CHAT

Unlocking thought in the cognitive age

John Nosta, Leading Innovation Theorist in Technology, AI & Medicine; Founder of Nosta Labs
Professor Shafi Ahmed, Surgeon, Futurist, Humanitarian; CEO, Medical Realities
17.40
CLOSING REMARKS
08.30
Registration & Coffee

PULSE AI

10.00

KEYNOTE

How AI is set to revolutionize healthcare, increase human lifespan and save lives Advancing early detection: AI's role in breast cancer screening and diagnosis

Dana Haddad, Consultant Breast & Interventional Radiologist, American Hospital Dubai
10.30

PANEL DISCUSSION

Accelerating drug discovery with AI

AI as an enabler for faster, more accurate identification of drug candidates, optimizing clinical trials, and advancing personalized medicine
Predictive modelling, molecular design and data-driven insights
AI’s role in reducing the costs and timeframes associated with bringing new drugs to market
Brian Keane, Chairman & CEO, DiaGen Ai Inc
Dr. Halima Aldhanhani, Head of Pharmacy Department, Fujairah Hospital, Emirates Health Services
Padam Kafle, Head of AI & Innovation, AsterDM Healthcare
Moderator - Rami Zahran, Chief Marketing & Communication Officer, Saudi German Health
11.30

KEYNOTE

Rethinking Customer Service in the Age of AI

Shaiju Thomas, Senior Director, Freshworks
12.00

PANEL

From innovation to impact: Redefining patient aftercare with generative AI

Unveil how generative AI is transforming patient aftercare, personalizing follow-up treatments, and improving recovery through predictive insights
Vineeth Purushothaman, Group CIO, Aster DM Healthcare
Saqr Al Hemeiri, Chief Innovation Officer, Ministry of Health and Prevention - UAE
Dr. Matilde DÁmelio, CEO & Founder, SophiA Training & Consulting - Moderator

AI IN CX

13.00

KEYNOTE

Rethinking Customer Service in the Age of AI

Shaiju Thomas, Senior Director, Freshworks
13.20

KEYNOTE

13.40

KEYNOTE

Supercharging AI: How Supercomputers and GPUs are redefining AI capabilities

14.00

FIRESIDE CHAT

The future of hospitality: How travel and leisure are redefining customer relationships

Hariom Seth, Founder, Tagglabs
Johnathan Campoli, Senior Director, Almosafer
Moderator: Professor Peter Zemsky, Strategy Professor, INSEAD
14.50

KEYNOTE

Contact centers 2.0: The convergence of AI, big data and analytics for smarter customer interactions

Ahmed Khbeer, CEO & Managing Director, Tafaseel BPO

INTELLIGENT DATA & ANALYTICS

15.10

KEYNOTE

Unleashing the Potential by Leveraging Dark Data with Generative AI.

Dr. Abrar Abdulnabi, Director of AI, Saal.ai
14.50

USECASE

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14.45

USECASE

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AI & ROBOTICS: THE FUTURE OF SURGERY

15.30

CASE STUDY

Reimagining entrepreneurship: Scaling ventures with AI

Dr. Hyunjin Kim, Strategy Professor, INSEAD
15.50

PANEL

Integrating LLMs in enterprises: Seamless workflow integration, safety, cost-effectiveness, and investment value

Alexis Jean-Baptiste, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, L’Oreal
Dr. Dirk Jungnickel, SVP Enterprise & Analytics & Intelligence, Emirates Group
Tareque Choudhary, Vice President - Technology, Dubai Airports
Mohamad Charaffedine, VP - AI, Careem
Jad Khalife, Director, Sales Engineering, Dataiku - Moderator

AI IN DRUG DISCOVERY

16.50

FIRESIDE CHAT

The future of AI-driven encryption: Quantum computing and beyond

Victor Gaspar, Chief Sales Officer, Multiverse Computing
Haishan WU, Head of AI & Innovation, Zand
Paul Potgieter, Director - Technology & Platforms, NEOM - (Moderator)
17.20
CLOSING REMARKS
08.30
Registration & Coffee
09.00

Opening Keynote Address

H.E. Eng. Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of Communications & Information Technology, KSA
H E Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology, UAE
H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director-General, Dubai Digital Authority
09:20

HEADLINER

Geospatial frontiers: Navigating the future with generative AI and foundational models

Hala Fareed, Senior GIS Technical Officer, Dubai Municipality
09.50

HEADLINER

Leveraging AI for market intelligence

Jeanie Fang, Director of Data & AI, Crunchbase
10.10

HEADLINER

Advancing the Alberta AI Advantage

Honorable Nate Glubish, Minister of Technology and Innovation, Government of Alberta, Canada
10.40

HEADLINER

Transforming beauty with AI

Alexis Jean-Baptiste, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, L’Oreal
11.00

HEADLINER

Rise of the humans: an alternative narrative of AI adoption, shifting from humans or AI to humans with AI

Hoda Al Khazaimi, Co-Chair for Global Future Council, World Economic Forum

AI IN CYBERSECURITY

11.20

KEYNOTE

Sleeping with one AI open: how to detect attacks against AI-based systems

Georges De Moura, Group CISO & Vice President, EDGE
11.50

KEYNOTE

Case study: showcase AI-powered deepfake detection

12.15

PANEL

AI - The ultimate gatekeeper and invader: Defending against intrusions in the age of AI

Somnath Sarkar, Former Group CISO Mashreq
Aus Al Zubaidi, CISO, MBC
Kevin Ferguson, Senior Systems Technical Advisor, Center of Excellence & Development (CoE), UAE Armed Forces
Abdoulkader Dirieh, Cybersecurity Leader and Innovator, AMDCYBERSEC- MODERATOR

AI IN INDUSTRY: FINTECH & LOGISTICS

13.00

Shaping the Future of Virtual Persons: Legal and Ethical Challenges of Intelligent Systems

Siamak Goudarzi, Founder, I review AI
13.30

PANEL

The genAI revolution: Leveraging data, AI and advancements in algorithms, ML, and automation to optimize financial decision-making

Tim Liverton, CRO, Wio Bank
Dongjun Choi, Group Chief Customer Officer, RAKBANK
Jean-Paul Sacy, Head of Middle-East & Africa, Wand.ai
Elena Kupriianova, Chief Marketing Officer, Kama Capital

AI IN 2057 - FUTURE FRONTIERS

14.30

Shaping the Future of Virtual Persons: Legal and Ethical Challenges of Intelligent Systems

Siamak Goudarzi, Founder, I review AI
15.00

Fireside Chat

AI for Real Estate

Dinesh Dua, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Luxury Rral Estate Development
15:30