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9:00
Registration & Coffee
9:50
OPENING KEYNOTE
Welcome To Global AI Show

AI VISION 2030

10:00
OPENING KEYNOTE
The Intelligence Behind AI: Why Data Quality Will Define the Winners of the AI Era
  • Why high-quality data is the foundation of trustworthy and effective AI models
  • The role of official statistics and trusted data sources in improving AI accuracy and decision-making
  • How organizations can move from data abundance to intelligence-driven outcomes
  • Building AI systems that are transparent, reliable, and capable of creating real-world impact
Speaker:
  • Dr. Mohammed Nasser Alshahrani, Executive Advisor to the Minister, Council of Economic and Development Affairs, Saudi Arabia

#Vision2030 #AIInnovation #DataDrivenDissionMaking 

10:20
PANEL DISCUSSION
Meet AI in 2030: Transforming Development Pathways for a New Era in Saudi Arabia
  • How AI in 2030 moves from isolated tools to connected national systems
  • Why countries are moving toward sovereign AI infrastructure, not just imported technology
  • What skills governments and enterprises must prioritize now to be ready for 2030
  • What “AI-enabled development” looks like compared to legacy approaches

#AIAsNationalSystem #FutureStateAI #SovereignAIInfrastructure

Moderator:
  • Abdulelah Alshareef, Principal, Venture Capital, Merak Capital
Panelists:
  1. Nawwaf Almutairi, Director of Digital Platforms Quality and Digital Experience, Government Entity
  2. Abdulrahman Alonaizan, Chief Business Continuity Officer, Arab National Bank (ANB)
  3. Ian Mahoney Chief Technology Officer, webook.com
  4. Talal Albakr, Country Lead, Scale AI
11:05
HEADLINER
The Return on Intelligence: Owning Your Full AI Value Chain
Speaker:
  • Dr. Moataz BinAli, Chief Executive Officer, Magna AI 
#AIInnovation #AIFuture #EnterpriseAI

AI LEADERSHIP

11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Billion-Dollar Decisions: How C-Suite Balances Innovation, Risk & National Priorities
  • When does a technology transition from an experiment to critical national infrastructure?
  • Which technical frameworks enable real-time AI risk mitigation without slowing enterprise-scale deployment?
  • How can billion-dollar AI investments be technically audited to ensure long-term national infrastructure alignment?
  • How C-suite leaders quantify the cost of failure in AI and decide which AI bets deserve long-term capital?

#BillionDollarAI #AIInvestmentDecisions #AIAsInfrastructure

Moderator:
  • Atef Roshdy Abdelaziz, Group IT Director, Al Watania for Industries
Panelists:
  1. Javed A. Akbar, Chief Governance, Risk (GRC), Insurance & Data Officer, Tasnee
  2. Atiq Bajwa, Chief Risk Officer, Sulaiman Alrajhi Holding
  3. Abdullah Alshargi, Chief Strategy  & Transformation officer, Tawuniya
  4. Rodolphe Abou Nassar, Chief Cloud Officer, Edarat Group 

AI GOV-TECH

12:15
Introduction to VAP Ventures
Speaker:
  1. Vishal Parmar, Founder & CEO, VAP Group
#AIInnovation FutureofAI #GlobalAiShow
12:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
Buying AI: Procurement Playbook for Governments & Public Services
  • How do we ensure technical interoperability to avoid long-term vendor lock-in? 
  • What on-premise requirements are essential for maintaining data sovereignty in public AI? 
  • How can we transition from traditional software licensing to local co-development ecosystems?
  • How do we architect sovereign cloud environments to keep sensitive national AI data within local border

    • #SovereignAIProcurement #PublicSectorAIStack #AIForPublicGoodTech #GovTechAI

    Moderator:
    • Wasif Hasan, Executive CEO Advisor, PIF Portfolio Company
    Panelists:
    • Dr. Ahmad Alnafessah, Executive Director for AI & Data, Governmental Entity
    • Dr. Mohammed Nasser Alshahrani, Executive Advisor to the Minister, Council of Economic and Development Affairs 
    • Dr. Abdullah Khamis, Chief Information Officer, Center for National Health Insurance
    • Dr. Nasser Alamri, Director General of Information Technology (CIO) Government Entity
    13:20
    KEYNOTE
    Last Mile Decides Your Mileage
    Speaker:
    • Ali Al Khontar, Cloud Practice Leader Middle East, NTT DATA
    #AIAgents #FutureofWork #AutonomousAI

    AI HEALTH-TECH

    13:45
    FIRESIDE CHAT
    The Next Era of Medicine - When AI, Pharma, and Healthcare Systems Work Together
    • How health systems are building AI ecosystems that connect hospitals, research, and pharma data
    • What data inputs are essential for AI to operate safely during surgery?
    • Integrating innovation across hospitals, pharma partners, and research institutions
    • Ensuring regulatory trust and ethical oversight in AI-driven medicine
    • The role of real-world evidence in improving treatment outcomes and drug innovation

    #RealTimeClinicalAI #SurgeryMeetsAI #AutonomousAssistiveCare #AICoPilotSurgery

    Moderator :
    • Dr. Abdullah Khamis, Chief Information Officer, Center for National Health Insurance
    Panelists:
    1. Samia Alrabghi, Director of Innovation, Makkah Health Cluster
    2. Ameer Albahouth, CEO, Arbaaa Group
    14:15
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    Predict, Diagnose, Act: AI’s Revolution in Healthcare Outcomes
    • What it takes to move prediction from dashboards into daily clinical workflows
    • How AI shifts healthcare from treating illness to anticipating risk before symptoms appear
    • How AI enables consistent diagnostic quality across hospitals, regions, and skill levels
    • How do we technically solve the “Explainability Gap” to ensure clinicians trust AI-driven diagnostic recommendations?

    #ClinicalDecisionAI #AIInTheCareLoop #HumanAIDiagnosis #ActionableHealthAI

    Moderator :
    • Majed Shahin, Chief Technology Officer, Global Healthcare Co
    Speakers:
    1. Eng. Nsaaim Alotaibi, Director, Artificial Intelligence Department, SEHA Virtual Hospital,  Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia 
    2. Jonathan Calder, Director, Commercial IT and Digital KSA, AstraZeneca     
    3. Ahmed AlOraij, Founder & Chairman, Saudi Health Tourism Association
    4. Asad Makki, Customer Advisory Manager – Middle East, SAS 

    SMART INFRA

    14:55
    FIRESIDE CHAT
    Smart Cities, Smarter Citizens: AI’s Role in Urban Innovation
    • How do we move from reactive city management to proactive, real-time AI citizen services?
    • What technical safeguards prevent AI bias in automated urban planning and housing allocation?
    • How do we integrate autonomous transit into legacy city layouts using computer vision?
    • Can AI-driven “digital twins” predict and prevent urban infrastructure failure before it happens?
    #CityOSAI #AICitizenServices #ProactiveCities #AutonomousUrbanTech
    Moderator :
    • Mustafa Kol, Chief Technical Officer, Osama Azraq Construction
    Speakers:
    1. Kalyana Sivagnanam, Board Advisor, Petromin Corporation
    2. MarkusDettling Appenzeller, Founder & Partner, MLA+

    AI CYBER-TECH

    15:25
    FIRESIDE CHAT
    The AI Boardroom: How CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, CROs and CISOs Will Lead Together
    • Does the rise of AI require a unified data sovereignty protocol across all C-suite functions?
    • Should CIOs and CISOs mandate “ethical-by-design” code reviews for every proprietary AI model?
    • How do we define cross-functional technical KPIs that measure AI impact beyond productivity alone?
    • Will future boardroom decisions be guided by an “AI Observer” with a permanent seat at the table?
    #AIBoardroom #CrossFunctionalAI #AIExecOps #CXOStack
    Moderator:
    • Dr. Hussain AlJahdali, Chairman, Diriyah Consulting, Founding Partner, Saudi Angel Investors
    Panelists:
    1. Adel Thuwayi, Chief Technology Officer, GIG Saudi Arabia
    2. Abdulaziz Al-Ghufaili, Chief Technology Officer, Bank Albilad
    3. Steve Foster, Director of Engineering, Middle East, Turkey & Africa,  Netskope
    4. Mr Ulysses Demos Chief Global Data Officer, Red Sea Global 
    16:15
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    Trust in the Age of AI: Deepfakes, Cyber Threats & the Race for Digital Resilience
    • How can zero-trust security architectures be designed to counter AI-generated social engineering attacks?
    • Should organizations deploy defensive AI to autonomously detect and neutralize deepfakes in corporate communications?
    • How can digital resilience be technically measured against rapidly evolving, automated cyber threats?
    • Can decentralized identity protocols provide a durable technical defense against AI-driven identity theft?
    #ZeroTrustAI  #AutonomousCyberDefense #ZeroTrustAI #PostPerimeterSecurity
    Moderator:
    • Mustafa Kol, Chief Technical Officer, Osama Azraq Construction
    Panelists:
    1. Dr. Hussain AlJahdali, Chairman, Diriyah Consulting, Founding Partner, Saudi Angel Investors 
    2. AlHasan AlGhamdi, Chief Information Security Officer, Government Entity
    3. Eng. Weam Munshi, Chief Information Security Officer, Tabby
    4. Aamir Khalid Pirzada, Chief Information Officer, National Metal Manufacturing and Casting Company (Maadaniyah)
    17:00
    CLOSING REMARKS & END OF DAY 1
    9:00
    Registration & Coffee
    9:50
    Welcome To Global AI Show

    AI VISION 2030

    10:00
    OPENING KEYNOTE
    From Digital Transformation to AI Transformation: The Next Evolution of Enterprise Leadership
    • Understanding the shift from digital-first strategies to AI-driven enterprises
    • Building the technology, data, and governance foundations required to scale AI successfully
    • Redefining leadership, workforce capabilities, and operating models for the age of intelligence
    • Transforming AI from experimentation into measurable business, operational, and societal impact

    #AIIndustrialStrategy #NationalAIROI #AIAsNationalAsset #AIForNations

    Speaker:
    1. Nezar Al Turki, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of National Guard
    10:20
    PANEL DISCUSSION:
    From AI to AGI: Should Nations Build Intelligence as Critical Infrastructure?
    • Which intelligence layer should governments own: compute, data, models, or orchestration?
    • How do we design hyperscale data centers to meet AGI-level cooling and energy demands?
    • Can public-private cloud partnerships ensure national intelligence resilience during global outages?
    • Can decentralized compute grids enable a nation’s transition toward autonomous, sovereign AGI?

    #DecentralizedIntelligence #AutonomousNationAI #AGIReadiness #IntelligenceAsInfrastructure

    Moderator:
    • Nate Busa, Director – AI, Automation, NEOM
    Panelists:
    1. Manus Ward, Director of Operations for the National Transformation Institute, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
    2. Adel Miran, Director General of Administration and Facilities Management, Dubai Holding
    3. Dr. Ibraheem Sheerah, Chief Transformation Officer, Saudi Arabian Airlines Holding
    4. Andrew Chen, Vice President of Platform, MAGNA AI 
    11:05
    HEADLINER
    The Future of Digital Engagement: AI, Data & the Next Generation of Customer Experiences
    1. Ibrahim Alseghayr, Managing Director, Salesforce, Saudi Arabia

    #SovereignData #CyberTech #NextGenCompute

    CX-AI

    11:25
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    AI Meets Human Touch: Redefining Efficiency, Engagement and Experience
    • Should organizations mandate human-in-the-loop checkpoints to protect brand trust in automated AI decisions?
    • What frameworks enable seamless AI-to-human handoffs while preserving full conversation context?
    • How can real-time sentiment analysis loops dynamically adapt service strategies to live customer reactions?
    • How do we architect AI-augmented empathy so virtual agents recognize and respond to complex human emotions?

    #HumanAICX #AIWithHumanTouch #SentimentDrivenAI #AIServiceOrchestration

    Moderator:
    • Omar Turjman, Chief Information Officer, Al Rajhi Medicine 
    Panelists:
    1. Kamal Farag, Chief Technology Officer, HelloApp
    2. Amro Shawli, Chief Governance, Risk & Control Officer, Bupa Arabia
    3. Sami Sarhan, Chief Advisor, National Industrial Development Center
    4. Hamdan Alshammari, Director of Digital Enablement, Seha Virtual Hospital, Ministry of Health
    12:05
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    Observability for AI Workloads: A New Paradigm for a New Era
    • What prevents AI pilots from becoming trusted production services?
    • How do you control AI cost, risk, and reliability at scale?
    • How confident are you that AI investments are delivering measurable business value today?
    • What are the business implications if your key AI initiatives fail to scale securely and reliably this year?

    #AIObservability #AIWorkloads #EnterpriseAI #Observability #FutureOfAI

    Moderator
    • Dr. Mansoor Ali Baig Digital Transformation & AI Strategist / Expert, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center 
    Panelists:
    1. Nate Busa, Director – AI, Automation, Neom 
    2. Mohammad Alamri – Acting CTO, Tamam Finance
    3. Sourav Sinha, Chief Information Officer, Flynas 
    4. Abdulaziz Alzahrani, IT Operations and Services Director, Najm
    5. Rachid Maaliki, Enterprise Account Manager – KSA,  Dynatrace

    AI INDUSTRY-TECH

    12:50
    INDUSTRY KEYNOTE
    Artificial Intelligence as a Strategic Lever in Digital Transformation
    Speaker:
    1. Hamdan Alshammari, Director of Digital Enablement, Seha Virtual Hospital, Ministry of Health

    #DigitalTransformation  #DigitalGrowth #SaudiTech

    13:15
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    Sheleads: The Women Engineering Tomorrow’s Intelligent World
    • How do we elevate women in AI from ethics advisors to chief architects of platforms, models, and infrastructure?
    • Which emerging tech stack offers the strongest leadership opportunity for women today?
    • How can sovereign AI initiatives enable women to lead global-scale research and innovation spinouts?
    • Can decentralized edge computing unlock growth for women-led engineering startups beyond traditional tech hubs?

    #WomenArchitectingAI #SheLeadsInfrastructure #SheBuildsAI #WomenOwnTheStack

    Moderator:
    • Noor M. Binsaleh, President of Sports Club/ Athelete, Alfaisal University/ Global Shapers Community/ Ministry of sport 
    Panelists:
    1. Dr.Sufana AlMashhadi, Director Of Innovation, Saudi National Institute of Health
    2. Eng. Laila AlSalehi, Director of Virtual Healthcare Services Activation, Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia
    3. Maya Ayoub, Founder & CEO at District Twelve, Saudi Arabia Country Director, Women in Tech®️ Global
    4. Alanood Alothaimeen, Executive Director of Strategy, Saudi Sports for All Federation 
    13:55
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    VC’s Unfiltered: The Toughest Founder Questions, Answered Live
    • In the era of foundation models and AI agents, what is truly venture-backable: models, data, or distribution?
    • Which technical red flags make investors walk away from an AI startup despite strong traction?
    • How can VCs and sponsors collaborate to deliver infrastructure-as-a-service for early-stage deeptech startups?
    • As AI compresses time-to-scale, are VCs backing execution speed over vision, and how should founders adapt?

    #AIStartupReality #VCxAI  #InfraFirstStartups #CapitalMeetsCompute

    Moderator:
    • Megha Merani, Senior Editor & Chief Correspondent, Arabian Gulf Business Insight 
    Panelists:
    1. Mohammed Alzubi, Founder & Managing Partner, Nama Ventures 
    2. Ali Abussaud, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, HALA Capital
    3. Michael Lints, Founding Partner MENA, Golden Gate Ventures
    4. Amal Dokhan, Managing Partner, 500 Global
    5. Halah Al-Jubeir, Managing Director, Antler Saudi Arabia
    14:35
    FIRESIDE CHAT
    HumanOS 2.0: Upgrading the Workforce for an Intelligent World
    • If AI agents become coworkers, which human skills should be retired, and which must be accelerated?
    • Can human potential be quantified like AI performance without crossing ethical boundaries?
    • What does a plug-and-play reskilling stack look like when AI evolves faster than job roles?
    • Should enterprises shift from software licensing to skill-as-a-service, delivering real-time AI-driven upskilling in the workflow?

    #FutureOfWorkAI #AIInTheWorkflow #TalentMeetsTech #HumanAICollab

    Moderator:
    • Youssef El Jabri, Digital Transformation Advisor, Saudi Food and Drug Authority
    Panelists:
    1. Fady Sleiman, Group Chief Information and Digital Officer, AlBawani Holding 
    2. Daniel Hill, Chairman and CEO, AQUIVIO

    Urban Future-Tech

    15:10
    INDUSTRY KEYNOTE
    AI on Digital Wallets: Enabling Trust through Verifiable Credentials
    Speaker:
    1. Abdulaziz Saud Hamad Alowais, Vice President of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data, King Salman International Airport (KSIA) 

    #DigitalWallets #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalInfrastructure

    15:45
    PANEL DISCUSSION
    AI Is Accessible vs Execution Isn't: The Infrastructure, Security & Systems Challenge of Intelligence at Scale
    • At scale, what fails first: data pipelines, compute economics, security, or organizational design?
    • Which execution layer – cloud, edge, silicon, or platforms – will define enterprise AI winners over the next five years?
    • Can AI systems be built secure-by-design rather than secured after deployment, and what does that stack look like?
    • How can sponsors and governments jointly build sovereign GPU clusters to enable localized AI processing at scale?
    #InfraWinsAI #AIInfraStack #SecureByDesignAI #PipelinesToPlatforms
    Moderator:
    • Dr. Mohammed Abdur Rahman, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cybersecurity and Forensic Computing. College of Computer and Cyber Sciences, University of Prince Mugrin, Madinah, KSA
    Panelists:
    1. Shadi Alghanim, Chief Technology Officer, AL-AYUNI Investment and Contracting Company
    2. Ghada Alshammari, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Alraedah
    3. Himanshu Shrivastava, Group Chief Technology Officer, Al-Futtaim
    4. Mohamed Elsaadany, Chief Governance Officer, Mowah Co
    16:25
    FIRESIDE CHAT
    Greener Algorithms, Greater Responsibility: Governing AI Ethically
    • Should carbon-per-query transparency be mandated for all enterprise AI models?
    • Can regulators and sponsors co-develop green GPU clusters that allocate compute based on social impact?
    • Should carbon cost become a first-class metric alongside accuracy and latency in model training?
    • Which ethical or green AI capabilities should sponsors productize today to remain indispensable tomorrow?
    #CarbonAwareAI #SustainableAIInfra #GreenComputeStack #GreenGPUClusters
    Moderator:
    • Abeer Abdalla, Managing Editor, The Saudi Times
    Panelists:
    1. Nishanth Kumar Pathi, Director – Cyber Security & Governance, Gulf Air 
    2. Ayman Alhabib, CRO, D360 Bank
    3. Thamer Alrowidhan, CISO, Government Entity
    17:00
    CLOSING REMARKS & END OF DAY 2

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