‎‎‎ ‎ 8-9th May 2024 | Hilton Dubai‎‎‎ ‎ 
‎‎‎ ‎ Palm Jumeirah in Dubai‎‎‎ ‎ 

‎‎ SOLD OUT‎‎ ‎‎ ‎
Data
Innovation
Summit
‎‎ ‎MEA‎‎ ‎

What’s this event all about?

Welcome! The Data Innovation Summit is the largest and the most influential annual Data and AI event, bringing together the most innovative minds, enterprise practitioners, technology providers, start-up innovators, and academics, working with Applied Data Innovation, Data Science, Big Data, ML, Applied AI, Generative AI, Data Management, Data Engineering, Architecture, Databases, and IoT, in one place to discuss ways to accelerate AI-Driven Transformation throughout companies, industries and public organizations and maximize value from data and AI in the age of applied and generative AI. Through our events in Stockholm, Dubai, Singapore, and Melbourne, and our media channel hyperight.com, we help organizations across the world navigate through the technology hype and find practical ways to accelerate their advanced analytical capabilities and stay competitive in the Digital and AI Economy.

Data Innovation Summit MEA is constructed so it equally addresses all the elements of data-driven and AI-innovative business: data, people, processes, and technology. The event is built to be both business and technical, practical and inspirational, realistic and futuristic, educational and exciting, regional and global, live and digital, general and niched, inspiring and influential. It showcases some of the best data-driven innovative projects, products, business ideas, and technologies, presented by some of the most advanced and innovative organizations in the world.

From Data to Value in the

Age of Applied and Generative AI

From Data to Value in the

Age of Applied and

Generative AI

m1 stage

Business &
Data Analytics
Stage

Strategy and technical presentations on how companies can enhance their analytics capabilities, maintaining a balance between control and agility across their adaptable enterprise platforms suited for various user personas, analytics capabilities, and data use cases.

m2 stage

Applied and Generative AI
Stage

Technical presentations on deploying, running, and scaling both Applied and Generative AI models in an Enterprise. Focus on Model Ops, foundational models, AI/ML governance, and AI life-cycle management. These sessions will also, explore MLOps techniques to enhance delivery time, minimize defects, and boost the productivity of machine learning initiatives.

m3 stage

Data Management &
Engineering
Stage

Strategy and technical stage focusing on agile approaches to leveraging data as an enterprise asset and ways of collecting and distributing quality data to support a wide range of tools and frameworks in production, while protecting privacy, usage restrictions, and data integrity. Focus on Cloud Data Management, Data Governance, Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data as a product, Data-Ops, Fast Data, Data Quality, and much more.

Interactive
Panels

This year’s panels are going to focus on ways to maximize the ROI of advanced analytics initiatives by moving from the “wall of POC” and experimentation to industrialization. Human-Centered Data and AI Innovation and Ethics are two additional topics that will be covered on the panels. The duration of the panels is 45 minutes. The panelists come from both the public and private sectors, academia, as well as technology providers.

Networking
Program

Over and over again delegates are asking for more networking time. In this edition, we are introducing new features that will increase the opportunity for you to meet and network with the delegates. We will start the conference with a 30-minute speed networking session and time to explore the venue setup. You will also have the opportunity to meet the exhibitors, find a coffee buddy, enjoy a night out with your peers and new contacts, and have a coffee with them.

The latest Demos in the
Expo Area

As technology is a great part of the topic area, it is natural that demonstrations of the latest technology advancements in the area should be part of the event features. On this year’s edition, we are bringing some of the leading technology and service providers in the area, some of them presenting their tools and services for the first time in the United Arab Emirates and the MEA region.

Hands-On
Workshops

Several rooms for short workshops and master classes. The workshop is 100 minutes long and will provide training on various organizational, business, and technical topics. The rooms are at the same level as the venue and are limited to 23 people per crash-course session. The workshop access is limited to delegates who have purchased the add-on workshop feature. Certification of Attendance is provided to all participants that attend each individual workshop.

Who should attend?

If you are working with the following topics and you are interested in learning how to accelerate data and AI-Innovation in your organization then visiting Data Innovation Summit will offer you an insight into innovative solutions and radical ideas that are already proven to provide ROI in other innovative organizations.

If you are working with the following disciplines, then this is the must-attend event:

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Future Outlook with

H.E. Younus Al Nasser

Chief Executive, Dubai Data & Statistics Establishment
Digital Dubai

&

Goran Cvetanovski

Founder and Editorial Director
Data Innovation Summit

Future Outlook with

H.E. Younus Al Nasser

Chief Executive, Dubai Data & Statistics Establishment
Digital Dubai

&

Goran Cvetanovski

Founder and Editorial Director
Data Innovation Summit

Keynote Speakers

Day 1 | Opening Keynote

Generative AI – reinventing the way we work with watsonx

Mostafa Zafer

Vice President – Data, AI and Automation
IBM Middle East and Africa

Day 1 | Keynote

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

Rami Kichli

Senior Vice-President
Middle East & Turkey
Software AG

Day 1 | Keynote

Introduction to Data Federation – A Modern Outlook on Data Governance Strategies

David Dadoun

Vice-President Data, Analytics and IT Innovations
BRP

Day 2 | Keynote

The Future of
AI Enabled Experiences

Dr. Ather Gattami

Leading Swedish AI Expert
AI Researcher
Bitynamics

Day 2 | Keynote

Unleashing the Power of Gen AI: How Generative AI Delivers Tangible Business Outcomes Through Productivity, Improved Decision-making, and Automation of Business Processes

Waqar Ahmed

Vice President Cloud Platform Sales
Europe, ME & LATAM
Informatica

Day 2 | Keynote

Streaming data processing- considerations and best practices

Ankit Virmani

Sr. Cloud Data Architect
Google

Day 1 | Opening Keynote

Generative AI – reinventing the way we work with watsonx

Mostafa Zafer

Vice President – Data, AI and Automation
IBM Middle East and Africa

Day 1 | Keynote

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

Rami Kichli

Senior Vice-President
Middle East & Turkey
Software AG

Day 1 | Keynote

Introduction to Data Federation – A Modern Outlook on Data Governance Strategies

David Dadoun

Vice-President Data, Analytics and IT Innovations
BRP

Day 2 | Keynote

The Future of AI Enabled Experiences

Dr. Ather Gattami

Leading Swedish AI Expert
AI Researcher
Bitynamics

Day 2 | Keynote

Unleashing the Power of Gen AI: How Generative AI Delivers Tangible Business Outcomes Through Productivity, Improved Decision-making, and Automation of Business Processes

Waqar Ahmed

Vice President Cloud Platform Sales
Europe, ME & LATAM
Informatica

Day 2 | Keynote

Streaming data processing- considerations and best practices

Ankit Virmani

Sr. Cloud Data Architect
Google

Meet the 2024 Speakers

Armin Kech

Lead Data & Records Governance CoE
Swiss Re

Hande Özoğuz

Data Analytics Manager
Nestlé

Dr. Bishoy Sawiris

Data Senior Vice President
GB Corp

Raphael Stein

Data Intelligence Div Director
ADEK (Abu Dhabi Education And Knowledge)

Dr. Lina Bariah

Adjunct Professor
Khalifa University

Lele Cao

Principal AI Research Scientist
EQT

Tanishk Sachdeva

MLE Manager
Dubizzle Group (bayut and dubizzle)

Yasmine Mohamed

MDM IT Program Manager and Strategist
Scania CV AB

Robert Ciborowski

QING MDM Product Owner and Master Data Business Program Manager
Scania CV AB

John Thomas

Data Architect
Volvo Cars

Asmaa ElTaher

Digital Innovation Lead
Vodafone

Awad Ahmed Ali Elsiddiig

Head of AI & Analytics
ADNOC Distribution

Faris Almasri

Data Strategist & Advisor
Federal Tax Authority

Dr. Mohamed Elfarra

Head of Data Insights & Advanced Analytics
Al Futtaim Automotive

Jay Khan

Senior Manager – Operations Data & Analytics
Abu Dhabi Airports

Nur Aitzhan

Director of Artificial Intelligence
Bupa

Waseem Akram Syed

Director – Data
Kitopi

Shivaprasad Nayak

Head of Data and AI Architecture
easyJet

Michael Malek

Director – Data Management
Nakheel PJSC

Ángel Narciso

Director of Data, Analytics and AI
Zid

Niket Doshi

Co-Founder and CEO
Levent Analytics

Dr. Indy Leclercq

Manager Data Science
Talabat

Alexey Sidorov

Chief Data Evangelist
Denodo

Mahmoud Yassin

Senior Data Manager
Booking.com

Nicolas Khouri

General Manager
APGAR

Philippe Romano

VP Sales EMEA
Semarchy

Gautam Verma

Head of Data Enablement
Abu Dhabi Government

Rizwan Tufail

Chief Data Officer
PureHealth

Matthew Candy

Global Managing Partner, GenAI
IBM Consulting

Ram Kumar

Chief Data & Analytics Officer
CIGNA

Carletti Alexandre

Chief Data Officer – Middle East & Africa
Schneider Electric

Yuri Berchenko

Head of Partnerships, YouTube Music + Premium
YouTube

Yacine Younes

Senior Solution Architect
Redis

Imran Moinuddin

Senior Vice President Data & AI
VentureDive

Tobias Rebele

Team Lead Cloud Data Management Platform – DACH, Middle East & LATAM
Informatica

Ghaith AlSuwaidi

Director of Data Science Analytics Dept, Dubai Data & Statistics Establishment
Digital Dubai

Khalid Hasan Ali Al Marzooqi

Director of Development and Strategic Planning Division
Abu Dhabi Customs

Yanal Qasim Al Khasoneh

Director of IT
Abu Dhabi Customs

Giuseppe Mura

Director of Solution Engineering EMEA
SoftwareAG

Irfan Verjee

Transformation Strategy Leader, IBM Gulf, Levant and Pakistan
IBM

Aamer Mushtaq

Manager, Sales Engineering META
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Venue:
Hilton Dubai Palm Jumeirah

Your Beachfront Stay On The Iconic Palm Jumeirah

Take in the breathtaking views of the Arabian Gulf & glittering Dubai Marina skyline from our private beach or the comfort of your room. Located on Palm West Beach on the exclusive Palm Jumeirah, our luxury beachfront resort boasts ten on-site food & drink venues, a private beach, spa, ocean-view pool, and much more.

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