The IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2022 features a tailored agenda filled with handpicked topics, discussions, panel sessions, and keynote presentations from regional and global technology experts that will explore all of today's hottest ICT issues.
The 2022 edition will be hosted as both a physical event on Days 1 & 2 (February 22 - 23) and as a digital event on Day 3 (February 24). Here's what you can expect:
IN-PERSON EVENT AGENDA (Al Samaya Ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre)
8:308:40
Registration & Networking
8:408:45
Opening Act
8:458:55
Welcome Address
Jyoti Lalchandani
Group Vice President & Regional Managing Director (META), IDC
8:559:05
Opening Keynote
Wesam Lootah
Chief Executive Officer, Smart Dubai Government, Digital Dubai (UAE)
9:059:30
IDC Keynote: Reimagining Tech Strategies for a Digital-First World
Steven Frantzen
SVP & Regional Managing Director, EMEA
As organizations strive to recover from the uncertainty wrought by the pandemic, they are taking a digital-first approach to build resilience into their operations. The journey to the future digital enterprise has accelerated, driven by significant investments in new customer experiences, new digital ecosystem business models, digital supply chains, and Future of Work initiatives. All of this must be supported by resilient cloud-enabled digital infrastructure and applications, rapid app development, digital platforms, data-driven and AI-enabled intelligence, and security and trust. Strong leadership, an appetite for innovation, and a sound strategy for addressing regulations will all be key to driving the digital agenda.
9:309:50
Achieving Digital Resiliency in a Changing World
Cherif Morcos
Vice President of Digital Business Solutions, GBM
Hani Nofal
Vice President of Digital Infrastructure Solutions, GBM
Responding to swift market changes and making the necessary adjustments at the leadership and operation levels are crucial elements in achieving business resiliency. In the constantly changing world filled with challenges, digital resiliency will be critical for organizations transitioning to the ‘Next Normal.’ Accordingly, this session will show how the adoption of secure cloud strategies will help instill a culture of innovation and continuous transformation, allowing organizations to fully capitalize on the massive surge in digital opportunities. This session will also highlight why digitally resilient organizations need to embrace digital trust by putting security at the heart of the conversation. Working in line with government regulators and technology/service providers, organizations will have the strength and agility to respond to security threats while protecting the digital assets generated by their customers, employees, and partners.
9:5010:05
Innovate, Change, and Grow with Digital Dexterity
Ram Ramachandran
Senior Vice President (MEA), Tech Mahindra
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that organizations need to develop digital dexterity to ensure survival, growth, and a differentiated standing in today's increasingly complex business environment. The drive for imagination and innovation, the quest to change and build for the better, and the need to run with agility have become key priorities for every CXO. Organizations need to thrive on change that is powered by digital yet human-centric and purpose-driven connected experiences. Businesses must also build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive change. This session will showcase methodologies and best practices that can help organizations innovate, change, and grow with speed and agility in the new world environment.
10:0510:07
Healthy Bites Break
10:0710:22
How should digital leaders approach this challenge in 2022?
Paul Potgieter
Senior Vice President, Injazat
Advances in technology are reshaping competition and value creation in every industry. Customer demand is shifting faster than many organizations can react, and as companies consider their operating paradigms for the future, formulas for past success often matter less than they ever have. How should digital leaders approach this challenge in 2022?
10:2210:37
AIOps and Observability
Roman Spitzbart
Vice President of Sales Engineering, Dynatrace
As applications and infrastructure get more complex, the frequency of changes rises and the amount of data and metrics for monitoring and management explodes. Leveraging AI and machine learning to make sense out of data – as well as using such technologies for automatic root cause analysis to support humans – has become necessary. This presentation will highlight how AIOps, together with the growing standardization of observability of applications, helps organizations fulfil their promises.
10:3710:52
Advancing the Digital Enterprise with Unified Observability and Actionable Insights for a Seamless Digital Experience
Transformational shifts to hybrid work, hybrid networks, and distributed, multi-cloud applications make it difficult for IT to keep digital services accessible, high-performing, and secure for all end users. IT lacks visibility and control over complex digital ecosystems that generate massive volumes of data and alerts across numerous siloed monitoring tools. This presentation highlights how actionable insights and performance solutions can inform, accelerate, and protect the digital enterprise. A unified observability solution can capture every business activity and transaction across the network and application service without sampling and transform full-fidelity telemetry into actionable insights for a seamless digital experience.
10:5210:57
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
10:5711:12
The Experience Economy: Customer Experience and the New Economy
Ahmed Hamdan
Co-Founder & CEO, Unifonic
11:1211:17
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
11:1711:22
Popcorn Break
11:2211:37
The Role of CIOs in Mergers & Acquisitions
Sumanta Roy
Vice President & Regional Head, Tata Consultancy Services
Sunil Nair
CIO, GMG
Noman Rasheed
Head of IT, Dubai Islamic Bank
Bringing Two Distinct IT Hubs Together
Seamless IT integration plays a pivotal role in determining the success of any M&A deal — which means, from the early stages of a deal through to its completion and integration, the CIO is the guiding star of the ship. The CIO steps into the strategic planning process early, carries out a careful assessment of the two IT environments to be merged, and ensures that the integration goes smoothly, while also making note of software, initiatives, and projects that no longer make business sense going forward.
This is easier said than done. The role of a CIO during and after an M&A transaction is complex and vast. As a CIO, one must bridge all the gaps among different departments and groups, while making sure the business processes and requirements are in sync. The CIOs have the challenge of merging their own departments while being sensitive and responsive to the significant and changing demands of the business.
The CIO not only manages meetings with CXOs to ensure cost savings and synergies, but also provides support to other business units in their planning. It is critical for the organization to reach its goals and this can be ensured by having the CIO involved throughout the deal. This session will discuss how IT leaders can navigate the complexities of bringing two distinct organizations — and two distinct IT hubs — together.
11:3711:42
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
11:4211:57
How Not to Sabotage Your Transformation
Luc Hennekens
Director of Enterprise Strategy, AWS
Many C-Level executives reveal that their own operating models are preventing them from transforming their organizations. Fortunately, through thousands of engagements with executives from some of the world’s largest organizations and extensive research, the patterns of success and failure that influence how work gets done in organizations have been identified. This executive keynote will go beyond the theory and establish – based on real-world experiences – the things organizations should look at to become truly competitive. The keynote will also look at the organizational and staffing implications needed to meet transformation goals and showcase how progressive organizations are managing their people to deliver outstanding results.
Best Practice Session A From Secure to Trusted: A Journey to Digital Leadership
12:30 - 12:35
Wellness Session
12:32 - 12:35
Opening Raffle- Apple Airpods by Armis
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
Hamza Naqshbandi
Associate Vice President (Saudi Arabia & Bahrain), IDC
IDC Overview
Given the host of critical emerging threats and the increase in sophisticated attacks, CISOs need to focus on the big picture. They must manage the biggest and most imminent threats to their organizations to achieve business objectives. This session will provide guidance on key cybersecurity considerations such as the impact of security automation, the relevance of securing software and devices, and the role of real-time, actionable intelligence in securing digital supply chains.
Supply chain issues no longer center around material goods. Today, digital supply chains are threatened by cybercriminals that can shut down operations via ransomware attacks and third-party data breaches. To gain complete visibility into threats facing your digital supply chain, you need a holistic view that provides real-time, actionable intelligence that allows you to focus on the risks that matter most to your business. This session will highlight how you can prioritize vendor risk based on business needs. It will also explore how you can automate the vendor assessment process and produce actionable, executive-level metrics out of your third-party risk management programs.
12:50 - 12:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
12:55 - 13:05
Security Automation for the Digital Journey
Hadi Jaafarawi
Managing Director, Qualys
Security Automation for the Digital Journey
Threat actors leverage automation and take advantage of sophisticated intelligence capabilities by collecting signals and data in real time to swiftly infiltrate companies and organizations. This session shares a vision for leveraging more automation and data collection to strengthen cybersecurity posture and cyber-resilience.
13:05 - 13:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:10 - 13:20
Addressing the Massive Security Blind Spot
Desiree Lee
Chief Technology Officer, Armis
Addressing the Massive Security Blind Spot
By 2025, there will be 41.6 billion connected devices, 90% of which will be unmanaged. These unmanaged devices cut across all sectors, including printers and card readers in enterprises, security cameras and robots in manufacturing, and even MRIs and blood infusion pumps in healthcare. Because these rising numbers of devices are hard to identify and secure, they provide an ever-expanding attack surface that malicious actors can use to disrupt production, impact patient care, or cause financial loss. This presentation will reveal how these devices – which cannot be seen or protected – are creating huge security blind spots for businesses that hackers are exploiting.
13:20 - 13:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:25 - 13:35
Five Reasons Why Software Security Is More Critical Than Ever
Shabir Bhat
Regional Sales Director, Checkmarx
Five Reasons Why Software Security Is More Critical Than Ever
These days, technology is evolving at a pace like never seen before, forcing organizations into "adapt or die” situations. Moreover, everyone is feeling these evolutionary effects as digital transformation accelerates. DevOps leaders, AppSec managers, and developers are certainly no exception, given that they are being tasked with developing and deploying software at faster rates in order to keep their organizations competitive and relevant. As the proliferation of software continues – bringing with it an ever-expanding attack surface that is ripe for targeting by malicious actors – the securing of software must remain a priority above all else. This presentation will explore five reasons why it is now necessary to prioritize software security.
13:35 - 13:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Vendor Selection and Management: Best Practices and What to Look Out For
Ahmad Ali Al Emadi
Director-IT Operations, and Cyber Security, Nakheel PJSC
Ali Juma Al Ajame
Director of Digital Health Department, Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) (UAE)
George Eapen
Group CIO, Petrofac
Panel Discussion: Vendor Selection and Management: Best Practices and What to Look Out For
For the IT sourcing and procurement professional, demanding workloads and deadlines leave little time for an in-depth review of technology markets and vendors, sourcing best practices, and specific IT investment opportunities and partnerships. This session addresses key sourcing challenges related to digital transformation and the evolving role of vendor management within the enterprise, combined with actionable intelligence on best practice for driving better deals and reducing costs without risking vendor relationships.
Best Practice Session B Cloud Computing: The Springboard for Digital Transformation
12:30 - 12:35
Wellness Session
12:32 - 12:35
Opening Raffle- Amazon Vouchers worth USD 250 by HCL
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
Ranjit Rajan
Vice President, Research (META), IDC
12:40 - 12:50
Multicloud Data Integration with Data Virtualization
Alexey Sidorov
Data Management Director and Chief Evangelist, Denodo
Multicloud Data Integration with Data Virtualization
A growing number of companies are adopting multicloud strategies to provide flexibility, cost savings, and performance optimization. However, such organizations must often spread data across different cloud regions to support different business units. The result is a highly distributed infrastructure that makes finding and accessing the data very challenging. This session will discuss how data virtualization can provide a data discovery and access layer that allows users across the organization access the data that they need for their work - irrespective of whether the data is situated in a datacenter or the cloud.
12:50 - 12:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
12:55 - 13:05
Utilizing a Cloud-Native Approach to Build Distributed IoT Operations with Hundreds of Edge Devices
David Jungmann
Vice President, Cloud & DevOps, Wizards
Utilizing a Cloud-Native Approach to Build Distributed IoT Operations with Hundreds of Edge Devices
This presentation will highlight how gathering data for central analytics from remote locations can give organizations valuable knowledge, insights, and actionable information. Large-scale distributed operations are naturally complex, but cloud-native technologies can dramatically simplify and reduce challenges, enabling data gathering and distillation of valuable knowledge to an extent not known before.
13:05 - 13:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:10 - 13:20
Digital First Requires Continuous Cloud Modernization
Siki Giunta
Executive Vice President & Head of #HCLCloudSmart Practice, HCL Technologies
13:20 - 13:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:25 - 13:35
Create, Automate, Integrate, and Analyze
Conor Lawlor
Cloud Architect, Salesforce
Create, Automate, Integrate, and Analyze
This presentation will highlight how you can use a unique platform to create intelligent apps, build powerful workflows, integrate data sources, and perform deep analyses for data-driven decisions.
13:35 - 13:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Alignment, Collaboration, and Co-Innovation with Lines of Business
Vice President of IT & Support Services Division, Al Dhafra Petroleum (ADNOC) (UAE)
Frederik Bisbjerg
Executive Director, Digital and Innovation, National Health Insurance Company - Daman (UAE)
Panel Discussion: Alignment, Collaboration, and Co-Innovation with Lines of Business
CIOs need to acknowledge that technology initiatives will increasingly happen outside the traditional IT organization as LOB executives become digitally savvy and cloud-based apps and services become more powerful and appealing. This shift means that traditional partnerships with LOB peers will become more fragile and difficult to orchestrate. To maintain IT relevance and boost integration across functions, CIOs should build alliances with LOB organizations and ecosystem partners that transcend transactional project-focused efforts. By doing so, they can build broad-based and programmatic support for the IT mission and goals. This session will explore how business and IT teams can be permanently fused to deliver more advanced organizational capabilities. It will further identify some of the biggest challenges IT is facing in working with LOBs and reveal how low-code tools aimed at citizen developers can help increase IT and LOB collaboration
Best Practice Session C The Future of Work and the Long-Term Implications of a Distributed Work Environment
12:30 - 12:35
Wellness Session
12:32 - 12:35
Opening Raffle- Apple Watch by Apptio
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
Nagia El-Emary
Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC
12:40 - 12:50
Leveraging Intelligent Automation to Enhance Customer Experience
Viji Varghese
Senior Vice President & Head of Global Payments & Clearing, Mashreq Bank
Leveraging Intelligent Automation to Enhance Customer Experience
For years, organizations have been leveraging digitization/automation to drive cost efficiencies without considering the impact it would have on customer experience. With the introduction of digital workers, organizations can now pay more attention to our customer needs without any escalation to the cost of service. With advanced artificial intelligence and neurolinguistic programming techniques, organizations – particularly financial institutions – can generate more opportunities for customer delight. This session will identify the opportunities that can be leveraged to improve customer experience.
12:50 - 12:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
12:55 - 13:05
A Human-First and Purpose-Driven Future-of-Work Strategy
Mark Ackerman
Area Vice President, ServiceNow
A Human-First and Purpose-Driven Future-of-Work Strategy
As the hybrid home/office model takes root, organizations will leverage a fact-based employee experience approach to drive decisions, optimize workers’ digital experiences, boost productivity, and manage IT costs.
13:05 - 13:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:10 - 13:20
Unlocking Business Value with Every Technology Investment
Greg Holmes
Regional Vice President, Presales, Apptio
Unlocking Business Value with Every Technology Investment
How do you quickly and accurately scrutinise technology spend to make decisions that deliver the most value? This session will provide information on how to achieve end-to-end visibility on financial and operational transactions and uncover trusted, actionable insights that connect technology investments to strategic business outcomes. This session will reveal how easy it can be to compare updated forecasts to actuals, identify budget variances, and reallocate funds from underspent projects to growth projects that deliver maximum ROI.
13:20 - 13:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:25 - 13:35
Single, Hybrid, or Multicloud? How to Craft Your Cloud Transformation with Confidence
Karim Kalaawi
Executive Vice President, Alliances, Cloud4C
Single, Hybrid, or Multicloud? How to Craft Your Cloud Transformation with Confidence
Because cloud adoption is complicated, there are myriad questions you will need to answer before really embarking on the migration process – Public or private cloud? Hybrid or not? Who will manage the environment? Is it well-architected? What deployment model makes workloads secure and compliant with local regulations and industry standards? The list goes on. However, one of the more pertinent questions you should be asking is whether you will adopt a single cloud model or multiple. Determining how you will host the applications and services that you believe are better suited for the cloud – and identifying the ideal road map that justifies cloud investments – are decisions that should not be taken lightly. In this presentation, we will help you to craft your cloud transformation journey with confidence and ease.
13:35 - 13:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Talent Development and the Demand for New Skills: How Do You Optimally Structure Your Team?
Ahmad M. Almulla
Former EVP, Corporate Services, Emirates Global Aluminium (UAE)
Dr. Moza Suwaidan
Director Strategy & Innovation Department /Director General Consultant, Smart Dubai Government, Digital Dubai (UAE)
Hammad Sharif
CIO & Head of Data, Procter & Gamble (UAE)
Ghinwa Baradhi
Chief Information Officer MENAT, HSBC Bank (UAE)
Panel Discussion: Talent Development and the Demand for New Skills: How Do You Optimally Structure Your Team?
As the world of work continues to evolve and organizations shift to hybrid work models, new challenges and opportunities present themselves. How can technology leaders leverage these shifts to enhance online and virtual experiences and strengthen competitiveness by developing people, talent, and skills? This panel session will examine how the pandemic has changed the technology talent market and compelled organizations to leverage innovative work models. It will highlight the latest trends in hiring and managing talent amid the move toward hybrid work policies. In addition, panelists will discuss how organizations can change themselves and their team structures to leverage the current situation and enhance productivity. The session will conclude by highlighting how organizations can address the shortage of skilled technology professionals, given that the shift to distributed workforces has enabled them to retain global talent.
Best Practice Session A From Secure to Trusted: A Journey to Digital Leadership
12:30 - 12:35
Wellness Session
12:32 - 12:35
Opening Raffle- Apple Airpods by Armis
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
Given the host of critical emerging threats and the increase in sophisticated attacks, CISOs need to focus on the big picture. They must manage the biggest and most imminent threats to their organizations to achieve business objectives. This session will provide guidance on key cybersecurity considerations such as the impact of security automation, the relevance of securing software and devices, and the role of real-time, actionable intelligence in securing digital supply chains.
Hamza Naqshbandi
Associate Vice President (Saudi Arabia & Bahrain), IDC
12:40 - 12:50
Secure Your Supply Chain with Better Data
12:40 - 12:50
Secure Your Supply Chain with Better Data
Supply chain issues no longer center around material goods. Today, digital supply chains are threatened by cybercriminals that can shut down operations via ransomware attacks and third-party data breaches. To gain complete visibility into threats facing your digital supply chain, you need a holistic view that provides real-time, actionable intelligence that allows you to focus on the risks that matter most to your business. This session will highlight how you can prioritize vendor risk based on business needs. It will also explore how you can automate the vendor assessment process and produce actionable, executive-level metrics out of your third-party risk management programs.
12:55 - 13:05
Security Automation for the Digital Journey
Threat actors leverage automation and take advantage of sophisticated intelligence capabilities by collecting signals and data in real time to swiftly infiltrate companies and organizations. This session shares a vision for leveraging more automation and data collection to strengthen cybersecurity posture and cyber-resilience.
Hadi Jaafarawi
Managing Director, Qualys
13:05 - 13:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:10 - 13:20
Addressing the Massive Security Blind Spot
13:10 - 13:20
Addressing the Massive Security Blind Spot
By 2025, there will be 41.6 billion connected devices, 90% of which will be unmanaged. These unmanaged devices cut across all sectors, including printers and card readers in enterprises, security cameras and robots in manufacturing, and even MRIs and blood infusion pumps in healthcare. Because these rising numbers of devices are hard to identify and secure, they provide an ever-expanding attack surface that malicious actors can use to disrupt production, impact patient care, or cause financial loss. This presentation will reveal how these devices – which cannot be seen or protected – are creating huge security blind spots for businesses that hackers are exploiting.
Desiree Lee
Chief Technology Officer, Armis
13:20 - 13:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:25 - 13:35
Five Reasons Why Software Security Is More Critical Than Ever
13:25 - 13:35
Five Reasons Why Software Security Is More Critical Than Ever
These days, technology is evolving at a pace like never seen before, forcing organizations into "adapt or die” situations. Moreover, everyone is feeling these evolutionary effects as digital transformation accelerates. DevOps leaders, AppSec managers, and developers are certainly no exception, given that they are being tasked with developing and deploying software at faster rates in order to keep their organizations competitive and relevant. As the proliferation of software continues – bringing with it an ever-expanding attack surface that is ripe for targeting by malicious actors – the securing of software must remain a priority above all else. This presentation will explore five reasons why it is now necessary to prioritize software security.
Shabir Bhat
Regional Sales Director, Checkmarx
13:35 - 13:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Vendor Selection and Management: Best Practices and What to Look Out For
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Vendor Selection and Management: Best Practices and What to Look Out For
For the IT sourcing and procurement professional, demanding workloads and deadlines leave little time for an in-depth review of technology markets and vendors, sourcing best practices, and specific IT investment opportunities and partnerships. This session addresses key sourcing challenges related to digital transformation and the evolving role of vendor management within the enterprise, combined with actionable intelligence on best practice for driving better deals and reducing costs without risking vendor relationships.
Ahmad Ali Al Emadi
Director-IT Operations, and Cyber Security, Nakheel PJSC
Ali Juma Al Ajame
Director of Digital Health Department, Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) (UAE)
George Eapen
Group CIO, Petrofac
Best Practice Session B Cloud Computing: The Springboard for Digital Transformation
12:30 - 12:35
Wellness Session
12:32 - 12:35
Opening Raffle- Amazon Vouchers worth USD 250 by HCL
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
Ranjit Rajan
Vice President, Research (META), IDC
12:40 - 12:50
Multicloud Data Integration with Data Virtualization
12:40 - 12:50
Multicloud Data Integration with Data Virtualization
A growing number of companies are adopting multicloud strategies to provide flexibility, cost savings, and performance optimization. However, such organizations must often spread data across different cloud regions to support different business units. The result is a highly distributed infrastructure that makes finding and accessing the data very challenging. This session will discuss how data virtualization can provide a data discovery and access layer that allows users across the organization access the data that they need for their work - irrespective of whether the data is situated in a datacenter or the cloud.
Alexey Sidorov
Data Management Director and Chief Evangelist, Denodo
12:50 - 12:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
12:55 - 13:05
Utilizing a Cloud-Native Approach to Build Distributed IoT Operations with Hundreds of Edge Devices
12:55 - 13:05
Utilizing a Cloud-Native Approach to Build Distributed IoT Operations with Hundreds of Edge Devices
This presentation will highlight how gathering data for central analytics from remote locations can give organizations valuable knowledge, insights, and actionable information. Large-scale distributed operations are naturally complex, but cloud-native technologies can dramatically simplify and reduce challenges, enabling data gathering and distillation of valuable knowledge to an extent not known before.
David Jungmann
Vice President, Cloud & DevOps, Wizards
13:05 - 13:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:10 - 13:20
Digital First Requires Continuous Cloud Modernization
13:10 - 13:20
Digital First Requires Continuous Cloud Modernization
Siki Giunta
Executive Vice President & Head of #HCLCloudSmart Practice, HCL Technologies
13:20 - 13:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:25 - 13:35
Create, Automate, Integrate, and Analyze
13:25 - 13:35
Create, Automate, Integrate, and Analyze
This presentation will highlight how you can use a unique platform to create intelligent apps, build powerful workflows, integrate data sources, and perform deep analyses for data-driven decisions.
Conor Lawlor
Cloud Architect, Salesforce
13:35 - 13:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Alignment, Collaboration, and Co-Innovation with Lines of Business
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Alignment, Collaboration, and Co-Innovation with Lines of Business
CIOs need to acknowledge that technology initiatives will increasingly happen outside the traditional IT organization as LOB executives become digitally savvy and cloud-based apps and services become more powerful and appealing. This shift means that traditional partnerships with LOB peers will become more fragile and difficult to orchestrate. To maintain IT relevance and boost integration across functions, CIOs should build alliances with LOB organizations and ecosystem partners that transcend transactional project-focused efforts. By doing so, they can build broad-based and programmatic support for the IT mission and goals. This session will explore how business and IT teams can be permanently fused to deliver more advanced organizational capabilities. It will further identify some of the biggest challenges IT is facing in working with LOBs and reveal how low-code tools aimed at citizen developers can help increase IT and LOB collaboration
Vice President of IT & Support Services Division, Al Dhafra Petroleum (ADNOC) (UAE)
Frederik Bisbjerg
Executive Director, Digital and Innovation, National Health Insurance Company - Daman (UAE)
Best Practice Session C The Future of Work and the Long-Term Implications of a Distributed Work Environment
12:30 - 12:35
Wellness Session
12:32 - 12:35
Opening Raffle- Apple Watch by Apptio
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
12:35 - 12:40
IDC Overview
Nagia El-Emary
Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC
12:40 - 12:50
Leveraging Intelligent Automation to Enhance Customer Experience
12:40 - 12:50
Leveraging Intelligent Automation to Enhance Customer Experience
For years, organizations have been leveraging digitization/automation to drive cost efficiencies without considering the impact it would have on customer experience. With the introduction of digital workers, organizations can now pay more attention to our customer needs without any escalation to the cost of service. With advanced artificial intelligence and neurolinguistic programming techniques, organizations – particularly financial institutions – can generate more opportunities for customer delight. This session will identify the opportunities that can be leveraged to improve customer experience.
Viji Varghese
Senior Vice President & Head of Global Payments & Clearing, Mashreq Bank
12:50 - 12:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
12:55 - 13:05
A Human-First and Purpose-Driven Future-of-Work Strategy
12:55 - 13:05
A Human-First and Purpose-Driven Future-of-Work Strategy
As the hybrid home/office model takes root, organizations will leverage a fact-based employee experience approach to drive decisions, optimize workers’ digital experiences, boost productivity, and manage IT costs.
Mark Ackerman
Area Vice President, ServiceNow
13:05 - 13:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:10 - 13:20
Unlocking Business Value with Every Technology Investment
13:10 - 13:20
Unlocking Business Value with Every Technology Investment
How do you quickly and accurately scrutinise technology spend to make decisions that deliver the most value? This session will provide information on how to achieve end-to-end visibility on financial and operational transactions and uncover trusted, actionable insights that connect technology investments to strategic business outcomes. This session will reveal how easy it can be to compare updated forecasts to actuals, identify budget variances, and reallocate funds from underspent projects to growth projects that deliver maximum ROI.
Greg Holmes
Regional Vice President, Presales, Apptio
13:20 - 13:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:25 - 13:35
Single, Hybrid, or Multicloud? How to Craft Your Cloud Transformation with Confidence
13:25 - 13:35
Single, Hybrid, or Multicloud? How to Craft Your Cloud Transformation with Confidence
Because cloud adoption is complicated, there are myriad questions you will need to answer before really embarking on the migration process – Public or private cloud? Hybrid or not? Who will manage the environment? Is it well-architected? What deployment model makes workloads secure and compliant with local regulations and industry standards? The list goes on. However, one of the more pertinent questions you should be asking is whether you will adopt a single cloud model or multiple. Determining how you will host the applications and services that you believe are better suited for the cloud – and identifying the ideal road map that justifies cloud investments – are decisions that should not be taken lightly. In this presentation, we will help you to craft your cloud transformation journey with confidence and ease.
Karim Kalaawi
Executive Vice President, Alliances, Cloud4C
13:35 - 13:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Talent Development and the Demand for New Skills: How Do You Optimally Structure Your Team?
13:40 - 14:10
Panel Discussion: Talent Development and the Demand for New Skills: How Do You Optimally Structure Your Team?
As the world of work continues to evolve and organizations shift to hybrid work models, new challenges and opportunities present themselves. How can technology leaders leverage these shifts to enhance online and virtual experiences and strengthen competitiveness by developing people, talent, and skills? This panel session will examine how the pandemic has changed the technology talent market and compelled organizations to leverage innovative work models. It will highlight the latest trends in hiring and managing talent amid the move toward hybrid work policies. In addition, panelists will discuss how organizations can change themselves and their team structures to leverage the current situation and enhance productivity. The session will conclude by highlighting how organizations can address the shortage of skilled technology professionals, given that the shift to distributed workforces has enabled them to retain global talent.
Ahmad M. Almulla
Former EVP, Corporate Services, Emirates Global Aluminium (UAE)
Dr. Moza Suwaidan
Director Strategy & Innovation Department /Director General Consultant, Smart Dubai Government, Digital Dubai (UAE)
Technology Focus Group Sessions - Begin with Welcome Back Raffle (Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel) (Parallel Sessions)
Technology Focus Group 1 Cloud-Native App Transformation for Customer & Operational Excellence
13:20 - 13:30
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
Nagia El-Emary
Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC
IDC Overview
App transformation is increasingly moving from on-premises environments to the cloud, becoming cloud native in the process. Cloud-native app development equips organizations with needed agility and operational excellence. Agility is vital for customer experience transformation, and operational excellence helps organizations deliver superior customer experiences and remain ahead of the competition. Leveraging data in real time is key to ensuring agility as well as understanding customers and internal business processes. This session will reveal how you can use the power of new age app modernization technologies and advanced analytics to deliver on your customers' strategic priorities.
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Achieve Faster Economic Rebuild without having to Rip Out Legacy Software
Rodrigo Castelo
Vice President (Middle East & Africa), OutSystems
Achieve Faster Economic Rebuild without having to Rip Out Legacy Software
Replacing legacy technology is the last thing organizations want to do in the post-pandemic period as they will have to invest millions and months – if not years – of work. However, most legacy technology hinders companies from realizing their true digital transformation potential. In this context, what if companies could modernize what they have, as fast and as lean as possible, to speed up recovery? This session will show an approach to building software faster than ever before while maintaining the existing systems as they are and supporting rapid and low-risk business recovery. The session will reveal how AI and an extensive focus on software development can help your business recover faster than you thought possible.
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Innovate Everywhere with Open Source and Build Digital Resilience Through Linux and Kubernetes
Amr Marzouk
Sales Director, SUSE
Innovate Everywhere with Open Source and Build Digital Resilience Through Linux and Kubernetes
In today’s hyper-connected world, innovation is occurring virtually everywhere – in the datacenter, in the cloud, and at the edge and beyond. Such open innovation can enhance and accelerate the digital transformation journey of any business. This webinar will showcase how businesses can enhance and accelerate their digital transformation initiatives by using an adaptable enterprise Linux system and a leading container management solution that provides full management of all Kubernetes distributions and security. Via a truly open approach, businesses can choose the right combination of technology and solutions to ensure success and transform the ways they design, build, run, and dramatically scale their applications.
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
The Modern Architecture to Integrate Microservices and Cloud Native Apps
Alaa Al-Sharif
Senior Solutions Engineer, Confluent
The Modern Architecture to Integrate Microservices and Cloud Native Apps
As we move into the era of microservices and cloud, organizations face the challenge of disconnecting from locally hosted systems and applications. By integrating microservices and using a modern architecture, businesses can utilize all the data they already have to perform real-time analytics and make real-time decisions, just like their digitally-native competitors. This session will reveal how you can tie all your microservices together, much like a central nervous system. It will delve into how organizations can overcome hosting challenges and modernize services to remain competitive in this new era.
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:05
Maik de Wolf
Managing Director, Mendix
16:05 - 16:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Technology Focus Group 2 Digital Building Blocks to Drive Trust, Enhance Customer Delight, and Upskill the Distributed Workforce
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
Uzair Mujtaba
Program Manager — IDC Saudi Arabia
IDC Overview
Any digital journey is incomplete if it is not secured or does not result in enhanced customer satisfaction. Aligning and securing digital objectives with an organization’s core business is pivotal in an era of uncertainty and heightened competition. Leveraging the right cybersecurity measures with early threat insights and establishing trusted identities to conduct highly secure transactions are no longer afterthoughts. Progressive organizations are also increasingly looking to drive business value tailored to their industries. Reducing costs and improving compliance and team productivity are key sought-after attributes from software partners. Given these profound shifts in business and digital dynamics, up-skilling the distributed workforce is more relevant than ever. This session will outline a blueprint and share best practices covering the key aspects of any organization’s digital aspirations.
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Complexity: The Enemy of Security and Incident Response Teams
Harri Sylvander
Senior Managing Consultant, Mandiant
Complexity: The Enemy of Security and Incident Response Teams
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that organizations need to develop digital dexterity to ensure survival, growth, and a differentiated standing in today's increasingly complex business environment. The drive for imagination and innovation, the quest to change and build for the better, and the need to run with agility have become key priorities for every CXO. Organizations need to thrive on change that is powered by digital yet human-centric and purpose-driven connected experiences. Businesses must also build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive change. This session will showcase methodologies and best practices that can help organizations innovate, change, and grow with speed and agility in the new world environment.
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Leveraging Key Management and Automation to Secure Your Public and Hybrid Clouds
Hamid Qureshi
Regional Sales Director, Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Entrust
Leveraging Key Management and Automation to Secure Your Public and Hybrid Clouds
When migrating from on-premises to the cloud, maximizing the control of cryptographic keys is essential. An organization can use the native keys provided by the cloud service provider for less critical applications; however, for high assurance use cases, it will be more reassuring for organizations to control exactly where and how their keys are created. This session will highlight how organizations can own and control their keys while automating the key management process from inception through to retirement. Doing so will enable organizations to improve their overall security postures.
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
Connecting the Digital Workplace with Enterprise Service Management
Keith O'Kelly
Keith O'Kelly, Chief Revenue Officer, IFS
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:00
The New Paradigm for Cloud Adoption: Democratizing Cloud Skilling Across The Enterprise
Sanjeev Singh
Managing Director, Spectrum Networks
The New Paradigm for Cloud Adoption: Democratizing Cloud Skilling Across The Enterprise
Cloud is disrupting IT, and businesses are increasingly adopting cloud to realize its benefits. However, successful cloud adoption depends on people, technology, and effective alignment with business requirements. Shortage of cloud skills is a big challenge hindering cloud adoption. Cloud skilling consequently requires a strategic as well as programmatic approach. Successful organizations must put training in core initiatives for their survival. In addition to effective skilling, what more should organizations consider for a successful cloud journey? Join this session to learn how your organization can adopt the cloud to achieve a successful business transformation.
16:05 - 16:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Technology Focus Group 3 Building Hybrid Clouds for the Digital Era
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
Harish Dunakhe
Research Director, Software and Cloud, META IDC
IDC Overview
Hybrid cloud became a reality when organizations started accelerating cloud adoption during the pandemic. While hybrid cloud ensures greater control and visibility as well as superior performance, effective multi-cloud management and limited availability of skilled resources are key challenges that adopters need to address. This session will present practical insights into leveraging the power of hybrid cloud and effective connectivity while minimizing the impact of challenges on your organization.
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Why Hybrid Cloud? An Overview of the Top Benefits
Kamel Al-Tawil
Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa, Equinix
Why Hybrid Cloud? An Overview of the Top Benefits
Despite the growth in public cloud computing, enterprises often need to use a combination of public and private (on-premises) clouds. Often overlooked in the hype around public cloud computing, private clouds offer greater flexibility, security, and compliance. This session will discuss why organizations need not choose between public and private clouds when they can benefit from both platforms. It will also explore how the significant benefits of hybrid cloud make it worthwhile for enterprises, even though there may be considerable effort involved. The session will conclude by identifying opportunities for hybrid cloud strategies and presenting an overview of hybrid cloud trends, market developments, and outlooks.
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Getting the Highest ROI from your SD-WAN Edge Platform
Eyad Alnaqi
SD-WAN SE Architecture Lead, Aruba
Getting the Highest ROI from your SD-WAN Edge Platform
Accelerate your edge-to-cloud journey with a unique edge services platform. Digital transformation requires an edge-to-cloud architecture that securely connects users and devices to applications and services. This presentation will highlight how WAN, security transformation, SD-WAN, a cloud networking solution, and an edge services platform can all serve as a unified foundation.
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
How to thrive sustainably in the cloud wave
Matt Watts
Chief Technology Evangelist, NetApp
How to thrive sustainably in the cloud wave
In a world where cloud is changing everyday lives, transformation and sustainability top the strategic agendas in most organizations. Speed is the new scale, cloud is the new platform, and data is the new currency. To successfully transform, data must become the lifeblood of an organization. This session will explore how unique solutions can help your organization unleash the power of data to meet business demands and gain a competitive edge. These solutions allow your IT organization to better harness the power of hybrid cloud, build a hybrid multi-cloud experience, and modernize storage via data management.
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:05
The Dynamic Shift in the Digital World
Karthik Ananda Rao
Chief Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine
The Dynamic Shift in the Digital World
With organizations currently employing the work-from-home model and progressively looking into hybrid working models, catching up with new digital transformations is the biggest concern facing IT administrators all over the world. For seamless business continuity, organizations must optimize IT operations, improve security of endpoints, integrate artificial intelligence into IT service management, and find ways to adopt cloud solutions. This session will present ways to transform business models and improve organizational readiness for digitalization.
16:00 - 16:05
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Technology Focus Group 4 From Digital Transformation to Digital Innovation: A Journey Toward Realizing Business Outcomes
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
Wilson Xavier
Research Director, Telecom & IT Services (META), IDC
IDC Overview
Innovation and transformation are critical dynamic capabilities that help companies build competitive advantages and remain relevant in today’s fast changing markets. A clearly articulated innovation strategy and an associated transformation plan is what puts the most successful organizations ahead of the rest of the pack. This session will highlight the role of technological innovation in building new capabilities and business models.
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Next-Gen Cloud Data Innovation in Middle East
Waqar Ahmed
Senior Director of Cloud Sales & Strategy, Informatica
Next-Gen Cloud Data Innovation in Middle East
Cloud adoption is on the rise in the Middle East as businesses in the region aspire to modernize their application and data landscapes. This presentation looks at next-gen innovations in the cloud data management space and identifies what should be prioritized by CxOs who are about to embark on a cloud data journey.
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Why Full-Stack AIOps and Why Now?
Marc Merheb
Director of Sales Engineering, Micro Focus
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
How do We Address the Skills Crisis and Bridge the Talent Gap
Samir Akel
Regional Vice President, Udacity
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:00
Next-Generation IoT for a Sustainable Future
Mohammad Khamis
Regional Sales Manager (MENA), Zoom
Next-Generation IoT for a Sustainable Future
The rapid development and implementation of smart and IoT-based technologies make technological advancements in different areas of life possible. In the area of sustainability, IoT technologies are bringing about different useful benefits.
16:00 - 16:05
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Technology Focus Group 1 Cloud-Native App Transformation for Customer & Operational Excellence
13:20 - 13:30
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
App transformation is increasingly moving from on-premises environments to the cloud, becoming cloud native in the process. Cloud-native app development equips organizations with needed agility and operational excellence. Agility is vital for customer experience transformation, and operational excellence helps organizations deliver superior customer experiences and remain ahead of the competition. Leveraging data in real time is key to ensuring agility as well as understanding customers and internal business processes. This session will reveal how you can use the power of new age app modernization technologies and advanced analytics to deliver on your customers' strategic priorities.
Nagia El-Emary
Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Achieve Faster Economic Rebuild without having to Rip Out Legacy Software
15:10 - 15:20
Achieve Faster Economic Rebuild without having to Rip Out Legacy Software
Replacing legacy technology is the last thing organizations want to do in the post-pandemic period as they will have to invest millions and months – if not years – of work. However, most legacy technology hinders companies from realizing their true digital transformation potential. In this context, what if companies could modernize what they have, as fast and as lean as possible, to speed up recovery? This session will show an approach to building software faster than ever before while maintaining the existing systems as they are and supporting rapid and low-risk business recovery. The session will reveal how AI and an extensive focus on software development can help your business recover faster than you thought possible.
Rodrigo Castelo
Vice President (Middle East & Africa), OutSystems
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Innovate Everywhere with Open Source and Build Digital Resilience Through Linux and Kubernetes
15:25 - 15:35
Innovate Everywhere with Open Source and Build Digital Resilience Through Linux and Kubernetes
In today’s hyper-connected world, innovation is occurring virtually everywhere – in the datacenter, in the cloud, and at the edge and beyond. Such open innovation can enhance and accelerate the digital transformation journey of any business. This webinar will showcase how businesses can enhance and accelerate their digital transformation initiatives by using an adaptable enterprise Linux system and a leading container management solution that provides full management of all Kubernetes distributions and security. Via a truly open approach, businesses can choose the right combination of technology and solutions to ensure success and transform the ways they design, build, run, and dramatically scale their applications.
Amr Marzouk
Sales Director, SUSE
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
The Modern Architecture to Integrate Microservices and Cloud Native Apps
15:40 - 15:50
The Modern Architecture to Integrate Microservices and Cloud Native Apps
As we move into the era of microservices and cloud, organizations face the challenge of disconnecting from locally hosted systems and applications. By integrating microservices and using a modern architecture, businesses can utilize all the data they already have to perform real-time analytics and make real-time decisions, just like their digitally-native competitors. This session will reveal how you can tie all your microservices together, much like a central nervous system. It will delve into how organizations can overcome hosting challenges and modernize services to remain competitive in this new era.
Alaa Al-Sharif
Senior Solutions Engineer, Confluent
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:05
Maik de Wolf
Managing Director, Mendix
16:05 - 16:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Technology Focus Group 2 Digital Building Blocks to Drive Trust, Enhance Customer Delight, and Upskill the Distributed Workforce
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
Any digital journey is incomplete if it is not secured or does not result in enhanced customer satisfaction. Aligning and securing digital objectives with an organization’s core business is pivotal in an era of uncertainty and heightened competition. Leveraging the right cybersecurity measures with early threat insights and establishing trusted identities to conduct highly secure transactions are no longer afterthoughts. Progressive organizations are also increasingly looking to drive business value tailored to their industries. Reducing costs and improving compliance and team productivity are key sought-after attributes from software partners. Given these profound shifts in business and digital dynamics, up-skilling the distributed workforce is more relevant than ever. This session will outline a blueprint and share best practices covering the key aspects of any organization’s digital aspirations.
Uzair Mujtaba
Program Manager — IDC Saudi Arabia
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Complexity: The Enemy of Security and Incident Response Teams
15:10 - 15:20
Complexity: The Enemy of Security and Incident Response Teams
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that organizations need to develop digital dexterity to ensure survival, growth, and a differentiated standing in today's increasingly complex business environment. The drive for imagination and innovation, the quest to change and build for the better, and the need to run with agility have become key priorities for every CXO. Organizations need to thrive on change that is powered by digital yet human-centric and purpose-driven connected experiences. Businesses must also build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive change. This session will showcase methodologies and best practices that can help organizations innovate, change, and grow with speed and agility in the new world environment.
Harri Sylvander
Senior Managing Consultant, Mandiant
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Leveraging Key Management and Automation to Secure Your Public and Hybrid Clouds
15:25 - 15:35
Leveraging Key Management and Automation to Secure Your Public and Hybrid Clouds
When migrating from on-premises to the cloud, maximizing the control of cryptographic keys is essential. An organization can use the native keys provided by the cloud service provider for less critical applications; however, for high assurance use cases, it will be more reassuring for organizations to control exactly where and how their keys are created. This session will highlight how organizations can own and control their keys while automating the key management process from inception through to retirement. Doing so will enable organizations to improve their overall security postures.
Hamid Qureshi
Regional Sales Director, Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Entrust
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
Connecting the Digital Workplace with Enterprise Service Management
15:40 - 15:50
Connecting the Digital Workplace with Enterprise Service Management
Keith O'Kelly
Keith O'Kelly, Chief Revenue Officer, IFS
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:00
The New Paradigm for Cloud Adoption: Democratizing Cloud Skilling Across The Enterprise
15:55 - 16:00
The New Paradigm for Cloud Adoption: Democratizing Cloud Skilling Across The Enterprise
Cloud is disrupting IT, and businesses are increasingly adopting cloud to realize its benefits. However, successful cloud adoption depends on people, technology, and effective alignment with business requirements. Shortage of cloud skills is a big challenge hindering cloud adoption. Cloud skilling consequently requires a strategic as well as programmatic approach. Successful organizations must put training in core initiatives for their survival. In addition to effective skilling, what more should organizations consider for a successful cloud journey? Join this session to learn how your organization can adopt the cloud to achieve a successful business transformation.
Sanjeev Singh
Managing Director, Spectrum Networks
16:05 - 16:10
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Technology Focus Group 3 Building Hybrid Clouds for the Digital Era
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
Hybrid cloud became a reality when organizations started accelerating cloud adoption during the pandemic. While hybrid cloud ensures greater control and visibility as well as superior performance, effective multi-cloud management and limited availability of skilled resources are key challenges that adopters need to address. This session will present practical insights into leveraging the power of hybrid cloud and effective connectivity while minimizing the impact of challenges on your organization.
Harish Dunakhe
Research Director, Software and Cloud, META IDC
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Why Hybrid Cloud? An Overview of the Top Benefits
15:10 - 15:20
Why Hybrid Cloud? An Overview of the Top Benefits
Despite the growth in public cloud computing, enterprises often need to use a combination of public and private (on-premises) clouds. Often overlooked in the hype around public cloud computing, private clouds offer greater flexibility, security, and compliance. This session will discuss why organizations need not choose between public and private clouds when they can benefit from both platforms. It will also explore how the significant benefits of hybrid cloud make it worthwhile for enterprises, even though there may be considerable effort involved. The session will conclude by identifying opportunities for hybrid cloud strategies and presenting an overview of hybrid cloud trends, market developments, and outlooks.
Kamel Al-Tawil
Managing Director, Middle East and North Africa, Equinix
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Getting the Highest ROI from your SD-WAN Edge Platform
15:25 - 15:35
Getting the Highest ROI from your SD-WAN Edge Platform
Accelerate your edge-to-cloud journey with a unique edge services platform. Digital transformation requires an edge-to-cloud architecture that securely connects users and devices to applications and services. This presentation will highlight how WAN, security transformation, SD-WAN, a cloud networking solution, and an edge services platform can all serve as a unified foundation.
Eyad Alnaqi
SD-WAN SE Architecture Lead, Aruba
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
How to thrive sustainably in the cloud wave
15:40 - 15:50
How to thrive sustainably in the cloud wave
In a world where cloud is changing everyday lives, transformation and sustainability top the strategic agendas in most organizations. Speed is the new scale, cloud is the new platform, and data is the new currency. To successfully transform, data must become the lifeblood of an organization. This session will explore how unique solutions can help your organization unleash the power of data to meet business demands and gain a competitive edge. These solutions allow your IT organization to better harness the power of hybrid cloud, build a hybrid multi-cloud experience, and modernize storage via data management.
Matt Watts
Chief Technology Evangelist, NetApp
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:05
The Dynamic Shift in the Digital World
15:55 - 16:05
The Dynamic Shift in the Digital World
With organizations currently employing the work-from-home model and progressively looking into hybrid working models, catching up with new digital transformations is the biggest concern facing IT administrators all over the world. For seamless business continuity, organizations must optimize IT operations, improve security of endpoints, integrate artificial intelligence into IT service management, and find ways to adopt cloud solutions. This session will present ways to transform business models and improve organizational readiness for digitalization.
Karthik Ananda Rao
Chief Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine
16:00 - 16:05
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Technology Focus Group 4 From Digital Transformation to Digital Innovation: A Journey Toward Realizing Business Outcomes
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
15:05 - 15:06
IDC Overview
Innovation and transformation are critical dynamic capabilities that help companies build competitive advantages and remain relevant in today’s fast changing markets. A clearly articulated innovation strategy and an associated transformation plan is what puts the most successful organizations ahead of the rest of the pack. This session will highlight the role of technological innovation in building new capabilities and business models.
Wilson Xavier
Research Director, Telecom & IT Services (META), IDC
15:06 - 15:10
Welcome Back Raffle ( Smart TV & 1 Night Stay at Caesar’s Palace Hotel)
15:10 - 15:20
Next-Gen Cloud Data Innovation in Middle East
15:10 - 15:20
Next-Gen Cloud Data Innovation in Middle East
Cloud adoption is on the rise in the Middle East as businesses in the region aspire to modernize their application and data landscapes. This presentation looks at next-gen innovations in the cloud data management space and identifies what should be prioritized by CxOs who are about to embark on a cloud data journey.
Waqar Ahmed
Senior Director of Cloud Sales & Strategy, Informatica
15:20 - 15:25
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:25 - 15:35
Why Full-Stack AIOps and Why Now?
15:25 - 15:35
Why Full-Stack AIOps and Why Now?
Marc Merheb
Director of Sales Engineering, Micro Focus
15:35 - 15:40
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:40 - 15:50
How do We Address the Skills Crisis and Bridge the Talent Gap
15:40 - 15:50
How do We Address the Skills Crisis and Bridge the Talent Gap
Samir Akel
Regional Vice President, Udacity
15:50 - 15:55
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
15:55 - 16:00
Next-Generation IoT for a Sustainable Future
15:55 - 16:00
Next-Generation IoT for a Sustainable Future
The rapid development and implementation of smart and IoT-based technologies make technological advancements in different areas of life possible. In the area of sustainability, IoT technologies are bringing about different useful benefits.
Mohammad Khamis
Regional Sales Manager (MENA), Zoom
16:00 - 16:05
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
16:0516:30
Mega Raffle (Dinner & Spa Voucher For a Couple and 60" Smart TV)
Summary & Close of Summit Day 1
Time
Event & Speakers
IN-PERSON EVENT AGENDA (Al Samaya Ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre)
9:009:15
Welcome Speech & Moderation
Khalid Al Ameri
Emirati blogger, Columnist, Motivational speaker and Social Media Influencer
9:159:30
Government Affiliation Speech
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security, UAE Government
9:3010:00
The Future is Faster Thank You Think
Peter Diamandis
New York Times Bestselling author of three books & Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation
Technology is accelerating far more quickly than anyone could have imagined, and more wealth will be created during the next decade than in the past 100 years. This gripping and insightful keynote will outline a road map for the near future and describe how wave after wave of exponentially accelerating technologies will impact daily lives and every company. The session will highlight what will happen when AI, robotics, and virtual reality crash into 3D printing, blockchain, and global gigabit networks. It will also explore how these convergences will transform today’s biggest industries and change the way we raise our kids, govern our nations, and care for our planet.
10:0010:02
Pop Corn Break
10:0210:37
Integrating Low-Code Innovation into Your Enterprise
Thomas Gardam
Associate Vice President of Low-Code Platforms, SoftServe
Low-code development platforms are an old idea with a new name whose time has arrived. Why is low code seen as “the next big thing” in terms of enterprise application development? What are some of the pros and cons of different platforms? And how do you integrate this technology so it can deliver on the promise of greater agility, lower cost, and a fast ROI? This session will take a look at these questions and more.
10:1710:22
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
10:2210:37
IT Automation: Solving IT Leaders' Workforce and Business Challenges
Adrian Pickering
Regional General Manager, Red Hat
Across industries, advanced technologies and cultural innovations are fundamentally changing the way businesses operate. As part of this digital transformation, organizations must focus on improving — and sometimes replacing — business practices. A key component in these efforts is automation. This presentation will show how IT leaders can use IT automation to successfully address workforce skills gaps, increase efficiency, cut costs, and improve the customer experience.
10:3710:42
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
10:4210:45
Healthy Bites Break
10:4511:00
The Future of Automation in Modern Application Environments
Marc Jenkins
Director of Professional Services & Customer Success, Turbonomic
Automation — in the form of infrastructure-as-code, continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines, and autoscaling — has significantly improved speed to market for organizations. However, moving beyond the first few applications to operating at scale in production requires decision automation. The traditional methods of guess, test, deploy, and repeat cannot scale with the complexity of today's hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Most organizations are feeling the cost of this manual guesswork, especially in the cloud. This session will discuss how continuously assuring application performance requires a fundamentally different approach — one in which software makes resourcing decisions.
11:0011:05
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
11:0511:20
Leading Change: Accelerate Your App & Cloud Transformation
Ezzeldin Hussein
Solution Engineering Manager, VMware
Customers can deliver apps in a fraction of the time by leveraging a flexible, modern infrastructure that ensures resiliency, security, and governance. In this session, participants will learn how to unlock the power of any cloud and accelerate the value of modern apps.
Innovators and entrepreneurs demand a flexible, scalable, and reliable IT infrastructure that can capture and analyze large amounts of data, uncover hidden insights, make intelligent decisions, and drive continuous innovation beyond the boundaries of digital enterprise. It is like running an ultra-marathon – to achieve your goals and realize your vision, you need to get the right gear, train on the right terrain, build stamina, and continuously improve your capabilities. In the new era of hybrid, multi-cloud explosion, AI, edge, and 5G are coming together with cloud to extend the capabilities of organizations across different industries, from the core to edge. But the question is: where and how do you start your journey? This presentation will explore opportunities in the UAE and identify ways to bring next-generation ideas and projects into life.
12:1512:20
Q&A (Ask questions and stand a chance to win)
Rapid Fireside Chat: Leveraging Digital to Anticipate Customer Demand in the New Economy Moderated by: Nagia El-Emary, Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC
12:2012:30
Integration-Led Automaton: The Backbone of the Modern Enterprise
Alexander Seggerman
Director of Alliances, Workato
Data and its real-time availability is becoming crucial to the running of any modern enterprise, and the complexity of this task is only on the rise. This session will give you an insight into how you can succeed against this problem as we discuss a simplified and scalable approach to accelerate your time to market.
12:3012:40
Paths for Digital Transformation: What's Next?
Gustavo Alvarez Perez
Regional Sales Manager, Kyndryl
Join this fireside session to gain a deeper understanding of how organizations are coping with the pandemic crisis, particularly in relation to their digital transformation activities. The session will examine how organizations are addressing current challenges and positioning themselves to exploit the tech opportunities that lie ahead.
As organizations strive to recover from the
uncertainty wrought by the pandemic, they are taking a digital-first approach
to build resilience into their operations. The journey to the future digital
enterprise has accelerated, driven by significant investments in new customer
experiences, new digital ecosystem business models, digital supply chains, and
Future of Work initiatives. All of this must be supported by resilient
cloud-enabled digital infrastructure and applications, rapid app development,
digital platforms, data-driven and AI-enabled intelligence, and security and
trust. Strong leadership, an appetite for innovation, and a sound strategy for
addressing regulations will all be key to driving the digital agenda.
10:2510:55
Fireside Chat: Accelerating Your Journey to a Digital-First World
Andrew Sutherland
SVP, Business Development – Technology License & Systems EMEA, Oracle
Jyoti Lalchandani
Group Vice President & Regional Managing Director (META), IDC
10:5511:15
Leading Change: Future of Work with Anywhere Workspace
Stevan Jovanovic
Senior Manager, Digital Workspace, VMware
11:1511:50
Best Practice Sessions (Parallel Sessions)
Best Practice Session A From Secure to Trusted:A Journey to Digital Leadership
11:15 - 11:20
IDC Overview
Hamza Naqshbandi
Associate Vice President (Saudi Arabia & Bahrain), IDC
11:20 - 11:35
Ransomware threat evolution
Sylvain Cortes
Security Strategist, Tenable
Ransomware threat evolution
A journey into the
Evolution from Systems & Apps vulnerabilities to Active Directory
vulnerabilities, and why conventional tools and methods are ineffective.
11:35 - 11:50
Secure Digital Workspace
Ahmad Ramadan
Principal Sales Engineer, BlackBerry
Best Practice Session B Cloud Computing: The Springboard for Digital Transformation
11:15 - 11:20
IDC Overview
Harish Dunakhe
Research Director, Software and Cloud, META IDC
11:20 - 11:35
Cloud on your terms
Bassel Kassem
Regional Manager (South Gulf & Pakistan), Nutanix
Cloud on your terms
A flexible hybrid multicloud solution enables businesses to select the cloud platform that makes the most sense for their needs, along with choosing from a flexible subscription-based consumption model that delivers resources as needed, eliminating waste. Businesses are able to leverage their existing investments, processes, and skill sets without needing to rework the entire organization. Hear from Nutanix on how simple, flexible, and cost-efficient it can be – one platform that offers freedom of choice and enables true hybrid and multi-cloud computing.
11:35 - 11:50
Cloud Transformation – Rethinking Your Levers
Gregor Hohpe
Director, Enterprise Strategy, AWS
Cloud Transformation – Rethinking Your Levers
A digital transformation isn’t about doing the same thing better but about doing different things and doing them differently. This talk helps organizations rethink the levers they can use to restructure their organization for digital success.
Best Practice Session A From Secure to Trusted:A Journey to Digital Leadership
11:15 - 11:20
IDC Overview
11:15 - 11:20
IDC Overview
Hamza Naqshbandi
Associate Vice President (Saudi Arabia & Bahrain), IDC
11:20 - 11:35
Ransomware threat evolution
11:20 - 11:35
Ransomware threat evolution
A journey into the
Evolution from Systems & Apps vulnerabilities to Active Directory
vulnerabilities, and why conventional tools and methods are ineffective.
Sylvain Cortes
Security Strategist, Tenable
11:35 - 11:50
Secure Digital Workspace
11:35 - 11:50
Secure Digital Workspace
Ahmad Ramadan
Principal Sales Engineer, BlackBerry
Best Practice Session B Cloud Computing: The Springboard for Digital Transformation
11:15 - 11:20
IDC Overview
11:15 - 11:20
IDC Overview
Harish Dunakhe
Research Director, Software and Cloud, META IDC
11:20 - 11:35
Cloud on your terms
11:20 - 11:35
Cloud on your terms
A flexible hybrid multicloud solution enables businesses to select the cloud platform that makes the most sense for their needs, along with choosing from a flexible subscription-based consumption model that delivers resources as needed, eliminating waste. Businesses are able to leverage their existing investments, processes, and skill sets without needing to rework the entire organization. Hear from Nutanix on how simple, flexible, and cost-efficient it can be – one platform that offers freedom of choice and enables true hybrid and multi-cloud computing.
Bassel Kassem
Regional Manager (South Gulf & Pakistan), Nutanix
11:35 - 11:50
Cloud Transformation – Rethinking Your Levers
11:35 - 11:50
Cloud Transformation – Rethinking Your Levers
A digital transformation isn’t about doing the same thing better but about doing different things and doing them differently. This talk helps organizations rethink the levers they can use to restructure their organization for digital success.
Gregor Hohpe
Director, Enterprise Strategy, AWS
11:5012:00
Networking & Gamification
12:0012:45
Technology Focus Group Sessions (Parallel Sessions)
Technology Focus Group 1 The Expanding Scope of Digital Trust: Securing the Workforce, Customers, Supply Chains, and Applications
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Uzair Mujtaba
Program Manager — IDC Saudi Arabia
12:00 - 12:15
Initial Access: The Root Causes Found in Incident-Response Investigations
Daniel Caban
Senior Managing Consulting, Emerging, Mandiant
Initial Access: The Root Causes Found in Incident-Response Investigations
This session will provide an overview of common and extraordinary vectors of attack that were observed in real-world incident response cases. More importantly, it will provide guidance on how to better equip your organization to detect and respond to these intrusions.
12:15 - 12:30
Evolve With XDR – The Modern Approach to SecOps
Güner Tanriverdi
Consulting Systems Engineer, Trellix
Evolve With XDR – The Modern Approach to SecOps
So, what’s all the continuous hype about XDR? Is it for you and what does it mean to your organization? What are XDRs and what are they not? What happens once you acquire components that add the “X-factor” to your threat detection and response (TDR) practice? And how can SOC teams use it for proactive investigation, prioritization, remediation, and hunting?
12:30 - 12:45
How to Recover from a Ransomware Attack – Cyber Recovery Services
Hakan Dincel
Country Manager (Gulf), Glasshouse
How to Recover from a Ransomware Attack – Cyber Recovery Services
As more and more companies are falling in the trap of Ransomware it is becoming vital for companies to be ready and be prepared for such a disaster when it happened.
The truth is, planning and preparing for recovery is as best as we can do at the moment, with the number of new variants of ransomware surfacing every month making it exceptionally difficult to prevent attacks.
In this presentation GlassHouse will present their Dell patented Cyber Recovery Services
Technology Focus Group 2 Building Hybrid Clouds for the Digital Era
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Harish Dunakhe
Research Director, Software and Cloud, META IDC
12:00 - 12:15
IT Automation: Solving IT Leaders' Workforce and Business Challenges
Adrian Pickering
Regional General Manager, Red Hat
12:15 - 12:30
Simplifying Cloud Architectures with Data Virtualization
Alexey Sidorov
Data Management Director and Chief Evangelist, Denodo
Simplifying Cloud Architectures with Data Virtualization
Moving applications and data to the cloud is a top organizational priority. The benefits in terms of flexibility, agility, and cost savings are driving cloud adoption. However, the journey to the cloud is not as easy as many people think. Even when systems are migrated to the cloud, the resultant hybrid or multicloud architecture makes it difficult for users to navigate and find the data that they need. This session will highlight how data virtualization can help organizations at all stages of their journey to the cloud — during and after migration to the resultant hybrid architectures.
12:30 - 12:45
ITSM for organizations embracing Hybrid Cloud
Karthik Chandra Akula
Regional Head (Middle East), Freshworks
Technology Focus Group 3 From Digital Transformation to Digital Innovation: A Journey Toward Realizing Business Outcomes
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Wilson Xavier
Research Director, Telecom & IT Services (META), IDC
12:00 - 12:15
How do We Address the Skills Crisis and Bridge the Talent Gap
Samir Akel
Regional Vice President, Udacity
12:15 - 12:30
Planning for your Next Phase of Work
Sam Tayan
Managing Director (MENA), Zoom
12:30 - 12:45
The Role of Digital Process Automation in Middle East National Visions
Ayman El-Hattab
Vice President, Emerging Markets, Nintex
The Role of Digital Process Automation in Middle East National Visions
Digital Transformation is playing a fundamental role in shaping the way ME governments are adapting to new opportunities and challenges. Join Ayman El-Hattab VP at Nintex, to experience the power and ease-of-use of our Process Platform and how it can play a significant role in realizing public sector strategies and national visions.
Technology Focus Group 4 Sustaining Business Continuity
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Nagia El-Emary
Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC
12:00 - 12:15
Low-code for the Enterprise
Maik de Wolf
Managing Director, Mendix
12:15 - 12:30
Case Study: Blockchain & AI in the Realm of Archives & Records
Hamad Al Mutairi
Director of Archives Department, UAE National Archives (UAE)
12:30 - 12:45
Panel Discussion: Alignment, Collaboration, and Co-innovation with Line of Business
Lareb Poonawala
CIO (Saudi Arabia), Procter & Gamble (KSA)
Binoo Joseph
Group CIO, Emaar
Sanjeev Madavi
Group Chief Digital Transformation Officer , Khimji Ramdas LLC
Technology Focus Group 1 The Expanding Scope of Digital Trust: Securing the Workforce, Customers, Supply Chains, and Applications
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Uzair Mujtaba
Program Manager — IDC Saudi Arabia
12:00 - 12:15
Initial Access: The Root Causes Found in Incident-Response Investigations
12:00 - 12:15
Initial Access: The Root Causes Found in Incident-Response Investigations
This session will provide an overview of common and extraordinary vectors of attack that were observed in real-world incident response cases. More importantly, it will provide guidance on how to better equip your organization to detect and respond to these intrusions.
Daniel Caban
Senior Managing Consulting, Emerging, Mandiant
12:15 - 12:30
Evolve With XDR – The Modern Approach to SecOps
12:15 - 12:30
Evolve With XDR – The Modern Approach to SecOps
So, what’s all the continuous hype about XDR? Is it for you and what does it mean to your organization? What are XDRs and what are they not? What happens once you acquire components that add the “X-factor” to your threat detection and response (TDR) practice? And how can SOC teams use it for proactive investigation, prioritization, remediation, and hunting?
Güner Tanriverdi
Consulting Systems Engineer, Trellix
12:30 - 12:45
How to Recover from a Ransomware Attack – Cyber Recovery Services
12:30 - 12:45
How to Recover from a Ransomware Attack – Cyber Recovery Services
As more and more companies are falling in the trap of Ransomware it is becoming vital for companies to be ready and be prepared for such a disaster when it happened.
The truth is, planning and preparing for recovery is as best as we can do at the moment, with the number of new variants of ransomware surfacing every month making it exceptionally difficult to prevent attacks.
In this presentation GlassHouse will present their Dell patented Cyber Recovery Services
Hakan Dincel
Country Manager (Gulf), Glasshouse
Technology Focus Group 2 Building Hybrid Clouds for the Digital Era
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Harish Dunakhe
Research Director, Software and Cloud, META IDC
12:00 - 12:15
IT Automation: Solving IT Leaders' Workforce and Business Challenges
12:00 - 12:15
IT Automation: Solving IT Leaders' Workforce and Business Challenges
Adrian Pickering
Regional General Manager, Red Hat
12:15 - 12:30
Simplifying Cloud Architectures with Data Virtualization
12:15 - 12:30
Simplifying Cloud Architectures with Data Virtualization
Moving applications and data to the cloud is a top organizational priority. The benefits in terms of flexibility, agility, and cost savings are driving cloud adoption. However, the journey to the cloud is not as easy as many people think. Even when systems are migrated to the cloud, the resultant hybrid or multicloud architecture makes it difficult for users to navigate and find the data that they need. This session will highlight how data virtualization can help organizations at all stages of their journey to the cloud — during and after migration to the resultant hybrid architectures.
Alexey Sidorov
Data Management Director and Chief Evangelist, Denodo
12:30 - 12:45
ITSM for organizations embracing Hybrid Cloud
12:30 - 12:45
ITSM for organizations embracing Hybrid Cloud
Karthik Chandra Akula
Regional Head (Middle East), Freshworks
Technology Focus Group 3 From Digital Transformation to Digital Innovation: A Journey Toward Realizing Business Outcomes
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Wilson Xavier
Research Director, Telecom & IT Services (META), IDC
12:00 - 12:15
How do We Address the Skills Crisis and Bridge the Talent Gap
12:00 - 12:15
How do We Address the Skills Crisis and Bridge the Talent Gap
Samir Akel
Regional Vice President, Udacity
12:15 - 12:30
Planning for your Next Phase of Work
12:15 - 12:30
Planning for your Next Phase of Work
Sam Tayan
Managing Director (MENA), Zoom
12:30 - 12:45
The Role of Digital Process Automation in Middle East National Visions
12:30 - 12:45
The Role of Digital Process Automation in Middle East National Visions
Digital Transformation is playing a fundamental role in shaping the way ME governments are adapting to new opportunities and challenges. Join Ayman El-Hattab VP at Nintex, to experience the power and ease-of-use of our Process Platform and how it can play a significant role in realizing public sector strategies and national visions.
Ayman El-Hattab
Vice President, Emerging Markets, Nintex
Technology Focus Group 4 Sustaining Business Continuity
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
11:55 - 12:00
IDC Overview
Nagia El-Emary
Country Director (Egypt) & Senior Consultant (MEA), IDC
12:00 - 12:15
Low-code for the Enterprise
12:00 - 12:15
Low-code for the Enterprise
Maik de Wolf
Managing Director, Mendix
12:15 - 12:30
Case Study: Blockchain & AI in the Realm of Archives & Records
12:15 - 12:30
Case Study: Blockchain & AI in the Realm of Archives & Records
Hamad Al Mutairi
Director of Archives Department, UAE National Archives (UAE)
12:30 - 12:45
Panel Discussion: Alignment, Collaboration, and Co-innovation with Line of Business
12:30 - 12:45
Panel Discussion: Alignment, Collaboration, and Co-innovation with Line of Business
Lareb Poonawala
CIO (Saudi Arabia), Procter & Gamble (KSA)
Binoo Joseph
Group CIO, Emaar
Sanjeev Madavi
Group Chief Digital Transformation Officer , Khimji Ramdas LLC
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