8:00
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Registration & Networking
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8:40
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IDC Welcome Address
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Jyoti Lalchandani
Group Vice President & Regional Managing Director (META), IDC
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8:45
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Opening Address (Government Affiliation)
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9:00
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IDC Advisory Council Felicitation
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9:10
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Strategies for the CIO and Enterprise Innovation
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Join IDC's president, Crawford Del Prete, as he outlines what CIOs need to do now — and in the future — to create an environment for long-term sustainable innovation. This fast-paced keynote will highlight research on building a culture of trust, examine the move toward industry ecosystem innovation, and highlight the impact of decentralization. It will also explain why line-of-business investment is a springboard and not an end state.
Crawford Del Prete
President, IDC Worldwide
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9:40
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Build a Sustainable Future
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Amr Refaat
Chief Executive Officer, GBM, Gulf Business Machines (GBM)
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10:00
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Implementing Application Security
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10:20
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Accelerating Digital Transformation with an Open Organization Approach
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Phil Andrews
Vice President and General Manager (META), Red Hat
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10:40
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Building Digital Resiliency in Smart Cities and Communities
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10:55
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Tea/Coffee & Networking Break
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11:25
12:55
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Summit Partner Sessions (Parallel Sessions)
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Strategies for Developing a Digitally Resilient Organization
11:25 - 11:30
Opening Act
11:30 - 11:35
Start of Session Raffle
11:35 - 11:50
Unified Observability for Digitally Agile & Resilient Organization
Charbel Khneisser
Vice President, Solutions Engineering, EMEA, Riverbed Technology
11:50 - 11:55
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
11:55 - 12:10
Achieving Speed and Control
Mark Schwartz
Enterprise Strategist and Evangelist, AWS
Achieving Speed and Control
We all know that speed is critical in the digital world – organizations need to respond quickly to avoid disruption or even initiate their own disruption. They need to quickly get new innovations to market, rapidly realize value from their technology investments, and make fast decisions on what emerging technologies to adopt. Organizations must also establish controls, set up governance processes, comply with regulations, implement risk reduction mechanisms, avoid security threats, and answer to their owners and the public. But how can speed and control be achieved at the same time? In many organizations whose digital transformations are stuck or are proceeding more slowly than expected, the root cause of the problem is often a tension between the need to move fast and the need to maintain control. This session will demonstrate that these goals do not really conflict and explore how to use speed to gain even better control.
12:10 - 12:15
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
12:15 - 12:30
Enhancing Employee Digital Experiences
12:30 - 12:35
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
12:35 - 12:50
Analytics for Data Monetization
12:50 - 12:55
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
Envisioning the Future Intelligent Enterprise
11:25 - 11:30
Opening Act
11:30 - 11:35
Start of Session Raffle
11:35 - 11:50
The Data-Driven Enterprise: Going from Vision to Value
Ali El Kontar
CEO, Zero&One
The Data-Driven Enterprise: Going from Vision to Value
While 99% of the world's leading companies are investing in data, only 24% have been successful in creating a data-driven organization. This session will outline the key challenges hindering companies from becoming data-driven organizations and chart a path toward such a transformation.
11:50 - 11:55
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
11:55 - 12:10
How Can Intelligent Automation Be the Driving Force in the Current Digital Economy?
Ashraf El Zarka
Vice President, Regional Managing Director MEA & Pakistan, UiPath
How Can Intelligent Automation Be the Driving Force in the Current Digital Economy?
Today’s leaders have one of the best allies to help them solve all kinds of challenges, from making their businesses profitable to assisting customers in overcoming their challenges and keeping the employees happy at work. Intelligent automation is the partner that can support them on their digital transformation journey. But what does this technology have to offer? Intelligent automation (IA) is a combination of robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) that empowers rapid end-to-end business process automations. This means working smarter, faster, and more efficiently while increasing workforce productivity and satisfaction for your clients.
12:10 - 12:15
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
12:15 - 12:30
Orchestrating Digital Infrastructure for Hybrid Environments
12:30 - 12:35
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
12:35 - 12:50
Evolving Trends Shaping the Future of Work
12:50 - 12:55
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)
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12:55
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Tea/Coffee & Networking Break
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13:15
13:25
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Transformation Zone Sessions (Parallel Sessions)
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13:15 - 13:25
Separating the Hype from the Long-Term, Real-World Technology Implications
Separating the Hype from the Long-Term, Real-World Technology Implications
While entertainment, shopping, social, education, finance, and work are the areas in which the successful development of metaverse will have the greatest impact. A developed metaverse ecosystem will have quite a vast impact on the global market across various industries in near future. This session will talk about the key elements that companies should prioritize in the development of a metaverse.
13:15 - 13:25
Implement Industry 4.0 in Your Manufacturing Operations
Implement Industry 4.0 in Your Manufacturing Operations
Leaders across industrials are experiencing massive change. Disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored the need for technology and business leaders to harness the right technologies and framework to be more resilient in a changing world.
With manufacturing bearing the brunt of losses during the pandemic, manufacturers are looking to build resiliency through digitalization – with Industry 4.0 playing a pivotal role. This session will a closer look at Industry 4.0 and its role in the future of manufacturing
13:15 - 13:25
IT: A fundamental tool for achieving Sustainability
IT: A fundamental tool for achieving Sustainability
Organizations need to address sustainability from a number of angles if they want to have a positive impact on people and the planet, in addition to achieving positive financial returns. This includes improving the sustainability of their own operations as well as helping their clients become more sustainable through the products and services that they offer, all enabled by technology.
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13:25
14:55
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Best Practice Sessions (Parallel Sessions)
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Shaping CISO Strategies for the Digital-First Organization
13:25 - 13:30
Start of Session Raffle - Apple Watch
13:30 - 13:45
New Convergences and Holistic Security: What Top Executives Are Talking About
Alain Sanchez
EMEA CISO, Fortinet
New Convergences and Holistic Security: What Top Executives Are Talking About
New convergences will shape the digital world in 2023 and beyond, and the order of magnitude of the upcoming transformation will be unprecedented. In this context, enterprises needing to elevate their game are looking for guidance from all kinds of service providers, from connectivity providers to strategic advisors. What are the observed trends and successful strategies that top executives are talking about in this new order? This presentation gathers the strategic considerations and teachings from recent interactions with top cyber executives across the EMEA theater.
13:45 - 13:50
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
13:50 - 14:05
Mitigating Cyber Risks in the Middle East: Addressing the Impact of Geopolitical Tensions and Regulatory Requirements
Milad Aslaner
Head of Technology Advisory Group, SentinelOne
Mitigating Cyber Risks in the Middle East: Addressing the Impact of Geopolitical Tensions and Regulatory Requirements
The Middle East faces unprecedented cyberthreats, with geopolitical tensions and global economic instability exacerbating the risks. While governments are accelerating the legislative process to modernize relevant laws and regulations, organizations need help modernizing their information security programs. Organizations must take a proactive approach to cybersecurity to protect their critical infrastructure, sensitive information, and brand reputation. This presentation will explore the top cybersecurity challenges facing organizations globally, zoom into specific challenges in the Middle East, and provide a comprehensive strategy for mitigating these risks that will allow organizations to mature their information security programs and, with that, become cyber-resilient.
14:05 - 14:10
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:10 - 14:25
Protect, Connect and Deploy Extraordinary Digital Experiences in Any Cloud
Gordon Orr
Senior Director, Software Sales EMEA, F5
Protect, Connect and Deploy Extraordinary Digital Experiences in Any Cloud
Organizations are leveraging the cloud in all its forms to drive agility, innovation, and better user experiences. However, distributing and interconnecting both traditional and modern applications can create additional layers of security complexity. This session will discuss the challenge of balancing developer speed with the need to secure new digital experiences at scale.
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:30 - 14:45
Multifactor Authentication Is Not Enough
Nour Fateen
Director, Sales Engineering, Recorded Future
Multifactor Authentication Is Not Enough
As threat actors become more sophisticated, the ability of multifactor authentication to provide adequate protection is becoming increasingly diminished. Join us as we examine how threat actors are completely circumventing what was once considered a security blanket for most security infrastructure.
14:45 - 14:50
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:50 - 14:55
End of Session Raffle - Lionel Messi Signed Football Jersey
Data and Platform-Led Strategies for Realizing Digital Outcomes
13:25 - 13:30
Start of Session Raffle - Apple Watch
13:30 - 13:45
Accelerate Your ESG Compliance and Reporting with the Data Cloud
Mohamed Zouari
General Manager, Snowflake
Accelerate Your ESG Compliance and Reporting with the Data Cloud
With the COP28 event just around the corner, ESG is a top priority for all companies across the UAE and the wider Middle East. This session will reveal how the Snowflake Data Cloud can help ESG compliance and reporting become easy and streamlined.
13:45 - 13:50
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
13:50 - 14:05
Enterprise Data as a Service: The Paradigm Shift Toward Distributed Logical Architectures
Dr. Alexey Sidorov
Chief Data Evangelist MEA, Denodo
Enterprise Data as a Service: The Paradigm Shift Toward Distributed Logical Architectures
Decentralized data organizations — in which several divisions are partly or entirely in charge of releasing their own data for analytics — have received a lot of attention in recent years. This presentation will discuss critical design principles and best practices for implementing different decentralized architectures, including the logical data fabric and data mesh powered by virtualization.
14:05 - 14:10
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:10 - 14:25
Protect, Connect, and Deploy Extraordinary Digital Experiences in Any Cloud
Gordon Orr
Senior Director, Software Sales EMEA, F5
Protect, Connect, and Deploy Extraordinary Digital Experiences in Any Cloud
Organizations are leveraging the cloud in all its forms to drive agility, innovation, and better user experiences. However, distributing and interconnecting both traditional and modern applications can create additional layers of security complexity. This session will discuss the challenge of balancing developer speed with the need to secure new digital experiences at scale.
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:30 - 14:45
Marketing Effectiveness and the Metrics That Matter in the Digital-First Era
14:45 - 14:50
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:50 - 14:55
End of Session Raffle - Lionel Messi Signed Football Jersey
Digital Trust, Identity, and Security Strategies for the Digital-First Organization
13:25 - 13:30
Start of Session Raffle - Apple Watch
13:30 - 13:45
Leveraging eSignatures for Enterprise-Wide Digital Transformation
Arvind Srinivasan
SVP – Global Markets & Strategy, eMudhra
Leveraging eSignatures for Enterprise-Wide Digital Transformation
As the world moves more Digital by the day, identity-backed signatures and compliant workflow applications can truly help large organizations achieve their Digital vision while enabling strong Customer Experience, internal efficiency, and ESG goals. The presentation will touch upon the fundamentals of eSignatures & the compliance framework within the Middle East. Most importantly, it will provide insight to the attendees on how eSignature implementations can be conceptualized to achieve Enterprise-wide Digital Transformation in large organizations to provide the most optimal Return on Investment.
13:45 - 13:50
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
13:50 - 14:05
Creating a Digital Brain for Your Organization
Jessica Constantinidis
Field Innovation Officer, ServiceNow
Creating a Digital Brain for Your Organization
Organizations are becoming more and more digital, even if finance or manufacturing is their core business. However, IT does not fully align to business strategies, and numerous business opportunities are lost due to this disconnect. How can you create a digital brain for your organization that makes it easier to use data to predict business outcomes? Is it by just implementing AI, or does it take more? This session will explore why and how organizations can build a digital brain to deliver benefits to customers. It will highlight the steps to building a digital brain and showcase how IT can be used as an enabler for the future.
14:05 - 14:10
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:10 - 14:25
Disrupting the Economics of Cyber Crime with Modern Defence
Mark Phillips
Vice President of Solution Architecture, HUMAN Security
14:25 - 14:30
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:30 - 14:45
Looking Backward to Predict the Future Threat Landscape: Cyberattacks Already Kicking Off in 2023
Ahmad Jaber
Principle Security Consultant (MENA), Tenable
Looking Backward to Predict the Future Threat Landscape: Cyberattacks Already Kicking Off in 2023
Attackers have not taken any break, with 2023 already being a strong year for threats. As noted during the World Economic Forum in Davos, there is a real "cyberstorm" affecting the automotive industry, industrial networks, open-source software, and the world of education. Nobody is being left behind. Since the beginning of January, the number of attacks has remained elevated. Ransomware groups such as Vice Society — which mainly targets educational institutions — are now "ultra-specialized." However, they still rely on legacy vulnerabilities to compromise their targets.
14:45 - 14:50
Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a MontBlanc Gift)
14:50 - 14:55
End of Session Raffle - Lionel Messi Signed Football Jersey
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14:55
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Working Lunch
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15:20
15:30
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Transformation Zone Sessions (Parallel Sessions)
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15:20 - 15:30
Separating the Hype from the Long-Term, Real-World Technology Implications
Separating the Hype from the Long-Term, Real-World Technology Implications
While entertainment, shopping, social, education, finance, and work are the areas in which the successful development of metaverse will have the greatest impact. A developed metaverse ecosystem will have quite a vast impact on the global market across various industries in near future. This session will talk about the key elements that companies should prioritize in the development of a metaverse.
15:20 - 15:30
Implement Industry 4.0 in Your Manufacturing Operations
Implement Industry 4.0 in Your Manufacturing Operations
Leaders across industrials are experiencing massive change. Disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored the need for technology and business leaders to harness the right technologies and framework to be more resilient in a changing world.
With manufacturing bearing the brunt of losses during the pandemic, manufacturers are looking to build resiliency through digitalization – with Industry 4.0 playing a pivotal role. This session will a closer look at Industry 4.0 and its role in the future of manufacturing
15:20 - 15:30
IT: A fundamental tool for achieving Sustainability
IT: A fundamental tool for achieving Sustainability
Organizations need to address sustainability from a number of angles if they want to have a positive impact on people and the planet, in addition to achieving positive financial returns. This includes improving the sustainability of their own operations as well as helping their clients become more sustainable through the products and services that they offer, all enabled by technology.
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15:30
16:15
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For The CIO - By The CIO Session (Parallel Sessions)
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Vendor Selection and Management: Best Practices and What to Look Out For
15:30 - 16:15
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.
Talent Development & The Demand For New Skills: How Do You Structure Your Team Optimally
15:30 - 16:15
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 technology talent market has changed 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.
Sustainable Strategies & Technologies: Operationalization, Impact Measurability, Business Value Creation
15:30 - 16:15
Sustainability is now a key priority for governments and enterprises across industries as they strive to meet the national and industry-specific ESG goals and regulations. CIOs will not only need to offer “sustainable / green” technology solutions for their customer organizations but would also require advise and handholding through the journey. This discussion would address roadmaps and solutions that support the data collection and reporting, governance and compliance and benchmarking needs towards sustainable strategies and technologies.
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16:15
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Close of Day 1
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