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Agenda

Day 1 / Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Main Sessions

Auditorium, Museum of the Future

Registration & Networking

8:00 – 9:00

Keynote

9:00 – 9:10

Dubai Future Foundation’s Drive to Demystify GenAI

Speaker
HE Khalfan Belhoul
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Future Foundation

Keynote

9:15 – 9:35

Microsoft: A Complete GenAI Story

Speaker
Ali Dalloul
Vice President, Azure AI, Microsoft

Panel

9:40 – 10:20

GenAI Today, AGI Tomorrow

Panelist
Stephen Anderson
Partner, PwC
Panelist
Ali Hosseini
Chief Digital Officer, PwC
Moderator
Jane Witherspoon
Euronews

Keynote

10:25 – 10:45

Synthetic Data: The Next Wave of Privacy Solutions

Speaker
HE Younus Al Nasser
Chief Executive Officer – Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment, Digital Dubai

Break

10:45 – 10:55

Keynote

10:55 – 11:10

GenAI in Action: What Industries are Witnessing the Most Disruption?

Speaker
Costi Perricos
Partner, Global Generative AI Leader, Deloitte Digital Dubai

Keynote

11:15 – 11:30

Digital Dubai: A City-Level AI Product

Speaker
HE Matar Al Hemeiri
Chief Executive, Digital Dubai Government Establishment, Digital Dubai

Panel

11:35 – 12:05

GenAI and Existential Questions for Government

Panelist
Christian Gleich
Global Head of Emerging Tech Governance Strategy, European Blockchain Association
Panelist
HE Dr. Moza Suwaidan
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Applications and Platforms Sector, Digital Dubai Government Establishment, Digital Dubai
Moderator
Faisal Hamady
Managing Director and Partner, BCG

Keynote

12:10 – 12:35

A Session with Time’s 100 AI: How Cohere is Giving Enterprise “Superpowers”

Speaker
Sara Hooker​
Director for AI, Cohere

Fireside Chat​

12:10 – 12:30

Navigating the GenAI Frontier: A UAE Perspective

Speaker
HE Omar Sultan Al Olama
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office
Moderator
Eleni Giokos
CNN

Break

12:30 – 12:40

Keynote

12:40 – 12:55

The State of AI in 2023: Generative AI’s Breakout Year

Speaker
Chiara Marcati ​
Partner – Data, Advanced Analytics and Generative AI, QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey​

Keynote

13:00 – 13:15

SAP: Future-Proofing Organisations with GenAI

Speaker
Dr. Martin Heinig
Senior Vice President, Head of New Ventures and Technologies and Managing Director SAP Labs

Keynote

13:20 – 13:35

What's Next in AI for Business: Generative AI

Speaker
Mostafa Zafer
Vice President, IBM Data&AI and Automation, IBM

Fireside Chat

13:40 – 13:55

Hugging Face: Democratizing GenAI for Everyone

Speaker
Julien Simon
Chief Evangelist, Hugging Face

Panel

14:00 – 14:30

How Could GenAI Fuel Growth in Aviation?

Panelist
Adel Al Redha
Chief Operations Officer, Emirates
Panelist
Tom Isherwood
Partner, Digital and Analytics, Quantum Black
Panelist
Aysar Yousef
Data and AI Lead,
Microsoft UAE
Moderator
Laura Buckwell
Euronews

Keynote

12:10 – 12:35

A Session with Time’s 100 AI: How Cohere is Giving Enterprise “Superpowers”

Speaker
Sara Hooker​
Director for AI, Cohere

Day 1 / Private Sessions

AREA 2071, Jumeirah Emirates Towers

10:00 – 11:00

Government Accelerators

Open for Public

Minds Over Machines: Ensuring a Balanced AI Transition in the Mideast Tax and Legal Sector

10:00 – 11:45

Youth Hub

Open for Public

Decentralized AI: Charting the Nexus of Blockchain and Intelligence

10:00 – 11:45

DFA Auditorium

Open for Public

Bridging the AI Gap: Government, Investors, and Innovators

10:00 – 11:45

Coders HQ

Closed Session

Futuristic Solutions Workshop: GenAI Usecases for Dubai Police

11:00 – 11:45

Government Accelerators

Open for Public

Generative AI: The Case for Governments to Reimagine Sectors

12:00 – 13:45

DFA Auditorium

Open for Public

AI and Beyond: Your Business, Reimagined

12:00 – 13:45

Government Accelerators

Open for Public

Global GenAI Trends and Government Initiatives Overview

12:00 – 13:45

Youth Hub

Open for Public

Generative AI Intro Course: Focused and Advanced Practical Workshop

12:00 – 13:45

Coders HQ

Open for Public

At Speed: How Data Fuels Performance —
Inspiration from Formula 1

15:00 – 16:45

Coders HQ​

Open for Public

The Rise of Open Source: LLM Deep Dive and Open Source Frameworks

15:00 – 16:45

Youth Hub

Open for Public

Empowering Crypto Trading with AI-Powered Predictions

15:00 – 16:45

DFA Auditorium

Open for Public

Startups in the GenAI Space

15:00 – 16:45

Government Accelerators

Open for Public

Bright and Dark Sides of Generative AI in Finance: Practical Cases and Challenges

Other sessions are also taking place at the Ministry of Possibilities and at Services 1 at Emirates Towers Boulevard.

Exhibitions

Exhibition 1

Industry Use Cases in Generative AI​

Exhibition 2

AI for Policymaking​

Exhibition 3

Industry Use Cases in Generative AI​

Exhibition 4

GenAI Products​

Exhibition 5

A World Record for Formula E, Propelled by McKinsey’s AI​

Exhibition 6

Using Generative AI for Document, Image and Enterprise Data Processing​

Exhibition 7

ART x GenAI Exhibition

Exhibition 8

Human x AI Music Show​

Exhibition 9

The Artist Within​

Exhibition 10

AI Portait-ist​

Exhibition 11

Create Your Own AI-Generated Artwork​