series

Musa Obeidat

Business Consultant

Dr. Yazan Hijazi

Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer, hea Global

Dr. Omran Salem

Cybersecurity Expert and Lecturer, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan

Zahia Na’san

Director, Airport International Group Foundation

Bérangère Boëll

UN Resident Coordinator for the UAE

Jamal Bin Huwaireb

CEO of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation

Abdul Matheen Yousuf

CEO, ProjectYou

Natalie Brown

Founder and Group CEO, Select Training and Management Consultancy

Riel Miller

Former Head of Foresight and Futures Literacy at UNESCO

Jamal bin Huwaireb

CEO of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation.

Maysoun Ramadan

Global Head, Patients and Society, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer APAC, Roche

Walter Pasquarelli

Advisor, Researcher, and Speaker on GenAI Policy

Tom Otton

Founder of Create, Ultra-Endurance Athlete

Rawa AlJallad

Content Creator

Donald Farmer

Principal of TreeHive Strategy

Karim Saad

Founder and CEO

Kendal Parmar

Co-founder and CEO of Untapped AI

Maria Haggo

Founder, Transform8

Lisa Forte

Cybersecurity Expert, Top 100 Women in Tech

Alaa Dalghan

Managing Director of Cognit DX

Cal Al-Dhubaib

Head of AI & Data Science, Further

Nadine Samra

Chief Executive Officer, Weyyak

Jaskaran Singh

Digital Transformation and Fintech Specialist

Joelle Al Sahyouni

Inside Sales Team Manager for Bobst BUSP, Max ASP

Mariane El Ghrayche

Architect and Design Researcher

Mohamed Salhi

Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East and Researcher in Critical Linguistics and European Politics.

Karim Almahayni

Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Marcos Muller-Habig

Acting Chief Executive Officer, 42 Abu Dhabi Coding School

Shargiil Bashir

Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Marina Antonopoulou

Senior Director and Chief Officer of Climate Change and Nature Conservation, Emirates Nature-WWF

Lara Hussein

Co-Founder and Soil Builder, The Waste Lab

Yasmine Hamdar

AI Policy Specialist, UNDP

Lucy Kimbell

Professor of Contemporary Design Practices, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London

Nadim Sadek

Founder and CEO, Shimmr AI

Alexandra Sanpera Iglesias

Head of Content and Product Marketing, Learnlight

Jordan Casey

Youth Entrepreneur/Software Engineer

Roni Helou

Entrepreneur, Creative Director and Founder, RONI HELOU

Shailendra Kaushik

Co-Founder, CITIES FORUM

Jérôme Viricel

General Manager, RECAPP Veolia Middle East

Yazen Al Kodmani

Partner, 3Y Agtech and Deputy General Manager, Emirates Bio Farm

Emma Burdett

Founder, WILD Network

Sara Shatila

Communications and Advocacy Officer, UN RCO United Arab Emirates

Layla Maghribi

Journalist and Podcaster

Hisham Aramouny

Entertainment and Tech BD consultant

Elsa Favre-Baron

Financial Education Policy Analyst, OECD

Anas Zeineddine

Founder, innovaMENA

Tapiwa Kamuruko

Policy Specialist and Head of Research and Evidence, United Nations Volunteers

Nils Scheffler

Founder and Head, Urban Expert

Pierre Khoueiry

Team Leader and Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research

Nicole Manger

Lead, Multilateral Data & Innovation Policy, German Federal Foreign Office

Kevin Hempel

Founder and Managing Director, Prospera Consulting

Paolo Sironi

Global Research Leader in Banking, IBM

Stephanie Barnes

Chief Chaos Organizer, Entelechy

Philipp Kovener

Director, Trend & Innovation Scouting, Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI)

Janina Beilner

Senior Vice President for Education Services & Workforce Solutions, Customer Services, Siemens Healthineers

Abdo Medlej

Economic Attaché, Embassy of Lebanon in the Federal Republic of Germany

Manuel Rabaté

Director, Louvre Abu Dhabi

Sarfaraz Alam

CEO and Co-Founder, HashMove

Dr. Hayel Obeidat

Senior Consultant, G42-HYT

Saeed Aldhaheri

Director, Center for Futures Studies, University of Dubai

Safia Al Shehi

Media Practitioner and Author

Sulaiman Alkaabi

CEO, Future Foresight Foundation, Abu Dhabi

Safia Al Shehi

Media Practitioner and Author

Sara Modalal

Head of Middle East, Mercury Capital Advisors

Anthony Fakhoury

Project and Research Analyst, UNDP

Ivano Iannelli

Senior Consultant, Sustainability, Emirates Global Aluminium

Stephanie Boustany

Programme Analyst, UNDP

Ali Al Sammarraie

Urban Integration Expert

Mona El-Sholkamy

Assistant Professor, Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government

Hessa Al Kaabi

Head, Child Protection Unit, Emirates Schools Establishment

Khadiga Alsharif

Child Protection and MHPSS Advisor, ChildFund International

Fatima Al Shamsi

Academic Researcher and Economic Expert

Hayel Obeidat

Senior Consultant, G42-HYT

Shazia Ginai

CEO, Neuro-Insight UK Ltd

Stephanie Boustany

Programme Analyst, UNDP

Bruce Garvey

Serial Entrepreneur

Anthony Fakhoury

Project and Research Analyst, UNDP

Laurent Probst

Partner, Economic Development, Digital Transformation and Innovation, PwC

Anthony Fakhoury

Project and Research Analyst, UNDP

Mike Bandar

Co-Founder, Waybook.com

Stephanie Boustany

Programme Analyst, UNDP

Al Anoud Al Hashmi

CEO and Founder, The Futurist Company

Stephanie Boustany

Programme Analyst, UNDP

Paul Foley

CEO, Tech4i2

Anthony Fakhoury

Project and Research Analyst, UNDP

Dave Katz

Co-Founder, Intuizi and Learning Doctors

Stephanie Boustany

Programme Analyst, UNDP

Jeff Maggioncalda

CEO, Coursera

Raya Bidshahri

Founder and CEO, School of Humanity

Elisa Tonda

Head of the Consumption and Production Unit, Economy Division, UNEP

Maya Karkour

Founder of Circular Hub and Environmental Specialist

Katju Holkeri

Head of Governance Policy Unit, Ministry of Finance, Finland

Dina El Mofty

Entrepreneur, Investor and Founder of Injaz Egypt

Nadine Chehade

Senior Financial Sector Specialist and CGAP Representative in the Arab World

Richard Dean

Presenter, Dubai Eye

Majdah Aburas

Chairperson, Saudi Environment Society

Ruba AlZubi

Strategic Advisor in Environmental Policy, Governance and Green Economy

Ellen J. Helsper

Professor of Socio-Digital Inequalities, London School of Economics

Iaroslava Kharkova

Associate Project Officer, Unit for Technology and AI in Education, UNESCO

Neil Petch

Chairman, Virtugroup

Youmna Naufal

Director of Communications, Brunswick

Jeff Maggioncalda

CEO, Coursera

Aziza Osman

Human Development Specialist, Founder of Montiplay

Jeff Utecht

Educator, Consultant, Author

Tricia Friedman

Creative Content Director, Shifting Schools

Ahmed Emad

Data visualization expert, Founder of Powerful Insights

Anthony Fakhoury

Project Researcher, Knowledge Project, UNDP

Zaid Kamhawi

CEO, Qarar

Jarred Lloyd

Senior Associate, Qarar

Dr. Islam Hussein

Molecular Virologist, Senior Scientist, Microbiotix

Dr. Mansoor Habib

Consultant Physician, Family Medicine and Occupational Health

Anders Sorman-Nilsson

Futurist, Founder of Thinque Think Tank

Maya Hojeij

Senior Business Presenter, Asharq News

Ann Morgan

Author, TED Speaker, Royal Literary Fund fellow and editor

Brandy Scott

Co-host of The Buisness Breakfast, Dubai Eye

Tom Goodwin

EVP of Innovation at Zenith Media, USA

Sally Mousa

Presenter, Speaker and Moderator

Harold Goodwin

Director at Responsible Tourism Partnership and Advisor to ATM & WTM

Brandy Scott

Co-host of The Business Breakfast, Dubai Eye

Simon Zadek

Chair, Finance for Biodiversity

Lynn Chouman

News Editor, LinkedIn

Motaz Khorshid

Former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt

Sirine Saghira

Knowledge Project, UNDP

Luca Curci

Founder of LUCA CURCI ARCHITECT

Giulia Tassi

Project Manager, ITSLIQUID Group

Jo Ritzen

Honorary Professor, Maastricht University

Stephanie Boustany

Knowledge Project, UNDP

Ali Ibrahim

Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University

Diana Assaf

Knowledge Project, UNDP

Khalid Al-Wazani

Chairman, Jordan Investment Commission

Anthony Fakhoury

Knowledge Project, UNDP

Youssef Sadik

Sociology professor, Head of Educational Institution at Mohamed V University, Morocco

Sirine Saghira

Knowledge Project, UNDP

Professor Yousry El-Gamal

Former Minister of Education, Egypt, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Stephanie Boustany

Knowledge Project, UNDP

Yasar Jarrar

Author of 'The Sheikh CEO' Book

Naoufer Ramoul

TV Presenter, Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI)

Pablos Holman

Inventor at the Intellectual Ventures Lab, Founder and CEO of Komposite

Jessy El Mur

Certified Media Trainer

Najoua Ghriss

Professor at the Higher Institute of Education and Continuous Training in Tunisia

Hany Torky

Chief Technical Advisor, Knowledge Project, UNDP

Ron Young

CEO and CKO, Knowledge Associates Cambridge Ltd.

Dima Najim

Managing Director, EFE-UAE