Registration & Strategic Networking

Opening Address

Welcome Note | Country President
Ahmad Almulla, President, Global CIO Forum UAE

Welcome Note

Welcome Note | Global Enterprise Connect

Anushree Dixit, Chief Strategy Officer, Global CIO Forum

Keynote Speaker

The Collaborative CIO
Dr. Mohammad Al Awadhi, Director of IT, Ministry of Health and Prevention - UAE

Pure Edge: Harnessing technology through Agentic AI powered Collaboration of Excellence & Experience

Pramod kumar Ch, COO, Pure Edge

Power Panel: From Competition to Co-Creation: Why CIO Communities Win Faster

CIOs discussing partnerships, shared innovation labs, vendor alignment.

Moderator:
Alan Brouard, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, Velora Aviation
Panelists:
Adam Lalani, CTO, Alliad
Damir Jaksic, CIO and Executive Director Digital Advisory Services , KEO International Consultants
Rini Laskar, Former Head of Transformation and Governance at RAK Bank
Peter Gesper,Group Vice President - IT Infrastructure & Corporate Applications, DP World
Muhammad Affan Habib, Director of Information Technology, Sharjah Maritime Academy

Keynote: AI, Data Sovereignty & The Next Knowledge Economy

Farid Farouq, SVP IT, DWTC

From Edge to AI: Rethink the Frontiers of Data

Chris Veldad, Senior Presales and IT Manager, FDC International

KEYNOTE

Som Dutta, Group VP of AI and Data Science, DP World

Panel Discussion: AI in 2030 and beyond

How will AI evolve to live up to the expectations from periphery to epicenter.

Moderator:
Ali El Kontar, Founder and CEO, Zero&one
Panelists:
Keyur Joshi, Regional Director, Bull
Andrey Mukhortov, CIO & Digital Transformation Advisor, AM Advisory
Kader Es Slami, Head of AI and Smart Data Practice, e& UAE
Bravine Otieno, DSV
Dr Mahinour Ezzat , Director Teaching and Learning, Ajman University | Founder, Advance HE Gulf Fellowship Network and AI Education Forum Board Member

CIO 200 Recognition & Felicitation Ceremony - Part 1

Honoring Top CIOs of the Country.

Networking Lunch

Panel Discussion Powered by Rapid7

The new resilience mandate for CISOs
Mental resilience, decision fatigue, leading under constant disruption.
Moderator:
Gopan Sivasankaran, Regional Director - Middle East and Africa, Rapid7
Panelists:
Vishal Vaghela, CISO, CISO Retail
Jinson Pappachan, Head of Information Security & Enterprise ICT, Emirates Policy Center
Fahad Deshmukh, Director of IT, Azizi Development
Sameer Pathak, Sr. Executive, Abu Dhabi Government

Gold Partner

Mansoor Ali Khan, Chief Technology Officer, Robo.ai

Securing Cloud Native Enterprise

Technology changes business. Humanity changes legacy.

Krishnakumar, VP - Business Development, Prophaze

Cyber resilience in AI-first enterprises.

Dell Technologies

CIO 200 Recognition & Felicitation Ceremony - Part 2

Honoring Top CIOs of the Country.

Closing Note

Closing Note | Country Ambassador
Aditya Kaushik, Country Ambassador, Global CIO Forum UAE

Group Photograph & Media Bytes