Agenda 2023

Bernie Su

CCO

United States of America

Metatheory

Three-time Primetime Emmy winning creator and producer

Tareq Fouad

Head of Growth

United Arab Emirates

Shorooq Partners

Invested and launched Shift Build, a metaverse gaming platform, attracted already 3 million users in Saudi Arabia

Tareq Fouad

Head of Growth

United Arab Emirates

Shorooq Partners

Invested and launched Shift Build, a metaverse gaming platform, attracted already 3 million users in Saudi Arabia

Daniel Isaacs

CTO

Digital Twin Consortium

Responsible for setting the technical direction for the 140+ Member Consortium, Has worked on processor-based systems ranging from SW to HW for Submarines to Aircraft Carriers to Electric Vehicles to F-150 and Expedition FORD Light Trucks

Mark Sage

MIT Horizons Subject Matter Expert & Executive Director

United States of America

AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA)

Leads the only global member-based organization focusing on accelerating adoption of Augmented Reality in enterprise with members such as Boeing, Welsh Water, Newport News Shipbuilding, MedtronicMicrosoft, Magic Leap, RealWear, Qualcomm, Lenovo and PTC

Akram Amir

Founder & CEO

United Arab Emirates

AR Engineering

Runs the AR Academy, a flagship educational package for educational institutions aimed at teaching STEM and training your workforce

Edo Fouilloux

Co Founder

Denmark

Patch XR

Leading a software house specialized in creating musical tools and playful experiences for Extended Realities (XR)

Keith Jordan

VP Innovation - Labs as a Service

United Arab Emirates

Mastercard

Produced successful and award winning digital-first initiatives for some of the world’s largest companies

Sylwia Machnik-Kochan

Vice President Sales Europe

Poland

HTC

Creating holistic VR solution which generate, unlimited opportunities across all business verticals

Karim Ibrahim

Founder & CEO

RobocomVR

Faisal Zaidi

Co Founder & CMO,

United Arab Emirates

Crypto Oasis

In the process of building the world's fastest growing blockchain ecosystem

Cevat Yerli

Former Crytek CEO, Chairman & CEO

United Arab Emirates

TMRW Foundation

Founded Crytek, revolutionized the gaming industry and launched blockbuster IPs played by hundreds of millions

Stefanie Palomino

CPO & GM

Germany

Room 3D, a @TMRW Foundation Company

Top 50 German creatives, according to Business Punk magazine

Juan de Lascurain ​

Designer & Chief Dreamer

Dream Big

Rhonda Stevenson

CEO

United Arab Emirates

Orbital Assembly

Worlds first large scale space construction company; Building the first hotel in space by 2025

Juan de Lascurain ​

Designer & Chief Dreamer

Dream Big

Kerry Sheehan

Head of Service Development & Innovation

United Kingdom

UK Civil Service

Is working with the British Standards Institute on the development of Global Standards for AI; recently helped launch UK Ministry of Defence's AI strategy

Ksenia Ternavskykh

Metaverse and Mixed Reality Lead

United Arab Emirates

Microsoft

Building secure, innovative and collaborative industrial metaverse experiences that enable human connection in a hybrid world

Dr. Sana Farid

Co-Chair Health Committee

Bahrain

VR/AR Association (VRARA)

One of the top 100 voices in XR worldwide

Peter Wang

Co Founder, CEO, Creator

United States of America

Anaconda Inc

First Time in the Region

Creator of the PyData community and conferences; Co Founder of Anaconda, the world's most popular datascience platform, based on Python, which has over 25 million users today

Sebastien Borget

Co-Founder & COO

France

The Sandbox

First Time in the Region

4 in the Top 100 most influential people in crypto for 2022

Sandy Grigsby

MC & Moderator

United States of America

TED speaker

Worked with Industry Influencers, C-Suite Executives, Fortune 500 Executives, Billionaires, Thought Leaders, and Celebrities to transform their personal brands from average into unstoppable, authentic, and influential

Muhammad Afifi

Co-Founder

United Arab Emirates

Semblance

Badrriya Henry

Co-Founder

United Arab Emirates

Semblance

Christian Glessner

CEO

Germany

Hololux GmbH

Honored for the 12th time in a row for receiving the 'Microsoft MVP Award'

Deniz Ozgur

Co Founder

Turkey

Space Runners

The first dedicated fashion brand for the Metaverse signed up new NBA Champions partnership with Kyle Kuzma and Nick Young

Won Soh

Co Founder

United States of America

Space Runners

The first dedicated fashion brand for the Metaverse signed up new NBA Champions partnership with Kyle Kuzma and Nick Young

Amy Peck

Founder & CEO

United Arab Emirates

EndeavorXR

Futurist and Web 3.0 Advisor to Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, entertainment, retail, hospitality, education, and government; Angel investor and Venture Partner at Capital Region XR Accelerator

Clement Foucher

Co Founder

France

Metav.rs

Regina Turbina

Co-Founder & CEO 

ARTISANT

Oliver Lange

Head of H&M Beyond,

H&M

Ida Kymmer ​

Director of Global Affairs

Journee

Developing the Metaverse for Swedish fashion giant H&M

Stephen Mellor

Scientist & CTO

Industrial Internet Consortium

Developer of the Shlaer–Mellor method and Executable UML, and signatory to the Agile Manifesto.

Ramit Harisinghani

General Manager - Devialet

United Arab Emirates

Chalhoub Group

Currently heads the Devialet partnership at Chalhoub Group

Bernie Su

CCO

United States of America

Metatheory

Three-time Primetime Emmy winning creator and producer

Zaid Zaim

Mixed Reality Catalyst & Microsoft MVP

Germany

Hololux GmbH

At age 21, is one of the 3200 Most Valuable Professionals as per Microsoft; building the ancient UNESCO city of Palmyra using Hololens and the metaverse

Lydia Kostopoulos

SVP KnowBe4 & Advisor

United States of America

Joint Special Operations University

Supports on special projects relating to emerging technologies and the special operations mission sets

DJ Hapa

World-renowned DJ, performer and educator

United States of America

Tribe XR

Clients include Ducati, Ferrari, Formula1, Microsoft, ESPN, Lululemon and The Grammys & has shared the stage with Michael Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire, and Drake to Bruno Mars, Marshmello, and Chromeo

Sasha Tityanko

Deputy CEO & Art Director

Sensorium Galaxy Metaverse

SVORA

Performer

Switzerland

Sensorium XR

Takes art into the future

Stefanie Palomino

CPO & GM

Germany

Room 3D, a @TMRW Foundation Company

Top 50 German creatives, according to Business Punk magazine

Artur Sychov

Founder & CEO

Czech Republic

Somnium Space

Has been navigating virtual worlds for more than two decades starting with Ultima Online in 1999, then Second Life and many more

Francesco Vincenti

Head of BD & Partnerships

Czech Republic

Somnium Space

Building the future of social media and Education