Joseph Musolino

Regional manager, Middle East, Veeam Software.

Joseph’s role in SAS is focused on Customer Advisory focusing on C-Level engagement, Digital and Analytics transformation. This role leverages his experience in Government which has included Program Management, Solution Architecture, Sales & Marketing, Policy Creation, Operations and Compliance.​

He has over 19 years’ experience in Consulting, IT, Government, Regulatory and Financial Services. ​

He began his career in the Australian Social Security department then subsequently moved to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), where he worked on a number of high profile Business and IT initiatives such as the implementation of the New Tax System, Integration with Australian Customs and the Change Program.​

Joseph left the ATO to start his own consulting firm (in the UK) where he worked with (and consulted to) a number of Revenue Administrations (HMRC), Funding Agencies (World Bank) and Private Companies (IBM), providing strategic and delivery consultancy. He has worked with over 75+ Tax, Customs & other Government Administrations around the world, helping them introduce new initiatives, transform and digitize.

Joseph’s differentiating value is that he understands the end-to-end policy, business and IT requirements of government agencies along with an extensive experience in managing and delivering complex programs. This allows him to successfully balance between customers needs while also understanding what it takes to deliver.

Claude Schück

Regional manager, Middle East, Veeam Software.

Claude Schück’s experience spans more than 20 years, leading numerous teams in the IT industry. He was previously responsible -  at various IT Vendors -  for running their Channel Organization for Southern Africa, as well as running Large Enterprise business units across Africa.

He joined Veeam 3 years ago, heading up the Africa Business and has re located to Dubai to lead the Middle East Veeam Team.

Farhan Syed

Partner and Head of Advisory, Middle East and South Asia (MESA) and Lower Gulf, KPMG Lower Gulf

• Farhan is a Partner within the advisory business and leads Digital Transformation practice.
• He specializes in helping clients understand the implications of digital forces such as Mobile, Data, Social, Internet of Things, Cognitive Computing and Cloud, determine the opportunities and threats, formulate the required strategy and change initiates to transform the business and bridge the performance and/or opportunity gap.
• He brings deep and practical transformation expertise having delivered numerous strategy, digital and transformation projects in UAE, Saudi, South Africa, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, Sweden and India across a range of industries.
• Prior to joining KPMG, he has held leadership positions with IBM Global Business Services where he led their Digital Consulting Practice for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa for the Banking Industry and the Business and Customer Strategy Consulting Practice for Australia and New Zealand.

Hassan El-Banna

Business Development Manager, Middle and Africa, Genetec

Hassan El-Banna is a Business Development Manager with 26+ years of extensive experience in Physical and Network Security. With a breadth of technology skills; Hassan has worked for various companies including Siemens and Specialized & Interactive Systems (SIS). 3 years ago, he joined Genetec; a world leader in open-platform unified IP software solutions for the physical security and public safety industry.

Security Center is Genetec’s unified security platform that seamlessly blends IP video surveillance (Omnicast), access control (Synergis), and automatic license plate recognition (AutoVu ALPR) systems within a single intuitive solution. Now, his focus at Genetec Middle East & Africa is advising Security Consultants, Government and ISPs to secure their most critical infrastructures with Unified Security.

Kamal Hussein

Government Digital Transformation Consultant, UAE

Digital strategy and transformation consultant with 20+ years in success strategizing and Deep expertise in providing the foundation for next-generation ideas, development, and implementation. 

Kamal has extensive and deep knowledge of governments’ excellent strategies and guidelines he supervises the planning, developing, and executing digital transformation initiative, Enterprise and Solution Architecture which enabling clients to enhance business productivity and values.

kamal has worked mainly in Government, Telecommunications, Banking, and Utility sectors, across the Middle East and Africa.

kamal graduated with a Master’s in Information Systems and holds a Bachelor’s in Computer science. he is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF), Cloud Practitioner, and others.

Zachary Rea

Sales Engineering for MEA, India and Turkey, MicroStrategy

Zachary is the Director of Sales Engineering for Middle East, India, Turkey, and Africa for MicroStrategy and is based out of Dubai. He has deep technical knowledge of MicroStrategy based on experience as a Premium Support Engineer and Pre-Sales based out of San Francisco, California. He has also gained valuable perspective by leading a BI Services team as a MicroStrategy customer. Zachary has been managing the Pre-Sales team for the MEA region since early 2017 and is excited to help empower companies with actionable intelligence.

Nada Khater

Head of Digital Transformation Policies and Strategies, Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan

Eng. Nada Khater is Government Digital Transformation Policies and Strategies Specialist in Jordan.

She participated in the development of digital policies, which are Artificial Intelligence Policy for Jordan 2020, Cloud Computing Policy for Jordan 2020, Open Government Data Policy in 2017, Government Data Classification and Management Policy 2020. Moreover, she participated in the developing of Digital Transformation Strategy for Government Services

In addition, she participated in the developing and issuance of National ‎Cyber‎security Strategy 2018-2023, Cybersecurity policies framework 2019, and Jordan’s Cybersecurity Law in 2019.

Abboud Ghanem

Regional Vice President MEA, Alteryx

Abboud heads Alteryx’ Middle East and Africa business. Joined Alteryx in 2014 to develop the markets outside UK and lead Alteryx’s expansion in France, Germany, Benelux and Nordics. He’s been involved in many projects within Enterprise and SMB type of businesses driving analytics culture and self-service BI implementations across various sectors and departments. Holds a MBA from Cranfield School of Management and has passion for solving business problems with new and innovative technologies.

Ahmad G. Abdallah

Country Manager Saudi Arabia and Levant, Thales

Ahmad is an accomplished IT & Cybersecurity professional with more than 16 years of successful experience in these domains. Currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Ahmad serves as Country Manager with Thales. Ahmad supervises Thales’ sales and marketing operations in Saudi Arabia, Levant, Yemen & Sudan, while managing a diverse portfolio of multimillion-dollar accounts. Before assuming his present role, Ahmad held senior management positions with Gemalto, SafeNet Inc. and few other large firms in the same industry.

An established industry expert, Ahmad is adept at overseeing high profile complex networks, performing systems analysis, administering security protocols, promoting business development, and executing project management functions. He is also an exceptional business strategist, negotiator, and communicator, who excels at identifying opportunities, performing problem-solving analysis, leading and managing teams, and seeing complex information technology and security projects through their entire lifecycle.

Ahmad Abdallah holds a MSc. in Computer and Information Security from the University of Liverpool. He has also completed numerous professional specialist certifications including Certified Data Protection Consultant.

Thalesgroup
Gold Sponsor
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Today’s enterprises depend on the cloud, data and software in order to make decisive decisions. That is why the most respected brands and largest organizations in the world rely on Thales to help them protect and secure access to their most sensitive information and software wherever it is created, shared or stored – from the cloud and data centers to devices and across networks. Our solutions enable organizations to move to the cloud securely, achieve compliance with confidence, and create more value from their software in devices and services used by millions of consumers every day.

We are the worldwide leader in data protection, providing everything an organization needs to protect and manage its data, identities and intellectual property – through encryption, advanced key management, tokenization, and authentication and access management. Whether it’s securing the cloud, digital payments, blockchain or the Internet of Things, security professionals around the globe rely on Thales to confidently accelerate their organization’s digital transformation. Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing is part of Thales Group.

Veeam®
Silver Sponsor
https://www.veeam.com

Veeam® is the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™. Veeam provides a single platform for modernizing backup, accelerating hybrid cloud and securing data. Veeam has 400,000+ customers worldwide, including 83% of the Fortune 500 and 69% of the Global 2,000. Veeam’s 100% channel ecosystem includes global partners, as well as HPE, NetApp, Cisco and Lenovo as exclusive resellers. Veeam has offices in more than 30 countries.

MicroStrategy
Gold Partner
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MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is the largest independent publicly-traded business intelligence company, with the leading enterprise analytics platform. Our vision is to enable Intelligence Everywhere. MicroStrategy prides modern analytics on an open, comprehensive enterprise platform used by many of the world’s most admired brands in the Fortune Global 500. Optimized for cloud and on-premises deployments, the platform features HyperIntelligence ®, a breakthrough technology that overlays actionable enterprise data on popular business applications to help users make smarter, faster decisions.

Tamer Elassal

Marketing Manager, Beckman Coulter

Tamer joined Beckman Coulter in 2016. He is currently the Marketing manager for workflow and IT solutions for Middle east Africa and Eastern Europe. His drive is innovation and growth for the automation solutions in the region and make sure voice of our customer is heard in achieving our customer goals with increasing the quality of work and decreasing the TAT by offering cost-effective solutions.

He was raised in Cairo, Egypt. After completing my Bachelor of biomedical engineering from Cairo University and Lean management from university of Michigan, He continued his career path for a complete 18 years only in lab automation business.

Beckman Coulter 

Beckman Coulter is committed to advancing healthcare for every person by applying the power of science, technology, and the passion and creativity of our teams to enhance the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving healthcare outcomes. Our diagnostic systems are used in complex biomedical testing, and are found in hospitals, reference laboratories and physician office settings around the globe. Beckman Coulter offers a unique combination of people, processes and solutions designed to elevate the performance of clinical laboratories and healthcare networks. We do this by accelerating care with a menu that matters, bringing the benefit of automation to all, delivering greater insights through clinical informatics and unlocking hidden value through performance partnership. An operating company of Danaher Corporation since 2011, Beckman Coulter is headquartered in Brea, Calif., and has more than 11,000 global associates working diligently to make the world a healthier place.

HoloEyes

Holoeyes leads revolutionizing healthcare communication with cutting-edge Virtual Reality technology, which will enable dramatically enhanced visualization. Technology can bring innovation in many clinical practices such as surgery planning, surgery practice, medical education, and communication with patients. Holoeyes is established in Japan in 2016 and service is successfully launched in Japan and currently in the mode of international expansions. There are some very successful use cases identified through trials at Japanese medical universities and hospitals. Such high recognition includes acceleration for understanding of anatomy as educational use and shortening of surgery operation time as surgical planning use.

Melody International

Melody International is a Japanese start-up that provides perinatal e-Health. The Melody International’s vision is to enhance safe and secure childbirth for mothers all over the world via cloud-based telemedicine platform. Melody International has developed iCTG, which is the smallest wireless fetal monitor in the world. iCTG allows doctors to remotely check the condition of both mother and fetus anywhere, anytime. iCTG has obtained Japan’s medical approval and has been accumulating successful clinical use cases in Japan as well as several other countries. Melody International has received various recognition and award in Japan and ready for global market entry.

Naoji Taniguchi

CEO and Co-Founder, Holoeyes

Mr. Naoji Taniguchi is CEO and Co-Founder of Holoeyes.

Mr. Taniguchi started his career as an engineer and developed games, apps, etc. At Holoeyes, he is responsible for developing software for creating 3D VR/AR images by his knowledge and experience in 3DCG technology.

He has a keen interest in cutting edge technology and extensive experience in technology and business.

Marc-Antoine Zora

General Manager, Philips’ District Gulf & Levant

Marc-Antoine Zora leads Philips’ District Gulf & Levant, which focuses on supporting Hospitals and Health systems to provide efficient and effective care.

Before moving to the UAE, Marc was instrumental in the set up and establishment of Philips in Qatar where he was the inaugural General Manager, entering Philips into long-term meaningful partnerships with a number of leading healthcare providers.

Over more than 15 years, Marc has an impressive track record in value creation in the healthcare industry, with a strong focus on integrated solutions. He contributes a wealth of expertise in diagnostic imaging, critical care and healthcare informatics; together with deep customer insights as Philips works to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation.

Yhuko Ogata

Chief Executive Officer, Melody International

Ms. Yhuko Ogata graduated from Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering.

Her first entrepreneurship was in 2000 and succeeded in commercializing Japan’s first perinatal electronic medical record. Subsequently, she founded Melody International as a serial entrepreneur.

Ms. Ogata has received various business awards in Japan. Most recently, she was rewarded as one of the most influential business women in Japan.

Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter is committed to advancing healthcare for every person by applying the power of science, technology, and the passion and creativity of our teams to enhance the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving healthcare outcomes. Our diagnostic systems are used in complex biomedical testing, and are found in hospitals, reference laboratories and physician office settings around the globe. Beckman Coulter offers a unique combination of people, processes and solutions designed to elevate the performance of clinical laboratories and healthcare networks. We do this by accelerating care with a menu that matters, bringing the benefit of automation to all, delivering greater insights through clinical informatics and unlocking hidden value through performance partnership. An operating company of Danaher Corporation since 2011, Beckman Coulter is headquartered in Brea, Calif., and has more than 11,000 global associates working diligently to make the world a healthier place.

Latifa Al-Abbasi

Chief of Quality Management, Information and eGovernment Authority – iGA, Bahrain

Latifa has over 16 years of experience in information technology best practices, auditing and governance. She is currently the Chief of Quality Management at the Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) Bahrain where she leadings quality auditing and governance, including quality management systems, IT alignment with business strategic, and information security controls and privacy protection.

Latifa is leading the ISO 20000 project (IT Service Management) certification for the Information & eGovernment Authority, which is a local Government pioneer in the certificate, obtained in FEB 2018.

She oversees delivering the in-house ITIL Foundation Course to iGA IT employees with international accreditation certificate and has implemented full Risk Management for the authority.

Latifa is a mater degree in cyber security candidate and a member of the Internal Committee that implement the Service Centre Evaluation Committee standards, where iGA received the Golden Shield

Philips

Philips is a health technology company focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Applying advanced technologies and deep clinical and consumer insights, Philips partners with customers to deliver integrated solutions that address the Quadruple Aim: improved patient experience, better health outcomes, improved staff experience, and lower cost of care.

As well as being able to deliver outstanding individual products, we offer an integrated proposition across the health continuum, connecting providers and consumers for better outcomes and higher productivity. More and more we are partnering with customers in new business models, no longer selling products in a ‘transactional’ manner but through long-term strategic partnerships. We are organizing ourselves more clearly around customer needs, bringing together all relevant capabilities to best develop and bring to market solutions (suites of systems, smart devices, software and services). Our businesses are clustered in the following segments:

Diagnosis & Treatment
Focuses on precision diagnosis, disease pathway selection, and image-guided, minimally invasive treatments

Connected Care
Focuses on patient care solutions, advanced analytics and patient and workflow optimization inside and outside the hospital, and aims to unlock synergies from integrating and optimizing patient care pathways, and leveraging provider-payer-patient business models

Personal Health
Focuses on healthy living and preventative care

Freshworks

Freshworks provides innovative customer engagement software for businesses of all sizes, making it easy for teams to acquire, close, and keep their customers for life. Freshworks SaaS products provide a 360 degree view of the customer, are ready to go, easy to use and offer quick return on investment. Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., Freshworks’ 3,000+ team members work in offices throughout the world. For more information, visit www.freshworks.com. 

Steven A. Matarelli

Senior Clinical Executive for Vocera Communications

Steven A. Matarelli, PhD, RN is Senior Clinical Executive for Vocera Communications, a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions.

Formerly, Dr. Matarelli worked for Joint Commission Resources in the role of Field Director International Accreditation and Johns Hopkins Medicine International in the role of Chief Operating Officer/Chief Clinical Officer of Tawam Hospital, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Matarelli is a highly experienced national and international speaker in the United States, Middle East, and Asia on topics of nursing care, hospital operations, patient safety, research, and “theory-into-practice” for healthcare providers, community organizations, and academic settings. His 35 + years of healthcare experience has spanned clinical and executive operations, academia, and industry.

Eddy Rizk

Precision Diagnosis Director, Middle East and Turkey Royal Philips

Eddy Rizk joined Philips in late 2010 and has been integrally involved in driving the growth of the company. His initial role at Philips was District Manager for Philips Levant Area, from 2010 to 2016. In 2017, Eddy assumed the role of Business Marketing Leader for the Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Guided Therapy in MET. Today, Eddy leads the Precision Diagnosis business for Middle East and Turkey market.

Before working at Philips, Eddy worked for Nokia Mobile phones as a General manager for North Africa region.

Eddy holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the American University of Beirut. Rizk is married with 3 children and enjoys Water sports in his free time.

Holoeyes

Holoeyes leads revolutionizing healthcare communication with cutting-edge Virtual Reality technology, which will enable dramatically enhanced visualization. Technology can bring innovation in many clinical practices such as surgery planning, surgery practice, medical education, and communication with patients. Holoeyes is established in Japan in 2016 and service is successfully launched in Japan and currently in the mode of international expansions. There are some very successful use cases identified through trials at Japanese medical universities and hospitals. Such high recognition includes acceleration for understanding of anatomy as educational use and shortening of surgery operation time as surgical planning use.

Furqan Asrar Ahmed

eHealth Strategist, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia

Furqan has over 16 years of experience building Corporate Strategies and managing them through execution for Public and Private sector organizations. For the past 6 years he has been involved with the eHealth and IT Department within the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia. 

Dr. Alexander Varghese, Hospital Director, New Mowasat Hospital, Kuwait

American Board Certified Healthcare Management professional (FACHE) with over 17+ years of wide-ranging experience in managing Hospital Operations, Projects, Hospital Planning and Commissioning, Strategic Planning, Hospital Quality Systems Management and Consulting.

Currently, Hospital Director – New Mowasat Hospital, Kuwait – May 2016 till date with complete P&L and Operational responsibility

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director – Siloam Hospitals, Medan, Indonesia

Chief Operating Officer & Executive Consultant – Siloam Hospitals – Jambi, Indonesia.

At Gleneagles Khubchandani Hospital, Mumbai, India – a unit of Parkway Health – Singapore as Chief – Quality Management & Medical Affairs. Primary role was to establish guidelines, systems & guidelines for hospital operations, medical affairs and quality systems development.

At Quality Conclave FZ LLC – a healthcare management consultancy firm established in Dubai Health Care City – Founding Member and Head – Operations, bringing to light various operational, quality and healthcare facility planning related projects.

Provided consultancy services to healthcare organizations in India, UAE, Seychelles, Indonesia, Oman and Tanzania for their compliance to good hospital management practices and international accreditation standards.

Deputy Director-Administration & Quality at Zulekha Healthcare Group-Dubai & Sharjah, UAE, responsible for hospital operations, profitability and planning and implementing the Quality Accreditation related projects for Zulekha Healthcare Group in UAE, ensuring the accreditation of both its hospitals and a medical center within the group in a span of 24 months

Developed good operational, clinical, administrative, planning and quality related practices at Asian Heart Institute – a 250 bed Quaternary Care Cardiac Institute in Mumbai, India

Commissioning Apollo Hospitals – Ahmedabad, India – a 400 bed Super Specialty Hospital and its satellite units at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Marie-Noëlle Kallas, Endocrinologist, Mount Lebanon Hospital

Marie-Noëlle Kallas is an endocrinologist at Mount Lebanon Hospital, Beirut, with endocrinology, diabetology and nutrition experience.

She received her general medicine diploma from Saint Joseph University, Beirut, in 2014, followed by her specialization diploma which was completed in 2018 in France at Paris Diderot University with a fellowship in the endocrinology department of Cochin Hospital in Paris, a reference center for rare adrenal diseases, rare endocrine diseases, genomics and signaling of endocrine tumors. She pursued a fellowship as well in the diabetology and metabolic diseases department of the same hospital in 2019.

Marie-Noëlle participated in several endocrinology and diabetology clinical trials being an investigator in the phase III study on pasireotide as well as the phase III study on semaglutide. She is also interested in research, already taking part in studies on PTH values in Middle-Eastern populations and on pediatric thyroid cancer in Lebanon.

Ahmed AlZahrani, Director of Healthcare Technology Development – Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs in Saudi Arabia, he works closely with multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers to address their challenges, and transform it to an improvement opportunity, towards digitizing and automating the processes to an innovative business model. Currently; he is studying MBA in Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College for Business & Entrepreneurship, he has a bachelor degree in Biomedical Technology with more than 12 years’ experience in Healthcare IT systems, and he is certified with several credentials such as PMP and CPHIMS.

Associate Sponsor

siemens-healthineers.com

Siemens Healthineers enables healthcare providers worldwide to increase value by empowering them on their journey towards expanding precision medicine, transforming care delivery, improving patient experience and digitalizing healthcare. A leader in medical technology, Siemens Healthineers is constantly innovating its portfolio of products and services in its core areas of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging and in laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine. Siemens Healthineers is also actively developing its digital health services and enterprise services.

Innovation Partner

imprivata.com

Imprivata®, the digital identity company for healthcare, provides identity, authentication, and access management solutions that are purpose-built to solve healthcare’s unique workflow, security, and compliance challenges. Imprivata enables healthcare securely by establishing trust between people, technology, and information across the increasingly complex healthcare ecosystem. Emerging Global Technologies (EGT) is Imprivata distributor for the Middle East region.

Supporting Partner

plugandplaytechcenter.com

Plug and Play is a global innovation platform. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we have built accelerator programs, corporate innovation services, and an in-house VC to make technological advancement progress faster than ever before. Since inception in 2006, our programs have expanded worldwide to include a presence in over 30 locations globally, giving startups the necessary resources to succeed in Silicon Valley and beyond. With over 10,000 startups and 400 official corporate partners, we have created the ultimate startup ecosystem in many industries. Companies in our community have raised over $9 billion in funding, with successful portfolio exits including Danger, Dropbox, Lending Club and PayPal. For more information, visit https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

Supporting Partner

velametis.com

Velametis is an advisory services provider. Our vision is to enhance Healthtech Pharma products and companies through bespoke evidence and guidance, to bring life-changing technologies to users and patients around the world

Supporting Partner

areawfi.com

AreaWFI, new one integrated telecommunication system to have action like human during the Internet user experience. WFI system introduces a new level of communication, that one to give execution to a digital service. The system has a very high security level and extremely simple way to use for the end user. It’s integrable in every process and every functionality and it is possible to write it in more development languages. It is really a new Internet approach also for structures of networking and it can be considered really a new way to be connected to the virtual digital world. We create digital identity to have physical real action. No more problems for your data, no more problems for passwords, credit card numbers or any other kind of personal and sensitive data. Only your last action to give execution, more of a simple digital result. You can have secure Internet world only if you do the right action in the right moment.

Claire is currently the Senior Clinical Workflow Specialist at Imprivata where she advises on the clinical practice of healthcare IT Security. She very seamlessly combines her clinical and academic expertise with her understanding of how digital solutions interface with human factors and clinical regulatory requirements to benefit patients, clinicians and organisations.

She trained at Peterborough and Stamford School of Nursing in the United Kingdom, then pursued her Masters in Health Informatics, with an Upper Merit at University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom.

Claire brings over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry as an Emergency Room Charge Nurse RN, where she has practiced worldwide, contributing to our global marketing clinical practices: Sidra Research and Medical Center, Qatar, Beth Israel Deaconess medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, King Edward Memorial VII Hospital, Bermuda, King Abdul-Aziz Military Hospital, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Saudi Aramco oil Company, Al Khobar, KSA., Peterborough District Hospital, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Daniel is currently a Clinical Workflow Specialist at Imprivata where he advises on the clinical practice of healthcare IT Security. Daniel specializes in advancing patient outcomes through collaborations across clinical disciplines, organizational management, clinical and academic institutions as well as industry.

Daniel has experience in a range of roles internationally and within the UK at world class institutions including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA- Teaching Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. He has held leadership positions spanning clinical care, research and development as well as teaching, within the field of emergency medicine.

His experience is informed from a breadth of knowledge in specialty disciplines, integrating clinical and operational healthcare expertise. He has first-hand experience and comprehensive insight into the contemporary challenges of healthcare provision within the UK and overseas (USA, Iceland, Denmark and Haiti). This has led to gaining a deep understanding of how evidence-based solutions can be successfully formed from quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Eng. Abdulaziz N. Alkhlaif is a veteran of 23 years working in the IT and information management field. with 13 years in the HIT. The latest challenges he took over are implementing ERP and HIS System for hospitals in various stages of operation. he has worked on the logistics and the architect of the system delivery that suits the organization’s objectives. keeping current and update with the latest technologies with E-learning and online content and contributing and being a member of the local and international interest groups and institutions. working with local and brand names solution providers to fulfil the goals of digital transformation for Hospitals

Laila Al Hadhrami is

• * A senior Executive Digital Trasnformation in eTransformation team in Ministry of Communications and Technology.
• * Director of Building Capacity in Smart City Platform.
• * Change Management Consultant for digital transformation teams. 
• * Founder of Change Management Community of Practice
• * Found of Smart City Ambassadors

Laila started working since 2005 and has experience and professional certificates in different fields in Government Innovation; Change Management, UX, Re-process engineering, Business Analysis, Project Management and Knowledge Management. Laila has also participated as a speaker in many conferences and seminars in Oman and overseas. Laila currently is leading national projects in Oman like the Government Innovation in emerging technologies and Smart Ambassador initiative in Oman and other projects related to digital transformation.

• * Laila is a member in different committees in Oman and Overseas. She is also a member in the UN standards evaluation internal committee.
• * Laila is a Member in UNSECO ICT Program, Beirut
• * Laila has worked also as UNU-EGOV fellowship Research in Guimaraes, Portugal
• * Laila has published two translated books, some short stories, and currently working in writing two books about her experience in Travel as it is one of her passionate hobbies.
• * Lails is also very experienced in digital and social media and she is the founder of @oman_traveler, the first tourism account in Oman with more than 200K followers.

Mohammad have spent most of his career with Microsoft International after graduating B.A. Computer Science from University of Colorado in May 1993. 19 years of experience in software giant played multipleroles:

• * Corporate Sales Manager –Dubai
• * Copyright Manager -Saudi Arabia
• * Manufacturing Sector Manager -Saudi Arabia
• * Public Sector Manager –Kuwait
• * Public Sector Manager -Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain

Currently as a Chief of IT at CITRA, Mohammad is responsible for:

• * National IT Governance Public Sector.
• * IT Industry Developmentand Innovation
• * Kuwait Digital Transformation

Edmond Tehini joined Infosysta as CEO in 2020. Edmond started his career at Murex (www.murex.com) in Paris in January 2001. After 04 years he joined Calypso Technology (www.calypso.com) to build from the ground up the Southern European operation. Throughout his 11 years at Calypso he held several Senior Roles, the latest in date was Managing Director for the Middle East and Turkey-based out of Dubai where he was responsible for both the Software and the Services divisions. Edmond holds a Masters in Economics from Paris II University and an MBA from ESCP-EAP.

In his role as the head of the Smart City consulting practice in the UAE, Yousef oversees some of the world’s most ambitious Smart City, Smart District and Smart Government transformation engagements in the world, and manages executive client relationships.

Yousef has twenty-five years of experience and assumed senior leadership roles at leading multinational and local companies operating in the EMEA region. He spent 9 years at Cisco Systems and his last role was the Director of Operations covering the EMEA region with a mandate of transforming the sales business model from a customer-led model to a $3 billion partner-led one, and introducing a higher level of innovation within the eco-system of channel partners.

Prior to joining Cisco, Yousef served as the head of marketing for Microsoft and was responsible for Microsoft’s overall brand positioning, CSR, and corporate communications & affairs in the Middle East region.

Yousef worked within the public sector as well, and was part of the founding team behind Dubai e-Government with a mission to help achieve H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid’s vision of having 70% of all Dubai government’s transactions done online within 3 years back in 2001.

Youssef holds a Global Executive Master’s degree from INSEAD and a bachelor degree in Business Administration from University of Jordan.

Alaa Mahjoub is a Data Management Senior Expert with decades of insightful experience in Transportation, Defense, Utility, and Petroleum at various governmental organizations. His experience across the EMEA and the Far East regions includes programs’ leadership and providing consultancies and training in UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, Malaysia, Singapore, and the UK. He has been active in the areas of Digital Business Transformation, Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS), Enterprise Architecture (EA), Enterprise Information Management (EIM), as well as Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) for over 30 years. He has been a leading contributor to the IACS, EA, EIM, and C4I programs in Abu Dhabi Department of Transports (DoT), Abu Dhabi Onshore Petroleum Operations Ltd (ADCO), Abu Dhabi Transmission and Dispatch Company (TRANSCO) and the Egyptian and the Kuwaiti MoD. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering from the Military Technical College (MTC) and Cairo University respectively. He lectured, published, and reviewed numerous research papers in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the International Council on Large Electric Systems (Cigre) and the Arab Union of Electricity. Alaa’s current research interest includes real-time operational intelligence and applying digital business to create new business designs.

Aarti has had a variety of experiences across Technology, Finance and Law. She is currently the Business Development Manager at TAIGER, one of South-East Asia’s fastest growing Artificial Intelligence startups, where she leads international expansion in the Middle East. Previously, she led fund raising rounds at two Fintech startups and started her career in Private Equity. She has a Bachelors in Law from the University of Manchester and a Masters in International Law from Georgetown University.

Silah Gulf

http://www.silah.bh/

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Silah Gulf is a leading, multi award-winning Customer Experience solutions provider. Launched in 2009, as a joint venture in the Middle East by Bahrain’s Government and UK-based Merchants (Dimension Data), Silah has operations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

With a unique mix of tools, expertise and a proven track record of over 35 years in the industry, we deliver end-to-end customer experience solutions for our clients. We are experts in driving innovation and take a consultative, yet pragmatic approach with real-world operational experience. Offering a full spectrum of services, we advise companies on how to transform their customer experience infrastructure, provide specialist training and certification, deploy high-tech solutions, as well as handle the running of the entire customer service operations.

Being in the service industry, we are passionate about our people and take pride in what we do. Our ability to attract the best talent, coupled with our rich history of success and innovation across different industries, is what sets us apart from our competitors.

TAIGER

https://taiger.com

TAIGER is the market leader and pioneer of Knowledge Process Optimization. TAIGER’s mission is to help organizations optimize operational efficiencies by automating complex cognitive tasks.

We specialize in advanced AI-engineered information access and extraction solutions that exploit the meaning of structured and unstructured information with unparalleled accuracy across industries, including financial services and governments – significantly reducing costs, human risks, and increasing efficiency and trimming processes for organizations. Our products include intelligent information extraction, semantic search engine and a humanistic virtual assistant.

Our solutions are also fully accredited by IMDA Singapore and we’re recognized as an IDC innovator in AI in 2019, Gartner Cool Vendor in 2017 and has garnered awards and recognition for redefining the future of artificial intelligence.

TAIGER is headquartered in Singapore with global offices in Dubai, Madrid and Mexico City.

As a senior healthcare advisor, Vivek Shukla works closely with top healthcare leaders to create strategic growth vectors for their healthcare organizations. Hailed as a thought leader, he has served several clients and a large healthcare organization over the last 22 years.

He currently works as a Partner for Healthcare Consulting in RSM, which is a global firm.

Vivek Shukla speaks passionately about healthcare growth and strategy across the world. He is an avid writer with over 120 published articles and one book to his name.

Innovation Partner

shop.nuance.co.uk

Nuance provides intelligent systems that support a more natural and insightful approach to clinical documentation, freeing clinicians to spend more time caring for patients. Nuance healthcare solutions capture, improve, and communicate more than 300 million patient stories each year, helping more than 500,000 clinicians in 10,000 global healthcare organizations to drive meaningful clinical and financial outcomes. Nuance’s award-winning clinical speech recognition, medical transcription, CDI, coding, quality, and medical imaging solutions provide a more complete and accurate view of patient care. EGT has been Nuance distributor for the Middle East since 2001 and has successfully executed projects with many regional clients.

Innovation Partner

emitachealthcare.com

Our Digital Transformation range will enable caregivers to enhance their operations and create greater efficiencies in all aspects of healthcare management. We cater to all technological needs of a modern healthcare provider ranging from clinical information solutions to the installation of communications systems, through our research and development. Through the support of our partners, and our own expertise in this field, our Software Solutions offering expands to offer comprehensive solutions in Communication, Patient Entertainment systems, Tracking & Protection systems, Nurse Call systems, Voice recognition systems, PACS, Signature Solutions and Clinical Information Systems.

Dr. Louiza (Pharm D, MBA, Ph.D.) has 10+ years of experience in Healthcare, Pharma, biotech and Digital Health industries in Asia (China) and the Middle East & Africa. Over the last 5 years in the UAE, she was responsible for assisting government institutions and private players in the biotech/pharma sector to strengthen their vaccine manufacturing capabilities across the MEA region and Pakistan.

She is also the co-founder of a Digital Health venture “ Magikcraft ” that develops health education videogames for Type 1 Diabetes and other diseases (cystic fibrosis, Type 2 Diabetes). Prior to that, she spent 8 years in China for her postgraduate studies and her early professional career in the recruitment industry for an Australian recruitment firm in Shanghai, helping F500 companies in the healthcare/Pharma sector find the best talent and expand in the Greater China area.

She is currently the head of the MENA Health Tech Program at Plug and Play ADGM where, in Partnership with the Department of Health, she is working to develop the Digital Health Ecosystem in Abu Dhabi and across the MENA Region.

Steven A. Matarelli, PhD, RN is Senior Clinical Executive for Vocera Communications, a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions.

Formerly, Dr. Matarelli worked for Joint Commission Resources in the role of Field Director International Accreditation and Johns Hopkins Medicine International in the role of Chief Operating Officer/Chief Clinical Officer of Tawam Hospital, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Matarelli is a highly experienced national and international speaker in the United States, Middle East, and Asia on topics of nursing care, hospital operations, patient safety, research, and “theory-into-practice” for healthcare providers, community organizations, and academic settings. His 35 + years of healthcare experience has spanned clinical and executive operations, academia, and industry.

Dr Simon Wallace is CCIO of Nuance’s Healthcare division in the UK and Ireland. He has worked as a GP, hospital and public health doctor in Brighton and London. Simon’s previous roles include Bupa, Dr Foster, Cerner Corporation and GSK – working across a range of technologies, including electronic patient records, telemedicine, mobile health and lifestyle devices.

Maazza Al Magthob, Director Patient Experience, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Maazza Almagthob, MBA/ Director of Patient Experience CCAD/ Master Life Coach/ NLP Master Practitioner & Coach/ Mindfulness Coach Maazza Almagthob is the Patient Experience Director at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Maazza joined the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi team in 2013 and has over 25 years experience in customer service including the Dubai World Trade Center, hospitals, and banking institutions. Maazza currently holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Manchester University.

Maazza is passionate about Patient Experience and Service Excellence. Most recently she collaborated with experts from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio to develop and tailor a communication training program for physicians here in UAE that was well received by the physician community. In addition, Maazza leads a team of caregivers who promote best practices, create action plans, and run observation programs to ensure an exceptional patient experience at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Maazza is a certified Master coach and NLP Master practitioner. Maazza has two sons in University and enjoys spending her free time coaching individuals and supporting them in their personal development

Joseph Musolino, Global Strategy and Sales lead – Fraud and Security Intelligence, SAS

Joseph’s role in SAS is focused on Customer Advisory focusing on C-Level engagement, Digital and Analytics transformation. This role leverages his experience in Government which has included Program Management, Solution Architecture, Sales & Marketing, Policy Creation, Operations and Compliance.

He has over 19 years’ experience in Consulting, IT, Government, Regulatory and Financial Services.

He began his career in the Australian Social Security department then subsequently moved to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), where he worked on a number of high profile Business and IT initiatives such as the implementation of the New Tax System, Integration with Australian Customs and the Change Program.

Joseph left the ATO to start his own consulting firm (in the UK) where he worked with (and consulted to) a number of Revenue Administrations (HMRC), Funding Agencies (World Bank) and Private Companies (IBM), providing strategic and delivery consultancy. He has worked with over 75+ Tax, Customs & other Government Administrations around the world, helping them introduce new initiatives, transform and digitize.

Joseph’s differentiating value is that he understands the end-to-end policy, business and IT requirements of government agencies along with an extensive experience in managing and delivering complex programs. This allows him to successfully balance between customers needs while also understanding what it takes to deliver.

Strategic Partner

www.ergotron.com

Ergotron, Inc. is a global company focused on designing and manufacturing solutions for dynamic work environments so people can thrive as they work, learn and care for others. The way we interact with technology, collaborate with others and pursue our individual potential is changing. Ergotron supports this evolution with innovative solutions that eliminate constraint through movement. Through the custom solutions group, Ergotron provides unique product offerings to companies like Amazon, HermanMiller, GE Healthcare and Cisco Systems. The company has a 35-year history of innovation with more than 200 patents and a growing portfolio of award-winning brands.

AI & Analytics Partner

https://www.sas.com

SAS is the leader in analytics. Through innovative software and services, SAS empowers and inspires customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. SAS gives you THE POWER TO KNOW®.

Lina Abou Mrad, National E-Health Director, Ministry of Public Health Lebanon

Director of the National E-Health Program at the Ministry of Public Health with more than 20 years of experience in the field of Health Information System and Lecturer at the Faculty of Public Health in the Lebanese University.

Leading E-Government and Digital Transformation projects to create new business models and culture to promote transparency and ensure modernization of the administration. Expert in strategic planning, business process re-engineering and change management with main focus on Government, Pharmaceuticals and digital media and communication platforms. Member of several committees including Digital transformation Strategy, Good Governance, Unified E-Prescription, Drugs Traceability and Fighting Corruption.

Received many Awards including Best Government E-Services and Golden Smart Applications from the PAN Arab Excellence Awards Academy and Special Distinction and Appreciation Honors from Ministers of Health for developing digital platforms to improve the quality of healthcare services.

Automation Connect

automationconnect.com

AutomationConnect.com is India’s First Comprehensive Industrial Automation Platform which allows seamless interface between Automation Providers/Vendors, Dealers and Distributors, System Integrators, End Customers, Consultants and Students. The Portal would enable various stakeholders of automation space to interact and do business

TechSci Research

techsciresearch.com

TechSci Research is an award-winning research based management consulting firm providing market research and advisory solutions to its customers worldwide, spanning a range of industries.

TechSci Research provides its customers with high value market research and advisory services that helps them identify new market opportunities, growth engines and innovative ways to capture the market share. TechSci’s areas of functional expertise are – Automotive, BFSI, Infrastructure, IT and Telecom, Consumer Durables, Chemical, Industrial Automation, Oil and Gas, Water, FMCG and Retail, Semiconductor and Power. TechSci serves over 700 global clients with premium market research studies spanning across different verticals.

Leading organizations use TechSci Research for meeting strategic business goals and making informed business decisions.

TechSci Research is committed to assisting customers worldwide with their unique market research needs by providing them with comprehensive, value-added solutions and professional market intelligence services. TechSci Research employs the industry’s best-trained industry Analysts and Consultants, which advises and assists customers in meeting their full-service market research and consulting requirements

Manufacturing Tomorrow

manufacturingtomorrow.com

ManufacturingTomorrow.com is an Online Trade Magazine featuring Products, Companies, News, Articles and Events for the Advanced Manufacturing, Factory Automation & 3D Printing industries.

Financial IT

financialit.net

Financial IT is a digital platform for multimedia and editorial content, rankings and overviews of major industry events. Financial IT magazine is published throughout the year in digital form. Financial IT magazine is available in print form at major trade events through our media partnerships. We believe that our competitive edge comes from our established relationships with financial IT companies and institutions, the breadth of the solutions described and the quality of content. Financial IT provides a detailed map of the everchanging space where the IT provider sector meets the broadly defined financial services sector.

Fintech Finance

fintechf.com

Fintech Finance works with renowned executives in the industry to provide key decision-makers globally within leading financial services organizations with reliable and accurate intelligence on emerging trends and breakthrough technologies, helping them to make informed decisions.

We invest heavily in a continually updated global database of decision-makers to ensure precise and accurate coverage of the budget-holders responsible for purchasing and specifying all the products and services they need to operate successfully.

eHealth News

ehealthnews.eu

eHealthNews.eu is the first European eHealth news portal and one of the most visited sites on the Internet for eHealth decision-makers, professionals and stakeholders looking for the latest eHealth breaking news.

Health Biz Insight

healthbizinsight.com

Health Biz Insight is the only magazine covering the business of healthcare in India and the Middle East. We keep in sync with today’s healthcare industry, its trends, newer business strategies, latest technologies, and everything that is a must to run a successful business; and bring this information to our readers every month. We focus on introducing newer business concepts, which are thoroughly researched, to give the industry vital tools to enhance their business verticals.

TracticaTractica Media Partner tractica.com

Tractica, an Informa business, is a market intelligence firm that focuses on emerging technologies. Tractica’s global market research and consulting services combine qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to provide a comprehensive view of the emerging market opportunities surrounding Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, User Interface Technologies, Advanced Computing, Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, and Wearables & Digital Health

World CSRworld Media Partner worldcsrday.com

The World CSR Day (www.worldcsrday.com) is guided by Leaders…. Leaders who believe in the value of Sustainable CSR; that which is built in the fabric of business – making it a reality. Leaders produce Leaders will be a common thread uniting nations and people who take CSR more responsibly. They also believe that CSR is a tool to the Development of the Future. Leaders, Professionals, CSR Practitioners, CEOs, Sustainability Experts and Media honchos in different parts of the world will help in spreading the message of World CSR Day. Let’s Unite the World with the Spirit & Energy for conscious CSR.

Cyber Defense Magazine Media Partner cyberdefensemagazine.com

Cyber Defense Magazine is by ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals for IT Security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting edge knowledge, real world stories and awards on the best ideas, products and services in the information technology industry

Plantautomation Technology Media Partner plantautomation-technology.com

In the realm of Plantautomation, where innovation is rapid, Plantautomation technology stands adept at conceptualizing unique ideas relevant to the B2B space.

Plantautomation-Technology is essentially a B2B online business and technology media platform that has under its wraps the largest global database of Plantautomation buyers and suppliers.

Plantautomation-technology.com covers in-depth trends that shape industry dynamics and metamorphose global economics.

With services like search engine optimization, social media marketing, product video showcase, e-mail marketing, e-newsletter sponsorship, banner advertising, event marketing and micro-website within our platform, Plantautomation- Technology has created a recognition that spans over a global audience, thereby revolutionizing how businesses transact.

Eye of Riyadh Media Partner eyeofriyadh.com

Eye of Riyadh is one of the leading companies in MENA with an experience of more than 15 years that is operated by an expert from the region.

Eye of Riyadh provides professional and effective direct and digital marketing strategies for events and campaigns by managing and support major events and campaigns through organizing, creating professional communication strategies, identifying the right target audience and securing sponsors.

Eye of Riyadh’s extensive and competence database reaches national and international role figures in decision making.

ICOHOLDER Media Partner icoholder.com

ICOHOLDER company is a smart tracker, global analytics platform with the largest crypto database, giving institutional and retail investors access to real-time, high-quality, reliable market and pricing data. As a market data provider we offer a comprehensive, holistic overview of the market and crypto trends. We produce: cryptocurrency trade data, order book data, blockchain and historical data, social data, reports, audits, crypto reviews and a suite of cryptocurrency indices. Our mission is to make the crypto industry more transparent.

CryptoNewsZ Media Partner cryptonewsz.com

CryptoNewsZ is a News Publication Media that provides updates on cryptocurrency, ICOs, DApps, and blockchain. As more and more people turn to cryptocurrencies every passing day, we cater high-quality, unbiased and well-analyzed content to them. We cover the latest news, price analysis and interviews for the crypto community.

Cognilytica Media Partner cognilytica.com

Our media partner Cognilytica is an analyst firm that provides real-world, industry and adoption focused market research, intelligence, advisory on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related areas. Cognilyitica also produces the popular AI Today podcast that discusses relevant topics related to AI and ML and interviews thought leaders in the field.

ICOHOLDER Media Partner icoholder.com

ICOHOLDER company is a smart tracker, global analytics platform with the largest crypto database, giving institutional and retail investors access to real-time, high-quality, reliable market and pricing data on 2,600+ coins, 22k ICOs, 6235 events, etc. As a market data provider we offer a comprehensive, holistic overview of the market and crypto trends. We produce: cryptocurrency trade data, order book data, blockchain and historical data, social data, reports, audits, crypto reviews and a suite of cryptocurrency indices. Our mission is to make the crypto industry more transparent.

Chaineum Media Partner chaineum.com

Independent boutique investment bank, founded in 2015, Chaineum is exceptionally experienced and exclusively focused on the transformational sectors of disruptive technologies. Tokenization is a revolutionary new vehicle for entrepreneurs seeking funding. We believe in decentralization and see tokenized market as a trillion-dollar opportunity. Advisory & services: ICO, STO, DSO*, fundraising, capital raising, corporate finance, M&A

International Finance Media Partner

International Finance is a premium financial and business analysis magazine, published by UK’s International Finance Publications Ltd.

With a discerning focus on emerging markets, International Finance provides news, analysis and commentary from a range of industry experts, contributors and writers. The editorial team’s endeavour is to address economic and business developments, and provide engaging, informative and factual content everyday. The magazine and website has a growing readership in Middle East, specifically in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait, as well as select African nations. International Finance has started making inroads into Asia as well, with a rising readership in Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Srilanka, Thailand, China and Taiwan. International Finance is subscription-based and reaches a wide variety of C-level executives and leading decision-makers in key markets. As a leading media services provider, clients enjoy maximum visibility through vibrant outreach exercises that include print and online advertisements, print and online advertorials, newsletter promotions, exclusive media visibility partnerships in key markets, and acknowledgement of corporate excellence.

UnlockUnlock Media Partner

Unlock is a platform that provides information, intelligence, insights and news pertaining to the Blockchain sector. We are one of the cornerstones in the evolution of the Blockchain ecosystem in the MENA region and globally. We encourage Blockchain’s disruptive innovation through our support of startups, investors, developers, and clients. Our main services entail media, events organization, advisory, PR, roadshows and community building.