H.E. Arif AmiriChief Executive Officer — opening remarks, Plenary Stage, 26 October (organizer agenda)DIFC Authority
H.E. Qubad TalabaniDeputy Prime Minister — keynote fireside, 'Shaping the Middle East's AI future', with moderator Karl TlaisKurdistan Regional Government
H.E. Salem Humaid Al MarriDirector GeneralMohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
H.E. Younus Al NasserChief Executive OfficerDubai Data & Statistics Establishment at Digital Dubai
H.E. Duddilla Sridhar BabuCabinet Minister for Information Technology, Electronics & Communications, Industries & Commerce, and Legislative AffairsGovernment of Telangana
H.E. Ambassador Philip Thigo, MBSSpecial Envoy on Technology — panelist, 'Who sets the rules for global AI governance?'Office of the President of Kenya
H.E. Dr. Amin Al AmeeriAssistant Undersecretary for the Health Regulation SectorUAE Ministry of Health & Prevention
H.E. Major General Khaled Nasser AlRazooqiDirector, General Department of Artificial IntelligenceDubai Police
Dr Marwan Al ZarouniChief AI Officer, Strategic Advisor — Special Projects DepartmentDubai Department of Economy and Tourism
Latifa AlShehhiChief Artificial Intelligence OfficerUAE Ministry of Investment
Peng XiaoGroup Chief Executive OfficerG42
Muhammad BinghattiChairman & Chief Architect — fireside, 'Building for tomorrow: how AI could reshape real estate demand'BinGhatti
Rashid AlabbarChairmanNshama Properties
Hussain SajwaniFounder and Chairman — named an executive speaker in the organizer's release (he is NOT on the organizer's 114-card 2026 speakers page)DAMAC Properties
Reda NidhakouChief Executive OfficerVentureOne
Neeraj MakinSenior Executive Vice President, Group Head of Strategy, Analytics & Venture Capital; board member, RBL BankEmirates NBD
Yan BechetChief Operating Officer UAE and Interim Head of International Wealth and Premier Banking UAEHSBC
Amna Al OwaisDeputy DirectorDIFC Courts
Lori BakerVice President — Data Protection & Regulatory ComplianceDIFC Authority
Mikkel AndersenChief Risk OfficerCommercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)
Xi LiangChief AI OfficerMashreq
Görkem KöseoğluGroup Chief Customer & AI OfficerNetwork International
Fahad Al HassawiChief Executive Officer — keynote fireside, 'Building the digital infrastructure for the next economy'du
Arvind JainFounder and Chief Executive OfficerGlean
Mati StaniszewskiCo-Founder & CEO — named an executive speaker in the organizer's release (he is NOT on the organizer's 114-card 2026 speakers page)ElevenLabs
Prof. Paul Newman CBEFounder & CEOOxa
Trevor ThompsonPresident, InternationalScale AI
Matthew FitzpatrickChief Executive OfficerInvisible Technologies
Dominic WilliamsPresident & Chief ScientistDFINITY Foundation
Fabrizio Del MaffeoCo-Founder and Chief Executive OfficerAxelera AI
Matthew WhiteGlobal Chief Technology Officer of AILinux Foundation
Dr. Hakim HacidChief Researcher, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Science Research Center — panelist, 'Who sets the rules for global AI governance?' (organizer agenda)Technology Innovation Institute
Kamel Al-TawilManaging Director, MENAEquinix
Charles ChebliManaging Director of the UAE and Head of AI CloudQualcomm
Alex AliperCo-Founder & PresidentInsilico Medicine
Ramez ShehadiGlobal Chair of Digital, Analytics and AIKearney
Dr. Akram AwadManaging Director & PartnerBCG
Faisal HamadyManaging Director & Partner, Global Lead for Innovation for Economic DevelopmentBCG
David AbtSenior Managing Director, AI Infrastructure LeadFTI Consulting Middle East
Mohan KumarFounderAvataar Venture Partners
Sanjog GuptaChief Executive OfficerInternational Cricket Council
Karl TlaisFounder & CEO — moderator, H.E. Qubad Talabani keynote firesideiAdvisory
Anand JoawnGeneral Manager — moderator, Muhammad Binghatti firesideDow Jones Middle East
Jane WitherspoonManaging Editor, Middle East, Central Asia and South Caucasus — moderator, Fahad Al Hassawi keynote firesideEuronews
Dana KhraicheUAE Bureau Chief — moderator, 'Who sets the rules for global AI governance?'Bloomberg
