Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai. EmTech MENA 2018, is the region’s version of the most prestigious tech conference, organised by MIT Technology Review Arabia, in partnership with Dubai Future Foundation.

The inaugural EmTech MENA will focus on how to achieve a securely connected world (Security and Telecom), supported by Intelligent Machines, regulated by the Governments of the Future (Sustainability, infrastructure, smart government, energy transformation), and fueled by the year's emerging technologies. The event will also be a celebration of the inaugural award Innovators Under 35 for the MENA region.

  • Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines
  • Augmented Reality
  • Internet of Things
  • Security
  • Social Media
  • Telecom
  • Smart Governments
  • Sustainability
  • Infrastructure
  • Energy Transformation

 

For discounted and privileged access members can use the coupon: OMANBF when registering the tickets on this link: https://emtechmena.com/emtech-mena-2018-tickets/

Registration & Breakfast

Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau

CEO and publisher, MIT Technology Review.

 

Khalfan Belhoul 
Dia Haykal
Anas Tawileh

Dr. Prof. Christoph Meinel

President and CEO. Hasso Plattner Institute

 

Prof. Fiona Murray

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Associate Dean of Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management

 

Break & Networking

Prof. Carlo Ratti

Professor of Urban Technologies and Planning, MIT

 

Prof. Carolina Osorio

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), MIT

 

Ambarish Mitra

Founder & CEO, Blippar

Keynote Sponsor Presentation (DEWA)

Lunch and Prayer Break

Prof. Donald Sadoway

John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, MIT

 

Prof. Fikile Brushett

Raymond A. and Helen E. St. Laurent Career Development Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT

 

Dr. Lin Wen Hu

Director, Research and Services MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

 

Break & Networking

Platinum Sponsor Presentation

Prof. Una-May O'Reilly

Principal Research Scientist at CSAIL, MIT

 

Ms. Noor Shaker

Co-Founder and CEO, GTN Ltd

Speaker TBD

A Look Ahead - Fireside with H.E. Omar Alolama

Meet the Innovators Under 35

 

Registration & Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Prof. Munir Nayfeh

Professor of Physics, University of Illinois

 

Prof. Adah Almutairi

Director of UCSD's Center of Excellence in Nanomedicine, UCSD

Speaker TBC

Break & Networking

Dr. Stefano Zanero

Associate Professor Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan

 

Justin Fier

Director for Cyber Intelligence & Analytics, Darktrace

 

Anthony Butler

CTO, IBM's blockchain business in Middle East and Africa

Dr. Rida Hamza

Vice President, Global Business Development, Parsons

 

 

 

Lunch and Prayer Break

Siim Sikkut

CIO, Government of Estonia

 

Dr. Saleh Alhashemi

CEO, Algorythma

Speaker TBC

Break & Networking

Clarissa Shen

COO - Udacity (Sponsor Presentation)

 

Meet the Innovators Under 35

A Look Ahead - Fireside with H.E. Mohamed Algergawi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers

Carlo Ratti
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Carlo Ratti

Professor of Urban Technologies and Planning MIT
Donald Sadoway
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Donald Sadoway

John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry MIT
Lin Wen Hu
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Lin Wen Hu

Director, Research and Services MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
Khalfan Belhoul
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Khalfan Belhoul

CEO Dubai Future Foundation
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau
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Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau

CEO and publisher MIT Technology Review
Fikile Brushett
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Fikile Brushett

Raymond A. and Helen E. St. Laurent Career Development Professor of Chemical Engineering MIT
Anthony Butler
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Anthony Butler

CTO IBM's blockchain business in Middle East and Africa
Justin Fier
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Justin Fier

Director for Cyber Intelligence & Analytics Darktrace
Saleh Alhashemi
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Saleh Alhashemi

CEO Algorythma
Christoph Meinel
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Christoph Meinel

President and CEO Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) for IT Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam
Ambarish Mitra
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Ambarish Mitra

CEO and Co-Founder Blippar
Munir Nayfeh
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Munir Nayfeh

Professor of Physics University of Illinois
Una-May O’Reilly
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Una-May O’Reilly

Principal Research Scientist CSAIL, MIT
Carolina Osorio
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Carolina Osorio

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) MIT
Noor Shaker
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Noor Shaker

Co-Founder and CEO GTN Ltd
Siim Sikkut
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Siim Sikkut

Government CIO Estonia
Anas Tawileh
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Anas Tawileh

Executive Director EmTech MENA