akon

Grammy Award winning artist and Entrepreneur

arlan hamilton

Founder, Backstage Capital

hrh prince khaled bin al waleed bin talal al saud

Founder and CEO, KBW Ventures, and Founding Chairman, KBW Investments

chris gardner

Author, Pursuit of Happyness

jonas kjellberg

Co-creator, Skype

vishen lakhiani

CEO, MindValley

dr. shefali tsabary

NYT best-selling author, psychologist and wisdom teacher

jim kwik

CEO, Kwik Learning, and founder, SuperheroYou

muna al gurg

Director of Retail, Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

ramez t. shehadi

Managing Director MENA of Facebook

mouza al nasri

CEO of Khalifa Fund

dia haykal

Editor-in-Chief, MIT Technology Review Arabia

kamran elahian

Innovation catalyst, philanthropist, entrepreneur without borders and a global venture capitalist, Founder and Chairman of Global Innovation Catalyst, Cofounder and Chairman of Global Catalyst Foundation

svetlana velikanova

Founder and CEO of Harbour.Space

anisa al sharif

Certified Hand in Hand instructor and Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Tanshia

dina sherif

yasar jarrar

Senior Advisor, Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Innovations in Government

christian lindener

Global Head of Airbus Bizlabs

bernhard schambeck

CEO of the BMW Startup Garage

asmae lemniei

Advisor and Managing Director of Lean X Consulting

hadeel ayoub

Founder of BrightSign

hind hobeika

Founder of Instabeat

bassel idriss

Founder of Generics

michael lints

Partner at Golden Gate Ventures

g. nagesh rao

Startup Ecosystem Architect

megan mitchell

Director of Fellowships and Student Programs, MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship

eric dawson

CEO and Co-Founder, Peace First

sonia weymuller

Founding Partner, VentureSouq

travis hunter

Former Prime Minister of Estonia

hattaf ansari

Co-founder of Ampliphi Ventures

majid al qasimi

Founder of Finyal Media

ihab al fikry

Founder of Al Mentor

lindsey miller

Managing Partner of MENA Moonshots

mishal kanoo

Chairman, The Kanoo Group

arieje al shakar

Director & Fund Manager, Al Waha Fund of Funds

shihab al hammadi

Director of the Sharjah Media City Free Zone Authority (Shams)

hussien al mahmoudi

CEO, American University of Sharjah Enterprises, Sharjah Research & Development Technology and Innovation Park

jon karas

President & Co-Founder, Akoin

rana nawas

creator and Host, When Women Win podcast

tarek al bolbol

Founder of Booklava