Speakers

badr jafar

CEO, Crescent Enterprises and President, Crescent Petroleum

jacqueline novogratz

Co-Founder and CEO, Acumen

muhammad yunus

Nobel Peace Laureate 2006 and Founder, Grameen Bank

kate robertson

Co-Founder, One Young World

keith ferrazzi

Chairman and Founder, Ferrazzi Greenlight

vishen lakhiani

CEO, MindValley

silfath pinto

Energy Healer and Mindset Coach

pratik gauri

India President, 5th Element Group

eric dawson

CEO and Co-Founder, Peace First

dina sherif

Executive Director, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Co-founder, Ahead of the Curve

sonia weymuller

Founding Partner, VentureSouq

medea nocentini

Co-Founder, Companies Creating Change (C3)

dr. jane goodall, dbe

Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace

abdullah al qassab

TV Personality & Thinking Counselor

amal murad

The First Emirati Female Parkour Athlete

haitham al zarouni

Martial Arts Champion, Coach & Referee

ali al shamsi

Director of Sharjah Youths Center

ayoub al ali

Assistant Project Manager at Federal Youth Authority

wael al sayegh

Emirati Poet and Author

fakhra al mansouri

Game Designer and Founder of video-game company Hybrid Humans

mohammad al shamsi

Founder & CEO Robohitec

maitha omar

Game Developer and Designer

hamid al zarouni

Drone Photography Expert

saeed al shamsi

Podcast and New Media Content Creator

yousef al nuaimi

Certified Motivational Trainer & Speaker

muna al gurg

Director of Retail, Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

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

h.e. sheikh fahim al qasimi

Executive Chairman of the Department of Government Relations

gary vaynerhchuk

Chairman, VaynerX

huda & mona kattan

Co-founders, Huda Beauty

kathryn parsons

Co-founder and CEO, Decoded

vishen lakhiani

CEO, MindValley

hussa al humaidhi

Co-founder of Nuqat

magnus olsson

Founder, Careem

baroness susan greenfield

Author and Research Neuroscientist

leila janah

Founder and CEO, Samasource and LXMI

mudassir sheikha

Founder, Careem

h.e. mohamed bin taliah

Assistant Director General for Government Services Sector and the Assistant Director General for Corporate Services Sector at the Prime Minister’s Office in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future

p. k . gulati

Chairman Emeritus, TiE Global, and Founder, The Assembly

tamara pupic

Editor, Entrepreneur Middle East

cindy ochoa

Co-founder and Executive Director, StartupGDL

shayma fawaz

Founder, GOSSIP The Brand

tarek sayed

Growth Manager, Sheraa

gino yu

Founding Head of the Multimedia Innovation Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic

bianca praetorius

Public Speaking Trainer

najla al ansari

Manager, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival

adwa aldakheel

Serial Entrepreneur

amal bahloul

Founder, Lights, Camera, Learn

asra nadeem

VP Programs, Draper Ventures

carla koffel

Pearl Initiative

caroline faraj

VP – Arabic Services, CNN

christina andreassen

Womentum Program Manager, Womena

samer choucair

Director, CE-Creates

salma el hariry

CEO, Skaleup Ventures

saeed al nofeli

Venture Creation Manager, Sheraa

rami salman

Founder & CEO of Wrappup

claude silver

Chief Heart Officer, VaynerMedia

hanin hazeem

Co-founder, Juxtapiece

mashal waqar

Co-founder and COO, The Tempest

mashaeil al ali

Founder, Re: Urban Studio

mohammad alabbar

Chairman, Emaar Properties, and founder, Noon

mona ataya

Founder and CEO, Mumzworld

dina sherif

Executive Director, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Co-founder, Ahead of the Curve

eman al mahmoud

Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Sheraa

maria conceicao

Founder, Maria Cristina Foundation

nooruldeen agha

Founder and CEO, Elabelz

noor shawwa

Managing Director, Endeavor UAE

tushar singhvi

Director, CE-Ventures

sonia gokhale

Partner, VentureSouq

suzanne al houby

Founder, Rahhalah

reza kazemipour

Investor and CRO of Inuihealth

eisa al serkal

Board Member, Al Serkal Group

farida el agamy

General Manager, Tharawat Family Business Forum

ryan sturgill

Director, Gaza Sky Geeks

neil petch

Chairman, Virtugroup

yousif al abd

Co-founder, Solva

siddiq farid

CEO and Co-founder, Smart Crowd

hanadi abu muaileq

Founder, Actiovat

mohnad nour

Co-Founder, F6S

iman bibars

Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World

farah al qaissieh

Founder, StutterUAE

hamoud almahmoud

Editor in Chief, Harvard Business Review Arabia

fadi ghandour

Chairman of Wamda and Founder of Aramex

alex hunter

Former Head of Online Marketing for Virgin America

elissa freiha

Director of Womena

saad umerani

co-founder and CEO of Protein Bakeshop

hasan haider

Partner at 500 Startups

muhammad chbib

Founder and investor at Tajawal

mai medhat

Co-founder and CEO of Eventtus

sirine fadoul

Incubation Manager at DTEC Tech Startup Incubator, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority

prashant (pk) gulati

Chairman Emeritus, TiE Global, and Founder, The Assembly

anas bukhash

Bukhash Brothers

mohammad alabbar

Chairman, Emaar Properties, and founder, Noon

nour al hassan

Tarjama

chris guillebeau

New York Times bestselling author

gary sheynkman

Investment Partner, GINCO Investments

sheikh fahim al qasimi

Executive Chairman, Department of Government Relations in Sharjah

hussain al mahmoudi

CEO, American University of Sharjah Enterprises

khaled al huraimel

Bee'ah

dr. khalid al midfa

Sharjah Media City

badr jafar

CEO, Crescent Enterprises and President, Crescent Petroleum

ala' alsallal

Jamalon

faisal al hammadi

Co-founder and CEO, Slices

asher siddiqui

500 Startups

vijay tirathrai

Techstars

christos mastoras

Lliad Partners

elie el tom

Yalla Pickup

mona attaya

Mumzworld

karim helal

Protenders

wael attili

Kharabeesh

chaker khazaal

STEP group

mashal waqar

Co-Founder and COO, The Tempest

noah raford

DFF

colin rhys

Hyperloop One

shayma fawaz

Founder, GOSSIP The Brand

jan bijsterbosch

Savarin

karl naim

ChefxChange

dana farouki

The Abraaj Group

ghizlan guenez

Modist

jassem albloushi

Rubu Qarn Foundation

saud al nowais

Arab Angel Fund

magnus olsson

Founder, Careem

fatima al naqbi

Head of Strategy & Future Department, Ministry of Finance

paul epping

Singularity

yousuf luiz caires

Expo Live

iba masood

TARA

joy ajlouny

Fetchr

khalid alkhudair

GloWork

shant oknayan

Facebook

eman al mahmoud

Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Sheraa

tariq el-sheikh

Possibility Architect at JigSaw

medea nocentini

Co-Founder, Companies Creating Change (C3)

patricia letayf

Five One Labs

monty munford

Forbes

hashim al zaabi

Tayar

moe al-husseini

Taka Solutions

sami khoreibi

Enviromena

tammer qaddumi

Venturesouq

heather henyon

Founder of WAIN

katherine budd

NOW Money

craig moore

Beehive

padmini gupta

Rise

badr ward

Lamsa

abdulla matar

Meet the locals

serag meneassy

Botler

ritesh tilani

Joi

samer choucair

Director, CE-Creates

sheikh mohamed al thani

Mountaineer & Entrepreneur

manal rayess

The Garage Kids

khaled zaatarah

360Vuz

ehteshamuddin pa

Junkbot

mohamed abboud

IBM

omar tom

Dukkan Show

rami salman

Founder & CEO of Wrappup

nida sumar

Keza

nader sabry

Timez5

saeed al nofeli

Venture Creation Manager, Sheraa

etienne

Monda Gallery

eisa al serkal

Board Member, Al Serkal Group

tarek sayed

Growth Manager, Sheraa

danish farhan

Xische