AGENDA 2025



10:55AM – 11:00AM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
MC Remarks
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Matt Smith MC and Host
GITEX Europe 2026, Norway

11:00AM – 11:15AM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
The race beyond innovation: AI, geopolitics and the global economic reset
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri Cabinet Member & Minister of Economy
Ministry of Economy, United Arab Emirates

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

11:15AM – 11:35AM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
From research to power: Building deeptech and AI that redefine markets and nations
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Ekaterina Zaharieva Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
European Commission, Belgium

Dr. Najwa Aaraj CEO
Technology Innovation Institute (TII), United Arab Emirates

David Rowan Founding Editor-in-Chief
Wired Uk - UK, United Kingdom

11:35AM – 11:45AM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
Digitalisation as a catalyst for business beyond borders
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Mohammad Ali Rashed Lootah President & CEO
Dubai Chambers, United Arab Emirates

11:45AM – 12:00PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
The world’s fastest AI inference
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Andrew Feldman CEO
Cerebras, United States of America

Pascale Davies Tech Reporter and Event Moderator
Euronews, France

12:00PM – 12:15PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
The energy-AI paradox: Who’s winning?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Greg Jackson CBE Founder & CEO
Octopus Energy Group, United Kingdom

Alok Jha Science and Technology Editor
The Economist, United Kingdom

12:15PM – 12:45PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
The intelligence super-cycle: How AI is offsetting global economies
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications
Government of UAE, United Arab Emirates

Hon. Minister Evan Solomon Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Government Of Canada, Canada

USG Amandeep Singh Gill Undersecretary General
United Nations

Emma Graham Middle East Bureau Chief
CNBC, United Arab Emirates

12:45PM – 1:20PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
Nation-building with AI: Architects rewriting the rules of sovereign intelligence
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Wesam Lootah Director General of GovDigital
Department of Government Enablement, United Arab Emirates

H.E. Khalfan Belhoul CEO
Dubai Future Foundation - UAE, United Arab Emirates

H.E. Amb. Philip Thigo Special Envoy on Technology
Office of the President, Kenya

Dr. Ciyong Zou Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Austria

David Rowan Founding Editor-in-Chief
Wired Uk - UK, United Kingdom

1:20PM – 1:35PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
Can AI redefine PPPs as resilient urban innovation engines?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Abdullah Alotaibi Chief Business Diversification Officer
solutions by stc, Saudi Arabia

Olivia Kinghorst Ex-CNN & Forbes
-, Switzerland

1:35PM – 1:50PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
How do we use industrial AI to turn complexity into a competitive advantage?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Peter Koerte Member of the Managing Board, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer
Siemens AG, Germany

Alok Jha Science and Technology Editor
The Economist, United Kingdom

1:50PM – 2:05PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
Unlocking resilient economies through AI-powered sovereign reform
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Dr. Kamal Shehadi Minister of Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
-, Lebanon

Emma Graham Middle East Bureau Chief
CNBC, United Arab Emirates

2:05PM – 2:50PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
The strategic mastery of deeptech policy and sovereign innovation
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Rt. Hon. Michelle Donelan Former Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology; Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport; Education Minister
Government of UK, United Kingdom

Hon. Dr. Obafemi Hamzat Deputy Governor of Lagos State
Lagos State Government, Nigeria

Jerry Sheehan Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France

Stéphane Ouaki Director, EISMEA
European Innovation Council, Belgium

David Rowan Founding Editor-in-Chief
Wired Uk - UK, United Kingdom

2:50PM – 3:30PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
Capital under command: The new geoeconomics of investment
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Jörg Goschin CEO
KfW Capital, Germany

Massimo Falcioni Chief Competitiveness Officer
Abu Dhabi Investment Officer, United Arab Emirates

Gökhan Yücel Senior Vice President and Head of Communications of the Investment Office
Invest in Turkiye, Türkiye

David Rowan Founding Editor-in-Chief
Wired Uk - UK, United Kingdom

3:30PM – 4:10PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
AI factories and the shifting dynamics of strategic autonomy
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Ksenija Klampfer Minister of Digital Transformation
Ministry of Digital Transformation of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

Rafał Rosiński Deputy Minister, Undersecretary of State
Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland

H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori Director General
Digital Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Olivia Kinghorst Ex-CNN & Forbes
-, Switzerland

4:20PM – 4:35PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
The new equation of tech-fluence: Does a West-East duopoly still define global norms?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Dr. Ruben Simonyan Deputy Minister
High Tech Industry, Armenia

Pascale Davies Tech Reporter and Event Moderator
Euronews, France

4:35PM – 5:05PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
Grid resilience and investment – AI, automation and infrastructure for 2030
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Sami Ben Jamaa Digital Innovations Officer
JERA Co. Inc., Japan

Helmut von Struve CEO of Siemens UAE and Middle East
Siemens - UAE, United Arab Emirates

Andrea Course Managing Director
Course Investments, United States of America

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

5:05PM – 5:25PM
Power Summit  
13 Oct 2025
Creators as architects of global culture
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Kuok Meng Ru Board Member of School of the Arts Singapore & Group CEO & Founder
BandLab Technologies, Singapore

Matt Smith MC and Host
GITEX Europe 2026, Norway

8:55AM – 9:00AM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Opening remarks by the MC
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
9:00AM – 9:30AM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
From Early Adoption to AI-Native Societies: Envisioning the Next Era of Intelligence
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Peng Xiao Group CEO
G42, United Arab Emirates

Sam Altman (Joining Virtually) Co-Founder and CEO
OpenAI, United States of America

9:30AM – 9:50AM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
UAE-US 5GW AI Campus: A New Chapter in US-UAE Strategic Partnership on AI
 Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Talal AlKaissi EVP - Chief Government Affairs and Partnerships Officer
Core42, United Arab Emirates

Danny Sebright President
Us-uae Business Council, United States of America

9:50AM – 10:20AM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Alliances That Shape the Future: Inside the Stargate UAE Partnership Network
 Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Andrew Jackson Group Chief Ai Officer
G42, United Arab Emirates

Rod Solaimani MENA Partnership & Policy Lead
OpenAI, United Arab Emirates

Mohannad Abuissa Managing Director & CTO, Solutions Engineering
CISCO, Middle East, Africa, Turkey, Romania & CIS, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Taha Benssiba Head of AI for Middle East and Africa
Oracle, United States of America

Amandeep Bhangu Presenter, Moderator & Executive Media Trainer
, United Arab Emirates

10:20AM – 10:45AM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Engineering the Global Intelligence Grid: Infrastructure at Planetary Scale
 Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Hassan Alnaqbi CEO
Khazna Data Centers, United Arab Emirates

Amr Kamel GM
Microsoft, Germany

Andrew Feldman CEO
Cerebras, United States of America

Jane Witherspoon Managing Editor, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus
Euronews, United Arab Emirates

10:45AM – 11:15AM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Transforming Public Services
 Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Abdelhameed Al Askar Director-General - TAMM
Department of Government Enablement, United Arab Emirates

Thomas Pramotedham Chief Executive Officer
Presight, United Arab Emirates

Kiril Evtimov CEO Core42 – CTO for G42
G42, United Arab Emirates

Farouk El Hamzawi GTM leader for MEA
OpenAI, United Kingdom

Emma Graham Middle East Bureau Chief
CNBC, United Arab Emirates

11:15AM – 11:40AM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Enterprise AI at Scale
 Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Farouk El Hamzawi GTM leader for MEA
OpenAI, United Kingdom

Ashish Koshy CEO
Inception (a G42 company), United Arab Emirates

Autria Godfrey Chief Anchor, Editorial Producer
WebsEdge, United States of America

11:40AM – 12:10PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Reimagining Education
 Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Kara McCloskey Mendes OpenAI’s AI Adoption Lead, Education for EMEA
OpenAI, United States of America

Lauren Phillips Director of Program Management (QudraTech)
Inception, United Arab Emirates

Girard Moussa UAE Education Lead
Microsoft, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Ekaterina Kochmar Assistant Professor
MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates

Amandeep Bhangu Presenter, Moderator & Executive Media Trainer
, United Arab Emirates

12:15PM – 12:30PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Taking control of your sovereign AI future
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Jim Keller CEO
Tenstorrent, United States of America

Massimo Marioni Moderator (ex-CNN & Fortune)
-, United Kingdom

12:30PM – 1:00PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
The intelligence dividend: Unlocking macro prosperity through strategic AI
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Tanuja Randery Vice President and Managing Director of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
AWS, United Kingdom

Harrison Lung Group Chief Strategy Officer
e&, United Arab Emirates

Wassim Chourbaji President, MEA & SVP Government Affairs EMEA
Qualcomm, France

Jane Witherspoon Managing Editor, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus
Euronews, United Arab Emirates

1:00PM – 1:15PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
The era of innovation powered by AI and Quantum computing – Are you ready?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Ana Paula Assis Senior Vice President, Chair and General Manager IBM EMEA and Growth Markets
IBM, Spain

Alok Jha Science and Technology Editor
The Economist, United Kingdom

1:15PM – 1:30PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
GovTech1.0: Paradigm of Government Digitalization
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Allen Tang President, ICT, Middle East & Central Asia
Huawei, China

1:30PM – 1:45PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Data Sovereignty in the age of Enterprise AI
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Sanjay Poonen CEO & President
Cohesity, United States of America

Jane Witherspoon Managing Editor, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus
Euronews, United Arab Emirates

1:45PM – 2:00PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Sovereign AI 3.0
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Keith Streir Senior Vice President, Global AI Markets
AMD, United States of America

Mike Butcher MBE Founder & Editor
Pathfounders, UK, United Kingdom

2:00PM – 2:15PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
The future of music in the age of AI - ethics, equity and opportunity
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Eliah Seton CEO
SoundCloud, United States of America

Massimo Marioni Moderator (ex-CNN & Fortune)
-, United Kingdom

2:15PM – 2:30PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Building France's 1GW AI supercomputer
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

César Maklary Co-Founder
Fluidstack, United Kingdom

Mike Butcher MBE Founder & Editor
Pathfounders, UK, United Kingdom

2:30PM – 2:45PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Beyond Silicon Valley: The rise of distributed tech power
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Hon. Priyank Kharge Minister for Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj
Government of Karnataka, India

Rhett Power CEO
Accountability Inc., United States of America

2:45PM – 3:00PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Special Announcement
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
3:00PM – 3:15PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
How compute power is redefining macroeconomic supremacy
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Paul Palandjian CEO
O'Leary Ventures, United States of America

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

3:15PM – 3:35PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Where speed meets precision: How AI and enterprise automation balanced with training and mindset helps create world records
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Daniel Dines Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Chairman
UiPath, Romania

David Popovici Olympic champion and multiple world champion in the 100m and 200m freestyle
UiPath, Romania

Jane Witherspoon Managing Editor, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus
Euronews, United Arab Emirates

3:35PM – 3:50PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Special Announcement
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
3:50PM – 4:00PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Connecting continents: AI-enabled economic transformation
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Mehmet Fatih Kacir Minister of Industry and Technology
Republic of Türkiye, Türkiye

Olivia Kinghorst Ex-CNN & Forbes
-, Switzerland

4:00PM – 4:15PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
How the human brain inspired a more efficient AI architecture
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Ramin Hasani CEO & Co Founder
Liquid AI, United States of America

Alok Jha Science and Technology Editor
The Economist, United Kingdom

4:15PM – 4:30PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Reimagine BPO: Unlocking tomorrow through AI
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Naif Abdullah Almogbel CEO
upsource by solutions, Saudi Arabia

4:30PM – 4:45PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
From Pendrive to AI Nation: Malaysia’s Leap in Digital Innovation
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dato' Pua Khein Seng (KS Pua) CEO
Phison Electronics Corp., Malaysia

Olivia Kinghorst Ex-CNN & Forbes
-, Switzerland

4:45PM – 5:00PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
Preparing for quantum computing – from distant vision to imminent reality
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Alok Jha Science and Technology Editor
The Economist, United Kingdom

5:00PM – 5:30PM
Power Summit  
14 Oct 2025
AI, optics and outer space: Building the next-gen data centre
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Ed Ansett Global Director of Technology and Innovation
Ramboll, United Kingdom

Cara Mascini Chief Sustainability Officer
Switch Datacenters, Netherlands

Andrew Lawrence Executive Director of Research
Uptime Institute, United Kingdom

Olivia Kinghorst Ex-CNN & Forbes
-, Switzerland

11:00AM – 11:05AM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Opening Remark by MC
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Georgia Tolley Journalist and MC
Dubai Eye 103.8 FM, United Arab Emirates

11:05AM – 11:15AM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Special Address
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
11:15AM – 11:25AM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
The UAE’s Genomic and Biotech Revolution
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Asma Ibrahim Al Mannaei Executive Director of the Health Life Sciences Sector
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

11:25AM – 11:45AM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Digital Health Sovereignty: Who Owns Patient Data in a Global Market?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Aida Kamišalić Latifić State Secretary
Ministry of Digital Transformation of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

11:45AM – 12:15PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Code to Cure: The Geopolitics of Genomics
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Asma Ibrahim Al Mannaei Executive Director of the Health Life Sciences Sector
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Alireza Haghighi Chief Executive and Director
Harvard University International Center for Genetic Disease, United States of America

Prof. Mait Metspalu Director
University of Tartu, Estonia

Pavla Hubálková Science Journalist
WIRED.CZ, Czech Republic

12:15PM – 12:35PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
A World Without Disease and Superhuman Possibilities: AI and CRISPR Rewriting the Code of Life
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Trevor Martin Co-Founder & CEO
Mammoth Biosciences, United States of America

12:35PM – 12:55PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Decoding Thought: AI and Neurotech Restoring Human Connection
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Matt Angle CEO
Paradromics, United States of America

Massimo Marioni Moderator (ex-CNN & Fortune)
-, United Kingdom

12:55PM – 1:15PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
AI, Data, and DNA: TechBio’s Disruption of Drug Discovery
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Chris Gibson CEO & Co-Founder
Recursion, United States of America

1:15PM – 1:35PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Quantum Drug Discovery: From Decades and Billions to Months and Millions
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Jack Hidary CEO
Sandbox AQ, United States of America

Massimo Marioni Moderator (ex-CNN & Fortune)
-, United Kingdom

1:35PM – 1:55PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Genomics Beyond Humans: Unlocking Evolution’s Drug Library
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Ashley Zehnder CEO
Fauna Bio, United States of America

Pavla Hubálková Science Journalist
WIRED.CZ, Czech Republic

1:55PM – 2:15PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
The $10 Trillion Transition: From Sick care to Health Intelligence
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dimitris Moulavasilis Group CEO
M42, United Arab Emirates

Prof. Dr. Georges-Pascal Haber CEO
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi - UAE, United Arab Emirates

Jane Witherspoon Managing Editor, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus
Euronews, United Arab Emirates

2:15PM – 2:30PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Beyond Biology: Innovating the Future of Life, Health, and Humanity
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Abdulrahman Fahad Alhaqbani General Manager, Presales
solutions by stc, Saudi Arabia

2:30PM – 2:50PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Longevity as the Next Healthcare Revolution
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Bartlomiej Piechowski-Jozwiak Head of Research
Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Jerry McLaughlin Chief Executive Officer
Life Biosciences, United States of America

2:50PM – 3:20PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
What Will Drive Pharma’s Next Decade?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Jared Josleyn Senior Vice President, Sanofi Digital Health and E.D.G.E.
Sanofi, France

Pelin Incesu Area Vice President, Middle East, Africa & Turkey
AstraZeneca, Türkiye

Mohamed Nasser VP General Manager
Amgen - Middle East & Africa, United Arab Emirates

Rachel McArthur Managing Editor - Healthcare
Digital Ink Media, United Arab Emirates

3:20PM – 3:40PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Digital Futures: Global Impact at the Speed of Innovation
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Guy Diedrich Senior Vice President & Global Innovation Officer
CISCO Systems, United States of America

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

3:40PM – 4:00PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Code, Crops and CRISPR: When Algorithms Rewrite Agriculture
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Ian Miller Chief Operating Officer
Pairwise, United States of America

Pablo A Zamora President
Fundación Chile, Chile

Pavla Hubálková Science Journalist
WIRED.CZ, Czech Republic

4:00PM – 4:20PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Shaping the Next Era of Digital Health
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Nada H AlMarzooqi Director of Public Health and Prevention Department
Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates

Khaled Shareef Alawadhi Senior Vice President/ Core & IoT Digital Services
e& International, United Arab Emirates

Rachel McArthur Managing Editor - Healthcare
Digital Ink Media, United Arab Emirates

4:20PM – 4:40PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Bio Billionaires & AI Labs: Who Funds the Next Cure?
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Maria D. Toler Founding & Managing Partner
SteelSky Ventures, United Arab Emirates

Jean Nehme Founder
, United Kingdom

Rhett Power CEO
Accountability Inc., United States of America

4:40PM – 5:00PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Bioenergy frontiers: Powering tomorrow's energy security
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Victor Gao Chairman
The China Energy Security Institute, China

Olivia Kinghorst Ex-CNN & Forbes
-, Switzerland

5:00PM – 5:00PM
Power Summit  
15 Oct 2025
Close
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
10:55AM – 11:00AM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
MC Remarks
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Georgia Tolley Journalist and MC
Dubai Eye 103.8 FM, United Arab Emirates

11:00AM – 11:20AM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
AI Risk, Ethics & Sovereignty
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications
Government of UAE, United Arab Emirates

11:20AM – 11:40AM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Cyber Resilience 2030: People, Policy & AI at the Core of National Security
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti Head of Cybersecurity
UAE Government, United Arab Emirates

11:40AM – 12:00PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
From Pioneer to Vanguard: Building the Next Industrial-Grade Security Leader
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
In this candid fireside chat, Terence Liu, CEO of TXOne Networks, shares the journey of scaling an OT-native cybersecurity pioneer into a global industrial-grade security powerhouse. He will explore what it takes to lead in this space while balancing innovation, investment, and resilience in a high-stakes threat landscape.
Speakers

Dr. Terence Liu Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
TxOne Networks, Taiwan Province, People’s Republic of China

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

12:00PM – 12:20PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Aligning Forces Against Cybercrime: A Look at INTERPOL’s Strategy
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
As Director of Cybercrime at INTERPOL, Neal Jetton leads efforts to align global responses to fast-evolving digital threats. He brings deep operational insight to multilateral cyber coordination. This session explores the strengths and limits of INTERPOL’s approach under Jetton; balancing strategic partnerships, tactical impact, and cross-border complexity. Can global frameworks adapt quickly enough to meet increasingly agile threat actors?
Speakers

Dr. Neal Jetton Cybercrime Director
INTERPOL, Singapore

Jane Witherspoon Managing Editor, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus
Euronews, United Arab Emirates

12:20PM – 12:50PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
CYBER RESILIENCE: CITIZENS, SYSTEMS, SOVEREIGNTY
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dato' Sri Azmi bin Abu Kassim Director of the Department of Security and Public Order
Royal Malaysia Police, Malaysia

Lt. Col. Saeed M. AlShebli Deputy Director – Digital Security Department
Ministry of Interior, United Arab Emirates

Fawaz Alsumaim Head of Cybercrime Division
Ministry of Interior, Bahrain

George Michaelides Commissioner of Communications
Office of the Commissioner of Communications, Cyprus

Arnaud Taddei Chair, ITU-T SG17
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Switzerland

12:50PM – 1:00PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Announcement
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
1:00PM – 1:20PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Serving Cyber Resilience at Global Scale
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Group CISO of Domino’s, Stephen Bennett, shares how he secures global operations, protects customer trust, and builds a resilient team that can detect threats sooner, respond under pressure, and recover when things break.
Speakers

Stephen Bennett Group CISO
Domino's, Australia

Massimo Marioni Moderator (ex-CNN & Fortune)
-, United Kingdom

1:20PM – 1:40PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
From Skype to Supercapacitors: A Success Story on Digital Resilience
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Taavi Madiberk CEO & Co-Founder
Skeleton Technologies, Estonia

Jane Witherspoon Managing Editor, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Caucasus
Euronews, United Arab Emirates

1:40PM – 1:55PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Special Address: UAE Cybersecurity Blueprint Report
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti Head of Cybersecurity
UAE Government, United Arab Emirates

1:55PM – 2:05PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
AI and Advanced Cyber Threats: How Digital Nations are Responding
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
As AI accelerates and cyber threats grow more sophisticated, governments face mounting pressure to protect digital infrastructure, privacy, and national resilience. This session explores how forward-thinking nations are responding with policy, innovation, and global cooperation.
Speakers

H.E. Liisa-Ly Pakosta Minister
Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs, Estonia

2:05PM – 2:25PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Data Centers & Digital Sovereignty in the AI Era
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Christina Mertens Chief Development Office
Virtus Data Centres, Germany

Stephen Beard Global Head Partner of Data Centres
Knight Frank, United States of America

Gordon Turner Head of Operations
Equinix, United Arab Emirates

Johan Nilerud Chief Strategy Officer
Khazna Datacenter, United Arab Emirates

Anna Klaft Chairwoman
German Datacenter Association, Germany

2:25PM – 2:45PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Responsible by Design: Governing Intelligence in AI Native Societies
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Speakers

Dr. Andrew Jackson Group Chief Ai Officer
G42, United Arab Emirates

Amanda Drury Anchor
CNBC, Australia

2:45PM – 3:05PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
Quantum Pressure: Getting Cryptography Transition-Ready by 2026
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
The quantum threat is a near-term challenge, with regulators pushing for post-quantum readiness by 2026. In this fireside chat, Sudha Iyer shares a strategy for cryptographic agility, aligning with global standards and making post-quantum resilience a boardroom imperative for secure finance.
Speakers

Sudha Iyer Chief/Principal Engineer -PKI & Cryptography
Citi, United States of America

Olivia Kinghorst Ex-CNN & Forbes
-, Switzerland

3:05PM – 3:45PM
Power Summit  
16 Oct 2025
GEOPOLITICS & CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
 GITEX Global at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Hall 25, Main Stage
Nation-state attacks Digital sovereignty Cross-border defense strategies In 2025, state-linked cyberattacks are targeting the world’s vital systems; grids, satellites, undersea cables, and cloud. This session unites defense leaders to explore how geopolitics, sovereignty, and hyper-connectivity are reshaping critical infrastructure security and what’s being done to protect it.
Speakers

H.E. Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa Chief Executive Officer
National Cyber Security Center, Bahrain

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti Head of Cybersecurity
UAE Government, United Arab Emirates

Ioannis Alexakis Director General
National Cybersecurity Authority, Greece

André Molina Secretary of Cybersecurity and Information Security
Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil (GSI), Brazil

Navin Kumar Singh National Cybersecurity Coordinator
National Security Council Secretariat, India

Nathan Swain CISO
Core42, United Arab Emirates