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Unleashing GCP's Agentic Data Lakehouse
Hassan Ahmad
Mainstage Doors Open & Seating
MC Welcome
Susannah Streeter
SDAIA Agreement Signing Ceremony
Infra AI - How GKE and OSS is transforming your large scale training and inference
Louay Shaat
Day 1 - Welcome Note | Smart Cities
Greg Lindsay
EY & Microsoft EY Agentic Frontier Journey: Driving Transformative Value
The road to Agentic AI in the Public Sector
Mohammed Fazalullah Qudrath
The New Era of Builders
Ozan Sonmez
Opening Welcome
SatCom & Sovereignty Building Strategic Autonomy through Space Communications across the MENA Region
Olivier Badard, Dr. Hani Saad Alhakami, Dr. Badr N. Alsuwaidan, Massimiliano Ladovaz
Beyond Smart: From Data to Decisions for Climate‐Ready Cities
Farah Naz Riba, Tsubasa Bolt
Welcome to the LEAP Sports Hub
Patrice Evra, Semra Hunter
MC Welcome
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
From regional player to global powerhouse: Digital Transformation in the sports sector
Khalid Alghligah, Javier Sobrino
G1 Robot Show by Unitree
The Untapped Opportunity For The Application Layer In MENA
Luca Barbi, Ahmad Alnaimi, Anthony Nakache, Mohamed El Abbouri
Opening Address
H.E. Abdullah Alswaha
Uptime Institute Certification
A Conversation with Dr. Lisa Su and H.E. Abdullah AlSwaha: Building the AI Era
Dr. Lisa Su, H.E. Abdullah Alswaha
Welcome Note
Georgia Tolley
Sports Redefined: Merging Entertainment, Tech, and Sport with Felix Starck
Felix Starck, Ahmed Al-Darwish
Welcome Address - Day 1
Katya de Freedericksz
What If You Never Had to Charge Again? Experience a Fully Wire-Free Desk
Jeffrey Yen
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification
Leveraging Google Cloud for Qiyas Success
Elsewhere: Building Category Defining Companies From Frontier Markets
Ahmad AlZaini, Leye Agunbiade, Omar Gabr
From One Yard in Riyadh to Every Site
PwC x Thiqah Launch
Round 1: Rocket Fuel Startup Pitches
Heba Ali, Kelvin Au, Homam Meaddawi, Zoran Nasteski, Mohy Aboualam, Angela Kim, Abdallah Elshabrawy, Sean Kirwan, Mohamed Ibrahim, Armin Aghili, Osama Shawky, Sam Goda, Yuh Lin
A Conversation with Shantanu Narayen and H.E. Abdullah AlSwaha
Shantanu Narayen, H.E. Abdullah Alswaha
Understanding the Game: How Data is Shaping Every Decision in Football
Omar Mugharbel, Javier Sobrino
Know Your Plant - Assessing OT/IT Risk using AI-based E2E Observability Assessment
Special Announcements - HUMAIN
Tareq Amin
MC Welcome
Lucy Hedges
Scaling impact: The AI imperative for social innovation
Increase productivity and lower costs leveraging Gemini Enterprise
Andrew Truong
Born at LEAP: Rocket Fuel Winners - From Pitch to Scale
Daniel Hill, Fouad Jeryes, Rabih El Chaar, Heba Atyah, Mustafa Aldrees
Smart Cities & Future mobility Professionals
Beyond the Final Whistle: Reinventing the Game
Patrice Evra, Mohamed Islam
Joules per Token: Cutting AI Energy Consumption Without New Hardware
Dr. Taoufik El Kabir
Pitch Contest with DPhi Space
Aziz Belkhiria
Redefining Broadband Experience in the AI Era
Mohammad Alzeer, Dr. Marcus Brunner, Dr. Crane Yang, Ahmad El Chami, Ali Albassam, Salah AlSaeed
Welcome Address | GameX Creative Day 1
Ninyaz Aziza
PwC frontier labs: Emerging tech in action
Sami Al-Shatri
Generative AI transforming Sports
Richard Felton-Thomas
Day 1 - Welcome Note
Sonya Barlow
Workshop
Opening Address by SDAIA
H.E. Dr. Essam Alwagait
Live Demo of HOTS | IdeaBank — AI-Powered Innovation Infrastructure
Dr. Hani AlOjaimi
From Credit Information to Credit Intelligence: Transforming the Kingdom's Financial Infrastructure
Mosab AlGhamdi
Welcome to the Space Stage: Shaping the Future of Space Innovation
Dr.Khalid Alshathri
MC Welcome
Shahad Alaqailey, Rakan Aldosary
The Future of Intelligence and Enterprise AI
Sultan Moraished, Isabelle Kumar, Nathan Hancock
The Future of Healthy, Intelligent Environments: How Smarter Spaces Are Driving Better Public Health Outcomes
Ksenia Kurileva, Nadia Al Nasser, Christian Hendriksen, Abbas Kazmi, Rafah AlKhatib
The Arab World Is Done Playing: It’s Time to Start Building
Mohamed El Sheakh
The Future of Global Football Governance
Mounir Zok, Ibrahim Almoaiqel, Jesus Arroyo
From Smart Borders to Smart Destinations: Building the Travel Experience of Tomorrow
Chris Webb MP, Parmjit Dhanda, Andy Fenner, Nadeem Bakhsh, Ahmad Shehada
How Will Generation 2030 Shape Saudi Arabia’s Future?
Linda Al-Faisal
Kiasa AI: Financial Intelligence That Acts
Hazem Khalid Al-Asiri
Agentic Defense with Google Cloud Security
Mahmoud Abdelwahab
Beyond Launches Creating Sustainable Economic Value from Space in the Kingdom
Eng. Haithem Alfaraj
Corporate lending transformation
Marvin Slocombe, Mohamed Moniem
Saudi Aramco Intelligent Integrated Node Technology Co-Developed with MOXA INC
Ahmed Yousry
Esports 2.0: From local markets to the global stage
Jad El Mir, Danny Tang, Niccolo Maisto
Cyber Threats In The Age Of AI
Abdullah AlJaber, Moataz Allami
The Double-Edged Sword: Harnessing AI for the Advancement of Humanity
Michio Kaku, Isabelle Kumar
Founders Who Scale: The Art and Science of Going Global
Hamish Shephard
Connected Visions: Smart Cities Across Continents
Sagar Aryal, Luke Tay, Zeina Nazer, Delz Erinle, Ebele Anidi
D-Orbit Saudi Launches Saudi Workforce Program, Training Engineers on Live Satellite Missions
Privatization and Potential: A Chairman’s View on the Future of Saudi Club Ownership.
Ben Harburg, Peter Hutton
How AI Is Reshaping the Leader’s Day: From working hours to intelligent workflows
Dr. Ahmad Alhusainy
AI & Machine Learning in Industrial Application
Dr. Emad Al Juwaed
Bridging Science and Society
Meshal Al-Shaibani, Noorihan Deraz, Dr.Majid Albahkali, Waleed Bin Khanfoor
Think x Intel: Building the Next Generation of AI Compute
Ahmed AlSharif, Jawad Haider
Cracking the Enterprise AI Code - What Works, What Doesn't
Mehdi Tantaoui, Prasanna Kumar Ballepalli, Rachel Xie, Alina Timofeeva, David Casem, Mashhour Bedaiwi
Beyond the Blue Dot: Unlocking Enterprise Value with Google Maps Platform
Hussein Ebada
The 2026 Founder Is Not Human 1.0
Jeff Hoffman
Broadcom
Big Voices In Tech: Nouf Aldakhil
Julien Merceron, Mohamed Islam
PwC collaboration with Workday
Prateek Avasthy
Tech Ambassadors, Between Lobbying and Leadership: AI-Driven Global Trust Diplomacy
H.E. Miles Armitage, Dr. Lamya Abdulaziz AlOmair, Folajimi Daodu, Sarah Al-Husseini
HUMAIN Create - Creativity, Without Limits.
Max Schneider, Abdulrahman Yousef, Jason Day
Sports as an Asset Class: Investing in Teams, Tech & Talent Test
Ruari Bell, Mustafa Ghouse, Haider Syed, Mohammed bin Yousuf Ibn Abdullah, Eniola Aluko MBE, Dina Hassan
FUSE: Sovereign Intelligence, Served
Majid Alraimi
Decarbonizing Transport & Logistics: Technologies, Regulation, and the Path to Scalable Transition
Aravind Kailas, Georgia Tolley
From Divers to Underwater Drones: The New Era of Subsea Al-ROV Inspection
Soliman Al-Walaie
Do Private Market Allocations Really Pay Off in 2026?
Conrad Tsang, Ahmed Al-Darwish, Ishpreet Gandhi, Anas Algahtani
Powering the World Through Transition
Ahmad Al Khowaiter
Pioneering Regulatory Innovations: CST's Latest Frameworks for Advancing Earth Observation Activities in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed AlBughubar
The Agentic Economy: Scaling AI Factories with Dell and NVIDIA Across Industries
Agentic AI for Business
Khalid Alomar, Mohammed Alsolami, Khaled Aljuraywi, Dr. Areeb Alowisheq
High Performance Compute (HPC), Built for Global Enterprises in the Sovereign AI Era
Abdulelah Binmahfodh, Dr. Saber Feki, Jithin Pullanchiyot, Dr. Saad Alowayyed, Dr. Mohammed Felemban, Mohammed Bin Hadyan
Google Developer Ecosystem
Ramesh Chander
From Process to Purpose: The Shift Toward Human Outcomes
H.E. Thamer Al Harbi
Generative Design and Edge Intelligent Operation of Resilient and Self-Sustainable Housing Developments, Embedded with Data Center Compute Power
Dr. James Ehrlich
From Sensors to Sense-Making
Zainab Alamin, Greg Lindsay, Keith Christie-Smith, Guillaume Bacuvier, Ibrahim Alseghayr
Renewable Hubs: Green Hydrogen & the Urban Circular Economy
Malak Hamdan Al-Naemi
AI sovereignty
Chady Smayra, Ramzi Khoury, Sreedhar Gopalakrishnan Nair
The Eye from the Sky: Earth Observation – Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
Ahmed Al Zubairi, Awais Ahmed, Turki Alsubaie, Abdullah AlGharrash, Mario Špadina, Juan Tomás Hernani, Waleed Al-Walaie
Spotlight on Music: Owning the Audience
Ninyaz Aziza, Matthew Dicks, Gigi Arabia, Stephanie Joanne
Beyond the Pilot: The Economics of the Agentic Enterprise
Abu-Bakr Khan
From Ambition to Execution: Lenovo’s Global Expertise and Local Impact in Saudi Arabia
Matt Zielinski, Dr. Muhammad Dawood
Reducing Friction and Increasing Engagement: Driving the New Guest Experience at Live Events
Matthew Kittle
Tech Voices: Nations Building What’s Next
H.E. Abdulsalam Haykal, Poliana Geha, Abeer Qumsieh, H.E. Savannah Maziya, Ilhan Bagoren
EY knowledge supercharged by AI enables organizations in all industries to scale and grow fast
Running Sovereignty: The Arabic Model, The Inference Engine, And The Apps It Powers
Karin Araman, Abdulaziz Aldakheel, Linda Sheng, Teddy Cross, Simon Mo
AI Runs on Power: The Energy Challenge Behind the Next Compute Revolution
Arnaud Castaignet, Areiel Wolanow
Own Your AI - Sovereign AI Solutions from Cohere
Building a $1.5 billion esports giant and what comes next for gaming
Niccolo Maisto, Richard Dean
Intelligence Everywhere: Building the AI Compute Continuum
Rami Rahim, Sally Lockwood, Sami A. Al-Ajmi
Welcome Address - Round 2
The Future of Cooling & AI in a Box
Mohammed Alshaheen, Dr. Ali Al Mummar
Humanizing AI: Designing the Future of Digital Experience
Alaa Alkhuraidly, Racha Ghamlouch
AI Gold Standards
Tala Alem
Book Signing by Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku
Sports technology
Yasmeen Dabbagh, Radwa Yousef, Peter Daire
Round 2: Rocket Fuel Startup Pitches
SC Moatti, Manaf Kayal, Jussof Breshna, Bayan Abdullat, Othman Ben Abbes, Dr. Hanin Alsubae, Hassan Abusalih, Esad Köroğlu, Dr. Asrar Damdam, Huda Flatah, Daniele Sileri, Maha Achour, Mahdi Shariff, Ahmed Alawadhi, Danilo Manfredi
Ahlan Asia: How Ahlan App Will Elevate the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Experience and Shape the Future of Fan-Based Apps
Khalid Khabti, Hisham Shehabi
The Economy Above Earth
Blanca Fernández Cavalheiro, Hani El Arja, Majid A. Alyazeedy
From AI to SaaS - Building Scalable Cloud Businesses
Ahmad AlZaini, Rawan Almogbil, Ahmed Hamdan, Bassam Almohammadi
Built Here, Not Imported: What It Actually Takes to Grow the Arabic-Speaking Creator Economy
Lena Chen, Ahmad Aburob
Achieving Quantum Resilience - Being ready for Q-Day
Areiel Wolanow
The Infrastructure of Smart Cities
Player Constructed Universes
Nika Nour, Mohamed El Sheakh
HUMAIN OS
Faisal M. Hussain, Abdulrahman Bahkali
The Quantum Leap: From Digital Innovation to the Deep Tech Century
Dr. Wasiq Bokhari
Sport, Purpose & Happiness: How Athletics Transforms Lives
Patrice Evra, David Dybman
Legal Assistant: AI for Smarter Legal Work
Mohammed AlSheikh
Digital Trust as National Infrastructure
Larisa Tseng, H.E. Liisa-Ly Pakosta, Syed Abdul Qadir
From AI Research to Enterprise Intelligence
Dr. Areeb Alowisheq
Evidence You Can Defend
Ecosystem Sovereignty & Strategic Independence
Frank Yang, Mark Rayner, Mohammed Alzubi
Frontier Technologies and the Race for Global Advantage
Amit Jain, Joe Atkinson, Dr. Areeb Alowisheq, Harald Adams, Greg Williams
Connecting Earth and Beyond
Onkar Singh
Urban Whispers: Bringing Cities to Life, A Live Journey into Real-Time Digital Twin Intelligence
PwC x Jethur MoU signing
Paul Breed
AI Can’t Automate What You Don’t Understand
Rasmus Winther Mølbjerg
Business Process Reinvention Powered by AI
Victor Garcia Romero
What Traditional Sports Can Learn from Extreme Sports
Melissa Lawton, Nesreen Ghonaim, Alwaleed Alkeaid
Reimagining Customer Experience with AI
Abdullah Asiri, Ahmad Alabdulkareem, Monther Kattan, Abed Kasaji
Beyond Speed: Rebuilding Gaming Experience, Enable the Next Gaming Economy
Orpheus Liu
FutureMakers
Alex Wheldon, Kyane Kassiri
From Concept to Concrete: Making the 15-Minute City Work
Markus Schwarz, Stoyan Yankov, Wissam Wehbe
HUMAIN Fabric
Mohammed Zagzoog, Nora Altwairesh, Anastia Poole, Karthik Srinivasan, Madhavi Reddy
HUMAIN Voice
Sara W Althubaiti, Abdulaziz Al Qahtani, Yousseif AlShahawy
Is Generative AI Just the Beginning?
Marco Casalaina
Agent Control: How to Safely Deploy AI Agents in Your Business Processes
Wynand Vorster
Founders vs. Noise: Scaling with Substance, Not Hollow Metrics
Esther Wong, Finn Hatherell
Women in Tech
Meet & Greet with Patrice Evra
Patrice Evra
The Era of Physical AI: How Intelligence in Machines will Transform the Industries the World Depends on
Qasar Younis
Lighter-than-air, Heavier on Data: The Unlock of Solar-powered Airships
Spencer Horne
Developer Workshop - Hall 2 - HOSP SUITE 26-27
Innovation as a Driver of Growth in the Creative Economy
Miguel Blanco-Carrasco, Basil Al Alola
From Sandbox to Smart Factory: Industrial IoT Platforms Driving Saudi’s Manufacturing Leap
H.E.Dr.Margarete Schramboeck, Mohamed Amine El Ouni, Ahmed Saber, Vatsal Shah
Building Sustainable Space Economies through International Partnerships
Dana Baki
AI-Powered Circular Cities: Building Regenerative, Resilient Urban Futures
Ziyad Almatroudi, Mengqiu (MQ) Wang, Luke Tay, Dr. Ahmed Noureldeen, Malak Hamdan Al-Naemi
How Saudi is becoming an MMA powerhouse
Jerome Mazet
The Operational DNA Behind Türkiye’s Breakout Startups and Future Turcorns
Recai Serdar Gemici, Dr. Aytül Ercil, Muhammed Seyid Pehlivan
Deploying AI at Enterprise Scale
Mohamad Ali
Earning Public Trust in the Age of AI
Isabelle Kumar, Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban
The Autonomous Economy: How Capital Builds Sectors on Autopilot
Omar Al-Shabaan, Sultan Ghaznawi
From PDF to the Age of Smart Information
Mike Pell, Spencer Kelly
Ringing the Bell: Startup Journey to IPOs
Abdulaziz AlTurki, Nasser Alajaji
AI Security beyond the Model
Mohammed Olayan
From Riyadh to the World: Saudi Capital at Scale
Jeff Hoffman, Omar A. Almajdouie, Mahdi Aladel, Khaled Alsultan, Somi Arian
Human Capability Development in the Space Sector
Lynette Tan, Dr. Bidushi Bhattacharya, Khalid Almutlaq, Abdullah AlGharrash, Bader Al-rashed
AI Adoption in Financial Services
Thamer Yousef
Who Regulates the Algorithm?
Dr. Abir Haddad, H.E. Belal Hafnawi, Patrick Hamilton Walsh, Nora Alrajebah, Guillaume Bacuvier
From Screen to Scale: Why Distribution makes or breaks Content
Todd Nims, Gianluca Chakra, Stephanie Joanne
Intelligence that acts: Turning enterprise knowledge into governed outcomes copy
Muath Al Qatnany, Dana Toughoz
How Saudi Pro League Analyses and Gathers Data: Qima
Jes Madsen
From Protocol to Reality: Inside the World's First Agentic Tourism Corridor
Sultan Moraished
AI Darwinism: Who Will Survive the Intelligence Shift?
Dr. Ali Abusnina
The Judgment Premium
Joseph Malik Bradley
Let’s Get Physical: AI in planes, trains, automobiles and beyond.
Qasar Younis, Richard Dean
Capital Meets Climate – Scaling the Energy Transition
Conrad Tsang, Renee Pan, Dr. Hasan Bayanouni, Georgia Tolley
Smart Capital: How VCs Are Fuelling Saudi’s Innovation Wave
Waleed Alballaa, Turki Aljoaib, Khalid AlHadlaq, Basmah Alsinaidi, Bashayer Alfehaid
Future of Audit. Now
Reliable Agentic Observability by Splunk
Mohammed Wahba
AI + Innovation Infrastructure: The Missing Link Between Industry and R&D
Dr. Hani AlOjaimi
AI as the Sport Investment Architect: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Sport and the Future of Consumer Investment
Mohammed bin Yousuf Ibn Abdullah
Designed for the Agentic Era: How Saudi Arabia is Building the Future of Work
Mohamed AlKhotani
Space Data Centers (Views from the Pioneers)
Steve Eisele, Eng. Kamal Al-Harbi, Roser Farré Ponsa
How The Region Will Become The Next AI Superpower
Bivek Sharma
From Program To Scale, How A Company Actually Gets Built In Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Akmal, Timur Daudpota, Osama AlRaee, Abed Kasaji, Mazin Alshanbari
Investor Mixer
The future of urban identity: Between data, design, and wellbeing
Andy Palanisamy, Mohammed Al Shammri, Greg Lindsay
Saudi Gaming Studios Present: Spoilz
Musab Almalki
Space Tech
Oliver Menge, Daniel Poots
Clicks, Conversions, Customers: The New Real Estate Playbook
Recai Serdar Gemici, Dr. Aytül Ercil, Muhammed Seyid Pehlivan
AI Sovereignty at Scale
Jonathan Siddharth
HUMAIN ONE - Session 1
Saejong Lee, Dirk Karl, Faisal Alageel, Hani Alahdal
How to maximize Fan experience
Diego Fontes
Saudi Gaming Studios Present: Fahy
Hani Hesham
How We Built a Digital Nation
H.E. Shaza Fatima
Global AI Governance - Can the Rules Keep Up with the Race?
Dr. Jassim Haji, Eng. Lama Arabiat, Dr. Saja Aldera, Alina Timofeeva, Dr. Majed Alshammari
The ROI of Intelligence: Making AI Pay
Yuh-Jye Lin
Special Announcement - Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)
Deemah Alyahya
When Worlds Come Alive: Designing Experiences That Think, Adapt and Respond
Sujoy Cherian
Building for the User: The Secret Behind Salla’s Success
Nawaf Hareeri
Day 1 Closing: Tomorrow We Leverage
Ozan Sonmez
Esports as the Next Mass-media Industry: Building the New Sports and Entertainment Sector
Rawan Al Butairi, Niccolo Maisto, Danny Tang, Mohamed Islam
Cities as Customers
Neil Redding, Anamaria Meshkurti, Ahmed Saber
Built in Riyadh, Scaling Globally
Julie Barbier
The Living City: How Urban intelligence is reshaping the future of cities
Day 1 - Closing Remarks | Smart Cities
Sonya Barlow
Closing Remarks
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
Building Industry-Defining Brands Beyond Borders
Abdulaziz Al Loughani, Paula Naoufal
Chasing the Next AI Breakthrough: Where Capital Meets Conviction
Eric Martineau-Fortin, Azhar Malik, Zaid Farekh, Mohamed El Dallal, Dr. Najla Altwaijry
Bridging Digital Futures: Learning from Each Other
H.E. Alexander Proell, Sally Lockwood
Day 1 - Closing Remarks | Smart Cities
Greg Lindsay
Engineering the Future of Mobility
Sally Lockwood, Kai Stepper
Closing Remarks
Susannah Streeter
Building an AI-Native Megacity: How Qiddiya & Google Cloud Are Reimagining the Future of Entertainment
Suzanne Ghazlan-Leow
East at LEAP
Securing the cloud frontier
Opening Welcome
H.E. Eng. Ahmed Mohammed Alsuwaiyan
Day 2 - Welcome Note
Sonya Barlow
Day 2 - Welcome Note | Smart Cities
Greg Lindsay
Orchestrate or Obsolete: Leading the AI-Powered Near Future
Orchestrate or Obsolete: Leading the AI-Powered Near Future
Neil Redding
Future of Audit. Now
From Data to Business Value Through Enterprise AI
Oussama Ahmed
Where Scale Gets Built: Turning Movement into Momentum
Ozan Sonmez
AI Enthusiasts and professionals
Building From Zero: The Steer Studios Story
Yannick Theler, Mohamed Islam
Welcome Note
Georgia Tolley
Building Safe & Reliable AI Agents for Healthcare
Eng. Mohammad Alsayye
Welcome Address | GameX Creative Day 2
Ninyaz Aziza
PwC and SNP success-story – A large energy and utilities account
Asif Iqbal, Sreenivasan Narasimman
MC Welcome
Semra Hunter
MC Welcome
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
Trust As Infrastructure: Building Scalable Systems We Can Truly Rely On
Mike Pell
MC Welcome
Susannah Streeter
Masterclass: Creativity, Experience, Innovation, and Play
Jared Bendis
Building a Motorsport Nation: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Integrated Sports Ecosystem
Eng. Mansour Almokbel, David Dybman
Founder to Giant: What Breaks Between $10M → $50M → $100M ARR
Amal Dokhan, Mina Vucic, Leena Khalil, Shane Shin
Special Announcements
Building Burnout-Resistant Teams: Practical Brain-based Habits for Sustainable Performance
Dr. Zoe Wyatt-Potage
Building the Continuous Learning System for Physical AI
Martin Elbs
Opening Welcome
H.E. Alrebdi Fahad Alrebdi
Leading sectorial adoption race toward productivity and impact: AI/ ET Adoption Lighthouse (Healthcare)
Ahmad AbuSalah, Wijdan Alruwaili
MC Welcome
Lucy Hedges
Welcome Address - Day 2
Katya de Freedericksz
Fireside Chat: AI’s transformational impact on sports
Prasanna Kumar Ballepalli, Andrew Day
SDAIA Data Regulatory Sandbox Graduation Ceremony
Building secure, human customer experiences that actually work
Abed Kasaji
Discover Investable Space Technologies
Prof. Yehia Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed Sobhy Fouda, Roser Farré Ponsa, Dr. Mohammed Zahi, Muhannad Salem Almutiry
From Smart Cities to Wise Regions: Human Intelligence as the Next Frontier of Urban Tech
Francesca Arici, Steve Suarez, Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb, Mark Brown
A whole-of-government transformation model towards AI-native nations
Sami Salem
Round 3: Rocket Fuel Startup Pitches
Kashaf Jamal, Eyad Albayouk, Mohammed Bakhsh, Dr. Rehab M. Bani Younes, Ahmed Rafik Ahmed Fahmy Mohamed, Farrukh Mukhitdinov, Amre Alabdeh, Iman Salafian, Antonia Dumitriu, Roy Baladi, Avnish Kumar, Andrew Osadchyi, Mansour AlThani, Mashrur Hossain Shurid, Mohamed Hani, Rowan Alawi, Dr. Pol Ricart, Dr. Shaista Hussain
The People Who Shape What Comes Next - A Cinematic Keynote on the Human Choices copy
HUMAIN ONE – Session 1
Enterprise AI Solutions for Customer Engagement at Scale
Amira AbuTeen
World-Class: Accelerating through Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 with AI & Cloud Excellence
Dr. Christina Yan Zhang
Beyond the US Exit: The Full-Cycle Emerging Markets Era
Max Gurvits, Renee Pan, Priscilla Elora Sharuk, Abdulelah Alshareef
Science fiction in films and inspiring near futures
David Sheldon-Hicks
Building a Global Brand from Scratch: The LAFC Journey
Rich Orosco, David Dybman
Inside the Engine: What’s Driving Saudi’s Innovation Ecosystem
H.E. Mohammed N. Al Jasser, Abdullah AlShamrani
Institutionalize AI FinOps to make finance the ROI engine
Flowing into the Future: How AI and Cloud Tech Drive Saudi Arabia’s Sustainable Future
Suzanne Ghazlan-Leow, Yasmin Alsoulaiman
The AI Energy Equation: Investing in What Comes Next
Esther Wong, Mohamed Islam
From Medical AI Tools to Clinical AI Agents: Building the Next Layer of Saudi Healthcare Intelligence
Rami Nasser
VC in a Big Bang Market: Navigating Explosive Growth Opportunities
Charles Beigbeder, Matteo Cascinari, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Eng. Frank Maximilian Salzgeber, Abdulelah Al- Alshaykh
Floating Futures, Human Foundations: Designing Cities that Care, Adapt, and Belong
Itai Madamombe, Laura Jones, Sultan Moraished, Aman Merchant
Investing in Play
Nika Nour, Rema Alyahya, Eric Husny, Brett Krause, Toby Evan Jones
Advancing digital healthcare in KSA
Zeina Koubar
Creativity at the Heart of Humanity
Control Plane for Agentic AI: From Deployment to ROI
Nitin Sathawane
Entertainment, Humour & The New Football Culture
Chunkz , Mo Adams
The Future of Work Is Borderless
Stoyan Yankov, Yousof Alsatom, Delz Erinle, Frederick Van Gysegem, Alina Timofeeva, Tarek El Masri
Board Meetings That Create Leverage, Not Anxiety
Ken Goldman
Enterprise Intelligence: Turning AI Investment into Business Impact
Greg Williams, Rishad Premji
From AI Experiments to AI at Scale: What It Takes to Make AI Real
Malik Alyousef
Quantum, AI and the Future of Protein Functionality: Building a New Food Innovation Frontier from Saudi Arabia
Dominik Grabinski, Dr. Reem Taibah, Hani B Alhemsi
The Intersection of Wearable Tech, Mobility, and AI-Driven Wellness Metrics
Dr. Raees Lunat, Dr. Aisha Rahim, Julian Issa, Michael Schelper
Key Ministerial Address
H.E. Liisa-Ly Pakosta
From the Pitch to the Paddock: How Technology is Redefining Global Sport
Tareq Alangari
The Business of Gaming: Where the Smart Money Is Going
Abdulelah Alshareef, Bader AlZamil, Faisal Sedrani, Abdulaziz Alberahim
Ecosystem Superchargers
Sebastien Toupy, Basil Fateen, Afnan Ababtain, H.E. Dr. Noureddine Ouadah
Transforming tax compliance with AI
Omara Islam, Taimaz Soltani
Humanoid Robot Showcase
AI for Good: Empowering People, Expanding Opportunity
HRH Princess Lamia bint Majid Al Saud, Benjamin Butterworth
Beyond Influencers: Building Sustainable Creative Businesses on Social Media
Mina Vucic, Ali Alshehri, Faisal AlSaif
Predictive Power: How Tech is Transforming the Sport Value Chain
Tomasz Zahorski, Melissa Lawton, Rob Pickering, Elias Zamora Sillero, David Prime, Javier Sobrino
Studio+: Building B2C Agentic Experiences
From Geospatial Data to Geospatial Intelligence: The AI Transformation
Eng. Abdulaziz Alfarraj
The AI Operating Model - From Strategy to Sustainable Execution
Mehmet Sezer
AI Ethics in Healthcare and Women Surgeon Leadership
Dr. Lusanda Bomela
The Network Advantage: Powering AI, Growth and the Path to 6G
Patrick Johansson, Cai Wilshaw
What it takes to run AI in production on-premises: The journey after the demo
The Art of the Raise: What Early-Stage Founders Need to Know
Halah Al-Jubeir, Hussein Attar, Faris AlRashed Alhumaid, Ahmed AlThukair
Dynamic Decision Intelligence for Modern Governments
Abdulwahab Mohammed Alothaim
From the Pearl River to the Gulf: What Asia's Tech Giants Can Teach the Next Generation of MENA Builders
Chibo Tang, JF Gauthier, Qusai AlSaif, William Bao Bean
FutureMakers: Amal Dokhan
Amal Dokhan, Kyane Kassiri
Meet & Greet with Chunkz
Chunkz
From Space to Society: Unlocking the Power of Earth Observation
Made in Saudi: Exporting the Kingdom’s Smart City Playbook
Dr.Mona Al-Garni, Richard Dib, Dr.Omar AlOtaibi, Greg Lindsay
PwC collaboration with Workday
Prateek Avasthy
Leading sectorial adoption race toward productivity and impact: AI/ ET Adoption Lighthouse (Retail and Commerce)
Abdulaziz Al Loughani
Leading sectorial adoption race toward productivity and impact: AI/ ET Adoption Lighthouse (Tourism)
Sultan Moraished, Munirah Alotai
Localized GenAI in Production: From Strategy to Scaled Deployment in the Kingdom
Ahmed Adly, AbdulAziz AlGhamdi
Powering AI Innovation at Scale
Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Badran, Manish Manchandya, Benjamin Butterworth, Abdullah Albrahim
AI in Healthcare: From Hype to Healing
Dr. Aisha Rahim
Content Supply Chain for the AI World: Scale at Speed Without Compromising Quality
Tareq Fadel, Sonia Ruparelia
Scaling & Globalisation of Sports
Ankush Arora, Anurag Dahiya, Omar Albarqawi, Thomas de Buhr, Taylor Agisim
Dual-Use Space Technologies: The Next Sweet Spot ?
Olivier Dubuisson, Eng. Frank Maximilian Salzgeber
Dual-Use Space Technologies: The Next Sweet Spot?
Eng. Frank Maximilian Salzgeber, Victoria Coleman, Olivier Dubuisson, Abdullah AlGharrash
Next-Generation Cloud Ecosystem
Eng. Abdullah Al-Bedaiwy, Betania Allo
The People Who Shape What Comes Next - A Cinematic Keynote on the Human Choices
Julian Pistone
The Future of Global Intelligence – Building the Infrastructure for AI at Scale
Ray Pang, Maan Farsi, Isabelle Kumar, Dr. Ibrahim Alkanhal
EY knowledge supercharged by AI enables organizations in all industries to scale and grow fast
Beyond the Hype: Continuing to Develop Truly Helpful AI with Samsung and Android
Mohamed Salama
The Funders You Call at Midnight
Marvin Liao, Hasan Haider, Muhammad Zeeshan Hassan, Ali Almajthoob
The Cosmos as Our Ultimate Laboratory — Unlocking Scientific Frontiers in Space
Kimberly Washington, Fahad Alhussain
Evolving Edens: Building cities that feel
Jonathan Reichental, Ebele Anidi
Let’s Smart Grid: The Future of AI-Driven, Human-Centered Smart Construction in Major Projects
Dr. Akram Awad, Yousef Khalili, Dr. Lamya Abdulaziz AlOmair, Dr. Mohammad H. Alhefdi
From Riyadh to the World: Building Global Games and Shaping a Culture of Game Development
Mike Fischer, Yannick Theler
Next-generation command centre
Sharang Gupta
Building a New Landscape of Embodied AI Productivity
Abel Deng
Cloud or Smart Cities and Transportation: Redefining Broadband Experience in the AI Era
Roque Lozano
The AI-First Nation: Transforming Government Through Intelligent Innovation
Ayman AlGhamdi, Dr. Yaser Al-Onaizan, Sally Lockwood
AI in Football: Lessons of Transformation & Acceleration on and off the pitch
Elias Zamora Sillero, Mounir Zok
Practical Applied AI in Healthcare: Building the Ecosystem
Ahmad AbuSalah
Technology for Sustainability: Measuring and Scaling What Matters
Sarah Alhumoud, Abeer Al-Hashimi, Dr. Iwona Safi, Ahmad Alsaidlani
Invest beyond earth
Roser Farré Ponsa, Mohammed AlMadhi, Samar Julaidan, Mohamed AlGhannam
From Digital Infrastructure to Better Health Outcomes: Mobily’s Role in Accelerating Saudi Arabia’s Health Transformation
Eng. Essam Al Traifee, Georgia Tolley
Built for Millions, Trusted by Billions: Rethinking Digital Infrastructure That Works for Everyone
H.E. Belal Hafnawi, Jorge Carrasco, Patrick Hamilton Walsh, Mohamed Amine El Ouni, Paul Allen
Powering the Next Industrial Era: Industrial AI and Mission-Critical Connectivity
Dr. Ashraf AlTahini, Greg Williams
Welcome Address - Round 4
The Bionic Hand That Learns From You
Dr. Aadeel Akhtar
From Technology to Trusted Enterprise Outcomes: Enabling Responsible AI Transformation
Abdullah Talakey
AI factory & Tax
HRSD’s Cloud Transformation: From Vision to Reality with GCP
Bader Al Selmi, Amr Eid
Founder-to-Founder Leverage Circles: What I’d Do Differently at 10, 50, 200 People
Alex Wheldon, Artur Kiulian, Mohamed (Nagaty) Aboulnaga, Hussam Hammo
Cisco
When AI Learns to Understand the Physical World
Amit Jain, Somi Arian
Lead with Personality: a true story about building community through authenticity
Mina Vucic, Chunkz
Beyond the HIS: Why ERP is the invisible backbone of a modern hospital
Asit Agarwal
Round 4: Rocket Fuel Startup Pitches
Eric Martineau-Fortin, Fahed Qteishat, Esther Wong, Saqib Muhammad, Tan Zhuang, Matteo Panzavolta, Nagib Aouini, Mohamed Hassan Hijazi, Abdullah Bin Majed AlOthman, Eason Liao, Yazin Al Musafir, Ignasi Ferrer, Jason Musyoka, Udayagiri Vishnu Saran, Sedat CETINKAYA, Omar Tahboub, Sarah Alhumoud, Dr. Ahmed Ismail, Amru Alamoudi, Reza Azizian
Can You Spot the Fake? Live Demo of Deepfake Voice Detection
Jim Demetriades
AI-Evolution of the Engineer: How Agentic AI is Shaping the Engineer of the Future
Walid Al Naeem
Welcome to the Human Data Economy
Mark Gorski
Urban Mobility and Connectivity through global lense
Mercedes Cebrian, Firas Fatani, Greg Lindsay
The New Stadium Sponsorship Model and What Others can Learn from Tottenham Hotspur’s Strategy
Ryan Norys, Ruari Bell
Partnering with Aramco Taleed to Drive New SME Investments in Space Connectivity Technologies
Nadeem Khan
Bridging Innovation: Middle East-Asia Investments Corridors
Qiang Cui, Dr. Akram Aburas, Niaz Ahmad Khan, Khalid Alashaikh
Saudi’s Next LEAP: From Energy to Data Exports
Health Tech in Action: Saudi’s Digital Health Pioneers
Dr. Selwa Al-Hazzaa, Dr. Meshari Alwashmi, Ahmad AbuSalah, Dr. Haidar AlMubarak
Building an Effective Enterprise AI Risk Management Framework
Anil Cheriyan
Enterprise API & AI Integration: Building Secure, Connected & Intelligent Enterprises
LP-GP Quickfire
Ioto Iotov, Vanessa Xu, Kyane Kassiri, Ertan Can, Kazuhiro Oyoshi
FemTech: Closing the Women’s Health Gap Through Innovation and Personalised Care
Dr. Sabine Kapasi
From Orbit to Organ Systems: Rewriting the Future of Healthcare with Space and AI
Kimberly Washington, Imed Gallouzi, Fahad Alhussain, Rayyanah Barnawi
Voices of Vision: Pioneering the Podcast Revolution in Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Islam, Rateel Alshehri
Customer engagement with Salesforce
Richard Parsons, Umar Bari
The End of the Anonymous Fan: How sport went direct-to-consumer, and the intelligence layer that makes it work
Luis Ureta, Prasanna Kumar Ballepalli, Fernando Cea
Bridging Global Gaps in Digital Inclusion: Government & Cross-Nation Strategies
Samar Alshorafa, Solange El Rassi, Wojciech Bajda, Priscila Bossi
The Future of Smart Cities: From Smart Cities to Sentient Ecosystems
Andrea Foschini
The power of AI recruitment agents to scale your teams
The Future of Work Is Borderless
Stoyan Yankov, Yousof Alsatom, Delz Erinle
The Future of Business Events Technology in the Kingdom
Shaee Almutiri, Vishal Joshi, Rayan Olayan, Muath Alzaher, Taher Hakami
From Strategy Deck to P&L: Conducting the Agentic Enterprise
Moussa Beidas
Beyond Digital Transformation: Building the Autonomous Government
Dr. Mohammed AlShaibi
AI Infrastructure for Predicting and Managing Vector-Borne Biological Threats
Josh Roy
Digital Transformation at Scale: Lessons from Tottenham Hotspur FC
Rob Pickering
Why AI needs 6G and 6G needs AI
Patrick Johansson, Richard Dean
AI for Good: Lifelong learning and upskilling in an AI-driven world
Compliance and Cloud Security
Sultan Altukhaim
Sovereign Power for Sovereign AI: Energy as the New Strategic Moat
Lisheng Wang, Somi Arian, Omar Saleh
Estonia at LEAP
Building the Infrastructure of Opportunity
Fowzan Almuhaidib
Pioneering Sustainability
Gregor Langer, Alexey Shirobokov, Eng. Mishaal Ashemimry, Omar Al-Ajaji, Abdullah AlGharrash, Eng. Muryah D Al-Shahrani
"Courage" as a City!
Designing the next reality: where film, games & culture converge
Todd Nims, David Sheldon-Hicks, Nicholas Law
Beyond connectivity: The future of mission-critical communications
Rami El Helou, Antoine Lamaa
HOVERAir VERSA — The World's First Pocket-Sized Flying Camera
Mengqiu (MQ) Wang
Founder vs. Funder: Who Really Holds the Power?
Ibraheem Alzuhimeel, Rakan Al Eidi, Abdulrahman Alsultan, Homam Meaddawi
When AI Understands the World, Not Just the Frame
Amit Jain, Caroline Faraj
Intro: Governing Growth: Building Human-Centered Digital Economies in an AI-Driven Era
Deemah Alyahya
Building Better Health: How Behavior, AI, and Gamification Change Healthcare
Maria Borysova
Beyond Data: Decision Intelligence for High-Performing Football Organisations
Vignesh Jayanth
Trust at Scale: Digital infrastructure, Inclusion, and the Systems Powering Society
Zubair Junjunia, Sonya Barlow
DCO Panel: Governing Growth: Building Human-Centered Digital Economies in an AI-Driven Era
H.E. Jonathan W. D. Reid, H.E. Savannah Maziya, Deemah Alyahya, H.E. Dr. Noureddine Ouadah, H.E. Abdulsalam Haykal, H.E. Shaza Fatima
Devenex | Execution Control Plan
Community-Powered Capital: The Super Angel Model That Wins Rounds
Rupa Ganatra Popat, Abdulrahman Aljiffry
From Vision to Reality, HONOR Alpha Plan is landing
Kun Ming Lei
Message in a Bot: Is WhatsApp the next big bridge between companies and customers?
Richard Dean
Agentic AI in Healthcare Beyond the Hype
Gopal Mishra
Magic Space Sprinkles : the magic gets the headlines, but the math gets the returns
Meagan Crawford
An Era Of Change For The Video Games Industry: Opportunities Ahead
Julien Merceron
Securing complex destinations Ecosystem
Salam Shouman, Mohammed Saty
Beyond the AI Hype: How AI Is Actually Changing Scouting & Recruitment in Sports
Luis Fernando Espejo
Inside the Autonomous Building | Robots, Elevators and AI Running a Smart Facility in Real Time
Taichi Inagaki
Inclusive by Design: Talent, AI, and the Future of Digital Societies
Frederick Van Gysegem, Dr. Christina Yan Zhang
Meet Your Twin – The Era of Machines That Understand Us
Ahmed Adel
The Future of Smart Learning: EdTech’s Next Chapter
Dr. Abdulaziz Alsaeed, Mohammad Suhail Almadani, Yousef Al Sayed
TecShift
Ammar Al Nahwi
Commissioning the Future: streaming, studios and building original IP
Todd Nims, Brett Krause
From Digital Transformation to Intelligent Enterprises: Building the Next Era of National Competitiveness
Mohammad Hassoobh
ispace – Supporting Saudi Arabian Exploration of the Moon
Atsushi Saiki
Business Transformation Leveraging on AI and Cloud Computing
Dr. Jack McCauley
Cancer Post-Diagnosis; Is It Coming Back?
Shadi Basurra
Beyond the Pitch: Engineering the Next Era of Fan Connection
Tom Boyle, Stuart Henwood, Rory MacFadyen, Mounir Zok, David Davies
See It Speak Your Language
Ashish Ranjan Jha
The Intelligence Economy
Hani B Alhemsi
Productivity: The AI Advantage
Burcak Soydan, Dr. Guy Diedrich, Greg Williams, Talal AlTamimi, Dr. Nicholas Politis
Future of Finance
From 0 To 50 Million Users: Bootstrapping To Exit
Amman Ahmed, Sam Lipoff
The Future of Creativity: AI, Brands & What Comes Next
Nicholas Law, Mohamed Islam
Pitch contest Prize
Aziz Belkhiria
Day 2 - Closing Remarks | Smart Cities
Greg Lindsay
Command centre of the future
Justin Vaughan
The Future of Hajj & Umrah Experience
Khalid Alaraifi, Abdullah Khoja, Dr. Mohammad Batouk, Faisal Almaklas
Boardroom Intelligence 2.0: Harnessing AI for Oversight, Agility & Edge
Laurie Fuller, Nollie Maoto, Dr. Majid AlShehry, Isabelle Kumar
Beyond Hype: Practical AI Adoption for KSA Game Studios
Mina Vucic, Nika Nour, Jacob Navok, Nina Walsh
Smart Wearable Companions for a Connected World
Beste Özcan
Day 2 - Closing Remarks | Smart Cities
Sonya Barlow
From a Bold Bet to Sovereignty: What It Takes to Build AI Infrastructure That Lasts
Sunghyun Park
Immersive Experiences that will Transport you to the Greatest Sporting Moments in History
Richard Ayers
Technology, Audiovisual Rights, and Content Protection
Javier Tebas, Jorge Carrasco
Real-Time Location, Real Results: Live Robot, Asset, and Personnel Locating
Rebecca Zheng
Closing Remarks
Susannah Streeter
Closing Day 2: Entering Autonomy
Ozan Sonmez
Business Success for Game Creators
Mike Fischer
The Intelligence Economy
The Founder’s Mind: Mental Health & Decision-Making
Dr. Bader Binhadyan
Engineering the Intelligent Nation: Building Trusted Digital Ecosystems for the Next Era of Growth
Majed Al Otaibi, Naif Sheshah, Sally Lockwood, Abdalaziz Albalawi
Closing Remarks
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
Building Saudi Arabia’s Future Digital Workforce
Rajit Nanda, Eng. Thamer Thamer Al-Sharhan
Mostaqbali: Celebrating Saudi Talent, Shaping the Future
Riham Almusa
The Defender's Advantage
Ahmad Alkhatib
Investor & Founder Brunch
Why Sport Is Eating Entertainment: How to Win the Battle for Attention.
George Foster, Marcus Alm
AI-Driven Cloud Foundation
Shambhu Kumar, Mohammed Idres
MC Welcome
Susannah Streeter
Day 3 - Welcome Note
Sonya Barlow
Honoring the Partners Behind IoT Adoption Initiatives
Dr. Abdulaziz AlBatli
Future of Finance — the AI advantage
State Sync and Serverless: Building Reactive Apps with Firebase
MC Welcome: The Mechanics of Real Scale
Ozan Sonmez
Hots Innovation
Escaping the Algorithm: A New Social Media Platform for Photographers
Alan Schaller, Richard Dean
Opening Remarks
Dr. Sultan Hassan bin Saeed
Welcome Note
Georgia Tolley
Welcome Address
Lucy Hedges
Welcome Address | GameX Creative Day 2
Ninyaz Aziza
PwC and SNP success-story – A large energy and utilities account
Asif Iqbal, Sreenivasan Narasimman
Welcome Note
Semra Hunter
MC Welcome
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
IgniteOS: Sovereign AI NeoCloud
Mohammad Alyousof
3D Photography Workshop
Jared Bendis
Sport for Good: Building a National Culture of Well-being
Shaima Saleh AlHusseini, Peter Hutton
The Deals That Got Away: How Misses Shape the Biggest Winners for Global VCs
Harish Consul
Special Announcements
Future of Work with AI
Mohammed Husamaddin, Marwan Dardounh
AI-Ready Processes: Why Your AI Strategy Starts with Process Context: ARIS
Guillaume Bacuvier, Cezmi Eroglu
Smart Assembly Point System (SAPS): Powering Field-Ready Automation
Day 3 - Welcome Note | Smart Cities
Greg Lindsay
Welcome address | Future of Transportation
Greg Lindsay
Recycle Your Device Initiative
Eng. Rakan AlSulaim
Future of Transportation - Expert Presentations
Umar Zakir Abdulhamid, Dr. Rahima Yakoob
Welcome Address - Day 3
Katya de Freedericksz
Global State of Running
Alessio Punzi
Building the Next Generation of Deep Tech Startups
Riadh Shaiek, Ibrahim Ali AlShaikh, Dominik Grabinski, Abdulaziz Alsebaie, Ammar Enaya
Powering Mission-Critical Digital Banking with MongoDB: The D360 Success Story
From 0 to 1 to 100: Building Saudi’s Next Generation of Global Tech Champions
Ziad Musallam, Amir Ravandoust
Beyond the Prompt: Achieving Physical Intuition via a Large World Models
Osama M. Alfaifi
Beyond the Horizon: Redefining Intelligence, Cloud, and the Next Frontier
Khalid AlOhali
Round 5: Rocket Fuel Startup Pitches
Ahmed Al-Darwish, Emon Shakoor, Mohamed Amine Merah, Rohit Shawarikar, Yevgeniy Makhmutov, Mohamed Mousa, Al Amin Mohammed Idris, Ivan Puzyrev, Dr. Bader Binhadyan, Heba Asa'd, Turki AlShlail, Paulo Figueiredo, Tanja Morsch, Jean Lobe, Meaad Aflah
Resilience as InfrastructureHow Syrian Founders Built What Didn’t Exist
Ahmad Sufian Bayram, Yousof Alsatom, Abdel Malek Al Mouzayen, Dr.Hassan Sawaf, Caroline Ayoub
HUMAIN Healthcare
Dr. Mona AlMehaid
Aramco Public Cloud Adoption
Yasser Alnughaimshi
Recipes for innovative storytelling: Abir El Saghir's journey from social creator to animated star
Abir El Saghir, Ahmad Weiss, Razaq Salem
Deloitte Opening Video
Turbocharging Sponsorship: Data-Driven Partner Growth at Aston Martin F1
Matt Roberts
Keynote
Mutasem Dajani
The Founder’s Survival Loop: Energy, Psychology & Leading Under Extreme Pressure
Julian Issa, Zakaria Hersi, HH Prince Fahad bin Saud bin Fawaz AlShalan, Kate Baxter
Unearthing the Future: Mining as the First Mile of the Tech Industry
Donovan Waller, Greg Williams
The AI-Humanity Equation: Redesigning Education for a World Beyond Work
Aman Merchant, Yi-Xian Ng, Kristina Harrison
MC Opening
Foresight by Design: Building the Digital and AI Foundations of Expo 2030 Riyadh
Hisham Alsheikh, Bhavesh Morar
Oil and Gas | Beyond the SOC: The rise of autonomous cyber defence in the age of AI
APIs & Integration in the Age of Gen AI
Ayman Abdulqader
The AI Race Isn’t About Chips. It’s About What They Cost to Run.
Sunghyun Park, Somi Arian
From Data Residency to Digital Sovereignty: Building a Trusted, Open and Resilient Digital Economy
Abdullah Noufal
Transportation as a Catalyst for Economic Diversification
Mitchell Price, Saleh Al Muhanna, Umar Zakir Abdulhamid, Aljoharah AlFayez
PwC infrastructure studio demo copy
Le Tilahun
Making Healing Human: Reimagining Surgery
Prash Chopra
What the Next Cloud Generation Must Deliver
Richard Wylie, Hyther Nizam, Bader Almadi, Cai Wilshaw
Data Is Not All You Need: Inside the Intelligence Layer of a Modern Football Club
Mo Dabbah
Opening Address by SDAIA
Abdullah Alkhodairi
The Saudi Studio Playbook: Building a Global Games Industry from Scratch
Nina Walsh, Yannick Theler
Japan's Blueprint for Saudi Arabia's AI Future
Hidechika Koizumi, Nabeel Mussa, Masaaki Moribayashi, Shadi Sayed, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Yuto Nakao, Lawrence Eta
Women Leading Saudi Arabia’s Digital Transformation
Reema A. Aljurayfani, Norah Abokhodair, Sara Al-Alsheikh, Hatoon Fares
Accelerating AI adoption: Deloitte AI Blueprint Analyzer
Anush Viswanathan, Aditi A Nitin
Operationalising Enterprise Intelligence: Moving from AI Ambition to Trusted Action
Sabya Sen
Inside the Arabic AI Models Stack - Real Enterprise Use Cases
Nour Taher
Digital Sovereignity as an enabler for Saudi Vision 2030
Mina Ghabbour, Abdullah Noufal
Driving New Age Fans and Eyeballs To Sports
Ammar Alamaro, George Foster, David Davies, Richard Ayers, Barry Dubovsky
HUMAIN ONE – Session 2
Saejong Lee
The New Fitting Room: AI Virtual Try-On Changes the Way Customers Choose
Connectivity+: Powering the AI Era
Eng. Ahmed AlAnqari, Samiah Saleh
Investing in the Future of Mobility
Mercedes Cebrian, Jennifer Li, Dong-su Kim, Ahmed Mhiri
Automating FATCA, CRS & CARF reporting with AI
Mohammad Salim
E-invoicing: Enabling real-time tax reporting
Hafez Yamin
B2B on Autopilot: Automating Business Operations
Ibrahim Al-Baloud, Abdullah Al Dayel, Abdulhakim Al Bisher, Iyad Aldalooj
Unitree: Advancing the Embodied AI Industry
Min Zhang
The Investing Machine: How AI and Data Are Rewriting the VC Playbook
Francesco Corea, Haitham Alforaih
Agentic in Action: Unlocking AI-Powered Marketing Agility
Peter Dibben, Hussain Dibas
Building the Next Global Games Hub: From Market Opportunity to Industry Legacy
Charity Joy
Resilience Redefined: Financial Services Focused Discussion
Patrycja Oselkowska, Francesco Sarti
Building the Intelligent Enterprise: Creating New Worlds Through Digital Innovation
Saud Altowaim
Saudi Enterprise AI Index 2026
Mohamed AbulHouf
The New Industrial Era: Building Advanced Technologies & Hardware for a More Resilient World
Gregory Constantine, Lara Lewington
Advancing the Agentic World: From Full-Stack AI Infra to Industry Value
Steven Shen
She Plays
Charity Joy, Rema Alyahya, Meaad Aflah, Nouf Aldakhil
Why Trust Will Decide the Winners of the AI Era
Peter Skillman
Transformation; sustainability; technology and AI
Reachware journey from iPaaS to Agentic AI
Raza Shaikh
Gaming Industry Meet-Up powered by KOG
FutureMakers: Ertan Can
Ertan Can, Kyane Kassiri
Abir El Saghir Meet & Greet
Abir El Saghir
Beyond the Buzz: Real-World AI for Underserved Labor Markets
David Lazaro, Joel Blake OBE, Georgia Tolley
From Localization to Globalization: Building a World-Class Auto Hub
Christopher Goodey, Dr. Andreas Gissler, Eng. Ali AlShehri, Faisal Sultan, Bandr Alghubain
PwC collaboration with Workday
Prateek Avasthy
The Data Value Chain: Acquisition, Consolidation, and Monetisation of data in Sport
Peter Hutton, Samah Raydan, Mo Dabbah, Mounir Zok
Co-Creating Resilient Infrastructure for Emerging Markets
Zeina Nazer, Jos Deboosere
From Intelligence to Business Outcomes: The shift from AI-assisted insights to autonomous business outcomes
Abdullah Asiri
AI-Powered Enterprise
Faisal Darras
Antifragile vs. Resilient AI Strategy
Azzam Almatrafi
Rewriting Healthcare with Predictive Intelligence
Faisal Saeed, Peter Skillman, Dr. Selwa Al-Hazzaa, Isabelle Kumar, Alex Zhavoronkov
Corporate Venture Building as a Growth Engine
Sarah AlMubarak, Sohail Alrazeen, Hamad AlShehab, Asim Alrajhi, Abdullah Alabdrabalreda, Ahmed Al-Darwish
Your AI Executive Playbook
Dr. Léa El Samarji
From Transformation to Advantage: Savola’s Journey with Oracle
Bruno Morais, Hazim Al Ahmadi
Future-Ready Human Capital: AI, Immersive Learning, and the New Talent Economy
Lilac Al-Safadi, Aleksander Dardelli, Hanna Kristin Skaftadottir, Safa Alrashed, Peter Fagerstrom, Anjum Malik, Cameron Mirza
HUMAIN Brain
Global Cyber Playbook: Governance, Defense, and Trusty
Nishanth Kumar Pathi
From Silicon to Service: Deloitte AI Core
Yousef Barkawie
Building Intelligent Enterprise using Google Cloud, Data and AI Innovative Solutions
Amr Elkhamisy
Intelligence in Motion: Powering Agentic Applications on Snowflake
Mohamed Touiti
AI at the Wheel: Building Trust, Safety, and Scale for Autonomous Mobility
Dr. Rahima Yakoob, Ann Yu Shi, Aravind Kailas, Luis De La Cruz, Henry Bzeih
Safe, secure and resilient AI copy
Raddad Ayoub, Ali AlMiman
Building Data-Native Sporting Ecosystems
Matt Roberts, Thomas de Buhr, Sayed Farouk, Anas Orfali
Fintech for SMEs: Powering Small Business Growth
Sultan Alkhayal, Abdulkareem Alkhiary, Salem Aljawini
The Future of Entertainment & Media in the Middle East
Karim Sarkis
Vision 20XX: Visionary Capital for 20-50 Year Bets
Dr. Dhaifallah Alwadani, Kelvin Au, Fares Akkad, Rodrigue Saab
Turning Shared Ambition into Progress
Fadle Saad
Making Computing More HumanFrom Snapchat to Specs: learn, work, and play while staying present in the moment
Samer Lahoud
Securing Cross Border AI Infrastructure
Albert Feytons, Lawrence Eta, Abdelilah Takhrifa
Resilience by Design: Cyber in the age of AI
Tamer Charife
How Enterprise AI Can Help Deliver Greater Public Value
Mazen Baroudi, Mohamed Zouari
How Autonomous Driving is Becoming Reality at Global Scale
Jennifer Li
How Technology Can Help Center A People-First Culture in Fast-Growing Organizations
Omar Tahboub, Racha Ghamlouch
Building Africa's Gaming Ecosystem Through Local Stories
Hugo Obi
Global Cyber Playbook: Governance, Defense, and Trusty
Asim Khwaja, Nishanth Kumar Pathi
Welcome Address - Round 6
AI Edge — integrity and compliance
Your AI Bill Measures the Wrong Thing
Abed Kasaji
Five Years of LEAP: The Inside Story
Richard Dean, Michael Champion
Introducing Colab: stc group’s Innovation & Corporate Venture Building Arm
Suhail Alfaris
ETIC Oracle AI demo
Sandesh Shetty
Round 6: Rocket Fuel Startup Pitches
Halah Al-Jubeir, Mark Rayner, Salem Washeely, Fred Chong Kyan Vui, Farah Odeh, Ahmed Alasal, Osama Jaber, Mohammed Almarshidi, Elly Savatia, Maher Omari, Yahia Megahed, Mohamed Dhaouafi, Aziz Belkhiria, Zain Ahmed Samdani
Technology to get kids to play
Saumil Majmudar
Large Time Series Transformer Model
Zeeshan K. Malik
US-KSA Tech Deals and Expansion Stories
Ahmad Halabi, Dr. Christina Yan Zhang, Steve Lutes
Founder Finance: Unlocking Growth Through Fintech
Turki AlShlail, Ali Alorainy, Baraa Koshak
The Intelligent City in Action: Reinventing Urban Services with AI
Yasser AlObaidan
AI in Project Management: From Spreadsheet Handlers to Conductors
Saad Al Motham
Rewiring Creativity For The Intelligence Age
Nick Pringle
Scaling AI with ServiceNow
Rola Saad, Dann Woolfall
Data is Not Boring - Why Great AI is Built on Great Data
Chandra Donelson, Isabelle Kumar
Close to Home: Diaspora Capital Building the Next Generation of Global Companies
Bas Godska, Chanmeet S. Narang, Valentina Primo
The Sky Is No Longer the Limit: The Age of Air Taxis Begins
Nikhil Goel
Yes, AI Will Take Your Job. No, That's Not the Problem
Fouad Jeryes
The Embodiment of Intelligence: The next frontier for AI
Greg Lindsay, Amjad Obeidat, Adriano Quiroga, Shikuan Chen
Fireside Chat: The power of collaborations in bridging sporting ecosystems
Anas Orfali, Fergus Bell
Enabling Safe AI at Scale in an Era of Global Uncertainty
Tim Pfaelzer
AgenticOps Unleashed: Orchestrating the Future with Cisco Cloud Control
Zubair Khan
Building Cultural Relevance Through Technology
Ninyaz Aziza, David Davies, Nick Pringle, Suzanne Ghazlan-Leow
AI Sovereignty
Yousef Barkawie, Mahmoud Melhem
Architecting Sovereign AI in the Middle East
Abir Habbal
Google Antigravity in Gemini Enterprise
Dr. Nabil Hadj-Ahmed
Beyond Data Residency: Sovereign Cloud & AI
Ahmad Alzughaibi
Democratizing IoT: How Affordable Smart Devices Can Power the Next Billion in Emerging Markets
Ahmed Adel
AI agents for tax & legal departments
Ciara Henry Armanazi, Sandro Andric, Taimaz Soltani
HOTS | IdeaBank: Turning AI into Saudi Economic Assets
Dr. Hani AlOjaimi
Innovation Starts on Campus: Saudi Universities Shaping the Future
Dr. Majed Bin Othayman, Dr. Abdullah Al Mohaimeed, Dr. Fadwa Aljoud, Omar Alrubaiaan, Dr. Maram Sabri, Hessa Al Maghlouth, Saab Alaklabi
Regenerative Returns: Designing Sustainable Ecosystems
Heba Ali, Ertan Can, Kamil Borowik, Abdulrahman Aljiffry
AI For the Sky: Building an Ecosystem for the Future of Aviation
Caroline Faraj, Nikhil Goel
From Agents to Architects: How Talent Managers are Shaping World Sport IP
Tuhin Mishra, Peter Hutton
From Degrees to Deployable Skills: Competing in the AI Economy
Dr. Akram Nour, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Besher, Fahad AlSolaie, Zubair Junjunia, Benjamin Butterworth
Living on the Edge: Knowledge Management for Enterprise IT Transformation
Bill Wilson
The Rise of Arabic AI: How MENA Is Building Its Own AI Future
Mohamed Nabil, Ahmed El Ghandour
Business resilience in the age of AI
Tamer Charife
From Model Wars to Agent Economics - Where Value Will Be Created in the Next Era of AI
Steve Nouri, Dr. Ali Abusnina
It's not an AI problem
Ibrahim Megahed
Canadian AI in the Kingdom: Trust, Talent & Tech Sovereignty Partnerships
Harish Consul, Lawrence Eta
From Photographer to Founder: Reclaiming Creativity in the Age of Algorithms
Alan Schaller
The value-led CMO: Growth, returns and relevance in a new economy
Agentic Telecom: Building AI-Native Operations with Gemini, Vertex AI and A2
AGIBOT
From Skills to Systems: Rebuilding Human Capital in the Age of AI
Mohammed Husamaddin
AI moved from advising to acting - The board's agenda for governing enterprise AI
Mamdoh Alzhrani
Technology in the protection of audiovisual content
José Ignacio Carrillo
From AI Ambition to Trusted Scale - A Practical Perspective
Anush Viswanathan, Michael Mosaad, Ibrahim Al Othman
Transforming Health: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation in Shaping the Future of Global Well-being
Nora Alzahid, Elfatih Abdelraheem, Dr. Manal AlNemari
Letters to Our Future LPs and Founders
Eric Martineau-Fortin, Reem Wyndham
Secure Agentic AI: The Decision Beneath the Decision
George Schembri
Delivery unmanned: the intersection of AI and Robotics in Logistics
Spencer Horne, Richard Yin, Alan NG, Joni Niskala, Hisham Malakah, Abdulrahman AlSaqabi
Beyond the Algorithm: The Irreplaceable Power of the Human Hand
Zoia Skoropadenko, Miguel Blanco-Carrasco, Sara Oulddaddah, Sarah Albaiz
VeronaPure Water Purification in Action
Dr. Jack McCauley
Tech Diplomacy: When Startups Become Instruments of Foreign Policy
Lisheng Wang, Mona Hamdy, Anamaria Meshkurti, Ashish Ranjan Jha
Book Signing by Chandra Donelson
Chandra Donelson
What It Really Takes to Build Sovereign AI: Lessons from the Front Lines
Sunghyun Park, Greg Williams
Beyond the Final Whistle: Building 365-Day Fandom in Saudi Arabia
Peter Hutton, Ali AlJehani
From Research to Real Impact
Hebah El Gibreen, Dr. Saleh Al Marshed, Ahmed Alfadhel, Ahmed AlTammar
Beyond the Degree: Building the Human Capital for an AI-First Economy
Larissa Abi Nakhle, Dr. Dina AlHammadi
Beyond Migration: Modernizing Databases for the AI Era
Mohannad Al Jammal
Saudi as a Launchpad: Why ‘Build Here, Scale Everywhere’ Works
Jussof Breshna
Readying the Intelligent Nation: Security, Cyber, and Critical Infrastructure in the AI Era
Ziad Al-Musallam, Wael Fattouh, Majed Alsalamah, Sally Lockwood
The New Customer Growth Engine: Why Customer Care, Trust and Digital Operations Matter More Than Ever
Maged Kamal
Keynote Finserv Experts Limited
Kefirah Kang
AI at Strategy&
Georges Hakme, Rami Maalouf
Pilot to Production: Building Autonomous AI Agents for Saudi Enterprises with AWS & Deloitte
Syed Rehan, Naeem Khan
The AI Glasses Turning Point: Inside XREAL's Vision for the Next Computing Platform
Chi Xu
The New Architects of Sport: Redefining Accessibility, Training, and Community
David Deneher, John Hyland, Abdullah Al Hamoud, Mustafa Ghouse
Day 3 - Closing Remarks
Sonya Barlow
Sovereign by Design: Building AI Companies That Belong to the GCC
Raaid Hossain, Sion Rhys
Building Influence and Beyond
Ahmad Aburob, Ninyaz Aziza
Digital Platforms Improving Quality of Life in Cities. SUPERAPP
Badr Alkarni, Racha Ghamlouch
Trust in the Age of AI: Policy, Platforms, and the Future of Global Enterprises
Mohit Joshi
Building the AI-First Organisation: People, Process and Technology
Shahinsha Abdul Basheer, Ratnakumar Nagarajan
From Systems of Record to Systems of Action
Amr Saad
Lessons learned and the next evolution of public transport
Sakib Rabbani, Taavi Roivas, Yousof Alsatom, Ahmed AbuTabl, Malangou Seyadou
Trust in Every Step: Building an AI-ready Organization
Shargil Ahmad, Samantha Demoss, Aditi A Nitin
State Sync and Serverless: Building Reactive Apps with Firebase
AI in Creative Marketing: Real-World Examples that Actually Work
Nick Pringle, Richard Dean
PwC x Axelera MoU signing
Louis Mather, Sharang Gupta
PwC x Vizzio MoU signing
Sharang Gupta
From Pixels to Possibilities: Real-Time AI Video, World Models and the Future of Creativity
Aaron Jones
Stop Piloting Agents. Start Building Departments: The Rise of Cognitive Enterprise
Dr. Anas Alfaris
Beyond Equity: The Rise of Private Credit for Startups
Fariha Ansari Javed, Armineh Baghoomian, Omar Alireza, Ahmad Lukasha
How Generative AI Is Redefining Robotics at Scale
Maha Achour, Louis Lian, Isabelle Kumar, Dr. Huda Alamri
Day 3 Closing: What Will Outlive Us?
Ozan Sonmez
Human-Centered AI Governance in the Public Sector: Best Practices and Strategic Mechanisms for Responsible Innovation
Dr. Ahmed Al Khateeb
Agentic Enterprise Unbound: The Rise Of Headless Intelligence
Kristoff Copmans
Unlocking the Human Data Economy in Sports
Mark Gorski
Dressing the Future: Who (and What) Shapes Fashion Today?
Nora AlBesher, Aram Kabbani, Ifeanyi Nwune, Delz Erinle
AI Governance: Trustworthy AI at Scale
Michael Mosaad
From Data to Care: AI's Next Frontier in Healthcare
Vijay Sikka
The Next Evolution of Air Mobility: From Cleaner Fuel to Smarter Skies
Dr. Gerald Wissel, Victoria Coleman, Parmjit Dhanda, Lionel Sinai-Sinelnikoff, Musab Binafif
Beyond the Horizon: Breakthroughs at the Edge of Market Entry
Dr. Alireza Haghighi, Alex Zhavoronkov, Dr. Selwa Al-Hazzaa, Julian Issa
Deloitte Closing
StartSmart 2025–2026 Winners Announcement
Fariha Ansari Javed, Armineh Baghoomian, Omar Alireza
Meta's Approach to Responsible Innovation: Wearable AI & Privacy
Alex Malouf, Anas Metwaly
Leading in the Age of Intelligent Systems: Power, Trust, and Human Agency
Safa Alrashed, Adele Trombetta, Vishal Patel, Lillian Barnard
Closing Remarks
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
Closing Remarks
Susannah Streeter
EU at LEAP
Actionable threat intelligence at Google scale
Mohamed ElNahtawy
Day 4 - Welcome Note
Georgia Tolley
The Future of Custom LLMs (2026–2028): Beyond Text, Beyond Scale
Nour Al Hassan
Day 4 -Opening Remarks | Gov Tech
Greg Lindsay
Day 4 - Welcome Note
Sonya Barlow
The Next Frontiers for AI in Marketing
Mohaned Lafi, Ray Eglington, Steffan Saxton-Williams
Transformation; sustainability; tech & AI
The Deployment Spectrum of Generative AI on Google Cloud
MC Welcome: Legacy in Motion
Ozan Sonmez
GCC at LEAP
Can Saudi Arabia Become a Global Gaming Powerhouse?
Mike Fischer, Somi Arian
Opening Remarks
Nasser Alnasser
Day 4 - Welcome Note
Lucy Hedges
Trust & Tap: Adoption and Resistance, in the palm of everyday life
Dr.Fahad Aloufi, Mark Brown, Wissam Achmar
Welcome Address | GameX Creative Day 4
Ninyaz Aziza
Blossom Accelerator Partner Session: Saudi Soft Landing - Setting Up, Market Entry, and Contracting in the Kingdom
Emon Shakoor
Welcome Note
Semra Hunter
MC Welcome
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
The 18-Month Runway: Cash Discipline Without Killing Ambition
Ali Ahmed Abussaud
Masterclass: Using Transmedial Narratology to Innovate your Storytelling
Faisal Binzagr
Breaking the Breaking News: Inside the Modern Transfer Machine
Ben Jacobs, Ahmed Al-Darwish
Special Announcements
Exclusive Preview of The Ecosystem Handbook: How to Lead and Scale Ecosystems in the Digital Age
Simon Hardie
Bug Bounty Program Results & Recognition by Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST)
Afnan Al-Roumi
Giving Voice Through Thought: AI Powered Non-Invasive BCI in Action
Andreas Forsland
Connecting the Dots: Co-Creating Sustainable Cities
Sagar Aryal, Farah Naz Riba, Sonya Barlow
Liquidity Is a Product: Designing Exit-Readiness (IPO, M&A, and Secondaries)
SC Moatti, Ahmed El Hamawy, Basil Moftah, Jay Tahtah
The Future of Retail & E-commerce
Mei Chen, Bader Almubarak, Tukeer Hussain, Rajesh Kumar, Mohammed AlThaher
Sol Campbell’s Second Half: Bridging Football Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
Sol Campbell, Thomas de Buhr
Hajj Final Ceremony
Naif Al-Obaidallah, Dr. Asrar Damdam, Cornelia Jahnel
Google Antigravity in Gemini Enterprise
Dr. Nabil Hadj-Ahmed
ReWild Arabia: Engineering the Return of the Wild
Andrew Zaloumis
From digital forms to intelligent flow: Reimagining enterprise work with workflow studio
Khaled Al Masri, Muath Al Qatnany, Michael Orfaly
Design with Luma Agents: build brands, assets and videos in minutes
Politics, Policy, and Practical Shortcuts
Solange El Rassi, Ron Hammond
Renaissance of Retro Gaming: How did we get here?
Clem Chambers
Building the Digital Stadium: How Thmanyah Is Reimagining Live Sports Streaming
Ali Busaleh
Fear, Focus, and the Courage to Decide
Patrick McGinnis, Julian Pistone
AI at Work: Transforming the Enterprise Across Industries
Trevor Thompson, Sally Lockwood
Building the Enterprises of Tomorrow
Sohail Alrazeen
MC Welcome
Susannah Streeter
AI factory & Tax
Building Production-Ready AI Agents: Architecture, Orchestration, and Failure Mode
Joinal Ahmed
South Asia at LEAP
Global Entrepreneurship Network: What it Really Takes to Build a Global Company
Jeff Hoffman, Somi Arian
Meet & Greet with Sol Campbell
Sol Campbell
Regulating FinCommerce: Payments, Data & AI in Retail Finance
Alina Timofeeva, Ali Bashiti, Steve Suarez
The Decisions You’ll Regret Not Making in the Next 18 Months
Sameer Sait, Arwa Alhamad, Sultan Altukhaim, Alex Malouf, Muteab Al-Hamady
The Power of GenAI and When to Wield it: Governing AI in Films, Games & Beyond
Faisal Binzagr, Mike Fischer, Rafif Kalantan, Hamza Allaham, Noor AlKhadra
Data for smart cities
Luca Giannetti, Fawaz Boualwan, Malek Sraj
Sparklabs KSU Cohort 1 Demo Day
Bodin Scepanovic, David Beckett, Ivan Grlic, Omar Alrubaiaan, Mazin Altokhais, Khalid Al Saleh
Beyond the Display: The Last Desk Revolution in Automation
Barmak Heshmat
Built to PERFORM: The 7 Pillars of High-Performing Teams
Stoyan Yankov
Productivity Mastery
Stoyan Yankov
The FIA Extreme H World Cup: Where motorsport drives energy's new frontier
Ali Russell, Samantha Murray
Opening Address by SDAIA
Dr. Hotham Altwaijry
Enhancing Productivity through AI and Automation
Abdullah Alkhodairi, Eng. Mohammed Alkhalil, Cai Wilshaw, Dr. Mohammed Alhamed, Suha Kayum
The Real Disruption isn’t AI. It's Human Intelligence.
Myriam Ben Farhat
AI on Stage - Live Generative Music and Visuals
Daniel Bedingfield
Emerging Market Alphas: Africa, South Asia, LATAM, GCC. New Money, New Models, The New Hubs of Global Wealth
Zachariah George, Amira Singh, Luis Almanza, Nafees Khundker
Tech in Transition Economies, Lessons from Europe’s Builders
Jekaterina Romanova, Kristaps Vergins, Sonya Barlow
Deep Tech Meets Smart Capital: Funding Science Startups
Naif Al-Obaidallah, Dr. Asrar Damdam, Cornelia Jahnel, Dr. Aleksandra Herbec
Engineering the Athlete’s Second Act
Ruari Bell, Eniola Aluko MBE, Samantha Murray, Lama Alfozan
Prompt engineering session
Ahmed Alolaywi
ARAMCO: AI in Finance
Razan Aljamei
Security for the Agentic Era: Defending the Autonomous Frontier
Tariq Bader
Decentralized Identity and the Future of Digital Citizenship
Jorge Carrasco, Hamda Khochtali, Ameer Albahouth
Cybersecurity in the age of AI
Dr. Malek Al Zewairi
IBM Bob
Marwan Dardounh
Does AI Really HAVE To Replace Creatives?
Daniel Bedingfield, Hugo Riley
Leveling up: A studio’s Journey Crafting Games Celebrating Saudi Culture
Rema Alyahya, Yaser AlAhmadi
Built Different: The Startup Stories Rewriting the Playbook of Algeria
Noureddine Louahedj, Souheil Guessoum
Building Financial Inclusion to Accelerate the Digital Economy
Naif AbuSaida, Yuri Misnik, Tim Abbott, Maria Medvedeva, Joel Blake OBE
Securing the Digital Economy today for the Post-Quantum Era
Clinton Firth
From AI Pilots to Enterprise AI Factories: How organizations scale AI for business impact
The Builders Behind the Builders
Samantha Evans, Emon Shakoor, Timur Daudpota, Adel Boseli
DEMO
Dr. Hani AlOjaimi
Kill Your Darlings: The Security Tools You Should Probably Turn Off
Nishanth Kumar Pathi, Abdullah AlJaber, Mohannad A. Shahat, Wizard He, Alex Malouf
The Last Human Advantage
Joseph Malik Bradley
The Rise of Robot Sports: Where the Future Comes to Play
Josh Ye
Power Sustainability Hackathon 2026
Naif Al-Obaidallah, Dr. Asrar Damdam, Cornelia Jahnel
From AI Ambition to Governed Execution: Scaling Enterprise AI with ServiceNow AI Control Tower
Fintech Professionals
The Rise of Dual-Use Innovation and the Future of Space in Five Years
Eng. Haithem Alfaraj, Eng. Frank Maximilian Salzgeber
From 0 to Billions: Building for Scale, One Problem at a Time.
Nadeem Bakhsh
How Gaming and AI Are Reinventing The Fashion Industry
Delz Erinle, Ifeanyi Nwune
PwC collaboration with Workday
Prateek Avasthy
Cultural Development Fund: AI Incentives for Cultural Projects - From Innovation to Application
Lama Alhemaid
Can AI Find the Next Football Superstar?
Sol Campbell, Nurtay Abilgaliyev, Dmitry Zamula
The Agent Is the New Insider: Securing Agentic AI in Critical Infrastructure
Amr Mansour
The Rise of the "AI Factory": From Megawatts to Gigawatts
Abdullah Nofal
Who Will Be Ready for the AI Economy? Rethinking Skills, Talent, and Learning
Janna Salokangas, Isa Mutlib, David Lazaro, Rabi Atiti, Isabelle Kumar, Bandar S. Albalawi
Digital Assets for Sports Impact Powered by AI
Philipp Berkessy, Lukas Stern
The Sovereign Bet on Founders: Building Innovation Hubs That Endure for Generations
HRH Prince Fahad bin Mansour bin Nasser Al Saud, Jeff Hoffman, Omar Al-Shabaan
Advancing Medical Prediction, Prevention & Diagnosis with AI
Dr. Selwa Al-Hazzaa
After AI: What the Next Tech Wave Will Look Like
BG. Dr. Robert Mansour
The Future of Business Events Technology in the Kingdom
H.E. Belal Hafnawi
Digital Payments Tomorrow: What Stablecoins Mean for Businesses and Consumers
Jorge Carrasco, Dr Petra Janez, Ron Hammond, Clem Chambers
Digital Assets for Sports Impact Powered by AI
Philipp Berkessy, Elisabeth Görgl, Jan Bernasch
Unlocking AI Value Without Losing Control of Your Data
Assaf Bin Muhaya
From Vision to Venture: How Corporates Actually Innovate
Emon Shakoor, Amira Singh, Bandar Arab, Ghannam AlGhannam
The Business of Imagination: IP in the Entertainment Economy
Mohamed Nawito, Hassan Zanaldain, Salman Butt, Omar Abdo
Algeria Ventures Partner Session: Algeria Startup Ecosystem - Driving Open Innovation Through Strategic Partnerships
Mohamed Sellam, Amina Abacha, Souheil Guessoum, Mira Charkawi
AI in Action - APGAR Transforming Supply Chain Planning at Logoplaste
The Creative Intelligence Era: AI, Experience & the New Brand Economy
Nicholas Law
Off with your Head! Headsetless VR unlocking Mass Markets
Malay Kundu
The Five‐Year LEAP: What We Learned
Sebastien Toupy, Basma Dawwas
Securing the AI Journey with Fortinet
Almaha Alhizam
Why Next-Gen Managed Security is the Ultimate Growth Enabler
Wael Alamri
The Future of AI and The Quantum
Michio Kaku
From Innovation to Infrastructure: The Government's Role in Structuring Scalable Tech Markets
Ahmed Saber, Dr. Abdulaziz AlBatli, Solange El Rassi
The Saudi Sports Tech Revolution: From National Strategy to Federation Reality
Benoit Ammann, Jose Tapia, Hisham Shehabi, Alwaleed Alkeaid, Rakan Alfehaid
The Absorption Gap - What Happens After You Build the AI?
Marcello Mari
The Self-Defending Grid AI: Powered Predictive & Autonomous Defense for Critical Energy Infrastructure
EY & SAP | Intelligent enterprise: Comes with trusted foundation
You Don’t Exit a Legacy: Building Forever Firms
Henadi Al-Saleh, Hussein Kanji, Ivan Grlic
The Future of Football: AI, Talent and the Next Generation
Sol Campbell, Somi Arian
Protecting Critical National Infrastructure with a Unified OT Cybersecurity Unified Platform
Luis Parrondo
Saudi Gaming Studios Present Part 2...
Rawan Alfar, Meaad Aflah, Bader AlZamil, Faisal AlHashem, Ahmad Al Natsheh, Khalid ElAghil, Husam Suwaid, Rojeh Maher, Hussain Al Safwan, Hamza Allaham, Yaser AlAhmadi, Faisal Al Hamed, Anas AlSahli
E3 Ventures Partner Session: Do Not Launch in KSA Until You Hear This
Dr. Dhaifallah Alwadani, Mira Charkawi, Hassan Mansi
What does it take to scale AI in practice and how is NUPCO turning Product Qualification into an intelligent system
Tech-Talk: From Property to PropTech
Ibrahim AshShohail, Yazeed Al-Shamsi, Saleh Al-Ghamdi, Abdulaziz Ghazi Alardi
Beyond “Next”: How Capital Is Powering MEA’s Digital Infrastructure Today
Armineh Baghoomian, Basil Moftah, Haider Syed
Powering Intelligence: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Infrastructure Play
Dr. Arwa Alrawois, Abdulaziz Yousef Albenyan, Eng. Abdulaziz Almoaigel, Dr. Saleh Bamasaq, Eng. Moath Bin Ateeq
Powering the Pulse through Digital & AI
Deema Abu Khamis
When Policy Meets the Breach - Who Really Owns the Risk?
Dr Petra Janez, Abdulrahman Almusfir, Betania Allo, Musaed AlShammari
Launch of “Digital Sovereignty index” copy
H.E. Belal Hafnawi
Beyond Heart Rate: Building the Next Generation of Sports Sensors
Rakan Alireza, Hisham Shehabi
Day 4 - Closing Remarks | Gov Tech
Sonya Barlow
Closing Remarks
Susannah Streeter, Isabelle Kumar
From Checkout to Invisible Payment Systems
Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo, Michelle Hajjar, Fahad Anteet, Alina Timofeeva
Closing Remarks
Ozan Sonmez
SpaceTech Saudi: The Final Innovation Frontier
Haitham Al Humsi, Ahmed Al Zubairi, Omar Abunayyan
Service Governance at Enterprise and National Scale
Sport 2030: Navigating the Technology Shift Reshaping the Industry
Shahrukh Sohail
Unifying Enterprise AI in the Kingdom through Governed Agent Orchestration
Closing Keynote
Faisal Alkhamisi
Big Talk: Post-Quantum Security Starts Now
Areiel Wolanow
Build the Beat Live with PINKFISH
Edward Salmon (PINKFISH)
A #1 Hitmaker on why AI Could be the Saviour of the Music Industry
Daniel Bedingfield, Richard Dean
Event Wrap Up
Annabelle Mander, Michael Champion
Stage Preps for Rocket Fuel
MCIT Partner Session: ET.Gravity - Productizing Globally Competitive Emerging Technologies In Saudi Arabia
Hani B Alhemsi
Managing Risk: Defaults, Fraud and Consumer Protection
Asim Khwaja, Steve Suarez, Samrah Kazmi
Before You Choose, AI Already Has
Jeremy Prasetyo
Rocket Fuel Startup Pitch Competition Finale
Monshaat Demo Day
Haitham Al Humsi, Ahmed Al Zubairi
Mapping Your Real Attack Surface
Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdur Rahman
BNPL: Technology Reshaping Consumer Finance
Tukeer Hussain, Omar Alamawi
Closing Remarks
Lara Lewington, Spencer Kelly
Day 4 - Closing Remarks | Gov Tech
Greg Lindsay
Monshaat: From Idea to Market - The AI Incubator Journey
Yousef Abubakr
MoUs + Announcements
Governing Quantum Cyber Risk: A Board-Level Imperative
Yusuf Azizullah
The New Arena
Ben Jacobs, Samantha Murray
Rocket Fuel Finale Pitches
JF Gauthier, Robin Schneider, Omar A. Almajdouie, Armineh Baghoomian
The People Who Shape What Comes Next
Julian Pistone
Rocket Fuel Awards Ceremony
Program overview
LLEAP 2026: 821 completed meetings within 31 August to 3 September 2026.
Goals
- Assist the visitor in selecting appropriate meetings before reaching LEAP headquarters.
- Presentation of the status, date and rule of each session according to the timing of Riyadh.
- Each session is linked to its official page.
Highlights
- 821 meetings at the beginning and end
- 19 halls and theater.
- 28 programming types
- The situation of each session changes automatically between the coming and the end of the Riyadh time.
Requirements
- Public reception hours from 12 noon to 9 pm a day.
- Check the official agenda before the audience for possible updating of the room, speaker or timing.
Practical information
Practical source-linked information to help you before arrival and during the event.
- Attendance type
- In person
- Source
- Approved source
- Program details
- 821 sessions in the schedule
- Registration and entry
- Check the source before attending
- Duration
- 31 August to 3 September 2026
- Provider
- Tahaluf
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When does LEAP 2026 start?
LEAP 2026 starts on 31/08/2026, 11:00 am and ends on 03/09/2026, 9:00 pm, Saudi time.
Where does LEAP 2026 take place?
The event takes place in Riyadh, Venue: Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Center, Malham.
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