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H.E. Omar Sultan Alolama
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications
UAE Government
Dr. Guy Diedrich
SVP & Global Innovation Officer
CISCO
A.R. Rahman
Oscar-winning Music Composer and Producer
David Cohen
Co-Founder and Chairman
Techstars
Deep Nishar
Managing Director
General Catalyst
Deepinder Goyal
CEO
Zomato
Dr. Ghita Mezzour
Former Minister in Charge of Digital Transition & Administrative Reform
Government of Morocco
Greg Jackson
CEO
Octopus Energy
Dr. Mactar Seck
Chief of Technology & Innovation
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
H.E. Hamad Almansoori
Director General
Digital Dubai Authority
H.E. Ms. Mariam Al Mheiri
Head of the Office of International Affairs
Presidential Court, UAE
Jack Selby
Managing Director
Thiel Capital
Sir Martin Sorrell
Founder/Executive Chairman
S4 Capital
Sir Tim Berners Lee
Creator
Inventor of the World Wide Web
Vinod Khosla
Co-Founder & Investment Partner
Khosla Ventures
Gilberto Silva
Founder, Striver
Former Arsenal and Brazil National Team Football Player
H.E. Alia Abdulla Al Mazrouei
Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs
UAE Cabinet
H.E. Faisal Al Bannai
Adviser to the UAE President & Secretary General
Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC)
Dr. Christian Weedbrook
CEO
Xanadu
Dr. Dennis Hong
Professor, Director of RoMeLa
UCLA
Jason Derulo
Investor and
Award-Winning Singer & Songwriter
Manu Chopra
CEO
Karya
Neil Patel
Co-Founder
NP Digital
Peng Xiao
CEO
G42
Prashanth Prakash
Founding Partner
Accel India
Randi Zuckerberg
Former Director of Market Development
Facebook
Sean Garnier
World champion freestyle footballer
Sean o'Sullivan
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner
SOSV
Tej Lalvani
Dragon, CEO
Vitabiotics
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Founder & CEO
Paytm