World Summit AI MENA 2024
The only AI summit in the world that matters is coming to Qatar
10 – 11 December 2024
Doha Exhibition & Convention Center
Fostering diversity and inclusion in MENA
World Summit AI and Intelligent Health are known for their unwavering commitment to fostering diversity and equality. We firmly believe in the democratization of AI, striving to make the transformative power of artificial intelligence accessible to all regions and communities, contributing to the collective advancement of AI on a global scale.
The key themes taking the WSAI Qatar stage by storm
SNEAK PEEK: 2024 AI BRAINS ON OUR RENOWNED STAGES
Samantha Samaras
Global Vice President Science & Technology, Beauty and Personal Care R&D
Unilever
Samantha Samaras
Global Vice President Science & Technology, Beauty and Personal Care R&D
Unilever
Gary Marcus
Scientist, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science
New York University (US)
Gary Marcus
Scientist, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science
New York University (US)
Major General Khalid AlRazooqi
General Director of Artificial Intelligence
Dubai Police
Major General Khalid AlRazooqi
General Director of Artificial Intelligence
Dubai Police
Major General Khalid Nasser Alrazooqi has held the position of Director of the General Department of Artificial Intelligence at Dubai Police General Headquarters since March 2014. He has overseen the implementation of several key strategic projects in the UAE, including the introduction of smart police stations, electronic passports, and smart electronic gates. Notably, under his leadership, Dubai Police received recognition for their successful implementation of the Dubai Paperless Strategy in 2021 and won the award for the best government service through smartphones both locally and globally for 6 consecutive years. He has also received numerous accolades throughout his career,
including the 2021 Best Executive Director award for government departments.
JoAnn Stonier
Mastercard Fellow of Data and AI
Mastercard
JoAnn Stonier
Mastercard Fellow of Data and AI
Mastercard
JoAnn C. Stonier serves as the Fellow of Data & Artificial Intelligence for Mastercard as a leading expert in both disciplines and assists the organization’s innovation, policy, and risk efforts. JoAnn has been instrumental in designing and operationalizing Mastercard’s global data business, first as the firm’s first privacy officer, then as the first chief data officer and now as the first fellow. JoAnn is a global data expert and strategist with extensive experience overseeing the curation, quality, ethical use, governance, strategy, and management of Mastercard’s global data assets. She is an expert in artificial intelligence with a keen interest in ethics, data equity, minimization of bias and ensuring fair analytic outcomes, especially as generative artificial intelligence, and other technologies increase.
JoAnn is a highly sought-after thought leader and speaker in emergent data, AI, and privacy issues. She has advised industry executives, governments, intergovernmental organizations, and NGOs (nongovernmental organizations). Currently, she serves as the Chair of the USCIB’s Digital Policy Committee and is Co- Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Data Policy and Equity. She also teaches at Carnegie Mellon University and is an adjunct professor at Pratt Institute. She has been appointed as an Advisor to several organizations including: Omnicom Group/Credera’s AI Council, Cantellus Group and Elementum and she serves on the board of directors for Hope for the Warriors and the Academy of Mount St. Ursula.
JoAnn received her Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University and her Bachelor of Science degree from St. Francis College. She holds memberships in the Bar of the State of New York and the Bar of the State of New Jersey. She is based in Purchase, N.Y.
Janet Adams
Chief Operating Officer
SingularityNET
Janet Adams
Chief Operating Officer
SingularityNET
Sue Black, OBE
Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist, and Director of EDI, Computer Science Dept.
Durham University
Sue Black, OBE
Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist, and Director of EDI, Computer Science Dept.
Durham University
Celeste Kidd
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
Celeste Kidd
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
Ozanan Meireles
Vice Chairman of Innovation, Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine; Director
Surgical Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Laboratory (SAIIL)
Ozanan Meireles
Vice Chairman of Innovation, Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine; Director
Surgical Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Laboratory (SAIIL)
Shukri Eid
General Manager
IBM Gulf, Levant, and Pakistan
Shukri Eid
General Manager
IBM Gulf, Levant, and Pakistan
Shukri Eid is a 25-year veteran in the technology and consulting industry with a proven track record of transforming businesses across the Middle East and Africa region. As General Manager of IBM Gulf, Levant, and Pakistan, Shukri is responsible for IBM’s overall business operations, driving business growth and client satisfaction.
Prior to returning to IBM, Shukri served as Regional Managing Director for the Gulf region at Cisco where he drove the company’s digital agenda, competitive positioning, and business strategy.
During his tenure, Shukri held the position of Senior Director within the Country Digitization Acceleration (CDA) team working with government and industry stakeholders to accelerate the national digitization strategies. He also led a diverse team of senior consulting professionals as Director of Cisco Consulting Services in Emerging Markets, and as Director of Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG).
Earlier in his career, Shukri held senior roles at IBM Global Business Services and PwC where he led the implementation of high-profile strategies and IT transformational engagements.
Shukri is valued for building results-oriented and enthusiastic teams and has established himself as a thought leader and agent of change in fast-evolving, dynamic markets. He is known for his deliberate, strategic approach to complex challenges, his authenticity, and his people management skills.
Shukri has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Strathclyde in UK, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Jordan University of Science & Technology.
Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy
Author; Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Louisville
Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy
Author; Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Louisville
Roman, an author and a professor at the University of Louisville, is globally recognized for his pioneering research in AI risk prevention and containing superintelligence. His work has shaped international conversations on how to govern and develop AI safely. After captivating audiences with a book signing at WSAI Americas, Roman is bringing his cutting-edge insights to Qatar, where he will challenge conventional thinking about the future of AI.
Dr. Ott Velsberg
Government Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Republic of Estonia
Dr. Ott Velsberg
Government Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Republic of Estonia
Dr. Ott Velsberg is a renowned Estonian IT specialist and government official, known for his expertise in data governance and data science. As the current Chief Data Officer (CDO) of Estonia, he is responsible for driving the country’s data policy and initiatives related to the use of data in the public sector. Velsberg has a wealth of experience in coordinating data governance and data science, with a focus on domains such as artificial intelligence, open data, citizen-centric data governance, data management, and digital transformation. Under his leadership, Estonia has become a global leader in data governance, open data, and artificial intelligence. With his passion for technology and data, he is making significant contributions to Estonia’s digital transformation and shaping the country’s future in data governance.
Nikita Gordeev
Chief Data Technology Officer
Snoonu
Nikita Gordeev
Chief Data Technology Officer
Snoonu
Shining a spotlight on Intelligent Health
Since 2018, we host the world’s most inclusive healthtech community dedicated to saving lives with AI. For the first time EVER Intelligent Health will be landing in the Middle East. CPD accredited and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we are committed to advancing pivotal conversations on AI in medicine and fostering global collaboration across the healthcare sector.
Join us in our mission to ensure the safe, effective and democratic adoption of AI in healthcare to improve global health outcomes for all.
We’re not just on the cusp of something extraordinary, we’re in it.
AI advancements have propelled industries into new realms of efficiency and effectiveness, offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues. On the other hand, the rapid pace of progress has ignited a global debate on ethics, privacy, and public trust, stirring a call for a delicate balance between harnessing AI’s potential and safeguarding human values. The future of AI is promising, but the stakes have never been higher. It’s imperative that we tread cautiously and with wisdom, for the path we choose today will shape the very course of our technological evolution tomorrow.
The industry is talking.
And at the epicentre of this huge global AI transformation is World Summit AI. Since launching in 2017, World Summit AI has been the most important summit on the planet for the development of strategies on AI and spotlighting the worldwide applications, risks, benefits and opportunities. Staging world leaders, pioneers and change makers.
The world’s most important AI Summits are coming to Qatar…
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"World Summit AI is where the most powerful, innovative ideas in AI are born. It is where the world looks for the next big thing in Tech and Science"
Microsoft
"A global force for good, focusing the attention of the data science and business communities on how our most cutting edge tools can deliver a brighter future for us all "
Forbes
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Exclusive Headline Strategic Partner
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs, and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.
Strategic Media Partner
Fadaat Media Group is one of the largest regional media networks in the Arab world, with millions of audiences through its various platform. Besides investing in print, visual and new media fields, the group seeks to explore new horizons for spreading knowledge, open constructive communication channels with the Arab masses, and provide advanced services in traditional and digital media sector. The Group most prominent channels are Al Araby TV Network, Syria TV, and Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Website and Newspaper.
What’s World Summit AI?
Seen by tech leaders as the platform to launch their latest AI products and services and regarded as the world leading startup and investor network, WSAI gathers the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, Big Tech, Startups, Investors, Science and Academia to set the global AI agenda, every year in Europe & North America.
World Summit AI will make its debut in Qatar on 10-11 December 2024 at DECC.
Staging world leaders, pioneers and change makers, World Summit AI is regarded as the most critical meeting in the AI calendar.
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The World Summit AI stage is the most competitive in the world. With a three year waiting list, we receive thousands of speaking submissions every year. Why? Because we stage the conversations that matter with world leaders who are championing AI in every way. Our past speakers include Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba, Tencent, Google, Intel, NASA, Uber, IBM and so many more.
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Who’s coming?
2 days, 2500+ Attendee’s, 100+ Speakers
The full AI ecosystem, startups, academics, investors, business leaders, all the big tech companies, and the brightest AI brains as speakers.
Founders, CEOs, CTOs, COOs, CDOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs
EVPs, SVP, VP’s, Directors and Heads of AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Cognitive Computing, Data Science, Data Analytics, Technology, Innovation
Professors, Ph.D. candidates, students, interns
Government, Policy Makers, and Regulators
Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Software Engineers, Developers and more…
WORLD SUMMIT AI AND INTELLIGENT HEALTH
GLOBAL SUMMIT SERIES
6 – 10 October 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
World AI Week is the planet’s only week dedicated to the global AI ecosystem, a bustling, thriving series of 40+ cutting-edge business, science, tech and networking gatherings showcasing how AI is transforming business and society, with a focus on automation, creativity, diversity, innovation, responsibility, and optimisation.
8 – 9 October 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Seen by tech leaders as the platform to launch their latest AI products and services and regarded as the world leading startup and investor network, WSAI gathers the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, Big Tech, Startups, Investors, Science and Academia to set the global AI agenda, every October in Amsterdam.
September 2025
Basel, Switzerland
Intelligent Health is THE only large-scale, global summit that purely focuses on AI in healthcare and brings together the world’s brightest AI health brains from pharmaceutical, biotech, medtech, health provisions, clinicians, tech companies, startups, investment, and science to advance discussions on how to apply AI and drive technological collaboration in healthcare.