**Wednesday November 2nd, 2022**

**Discover Opportunities in the World of Tech and Web3**
This world-class, 1 day interactive program will include informative sessions by international experts from world renowned companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and more. Each session will cover a topic designed to prepare students and recent grads for a competitive edge in the world of tech and web3. 

Hosted by the UAE Ministry of Economy in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Education, Currency.com and Capital.com

**Topics Include: **
Cloud 3.0: Learn about skills and opportunities 
Cryptocurrency: Opportunities, personal branding and trading 
Standing out as a candidate: Application, CV and interview
Marketing in the Metaverse 
How Blockchain is helping solve the climate crisis 
Understanding NFTs, smart contracts and more 
Digital transformation with Google & Microsoft 


**The Virtual Forum for Skills Acquisition and Trends in Tech & Web3 **

This one-day interactive program will include informative sessions by international experts from world-renowned companies. Sessions will discuss and prepare students and grads in the UAE for a competitive edge in the world of tech. 


Topics Include: 

Finding roles in the metaverse 

Cloud 3.0 skills and opportunities 

Engineering roles: application, CV and interview

Blockchain and social impact

Understanding NFTs

Breaking into FinTech & Cryptocurrency and more.

NextGen Talent


# Minister of State for Foreign Trade: H.E. Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi


**HE Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi **was appointed the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, following the new UAE Government structure in July 2020, and has been assigned a file to attract the best talents and competencies to serve the strategic direction of the UAE. HE also oversees the development of non-oil foreign trade sectors and the expansion of global partnerships, in addition to enhancing the investment climate in the country, in order to cement its position as a major business destination at the regional and global levels.

**He had held the position of Minister of Climate Change and Environment **previously, during which he supervised the implementation of the UAE's strategies locally, advancing environment and climate actions. He also **led the country’s efforts in limiting and adapting to the repercussions of climate change** at the global level, while also focussing on the preservation of the UAE’s biodiversity through the development and implementation of a set of effective policies and measures.

Prior to assuming his ministerial position, HE Al Zeyoudi served as the permanent representative of the UAE to the **International Renewable Energy Agency** (IRENA), and Director of the Department of Energy Affairs and Climate Change at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
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# Minister of Education H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi

Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi is the Minister of Education. Before his present position, he was Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs under the new UAE Government structure approved in July 2020.

He also served as the Minister of State for Higher Education during which he supervised the development of higher education and scientific research in the UAE. He also **formulated new policies for the sector as well as streamlined the work of higher education** institutions to ensure quality outputs that match the requirements of the labor market. In October 2017, pursuant to the ministerial amendment to the UAE Government, he took on the responsibility of equipping UAE nationals with skills of the future.

H.E. is also the former Chairman of the Federal Authority for Human Resources and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UAE Space Agency. He represented the space sector at the **National Committee for Science, Technology and Innovation**. Other positions he previously held included CEO of Masdar Company; Executive Director of Strategy and Tourism Sector Development at Dubai Tourism; Vice President of the Mubadala Industry Unit; and Consultant for the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company.

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# About Viktor Prokopenya  – Founder, Capital.com and Currency.com

Viktor Prokopenya is a Minsk-born, London-based, **global investor and entrepreneur in the fintech industry**. An influential voice on internet regulation Mr. Prokopenya actively participated in the development of the Belarusian IT industry regulation, ultimately helping form the country’s Decree on the Development of a Digital Economy. Mr. Prokopenya has been leading digital technology companies for over two decades and is a passionate advocate for fintech as a force for good, delivering financial democracy that transcends borders.

From 2001 to 2011, he **founded and led Viaden Media, one of the largest producers of iOS apps in Central and Eastern Europe**. In 2012, he started Exp(Capital), a data analysis fintech able to predict market fluctuations. That same year, Mr. Prokopenya founded VP Capital, investing in AI, augmented reality, computer vision, fintech, and blockchain. Some of his major investments include Capital.com, an **award-winning fintech start-up** focused on developing mobile applications for retail investors; Currency.com, the **world’s first regulated tokenized securities exchange**; and FaceMetrics, a start-up specializing in artificial intelligence apps for children’s education.

Mr. Prokopenya holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the SBS Swiss Business School, as well as master’s degrees in Finance, Internet Marketing, and Business Administration from Northeastern University, Full Sail University, and Minsk IPM Business School, respectively.


Editor In Chief

VP Marketing & Operations

Founder

Minister of Education

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

NextGen Talent Opening Event: Fireside Chat with HE Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi

Electronics Engineering

Industrial Engineering

**What is Cloud 3.0 and why is it the next big trend in computing?** Cloud-native digital experiences of Cloud 3.0 are being built from the ground up on multiple cloud solutions across different environments that are constantly evolving. So **what does this mean for the future of work**? What challenges will we face as technology continues to adapt and evolve? What are some practical and real world applications and what are the opportunities and skills you need to break into the workforce? 

All these questions and more...



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## Session Topics




✨ Learn about Joe Baguley and his journey to VMWare

✨ About VMWare : A cloud computing virtualization technology company

✨ What does a VP and CTO actually do on a day to day basis? 

? What is the cloud and how is it different than cloud 3.0

? Types of opportunities both with and without a tech background 

? Future skills, career paths and best practices to start a career 

? How can young people best prepare themselves for the changing job market

?Live Q&A from the Audience 

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## About Joe Baguley



**Joe Baguley** is VMware’s Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for EMEA, joining VMware in July 2011. He helps develop and communicate VMware’s strategy and vision with customers and partners, using his wealth of experience to help organisations reduce costs and better support users and business needs. As part of VMware’s Office of the CTO and its representative in EMEA, Joe assists VMware’s customers in understanding how to use today’s advances in technology to deliver real business impact as well as working with them to inform VMware’s R&D processes.

Joe is a recognised leader within the European technical community and considered one of the top 50 most influential leaders in UK IT. He won an award for data leadership in ‘Infrastructure & Protection’ in the 2016 Data 50 Awards and appeared in the Computer Weekly UKtech50, the Information Age Top 50 Data Leaders and the Cloud World Series’ Cloud 100 community board. He has played a key role in CloudCamp and other events, communicating how cloud technology fits into the broader IT landscape. Joe previously spent ten years at Quest Software where he was CTO of EMEA, shaping its direction and strategy.

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## Moderated by: Dr May El Barachi



**Dr El Barachi** is Associate Dean of Research & Head of Industry Outreach and Executive Learning at **University of Wollongong in Dubai **and is a next generation networking expert currently teaching the subjects of Information & Communication Security, Distributed Systems & Cloud Computing, as well as Programming in the Bachelor of Computer Science and the Bachelor of Information Technology programs.

During her teaching career, Dr El Barachi developed and taught a variety of IT and computer science/engineering courses which included: IT essentials, programming, security, networking, mobile computing, green computing, penetration testing & ethical hacking, emerging technologies and sensor networking.


VP & CTO EMEA

Director of Computer Science and IT Programs

Cloud Technology 3.0: Skills, Opportunities and the Future of Work


# Ronaldo Mouchawar is the Vice President of Amazon Middle East and North Africa. 

Ronaldo Mouchawar is a Syrian-American entrepreneur and a pioneer of e-commerce in the MENA region. He co-founded Souq.com Group and served as its CEO. He grew the company into the largest e-commerce retailer in the Arab world. **Amazon acquired Souq.com for USD $580 million in 2017.** Mouchawar currently serves as the Vice President of Amazon MENA, spearheading the business across the region and guided by four principles: customer obsession, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. 
 
Souq.com was initially founded in 2005 in the UAE reaching a valuation of over $1 billion and becoming the Arab world's first unicorn. Mouchawar oversaw its expansion into Saudi Arabia and Egypt. With his innovative spirit and agile business acumen, Mouchawar continued to expand Souq.com's footprint by launching PayFort, which became a leading online payment service provider in the region, and Q-Express, a logistics arm to increase delivery efficiencies. In 2014, Ronaldo launched the White Friday sale event which has since become the most popular annual shopping event in the region.

Mouchawar has been focused on integrating the Souq and Amazon offerings to provide customers with a localized service, trusted online shopping experience, and an ever-growing array of products and services at low prices with fast delivery. The souq.com marketplace has rebranded into Amazon.ae in UAE in 2019 followed by Amazon.sa in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Souq.com continues to serve customers in Egypt. Amazon Prime has launched in the UAE in 2019 followed by Amazon Home Services in 2020, and Prime in Saudi in 2021. Arabic has been at the heart of the Amazon integration, something that is close to Mouchawar’s heart, and that became a bar-raising benchmark for Amazon and technology providers in the region.
 


Vice President of Amazon Middle East and North Africa

Fireside Chat with Ronaldo Mouchawar, VP of Amazon

So you're curious about FinTech? What is it? How does it work? Why are more and more people jumping on board and how it it different than traditional trading? Tarik Chebib, the CEO of Capital.com will share stories from his years working in the industry, talk to you about personal branding, networking, internships, careers and more! 

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# Session Agenda

? Learn about Tarik Chebib and his journey to Capital.com

? Trends in developments working in crypto over the years

? Crazy trading stories you won't hear anywhere else 

?  Roles and Opportunities in Crypto and trading 

? Why is FinTech so exciting right now? 

? How to build your personal brand, get internships and network

? Why is the UAE exciting for FinTech? 

?Live Q&A from the Audience


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# About Tarik Chebib: 


**Tarik Chebib** is the CEO of Capital.com Middle East, the high-growth retail investment trading Fintech serving clients in over 180 countries. Prior to Capital.com, Tarik was Head of Middle East at Pepperstone where he was responsible for growing the company’s foothold across the region. Tarik has spent more than a decade of his career in the online trading space. He cut his teeth at global brokerage firm IG where he was credited with building the company’s high-net-worth and institutional client base in the Middle East. 

His strengths in managing diverse teams, identifying new revenue streams and acquiring and managing high profile client groups have been instrumental to his success. Tarik has an MSc from CASS Business School, London, and a BA from Brunel University, UK. 

This session will be moderated by **Iyad Uakoub**, Head Behavioral Scientist at Sounding Board in Silicon Valley and Localized's Career Coach-in-Residence.



Career Coach in Residence

CEO Middle East

Breaking into Fintech:  Opportunities, Personal Brand, and Trading

Software Engineering

Meta, formerly Facebook owns a total of 94 companies including: Facebook, Instagram, Oculus VR, WhatsApp and more! Facebook is where many early stage engineers got their start, whether in software development, front end engineering or data science. Facebook is home to thousands of engineers around the world!

In this session hosted by the Tony Evans, you’ll learn what it’s like to work for the **world's largest social media platform**. You’ll get insights on the day to day work for employees, you’ll learn about career paths, opportunities, internships and the best and most challenging parts of being on the job. 

✅ What is it like working at Meta

✅ What are the opportunities at Meta for young graduates

✅ What are some of the biggest challenges

✅ What is the Metaverse 

✅ Working on and in the Metaverse

? Live audience Q&A


Director of Partnerships & Growth

Marketing Science Director for Middle East, Africa CEE and Russia

Careers at Meta: Today, Tomorrow and in the Metaverse World

You've probably heard the world Metaverse, but do you know what it is, how it works or some of the real world applications? Dr. Abdullah Sahyoun will be giving you the 101 about what the Metaverse is, how it is being used, who is using it and what kind of jobs are being build around it. He will be sharing information about specific Metaverse environments and the art of what's possible in the future. 

## Session Agenda: 


? Intro to the Metaverse + real world applications

? What are the top 3 global adoptions and who is there? 

? Economic forecast and impact across industries

?  Focus on real world use cases (Medical industry etc)

? Importance of NFTs, AI and other tech

? Art of the possible: benefits, opportunities and work

? Requirements in terms of tools and knowledge

? Building blocks and tools you can use in both Sandbox and Decentraland

? Live Q&A from the Audience 

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# About Dr. Abdullah H. Sahyoun:


**Dr. Abdullah Sahyoun is the Global Head of AI & Digital Transformation at APCO Worldwide** 
Abdullah is the global head of AI & digital transformation at APCO Worldwide and an Advisory Board Member at various organizations in the UAE. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Machine learning from the University of Leipzig and has served as a trusted advisor for many global firms, government entities, and other organizations in Europe and MENA, supporting and guiding their digital transformation journeys.

 
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# About Leila Hurstel:

**Leila** is a Board Member and Chief Metaverse officer at Verse Estate, hyper-realistic  headquartered in Dubai. She is introducing hyper realism to the Metaverse to offer more enriching virtual environment for gaming & a professional setting for businesses and various industries and governments to transition to the Virtual World.

She is the founder of the AllStarsWomen DAO, initiative to help close the gender gap in the tech space and Web3 industry. Leila has been a speaker at the UN, Davos, NFT . NYC & the Metaverse Summit Paris. She covers topics about investment opportunities in web3, the future of Web3.0, how it will impact our lives, business and value creation in the virtual worlds.





Board. Member and Chief Metaverse Officer 

Global Head of AI & Digital Transformation

Metaverse Explained: Real World Applications and Future Trends

Marketing

Are you someone who wants to work in tech but the engineering path isn't for you? Are you someone who wants to learn more about roles in business, leadership, strategy and more? Najeeb Jarrar, Head of Marketing for Google MENA, and Ali Kessrwani partnerships Director at Udacity will talk about all things skill building, breaking into tech, redefining your success and more. They will break down the conversations to help you understand what kind of roles are available in the tech world how their jobs operate and more.

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# About Najeeb Jarrar

Najeeb is currently the interim head of Marketing for Google in the Middle East and North Africa. In his role, Najeeb looks after Google's Marketing strategy in the region, oversees new product and features rollout across MENA and Arabic globally, and works closely with Engineers on developing specific features for the region that help users during their daily life and **enabling online user growth in MENA from 10 million in 2009 to 189 million today**. 

During his tenure at Google in Dubai, **Najeeb launched almost all Google’s consumer products in the region** and in Arabic from search features, to YouTube, Google Translate, Android as well as partnering with local and regional entities to enrich the Arabic web ecosystem and to help Arabic content grow.

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# About Ali Kessrwani

**Ali Kesserwani** is a senior professional with over 11 years of diverse experiences, 6 of which have been in the UAE, the Middle East, and Asia. Ali is currently leading Udacity For Government's Middle East & Asia partnerships with government entities & foundations to transform livelihoods across the Arab World & Asia - through the Dubai lens. **Ali is also currently a lead on the Dubai Government's One Million Arab Coders & Global Chapters initiatives.**

Ali led major **strategy consulting government projects at Monitor Deloitte** that spanned all kinds of industries including education, digital, and health. His major projects include socio-economic & spatial city strategies, diversifying fiscal scenarios for healthcare institutions, and labor market optimization across the region.Prior to consulting, he worked as a business development professional for a family office with operations in Africa, Europe, and the Far East.

His contribution to community development transcends Udacity - he is a cofounder and strategic planner of a community development NGO and cofounder of a Sister School chapter in troubled areas of the region. Ali is always on the lookout for new ventures, entrepreneurs, and bold ideas that aim for - and make - change happen.


Head of Consumer Marketing, Middle East and North Africa

Project & Incubator Manager FDI & Economic Development Department 

Director of Middle East & Asia Partnerships, Societal Impact

Application, CV, Interview: How to Stand Out as a Candidate for a Tech Company

Session Agenda
? Learn about Omar Kandil and his journey to Stripe

? What is FinTech and how does a payments platform fit?

? What is Stripe and how does it operate?

? What is the value of a payment platform? Who does it serve?

? Roles and opportunities in FinTech both technical and non technical

? Skills for the future of work 

? Why is FinTech so exciting right now?

?Live Q&A from the Audience


# About Omar Kandil

Omar Kandil is an AUC and Columbia SIPA graduate. Omar has worked in government strategy and operations at PwC and was the Head of Public Policy for Lime before joining Stripe. He focuses on public policy, partnerships and functions. He works to design and build Stripes policy strategies to support global business objectives. He also helps to develop and implement strategies to support Stripe's policy, regulatory and legal objectives. 



FinTech & the Future: Increasing the GDP of the Internet

Did you know that blockchain is being used for good? Blockchain is being used to solve issues like climate change in inequities. 

Right now, traditional companies trying to use blockchain are focused on tackling challenges around regulations, compliance, and identity. Blockchain is being leveraged in financial services to provide greater inclusion - meaning **banking the 2-3 billion unbanked individuals in the world**. It also means helping refugees access their money, helping facilitate remittances (usually sending money back to your home country) and more. 

This session will cover: 

? What is blockchain and how does it work? 

? How is blockchain being used to solve climate change? 

? How is the technology used to help solve inequities and global crisis (like in Ukraine). 

? Blockchain and the income economy 

? How is blockchain being used by financial services and in Web3

? Identity, regulations, compliance and privacy 

? Live Q&A from the audience 

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# About Amit Sharma


Amit Sharma has engaged in a myriad of roles that intersect financial markets, risk management, regulatory compliance, and international development. He is the Founder and CEO of FinClusive, **a hybrid financial-technology and regulatory technology (fintech/regtech**) company that provides a compliant gateway between traditional financial services and digital asset ecosystems including **blockchain-enabled networks and decentralized financial services** (Defi)—with an embedded full-stack global-standard financial crimes compliance (FCC) platform. 

Prior to FinClusive, Amit worked in both the public and private sectors, including with: **Mitsubishi UFJ as the global lead of new products** and the Chief of Staff to the Head of Global Markets and Intl. Business Units; Command Global Services as Chief of Operations, and at the **US Treasury Department**, first at the inception of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), and later as COS to the Deputy Secretary and Advisor to Treasury’s senior team under Secretary Henry Paulson.

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# About Mustapha Mokass

Founder, Impact Entrepreneur & Investor • Founder of Climate Finance A. & Carbon Offsetting • Deputy CEO at Atlas Partners • Carbon Finance • Clean Energy • Green Decentralized Cloud • Climate Technology Origination • Impact: Seed & Early Stage Capital | Global Start-Up Portfolio Tech + Impact | Blockchain Ecosystem for Climate & Health | Web3 Liquidity • Speaker Davos, Global Business Conferences, Climate Week. Former World Bank Group, UN Environment Programme, Carbon finance expert; advised assets managers, private equity, banking, and consumer product firms in the US, Europe and Africa • World Economic Forum YGL • Co-Founder of the YGL Initiative Climate Finance Hubs | Regenopolis, Winner of YGL Impact Lab 2016 • Board member at Givedirectly NGO, Morocco • MSc in Environmental Technology Engineering; Master, HEC Paris Business School; EE, HKS and Oxford Business School. Executive Fellow at Anant Climate University • Author, Fostering a Global Clean Energy Market

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# About Carlos Sarmiento


Carlos Sarmiento is Senior Vice President, Technology Engineering EMEA at Oracle. He is responsible for growing the cloud and software business across the region.
He believes that by delivering unique experiences with every encounter and opening doors for modernization, the future of our customer’s digital journey is revealed. 

**When people and some of the latest OCI technologies – such as AL, Machine Learning or Blockchain** – join their forces this opens infinite opportunities and enables businesses to grow exponentially. He joined Oracle in 1996 as a Sales Consultant and he’s held several roles in the Latin America, US and EMEA regions since then. After spending one year as Country Manager for Peru, his career blew up and he’s held **several leadership roles within Oracle Latin America**: Regional Sales Vice President, Digital and Cloud Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. 

As Chief Operating Officer, he focused on designing, democratizing, and executing Oracle's strategy in the region. His passion for organizational change made him play a significant part as member of the Executive Committee, Oracle EMEA. Carlos has more than 25 years of experience in the technology sector. He has a Systems Engineering degree from the National University of Colombia and holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the same university. He also followed various courses and training programs in Strategic Intelligence and Authentic Leadership at the IESE Business School, Barcelona and the University of Michigan, US.


Founder & CEO

Founding Partner

Senior Vice President - Cloud Specialists Team

Blockchain for Social Impact:  Economic Development and Social Aid

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# About Michael Mosier: 

Michael Mosier is General Counsel for Espresso Systems, which is developing configurable privacy for digital assets with decentralized private computation.  He served as Acting Director, Deputy Director, and the first Digital Innovation Officer of the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).  He also was Counselor (for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technology) to the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

Previously, Michael was Chief Technical Counsel at Chainalysis; an Associate Director of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control; a Deputy Chief at the Department of Justice’s Money Laundering Section; and Director for Transnational Organized Crime at the White House National Security Council.  He began his public service with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. 

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# About Nilmini Rubin

Nilmini Rubin spent more than two decades driving foreign policy and business improvements. Recently, Nilmini joined the international institutions policy team at Facebook. She is the Co-Founder of Fix the System to strengthen democracy in the USA. Previously, Nilmini led Tetra Tech’s global team of more than 300 diverse professionals implementing energy and internet projects. 

For 12 years, she served as a senior aide to Senate Lugar (R-IL) on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and to Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She spearheaded the passage of legislation to provide electricity access in Africa, increase global internet access, reduce corruption through transparency, and reform U.S. foreign assistance. One of her pieces of legislation, to improve extractive industry transparency has been adopted by Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions. 

She also served at the White House National Security Council under President George W. Bush where she helped secure agreements on non-proliferation, international health and foreign aid. Nilmini was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Economic Forum Experts Network and the Academy of the Global Teacher Prize. Nilmini co-wrote an illustrated book entitled How Carrots Became Orange with her oldest daughter, Renuka and a coloring book entitled The United Shapes of America with her middle daughter, Araliya.


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# About Patrick South: 


Patrick South is the VP of Sales at TRM Labs. Prior to joining TRM, Mr. South was Chief Development Officer at the Chamber of Digital Commerce, where he grew the association's membership base to include global financial services entities, leading cryptocurrency businesses, and some of the largest professional services firms.  In addition to development, Mr. South focused on organizational strategy and member relations. Prior to his experience at the Chamber, Mr. South was an Executive at Accenture, where he managed a portfolio of programs across the defense and intelligence sectors and oversaw their federal blockchain practice.



Chief of Staff & Head of Global Policy

fmr Acting Director (+Dep.Dir./Digital Innovation Officer)

Understanding  Smart Contracts, Financial Crimes and Digital Assets

Sociology

Tech companies are in need of far more talent beyond engineering and data science. In fact some of the key roles in tech revolve around **strategy, negotiations, business development and partnerships**. Companies like Google and Microsoft expand by building key relationships and working alongside the right partners. This panel will dive into the non-tech side of digital transformation. 

✅ What is digital transformation? 

✅  Why do companies talk about it so much? 

✅  What skills do you need for a non-technical role? 

✅  What are important tactics for negotiation? 

✅  What are your career opportunities outside the coding sphere? 

✅  How can you prepare yourself for a job that's future proof?
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# About Assil Arajy

Assil is the Client Director for Google Cloud UK & Ireland. Assil's impressive track record negotiating partnerships span across various business solutions from Information Technology and Data to full-funnel Customer Acquisition and Digital Marketing. She's covered a variety of markets with vertical specializations including Telecom, Media & Entertainment in United Kingdom and Ireland, CPG in United Arab Emirates, Public Sector in Saudi Arabia and Startups in Africa. 

Assil is Passionate about everything growth, from coaching and advising startups to improving team metrics and building go-to market strategies for uncharted territories.

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# About Hamad Mattar: 

Hamad is an Emirati national who is passionate about people, giving back to the society, creating impact and most of all learning. He has +10 years of experience in Governmnent and Private Sector.

In his current capacity as the Strategic Engagements & Partnerships Leader, Microsoft, Hamad leads a team with a diverse set of programs & operations across multiple business and support functions including HR & Nationalisation, Business Management, Early in Career, Operations, Executive Communications, Internal Learning, and External Skilling. 

In 2020, Hamad took a stretch assignment of building Emiratisation strategy for Microsoft UAE and developed ‘Tomoh’ Program, which is aimed at accelerating nationals employability, market & economical impact through acquisition motions, internships, digital skilling programs, in addition to social development partnerships focused on startups and Emirati businesses. In 2021, Tomoh was recognized as a best practice in developing high caliber national and he was asked by the company leadership to scale the program across Middle East & Africa countries. 

In his previous role in Microsoft, Hamad was the Government Sector Lead in Microsoft UAE, responsible of enabling digital transformation for both local and federal government. He partnered with customers on their strategy, facilitated partnership between IT & Business, anticipated market changes, identified benchmarks and references, leveraged insights and analytics, and orchestrated virtual Microsoft and Partners teams, to position effective & innovative solutions that drives business impact. 



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# About Angelina Darrisaw


Angelina Darrisaw is a changemaker and entrepreneur who believes career advancement is a social justice issue. Angelina serves as the Founder and CEO of C-Suite Coach, a coaching & professional development firm that empowers individuals to reach their full potential through career advancement.

Angelina has received numerous accolades for her leadership achievements in the diversity, equity and inclusion industry. Since 2021, Angelina has been recognized as one of Forbes’ Next 1000, Black Enterprise's 40 under 40, [add MLB]. Prior to this, Angelina earned the Innovators & Disruptors: Diversity & Inclusion Award presented by New York On Tech and NBC Universal, the Year Up Urban Empowerment Award, and the Walker's Legacy Power25 award.

Business Development Consultant

Director 

NonTech Perspective: Negotiations, Relationship Management and Digital Transformation:   

In Demand Skills: Careers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) With or Without Technical Skills

**Eman Barhoumeh** is the Head of Relevance  at META AI. A seasoned product and business executive, Eman has held a variety of leadership roles at technology companies prior to her current role at Meta. Starting her career at Microsoft, Eman spent time working on technology and business in the Office product division. Itching to incubate and grow a complete business unit, Eman took on the role of heading the world wide insuretech product for Expedia, Inc growing it over 10x in revenue by guiding the transformation of business model, technology and product. From there Eman moved to Lyft and was in the thick of covid response as head of safety and customer care. Having already experienced the transformative power of AI in her previous roles, Eman joined Meta’s AI division leading content and user understanding applying state of the art AI to help people discover their interest and connect with each other. Eman grew up in Amman, Jordan and obtained dual degrees in Computer Science and Graphic Design from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

**Dr. Taniya Mishra** has more than two dozen patents and has co-authored more than 30 technical publications related to speech synthesis, speech recognition, spoken language understanding, data synthesis, and affective computing. In 2016, She developed and grew Affectiva's highly competitive EMPath Internship Program, which is open to students anywhere between high school and graduate school. In 2019 we had over 500 applicants for 12 spots. Affectiva was later **acquired for $73.5M**. At AT&T Labs, in 2010 and 2011, she managed research intern cohorts comprising more than 50 participants each year, and** won a lab-wide Vice President’s Award.** Her work on affective computing was written about in The Atlantic in 2018 and featured on NBC News in 2019. She is on the board of Resolution Kindness, a non-profit aimed at improving civility in cultural conversations through tangible expressions of kindness.

**Salwa Nur Muhammad** is the Founder and CEO of FourthBrain, an AI/ML education startup backed by Andrew Ng's (founder of Coursera) AI Fund. FourthBrain's mission is to bring more people into AI and Machine Learning fields by training students through a hybrid online program that combines live cohort sessions led by an instructor with online content. The program also focuses heavily on group projects sponsored by companies like Samsung, Spotify, Cisco, etc. to build skills in communication, collaboration and ethics in AI that help students to level up in their career.  Salwa's career in education spans highered institutions, career counseling, international education and edtech startups. Prior to founding FourthBrain, she was an early executive at Udacity and Trilogy Education Services (acquired by 2U for $750M) leading revenue generating teams. At Udacity, Salwa scaled student services and hired/trained teams across six international offices including launching the first one in Egypt. She has a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and a master's degree in Technology and Education from Harvard University. 


Founder and CEO

Head of Relevance & Recommendations

In Demand Skills: Careers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) With or Without Technical Skills

Our mission is to achieve the national economy’s development and competitiveness; create an environment that encourages businesses growth by enacting and modernizing legislation and foreign trade policy, developing national exports, developing the country’s tourism sector by improving its products and enhancing its quality, encouraging investment, regulating competition and SMEs sector, protecting consumer rights and intellectual property, supporting the efforts of cooperative associations, diversifying economic activities and adopting smart apps. All this should be led by Emirati competencies in accordance with international standards of creativity, innovation, excellence and knowledge-based economies.

This unique assessment tests real-life work scenarios and provides employers seeking professionals ready to work in a remote, hybrid, or digital environment an easy way to validate their skills.

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