AGENDA

13 March 2023
16:00– 16:30Registration 
16:30 – 16:50

Welcome & Opening

Ravi Acharya, Managing Director and Regional Head of Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa, SAS
Timmy T. Davis, U.S. Ambassador to Qatar
16:50 – 17:15

Building the Future of Qatar Together 

Zafir Junaid, Regional Director for Middle East and Africa Growth Markets
Fatima Al Majid, Computer Engineer, General Authority of Customs
17:15 – 17:30

AI for Sustainable Development

Dwijendra Dwivedi, AI and IOT Leader, EMEA & AP, SAS
17:30 – 17:50Break
17:50 – 18:10

Fireside Chat - SAS & Microsoft: Stronger Together

Celal Kavuklu, Director, Customer Advisory, Middle East & Africa, SAS
Essam Hamdan, Intelligent Cloud Director, Azure
18:10 – 18:50

Qatar Innovate "Panel Discussion"

Ammar S. A. Hattab, Country Managing Partner at EY, State of Qatar
Hamed Hamidy, Senior Technology Advisor, Qatar Customs 
Ramzi El-Haddadeh, Professor of Information Systems, College of Business and Economics at Qatar University
Keyka Pourkarimi, EVP Group Cards and Retail Payments, Qatar National Bank
Joseph Musolino, Principal Business Solutions Manager, SAS
18:50 – 19:00

SAS Excellence Awards

Abed Hamandi, Senior Director - Head of Consulting and Professional Services EMEA emerging, SAS
19:00– 20:00Dinner & Networking