An annual forum organized by the Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC) to shed light on the main pillars of the information technology (IT) and emerging technologies (ET) sectors, in partnership with the relevant stakeholders. The theme of this year's edition will be on “Promising investment opportunities for a digital future”.
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CITC, MCIT, and MISA Role in Enabling Investment in IT & ET
14:11 - 14:40
HE Mohammed Altamimi
Governor, CITC
HE Haitham Al-Ohali
Vice Minister, MCIT
Saleh Khabti
Deputy Minister of Investment Transactions Deputyship, MISA
Weam Aldhahkeel
Welcome to Tech Investment in Saudi
14:40 – 15:05
Nasser AlNasser
GM of Investments & Market Enablement, MCIT
Faisal AlSaleh
Technology and Digital Platforms Segment Director, MISA
Abdulaziz AlHelayyil
GM of Information Technology Enablement, CITC
Tech Enablement: Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity and Data
15:45 – 16:35
Raed I. Al-Fayez
Deputy Governor for Information Technology and Emerging Technologies, CITC
Nawaf Alhoshan
Deputy Minister for Technology, MCIT
Majed Alhusain
VP, NDMO
Ton Diemont
Director and Head of Cybersecurity, KPMG Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq
Tech Investment: Success Stories
16:35 - 17:25
Jessica Wong
Founding and Managing Partner, eWTP Arabia Capital
Eric Yang
CEO, HUAWEI Tech. Investment Saudi Arabia
Mathias Johansson
CEO, Ericsson Saudi Arabia & Egypt
Emmanuel Durou
Technology, Media & Telecommunications Leader, Deloitte
Tech Trends: Investing in Future Technologies
17:35 – 18:25
Salem Jafaar
Vice President of Commercial, Machinestalk
Khalid Al Karimy
Chief Operations Officer and Chief Transformation Officer, Abdul Latif Jameel United Finance Co.
Saleh Musaibah
CEO of EzdiTek, Fawaz Alhokair Group
Abdulelah AlMayman
CEO, Cloud Solutions
Samer Omar
Partner, EY MENA
Tech Market: Healthy Environment
18:25 – 19:15
Omar Alrejraje
Deputy Governor of Regulation and Competition Sector, CITC
Nourah Al-Ammari
Executive Director of IP Enablement, SAIP
Turkey Almana
VP-Digital Investment, DGA
Hamza Naqshbandi
Associate Vice President – Saudi Arabia & Bahrain, IDC
