Government Industry Academia Ambassadors (GIA Ambassador)

Government Industry Academia Ambassador (GIA Ambassadors)

GIA HUB Ambassadors Program

The GIA HUB Ambassadors Program is a prestigious initiative that brings together a select group of professionals to promote the Government-Industry-Academia collaboration in the Middle East & Africa. As a GIA Ambassador, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of innovation and growth in the region.

GIA Speakers

Prof. Eesa M. Al
Bastaki

University of Dubai
President

Dr. Amr
Almaddah

Deputy Minister for Hajj and Umrah services

Dr. Sudeendra
Koushik

Chief Innovator at Innovation by Design

Dr. Fadel
Digham

Chair of Digital Transformation & Smart Cities

Mr. RAVIKIRAN ANNASWAMY

CEO and Managing Director of NUMOCITY TECHNOLOGIES

Mr. Mohamed
Essaaidi

Director General of Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences (EMSI)

Mr. Hany
Ayaad

Executive Director of the Innovators Support Fund

Mr. Haitham Al
Maaini

Director, Student Services at University of Dubai

Mr. Seif Badawi

Executive Board Member, Head of Innovation, and Founder of ManuTech Community

Ms. Asma J AlDabal

CEO of National Talents Co.

Dr. Hussam Al Hamadi

Director of the Master in Cybersecurity at University of Dubai

Eng. Abeer Hassan Abdellatif Khedr

Group Head, Cybersecurity at National Bank of Egypt

Prof. Fehmida Hussain

Deputy Director, Head of Computer Engineering and Informatics, Head and Founder of MDX Innovation Hub

Eng. Mohamed El Dallal

Vice chair of IEEE Entrepreneurship

Mr. Marc Georges Rjeily

Director - Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at Higher Colleges of Technology The Centre of Excellence for Applied Research & Training

Eng. Abdulaziz Al Nauimi

UAE Chief Security Officer at Huawei

Sarah Shaw

Senior Advisor at COP28

Mr. Hazem Hassanein

Corporate Ventures Director at Significa Ventures

Mr. Moazam Khan

Director at Velocity

Mr. Hichem TURKI

CEO of NOVATION CITY

Eng. Mohamed Salama

Head of RevOps at SpaceToon Go

Eng. Walaa Salah Eldeen Kamel

Cybersecurity &Innovation Advisory at Telecom Egypt

Ms. Cheryl Ee-Lin Cunningham

CEO of Huro AI

Eng. Muataz Saleh

Business Development Director at Obeikan

Mr. Hesham Wahby

CEO of CULTIV

Prof. Khalid Elgazzar

Professor and Canada Research Chair at Ontario Tech University

Prof. Mohamed Galal

Director, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Al-Azhar university

Eng. Bakr Mohamed Abdelwahab Mohamed Elbayoumy

Vice Minister of MCIT