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The World CIO 200 Summit UAE edition witnessed the ‘Rise of the Power’ of IT leaders

The World CIO 200 Summit 2023 UAE edition was successfully held at Address Sky View Dubai on 18th July. UAE witnessed a momentous event with the participation of influential leaders and their remarkable knowledge sharing sessions. The World CIO 200 Summit UAE edition felicitated 125 top IT leaders with the World CIO 200 Awards.

Attendees and keynote speakers were welcomed by Ronak Samantaray, Co-Founder & CEO, Global CIO Forum. He shared the vision of The World CIO 200 Summit which identified the latest trends and innovations in the IT industry and recognizes the IT leaders and like-minded technology heads.

 

The event followed the theme of ‘Rise of the power’. The World CIO 200 2023 roadshow is designed to help IT leaders develop and enhance the qualities of leadership, power, vision and focus.

The event was embellished by some thought provoking and influential speakers and they shared their perspectives on the growing importance of technology and the emerging technologies that are predicted to be disruptive in the near future. Abrar Hussain, Regional Sales Leader, Oracle shared his vision on the topic ‘Oracle and the Modern Enterprise’. Ali El Kontar, Founder & CEO, Zero&One spoke about ‘The Art of Possible’, Charbel Zreiby, Director, Channel Presales, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Dell Technologies spoke about ‘Accelerate intelligent outcomes everywhere with AI’, and Chaitanya Peddi, Co-founder & Product Head, Darwinbox shared his vision on the topic ‘Innovation Redefined: Leveraging AI to Shape the Future of Work. Keyur Joshi, Head of Advanced Computing, META, Eviden shared his vision on the topic ‘AI in Digital Transformation’ and Naveen Hemanna, Regional Head – Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Xoxoday spoke about ‘Transforming Businesses with Digital Rewards & Incentives’.

 

Following are the panelists who take part in the panel discussion on the following topics:

  • Rise of the Power

Aditya Kaushik, CIO, ZMI Holdings , Aamir Khan, Head of Enterprise & Data Architecture, Al Tayer Group, Mohammed Ameen, IT Director, Masafi LLC
Ahmed Shawky, Regional Director of Information Technology, Millennium Hotels and Resorts.
Moderated by: Jayakumar Mohanachandran, Chief Research Officer, I am CAAS

Eliminating Data Debt and Replacing Legacies

  • Muhamed Noufel, Cluster IT Manager, Royal Continental Hotels & Suites, Sunil Paul, Co-Founder & MD, Finesse Global, Gigi Mathew Thomas, Group Director IT & Digital Transformation, Ittihad International Investment LLCand Riasat Ali, Group Head of IT, RAK PORTS

Moderated by: Jacob Mathew, Head of IT, Government of Abu Dhabi Entity

  • Business Transformation Vs Digital Transformation – How does a CIO understand the line of difference and bring change

Stacy Samuel Vanchippara, Corporate Director of Technology, Ishraq Hospitality, Aus Alzubaidi, Director IT & Digital Transformation Leader, MBC GROUP, Syed Ashar Ahmed, Head of Malls IT & PMO, Emaar, Shahood Siddiqui, CTO, COFE App

Moderated by: Zeeshan Hadi, Country Manager UAE & Africa, HPE Aruba Networking

  • Leadership Dos and Don’ts

H.E. Mubaraka Ibrahim, Acting CIO, Emirates Health Services, Akshay Lamba, Chief Digital Officer, Kalaam Telecom Group, Jayaraj Perumalsamy, Group Head of IT, Barakat and Alan Brouard, Director IT, Etihad Rail
Moderated by: Rajat Goel, Deputy Vice President, 3i Infotech Ltd.

  • Looking to 2024′

Faisal Syed  – Group Digital Transformation Manager – Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Ali Katkhada – Group CIO – Depa Group and Kashif Rasheed – IT & Digital Transformation Project Manager- UnionCoop
Moderated by: Mohammed Mahnashi, Digital Transformation & Data Management Advisor, Saudi Electronic University.

CAAS, the technology revolutionary platform that has been formed with the purpose of delivering technology-enabled solutions at a better price and great quality by subject matter experts themselves, was also highlighted by the organizers of CAAS from different countries. Venkatesh Mahadevan, Founding Member,  CAAS, addressed the delegates at the UAE edition of the World CIO 200 Summit 2023 and spoke about the amazing journey and vision of CAAS, since its launch in Bangkok in 2022. Manoj Saxena, CAAS|Sustainability, shared his vision on ‘CaaS and Sustainability’ and its importance for the modern enterprises across the world. Mohammed Mahnashi, CAAS, Saudi Arabia shared his vision on the outreach of CaaS and its establishment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Alan Brouard, CAAS, Wellbeing, shared his vision on ‘The CaaS way to Wellbeing’. Sabin Subramannian, CAAS | Competency Framework and Muhamed Noufel, CAAS | Hospitality Forum shared their vision on the launch of CaaS’ new vertical- Hospitality Forum. Jayakumar Mohanachandran, Chief Research Officer, Research-as-a-Service, CAAS spoke about the Research-as-a-service arm of CaaS and how it is all set to disrupt the research and market study landscape.

The World CIO 200 Summit UAE edition honored 125 top IT leaders with World CIO 200 Awards in Legend, Master, Leader and Next-Gen CIO categories.

NAME CATEGORY ORGANIZATION
Aamir Khan LEGEND Al Tayer Group
Abdalla Al Ali MASTER DMCC Authority
Abdulrahman Khaiwi LEGEND Emirates National Schools
Aditya Kaushik LEGEND Zakher Marine International
Ahmad Yahya LEGEND American Hospital Dubai (AHD)
Ahmed Al Madani LEGEND Horizon Terminals Ltd (HTL)
Ahmed Shawky LEGEND Millennium Hotels & Resorts
Aiman Othman LEGEND UNION COOP
Ajay Rathi LEGEND Druce International
Akash Lall MASTER Sobha Group
Akshay Lamba LEGEND Kalaam Telecom
Alan Brouard LEGEND Etihad Rail
Ali Abedi MASTER YAS TAKAFUL PJSC
Ali Ghunaim LEGEND Canadian Specialist Hospital
Ali katkhada MASTER Depa Group
Aliakbar Patwa MASTER Food Fund International
Aliasgar Bohari LEGEND Zulekha Hospital
Ammar Sadaqa LEGEND Oman Fasteners
Amna Al Dhaheri LEADER Transport Authority Ajman
Anand Krishnan LEGEND Emirates Investment Bank
Anil Pais LEGEND Danube Group
Anindo Banerjee LEGEND Shamal Holding
Anish Varughese LEGEND Skelmore Group
Anoop Kumar LEGEND GulfNews
Arun Kumar Mohta LEGEND FJ Group
Asam Abu Marie LEADER Waha Health
Aus Alzubaidi MASTER MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Corp)
Ayman Medakka MASTER Al Masaood National General Contracting LLC
Bejesh Pereira NEXT-GEN Lakhraim Business Group
Bravine Otieno NEXT-GEN DB Schenker
Byju Philip MASTER MELIA
Careen Dsouza MASTER Sobha Constructions
Damian O’Gara LEGEND Kent
Damir Jaksic MASTER KEO International Consultants
Daryanand Shetty MASTER Eltizam Group
Deepu George Thanikkal MASTER Jotun
Deepu Varghese LEADER ALPAGO PROPERTIES L.L.C
Dinesh Kumar LEADER Driven Properties
Dr. Joseph George LEGEND Smart Salem
Eyad Kashkash MASTER Al Ramz Corporations PJSC
Fady Sleiman LEGEND MANTRAC/MANCAPITAL/MANSOUR GROUP
Fahad Deshmukh LEGEND Sobha Realty
Faisil Syed LEGEND SEHA Abu Dhabi Health Servces Co.
Fayaz Badubhai LEGEND Al Yousuf Group
Francis Arul LEGEND Damac Group
George Akhras LEGEND AMSI
Gigi Thomas MASTER Ittihad International Investment
H.E. Mubaraka Ibrahim LEGEND Emirates Health Services
Hemanth Shetty MASTER Omorfia Group
Hicham Chaaya MASTER Falcon and Associates
Husam Mahmoud MASTER Abudhabi National Hotels
Hussain Saifuddin MASTER Emrill Services LLC
Imad Taha MASTER Belhasa International Group
Jacob Mathew LEGEND Government of Abu Dhabi entity
Jaleel Rahiman LEGEND PRIME Healthcare Group
Jaseer Kaipancheri Thodi LEADER Occidental Al Jaddaf Hotel
Jayaraj Perumalsamy LEGEND Barakat group of companies
Joseph Aninias LEGEND Abu Dhabi University
Karthikeyan Gurusamy LEGEND Truebell Group of Companies
Kashif Khan LEGEND Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company
Kashif Rana MASTER HSA Group
Lenish Kannan LEGEND Western International Group- NESTO/Geepas
Madan Mohan MASTER BDO
Mahesh Mirchandani LEGEND TruDoc HealthCare Group
Makkarim Mowlana MASTER Iqarus Gulf
Manish Bindra LEGEND Galadari Brothers
Mansoor Khan MASTER Q Holding
Mario Foster LEGEND Al Ghurair Group
Mihir Gajjar LEADER Otis Elevator Company
Mohamed Alajmani MASTER SHARJAH CUSTOMS
Mohamed Anish MASTER LULU GROUP INTERNATIONAL LLC
Mohamed Arief MASTER
Mawarid Holding Investments (AlphaDhabi Holding)
Mohamed Taleb LEGEND Zayed CHF
Mohammad Hamza Sheikh LEADER Gulf Medical
Mohammad Shahzad LEGEND Dubai Community Management
Mohammed Ameen Saleha LEGEND MASAFI LLC
Mohammed Mudasar LEADER Ghassan Aboud Group
Mohammed Nayeemuddin Akhtar MASTER Neuro Spinal Hospital
Mohammed Rasol Al Saidat MASTER University of Sharjah
Mounir Abdelmoujoud MASTER EDGE GROUP
Mubarik Hussain LEGEND Bloom Holding
Mudassar Ali LEADER International Modern Hospital
Muhamed Noufel LEADER Royal Continental Hotels & Suites
Muhammad Tariq Siddiqui MASTER Al Wathba National Insurance Company
Mustansir Aziz LEGEND Automech Group
Nithin Geo Thomas MASTER Amity Education Middle East
Pavan Pathak MASTER Standard Carpets
Peter Gesper MASTER Majid Al Futtaim
Pradeep Nair LEGEND The Aquila Schools
Prasenna Santhanam MASTER Bloom Education LLC
Qusai Farouq MASTER Ernst & Young UAE
Rabih Merhy LEADER Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
Rahul Cheruvelly LEADER Emirates Hospitals Group LLC
Ramkumar V MASTER Marriott International
Rawad Bader LEGEND Al Ain University – Abu Dhabi
Riasat Ali LEGEND RAK Ports
Rijas Edakkandan LEADER Grandeur Hotel
Robert Araniego LEGEND Hutchison Ports UAE
Ronald Stewart Dsa LEGEND OSN
Sabin Subramannian LEADER Class Hospitality ( AL Safeer Group)
Sageer N K MASTER BURJEEL HOLDINGS PLC
Salim Hassan MASTER Abu Dhabi Social Support Authority
Samit Jha MASTER Petrochem Middle East
Shahood Siddiqui LEADER COFE App
Shaik Mahaboob Basha MASTER Utmost Building Materials
Shailesh Mani LEGEND DBMSC STEEL
Sheeba Hasnain LEADER Sharjah Documentation and Archive Department
Shijin Prasad MASTER
CURE MEDICAL CENTERS, CURE PHARAMCY & AL NOKHBA MEDICAL CENTER
Shon Philip MASTER Concorde Corodex Group
Shrenik Jain MASTER Siemens
Shumon A Zaman MASTER Ali & Sons Holding
Sivakumar Venkatraman LEGEND Lockton(MENA) Ltd.
Sreejit Chakrabarty LEADER GEMS Education
Stacy Samuel LEGEND Ishraq Hospitality Dubai
Sumit Bathla LEGEND Dubai holding group
Sunando Chaudhuri LEGEND ADNEC Group
Sunil Kumar Nair LEADER Al Ain University – Abu Dhabi Campus
Suresh Muthuvadath MASTER Apparel Group
Syed Ashar Ahmed LEGEND EMAAR
Umesh Moolchandani LEGEND Bin Dasmal Group
Vikalp Shrivastava LEGEND Kerzner International
Viral Thakkar MASTER Kellogg
Wael Othman LEGEND Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC
Walid Salem NEXT-GEN Zurich Insurance Company
Yamen Hamze LEGEND Bateel International LLC
Yoonus Changoth LEADER Geepas World
Yousif Odeh MASTER Emirates Driving Institute
Ziyad Saleh MASTER Department of Municipality and Transport

The event was successful by the support of the sponsors and also made the event as an unforgettable experience for all the attendees.

Partners of the event-

  • PLATINUM PARTNERS:

ZERO&ONE

ORACLE

DELL Technologies, INGRAM Micro

Darwinbox

HPE Aruba

  • GOLD PARTNERS:

Logitech

Eviden

Paessler

Cloudhost

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, INGRAM Micro

  • SILVER PARTNERS:

INFINIDAT

SecureNet, Nure Edge

  • DIGITAL REWARD PARTNERS:

Xoxoday

  • SUPPORTING PARTNERS:

Positive Technologies

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FINESSE

The roadshow will continue in the remaining countries and will culminate in a grand finale at Baku, Azerbaijan from 17th to 19th September.