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)
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| 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
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| 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
CLOUD BOX
Peripherals and Parts
+971 Cyber security
FINESSE
The roadshow will continue in the remaining countries and will culminate in a grand finale at Baku, Azerbaijan from 17th to 19th September.
