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About Innovation Forum 2017

The Innovation Forum took place in Manama, Bahrain, on the 27th and 28th of September 2017, bringing together global, regional, as well as the biggest players in the Bahraini scene. The event was organized by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab in partnership with Bahrain EDB and Investcorp. It managed to attract global names and companies such as John Deftererios from CNN, and personnel from the likes of Kaspersky, Salesforce and Amazon Web Services.

Artificial Intelligence was a big part of the event, talks by the scholar at Yale University Wendell Wallach highlighted the promises and dangers of the technology on how to keep it from slipping beyond our control. A live demo by Denis Batalov showed what AI can currently do. Privacy and cybersecurity took a huge part of the event as well, with a panel led by Investcorp’s Gilbert Kamieniesky, who also moderated a fireside chat on cloud.

SPEAKERS

Adam Vaziri

Adam Vaziri

Diacle
Amira Rashad

Amira Rashad

BulkWhiz
Areije Al Shakar

Areije Al Shakar

Bahrain Development Bank
Denis Batalov

Denis Batalov

Amazon Web Services
Dr. Georges Aoude

Dr. Georges Aoude

Derq Inc.
Emad Kashgari

Emad Kashgari

Badir Program for Incubators and Accelerators
Ghareeb Saad

Ghareeb Saad

Kaspersky Lab
Gilbert Kamieniecky

Gilbert Kamieniecky

Investcorp
Hadi Kabalan

Hadi Kabalan

Otonomos
Hala Fadel

Hala Fadel

MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab
Hazem Ben-Gacem

Hazem Ben-Gacem

Investcorp
Julian Box

Julian Box

Calligo
Julio Alejandro

Julio Alejandro

Jada Consulting
Mark Haidar

Mark Haidar

Vinli
Mark Whelan

Mark Whelan

Salesforce
Martin Wuelfert

Martin Wuelfert

Investcorp
Najwa Aaraj

Najwa Aaraj

DarkMatter
Niall Clauberg

Niall Clauberg

Salesforce
Nicolas Oliver

Nicolas Oliver

CARFIT Corporation
Paul Papadimitriou

Paul Papadimitriou

Intelligencr
Remy Kesrouani

Remy Kesrouani

Calibrate Management Ltd
Richard S. Cremona

Richard S. Cremona

OpSec Security
Safwan Shah

Safwan Shah

PayActiv
Wendell Wallach

Wendell Wallach

Yale University

Topic List

Talk: Cybersecurity // Beyond Quantum: Securing Your Systems For Tomorrow

Speakers: Najwa Aaraj

Panel: Cybersecurity // How to protect your brand, product and data online and offline

Speakers: Gilbert Kamieniecky Richard Cremona, Najwa Aaraj, Martin Wülfert.

Panel: Autonomous Driving // So close yet so far: When will machines finally take over our cars?

Speakers: Wendell Wallach Mark Haidar, Dr. Georges Aoude, Nicolas Olivier.

Fireside Chat: Artificial Intelligence

Speakers: unknown

Keynote: How to keep AI from Slipping Beyond our Control

Speakers: Wendell Wallach

Talk: Cloud Computing

Speakers: Mark Whelan

Fireside Chat: Cloud Computing and Data // The challenges with cloud data for medium sized companies

Speakers: Gilbert Kamieniecky Julian Box

Panel: FinTech

Speakers: Remy Kesrouani Safwan Shah, Niall Clauberg, John Defterios.

Panel: Blockchain

Speakers: Adam Vaziri Hadi Kabalan

Panel: Lessons Learned from Startup Accelerators // The Challenges Facing Tech Startups in the Region

Speakers: Emad Kashgari Areije Alshakar

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