Connect with us at the QRDI Council pavilion at Web Summit Qatar 2024

Pavilion #E201, Hall 1

Doha Exhibition and Convention Center(DECC)

February 26 - 29, 2024

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February 2024

MENA Insurtech: Building & Investing in InsurTechs

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Speakers
Lars Gehrmann

Chief Digital Officer - QIC Group

Tim Mathew

CEO - Finsail

Ayham Refaat

CEO - Accuemd

Khaled Saadeen

Incubation Consultant

Building Global Unicorns - Alchemist Accelerator

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speakers
Ravi Belani

CEO and Founder - Alchemist Accelerator

QRDI Presentation on TDG Program & Pitching

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Speakers
Mohamed ElHafiz Abubakr ElTahir

Senior Manager, Solutions and Demand Management IT - Milaha

MOHAMMED SULEIMAN

Founder & CEO - Karty

Arjun Nagarajan

CEO and Founder - Syook

Bilel Ben A Al Souaied 

COO - Cytomate

How Pharma is Investing in Healthcare Technologies

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 12:50 PM - 1:20 PM
Speakers
Rana Lonnen

Managing Director, CVC Novartis

Digitalization and Data Analysis for Agriculture Industry Development and Decision Making

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 1:25 PM - 1:55 PM
Speakers
Amine Bendriss

Head of Corporate Strategy & PMO - Hassad Foods

Unveiling the Merger of Droobi Health & Smit.fit

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speakers
Sara Daniel

Managing Director - Doha Tech Angels

Rahma Saad

Medical Affairs Executive - DroobiSmit

Navigating Access: Qatar RDI Infrastructure

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 2:35 PM - 3:05 PM
Speakers
Haytham Ali

Director of Collaboration Platforms - QRDI Council

Dr Max Renault

Director Innovations - Global Precision Health WCMC

Dr Ayman Samara

Researcher/Core Lab HBKU

Hend Saleh Hassan

Head of Quality Ministry of Municipality

Dr. Ammar Elhoweris

Head of Technology and Innovation - GORD

Supporting Education Innovation: New WISE Prize 

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 27, 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM
Speakers
Elyas Felfoul

Director - WISE

Dr. Danny Ramadan

Investment Director - QSTP

Niamh Whelan

Program Director - WISE

Insurtech Startup Pitching

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Speakers
Aicha Ghaffari

Program Manager - QIC Group

Workforce in the Era of AI 

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speakers
Nayef Al-Ibrahim

CEO Ibtechar

Frederick Van Gysegem

Partner - Roland Berger

Thierry Lescrauwaet

CEO and Founder - UQ

Abdulrahman Telfat

Director Qualifying & Skills Development - Ministry of Labor

Swedish Life Science - Tomorrow's Healthcare

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Speakers
H.E. Gautam Bhattacharyya

Ambassador of Sweden to the State of Qatar

Dr. Heba Al Siddiqi

Research Fellow at Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI)

Dr. Åsa Wallin

Director Future Precision Health, Swelife - Linköping University

Sara Lidé

Deputy CEO - Medicon Village Innovation

Dr. Andreas Scheutz

Director, Research and Innovation - Region Uppsala

Ghaleb Al Ahdab

Head of Government Affairs GCC & Pakistan - AstraZeneca

Industrial Innovation Challenges (IIC) Announcement

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Speakers
Ali Al-Kuwari

EVP of Marine & Technical Service - Milaha

Niall Shanbhag

Senior Manager, Strategy & Projects - Milaha

Aldrin Tou Book Lee

VP, Ship Management - Milaha

Announcing QRDI's Knowledge Transfer Partnership

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 1:25 PM - 1:55 PM

Foster Collaboration: Business & Academia,Qatar

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speakers
Aysha Al-Mudahka

RDI Program Director - QRDI Council

Sasan Shaba

COO for Ignite Sweden & Director for International Cooperation at Swedish Incubators & Science Parks - Ignite

Prof. Michael Phillips

Director of Applied Research, Innovation & Economic Development - UDST

Dr. Lotfi Belkhir

Associate Director of Entrepreneurial Transformation - Qatar University

Navigating Product Iteration and Manufacturing Cycles: The Journey of Sküma

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 2:35 PM - 3:05 PM
Speakers
Sara Daniel

Managing Director - Doha Tech Angels

Alexandre Yunus Mahe

Co-founder - Sküma

Collab & Partnerships Boost Marine Innovation

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 28, 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM
Speakers
Vishnu Narahari

RDI Program Expert - QRDI Council

Rami Bakeir

VP - Asset Planning & Economics - Milaha

Jassim AlMajid

VP, IT - Milaha

Tim Wagner

CEO and Founder - Vendia

Mohamed Amer Magzoub

Finance Director - Hamad Port - Qterminals

Intersection of Research & Innovation in Qatar

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speakers
Dr. Allan Villegas-Mateos

Senior Research Fellow and Entrepreneur in Residence - HEC Paris

Ghanim Al Sulaiti

Founder and CEO - Enbat Holdings

Dr. Othman Mohammed Al Thawadi

Assistant Professor, Marketing - Qatar University

Leveraging Qatar's IP:Opportunities & Strategies

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speakers
Rosena L. Nhlabatsi

Senior IP Expert - QRDI Council

Abeer al Hamadi

Director of Innovation and Economic Development - Hamad Bin Khalifa University Innovation Center

Syed Ammar Ali

Enterprise Applications Lead - Mowasalat

Dr. Samer Ahmed

Professor / Inventor - Qatar University

Amna Jaber Al-Kuwari

Director - Ministry of Commerce & Industry

QRDI Council's Qatar Open Innovation Program

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Speakers
Dr. Abdelhak Belaidi

RDI Program Manager - QRDI Council

Prof Valter Di Salvo

Football Performance & Science Director - Aspire Academy & Qatar Football

Hussain Mohammed

Chemical Engineer - Ministry of Environment & Climate Change

Diaries of Global Innovation Officer

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Speakers
Maher Hakim

Chief Innovation Adviser - QRDI Council

Dr. Guy Diderich

SVP & Global Chief Innovation Officer - CISCO

The Case of Corporate Venture Capital

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 1:05 PM - 1:30 PM
Speakers
Dr. Francis Yeoh

Executive Director, Innovation - QRDI Council

Nakul Malhotra

VP Emerging Opportunities Portfolio - Maritime Services - Wilhelmsen

WISH Qatar Innovation Competition

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 1:35 PM - 2:05 PM
Speakers
Sultana Afdhal

CEO - WISH

Prof. Mahmood Adil

Ministerial Advisor - Ministry of Public Health Office

Katarian Hedbeck

Entrepreneur

QIC Venture Capital Discussion

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Speakers
Sara Daniel

Managing Director - Doha Tech Angels

Zainab Al Sharif

Principal - Plus Venture Capital

Mohammed Al-Emadi

Senior Manager of Investment - Qatar Development Bank

Enrique Martinez-Hausmann

Principal - SpeedInvest

Can AI and Data Help Supply Chains Become 'antifragile'?

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 2:40 PM - 3:10 PM
Speakers
Dr. Francis Yeoh

Executive Director, Innovation - QRDI Council

Nidhi Gupta

Founder & CEO - Portcast

QFC Support for Startups

QRDI Council Pavilion #E201
February 29, 3:35 PM - 4:20 PM
Speakers
Abby Chan 

VP Business Development - QFC

Aditya Kumar Sinha 

Head Fintech and Innovation - QFC

Rick Liang

President - EVYD Technology

Hussain Al-Majid

Graduate Developee, Business Development - QFC

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