Deepika ChauhanCarrying forward its legacy of the past eight years, The Future IT Summit and Catalysts Awards 2022 was successfully held at Conrad Hotel, Dubai on 17th March 2022. The event brought together some of the major names of technology and included a series of insightful presentations, round table meetings, fireside chat, and incisive panel discussions on transforming lives through innovation and emerging technology such as AI, CLOUD, BIG DATA and IoT, and futureproof your business and organisation with the theme ‘#evolvetechnology – AI & CLOUD’.
The Future IT Summit 2022 event partners include Dell Technologies and Mindware; Zero & One and AWS; Epicor; HPE and Emitac; Logitech and Ingram Micro; FreshWorks and VAD; Ingram Micro and NetApp; Pure Storage and Teksalah; AMD, Automation Anywhere, SecureNet, HTP Global Technologies, Nakivo, Scality, Virsec, Finesse, Infoblox, Raqmiyat, and Sherpa Communications.
The event was started with an opening keynote by Ronak Samantaray, Co-founder and CEO, GEC Media Group and he extended a warm welcome to all the honourable guests and speakers with utmost gratitude for joining him in-person at FITS 2022.
A March to #Evolvetechnology – AI and Cloud were joined by 31 leading leaders including:
- Hanan Huwair, Executive Director – Business Technology, Dubai Holding Asset Management
- Arul Jose Vigin, Head of Information Technology, DIFC Courts
- Charbel Zreiby, Channel PreSales Director MERAT, Dell Technologies
- Dr Tom McCarthy, Chief Technology Officer, ASPIRE
- Samer Semaan, Channel and Alliance Manager, ME, Pure Storage
- Basil Ayass, Industry Veteran
- Ehab Eid, Head of IT Operations and Infrastructure, Emirates Schools Establishment
- Sheridan Moodley, Group CIO, MASAFI
- Mohammad Qattash, Cluster Director, Information Technology, Fairmont The Palm
- Dinesh Chandra, Regional Vice President, Automation Anywhere
- Taufiq Rahman, Senior Director, Ecosystem Epicor
- Mohammad Al Jallad, CTO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise UK, Ireland, Middle East and Africa
- Elie Kamel, Regional Channel Lead, NetApp
- Arun Shankar, Editor, GEC Media Group
- Awais Bin Imran, Information Security Officer, Noor Takaful
- Kashif Rana, Group CIO, HSA Group
- Damir Jaksic, CIO Digital transformation, KEO International Consultants
- Ahmad Al Abbadi, Regional Sales Manager Gulf, Pakistan & Levant, Infoblox
- Loubna Imenchal, VP & Head of Logitech for Enterprise business AMECA Logitech Africa Middle East Turkey Central Asia
- Thomas Gigi Mathew, Group Head-IT & Digital Transformation, Ittihad International Investment
- Mario M. Veljovic, General Manager, VAD Technologies
- Debbie Botha, Global Chief Partnership Officer, Women in AI
- Yasmin Al Rawi, Artificial Intelligence Researcher and Trainer, Ajman university I wire connect
- Veronica Ustinova, CTO and Co-Founder at Theeye, Property Technology + AI
- Shameema Parveen, Co-Founder & CEO Edutech, Middle East & India
- Salma Awwad, Founder and CEO, Sawwad
- Zaid F. Ghattas, Commercial Lead, META AMD
- Manal Allam, IT Head, Merck Group Middle East
- Ali El Kontar, Founder and CEO, Zero&One
- Shrenik Jain, CIO, Senior Vice President IT, Siemens
- Debbie Botha, Global Chief Partnership Officer, Women in AI
As we look forward, there are even greater challenges for our world to overcome. The ongoing social, economic, environmental, and ethical issues we face are rather challenging to say the least. The issues are undeniably complex, yet if we confront them with tech-driven ambition, we can not only improve our lives but protect our interests and futureproof our business models against disruption. There are many valuable lessons to be learned, and FITS 2022 was thrilled after collaborating with leading tech innovators and pioneers from across industry, as well as government bodies, and common interest groups.
The summit featured enterprise use-cases, inspirational keynotes, panel discussions, tech talks, artificial intelligence fireside chats.
