SPEAKERS 2025

VOICES SHAPING THE FUTURE OF TECH
Director of Research & Innovation
Quantlase Research & Development Center
Secretary General
Dubai Digital Assets Association (D2A2)
Ola Doudin, co-founder & CEO of BitOasis, the Middle East’s largest digital asset platform, is a Forbes Top 10 Women in Tech 2021 and WEF Young Global Leader 2022.
CEO
BitOasis
Jorge Carrasco is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting in Dubai, recognized as one of the leading strategic advisors on blockchain and digital assets in the Middle East. With over 15 years of experience building businesses around emerging technologies, Jorge helps financial institutions, regulators, and enterprises navigate the opportunities and challenges of blockchain adoption, tokenization, and stablecoin integration. “Across the MENA region, emerging technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and digital assets are reshaping industries and unlocking new models of growth. DATE is connecting innovators, regulators, and enterprises to define the region’s digital future “
Managing Director Blockchain and Digital Assets
FTI Consulting
President
Smart Cities Council
AI Director
Ministry of Health
AVP Innovation Transformation
Apparel Group
Group Director Technology & Cyber Audit
DP World
Director - Information Technology
Atlantis Resorts
Awad El-Sidiq, Head of AI & Data Science, ADNOC Distribution. CDO of the Year ’23 & multi-year Best AI Project Winner (Energy). 20+ years pioneering large-scale AI/ML solutions in MEA.
Head of Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
ADNOC Distribution
Kevin currently heads the Digital Transformation, AI & Robotics function of The Kanoo Group (a 135-year-old family-owned diversified business Conglomerate in the Middle East operating in multiple verticals.
Group Head of Digital Transformation, AI & Robotics
The Kanoo Group
Head of Data, AI & Analytics
Fertiglobe