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Michael D. White
Chairman & CEO International Businesses 
PepsiCo
Bio

H.E. Maqbool bin Ali Sultan
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Sultanate of Oman

H.E Montasser Ouaili

Minister of Communications Technology
Tunisian Republic

H.E Noel Dempsey, T.D.,

Minister of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources of Ireland
Bio

H.E Etienne Sinatambou
 
Minister
Ministry of information & Telecommunications, Mauritius

Richard (Rick) Stephens
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
The Boeing Company

H.E. Dr. Rawya bint Saud bin Ahmed al Busaidiyah

Minister of Higher Education
Sultanate of Oman

Dr. Farouk El Baz

Director, Remote Sensing
Boston University
Bio

Miko Rwayitare

President and Executive Chairman
Telecel International
Bio

T.H.Prof. Romain Murenzi 

Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research
Republic of Rwanda
Bio

H.E. Eva Biaudet
Member of Parliament
Finland
Bio

Robert K. Lifton
Chairman of the Board
Medis Technologies 
Bio

Jon Hall

Executive Director
Linux International
Bio

Joseph Hanania

General Manager
Hewlett Packard
Bio

HRH Prince Feisel Bin Al Hussein

Royal Hashemite Court
Kingdom of Jordan
Bio

H. H. Sheikha Hissah Saad Al Sabah 

President
Council of Arab Business Women

Dr. Deepak Chopra

Director of Educational Programs and Founder
The Chopra Center
Bio

Maria Livanos Cattaui

Vice Chairman
International Crisis Group
Bio

Fahd Al-Rasheed

Chief Financial Officer, Head of Corporate Services
Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority
Bio

T.H. Peter Hansen
Former Commissioner-General
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Bio

Prof. Piero Formica

Dean of the International Faculty of Entrepreneurship
Emirates Centre for Entrepreneurship
Bio

Vasumathi Briquez

Vice President Innovation and Pervasive Computing
Oracle EMEA
Bio

Kenneth P. Morse

Managing Director
MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Bio

H.E. Dr. Hazim El-Naser
Former Minister of Water and Irrigation and Minister of Agriculture 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Bio

Dr. Naomi Tutu

Founder
Tutu Foundation for Development & Relief
Bio

Steve DuMont
Corporate Vice President 
Cisco Systems
IBSG
Bio

Mishal Hamed Kanoo 
Deputy Chairman- UAE & Oman
The Kanoo Group
Bio

Debra M. Amidon
Founder and CEO
ENTOVATION International Ltd.
Bio

Lesa Mitchell

Vice President for Advancing Innovation
Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation 
Bio

Prof. Dr. Leif Edvinson
The world´s first holder of professorship of Intellectual Capital 
Bio

Dr. Bruce Jenks 
Director of the UNDP Bureau for Resources & Strategic Partnerships 
United Nations Development Programme 
Bio

Nick Moon

Managing Director
KickStart
Bio

Abdulla Al-Subyani

President 
Gulf Venture Capital Association
Bio

David E. Reisner, Ph.D.

President & CEO
The Nano Group
Bio

Dr. Johnathan Lord

SVP, Chief Innovation Officer
Humana Inc.
Bio

Dr. Geoffrey Oldham

Honorary Professor 
University of Sussex
Bio

Gopal V.B. Nanda 

Director 
Saudi Entrepreneurship Development Institute Jeddah KSA 

Richard Watson
CEO
Global Innovation Network
Bio

Heather Boyles

Director of International Relations
Internet2
Bio

Tom Stewart
Editor
Harvard Business Review
Bio

Dr. David Polinchock
Founder & Chairman 
Brand Experience Lab
Bio

Zafar Siddiqi

Chairman & CEO
CNBC Arabiya
Bio

Dr. Khaled Ismail
Senior Advisor to the Minister for Technology Development
Egypt 
Bio

Effat El-Shooky 
Executive Manager
RITSEC
Bio

Dr. Thuraya Al Arrayed

Senior Executive
Saudi Aramco
Bio

Dr. Tayeb A. Kamali
Vice Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), and Vice Chairman of the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT)
Bio

Ennis Rimawi
Managing Partner
Catalyst Private Equity
Bio

Dr. Claude Béglé

COO, DHL Express Germany &
Managing Director, DHL Express Central Europe

Bio

Ezra Mbogori

Executive Director
Reflection and Development Center For NGOs in Eastern and South Africa
Bio

Colleen Lyons

Bioethics Researcher
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine 
Bio

Hesham Tashkandi 

General Manager
The Centennial Fund
Bio

Michael McMillen

Partner
Dechert LLP
Bio

Dorjee Sun

Managing Director
VirtualVillager 
Bio

Dr. Alexander Boehmer

Co-ordinator
MENA-OECD Investment Programme 
Bio

Issa Al Bulushi 

Chairman
Gulf College 

Craig Lehmann 

Dean and Professor
The School of Health Technology and Management
Bio

Dr. Ken Johnson 

Chief Executive Officer
Desert Knowledge Australia 

Dr. Jose A. Zaglul

President
Earth University
Bio

Dr. Nabil Shalaby 

Advisor, Entrepreneurship& SMEs Development
Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Bio

Cliff Justice

Multishore practice leader
Equaterra
Bio

Lisa La Bonte 

Partner
Carnegie Ventures
Bio

Dr. Zareen Karani Araoz 
President
Managing Across Cultures
Bio

Mohamad Adib Saleh

Chairman
AlAqariya TV / Real Estate TV

Bryan Davis

President
The Kaieteur Institute For Knowledge Management
Bio

Randa EZZ EL Din Fouad 
Secreatry General
The Arab Media Forum For Environment & Development (AMFED) 

Dr. Abdallah Daar

Director of the Program in Applied Ethics and Biotechnology
University of Toronto
Bio

Dena Merriam 

Partner and Vice Chair 
RuderFinn

Alberto B Araoz 

Former Deputy Director General
UNIDO

Mahmoud Panjwani

General Partner
Minah Ventures

Dr. Oliver Schwabe

Founder & CEO
Eurofocus International Consultants Ltd
Bio

Dr. Abdul-Malik Al-Jaber

CEO
Paltel Group

Ahmad Mohammad Shaikh Ahmad 

Editor-in-Chief 
Al-Jazeera Channel 

Philippe Petit

Deputy Director-General
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Bio

Dr. Zahra Al-Rawahi

Computers & Information Technology Chairperson
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Bio

Rick Little

Founder International Youth Foundation and President of the ImagineNations Group
International Youth Foundation
Bio

Terry Torok
 
Executive Producer
Live from Earth Entertainment 

H.E. Dr. Marwan Hamadeh

Minister of Telecommunication
Republic of Lebanon

H.E. Dr. Hassan bin Abdullah Al-Fakhro

Minister of Industry & Commerce
Kingdom of Bahrain

Christopher M Curtis 

CEO
CG International 

H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Jassim Al-Thani

Ministry of Economy & Commerce
State of Qatar

Dr. Arun Gandhi

Chairman
M.K. Gandhi Institute

Saleh Jallad

Group Vice President Treasury, Insurance & Government Relations
Consolidated Contractors Co.

Jose Manuel Santana Silvestre

Executive Director
Dominican Republic Presidency International Advisory Commission of Science & Technology
Mohammed Mujadedi
Vice President
Integrated Visions