IN-PERSON

Middle East CIO Executive Summit

30 September 2024 | Fairmont Riyadh

30 September 2024
Fairmont Riyadh

Governing Body Agenda Location Partners Contact

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Wissam Al Adany

ADES Group
Group CIO

Saud Al Dhawyani

Emirates NBD
Chief Platforms Officer

Husain Al Sabea

Mumtalakat
CIO

Khalid AlMutairi

Maaden
CIO

Sabri Albreiki

Etisalat
Group CIO & CTO

Nikhil Chaturvedi

GFG Alliance
Global CIDO

Carlo Nizam

Emirates Global Aluminum
Chief Digital Officer

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Middle East CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

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6:00pm - 9:00pm Governing Body Private Dinner

Governing Body Welcome Dinner

Join this exclusive evening hosted by the Governing Body, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit.

9:00am - 9:45am Registration & Breakfast

9:45am - 10:30am Keynote

Embed Sustainability into IT Strategy to Maximize Growth Potential

Kristin Moyer

Distinguished VP Analyst

Gartner

In times of change and growth, CEOs are turning to their CIOs and CISOs to play a key role in sustainability. IT and Security leaders want to understand a step-by-step approach to adopt sustainable IT into their strategy. In doing so, they can demonstrate how to create sustainable impact and lasting change across the business.

In this keynote Ms. Moyer will discuss how to:

Define the roles CIOs & CISOs can play in sustainability
Incorporate sustainability into decision making for your IT strategy
Understand next steps for CIOs & CISOs to drive rapid impact with sustainable initiatives

10:30am - 10:45am Break

10:45am - 11:30am Breakout Session

Transform Your Enterprise — Lessons From Cloud Migration

Vinay Kumar

Chief Technology Officer

Landmark Group

As considerations on how to spend your IT budget mount, CIOs and CISOs are becoming more cost-conscious. No more so than during your cloud migration journey when costs can easily balloon out of control. Not having a straightforward ‘lift and shift’ approach means organisations struggle to understand which challenge to tackle first. Gaining leadership buy-in, managing cost and reassessing your security posture are three scalable steps to master on your cloud migration journey.

In this case study we will discuss how to:

Communicate the ‘why’ behind cloud cost to leadership and engage right external partners
Incorporate a holistic view of applications to ensure business framework reflects your cloud migration goals
Develop strategies to reassess your security posture during migration and ensure resilience

10:45am - 11:30am Executive Boardroom

Analysing Your Application Landscape to Enhance Efficiency

Anup Patel

Global Head of Strategy & Transformation

Sanofi

Ferenc Böle

Head of IT

National Bank of Oman

Nikhil Chaturvedi

Global CIDO

GFG Alliance

Applications can make or break an organisation’s growth. Too many and you create opportunity for inefficiencies; too few and you risk being behind the curve. How can CIOs evolve their application infrastructure to streamline processes and maximise business value?

Join this Executive Boardroom to discuss strategies to:

Build a business case to rationalise technology and increase resource allocation
Create agile IT architecture to evolve with ever-changing business objectives
Communicate change and value of applications to senior stakeholders

11:30am - 12:30pm Networking Break

12:05pm - 12:25pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meeting 1

12:30pm - 1:15pm Breakout Session

Securing Business Processes for Organisational Resilience

Ahmed AlMalki

CISO

SABIC

Compromising business processes through exploitation of non-secure practices within business is a growing category of cybersecurity incidents. Many times, these are stealthy by nature, but their impact is devastating.

In this case study Ahmed Almalki, CISO at SABIC will share facets of their programme to secure business processes. Join to hear him to:

Know the ways how business processes can be compromised
Implement successful framework to conduct assessment
Apply the insights gained to improve resilience of your organisation

12:30pm - 1:15pm Executive Boardroom

Demonstrating IT’s Business Value to Enable Digital Objectives

Khalid AlMutairi

CIO

Maaden

Mohammed Sater

VP, IT

Bapco Energies

Ahmad AlBastaki

SVP, IT

Dubai International Financial Centre

Deven Pandey

VP, Service Delivery

Gartner

With focus on cost efficiency and achieving ambitious digital objectives, CIOs must strengthen the strategic partnership with the business. By showcasing how IT tools can solve business problems and investing in technology capabilities that support business goals, IT leaders demonstrate their role as business enabler.

Join this session to discuss:

Matching the IT roadmap to a business challenge to demonstrate IT’s value
Translating the value of IT to the board to increase investment in technology
Empowering & engaging with users to foster a culture of IT ownership and collaboration

1:15pm - 2:15pm Lunch Service

2:15pm - 3:00pm Keynote

Outpacing the Adversary — Securing AI Innovation Before It’s Too Late

Haider Pasha

Chief Security Officer, EMEA & LATAM

Palo Alto Networks

In an era where threats evolve with unprecedented speed and sophistication, IT & Security leaders must rise to the challenge. As attackers harness AI, the role of CIOs and CISOs becomes pivotal in safeguarding their organisation without stifling innovation. Haider Pasha, Chief Security Officer, EMEA & LATAM at Palo Alto Networks will share insights on how to balance these two priorities and keep on track to achieve enterprise priorities.

In this keynote, you will learn how to:

Anticipate and counteract the demands of the new threat landscape
Future- proof your AI journey to embrace innovation and protect the organisation
Drive cybersecurity consolidation with proven TCO benefits

3:00pm - 4:00pm Networking Break

3:30pm - 3:50pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meeting 2

4:00pm - 4:45pm Breakout Session

2024 Mission Critical Priorities — A CEO's Perspective

Deven Pandey

VP, Service Delivery

Gartner

H.E. Eng. Ibrahim Ramel

CEO

SAAED

Join Deven Pandey, VP Service Delivery at Gartner as he sits down with a client to discuss their collaboration and journey towards achieving the organisation's mission critical priorities for 2024 and beyond.

4:00pm - 4:45pm Executive Boardroom

Optimising Employee & Customer Experience with Automation & AI

Mohammed Alshobani

CIO

SAICO Insurance

Majed Alabdulkareem

CIO

Ministry of National Guard, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Quality employee and customer experiences are integral to maintaining a competitive edge. CIOs and CISOs are focusing on automation and AI to transform digital experiences. By automating IT & Security processes and leveraging data to drive decisions, CIOs & CISOs can reimagine the digital workspace and create lasting value for the bottom line.

Join this session to discuss:

Leveraging technologies to enhance and streamline user experience
Using automation for scaling self-service experiences while reducing costs
Developing techniques for solving real world business problems with AI

4:45pm - 4:55pm Break

4:55pm - 5:30pm Keynote

Maximizing Organisational Potential with a Data-Driven Culture

Husain Al Sabea

CIO

Mumtalakat

With a change in leadership at Mumtalakat came a change in focus: to become more data-driven. Now, nearly a year into their cultural transformation to lead with data-centric decision making, Husain Alsabea, CIO at Mumtalakat will share his insights into securing leadership buy in, assembling the right team and collaborating with Lines of Business. By empowering data ownership, CIOs have a powerful catalyst to drive change throughout the organization.

In this keynote Mr. Alsabea will share how to:

Gain leadership support by communicating data's strategic value and removing assumptions
Develop a technically competent, business-oriented team and set clear, incentivized data milestones
Collaborate across departments by identifying opportunities and creating cross-functional data initiatives

5:30pm - 6:00pm Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

9:00am - 9:45am Registration & Breakfast

9:45am - 10:30am Keynote

Embed Sustainability into IT Strategy to Maximize Growth Potential

Kristin Moyer

Distinguished VP Analyst

Gartner

In this keynote Ms. Moyer will discuss how to:

Define the roles CIOs & CISOs can play in sustainability
Incorporate sustainability into decision making for your IT strategy
Understand next steps for CIOs & CISOs to drive rapid impact with sustainable initiatives

10:30am - 10:45am Break

10:45am - 11:30am Breakout Session

Transform Your Enterprise — Lessons From Cloud Migration

Vinay Kumar

Chief Technology Officer

Landmark Group

In this case study we will discuss how to:

Communicate the ‘why’ behind cloud cost to leadership and engage right external partners
Incorporate a holistic view of applications to ensure business framework reflects your cloud migration goals
Develop strategies to reassess your security posture during migration and ensure resilience

10:45am - 11:30am Executive Boardroom

Threat Intelligence and Third-Party Risk — Doubling Down on Critical Vulnerabilities

Asem Alhusaini

General Manager, Cybersecurity

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Atif Shaukat

Regional Director — Cyber Risk

RiskRecon - A MasterCard Company

Hamad Alkatheri

Chief Cybersecurity Officer

Ministry of Tourism KSA

The complete entanglement of cyber risk with business risk is becoming increasingly visible. CISOs now have an opportunity to better pinpoint third parties that present a threat to the organisation. Yet the increasing complexities of third party, and even fourth party, risk management, prompted by a wide range of evolving threats, demands heightened attention. How can CISOs ensure they have a clear overview of the threat landscape and vulnerabilities across ecosystems and supply chains?

Join this session to discuss:

Identification of vulnerabilities across your vendor landscape to prioritise response efforts
Best practices for mitigating a new wave of sophisticated attacks to keep assets safe
The role threat intelligence plays in risk management strategies to safeguard your digital ecosystem

11:30am - 12:30pm Networking Break

12:05pm - 12:25pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meeting 1

12:30pm - 1:15pm Breakout Session

Securing Business Processes for Organisational Resilience

Ahmed AlMalki

CISO

SABIC

In this case study Ahmed Almalki, CISO at SABIC will share facets of their programme to secure business processes. Join to hear him to:

Know the ways how business processes can be compromised
Implement successful framework to conduct assessment
Apply the insights gained to improve resilience of your organisation

12:30pm - 1:15pm Executive Boardroom

Enhance Data Security to Realise Business Priorities

Simon Thornell

EMEA Field CISO

Fortanix

Georges De Moura

Group CISO

EDGE Group

Zyad Alissa

Cyber Security Executive Director

SME Bank

Fahad Alyami

Director Cybersecurity

Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff Company

With the increased adoption of AI to inform business decisions, CISOs must protect data more than ever. By collaborating with Lines of Business, CISOs can have a better understanding of their data security, privacy and governance without putting the organisation at risk.

Join this Executive Boardroom to discuss how to:

Collaborate with Lines of Business to enhance your data integrity and availability
Enhance governance frameworks to secure newly adopted technologies
Identify how to balance the trust, risk and security across your data lifecycle

1:15pm - 2:15pm Lunch Service

2:15pm - 3:00pm Keynote

Outpacing the Adversary — Securing AI Innovation Before It’s Too Late

Haider Pasha

Chief Security Officer, EMEA & LATAM

Palo Alto Networks

In this keynote, you will learn how to:

Anticipate and counteract the demands of the new threat landscape
Future- proof your AI journey to embrace innovation and protect the organisation
Drive cybersecurity consolidation with proven TCO benefits

3:00pm - 4:00pm Networking Break

3:30pm - 3:50pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meeting 2

4:00pm - 4:45pm Breakout Session

2024 Mission Critical Priorities — A CEO's Perspective

Deven Pandey

VP, Service Delivery

Gartner

H.E. Eng. Ibrahim Ramel

CEO

SAAED

4:00pm - 4:45pm Executive Boardroom

Investing in IAM Where it Counts

Mohammad Ismail

VP, META

Delinea

Fahad Aldawsari

CISO

Derayah Financial

Faced with challenges across human and machine identities, an expanded attack surface, and a remote workforce, CISOs know they need a better view of the identity lifecycle in their organisation. Where should you focus your time and investment to create a seamless user experience and gain ROI?

Join this Executive Boardroom to discuss how to:

Focus on identity authorization to provide the most impact on the identity lifecycle
Balance security controls with workflows to create a smooth user journey
Gain leadership buy-in to make technology decisions which maximise ROI

4:00pm - 4:45pm Executive Boardroom

Optimising Employee & Customer Experience with Automation & AI

Mohammed Alshobani

CIO

SAICO Insurance

Majed Alabdulkareem

CIO

Ministry of National Guard, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Join this session to discuss:

Leveraging technologies to enhance and streamline user experience
Using automation for scaling self-service experiences while reducing costs
Developing techniques for solving real world business problems with AI

4:45pm - 4:55pm Break

4:55pm - 5:30pm Keynote

Maximizing Organisational Potential with a Data-Driven Culture

Husain Al Sabea

CIO

Mumtalakat

In this keynote Mr. Alsabea will share how to:

Gain leadership support by communicating data's strategic value and removing assumptions
Develop a technically competent, business-oriented team and set clear, incentivized data milestones
Collaborate across departments by identifying opportunities and creating cross-functional data initiatives

5:30pm - 6:00pm Closing Comments and Prize Drawing