Event program

1. Morning Sessions & Partner Keynotes

2. 10:00 – 10:30

   Arrival & Registration

3. 10:35 – 10:45

   Kerno Leadership Welcome Address

   

   Speaker

   Chris Caswell, Board Member & Chief Executive Officer • Kerno

4. 10:45 – 11:00

   Kerno Executive Keynote

   

   Speaker

   Fatma Sajwani, Chief Commercial Officer • Kerno

5. 11:00 – 11:30

   Kerno Product Portfolio & Cyber Security Solutions

   

   Speakers

   Mohamed Pasha, Chief Product & Technology Officer • Kerno

   György Robert Rácz, Kerno’s Director of Cybersecurity Solutions • Kerno

6. 11:30 – 12:00

   Kerno Manufacturing Capabilities and Customer Service

   

   Speakers

   Tero Marjmaki, Chief Technical Officer • Kerno

   Paul Smirnov, Chief Customer Services Officer • Kerno

7. 12:00 – 12:15

   Networking Break

8. 12:15 – 12:35

   Partner Keynote | Intel

   

   Speaker

   Taha Khalifa, General Manager, MEA

9. 12:35 – 12:55

   Partner Keynote | MBZUAI

   

   Speaker

   TBC

10. 12:55 – 13:15

    Partner Keynote | AMD

    

    Speaker

    Zaid Ghattas, General Manager, METAP

11. 13:15 – 13:45

    Networking Lunch

12. Afternoon Executive Panels

13. 14:15 – 14:45

    Executive Panel 1.
    From Silicon to Rack: Scaling High-Performance Compute for Global Enterprise AI

    

    Speakers

    Basil Fateen, Head of Startups & VC, META • NVIDIA

    Muhannad Nabulsi, Director, Alliances & AI Partnerships • Schneider Electric

    TBC • VAST Data

    Moderator

    Hsueh Li, Chief International Business & Technology Alliances Officer • Kerno

14. 14:45 – 15:15

    Executive Panel 2.
    UAE National AI Strategy 2031: Bridging Policy, Hardware, and Local Innovation

    

    Speakers

    TBC • MOI

    TBC • RTA

    TBC • Ajman Police

    TBC • UAE Navy

    TBC • MBZUAI

    Moderator

    Ahmad Habib, Director, Public Sector Sales • Kerno

15. 15:30 – 16:00

    Executive Panel 3.
    UAE Data Center Readiness for Sovereign Agentic AI

    

    Speakers

    TBC • E&

    TBC • du

    TBC • MoroHub

    TBC • Core42

    TBC • Khazna

    Moderator

    Ilya Fakhrudinov, Director, Enterprise Sales • Kerno

16. 16:10 – 17:00

    Closing & Factory Tour