Ashraf AboArafe
The LEAP International Technical Conference, in its second edition, will host more than 700 speakers from around the world, leaders of technology companies, artificial intelligence, digital transformation and decision makers, to discuss a number of important topics in the field of entrepreneurship and best practices to support investment in technical and innovative fields.
The conference, organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in cooperation with the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, and Tahaluf Company, will be launched during the period from 6 to 9 February 2023 AD, under the slogan “Towards New Horizons”, and the conference will be held at the Riyadh Front for Conferences and Exhibitions.
Executive leaders from major scientifically leading technology companies, such as; Saudi Aramco, NEOM, Microsoft, Oracle, Huawei, Zoom, Ericsson, and HPE.
Leading speakers and conference attendees include Nanorax CEO and ISS President JeffreyManber, former footballer and tech investor Thierry Henry, West Ham United Vice-Chairman Karen Priddy, innovation leader Gitanali Rao and astronaut Dr. Sian Proctor, world boxing champion Anthony Joshua, investor and founder of Draper University Tim Draper, astronaut Susan Killrain, and Sky News presenter and journalist Adam Bolton.
Entrepreneur and investor James Caan, entrepreneur Stephen Bartlett, founder of Accel Tech Fund Prashant Prakash, co-founder of MamaEarth Ghazal Alagha, investor and general partner of SOSV William Bao Bin, founder of Experience VC Kenja Stanislavska, president and founder of Women of the World Karen De Meyer, Vice President at The Estee Lauder Companies Saul Rashidi, Chief Decision Scientist at Google Cassie Kozyrkoff, AI Researcher and CEO of SingularityNET Dr. Benjamin Gurtzel, IBM Executive Vice President Betsy Gretok, Meta VP Angel Investor Luke Vincent, VMware President Sumit Dhawan and ITV News Chief Correspondent Daisy McAndrew.
It is noteworthy that the Leap technical conference strengthens the Kingdom’s position as a major center for technology and innovation and a meeting point for leaders of technical thought, as Leap stands out as an attraction for technology companies and investments, and an important player in the digital transformation process locally and globally. It also allows registration from now through its official website. On the “Internet” and its official channels in social media.
