Agenda

Abdelaziz Alzarooni is a Team Leader for Cybersecurity Capacity Development in the UAE Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority. He leads national programs for awareness and capability building in cybersecurity as well as Child Online Protection, with the aim of creating a safer cyber environment.

Abdelaziz is the chair of the council working group on child online protection and a vice-chair of the ITU-D Study Group 2 within ITU.

Ali Alajme has a Master degree in Executive MBA from Higher Colleges of Technology. He graduated from Mohammed Bin Rashid Government Innovation Center in Association with Cambridge university of UK. He is an alumni of Mohammed Bin Rashid Leadership development program in Executive leadership associated with Duke University. He is a certified Kaplan-Norton Balance Scorecard and Strategy Execution from Palladium. He is Alumni of Government Experience Exchange Trainers from UAE prime minister office program.

Ali Alajme worked in many initiatives one of them is National Unified Medical Record of UAE and UAE smart initiative. He was awarded of providing the best mobile service in government summit 2015. Ali Alajme worked in many committee such as AI data committee, Smart Services committee, Arab Health Committee and federal committee of adoption of 4th industry generation. Ali Alajme was honored to be CIO of year 2020 by IDC/IDG due his work in technology during the pandemic.

Ali Alajme has worked in many board of directors in the private sector where his experience in building their strategies helped the companies to prosper and increase their wealth. He has 16 years of experience when he started as an engineer in Department of Economic development in Dubai to Director of Digital Health Department in Ministry of Health and Prevention

Mr. Al Marzouqi is the Director of the Open Data Department at the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority, and he has managed several projects in the data field since joining the Authority in 2009

Shaker Zainal is the Business Finance Director at Emirates Development Bank. He is leading plans to enhance the bank’s offering as part of EDB’s new strategy to become a key engine for growth of the UAE’s economy and the post-COVID recovery, emphasizing on  entrepreneurship and innovation, adopting advanced technologies, generating In-Country Value as well as the 4th Industrial Revolution. He is also Head of MBRIF, on behalf of Emirates Development Bank, who have been appointed by Ministry of Finance to host and operate the fund. Mr Zainal holds an executive MBA from HULT International Business School (Boston, USA) and a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the UAE University.

Fatima Alnaqbi is the Chief Innovation Officer and the Head of Strategy and Future Department at Ministry of Finance. She is working on promoting the culture of innovation through a number of initiatives at the ministry and responsible of managing a number of strategic innovation initiatives to contribute to supporting the innovation ecosystem in the UAE such as the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund.

Received her Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Sharjah, a Diploma in Public Sector Innovation from Cambridge University, UK and a diploma in government performance from The University of Melbourne, Australia.