Agenda
Tuesday, February 20th
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration, Welcome Coffee & Networking |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome Note Marcel Yammine, General Manager, Gulf and Emerging Markets (GEM) - SAS |
| 9:10 - 9:55 | Keynote: The Renaissance of our Species Neil Harbisson - Cyborg Artist |
| 09:55 -10:25 | How AI and IOT helps Organizations in Digital Transformations Alex Kwiatkowski, Senior Industry Consultant, Global Banking Practice - SAS |
| 10:25-11:05 | Analytics for Business, Customer Service & Productivity Sanjay Khanna, CIO, RAK Bank |
| 11:05-11:30 | Networking Coffee Break & Demos |
| 11:30-12:00 | Enterprise Analytics – Accelerating Your Path to Value with an Open Analytics Platform Muhammad Asif Abbasi, Principal Solutions Architect | Analytical Ecosystem and Hadoop - SAS |
| 12:00 -13:00 | Panel Discussion: AI and Machine Learning Adoption in the Middle East: Opportunity or a Challenge? - Dr. Yousef Salem Mohamed Al Hammadi , Advisor to the Office of Strategic Affairs - Abudhabi Executive Council Moderator: James Dartnell, Editor, TahawulTech.com |
| 13:00-14:00 | Buffet Lunch |
| 14:00 -14:30 | Customer Success Story: How is Turkcell using SAS across the organization Sinem Yılmaz Tutam, Data Science & Business Analysis Expert, Turkcell Technology |
| 14:30 -15:00 | How AI improves Customer Experience Celal Kavuklu, Head of Business Solutions, Middle east and Turkey - SAS |
| 15:00-15:25 | Networking Coffee Break & Demos |
| 15:25-15:45 | Paradise Found: Paradise Found with Machine Learning: Find Your Best City to Live Badshah Mukherjee, Data Scientist / Advanced Analytics lead - SAS |
| 15:45-16:05 | Looking ahead: The role of Analytics in Blockchain, Machine Learning and IoT Yigit Karabag, Regional Director, Business Solutions - SAS |
| 16:05-16:15 | Closing Remarks |