- Date
- Tuesday, November 24, 2026
- Time
- From 10:00 to 17:00
- Location
- Kerno Factory, Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO)
Forum program
Morning Sessions & Partner Keynotes
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10:00 – 10:30
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10:35 – 10:45
Kerno Leadership Welcome Address
- Speaker
- Chris Caswell, Board Member & Chief Executive Officer • Kerno
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10:45 – 11:00
Kerno Executive Keynote
- Speaker
- Fatma Sajwani, Chief Commercial Officer • Kerno
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11:00 – 11:30
Kerno Product Portfolio & Cyber Security Solutions
- Speakers
- Mohamed Pasha, Chief Product & Technology Officer • Kerno
- György Robert Rácz, Chief Trust, Security and Solutions Officer • Kerno
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11:30 – 12:00
Kerno Manufacturing Capabilities and Customer Service
- Speakers
- Tero Marjmaki, Chief Technical Officer • Kerno
- Paul Smirnov, Chief Customer Services Officer • Kerno
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12:00 – 12:15
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12:15 – 12:35
Partner Keynote | Intel
- Speaker
- Taha Khalifa, General Manager, MEA
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12:35 – 12:55
Partner Keynote | MBZUAI
- Speaker
- TBC
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12:55 – 13:15
Partner Keynote | AMD
- Speaker
- Zaid Ghattas, General Manager, METAP
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13:15 – 13:45
Executive panel discussions
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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
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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
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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
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16:10 – 17:00
