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Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026

The 5th Data Innovation Summit MEA is the leading event in the MEA region for data, AI, and advanced analytics, bringing together enterprise practitioners, technology providers, startups, and academics. Attendees include those working in Data Innovation, Data Science, Big Data, ML, AI, Data Engineering, and more. The conference features 50+ speakers, four ma…

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13Speakers
12Sponsors
5Exhibitors
0Sessions
21Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Data, in alphabetical order.

Altaf Patel
VP AI Reinvent & Engineering · Novo Nordisk
Anders Arpteg
VP AI & Data · Saab Group
Armin Kech
Group Data Governance Director · Swiss Re
Bhargav Pandillapalli
Manager, Data Scientist · Mastercard
Faris Al Masri
Data Governance / Data Management and Data Platform Manager · Federal Tax Authority
Gautam Verma
Head of Data Enablement · Department of Government Enablement
Giovanni Leoni
AI Governance Evangelist
Guillaume Blaquiere
Group Data Architect · Carrefour
Martin Mazur
Head of Government Corporate Reporting · Department of Government Enablement
Michael Malek
Director – Data Management
Shehla Tanveer
Head of Data and Analytics · Al Futtaim Real Estate
Vanessa Eriksson
AI & Cybersecurity Strategy Advisor · Vanessa Eriksson Ab.
Waqas Hashmi
Area Vice President – GCC & Pakistan · Teradata

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Ab InitioCo-host Partner
Adidas
Al-Futtaim Real Estate
Carrefour
Department of Government Enablement
easygenerator
FivetranData Strategy & Governance Stage Partner
Hoffmann-La Roche
Mastercard
PepsiCo
Swiss RE
TeradataPowered by Partner
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 21 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

21 companies. six are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
6All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
5Exhibitingexhibitor only
4Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Department of Government Enablement·Al-Futtaim Real Estate·Carrefour·Mastercard·Swiss Re·Teradata

Speakers by seniority

62% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • VP-level323%
  • Director / Head of538%
  • Manager / Lead18%
  • Engineer · IC18%
  • Research / Science18%
  • Advisor / Investor18%
  • Other roles18%

Of 13 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Department of Government EnablementSponsor2
2Al-Futtaim Real EstateSponsor1
3CarrefourSponsor1
4MastercardSponsor1
5Swiss ReSponsor1
6TeradataSponsor · Powered by Partner1
7Ab InitioSponsor · Co-host Partner-
8adidasSponsor-
9EasygeneratorSponsor-
10FivetranSponsor · Data Strategy & Governance Stage Partner-
11Hoffmann-La RocheSponsor-
12PepsiCoSponsor-
13bbiExhibitor-
14dbt LabsExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
co-host partner1
8% of 12
data strategy & governance stage partner1
8% of 12
powered by partner1
8% of 12
unspecified9
75% of 12
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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