Name: Digital Universities MENA 2023
Start: 2023-10-09 09:00
End: 2023-10-11 16:00
Location: Prince Sultan University

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Ceremony Patronage

HRH Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud

Governor of Riyadh Province

Government of Saudi Arabia

HH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mohammad Bin Ayaf

Chairman of the board of trustees

Prince Sultan University

Honorary Guest

HE Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan

Minister of education

Government of Saudi Arabia

Speakers

Inas Abousharkh

Director of IT

Ajman University

Omar Al-Jarrah

Chief innovation officer and vice-president of planning and development

Arab Open University

Lina Mahmoud Aljayar

Student

Alfaisal University

Nael Alami

Vice-president

Modern University for Business and Science

Einas Al-Eisa

President

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

Mamdouh Alenezi

Dean of quality assurance and development

Prince Sultan University

Louna Al hallak

Chief academic officer

Stanton University

Noura Alhazzani

Associate professor of IT, design and e-learning

King Saud University

Nasser Al-Jarallah

Vice-rector

AlMaarefa University

Nahlah Aljeraisy

Student

King Saud University

Najla Abdullah Alkhudhayr

Student

Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University

Ebitissam Al Madi

Advisor to the President

AlMaarefa University

Dhafer Almakhles

Chair of communications and networks engineering

Prince Sultan University

Khulood Almani

CEO

HKB Tech

Muneerah Badr Almahasheer

Dean of e-Learning and distance learning

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Suha Almuhaissen

Head of the development and capacity at the Open Educational Resources and Blended Learning Centre

University of Jordan

Saad Almusallam

Student

Saudi Electronic University

Salma Salem Almutairi

Student

Saudi Electronic University

Khalid AlQumaizi

Dean of college of medicine

AlMaarefa University

Areej Alshammari

Student

Prince Sultan University

Aysha AlShamsi

Assistant professor and chair of the education programme at Al Ain Women Colleges

Higher Colleges of Technology

Mohammed Alshara

Dean of the College of Computer and Information Sciences

Prince Sultan University

Alaa Alsharaah

System Consultant • Customer Experience-Education

Naseej for Technology

Mona AlSheikh

Associate Professor, VP of SSME

Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal Univ

Ahmed Al Shoaibi

Acting executive director of higher education

Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge

Sara Amjad

Assistant dean of administration for student affairs

New York University Abu Dhabi

Ghassan Aouad

Chancellor

Abu Dhabi University

Yousif Asfour

Chief innovation and transformation officer

American University of Beirut

Germin Abouel Atta

Chief information officer

The British University in Egypt

Timothy Baldwin

Acting provost

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

Suleiman Barada

Lead director of the Global Affairs Service Center

Lebanese American University

Phil Baty

Chief global affairs officer

THE

Arunangsu Chatterjee

Dean of digital transformation and professor of digital health and education

University of Leeds

Charlotte Coles

Director of global events

THE

Sara Custer

THE Campus editor

THE

Ahmad Dallal

President

The American University in Cairo

Nick Davis

President (MENA)

THE

Malakeh El Haj

Vice president of knowledge and innovation

Al Ghurair Foundation

Samar El Kadi

Journalist

Al-Fanar Media

Muaawia Hamza

Muaawia

King Fahad Medical City

Amr Ezzat Salama

Secretary-general

Association of Arab Universities

Rami Farran

Director for academic services and software (innovation and transformation)

American University of Beirut

Heba Fathelbab

Senior director for assessment and accreditation

The American University in Cairo

Rebecca Granato

Associate vice-president for global initiatives

Bard College

Mahmoud Hammad

Director, Center for E-Learning and Open Educational Resources

Jordan University of Science and Technology

Randa Hariri

Chair of the education department

Dar Al-Hekma University

Gül İnanç

Founder

Opening Universities for Refugees

Becky Keith

Chief product officer

IntelliBoard

Zeenath Reza Khan

Founding president of the Centre for Academic Integrity

University of Wollongong in Dubai

Dr. Heba Khoshaim

Vice-president of the women’s campus

Prince Sultan University

Christopher Grant Kirwan

President

Kirwan Design & Media

Ishan Kolhatkar

Global chief evangelist

Inspera

Vijay Kumar

Senior adviser to the vice-president of open learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alistair Lawrence

Head of branded content

THE

Jeff Maggioncalda

CEO

Coursera

Fazal Malik

Pro vice-chancellor

Amity University Dubai

Hugh Martin

Registrar and chief administrative officer

The British University in Dubai

Iman Megahed

Associate vice-president for digital transformation and chief strategy/knowledge officer

The American University in Cairo

David Millington

Vice President

Anthology

Hoda Mostafa

Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching

⁠The American University in Cairo

Yusra Mouzughi

President

Royal University for Women

Ayman Nabil

Chief information officer

Misr International University

Wissam Nahas

Chief information officer

American University of the Middle East

Mohammad Nurunnabi

Director of the Center for Sustainability and Climate

Prince Sultan University

Hamad Odhabi

Vice-chancellor of financial and administrative affairs

Abu Dhabi University

Olusola Oyewole

Secretary-general

Association of African Universities

Fergus Rea

General manager and senior project and scholarship program director

Kaplan

Maryam Riaz

Advisor of higher education affairs

Ministry of Education

Tanzila Saba

Leader of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Research Lab

Prince Sultan University

Walid A. Salameh

Professor

Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Maria Sofia Tozzi

Education specialist

Norwegian Refugee Council

Samy Soliman

Director of IT

Zewail City of Science and Technology

Peter Wells

Regional head of education (Southern Africa)

Unesco

Georges Yahchouchi

President

American University of the Middle East

Dr. Ahmed Yamani

President

Prince Sultan University

Mohammed Yaseen

Student

Alfaisal University

Aaron Yaverski

Regional vice-president (EMEA)

Turnitin

Jalila Zouhair

Director of E-learning Center

Prince Sultan University

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