Registration & Morning Hour

Opening Address by Digital Insurance

Welcome Address & Chairman's Address

Dr. Bassel Hindawi, Senior Advisor and Board Member

Navigate the Digital Future

The Shifting Digital Landscape

Panel: Accelerate Digitalization in MENA: Creating an Enabling and Impactful Innovation Environment for Digital Transformation in Insurance

Moderator:
· Mr. Hasheer P. Kottal, Senior Vice President, Bancassurance, Mashreq Bank

Panelists:
· Dr. Sabri Al-Azazi, Ex-Assistant Governor, Central Bank of The UAE
· Mr. David Barker, Director - Supervision, Financial Services Regulatory Authority
· Mr. Mohamed Aly Soliman, Chairman of the Blochchain and Fintech Working Party - IFoA, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries & Actuary Crypto Assets & Digital Money, Bank of England
· Mr. Andres Lehtmets, Founder, InsurTech For Good & Ex-Senior InsurTech Expert, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
· Dr. Aftab Hasan, Founder & Chairman, Global Association of InsurTech Professionals (GAIP) & Founder & Chairman, Risk Exchange DIFC Limited
· Dr. Goetz Friedrich Kuras, Senior Advisor to the Governor of GOSI and Executive Advisor to Assistant G

Panel: Future of Insurance: What are the Key Trends in Light of New Technologies?

Moderator
· Mr. Jonathan Matchett, Partner, MENA Insurance Leader, EY

Panelists:
· Mr. Mohamed Atef, Chief Financial Officer, Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company
· Mr. Hanan Burki, Senior Executive Director - Underwriting, Tawuniya
· Ms. Becky Wong, CEO, Globex Capital Partners & Senior Advisor, CSPro (HK)
· Dr. Syed Asif Hussain, Senior Vice President- Chief Underwriting & Claims Officer, Tata AIA Life Insurance
· Dr. Aysun Yıldız Özer, Assistant Director General, Insurance Association of Türkiye
· Mr. Rakesh Sudhakaran, Chief Commercial Officer, SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

The CEO Panel: How to Unlock the Most Value from Your Digital Transformation

Moderator:
· Mr. Philip Story, Chairman, DIFC Insurance Association & Senior Executive Officer & Head of Distribution EMEA, Investors Trust Assurance

Panelists:
· Mr. Mohamed Seghir, Chief Executive Officer, HAYAH Insurance Company
· Mr. Walter Jopp, Chief Executive Officer, SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company
· Mr. Ayman Y. AL-Ajmi, Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Braxtone Group
· Mr. Rajiv Jamkhedkar, Ex-MD & CEO, AEGON Life Insurance
· Mr. Amol Shah, Chief Transformation Officer, RAKINSURANCE
· Dr. Lavanya Mundayur, GM & Chief Underwriting Officer, The New India Assurance

Networking Coffee Break

The CIO/CDO/CTO Panel: Digital Frontiers … Shifting Sands

Powered by Dark Horse Digital Solutions

Moderator:   

· Mr. Narendra Shukla, MD & CEO, Dark Horse Digital Solutions

Panelists:

· Ms. Zein Shiyyab, Chief Corporate Services and Technology Officer, Trust Holding

· Mr. Prashant Vinod, Executive Director - Digital Hub, Tawuniya

· Mr. Martin Sebastian, Chief Information Officer, Watania International Holding PJSC (WIH)

· Mr. Dipak Nair, Ex-Chief Technology Officer, Tata AIG General Insurance

· Mr. Sreedhar Suragouni, Chief Operations and Technology Officer, Sukoon Insurance

· Kept, not available

Climate Change and ESG: a Roadmap for Sustainable Insurance Powered by Technology

Kept, not Available

Networking Luncheon*

Growing Urgency for Change

Chairman's Address

Mr. Rakesh Sudhakaran, Chief Commercial Officer, SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company

Insurance from Conventional to Digital World

Dr. Sabri Al-Azazi, Ex-Assistant Governor, Central Bank of The UAE

Supporting Innovation - a Regulatory Perspective

Mr. David Barker, Director - Supervision, Financial Services Regulatory Authority

The Future of Insurance. Now

Mr. Francois Theron, Deputy CEO, Discovery Insure, Vitality Drive International, Vitality Global

Networking Coffee Break

Panel: From Strategy to Execution: Effective Change Management to Drive Digital Transformation in Insurance

Moderator:
· Mr. Taher Fakhri, Director - Insurance Consulting, EY

Panelists:
· Mr. Malik Khan, Head of Business Agility- EMEA Business Transformation, MetLife
· Mr. Simon Price, Head of Life & Health Takaful, SALAMA - Islamic Arab Insurance Company
· Mr. Mohamed Seghir, Chief Executive Officer, HAYAH Insurance Company
· Mr. Samer Taleb, Chief Strategy Officer, Cigna Healthcare Middle East
· Ms. Shauna Vistad, Senior Vice President, Medical Investigations and Audit, Daman - National Health Insurance Company
· Dr. Goetz Friedrich Kuras, Senior Advisor to the Governor of GOSI and Executive Advisor to Assistant Governor Insurance, GOSI - General Organization for Social Insurance

Panel: From Legacy to Digital- the Best Way forward for Core Infrastructure Transformation

Panelists:
· Mr. Craig Hughes, Chief Technology Officer, NAS Neuron Health Services
· Ms. Reem George, Chief Transformation & Technology Officer, AXA Egypt
· Mr. Abdulla Redwan Hussien, Assistant Vice President-Business Transformation, Walaa
Cooperative Insurance Co.
· Mr. Narendra Shukla, MD & CEO, Dark Horse Digital Solutions
· Ms. Pascale El Khoury, Head Of Operations, Arabia Insurance Company
· Ms. Anshu Sharma Raja, Chief Transformation Technology Operations Officer, Africa Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank

Panel: Operational Agility: Accelerating Agile Operation in Insurance through Digital Transformation

Moderator:
· Mr. Mete AYDIN, Head of Project Management & Agile Studio, Bupa Acıbadem Sigorta

Panelists:
· Dr. Mina Abdallah, Senior Executive Manager - Medical Operations, Bupa Arabia
· Ms. Muriel Moucachen Nassif, Operations Director, MSH International
· Mr. Swaminathan Venkatesan, Fintech Leader
· Mr. Alibek Tnaliyev, Senior Vice President Business Development MENA Region, Qatar Insurance Group
· Kept
· Kept

Panel: The Future of Workforce in Insurance: Tech, Culture, and Capabilities in Transformation

Moderator:
· Ms. Zein Shiyyab, Chief Corporate Services and Technology Officer, Trust Holding

Panelists:
· Mr. Philip Story, Chairman, DIFC Insurance Association & Senior Executive Officer & Head of Distribution EMEA, Investors Trust Assurance
· Mr. Jihad Faitrouni , Chief Executive Officer, Unlimited Insurance Services (UIS)
· Mr. Husain Alajmi, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Insurance and Finance Education (FIFE)
· Mr. Abdeali Merchant, Ex HOD
· Mr. Ramessh Ramakrishnann, Experienced ClO and Non Executive Board Member
· Ms. Reetika Paliwal, Vice President - Business Excellence & Corporate Governance, Daman - National Health Insurance Company

Closing Remark of Day 1