CognitionX Emirates 2026

About CognitionX Emirates 2026

CognitionX Emirates 2026 takes place on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, in the DTEC Auditorium, A5 Building, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, at the Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus. The one-day, in-person event is organized by CognitionX and conducted in English. Topics are AI, cloud security, software engineering, sustainability and automation.

The official site lists 40 speakers and 12 sessions. Named speakers include Hazem Ali, Founder and CEO of Skytells, and H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi, a former Minister of Infrastructure for the UAE. Session titles include Beyond the Boundaries: Building a Sovereign Enterprise AI Stack and The AI Agent Arena: Designing the Future Workforce with AI. Microsoft, OWS, Experts Live Emirates and Skytells are listed as partners.

Ticket pricing was not published when we checked.

Location

DTEC Auditorium, A5 Building, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, 341055, United Arab Emirates

Venue: Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus - Dtec

Agenda

Wednesday, October 14

• 10:00–10:15 · CognitionX Emirates 2026 Keynote: Initializing the Future — Hazem Ali
• 10:15–10:45 · Designing Tomorrow: Infrastructure, Sustainability, and National Transformation — H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi
• 10:45–11:15 · Beyond the Boundaries: Building a Sovereign Enterprise AI Stack — Hazem Ali
• 11:15–11:40 · The AI Agent Arena: Designing the Future Workforce with AI — Tanya Gupta
• 11:40–12:00 · Coffee Break & Networking
• 12:00–12:30 · Azure Security: Building the Castle That's Never Finished — Ahmed Hussien
• 12:30–13:00 · In Action: Hacking the Silicon Behind AI — Hazem Ali
• 13:00–14:00 · Empowering Developers with Next-Gen AI — Lee Stott
• 14:00–15:00 · Ask the Experts: AI, Infrastructure & Security
• 15:00–15:30 · Coffee Break & Networking
• 15:30–16:15 · Your AI Is Leaking Data - Here’s How to Fix It with PII Shield
• 16:00–16:45 · From AI Agents to AI Impact: Building Human-Centric Intelligent Systems — Dr. Nermin Negied

Speakers

• Hazem Ali
  Founder & CEO, Skytells, Inc
• H.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi
  Former Minister of Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
• Tanya Gupta
• Ahmed Hussien
• Abhilekh Verma
• Lee Stott
• Kasam Shaikh
• Jamel Abed
• Dr. S. Gomathi
• Vishal Mishra
• Nilesh Shinde
• Dr. Nermin Negied
• Filipa Lobao
  Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft
• Supriya Medapati
  Vice President of Product @ Qure, MBA, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ben Leane
  Enterprise AI Architect, Microsoft
• B. Onur Okutucu
  Microsoft MVP, Principal Architect, Collabix AI
• Sonman Roul
  Senior Product Manager, American Express
• Anastasiia Zvenigorodskaia
  Product Lead, AI BLOX
• Dr. Sara Daher
  Sr. Corporate Executive, Public Sector
• Dr. Gaurav Gupta
  PhD, Principal Solution Architect, Allianz
• Devika Toprani
  Pioneer, Contributor, Oxford University Research
• Marco Antonio Silva
  Sr Global Solution Engineer - EMEA, Microsoft
• Seyfallah Tagrerout
  Microsoft RD / MVP - CEO, STC
• Asmaa Eltaher
  Strategic Data and Transformation Manager, Vodafone

Sponsors

• Microsoft
• OWS
• Experts Live Emirates
• Skytells

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