By Jibrila Jibrila
The Global AI Summit 2024, hosted by the Saudi Arabia’s Data & Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), has announced the Summit’s line-up of headline speakers, a statement from the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Abuja has said.
“The summit, which aligns with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 to diversify the economy, is designed to foster global collaboration and explore the transformative potential of AI across industries,” the statement said.
It said the over 300 speakers include: academics, executives, regulators and decision-makers from 100 countries worldwide.
The theme of the summit, it said is: : “Now, Next, Never”.
It added that the sessions will discuss technology’s transformative impact on people and communities, the real world benefits of AI, the technology’s future trajectory and the ethical considerations necessary to ensure responsible AI development across all sectors.
The summit will feature an impressive lineup of global speakers including Cristiano Amon (President & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated), Nick Studer (President & CEO, Oliver Wyman Group), Dr. Marc Raibert (Chairperson, Boston Dynamics), Marcelo Claure (Founder & CEO, Claure Group) and Julie Sweet (CEO, Accenture).
Others are: Amandeep Gill (Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, United Nations), Kathleen Kennedy (Executive Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence), Alex Smola (CEO, Boson AI) and Andrew Feldman (Founder & CEO, Cerebras Systems),
It added that others are: Dr. Chris Miller (Director, Greenmantle), Caroline Yap (Global Managing Director, Google Cloud), Stefan Schnorr (State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport), Charles-Edouard Bouée (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Adagia Partners), Jonathan Ross (Founder & CEO, Groq) and Dr. Deepak Chopra (Founder, Chopra Foundation).
SDAIA’s official spokesperson, Eng. Majed Al-Shehri, said: “The Global AI Summit will be a landmark event in shaping the future of AI. The theme ‘Now, Next, Never’ is especially pertinent as it challenges us to consider the immediate implications, future innovations, and the ethical responsibilities that come with the rapid advancement of AI technologies. This is a technology that is hugely promising, but as we innovate, we also cannot afford to get it wrong. It is essential that AI integration is sustainable and for the betterment of society.
The strong presence of global leaders, especially from the consulting industry, highlights AI’s pivotal role in business transformation and global innovation, and their commitment to collaboration as we seek to resolve the many questions that this technology raises.”
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Speakers include:
- Nick Studer, President & Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Wyman Group
- Marcelo Claure, Founder & CEO, Claure Group
- Julie Sweet, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture
- Dr Marc Raibert, Founder and former CEO of Boston Dynamics and Executive Director, The AI Institute
- Cristiano Amon, President & CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated
- Alex Smola, CEO, Boson AI
- Chris Miller, Director, Greenmantle
- Lord Sarfraz of Kensington, House of Lords, UK Parliament
- Professor Simon See, Professor, Coventry University and Global Head Nvidia AI Technology Centre NVIDIA
- Charles-Edouard Bouée, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Adagia Partners
- Kathleen Kennedy, Executive Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
- Antony Cook, Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft
- Tanuj Bhojwani, Head, People+AI
- Stefan Schnorr, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
- Fang Xu, AI Lead, Deutsche Telekom
- Amandeep Singh-Gill, Secretary-General’s Envoy for Technology, United Nations
- Andrew Feldman, Co-founder & CEO, Cerebras Systems
- Jake P. Taylor-King, Co-founder, Relation
- Seth Dobrin, CEO, Qantm AI
- Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler, Data & AI Leader, EY
- Jason Pontin, General Partner, DCVC
- Samer Al Moubayed, Co-founder & CEO, Furhat Robotics
- Daniel Hulme, Chief AI Officer, WPP
- Alain Le Couédic, Senior Partner, Artificial Intelligence Quartermaster (AIQ)
- Kok-Chin Tay, Chairman, Smart Cities Network
- Omar Christidis, CEO & Founder, Arabnet
- Paul Bloch, President & Co-founder, DDN Storage
- Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa
- James Doty, Founder & Director, Stanford University Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
- Nick Jennings, Vice-Chancellor & President, Loughborough University
- Martin Kon, President & COO, Cohere
- Hassan Sawaf, Founder & CEO, aiXplain
- Michael May, Head of Data Analytics & AI, Siemens AG
- Kevin Knight, Chief Scientist, Threeven Labs
- Jean Nehme, Co-founder, Digital Surgery
- David Leslie, Professor & Director of Ethics & Responsible Innovation Research, The Alan Turing Institute
- Caroline Yap, Global Managing Director, Google Cloud
- Antoine Blondeau, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Alpha Intelligence Capital
- Joanna Soroka, Principal, Hitachi Ventures
- Richard Benjamins, Co-CEO, RAIght.ai
- Fahad Khan, Deputy Department Chair, MBZUAI
- Gordon Gould, Co-CEO, NewAtlantis
- Kate Kallot, CFO & Founder, Amini
- Krishna Kumar, Founder & CEO, Cropin Technology
- Laetitia Cailleteau, Managing Director & EAMA Responsible AI Lead, Accenture
- Lorena Puica, Founder & CEO, syd.life
- Priya Nagpurkar, Vice President, IBM Research
- Graham Ball, PhD FRSB, CSO, Intelligent Omics Ltd
- Jiebo Luo, Professor, University of Rochester
- Mohan Kankanhalli, Director, NUS AI Institute
- Rajesh Balan, Professor, Singapore Management University
- Yuan Qi, Founder, INF
- Ramzi Rizk, Founder & Angel Investor, Rizky Ventures
- Saad Toma, General Manager, IBM Middle East & Africa
- Alan Smeaton, Professor, Dublin City University
