AGENDA
RiseUp Team Welcome Speech Opening Ceremony
The Role of Tax Facilitation Frameworks in Supporting the Digital Economy Roundtable
Dr.Rasha Abdel Aal
Head of The Egyptian Tax Authority at Egyptian Tax Authority
Lenah Hassaballah
Presenter at CNN Business Arabic
Dr. Khaled Nofal
First Deputy Minister of Finance for Administrative & Technical Development at Ministery Of Finance
Welcome Speech Opening Ceremony
Merette El Sayed
CEO at Legacy - Hassan Allam
Welcome Speech Roundtable
H.E Mark Bryson-Richardson
British Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Welcome Speech Opening Ceremony
Omar Elfiky
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) at seven
From Capital to Infrastructure: How Venture Capital Is Being Redefined Live Session
Ahmed Rashad
Founder of Business Belarabi at Business Belarabi
Essam Hawash
Founder, CEO at Mada Capital
Not Just Steps: How Dancers Build Brands Battle
Mostafa Yousif Marwan
Afro Instructor at Central Studio
Sonic
Instructor Hip-Hop at Adams Dance Stuido
From Reactive to Proactive: Designing Around the Customer Shifting Conversations
Ahmed Seif
Regional Strategy Experience Senior Manager (Australia, New Zealand, and Egypt) at DiDi
Tech Crossroads Simulation
Mostafa Salem
Architect at -
Where the Money Is Actually Going: A VC Reality Check Roundtable
Mariam Kamel
General Partner at LoftyInc
Hasan Haider
Managing Partner at Plus VC
Ali Mokhtar
CEO and Managing Partner at Beltone Venture Capital
Karim Abadir
Investing Partner at BECO Capital
Ashley Lewis
Managing Partner - Venture Capital at Development Partners International
Amal Dokhan
Managing Partner at 500 Global
Beyond The Exhibition: Curating as World-Building Demo
Marwa Benhalim
Co-Founder/Co-Director of Cairo Art Book Fair & Director of Switchboard Curatorial Studio at Switchboard Curatorial Studio & Cairo Art Book Fair
Special Announcement Launchpad
Lamia Kamel
Founder and Managing Director of CC Plus, Founder of Narrative PR Summit, Founder and Managing Partner of Global Narrative, Managing Director of Flair Magazine, Former Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Promotion at CC Plus, Narrative PR Summit, The Global Narrative
Building a Collab People Love: From idea to Experience Simulation
Dara Ghosheh
CEO at Daras Ice Cream
Mohamed Zaki
Founder, CEO at BENCHMARK CONSUMER PRODUCTS, BCP
How AI Will Run Your Business While You Sleep Demo
Eduardo Frias
Field CTO, Enterprise at Shopify
Beyond The Game: The New Era of Sports Content Shifting Conversations
Aly Osman
CEO at The Influencers
Alicia Iannacone
Sports TV Presenter and Content Creator
The Funding Blind Spot: Are Deeptech Startups Overlooked? Debate
Maged Ghoneima
General Partner & Founder at M-Empire Angels
Karim Hussein
Managing Partner at Algebra Ventures
Abdulaziz Elgammal
Co-founder & CPO of Proteinea at Proteinea
Ahmed Fakhry Aboulella
VP of R&D, GlobalFoundries at GlobalFoundries
Tamer Azer
Chief Investment Officer at Ankh Resources
Platforms, Power & Creators Live Session
Lina Gebrail Matta
Director Shahid AVOD, MBC 2, MBC 4, MBC Max at MBC Group
Sherine Sherif Arafa
TV Presenter at MBC
Live Session With The CEO of The World’s Largest Museum Live Session
Amy Mowafi
Co-founder & CEO at MO4
Dr.Ahmed Ghoneim
CEO at Grand Egyptian Museum
The GEM Hackathon Experience Snippet
The High-Performance Code: Athletic For Life & Leadership Demo
Deana Shaaban
Entrepreneur and Wellness Specialist at Ignite, D’s Method, Anatomy, and The You in Human
Hussein Abdeldayem
Chairman at Ignite for Sports Projects
AMA with Lenah Hassaballah Ask Me Anything!
Lenah Hassaballah
Presenter at CNN Business Arabic
Inside The Deal Room Simulation
Abdelrahman Hassan
Enza Capital
Ahmed Azzam
Investment Associate at A15
Narrowing the AI gap - from experimentation to production. Podcast
Farouk El Hamzawi
Head of GTM, MENA at OpenAI
Ihsan Anabtawi
Technology & AI Executive | Host, Future Now Podcast
Special Announcement Launchpad
Are Cross-Border Collaborations Primarily Driven by Capital Flows or by Market Needs? Roundtable
Michael Lints
Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
Karim Tadjeddine
Qantara Tech Fund, Founder at Qantara Tech Fund
Rumbi Makanga
Managing Director at Irikore
Samy Elsheikh
Attorney at Taylor Wessing LLP - Dubai Branch
Bill Cilluffo
Partner, Head of Global Early Stage Investments at QED Investors
How AI and Data Orchestrate the Modern City Round Table
Ahmed Medhat
Mohamed Helmy
Evgenia Matrosova
Chief Ride-Hailing Officer at inDrive
Adel Mamdouh
Director Growth & Strategy at Arrw
What Successful E-commerce Brands Do Differently Shifting Conversations
Eduardo Frias
Field CTO, Enterprise at Shopify
What it Takes to Build an Iconic Brand Live Session
Hend Elkhouly
Senior PR & Communications Manager at Maison Pyramide
Hannah Attalah
Founder & Creative Director at Oceanus
M&A or IPO? The Exit Debate Debate
Mohamed Okasha
Managing Partner at DisrupTech Ventures
Mohamed Aboulnaga
Executive chairman exits at Exits
Mohamed Ezzat
CEO & Co-Founder at Bosta
Hossam Ali
Co-founder & CEO at Yozo
Essam Hawash
Founder, CEO at Mada Capital
Journeys & Reflections with Merette Elsayed Live Session
Merette El Sayed
CEO at Legacy - Hassan Allam
Mona El Naggar
International Journalist
When the AI Brain Found Its Body Simulation
Ahmed Tarek Ahmed Thabet
Co-Founder & Robotics Team Lead at Egrobots
Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Co-Founder at MARSES Robotics
Special Announcement Launchpad
Building Cultures Where Innovation Thrives Simulation
Nada Shaheen
Managing Director at GB Ventures
Amna Alredha
Manager Start-ups & External Ventures at Emirates Airline
Omar Elfiky
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) at seven
Adham Madkour
CEO at SAFE Investments
Roast My Startup Roasting Session
Hasan Haider
Managing Partner at Plus VC
Mike Butcher
Founder & Editor at Pathfounders
How AI Is Delivering Real-World Impact Across The Pharma Value Chain Demo
Deena Gergis
Expert, Data Science at McKinsey & Company
Buy Now, Panic Later? Debate
Ismail Sarhank
Co-Founder & COO at Menthum
Ahmad Coucha
CEO at FlapKap
Hana Zaghloul
Co-Founder & COO at Dayra
Ali Abdelhady
Chief Commercial Officer at seven
Mohamed Amer
CTO at MNGM
Why Isn’t Egypt Producing Enough Olympic Medalists Debate
Karim Akram
Cofounder and Managing Director at Lyve App
Hussein Abdeldayem
Chairman at Ignite for Sports Projects
Omar ElBorolossy
President & Managing Director at ElBorolossy Squash Academy
Sharif Elerian OLY
President at Egyptian Modern Pentathlon Federation
Dr. Abdel Aziz Ghoniem
Ex. President at Egyptian Boxing federation
AMA with Loulou Khazen Ask Me Anything!
Loulou Khazen
Founder at with Loulou
Leadership In the Ai Era Industry Spotlight
Ihsan Anabtawi
Technology & AI Executive | Host, Future Now Podcast
How AI is Transforming Marketing Simulation
Ahmed Wasfie
Founder & CEO at AWStreams
khaled Shaker
VP Client, Madinet Masr
Cognitive Offloading in the Age of AI Simulation
Paris Deletraz
MD Venture Lab, IE University at ie university
What is the next defining moment for fintech future?! Round Table
Mostafa Menessy
CTO at Paymob
Mohamed Aladdin
General Partner - Venture Capital at Development Partners International
Basma Rady
Chief Data Scientist at Beltone Holding and Managing Director of Robin at Beltone Holding
Muhannad Ebwini
Founder & CEO at HyperPay
Mustafa Eid
CTO at MoneyHash
Kartik Renjen
Head of Startups & VC - Amazon Web Services at Amazon Web Services
Designing a Hotel in 20 Minutes Simulation
Shadi El Ghoneimi
Managing Partner, Head of Design, and Architect at El Ghoneimi International
Breaking Barriers: Fintech Solutions for Women Affected by Migration Shifting Conversations
Sabrina Salama
Head of Partnerships at Seedstars
Anastacia Ngunjiri
Associate at iGravity (Impact-Linked Fund for Gender-Inclusive Fintech)
Emna Guizani
Co-founder & Lead media & communication at Slide
Luca Etter
Embassy of Switzerland
Roast My StartUp Roasting Session
Driss Iben Mansour
Partner at Breega
Peji Kanani
Regional Lead, Middle East & Africa at Carta
Karima El Hakim
Partner, Africa at Plug and Play Tech Center
Save Our Startup: Startup from the Exhibitors SOS
Global Fashion & Regional Integration Live Session
Marwan Moukarzel
Owner & CEO at Mooqua Consulting
Marriam Mossalli
Founder & CEO at Niche Arabia
H.H. Princess Loulwa bint Yazeed Al Saud
Co-Founder & CEO at RiseUp Saudi
HUMAN vs. SILICON: The Great Talent Showdown Debate
Abdelrahman Ayman
VP Commercial Manara at Manara
Clara Cedeño
AWS TalentBridge Global Program Lead - Community Impact, AWS Specialists and Partners at Amazon Web Services
Finding your Fit: Inside Different Paths to Fitness Round Table
Seifeldin Fawzy
Co-Founder and COO at The Trifactory
Salma Ghazzawi
Co-Founder THE MIND SPACE. at THE MIND SPACE.
Asmaa Al Zohairy
Founder of Rowin for Sports Activities and Functional Fitness Coach at Rowin and LA7 Gym
Breaking into Acting Shifting Conversations
Ahmed Radwan
Actor
Gehad Hossam El Din
Actress at Actress
Scalable Profits vs. Real-World Impact: The AgriTech Tension Debate
Sherief Kesseba
Managing Partner at Climate Resilient Africa Fund (CRAF)
Imen Meliane
Senior Advisor at Africa Adaptation Initiative
Mariam EL Sharkawy
Head Of AGRITECH and ECommerce at Easwaaq Misr ( subsidiary of Efinance Group)
Hana Abdulla
Programs Associate at RiseUp at RiseUp
Malek Sultan
Partner at DisrupTech Ventures
Investment Trends Industry Spotlight
Essam Hawash
Founder, CEO at Mada Capital
Telling Stories When it matter most Live Session
Malak El Masry
Programs at RiseUp
Plestia Alaqad
Award Winning Journalist and Author at Freelancer
Is Risk Universal? Rethinking Risks in Emerging Markets Roundtable
William Bao Bean
Managing General Partner at Orbit Startups
Karim Tadjeddine
Qantara Tech Fund, Founder at Qantara Tech Fund
Monica Brand Engel
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Quona Capital
Ceasar Nyagah
General Partner at Chui Ventures
Tamim El Zein
Co-Fouder and General Partner at Seedstars Africa Ventures
Dina el-Shenoufy
Co-Founder & General Partner at F6 Ventures
Beyond The Engine: Driving Digital Transformation in Automotive Live Session
Leen Al Halawani
Radio and TV presenter MC Panel moderator at Asharq discovery
Ankush Arora
Group CEO at MANSOUR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
Can Communities Inspire Change? Shifting Conversations
Hanan Ezzeldin
Founder of The Family Hub & Podcaster at The Family Hub
Creativity Under Pressure Demo
Omar Heraiz
Chief Content Officer and Founder at SYNC
Stop Chatting, Start Acting: The Rise of Agentic AI Round Table
Kareem Abdullah
Head of AI & Cloud SW Product Development at Ericsson
Nour Taher
Cofounder/CEO at intella
Zuhair Yarub Khayyat
CTO at Lucidya
Nikita Gordeev
CTO at Snoonu
Ahmed Zaghmouri
VP of Revenue at Maqsam
Mohamed F. Ahmed
Global Head of GenAI for Startups at Amazon Web Services
The Comic Page, and the Animated edit: Mastering the Art of Collaborative Storyteling Simulation
Jeremy Adams
Film, Television/Comic Book Writer, and producer at DC comics
How to Retain Talents in Shifting Economies Simulation
Amr Elselouky
CEO at Manara
Akram Marwan
Co-founder & CEO of iCareer | Founder Recruitera at iCareer/ BasharSoft
Alexandra Saad
People & Culture Senior Director at Nawy
Mona Seleim
Chief of staff at RiseUp
Life Notes: A Look into a musician’s Mind & Journey Live Session
Mahmoud El Esseily
Music Producer, Composer, and Singer
Shady Ahmed
Artist and Presenter at Music Industry
From Idea to Game: How Card and Board Games Are Created Shifting Conversations
Victoria Caña
Manager of Game Production at The Pokémon Company International
Sarah Abouelkhair
Co-founder and Creative Director at 2oolameme
Beyond The Chatbot Building Actual AI solutions Demo
Moe Ibrahim
Data & AI Lead at Google Switzerland
How Ai is Transforming Venture Investing Demo
John Sharp
Founding Partner at Hatcher+
Building Bridges: How AI and Quantum Computing Converge Demo
Ismael Faro
VP Quantum+AI, DE at IBM
From Choice to Control: Modern Shopper Live Session
Loulou Khazen
Founder at with Loulou
Toufic Kreidieh
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Brands for Less Group
Where Real Value Is Being Built in Sports Roundtable
Hadi Halabi
Founder & CEO at Stryde
Ibrahim Sagna
Executive Chairman, Silverbacks Holdings at Silverbacks Holdings
MOHAB ELTAWILA
Founder and CEO at Ingame Sports
Mohamed Abdel-motaleb
Head of NBA Egypt, VP of NBA Africa at NBA Africa
Meïssa Gueye
Head of Venture Capital, Africa at IFC
Yehia Hamdy
Transformation Manager at Mada Calpital
AMA with Plestia: When Journalism Becomes Storytelling Ask Me Anything!
Plestia Alaqad
Award Winning Journalist and Author at Freelancer
Inside the Creative Machine of Building a Restraunt Empire Demo
Omar Hussein Fathy
Co-Founder TRM - EATERY / OTTO / KOKOMO at Thrive for Restaurant Management
Vibe Coding: The New Standard or aTechnical Debt Trap? Debate
Abdelrahman Ayman
Cofounder & COO Educatly at Educatly
Karim Tawfik
Co-founder & CTO at Sympl
Gasser Akila
Director of Product at Dsquares
Mohamed Ghaith
Founder & CEO at Stunning AI
Can Ai Startups Be Defensible? Debate
Ayman Bazaraa
CEO & Co-founder at Sprints
Abdulrahman Aljiffry
Partner at 500 Global
Hussein Attar
CEO at Tech Invest Com
Mohamed Nabil
Founder & CEO at WideBot AI
Omar Ekram
Founder & CEO at Dayra
Demonstration on LIVE Streaming for Creators and Potential Partners Demo
Nour Chamkhi
TikTok LIVE - Trust & Reputation Lead at ByteDance (TikTok)
Amr Sakr
Product operations manager at TikTok
Reverse Pitch Reverse Tank
Kola Aina
Founding Partner at Ventures Platform
Aditya Kathpalia
Director - MENA & India at Orbit Ventures
Redbull Basement x RiseUp Competition Talent Pitch
You are the brand Demo
Said Baaghil
Global Brand Consultant at Baaghil Brand Advisory
Can AI Replace Therapists? Debate
Omar Mohamed Mohamed elmonayar
Ceo at Sigma-Fit
Mohamed AlaaEldin Moustafa
CEO at Shezlong
Capital that empowers: Why the Right Investor Matters More Roundtable
Nadim Nagui
CEO & Co-Founder at Partment
Rahil Rangwala
Managing Partner at Accion Ventures
Estelle Kone
General Partner at Sabou Capital
Bassem Raafat
Principal at A15
Leadership Through Transition Shifting Conversations
Soha M. El Baklawy
Consultant, Advisor & CEO at Businessita
Building Egypt for 2100 Live Session
Ramy Radwan
Egyptian Media Presenter at formerly DMC, ONTV, OTV
Tarek Elgamal
Chairman of Redcon Group at Redcon Group
Khaled Hashem
Board Member at The Sovereign Fund of Egypt - Infrastructure
Evals Are All You Need Demo
Shyamal Anadkat
Applied AI at Stealth Startup, ex-OpenAI
What’s Driving Renewed Investor Confidence in Egypt Live Session
Youssef Salem
CFO at ADNOC Drilling
Lenah Hassaballah
Presenter at CNN Business Arabic
Amr El Abd
Entrepreneurship Advisor to the Prime Minister of Egypt | Regional Managing Director, MENA | Endeavor at Endeavor
From Launch to Growth: Building a Podcast Shifting Conversations
Radwa Moussa- Youssef
Podcaster at نقطة و من اول السطر Turning Page
How to Aquafit Demo
Sherif Yassin
Co-Founder at AQUAFIT & Runner’s High Movement
Beyond LLMs: Smart Glasses, World Models, and The Rise of Physical AI Demo
Cathy Hackl
CEO / Futurist at Future Dynamics
The State of AI Investing Live Session
Javier Villamizar
Operating Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers
Paris Deletraz
MD Venture Lab, IE University at ie university
From Content to Companies: Building Brands in Public Simulation
Ziad Elhadary
CEO at Naydin
Agentic Reliability as The Basis For Large-Scale Adoption of Agentic AI in The Enterprise Simulation
Sulabh Soral
Partner at Deloitte
Talent Pitch Talent Pitch
The Founder’s Most Strategic Decision Live Session
Amr Abdelmoneim Awadallah
Artificial Intelligence Expert and Founder of Vectara and Cloudera. at Artificial Intelligence Expert and Founder of Vectara and Cloudera
Malak Fouad
Founder & Director at A&T Media
The Writers Room Simulation
Ahmed Gamal Arafa
Art Director at 101 Platform
Mohamed Rasheedy
Founder of 101, and Executive director the Post Office at Mohamed Rasheedy Founder of 101 Executive director the Post Office
Faried Omarah
Creative Director at 101
AMA with Jeremy Adams Ask Me Anything!
Jeremy Adams
Film, Television/Comic Book Writer, and producer at DC comics
Pathfounders Podcast
Shyamal Anadkat
Applied AI at Stealth Startup, ex-OpenAI
Mike Butcher
Founder & Editor at Pathfounders
Cinema as a Mirror: When Films Reflect Reality Live Session
Maria S. Muñoz
Co Founder at Maison Pyramide
Amina Khalil
Actress at Cinema
Why Global Investors are Looking at Africa? Roundtable
Dr. Dotun Olowoporoku
Managing Partner at Ventures Platform
Wang Xinxi (Cici)
Economist & Advisor at World Bank
Olivia Gao
Principal at Verod Kepple Africa Ventures
Sadaharu Saiki
Founder & General Partner at Sunny Side Venture Partners
Nao FUWA
Expert for Innovation and Startup Ecosystems at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Riki Yamauchi
Director at Novastar Ventures
Our Story Our Narrative: A Look at the Egyptian-Made Documentry For Hertiage Demo
Howayda Abou-Heif
Production Company Owner, TV Presenter, and Senior Content Producer at Clair et Net Production
What Kind of Support Does Your Startup Actually Need? Shifting Conversations
Akinyi Wavinya
Head of Portfolio Success at Madica
Amoye Henry
Managing Partner at FoundHers Ventures
Aymen Sarraj
Growth & Partnerships Architect _ Africa @Betawaves at Betawaves
Is AI becoming the descision maker? Who is accountable? Simulation
Fabio Lorenzon
CEO and Founder at CEO and Founder @ SolutioAI // Managing partner @ Lorenzon Srl
The Leadership Challenges of Global Operations Live Session
Ahmed Salem
Chief Operating Officer at Deloitte Innovation Hub
Dina El Mofty
Entrepreneur/Investor at Founder Injaz - co Founder Soulful - partner Escape code
The New Order of the Film Industry Demo
Amr Salama
Filmmaker
Feature-Rich VS. Friction-Free: Is Tech Overcomplicating Shopping? Debate
Ahmed Rostom
Youssef kamal
Walid Shabana
Mahmoud Gomaa
Iman ElNashar
eCommerce Director at eXtra
Win The Crowd Battle
Influencer Marketing, Unfiltered Simulation
Dina Dash
CEO of Dash Management at DASH Management
It’s not the Idea, It’s the Relationship Simulation
Gaelle Bou Abdo, Msc.
CEO at Ivy & Company
From Paper to Pixels: Turning a Board Game Hobby into a Video Game Career Demo
Victoria Caña
Manager of Game Production at The Pokémon Company International
Special Announcement Launchpad
Who Leads the Future? Ai, Bias and Power Live Session
Hadeer Shalaby
Managing Director at talabat Egypt
Lenah Hassaballah
Presenter at CNN Business Arabic
The Future of Livestreaming in MENA Region for Creators and Businesses Live Session
Mazen ElFarouk
TikTok LIVE Agencies Regional Operations Manager at TikTok
Mohamed Oka
Personal Branding Expert at Fame Maker
Ali Hustler
Content Creator
A New Turning Point in Egypt’s Music Scene Round Table
Nesma El-Shazly
Founder and CEO of Stardust PR at Stardust
Abdelrahman Roshdy
Musical Artist
Maher El Mallakh
Music Producer and Artist
Youssef Gabriel
Actor and Singer
Zap Tharwat
Rapper
From Ownership to Control: Inside the Cap Table Demo
Peji Kanani
Regional Lead, Middle East & Africa at Carta
A Ventures x RiseUp Pitch Comeptition Competition
Abdelhameed Sharara
Ayman Abbas
Founder of A Ventures
Sherif Ramadan
Managing Partner & CEO at A Ventures
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