Partner with us to put your brand in front of Egypt's most senior business leaders. Our commercial team will be in touch to discuss sponsorship packages.
Why sponsor
Nobody anywhere has built the playbook yet. We're all figuring it out in real time — and for Egypt, the stakes are unusually high. Egypt could leapfrog a generation on the back of this technology — or watch AI hollow out the industries and jobs we can't afford to lose. Neither the optimists nor the doomsayers have it exactly right, but the leaders who get literate early will be the ones who get to decide.
Rewiring your company around AI — where to begin and who should own it
Can you fire all the developers and marketers? The manpower debate
Getting your brand seen in a world where AI does the searching
Betting against AI — on craft, hospitality, and the physical world
Every session is built around one question: So, what do I do about it?
We’re planning an exciting day with every panel or interview on stage designed to give you ideas you can jot down and take back to the office to talk about — or implement — the same day. Join us for a practical exploration of what AI means to you as leaders, to the type of people you’re hiring, how to prototype and run an AI implementation project, and more.
Here is the run of show for Monday, 5 October:
08:00 - 09:00
Catch up with old friends and meet new faces at our signature standing breakfast.
09:00 - 09:15
Our editor-in-chief frames the day with thoughts on what AI means for you, the businesses you lead, and the countries in which you’re doing business.
09:15 - 09:51
Hear from three of the nation’s most prominent CEOs as you refine your 2027 strategy and budget: Where does AI belong on your list of worries — and how much should it change your assumptions about growth, costs, competition and people? Where should you be investing in Egypt? What does the war in the Gulf mean for 2027? What can customers afford here at home? What will it take to turn optimism about Egypt into investment? From the cost of capital to AI’s potential to reshape industries, these are the themes that are already shaping the type of year 2027 will be.
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Patrick FitzPatrick, editor-in-chief, EnterpriseAM
09:53 - 10:23
What AI pilots is your company running, both internally and public / customer facing? How are they going and what lessons are you learning from them? How has AI changed delegation and workflows at your company and how do you expect them to change in the future? How do you expect it to change staffing? Have you stopped hiring for new positions because you expect AI to fill them? How are security and trust concerns hindering AI adoption, inside companies and among the public and how can that be remedied?
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Joseph Marks, AI + Innovation editor, EnterpriseAM
10:25 - 10:55
What type of organisation and culture are you building as a leader as AI creeps more and more into the workplace? What skills do you need? How are you assembling them? Are you codifying business processes in markdown files and deploying fleets of agents? What human skills do you need in the future? Are you using AI to drive efficiencies and save costs, or as a growth accelerator? Is your data up to the task of what AI will demand of it?
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Nick Edwards, advisor, EnterpriseAM
10:57 - 11:27
What turns an AI infrastructure project into a business that customers will use and banks will finance? Egypt’s opportunity depends on more than location and submarine cables. Hear from the people building, buying, deploying and financing technology as we examine demand, regulation, power and the economics of investment. What must change to bring projects to market? How do we make sure that we’re building capacity businesses — including hyperscalers — might actually want to buy?
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Nick Edwards, advisor, EnterpriseAM
11:27 - 11:52
11:52 - 12:07
Mounir Nakhla, chief executive officer and founder, MNT-Halan, joins Patrick on stage for a special conversation.
12:09 - 12:34
AI has made cyberattacks a threat that needs to be on every single CEO’s radar — something much too important to leave to your “head of IT.” Among the topics we’ll explore: How has AI changed the cyber threat landscape during the past several years? How are hackers using AI? Who’s adopting AI faster and better, the bad guys or the good guys? How does Iran play into this dynamic and how are IRGC hackers using AI? What do CEOs not understand about the AI cyber threat? What are CEOs overlooking about AI-powered cyber threats, and what should they do differently?
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Joseph Marks, AI + Innovation editor, EnterpriseAM
12:36 - 13:01
The global AI debate is being shaped by rich countries. Where does that leave Egypt? Can we turn our talent into exportable services and keep the high-value work here — or will we simply export more people? Where could AI make healthcare, energy and other services better and cheaper? We’ll examine the threat to outsourcing jobs, our place alongside the Gulf’s capital and compute, and what business and government must do to turn ambition into an opportunity we can capture.
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Patrick FitzPatrick, editor-in-chief, EnterpriseAM
13:03 - 13:28
We’ll dive deep into the weeds, asking: What AI pilots is your company running, both internally and public / customer facing? How are they going and what lessons are you learning from them? How is AI changing how you do your day-to-day work? What are you using AI for? What is your team using it for? How has AI changed the way you operate in the world?
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Joseph Marks, AI + Innovation editor, EnterpriseAM
13:30 - 13:50
AI is changing more than how we work. What happens when it starts shaping our relationships, our healthcare and the places we call home? From the role of human judgment in medical decisions to the communities an AI-native generation will want to live in, we explore the changes reaching beyond the office. Where can technology improve our lives, where do people need to stay in control, and what conversations should we be having with our families now?
Joining us on stage
In conversation with: Nick Edwards, advisor, EnterpriseAM, and Patrick FitzPatrick, editor-in-chief, EnterpriseAM
13:50 - 13:55
Everyone who plays a role in our industry:
Attendees at our events are C-suite officers, business owners, and their direct reports; we also make an allocation for folks we think could be tomorrow's founders and c-suite executives.
A distinguished lineup of expert speakers from the region's most influential institutions.
