THE WORLD CIO 200 SUMMIT 2023 KUWAIT EDITION

The World CIO 200 Summit Kuwait edition honored top IT leaders with the World CIO 200 Awards on 1st August at Millennium Hotel and Convention Centre, Kuwait. The event was successful with the presence of top IT leaders who made the event more engaging and effective.

Attendees and keynote speakers were welcomed by Jai Kumar, Project Specialist, GEC Media Group. He shared the success story of World CIO 200 roadshow in every country and the vision of World CIO 200 Summit which is a great opportunity to develop and enhance leadership qualities of every IT leader.

The event follows the theme of ‘Rise of the power’. The World CIO 200 2023 roadshow is designed to help IT leaders develop and enhance the qualities of leadership, power, vision and focus.

Mohammed Alqahtani, IT Manager, Kuwait Fire Force kicked off the event with his country inaugural keynote. Dinesh Varadharajan, Chief Product Officer, Kissflow shared his perspective on the growing importance of technology and the emerging technologies that are predicted to be disruptive in the near future. The event became more engaging and interesting through a thought-provoking panel discussion by some influential panelists.

PANEL DISCUSSION: RISE OF THE POWER

l Dr. Thalaya Alfozan, IT Director/ IT Consultant, Kuwait Ministry of Finance l Manoj Ramachandran, Group CIO, Al Babtain Group of Companies l Anis Mattur, Group Head of

IT, ALHASAWI GROUP and l Adiy Al-Nakhal -IT Infrastructure Manager-Ali Alghanim Sons Automotive Co.

Moderated by: Basil AlSuwaidan, CISM, SSCP, CDPSE

Al-Suwaidan-General Manager – Information Security, Privacy and Anti-Fraud DepartmentKIB

RAPID FIRE SESSION: LEADERSHIP DOS AND DON’TS l Husain A ALNakkas, CIO, National Assembly of

Kuwait, Imran Anwar, ICT Manager, Alghanim Healthcare l Ekrami SedhomInfrastructure ManagerACE Hardware l Mohammed Alqahtani-IT Manager-Kuwait Fire Force

Moderated by: Kamal

Eldesouky-Group IT DirectorUnited Real Estate (URC)

The World CIO 200 Summit

Kuwait edition honored 29 top IT leaders with World CIO 200 Awards in Legend, Master, Leader and Next-Gen CIO categories