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MENA AI Week

The city is the venue

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40+

Events

5000+

Attendees

1000+

Companies

100+

Speakers

About MENA AI Week

What is MENA Ai Week?

The region's first decentralised, citywide AI initiative, anchored in the UAE and built for the MENA ecosystem.

40+ events. One unified platform connecting founders, investors, institutions, and policymakers across the city.
Not a conference. A coordination layer, aligning the UAE's digital ecosystem for collaboration, visibility, and growth.

UAE is the anchor. MENA is the audience. This is a movement.

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The Community

Audience: UAE local AI & tech community, global visitors in Dubai, and the global audience.

5,000 aggregated attendees. UAE'S resident builders, founders, and developers — plus the international AI audience who are in the UAE during peak season. 40+ nationalities. This is the audience every organizer, sponsor, and venue ultimately wants to reach.

Our Speakers

Dr. Marwan Alzarouni

CEO, Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC)

CEO of the Dubai Blockchain Center and CEO of AI at Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism; an internationally recognized blockchain advocate with over two decades across emerging technology, information security, and AI.

Alice Liu

Head of Research, CoinMarketCap

Research Lead at CoinMarketCap, building its research arm since 2022; previously at WisdomTree, Coutts and J.P. Morgan.

Saqr Ereiqat

Managing Partner, 030. Group & Secretary, General D2A2

Secretary General of the Dubai Digital Asset Association (D2A2) and Managing Partner at 030.Group; a 13-year IBM veteran who co-authored IBM's first blockchain-for-government methodology and helps shape the UAE's digital-asset framework.

Nabil Arnous

CCO, Innovation City

Chief Commercial Officer at Innovation City, with 15+ years across UAE licensing authorities driving digital innovation.

Alenka Shmalko

Head of Tokenization at Atom Real Tokens, Advisor in Digital assets & RWAs

Web3 growth leader across RWA and payments; ex-Director of TON Ecosystem who drove global Web3 growth on Telegram.

Dr. Anna A. MacMillan

Co-Founder & COO, Mintlayer

CJ Anand

Director of Advisory, Ghaf Labs

Dubai-raised Web3 builder who has supported regional expansion and partnerships for firms including Sui, Bybit and Republic.

Liwaa Chehayeb

Regional Lead at what. AG in the UAE

Leads UAE operations of what. AG, bringing Swiss execution standards to high-growth regional companies.

Maia Zennie

Tech Ecosystem Builder

Web3 and AI ecosystem builder based in Dubai, focused on community growth, startup programs and onboarding the next generation of builders into Web3.

MoeX Mohamad Alhusseini

Founder & Director, SNXS.ae ex Binance

Founder of SkyNet X Solutions and MENA Blockchain Week; former Binance Head of MENA across 17 countries, now building the region's blockchain ecosystem infrastructure.