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Quantum Innovation Summit 2026

H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti

Head of Cyber Security

United Arab Emirates Government

H.E. Amer Sharaf

CEO of the Cyber Security Systems and Services Sector

Dubai Electronic Security Center

Dr. Najwa Aaraj

CEO

Technology Innovation Institute
and QuantumGate

Dr. Abdalla Sulaiman Alhammadi

Chief Innovation Officer & Director of Strategy and Future

Ministry of Justice, United Arab Emirates

H.E. Dr. Saeed K. Aldhaheri

Director, Center for Futures Studies

University of Dubai

Prof. Dr. Dmitry Mikhaylov

Director – Research Projects

AD Ports Group, Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy, UAE

Dr. Scott Crowder

Vice President

IBM Quantum Adoption

Dr. Khalid Al Naqbi

Vice President – Product & Engineering

Space42

Prof. Dr. Leandro Aolita

Chief Researcher, Quantum Research Center

Technology Innovation Institute

Dr. Lewis Hill

Senior Scientist

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Petra Florizoone

IBM Quantum Director of Global Strategic Partnerships

IBM Research

Marwan Bin Shakar

Chief Technology Officer

e& UAE

Prof. Dr. Oliver Buchmueller

Professor

Imperial College London and Oxford University

Dr. Elvira Shishenina

Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives

Quantinuum

Adnan Kashwani

Vice President

e& UAE

Dr. James Grieve

Senior Director Quantum Communications

Technology Innovation Institute

Dr. Bushra Al Blooshi

Director of Governance and Risk Management Department

Dubai Electronic Security Center

Prof. Dr. Hisham Sati

Founding Director of the Center for Quantum and Topological Systems (CQTS), Associate Dean of Science

New York University Abu Dhabi

Malak Trabelsi Loeb

CEO


Vernewell Group

Dr. Karim HOUNI

HO Digital Innovation


Emirates Global Aluminium

Prof. Hania Mahassen

Head of the Math Division and Associate Professor of Mathematics

American University in Dubai

Christopher Bishop

Master of Ceremonies

Quantum Innovation Summit

Afra Bin Fares

Senior Policies and Regulatory Affairs Executive

Dubai Electronic Security Center

Dr. Rene Reimann

Senior Director Quantum Sensing

Technology Innovation Institute

Stefan Lespezeanu

General Manager Quantum Communications

Honeywell Aerospace Technologies

Dr. Sana Amairi-Pyka

Lead Scientist – Quantum Communications

Technology Innovation Institute

Nir Minerbi

Co-Founder and CEO

Classiq

Dr. Ghenwa Habbal

People & Culture Leader & President of the Middle East North Africa ERG,

Ford

Dr. Abuzer Yakaryilmaz

Professor

University of Latvia

Dr. Ami Hashemi

Research Fellow

Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital

Amritpal Singh Sidhu

Senior Manager

ADGM

Christophe VASSE

Product Line Manager - Cryogenics

Thales

Prof. Dr. Ghanim Kashwani,
PhD CEng FICE

Advisor

Society of Engineers (SOE)

Fatima AlNuaimi

Senior Security Researcher

Technology Innovation Institute

Sergey Gerashchenko

Senior Vice President -
AI Networks & Services

e& UAE

Dr. Travis Ramsay

Senior Specialist

ADNOC

Dr. Frederik Flöther

Chief Quantum Officer

QuantumBasel

Elyes ElAir

Associate Director - Digital Advisory

WSP Middle East

Dr. Karsten Pyka

Lead Technology Development -
Quantum Sensing

Technology Innovation Institute

Abdulrahman Al Humaidan

Sr. Vice President - Access Network Development

e&

Dr. Nader Ghazal

Chairman

African-Asian Council for AI & Cybersecurity

Sir Prof. Gabriele Andreoli

President

Institute For Advance Studies And Cooperation

Dr. Amaria Javed

Post-Doctoral Associate

CQTS - NYU Abu Dhabi

Dr. Himadri Majumdar

SemiQon

CEO & Co-founder

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shafique

Professor, Director eBRAIN Lab

New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi

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