The 6th edition of the Gulf Congress on Cybersecurity (GCCS) is the ultimate platform to explore the challenges and opportunities in the ever-changing world of cyber threats. It is an exclusive closed-door, by invitation only event that connects, via pre-arranged and pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings, qualified decision-makers, CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs from the government, banking, financial services, healthcare, oil and gas, and other industries to meet and discuss the latest cybersecurity challenges and solutions, as well as learn how to grow their businesses and protect them from potential cyberattacks.

The 6th edition of the Gulf Congress on Cybersecurity (GCCS) is the ultimate platform to explore the challenges and opportunities in the ever-changing world of cyber threats. It is an exclusive closed-door, by invitation only event that connects, via pre-arranged and pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings, qualified decision-makers, CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs from the government, banking, financial services, healthcare, oil and gas, and other industries to meet and discuss the latest cybersecurity challenges and solutions, as well as learn how to grow their businesses and protect them from potential cyberattacks.

 


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WHO ATTENDS

 

DISCUSSION TOPICS

 
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PROGRAM

SPEAKERS

Abdulrahman Shalabi
Manager – Cyber Intelligence Center
ENOC
Ahmad Al Tarawneh
Sr. Strategic Transformation Consultant
Dubai Police
Aus Alzubaidi
Director of IT, Cybersecurity
MBC Group
Bharat Raigangar
Board Advisor, CyberSecurist & Mentor - Digital Transformation CyberRisk & Resilience
OPTIMAS
Bharat Thakrar
CISO
ISF
Dr. Hamad Khalifa
Co-Founder of Digital Barza & Telecommunications Specialist & Telecom Division Manager
Abu Dhabi Police
Giovanni Everduin
Head of Strategy & Innovation
Commercial Bank International
Gordon Einstein
Founder
CryptoLaw Partners
Hany George
Security Specialist (Middle East)
Mimecast Services Ltd
Hesham Saad
Sr. Global Black Belt Cybersecurity
Microsoft
Matt Karbowinski
Cybersecurity Leader
Schneider Electric
Owen Connoly
CEO
7CI
Padam Kafle
Head of IT
Aster Hospital
Ralph Chammah
Co- Founder & CEO
OwlGaze
Somnath Sarkar
Group Head of Information Security
Mashreq Bank
Tony Hasek
CEO
Goldilock
 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Hoda Alkhzaimi
CO-Chair: Global Cyber Security Future Council
World Economic Forum

SPEAKERS

Abdulrahman Shalabi
Manager – Cyber Intelligence Center
ENOC
Ahmad Al Tarawneh
Sr. Strategic Transformation Consultant
Dubai Police
Aus Alzubaidi
Director of IT, Cybersecurity
MBC Group
Bharat Raigangar
Board Advisor, CyberSecurist & Mentor - Digital Transformation CyberRisk & Resilience
OPTIMAS
Bharat Thakrar
CISO
ISF
Dr. Hamad Khalifa
Co-Founder of Digital Barza & Telecommunications Specialist & Telecom Division Manager
Abu Dhabi Police
Giovanni Everduin
Head of Strategy & Innovation
Commercial Bank International
Gordon Einstein
Founder
CryptoLaw Partners
Hany George
Security Specialist (Middle East)
Mimecast Services Ltd
Hesham Saad
Sr. Global Black Belt Cybersecurity
Microsoft
Matt Karbowinski
Cybersecurity Leader
Schneider Electric
Owen Connoly
CEO
7CI
Padam Kafle
Head of IT
Aster Hospital
Ralph Chammah
Co- Founder & CEO
OwlGaze
Somnath Sarkar
Group Head of Information Security
Mashreq Bank
Tony Hasek
CEO
Goldilock

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

MEDIA PARTNERS

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

Bilal Baig
Technical Director
MENA Trend Micro
Dr. Grigorios Fragkos
Cyber Security
Executive
Dr. Mohammad Khaled
Cyber Security & Digital Transformation Expert
Fahad Alqarni
Cybersecurity Leader
Royal Commission for Al Ula
George Eapen
Group CIO
Petrofac
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Hamad Al Kuwaiti
Head of Cyber Security UAE Government
Cyber Security
Hamad Al Katheri
Chief Cybersecurity Officer
Ministry of Tourism
Heide Young
Founding Partner Women in
Cyber Security Middle East
Hussein Bahgat
Global Head Special Engagements,
CISO Standard Chartered Bank
Khalid Abubaker
Regional Sales Manager
GATEWATCHER
Lt. Colonel Dr. Hamad Khalifa Al Nueimi
Head of Telecommunications
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ
Mariana Pereira
Director of Email Security Products,
EMEA Darktrace
Mohammed AlMohtadi
CISO Injazat
Nadim Henoud
Chief Operations & Technical Officer OBSoft -
POTECH group
Nehal Al Hemeiri
CISO
ADNOC Group
Rami Gherbal
Principal Sales Engineer
Exabeam
Romit Gupta
Enterprise Account Director
Darktrace
Saqib Chaudhry
CIO
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH)
Sultan Al-Owais
CISO
Ministry of Cabinet Affairs
Tony Fghali
Managing Partner & CEO
Potech Consulting

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

PREVIOUS SPONSORS & PARTNERS

HIGHLIGHT VIDEO

 
 
 
 

TESTIMONIALS

Being part of the 3rd annual Gulf congress on Cybersecurity was an outstanding experience. Thanks to Agora this event was exceptional, professionally delivered and exceeding our expectations.  
Rachelle Balesh
Sales Director, Potech  - Potech
The organization of the event was very professional and the quality of the delegates was excellent. We achieved our number of 1-2-1 meetings and are currently booking good follow up meetings.  
Tim Ager
VP of Sales, EMEA Picus Security  - EMEA Picus Security
I attend and participate in many conferences around the world. This event was a first and spectacular in terms of the hard issues that were covered, transparency bought to the table on the challenges that the industry stakeholders face and some inspiring success stories. A must attend event for this region.  
Reenita Das
Partner, Frost & Sullivan  - Frost & Sullivan
I had a very good experience during the 3rd Annual Cybersecurity Congress on 11th April. Darktrace received a good number of enquiries and got a chance to meet a lot of customers. Overall it was a satisfying event.  
Romit Gupta
Account Director, Darktrace Enterprise  - Darktrace Enterprise
Thank you so much for all your hard work, your flexibility and diligence.. The time, effort and energy you fuelled into the different projects was so impressive and the result was amazing. It is always a pleasure to collaborate with the Agora team. Looking forward to the next one.  
Nadyn Kesserwany
Marketing Contractor, ME Mimecast  - ME, Mimecast
We are overall very impressed with the organisation and the running of the event and hope to work with you on future events!  
Caterina Piccolomini
Marketing Executive, Darktrace EMEA  - Darktrace EMEA

VENUE OF THE EVENT

Hotel KÖ59, Düsseldorf, Germany

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The theme of this edition is: “Resiliency and Adaptability".

The Global Blockchain Congress leverages the experience gained through the hosting of the first 10 editions of the event to ensure maximum return on investment for all our sponsors. The ten previous editions of the Global Blockchain Congress were a tremendous success and we were able to host more than 650 investors and more than 200 blockchain startups and were able to raise millions in funds for our participating projects.

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The MENA region Investment Ecosystem has shown resiliency and growth in the midst of an international financial slowdown and dried-up capital markets. In fact, the MENA region has expressed a sharp increase in VC and Startup Investments in 2022. Dubai is now the perfect place for blockchain projects to raise funds.

Startup founders from all over the world need financial advocates on their side. Raising funds and receiving funding is vital to the growth and success of startups. NOW is the right time for international startups to tap into a pool of highly engaged investors from the MENA region who are actively looking to invest in exciting and promising companies.

VENUE OF THE EVENT

Conrad Dubai Sheikh Zayed Road.