Speaker

Prof. Dr. Hayder Abd Dhahad
Deputy Minister for Scientific Research Affairs
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Engineer Tariq AlJobbory
Advisor to the Board of Directors، Expert in Informatics and Financial Technologies.
First Iraq Bank (FIB)
Sherif El Shamy
Global Leader, Research Performance Expert, Research Intelligence
Clarivate
Anas Abdelhadi
Sr. Regional Director – MEA & TurkeyAcademia and Government
Clarivate
Dr. Walid Hassan
Clarivate
Director, Solution Consulting EMEA
Dr. Ayman AkilSenior
Clarivate
Manager, Consulting EMEA
Dr. M’hamed el Aisati
VP, Analytical Services and Data Elsevier
Dr. Diaa Medhat
Solutions Manager | Research Intelligence Middle East and Africa
Mr. Nick Davis
Times Higher Education (THE)
Regional President for the Middle East and North Africa
Dr Sergey Paramonov
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
Regional Manager (Africa, Middle East, South Asia), QS
Prof Talal Yusuf
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
Strategic Advisor
Ola Laurence
Egyptian Knowledge Bank
Advisor
Prof. Dr. Abdelmajid Benamara
Union of Arab Scientific Research Councils
Secretary-General
Anas N. Obaid
Clarivate
Senior Customer Success Consultant - Research & Analytics Solutions
Dr. Béatrice Rouzé
Lille University
International Senior Expert for Higher Education and Research
Dr. Rasha Kamal
Vice President Global Partnerships-MENA / GEDU Global Education
Mr. Gregory Horobin
Director of Recruitment and Marketing at Kaplan Pathways
Sarah Crowther
Education consultancy
United States of America
Prof. Dr. Asaad Ghani Jihad
Director General of the Administrative and Financial Department
Prof. Dr. Adnan Al-Jumaili
Deputy Minister for Administrative Affairs
Asst. Prof. Dr. Mowafaq Sajet Sameer
Director of the Organizations Department / Department of Scholarships and Cultural Relations
Prof. Dr. Hazim Baqir
Director General of the Department of Scholarships and Cultural Relations
Asst. Prof. Dr. Saad Salman Al-Muaini
Dean of the Arab Institute of Chartered Accountants
Dr. Rafal Shakir Salloum
Director of the Investment Accounts Department at the Ministry’s Headquarters
Prof. Dr. Salah Al-Fatlawi
President of the Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Authority
Dr. Naufel Abouraghif
Chairman of the Communications and Media Commission
Dr. Buraq Abdul Qader
Technical Deputy Minister of Communications
Mr. Mahmoud Al-Rubaie
Member of the Board of Commissioners, Communications and Media Commission
Dr. Amir Mousa
Director of the Information Technology Department
Prof. Dr. Yousif Khalaf Yousif
President of the Al-Shaeb University
Prof. Dr. Lubna Khamis Mahdi
Director General of the Research and Development Department
Prof. Dr. Yusra Mohammed Abdullah
Director of the Accreditation Department / Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Authority
Ann Kenimer
Chief Accreditation Officer
Prof. Dr. Omar Al-Adil
Vice President of Al Khaimah University in the UAE
Prof. Dr. Shafiq Shakir Shafiq
President of the Scientific Research Authority
Prof. Mohammad Hassanzadeh
Director of the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology
Prof. Bassam Alameddine
President of American university of RAK in UAE
Prof. Dr. Haider Abdul Amir Marhoon
President of Al-Ain University – Iraq
Prof. Dr. Sinan Bahjat
Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Authority
Dr. Ammar Ali Abd
Al-Qasim Green University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Khalid Shanawa
Director of the Quality Assurance Department / Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Authority
Prof. Dr. Uday Ali Ahmed
Al-Farahidi University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Jaafar Shawy
Director General of the Legal Department
Prof. Dr. Muzahim Al-Khayyat
Chairman of the Parliamentary Education Committee
Prof. Dr. Miri Kazem
Chairman of the Council of Deans of Law Colleges
Dr. Najib Shakir Mahmoud
General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers
Head of the Legal Department
Asst. Prof. Dr. Azhar Abdul Hussein Abdullah
Director of the Office of the Deputy Minister for Administrative Affairs
Dr. Hussein Flamurz
Advisor to the Prime Minister and Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship Initiative
Dr. Hassan Al-Khatib
Advisor to the Prime Minister for Digital Transformation and Communications
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hazim Abdul Razaq
Director General of the Department of Studies, Planning, and Follow-up
Mr. Adel Okab Hussein
President of the Federation of Industries
Mr. Abdul-Razzaq Al-Zuhairi
President of the Iraqi Chambers of Commerce Federation
Prof. Dr. Yusra Abdul Rahman
President of the Council for the Accreditation of Medical Colleges
Prof. Dr. Waheed Mahmoud Al-Ibrahimi
President of the University of Mosul
Dr. Richard Sunderland
British Council / Country Director Iraq
Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdul Hassan
Advisor to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Mr. Ziad Shaban
American University of Baghdad
Chief Executive Officer of the Center of Excellence for Innovation and Development
Dr. Nabil Shalaby
Founder and President of the Arab Entrepreneur House (ARENHO) and Vice President of John Cracknell Bank for Entrepreneurship in England
Dr. Rana Dajani
Professor / Faculty Member, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science / Jordan
Asst. Prof. Dr. Thaer Muneam Hamed
Director of the Entrepreneurial Projects Department / Research and Development Department
Asst. Prof. Dr. Haider Meshali
Assistant President for Scientific Affairs / University of Information Technology and Communications
Dr. Bradley J. Cook
American University of Iraq
Baghdad (AUIB) President
Asst. Prof. Dr. Fares Mahdi Alwan
Director of the Private University Education Department
Heidi Kershaw
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Autism Coalition (GAC)
Prof. Dr. Hassan Shaker Magdi
President of Al-Mustaqbal University
Jason Shi
AI Solution Expert of Huawei Iraq
Prof. Dr. Sharif Yousif Khater
President of Mansoura University
Dr. Emad Basheer
Dean of Libraries / American University of Iraq, Baghdad
Dr. Buraq Abdul Qader
Technical Deputy Minister of Communications
Amit Singh
Deputy Representative, World Food Programme (WFP)
Dr. Najib Shakir Mahmoud
Head of the Legal Department – General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers
Mohammed Al-Nasiri
Government Coordination Officer, ITC