AGENDA 2025
IIEF 2025 Agenda, 6th April 2025
| 08:00 – 09:30 Registration and Networking | |
| 09:30 – 09:35 Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Rozha Kamal Ahmed – IIEF Organisation | |
| 09:35 – 09:45 Discover Slemani: A Vision of Progress Video Presentation | |
| 09:45 – 10:00 Keynote Speech Qubad Talabani – Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Region – Iraq | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 Enterprise Agility Zring Faruk – CEO, Faruk Investment Group | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 Leadership in Sustainable Energy: A Continuous Journey of Improvement Ali Al Jarwan – Chief Executive Officer, Dragon Oil | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 Urban Tech and Sustainable Innovation on the former airport Berlin TXL Gudrun Sack – CEO, Tegel Projekt GmbH, Berlin | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 The potential impact of digital transformation on economic growth in Iraq Dr. Hasan Alkhatib – Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 e-Residency Liina Vahtras – Managing Director, e-Residency, Enterprise Estonia | |
| 11:15 – 11:30 Breaking Boundaries: Iraq’s Emerging Fintech Innovation Ecosystem Hussain Qaragholi – Managing Director, Phoenix Finance Partners; Board Advisor, EQIQ Venture Fund; Founder, Al-Fawr Digital Bank | |
| 11:30 – 11:45 Building Up a Tech Nation: The Infrastructure of Innovation Nune Hovhannisyan – Co-Founder & CEO Organisation: Armath Global | |
| 11:45 – 12:00 Foreign Direct Investment in the Iraqi Private Sector Zainab Al Kufaishi – Investment Expert | |
| 12:00 – 12:15 ASAN Service: Building Azerbaijan's startup ecosystem Vusal Rustamov – Executive Director at ASAN Innovations Center, Azerbaijan | |
| 12:15 – 12:30 Driving Growth Beyond Borders: Business Intelligence for Global Entrepreneurship Dr. Nehaa Sharma – Founder and Director, Acxelerate India | |
| 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (with an Optional Mindfulness Session) | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 Breath, Balance, and Focus: Coping with Work Stress Dr. Dheeraj P. Joshi – Yoga and Well-being Expert | |
| 14:00 – 14:15 Digital Enablers in e-Estonia: Private-Public Partnership Kedi Välba – CEO of Aktors/ICT Cluster Partner, Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications | |
| 14:15 – 14:30 TUMO: Redefining Education Through Creativity and AI Chris Shahinian – Head of TUMO International | |
| 14:30 – 14:45 Smart City Solutions Liu Jiang – Chief Technical Officer, Huawei, Kurdistan Region, Iraq | |
| 14:45 – 15:00 From Migration to Innovation Elle Griffin – Justice and Home Affairs Attaché, The UK Home Office’s Senior Representative in Iraq | |
| 15:00 – 15:15 AI in Customer Experience Marcus Kirsch – Founder, The Wicked Company | |
| 15:15 – 15:30 Driving Entrepreneurship: The GAFI's Strategic Role in Egypt Hossam AbdelKadder – Head of the Entrepreneurship Central Department, GAFI, Egypt | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 – 16:15 e-Participatory Budgeting with AI-Enhanced Blockchain Decentralised Autonomous Organizations Dr. Alex Norta – CEO, Owner, Research Entrepreneur, Dymaxion OÜ; Department of Informatics, University of Pretoria, South Africa | |
| 16:15 – 16:30 Online Entrepreneurship in Iran: Lessons from Market Leaders Abdolhossein Nazerian – Director General for International Scientific Affairs, Iran’s National University of Skill | |
| 16:30 – 16:45 Business Showcase: Lamasat Sara - A Success Story Sara Nezar Almahfooz – CEO and Founder, Lamasatsara | |
| 16:45 – 17:00 Business Case Female Founders – Violet Organization, The Foundation Hub and Smartsuli | |
| 17:00 – 17:10 Introducing e-Governance Academy and Signing of MoU Ants Urvak – e-Governance Academy Representative, Estonia | |
| 17:10 – 17:20 Closing Remarks |
SPEAKERS
Abdolhossein NazerianDirector General for international Scientific Affairs, National University of Skill, Tehran
