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 Tech Nation Through Collective Power
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

Qubad Talabani Qubad Talabani
Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region
Ali Al-Jarwan Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan
Managing Director, Exploration & Production and CEO of Dragon Oil
Gudrun Sack Gudrun Sack
Managing Director of the state-owned company Tegel Project GmbH
Linna Vahtras Liina Vahtras
Managing Director of Estonian e-Residency
Dheeraj P. Joshi Dr. Dheeraj Prakash Joshi
Yoga and Wellbeing Expert
LAMASAT SARA Sara Nezar Almahfooz
CEO and Founder Lamasatsara
Hasan Alkhatib Dr. Hasan Alkhatib
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq
HOSSAM ABDELKADER Hossam AbdelKadder
Head of the Entrepreneurship Central Department, GAFI
V. Rustamov Vusal Rustamov
Executive Director at ASAN Innovations Center, Azerbaijan
Nehaa Sharma Dr. Nehaa Sharma
Founder and Director, Acxelerate India
Rozha Ahmed Dr. Rozha Kamal Ahmed
Lecturer & Researcher, Sulaimani Polytechnic University
Nune Hovhannisyan Nune Hovhannisyan
Co-Founder & CEO Armath Global
LIU JIANG Liu Jiang
Chief Technical Officer, Huawei Office, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Elle Griffin Elle Griffin
Justice and Home Affairs Attaché and Head of the UK Home Office in Iraq
Hussain Qaragholi Hussain Qaragholi
Managing Partner Phoenix Finance Partners
Piret Hirv Piret Hirv
Head of the Data Management Competence Centre, e-Governance Academy
Ants Urvak Ants Urvak
Client Relations Expert, e-Governance Academy
Kedi Välba Kedi Välba
CEO of Aktors/ ICT Cluster partner
A Nazerian Abdolhossein Nazerian
Director General for international Scientific Affairs, National University of Skill, Tehran
Chris Shahinian Chris Shahinian
Director of TUMO International TUMO Center for Creative Technologies
Alex Norta Alex Norta
Researcher and entrepreneur
Zainab Kufaishi Zainab Al Kufaishi
Senior Investment Professional
Marcus Kirsch Marcus Kirsch
Founder, The Wicked Company

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