Catalyst Masterclass
2025

• 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM |
• Al Habtoor Ballroom

The Innovate 2025 conference is meticulously designed to provide you with a rich, immersive experience that drives actionable insights & fosters collaboration from keynote presentations.

• 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM |
• Karl Tlais

Explore the future of innovation, leadership, and AI in this compelling opening keynote. Discover the key strategies and insights needed to navigate the changing landscape and build a better tomorrow.

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• Andrea Prazakova

Uncover unstoppable trends, key challenges, and emerging opportunities. Discover how next-generation leaders drive innovation, ideation, and rapid experimentation.

Master the art of identifying customer needs and crafting compelling value propositions.

• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
• Al Habtoor Ballroom

Engage in lively conversations with industry leaders, attendees and speakers. Forge valuable connections that could shape future collaborations and opportunities.

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• Andrea Prazakova - Founder & Chief AI Officer, BrainGym

Learn to develop and compete on business models and value propositions, not just products and services.

Walk away with practical frameworks and tools for value creation, scaling, and driving profitable growth. Develop a plan to implement your idea or project with clarity and structure.

• 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM |
• Al Habtoor Ballroom

Enjoy a delicious meal and the perfect opportunity to connect with leaders, speakers and attendees in a relaxed atmosphere. Share insights from the morning sessions, forge new relationships and collaboration opportunities.

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• Dr Usama Nouri - Founder & CEO, Accemind

For enterprises and startups to thrive, they need the right mix of vision, talents, execution, and investment, but what exactly are leaders, founders and investors prioritizing in today’s fast-changing landscape?

In this dynamic panel, enterprise executives and startup founders will share firsthand insights and practical frameworks into the entrepreneurial mindset.

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• Mohamad Issa - Co-Founder & CEO, Cash My Stock

Explore how to embrace the founder’s entrepreneurial framework and mindset. Develop a step-by-step roadmap for achieving scalable growth. Learn to build a robust and scalable business model and a powerful growth engine.

Discover how to maintain agility, foster innovation, and preserve organizational culture while scaling.

• 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM |
• Al Habtoor Ballroom

Engage in lively conversations with industry leaders, attendees and speakers. Forge valuable connections that could shape future collaborations and opportunities.

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• Alaa Dalghan - Founder & CEO, Cognit DX

Panelists: Frederic Chanay-Savoyen, VP AI Solutions & Technologies, Mila AI | Andrea Prazakova, Founder & Chief AI Officer, BrainGym | Hani Khalaf, CTO & Business Development Lead, Dell | Emad Shafik, Senior Executive Partner, Gartner | Dr Imad Hoballah, VP for Institutional Advancement & External Relation, American University of Ras Al Khaimah

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• Alaa Dalghan - Founder & CEO, Cognit DX

Create an AI playbook for your business and team. Get hands-on with prompt engineering. Develop, test, and refine prompts for real-world use cases. Unlock hidden AI capabilities with advanced prompt techniques. Use multiple leading platforms (e.g., Chatgpt, Claude, Gemini).

Walk away with a set of ready-to-use prompt templates and embed prompt engineering into your workflows. Discover where and how prompt engineering fits into your existing tools and processes.

• 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM |
• Al Habtoor Ballroom

Celebrate your hands-on learning journey and receive your certificate from American University of Ras Al Khaimah. Connect with leaders, speakers and attendees, sharing your key takeaways and future opportunities for collaboration.