Saudi Arabia is a G20 economy and the largest economy in the Arab World and the Middle East. It has made strong progress in transforming its economy away from a dependence on hydrocarbon resources and through this process is attracting strong investment interest into the digital infrastructure to enable its transformation. This investment momentum is driven also by a high standard of living and the support of the country's leaders.
Event Agenda
Agenda
8:30 AM
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Main Hall
Registration
9:45 AM
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Main Hall
Keynote delivered by the Chief Guest: How is Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 progressing and what have been the key deliverables and learnings so far?
10:05 AM
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Main Hall
Power Panel: How will the 'Data Centre Services Regulations' impact local providers and what will be the international implications?
10:45 AM
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Main Hall
Expert Panel Discussion: Which are the key global digital demand trends that Saudi data centre and cloud providers should be aware of as key sources of future business?
11:25 AM
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Main Hall
Coffee Break & Expo Networking
11:50 AM
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Main Hall
Expert Panel Discussion: How will it be possible for data centres, cloud and networks in Saudi Arabia to manage the demands that AI will make in terms of compute, storage and connectivity?
12:30 PM
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Main Hall
Keynote: How will changing global investment requirements affect investor appetite for data centre investment in Saudi Arabia?
12:50 PM
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Main Hall
Keynote: Scope 3 - the next major data centre sustainability challenge?
1:10 PM
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Main Hall
Lunch & Networking
2:30 PM
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Main Hall
Expert Panel Discussion: What can the data centre sector learn from the resources industry? And vica-versa?
3:10 PM
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Main Hall
Keynote: How will digital technology change the design and build process for Saudi data centres in the future?
3:30 PM
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Main Hall
Afternoon coffee break
3:50 PM
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Main Hall
Keynote: How will cloud need to evolve and change to meet future Saudi IT requirements?
4:10 PM
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Main Hall
Expert Discussion Panel: What will be the key opportunities and challenges for the Saudi data centre and cloud sectors over the next 5 years or so?