Agenda

*Color code:Gray : Breaks,Dark Blue : Common talks,Pink : AI,Light Blue : Cybersecurity


  • Sunday, October 22, 2023
  • Monday, October 23, 2023
  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Day 1
8:00 – 9:00 Welcome Coffee & Registration
9:00 – 9:40 Opening Ceremony
9:40 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 10:30 Keynote Speaker
Brigadier General Fahad Al-Adhba
Speaker from The Gulf Academy for Strategic and Security Studies
Talk title: Technological Transformation of Modern Warfare
10:35 – 11:15 Keynote Speaker(Ai)
Dr. Simon See
Senior Director, Chief Solution Architect and – Global Head, NVIDIA AI Technology Center
Talk title: Science, Mathematics, and AI
11:25 – 12:00 Keynote Speaker (AI)
Nancy Wang
Director of Engineering & GM, Amazon Web Services
Talk title: AI in Innovation
12:15 – 13:00 Keynote speaker (Cyber)
Prof. Wengliang Du
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University
Talk title: SEED Labs and Internet/Blockchain Emulator for Cybersecurity Education
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 AI Session
Dr. Rafael Dean Brown
Qatar University College of Law (14:00-14:40)
Title: Future Ethical, Moral, Social. And Regulatory Dilemmas in AI

Cybersecurity session

Dr. Issa Khalil
(14:00 – 14:40)
Principal Scientist in the Cybersecurity Group at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)
Title: Multi-Instance Adversarial Attack Against GNN-Based Malicious Domain Detection

Cybersecurity session

Prof. Norbik Bashar Bin Idris
(14:45 – 15:30)
IIUM, Malaysia
Title: AI-Powered Cybersecurity: Navigating the Future
15:30 – 17:00 AI Session
Dr. Susu Zughaier
Qatar University College of Medicine (15:20 – 16:00)
Title: AI Applications for Infectious Diseases

Innovation and Startups Showcase
AI Coding Competition Announcement & Workshop
Qatar University College of Law (14:00-14:40)
Monday, October 23, 2023
Day 2
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Coffee
9:15 – 10:50 (9:15-9:55) AI Session
Prof. Irwin King
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Federated Machine Learning
Title: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence with Federated Learning.
Cybersecurity Panel Session
Title: Future Technologies Related to Cybersecurity
Moderator: Dr. Devrim Unal, Research Associate Professor KINDI Center for Computing Research
Panelists:
Kenan Begovic (BeIN) Abdullatif Shikfa (University of Doha for Science and Technology) Manoj Chandrasenan (Qatar Energy) Wengliang Du (Syracuse University) Norbik Bashar Idris (IIUM)
(10:00-10:40) AI Session
Dr. Mejdal Al Qahtani
King Saoud University
Title: “Empowering Digital Learning with Generative AI.”
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:35 AI Session(10:55 – 11:35)
Dr. Anis Koubaa
Prince Sultan University – Aide To The President On PSU Research Governance, Research and Initiatives Director, Executive Director of the Innovation Center
Title: The Rise of Generative AI: Does Human Expertise Have an Expiry Date?
Cybersecurity Session
Dr. Adnan Akhunzada
Associate Professor at University of Doha for Science and Technology
Title: IBAC: Internet of things, blockchains, AI and cybersecurity
11:40 – 12:15 AI Session
Dr. Abdulsalam Al-Yafei
IS/IT & Engineering Group Manager from Qatalum
Title: The Future of Industry – AI
Cybersecurity Session
Dr. Osmanbey Uzunkol
Professor at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences
Title: Secure and Verifiable Outsourcing Schemes of Security Critical Computations
12:20 – 12:55 AI Session (9:15-10:00)
Dr. Anshumali Shrivastava
Founder: Third AI Corp. Associate Professor, Computer Science Rice University
Title: Introducing BOLT2.5B, the world’s first Generative LLM entirely pre-trained on a CPU-Only
Cybersecurity Session
Prof. Joseph Boutros
Texas A&M University Qatar
Title: Coding for Quantum Key Distribution
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 AI Panel (AI in Innovation)
Title: AI in Innovation
Cybersecurity Session
Dr. Atif Ahmad
Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne’s School of Computing & Information Systems
Title: Organizational response to cyber attacks: An evidence-based study of an exemplar firm
15:40 – 17:00 Ideation Competition Announcement and Launch Cybersecurity Session
Dr. Dan Dongseong Kim
Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering risbane, Australia
Title: Novel Proactive Cyber Defence – Moving Target Defense (MTD): Introduction and Future Challenges
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Day 3
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Coffee & Training Registration
9:15 – 10:50 9:15 – 10:00 AI Session
Dr.Eng.Fadi Nasser
Chief Commercial Officer of MEEZA
Title: How AI and Advanced Data are changing the way we work and live
Cybersecurity Competition Training
Dr. Abdelhak Belhi
Dr.Armstrong Nhlabatsi
Dr. Nabil Litayem
10:50 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 11:00 – 12:15 AI Panel Discussion
Title: AI in Healthcare
Moderator: Yosra Magdi
Panelists:Dr. Mohammad Saad
Dr. Arfan Ahmed
Dr. Susu Zughaier
Dr. Ahmed Serag
Dr. Mahmood Adil
Dr. Max Renault
Cybersecurity Workshop 
Dr. Abdelhak Belhi
Dr.Armstrong Nhlabatsi
Dr. Nabil Litayem
12:20 – 13:00 AI Session
Mr. Yahia Selim
Aljazeera Network
Title: How AI is changing newsrooms worldwide?
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00 AI Coding Competition Cybersecurity Workshop
14:15-16:15
Prof. Osmanbey Uzunkol

Title: Elliptic Curve Cryptography and Practical Applications (Blockchain and Internet of Things)
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Day 4
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome Coffee & Competitions Registration
9:15 – 11:00 9:15 – 10:15 AI Session
Dr. Oussama El Ghoul – Mada Center

Title: Bridging Gaps: How AI Enhances Inclusivity for Individuals with Disabilities
Cybersecurity Competition
Live Fire Cyber Security Competition
10:20 – 11:00 AI Session
Dr. Mahmood Adil Ministerial Advisor, Ministry of Public Health, Qatar, Global Clinical Data & Digital Lead, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, UK
Title: Harnessing AI in Healthcare in Qatar: Learning from International Best Practice
11:00 – 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10 – 14:00 Ideation Competition Pitching Day Cybersecurity Competition
Live Fire Cyber Security Competition
14:00 – 15:00 Winners Presentation & Closing Remarks
Hackathon Winners Announcement / Lunch