The 10th Regional Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference in the Middle East and North Africa – The 10th Regional Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference in the Middle East and North Africa

In Partnership with

Under the patronage and presence of

HE Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim
Deputy Chief of Police and General Security in Dubai, The Honorary President of the Emirates Intellectual Property Association

Under the patronage and presence of
HE Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim
Deputy Chief of Police and General Security in Dubai, The Honorary President of the Emirates Intellectual Property Association

Welcome message

Greetings,

In conjunction with the Expo 2020 and Under the patronage and presence of HE Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chief of Police and General Security in Dubai, The Honorary President of the Emirates Intellectual Property Association, the Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA) and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) are organizing in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Justice, Dubai Customs, and Brand Owners’ Protection Group (BPG), the 10th Regional Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference in the Middle East and North Africa.

This event will be held on 13th and 14th of December 2021 to highlight and connect the Expo 2020 themes (Opportunities/Mobility/Sustainability) with intellectual property protection. This will include the most important developments and challenges in the enforcement of intellectual property laws, new opportunities to combat intellectual property crimes, presenting new technologies of facilitating legal control procedures, and presenting global best practices in the protection of intellectual Property and trafficking of counterfeit and pirate goods.

We invite all private and public organizations to participate by officially sponsoring this great national event. We look forward to your support which will be of great impact in the development of UAE in the IP sector.

Best Regards and Respect

Major General Dr. Abdel Qudous A.Razaq Al Obaidli

Assistant Commander General for Excellence & Pioneering, Dubai Police
Chairman of the Emirates Intellectual Property Association

EVENT IN NUMBERS

20+

SPEAKERS & PANELIST

30+

SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

500+

ATTENDEES

Media Press Conference

EVENT FORMAT

2-day international conference

Keynotes

Panel discussions

Technical presentations

Case studies

1-day international exhibition

Event Attendance

Day 1: Virtual or Physical attendance

Day 2: Virtual attendance only

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Law Firms and Legal Consultants

Consultants

Research and Academia

Technology and Solution Providers

Consumer Brands

Government and Ministries

Law Enforcement Authorities

Trade Associations and Bodies

Customs and Supply Chain/ Logistics Organizations

2022 ADVISORS

Eng. Ali Abuzinjal

Director of Digital Transformation, Sharjah Research Technology and innovation Park Authority, Sharjah

Dr. Ahmad Altarawneh

Senior Strategic Digital Transformation Consultant – Pioneering and Excellence, Dubai police, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Humaid Saif Saeed

Artificial intelligence Expert & Head at Artificial intelligence Division, Abu Dhabi

Laila Al Hadhrami

Former Director of Smart City Building Capacity & Awareness & Member of National Program of AI and AT, Smart Cities Development expert – National Energy Center, Oman

Loay Ghazaleh

Undersecretary Advisor, Ministry of Works, Kingdom of Bahrain

2022 SPEAKERS

H.E Eng. Ali Bin Towaih AlSuwaidi

Director General, Ajman Free Zone (AFZ), United Arab Emirates

H.E. Belal Hafnawi

Commissioner – Board Member at Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Digitization, Technology, Digital Transformation, AI, IoT, Blockchain, leadership, Strategy and Regulatory Expert, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Jordan

H.E. Mohamed Hassan Ahli

Executive Director of the National Statistics and Data Sector, Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, United Arab Emirates

Ali Juma Khamis

Director Digital Health Department – Head Office, Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Kalthoom Mohammad

Director Of Hospitals Department and transformation, Emirates Health Services – Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates

Eng. Isha Aljasmi

IT Director, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates

Latifa Alshehhi

Head of Future of Data Department & Head of Algorithms Development and Analysis, Ministry of Cabinet affairs – Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center (FCSC), United Arab Emirates

Dr. Riham Moawad

Strategic development Specialist for Vice Minister, Ministry of communications and Information Technology, Egypt

Laila Al Hadhrami

Former Director of Smart City Building Capacity & Awareness & Member of National Program of AI and AT, Smart Cities Development expert – National Energy Center, Oman

Eng. Ali Abuzinjal

IT Director, Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Authority, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Ahmad Altarawneh

Senior Strategic Consultant Digital Transformation, Pioneering and Excellence, Dubai Police General HQ, United Arab Emirates

Eng. Mohammed Ali Alshaya

Technology Executive Director, Ajman Free zone, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Humaid Saif Saeed

Artificial intelligence Expert & Head at Artificial intelligence Division, Abu Dhabi Police, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Fahad A. Alhamed

Chairman of the board, Saudi Cloud Computing Association, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Franco Adrian Castillero

Associate Director, Digital Transformation, Boston Consulting Group, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Jassim Haji

President – Artificial Intelligence Society / International Group of Artificial Intelligence, Kingdom of Bahrain

Mohammad J Sear

Digital Government & Public Sector Consulting Leader, Ernst & Young, MENA, United Arab Emirates

Prof. Dr. Borhen Marzougui

Digital Transformation and Smart Cities Expert, Former RTA, United Arab Emirates

Shafiullah Ismail

Vice President & Head, Information Security, Governance & Risk, Mubadala, United Arab Emirates

TIME	CONFERENCE PROGRAM
08:00	Registration, refreshments, and networking
09:00	Great Minds opening remarks
09:05	Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks SESSION 1 – Overview of the data-driven government and its role in improving decision making and performance in the region
09:15	Opening keynote address – Utilizing data to create competitive advantage Building a distinguished citizen experience using data analytics and AI tools Understanding the importance of collected data to deliver useful insights, make informed decisions, and improve the quality of life Establishing and leveraging data to improve policies and processes for economic development
09:35	Executive panel discussion 1 – Vision and strategy for data and its role in the MENA region Overview of vision and strategy plans of government authorities on the optimization and usage of data in the region Discussing goal setting, benchmarking, and establishing a reference point to measure your progress Recognizing the transformative potential of data analytics and its role in innovating smart services and improve quality of life for citizens and residents Leveraging data analytics to unlock key information, improve transparency and efficiency in citizen management Identifying and providing the necessary and accurate data for the private sector to support economic development Addressing different regulatory frameworks to manage risks and optime data usage and potential in the region Panelists: Laila Al Hadhrami, Director of Smart City Building Capacity & Awareness & Member of National Program of AI and AT, Oman Dr. Kalthoom Mohammad, Director Of Hospitals Department and transformation, Emirates Health Services – Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates Dr. Riham Moawad, Strategic development Specialist for Vice Minister, Ministry of communications and Information Technology, Egypt
10:20	Technology innovation session 1 This session will highlight latest technologies in advanced data management and analysis. The session consists of 10-minute back-to-back presentations from experts in the industry who will provide insights and case studies on the successful application of a variety of advanced data management and analytics innovations. Industry insight 1 Industry insight 2
10:50	Fireside chat
11:00	Coffee break and networking
11:30	Panel discussion 2 – Adopting a data-driven government strategy to improve decision making and performance Understanding data sharing capacity from a national data platform perspective to provide effective and easy user access to all available resources Overcoming data silos to build and empower cross-functional teams Utilizing data to validate a course of action before decision making Identifying the right combination of data solutions to make data-driven decisions and create excellent citizen experiences Unlocking the value of location data insights using visualization and other geospatial technologies Panelists: Dr. Ahmad Altarawneh, Senior Strategic Digital Transformation Consultant – Pioneering and Excellence, Dubai police, United Arab Emirates Dr. Humaid Saif Saeed, Artificial intelligence Expert & Head at Artificial intelligence Division, Abu Dhabi Eng. Isha Aljasmi, IT Director, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
12:15	Presentation 1 – Data science: smart implementation of machine learning and AI Discussing the best models in Machine Learning to be applied on collected data to optimize government smart services Exploring latest AI techniques to extract insights and new patterns from new data to enable predictive analysis Classifying the algorithms utilized to update the probabilities after the initial data analysis is generated Speaker: Dr. Jassim Haji, President – Artificial Intelligence Society / International Group of Artificial Intelligence, Kingdom of Bahrain
Session 2 – Embracing intelligent technologies in a data-driven environment
12:35	Technology innovation session 2 This session will highlight latest technologies in advanced data management and analysis. The session consists of 10-minute back-to-back presentations from experts in the industry who will provide insights and case studies on the successful application of a variety of advanced data management and analytics innovations. Industry insight 1 Industry insight 2
13:05	Panel discussion 3 – Building a high-performing analytics ecosystem to achieve excellence towards 4.0 transformation Exploring intelligent technologies (ML, AI, RPA, blockchain, augmented analytics, etc.) to understand and achieve operational excellence Leveraging full potential of data virtualization to maximize advanced analytics in modern data architectures Deriving insights with cognitive and predictive analytics to accomplish set goals Aggregating and analyzing data in real time to align critical processes, manpower and technologies Evaluating IIoT technologies to automate and process data which will help optimize decision making and enable transformation Panelists: Dr. Humaid Saif Saeed, Artificial intelligence Expert & Head at Artificial intelligence Division, Abu Dhabi Latifa Alshehhi, Director of Future of Data Department & Head of Algorithms Development and Analysis, Ministry of Cabinet affairs – Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center (FCSC), United Arab Emirates Eng. Ali Abuzinjal, IT Director, Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Authority, United Arab Emirates
13:50	Presentation 2 – Integrating 2D & 3D geospatial data analytics technology in the public sector Utilizing spatial data analytics to solve complex geo-based problems and fact-based decision making Leveraging advanced spatial analytics to effectively examine large data sets and eliminate errors Looking at the analysis of visuals of 2D and 3D spatial technology to understand the corresponding properties and implications Reviewing state-of-the-art technology of spatial modelling to identify key achievements and challenges Speaker: Mohammad J Sear, Digital Government & Public Sector Consulting Leader, Ernst & Young, MENA, United Arab Emirates
14:10	Closing remarks by Chairman
14:30	Networking lunch & end of day 1

TIME	CONFERENCE PROGRAM
08:00	Registration, refreshments, and networking
09:00	Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks Session 3 – Adopting an operational approach to build a robust data environment
09:15	Keynote session – The road to establish a strong compliance framework Understanding data sovereignty framework of the region and discovering data law challenges Discussing data analytics regulatory framework to ensure optimization of data usage Addressing the need for a data-driven strategy to establish regulatory requirements and internal policies Identifying new and emerging risks to data privacy and security and the right policies to prevent them Speaker: Reserved for Eng. Khaled el Attar, Vice Minister for Administrative Reform, Digital Transformation and Automation, Ministry of communications and Information Technology, Egypt
09:35	Panel Discussion 1 – Reviewing the region’s cyber security capabilities and identifying challenges Exploring key data security challenges related to infrastructure, connectivity, manpower, and technology lag Addressing data governance as a key to manage the security and privacy of data and citizen information Identifying data security controls that can support the quality and accuracy of data insights Implementing most efficient techniques of information privacy on regional data platforms to ensure trust among citizens and residents
10:20	Technology innovation session 1 This session will highlight latest technologies in advanced data management and analysis. The session consists of 10-minute back-to-back presentations from experts in the industry who will provide insights and case studies on the successful application of a variety of advanced data management and analytics innovations. Industry insight 1 Industry insight 2
10:50	Presentation 1 – Data processing and statistical models: The role of imputation for missing data value in detecting fraudulent reports Understanding the interplay of statistics and computation to measure the impact of missing data value Discussing latest imputation methods and their implementation in different stages Classifying data exploration and mining, and handling missing values by applying detection techniques to data sets Exploring successful use of predictive analytics in optimizing information interpretation and data organization
11:10	Presentation 2 – Data security v/s data privacy: What is the real difference Discussing the similarities and differences between data security and privacy Looking at the best practices in data security and privacy to understand the levels of violation and security failure Understanding the common regulations in compliance for data security and privacy Exploring tokenization to virtually eliminate the risk of data theft in both data security and privacy spectrums Identifying different measures to ensure data security that will lead to sensitive information privacy
11:20	Coffee break and networking Session 4 – Upcoming trends in data management
11:50	Technology innovation session 2 This session will highlight latest technologies in advanced data management and analysis. The session consists of 10-minute back-to-back presentations from experts in the industry who will provide insights and case studies on the successful application of a variety of advanced data management and analytics innovations. Industry insight 1 Industry insight 2
12:20	Presentation 3 – Capitalizing on the power of hybrid data analytics for a safe, structured and high-capacity storage infrastructure Driving innovations in enterprise data management to enable advanced analytics Exploring the key dimensions of the hybrid environment to understand the hybrid data analytics process (internal and external data, operational data, self-service access and exploration, data lake, and cloud and on-premises etc.) Leveraging the power of hybrid data to overcome key challenges related to on-premise and cloud storage Speaker: Dr. Fahad A. Alhamed, Chairman of the board, Saudi Cloud Computing Association, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
12:40	Panel discussion 2 – Exploring upcoming trends to better understand the future of data in the government sector Exploring data monetization strategies to drive process improvement and financial returns Adopting augmented data management performance as the key function to boost productivity and efficiency Exploring self-service tools to manage data assets effectively and efficiently without requiring specific technical expertise or training Upgrading your visualization techniques to convert data into stories and convey the importance of the analyzed information Adopting blockchain and distributed ledger technology to increase transaction security Panelists: Ali Juma Khamis, Director Digital Health Department – Head Office, United Arab Emirates Dr. Jassim Haji, President – Artificial Intelligence Society / International Group of Artificial Intelligence, Kingdom of Bahrain Mohammed Ali Alshaya, Technology Executive Director, Ajman Free zone, United Arab Emirates
13:25	Presentation 4 – Overview of current and upcoming data integration strategies Connecting applications to reduce human effort and error, and improve data quality and value Evolving towards cloud integration for a flexible and scalable infrastructure Understanding the planning for metadata management to increase the value of granular data integration Leveraging and combining more data types while analyzing datasets to generate useful insights for integration
13:55	Closing remarks by Chairman
14:15	Networking lunch & end of conference

WHY GET INVOLVED

GET IN FRONT OF YOUR TARGET MARKET

Get access to key government authorities involved with ongoing and upcoming data management and analytics in the region and get insight into their plans to invest in new technologies and spot opportunities.

GAIN PROJECT INSIGHTS

Get first-hand details on timelines and requirements of current governmental projects from across the region and spot opportunities.

RAISE YOUR BRAND AWARENESS

Opportunity to position your brand as one of the leading companies in the sector to help stakeholders and project owners achieve their targets.

INCREASE YOUR COMPETITIVENESS

Learn about the challenges faced by the region’s key organizations and identify how you can provide them with customized solutions to help them overcome them

GENERATE STRONG LEADS

Learn about data management requirements of key government authorities and influence decision makers and stand a chance of being shortlisted for upcoming projects.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

If you have a product or service that will be valuable to leading authorities in the field of intellectual property management, law enforcement, brand protection and counterfeit management, please contact us on partnerships@gmevents.ae to find out more about sponsorship packages and opportunities