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The 2022 edition of Capital Square will act as a social hub to assemble the Abu Dhabi financial landscape, along with key innovators and entrepreneurs. Below is the Capital Square's agenda
Capital Square Day 1

EVENT AGENDA
EMCEE: Florian Akinbiyi
Expert Series
Candid Conversations on Building and Scaling Fintech Startups
Moderator
Yasmin Almostehy
Executive Director
MEVCA
Suneel Gokhale
Co-founder & General Partner
VentureSouq
Imad Gharazeddine
CEO
MamoPay
Expert Series
Embedded Finance - Turning Every Startup into a Fintech
Moderator
Hakan Eroglu
Global Open Banking & Open Data Practice Lead
Mastercard
Ihsan Al Hayek
Co-founder
DAPI
Imane Adel
EVP of Strategy
Paymob
Ibtissam Ouassif
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
Cashew Payments
Expert Series
How AI is helping SMEs Access Finance
Moderator
Peter Ware
Head of Research & Development
ADGM Academy
Professor Jin-Chuan Duan
Professor
National University of Singapore
Dr. Nihel Chabrak
Senior Business Consultant
ENABLINC
Mouza Al Nasri
Executive Director, Small Business Sector
Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development
Mohamed Al Binali
Growth & Strategy
Hub71
Keynote
How to Build a Unicorn Tech Company?
Stuart Sopp
CEO & Co-founder
Current
Live Entertainment
Pitch Day
NextGen Fintech
(15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)
Expert Series
Investing in Tech: What VCs Look For?
Moderator
Ameera Khalid
Vice President, Investor Relations & External Communications
Waha Capital
Anton Farlenkov
Managing Director
Winter Capital Advisors
Khaldoon Tabaza
Managing Director & Co-founder
iMENA Group
Sid Talwar
Co-founder
Lightbox VC
Expert Series
The Future of Fintech: Unlocking the vast potential of MENA's Digital Economy
Moderator
Tamara Pupic
Managing Editor, Entrepreneur Middle East
BNC Publishing
Girard Moussa
Head of UAE
Stripe
Sameer Poonja
Co-founder
Spades
Prateek Vahie
Chief Commercial Officer
Wio Bank
Live Entertainment
Capital Square Day 2

EVENT AGENDA
EMCEE: Florian Akinbiyi
Inside The Chopraverse
Moderator
Poonacha Machaiah
CEO
The Chopra Foundation
Deepak Chopra
MD, FACP, Founder
The Chopra Foundation
Maria Bravo
Co-founder
Global Gift Foundation
Alejandro Saez
Co-founder & Chairman
Utopia Web3.0
Keynote
Platform Banking: A New Way to Grow & Digitize
Jayesh Patel
CEO
Wio Bank
Expert Series
Why Startups Thrive in MENA
Kate Midttun
Founder & CEO
Acorn Strategy
Elodie Robin
Head of Growth & Strategy
Hub71
Christopher Scanlan
Group Head of Investor Relations
Pyypl
Keynote
10 Things to Know About Startup Fundraising
Kimberly Smith
Chief Capital Formation Officer
Techstars
Live Entertainment
Fireside
Chat on 'Defi and TradFi - Disruption or Synergy'
Moderator
Arjun Vir Singh
Partner
Arthur D. Little
Dominic Longman
Senior Executive Officer
Binance AD Ltd.
Craig Lund
COO
MidChains
Arshad Khan
CEO
Venomex Limited
Pitch Day
Future of Enterprise
Expert Series
Women in Tech
Moderator
Jen Blandos
Managing Partner
Female Fusion
Patricia Keating
Scale Lead
PwC
Salwa Al Zahmi
CEO & Founder
SPLCO Ltd.
Laudy Lahdo
Senior Business Advisor
C3
Expert Series
Banks & Fintechs: Partnerships for the Win
Moderator
Tanya Ghuman
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Plug and Play
Mehdi Fichtali
CEO
FinaMaze
Christopher Flinos
CEO
HAYVN
Keynote
Maximising The Awesome Power of Data
Thomas Pramotedham
CEO
Presight
Live Entertainment
Capital Square Day 3

EVENT AGENDA
Keynote
The $50bn Opportunity To Fix Plastic
Maryam Al Mansoori
General Manager
Rebound Ltd.
Fireside
Financing Sustainability Communities
Moderator
Naima Alfalasi
Strategy Execution
ADGM
Dominique El Azzi
Senior Sustainability Manager
HSBC
Sarah Mohammadi
CEO
Family Business Council Gulf
Mona Al Hashmi
Acting Division Director - Social Entrepreneurship
Authority of Social Contribution - Ma'an
Fireside
Inside HealthTech Innovation
Moderator
Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta
Independent Non-Executive Director
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Erik Koornneef
Director of Research & Innovation
Purehealth
Hasna Al Mutawa
Founder & CEO
Doctors AE
Dr. Ari Gargir
CEO & Founder
RedC Biotech
Mohammed Al Owais
Board Member
Emirates Angels
Expert Series
Kevin O'Leary's WonderFi in Abu Dhabi. Why Abu Dhabi? Why Now?
Moderator
Sarah Omolewu
Managing Partner
Maven Marketing & Events
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman
O'Leary Ventures
Eng. Abdulla Abdul Aziz AlShamsi
Acting Director General
Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Celebrity Entrepreneur World Cup
Metta World Peace
Founder & Chairman of Artest Management Group; Tech Investor; Founder of XvsX App; NBA Champion
Patrice Evra
Former Manchester United & France National Team Captain; Entrepreneur
Deepak Chopra
MD, FACP, Founder
The Chopra Foundation
Eng. Abdulla Abdul Aziz AlShamsi
Acting Director General
Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman
O'Leary Ventures
Moderated by the Partners of Maven Global Access
Sarah Omolewu
Managing Partner
Maven Marketing & Events
Patrice Brickman
Founder
Inspire Capital / WE Capital
Kate Goodall
Co-founder & CEO / Founder
Halcyon / WE Capital
Fireside
The Future of the Startups ecosystem in the UAE
Moderator
Sacha Haider
Partner
Global Ventures
Mohamed Fayed
CEO & Co-founder
Grubtech
Ramesh Jagannathan
Managing Director
startAD
Pitch Day
Smart & Sustainable Societies (15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)
Presentation
Developing a Roadmap for Abu Dhabi Residents' Growth and Success
Mark Durzi
Head of Operations
Abu Dhabi Residents Office
Capital Square Day 1

EVENT AGENDA
EMCEE: Florian Akinbiyi
Expert Series
Candid Conversations on Building and Scaling Fintech Startups
Moderator
Yasmin Almostehy
Executive Director
MEVCA
Suneel Gokhale
Co-founder & General Partner
VentureSouq
Imad Gharazeddine
CEO
MamoPay
Expert Series
Embedded Finance - Turning Every Startup into a Fintech
Moderator
Hakan Eroglu
Global Open Banking & Open Data Practice Lead
Mastercard
Ihsan Al Hayek
Co-founder
DAPI
Imane Adel
EVP of Strategy
Paymob
Ibtissam Ouassif
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
Cashew Payments
Expert Series
How AI is helping SMEs Access Finance
Moderator
Peter Ware
Head of Research & Development
ADGM Academy
Professor Jin-Chuan Duan
Professor
National University of Singapore
Dr. Nihel Chabrak
Senior Business Consultant
ENABLINC
Mouza Al Nasri
Executive Director, Small Business Sector
Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development
Mohamed Al Binali
Growth & Strategy
Hub71
Keynote
How to Build a Unicorn Tech Company?
Stuart Sopp
CEO & Co-founder
Current
Live Entertainment
Pitch Day
NextGen Fintech
(15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)
Expert Series
Investing in Tech: What VCs Look For?
Moderator
Ameera Khalid
Vice President, Investor Relations & External Communications
Waha Capital
Anton Farlenkov
Managing Director
Winter Capital Advisors
Khaldoon Tabaza
Managing Director & Co-founder
iMENA Group
Sid Talwar
Co-founder
Lightbox VC
Expert Series
The Future of Fintech: Unlocking the vast potential of MENA's Digital Economy
Moderator
Tamara Pupic
Managing Editor, Entrepreneur Middle East
BNC Publishing
Girard Moussa
Head of UAE
Stripe
Sameer Poonja
Co-founder
Spades
Prateek Vahie
Chief Commercial Officer
Wio Bank
Live Entertainment
Capital Square Day 2

EVENT AGENDA
EMCEE: Florian Akinbiyi
Inside The Chopraverse
Moderator
Poonacha Machaiah
CEO
The Chopra Foundation
Deepak Chopra
MD, FACP, Founder
The Chopra Foundation
Maria Bravo
Co-founder
Global Gift Foundation
Alejandro Saez
Co-founder & Chairman
Utopia Web3.0
Keynote
Platform Banking: A New Way to Grow & Digitize
Jayesh Patel
CEO
Wio Bank
Expert Series
Why Startups Thrive in MENA
Kate Midttun
Founder & CEO
Acorn Strategy
Elodie Robin
Head of Growth & Strategy
Hub71
Christopher Scanlan
Group Head of Investor Relations
Pyypl
Keynote
10 Things to Know About Startup Fundraising
Kimberly Smith
Chief Capital Formation Officer
Techstars
Live Entertainment
Fireside
Chat on 'Defi and TradFi - Disruption or Synergy'
Moderator
Arjun Vir Singh
Partner
Arthur D. Little
Dominic Longman
Senior Executive Officer
Binance AD Ltd.
Craig Lund
COO
MidChains
Arshad Khan
CEO
Venomex Limited
Pitch Day
Future of Enterprise
Expert Series
Women in Tech
Moderator
Jen Blandos
Managing Partner
Female Fusion
Patricia Keating
Scale Lead
PwC
Salwa Al Zahmi
CEO & Founder
SPLCO Ltd.
Laudy Lahdo
Senior Business Advisor
C3
Expert Series
Banks & Fintechs: Partnerships for the Win
Moderator
Tanya Ghuman
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Plug and Play
Mehdi Fichtali
CEO
FinaMaze
Christopher Flinos
CEO
HAYVN
Keynote
Maximising The Awesome Power of Data
Thomas Pramotedham
CEO
Presight
Live Entertainment
Capital Square Day 3

EVENT AGENDA
Keynote
The $50bn Opportunity To Fix Plastic
Maryam Al Mansoori
General Manager
Rebound Ltd.
Fireside
Financing Sustainability Communities
Moderator
Naima Alfalasi
Strategy Execution
ADGM
Dominique El Azzi
Senior Sustainability Manager
HSBC
Sarah Mohammadi
CEO
Family Business Council Gulf
Mona Al Hashmi
Acting Division Director - Social Entrepreneurship
Authority of Social Contribution - Ma'an
Fireside
Inside HealthTech Innovation
Moderator
Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta
Independent Non-Executive Director
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Erik Koornneef
Director of Research & Innovation
Purehealth
Hasna Al Mutawa
Founder & CEO
Doctors AE
Dr. Ari Gargir
CEO & Founder
RedC Biotech
Mohammed Al Owais
Board Member
Emirates Angels
Expert Series
Kevin O'Leary's WonderFi in Abu Dhabi. Why Abu Dhabi? Why Now?
Moderator
Sarah Omolewu
Managing Partner
Maven Marketing & Events
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman
O'Leary Ventures
Eng. Abdulla Abdul Aziz AlShamsi
Acting Director General
Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Celebrity Entrepreneur World Cup
Metta World Peace
Founder & Chairman of Artest Management Group; Tech Investor; Founder of XvsX App; NBA Champion
Patrice Evra
Former Manchester United & France National Team Captain; Entrepreneur
Deepak Chopra
MD, FACP, Founder
The Chopra Foundation
Eng. Abdulla Abdul Aziz AlShamsi
Acting Director General
Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman
O'Leary Ventures
Moderated by the Partners of Maven Global Access
Sarah Omolewu
Managing Partner
Maven Marketing & Events
Patrice Brickman
Founder
Inspire Capital / WE Capital
Kate Goodall
Co-founder & CEO / Founder
Halcyon / WE Capital
Fireside
The Future of the Startups ecosystem in the UAE
Moderator
Sacha Haider
Partner
Global Ventures
Mohamed Fayed
CEO & Co-founder
Grubtech
Ramesh Jagannathan
Managing Director
startAD
Pitch Day
Smart & Sustainable Societies (15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)
Presentation
Developing a Roadmap for Abu Dhabi Residents' Growth and Success
Mark Durzi
Head of Operations
Abu Dhabi Residents Office