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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

Time
Session
Speaker(s)
Venue
11:00 11:30
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

Capital Square
11:30 12:00
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

Capital Square
12:00 12:30
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

Capital Square
12:30 13:00
Keynote
How to Build a Unicorn Tech Company?
Stuart Sopp

CEO & Co-founder

Current

Capital Square
13:00 14:30

Live Entertainment

Capital Square
Capital Square
14:30 16:00
Pitch Day
NextGen Fintech

(15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)

Capital Square
16:00 16:30
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

Capital Square
16:30 17:00
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

Capital Square
17:00 19:00

Live Entertainment

Capital Square

Capital Square Day 2

EVENT AGENDA

EMCEE: Florian Akinbiyi

Time
Session
Speaker(s)
Venue
11:00 11:30
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

Capital Square
11:30 11:45
Keynote
Platform Banking: A New Way to Grow & Digitize
Jayesh Patel

CEO

Wio Bank

Capital Square
12:00 12:30
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

Capital Square
12:30 12:45
Keynote
10 Things to Know About Startup Fundraising
Kimberly Smith

Chief Capital Formation Officer

Techstars

Capital Square
12:45 14:00

Live Entertainment

Capital Square
Capital Square
14:00 14:30
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

Capital Square
14:30 16:00
Pitch Day
Future of Enterprise
Capital Square
16:00 16:30
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

Capital Square
16:30 17:00
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

Capital Square
17:00 17:15
Keynote
Maximising The Awesome Power of Data
Thomas Pramotedham

CEO

Presight

Capital Square
17:15 19:00

Live Entertainment

Capital Square

Capital Square Day 3

EVENT AGENDA

Time
Session
Speaker(s)
Venue
10:50 11:00
Keynote
The $50bn Opportunity To Fix Plastic
Maryam Al Mansoori

General Manager

Rebound Ltd.

Capital Square
11:00 11:30
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

Capital Square
11:30 12:00
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

Capital Square
Capital Square
12:00 12:30
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

Capital Square
12:30 13:30
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

Capital Square
13:30 14:00
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

Capital Square
14:00 15:30
Pitch Day
Smart & Sustainable Societies (15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)
Capital Square
15:30 15:45
Presentation
Developing a Roadmap for Abu Dhabi Residents' Growth and Success
Mark Durzi

Head of Operations

Abu Dhabi Residents Office

Capital Square

Capital Square Day 1

EVENT AGENDA

EMCEE: Florian Akinbiyi

Time
Session
Speaker(s)
Venue
11:00 11:30
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

Capital Square
11:30 12:00
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

Capital Square
12:00 12:30
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

Capital Square
12:30 13:00
Keynote
How to Build a Unicorn Tech Company?
Stuart Sopp

CEO & Co-founder

Current

Capital Square
13:00 14:30

Live Entertainment

Capital Square
Capital Square
14:30 16:00
Pitch Day
NextGen Fintech

(15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)

Capital Square
16:00 16:30
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

Capital Square
16:30 17:00
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

Capital Square
17:00 19:00

Live Entertainment

Capital Square

Capital Square Day 2

EVENT AGENDA

EMCEE: Florian Akinbiyi

Time
Session
Speaker(s)
Venue
11:00 11:30
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

Capital Square
11:30 11:45
Keynote
Platform Banking: A New Way to Grow & Digitize
Jayesh Patel

CEO

Wio Bank

Capital Square
12:00 12:30
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

Capital Square
12:30 12:45
Keynote
10 Things to Know About Startup Fundraising
Kimberly Smith

Chief Capital Formation Officer

Techstars

Capital Square
12:45 14:00

Live Entertainment

Capital Square
Capital Square
14:00 14:30
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

Capital Square
14:30 16:00
Pitch Day
Future of Enterprise
Capital Square
16:00 16:30
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

Capital Square
16:30 17:00
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

Capital Square
17:00 17:15
Keynote
Maximising The Awesome Power of Data
Thomas Pramotedham

CEO

Presight

Capital Square
17:15 19:00

Live Entertainment

Capital Square

Capital Square Day 3

EVENT AGENDA

Time
Session
Speaker(s)
Venue
10:50 11:00
Keynote
The $50bn Opportunity To Fix Plastic
Maryam Al Mansoori

General Manager

Rebound Ltd.

Capital Square
11:00 11:30
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

Capital Square
11:30 12:00
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

Capital Square
Capital Square
12:00 12:30
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

Capital Square
12:30 13:30
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

Capital Square
13:30 14:00
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

Capital Square
14:00 15:30
Pitch Day
Smart & Sustainable Societies (15 startups pitch, 5 mins each)
Capital Square
15:30 15:45
Presentation
Developing a Roadmap for Abu Dhabi Residents' Growth and Success
Mark Durzi

Head of Operations

Abu Dhabi Residents Office

Capital Square