Speakers 2024
Amir Ben-Gacem
Partner - Record Digital
Amir Ben-Gacem is a Partner at Record Digital, overseeing the digital infrastructure initiatives of Record Financial Group, a UK fund manager with some $87bn in AUM. He has spent more than two decades in investment banking in the city of London, holding senior positions at major financial institutions including BNP Paribas, HSBC Global Markets and Morgan Stanley. Most recently, he was head of international Emerging Markets sales at Credit Suisse Securities. Amir has a wide range of expertise and is specialised in emerging and frontier fixed income products both cash and derivatives. He now focuses on new technologies and renewable energy. Outside of his professional life, Amir is Vice President and Executive Board member of the International Trail Runners Association. He is also a TedX and a COP28 guest speaker and a proactive business angel. Academically, Amir holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and computer science, as well as a master’s degree in Financial Markets from Paris Dauphine University.
Filip Borcov
IT Superman - Site.pro
Filip Borcov is IT-superman with 20 years practice, mostly working on Site.pro website builder (leading white label solution). Team and Filip spread Product mindset & Growth hacking methodology online and offline (GH.lt). Filip Borcov is a professional traveller who has visited 120+ countries around the world: Borcov.com/Travel.
Zied El Air
Lawyer & Data Protection Officier
Lawyer at the Court of Cassation: Lawyer of the Tunisian Bar Association since 2004.
CNIL-certified Data Protection Officer since 2022.
Lawyer : member of the Paris Bar since 2022.
A legal professional who brings invaluable expertise to the constantly evolving legal field. With a solid academic background and extensive practical experience, he provides strategic legal advice to companies operating in all business sectors, possessing in-depth knowledge of IT-related laws and regulations.
Dr Fouad ben Nasr Omri
Serial AI entrepreneur & CEO
Dr Fouad ben Nasr Omri is a serial Tech-entrepreneur with focus on AI ventures. Before, Fouad was responsible for the product engineering of AI-infused applications at scale at QiO. Managing a global team of engineers to develop AI expertise that provides our customers and partners with self-learning applications that are not limited by static slices of point-in-time views but become smarter with each deployment.
Fouad holds a PhD in computer science and applied mathematics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He was a Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, specialising in Statistical Modelling, Machine Learning, Big Data, Predictive Analytics, Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning.
Edwin-Alexander Kuss
Director Global Sales
MBA in Economics, 26 years in sales, the last 12 years in IT. Sold a broad variety from IP transit/upstream over CDN (Content Delivery Network) and Manages Services to Software.
Since 2018 working with Hystax as a Sales Director Global. Hystax is a US Software Developing company that offers Live Cloud Migration, DR, Backup, Cloud Cost Management, FinOps & MLOps.
In case you need to add some private stuff: Married, 4 kids, 3 grandchildren (so far).
Dutch, grown up in Germany, now living in Frankfurt, Germany.
Hobbies: Reading, travelling, fighting sports (Black Belt Taekwondo, Muay Thai Coach)
Francisco Carvalho
VP Sales and Business Development, BotGuard
Francisco is a seasoned Biz Dev and Sales professional with over 15 years of experience in the Hosting Industry. He has helped numerous brands over-achieve their sales and revenue goals, building performant global teams. Currently, VP of Business Development and Sales at Botguard, making the internet a safer place.
Sami Saadaoui
Head of Technical Infrastructure at American Express for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
With over 16 years of experience in the Telecom sector, Banking, and Financial Services, Sami brings a wealth of expertise in technical infrastructure development, large-scale project management, and technological innovation, with a notable focus on critical infrastructure development and optimization in the region.
He holds an MBA from the American University of Bahrain and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the National Engineering School of Carthage (ENI Carthage). .
Sami has played an important role in major projects, contributing significantly to the development of multiple data centers, Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), and other connectivity initiatives in the MENA region. His passion for technological innovation, strategy, and digital transformation drives him to remain at the forefront of industry trends and address the region’s technological and infrastructure challenges.
Dedicated to teamwork, innovation, and operational excellence, Sami is also actively involved in various professional associations within the technology sector. He is a sought-after keynote speaker at numerous conferences and technological events, he’s continually expanding his professional network and sharing his valuable expertise with the community.
Dusan Stojicevic
Marketing Director for Eastern Europe at Gransy.
Mr. Stojičević has been a member of the Board of Governors of the The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) from 2011 - 2016 and was Chairman of the Board of Governors (2013-2016). He was also the coordinator or member of several Registries Working Groups (2011-2016). He was directly involved in launching Serbia's IDN ccTLD. Currently (2023), he is serving in the Board of Governors in RNIDS as vice-chair.
At ICANN community, he was the Chairman of Cyrillic Generation Panel (LGR) and he was vice-chair of Universal Acceptance Steering Group.
From 2014 - 2017, he was a member of the Executive Committee of SEEDIG (South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance) and from 2015-2017 a member of the Program Committee of RIPE SEE meetings.
He has a background in editing and was the Editor-in-Chief of the computer magazine, "Svet kompjutera", which is the oldest computer magazine from the countries of the former Yugoslavia. He started as a contributing author in the magazine in 1987, became a section editor in 2003, and Editor-In-Chief in 2005. Dušan Stojičević studied Electronic Engineering and is a member of the Serbian Society of Engineers.
