Shalini Thirunilathil is an award-winning technology leader, currently combining two roles at Hargreaves Lansdown - Agile Coach Lead and a Brand and Outreach Lead. She has extensive experience in improving organisational agility, coaching, mentoring, and developing talent in the organisation. Her career has included a diverse range of roles, including Software Developer, Software Tester, Test Manager, Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach for various top-notch organisations like Civica, Proactis, IBM, SAP, O2, Springer Nature, Lexis Nexis, and IRIS Software Group. Shalini has spoken at 10+ meetup events and panel discussions, including the 'Agile20Reflect Mini Festival' an international meetup event.

In 2021, Shalini won the Team Leader of the Year (SME) at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards. On International Women's day 2021, the Synapse QA community recognised her as an inspirational leader. In 2019 and 2021, she was one of the finalists for the Role Model of the Year category in the WIT Excellence awards. Outside work, Shalini enjoys music, travel, and cooking. She is also a trained Indian classical and Bollywood dancer and has taken part in dance performances across the UK.

Shalini Thirunilathil is an award-winning technology leader, currently combining two roles at Hargreaves Lansdown - Agile Coach Lead and a Brand and Outreach Lead. She has extensive experience in improving organisational agility, coaching, mentoring,... Show more

I am currently doing my Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and my area of research includes variational quantum algorithms, tensor networks, and quantum computing. I have plenty of exposure to Python, specifically working with Qiskit, and TensorNetwork. I have already given introductory talks on quantum computing at PyCon Indonesia, Python Ireland, Pycode, Pyjamas, and Scipy India.

I am currently doing my Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and my area of research includes variational quantum algorithms, tensor networks, and quantum computing. I have plenty of exposure to Python, specifically working with Qi... Show more

Transformational leader bend on re-inventing life sciences for the benefits of patients. No patient should wait for innovative drugs due to lack of technology adoption.

Transformational leader bend on re-inventing life sciences for the benefits of patients. No patient should wait for innovative drugs due to lack of technology adoption. Show more

Gisli Olafsson currently serves as an executive coach to transformational leaders around the world. Prior to that he served as the Chief Technology Officer of One Acre Fund, a social enterprise that is helping bring over 1.2 million small-holder farmers out of extreme poverty.

Prior to joining One Acre Fund, he served as a Humanitarian Advisor to NetHope, a consortium of 60+ leading non-profit organizations around the world, and as the Chief Technology Officer of Beringer Finance, the largest technology focused investment bank in Europe. Gisli has been active in the IT industry for over 30 year, ever since he sold his first program at the age of 14. He worked for 10 years at Microsoft, where he was involved in product development, sales, technical evangelism, and most recently as a trusted advisor to national governments and international organizations on the effective use of technology in their operations.

Gisli’s deep understanding of technology, his long-time software product development expertise, and his extensive network inside and outside of the technology industry enables him to quickly provide value to technology companies. Gisli has also over the past 15 years worked closely with the startup community and is an advisory board member and member of board of directors of numerous startups and venture funds. Gisli is also a sought after mentor for innovation accelerators.

Prior to joining Beringer Finance in 2015, Gisli served as the Emergency Response Director of NetHope. Gisli is one of the leading experts in the world on the use of technology in disaster response and is a sought after speaker, trainer, and advisor on the role technology can play in enhancing the response to large scale natural and man-made disasters.

Prior to joining NetHope, Gisli has over 20 years of experience in the field of disaster management and was an active member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team, a team of experienced disaster managers which are on stand-by to deploy anywhere in the world on a 6 hour notice to coordinate the first response of the international community to disasters on behalf of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Gisli has participated in disaster field missions in connections with floods in Ghana (2007), Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008), Hurricane Ike in Texas (2008), Sichuan Earthquake (2008), Pandemic Outbreak (2009), West Sumatra Earthquake (2009), Haiti Earthquake (2010), Japan Earthquake/Tsunami (2011), Horn of Africa Famine (2011), Philippine’s Typhoons (2012 and 2013), West Africa Ebola Outbreak (2014-2015), European Refugee Crisis (2015), Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (2017), and Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique (2019). Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti 2010, Gisli led the first international rescue team that arrived in the country.

The combination of Gisli’s extensive field experience in disaster management and technology background provides Gisli a deep understanding how technology can be applied to solve the most challenging collaboration issues faced in austere environments. This has led him to be appointed to various advisory boards and committees, such as the US State Department’s sub-committee on the use of technology in international disasters. Gisli was named a UNICEF Humanitarian Innovation Fellow and a Technology Partner Network Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2013.

Gisli’s deep experience in leading transformation efforts around the world, made him a sought after executive coach in the field of digital transformations. Leveraging his own experience in leading digital transformation efforts for large organizations, and in serving as a trusted advisor to governments and international organizations, Gisli focuses his executive coaching on working with transformational leaders and helping them tackle the challenges of leading digital transformation journeys.

In 2014, Gisli published the book The Crisis Leader, about the role of leadership in times of crisis, leveraging examples from his missions around the world to provide readers with an insight into the key aspects of leadership critical during chaotic times like disasters. The book has been translated into two languages and been sold worldwide.

Gisli holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Chemistry from Copenhagen University (Denmark 1993), a Diploma in International Development from University of Iceland (2017), and is endlessly writing his Master’s thesis on the use of technology in humanitarian response. Gisli currently lives in Iceland, along with his wife, five children, two grandchildren, dog, and a cat.

Gisli Olafsson currently serves as an executive coach to transformational leaders around the world. Prior to that he served as the Chief Technology Officer of One Acre Fund, a social enterprise that is helping bring over 1.2 million small-holder farm... Show more

Jeremy obtained a bachelor’s of bioinformatics from Université Laval during which he did an exchange at Université de Strasbourg in the Master’s of Integrative structural biology and bioinformatics and completed an internship at The Hyve developing a user interface prototype for TranSMART. Following this, he completed a Master’s in computer science at McGill University by developing a machine learning algorithm based on phylogenetic networks that has significant advantages over commonly used genetic assignment methods. Jeremy joined The Hyve in 2018 to pursue a PhD within the context of the AiPBAND project and, more generally, his passion for multidisciplinary science.

The aim of this ESR project is to develop a big-data powered diagnostic infrastructure for brain cancer prediction. The platform will be deployed and run on cloud services . The platform will include a data warehouse for integrating clinical and omics data. This includes data generated by innovative biosensors, developed by WP2. The components of the platform will be designed as flexible microservices. Separation of concerns will facilitate high performance, security and scalability. One of these services will be the prediction algorithms, developed in close collaboration with ESR-11 at IC. Patients, clinician and potential industrial client will gain access via any device to their results on an intuitive user interface.

To achieve these goals, large quantities of health data is required at every step. For both simpy software testing or improving machine learning accuracy, quality data remains hard to get. The scientific opportunities locked-in the massive amounts of health data collected are inestimable. The growing concerns towards data privacy will only only complicate the issue.

Anonymization is generally employed to prevent misuse of private data. Anonymization trades data utility for privacy, but does not fully prevent reidentification. This means accessing data requires eminent academic credentials and resources. If real data is lacking for developments, delays and errors can have consequences on critical health informatics. The alternative is to produce synthetic data, thereby avoiding the privacy issues. Rigid and error prone statistical models have long been the only generative algorithms for this purpose.

Recently, generative adversarial networks have demonstrated their ability to produce indistinguishable synthetic data. Synthetic data has been gaining traction rapidly in medical imaging applications. However, due to certain complexities of observational health, the idea is only starting to gain interest. This project will explore GAN methods to produce synthetic health data that address these complexities. In addition to evaluating they gains provided to the development of the diagnostic platform.

Jeremy obtained a bachelor’s of bioinformatics from Université Laval during which he did an exchange at Université de Strasbourg in the Master’s of Integrative structural biology and bioinformatics and completed an internship at The Hyve developing a... Show more

Sushil is Cloud Solution Architect with Microsoft with specialisation in Data and AI. He specialise in Information Architecture and Data Governance having worked extensively in Financial Services and Life Science Industry.

Sushil is Cloud Solution Architect with Microsoft with specialisation in Data and AI. He specialise in Information Architecture and Data Governance having worked extensively in Financial Services and Life Science Industry. Show more

Software engineer with a passion for start-ups and information management.

Bjørn Erling Fløtten designs system with efficient use of development resources and simplified architecture facilitating multiple areas of use for every component.

Founder and cofounder of in total six companies, five of them within the area of Information technology. One successful exit (so far).

Currently working with Sikom Connect AS (Remote heating, alarm systems, IoT).

Bjørn consulted for Telenor (a telecommunications company) for 17 years, working with reporting and surveillance systems. Bjørn also has experience with other big organizations in the field of data analysis and reporting.

Software engineer with a passion for start-ups and information management. Bjørn Erling Fløtten designs system with efficient use of development resources and simplified architecture facilitating multiple areas of use for every component. Found... Show more

A Flutter Developer with 3 years of Experience

A Flutter Developer with 3 years of Experience Show more

Advisory Software Developer, Data Scientist at IBM

Advisory Software Developer, Data Scientist at IBM Show more

Scott M. Reed, Ph.D., is a chemistry professor at the University of Colorado Denver and founder of ChemIllusion, a chemistry-native platform for teaching, visualization, and AI-assisted scientific work. His teaching and research span organic chemistry, molecular informatics, and the design of AI systems that combine language models with deterministic chemical tools. He has presented at American Chemical Society meetings, educator workshops, and international academic programs, including work as a Fulbright Specialist. Reed develops courses, open-source software, and educational tools focused on responsible and scientifically accurate uses of AI. His current work examines how educators can preserve student reasoning and scientific rigor while benefiting from generative and agentic AI.

Scott M. Reed, Ph.D., is a chemistry professor at the University of Colorado Denver and founder of ChemIllusion, a chemistry-native platform for teaching, visualization, and AI-assisted scientific work. His teaching and research span organic chemistr... Show more

Creator/ Singer of September Mourning, Writer Image/ Top Cow Comics

Emily Lazar is a multi-disciplinary artist fronting the rock/metal transmedia project, September Mourning, who made history as the first female metal/ hard rock musician to mint and sell an NFT. As of now, she has close to 800 collectors across 5 platforms. She is the first Metal musician ever to mint and sell out a project on Soundxyz, Gala music, Opensea, Zora and Foundation. She has spoken about her accomplishments in Web 3 at Harvard (2x), NFT.NYC, Art Basel and ETH Denver Conferences.

Her transmedia project, September Mourning is based on a comic book series she wrote and published through Image/Top Cow Comics with her business partner Marc Silvestri.

Emily Plays the title character and designed the world she and her band bring to life on stage, including costumes, choreography, sets, etc. She has toured & opened festivals for Rob Zombie, Slipknot and others in Europe and the United States.

Creator/ Singer of September Mourning, Writer Image/ Top Cow Comics Emily Lazar is a multi-disciplinary artist fronting the rock/metal transmedia project, September Mourning, who made history as the first female metal/ hard rock musician to mint a... Show more

Mereta Degutyte is a Software Engineer At Microsoft in Dublin Ireland, specializing in cloud-native systems, observability, and automation. Her work spans languages like Go, C#, and Python, and includes contributions to eBPF and distributed telemetry tools. Passionate about bridging open-source innovation with enterprise-grade solutions.

Mereta Degutyte is a Software Engineer At Microsoft in Dublin Ireland, specializing in cloud-native systems, observability, and automation. Her work spans languages like Go, C#, and Python, and includes contributions to eBPF and distributed telemetry... Show more

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Jason Meekma is the Executive Director of Focus on Community, Inc., a Racine, Wisconsin nonprofit dedicated to preventing substance use and inspiring healthy life choices. With more than 20 years of experience working with youth and communities, Jason has led coalition initiatives, youth development programs, family-centered strategies, and community partnerships grounded in practical, community-driven solutions. He brings a people-first perspective to his presentations, combining real-world experience with an engaging, approachable style.

Jason also explores how emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, can strengthen community and prevention work without replacing human judgment, local knowledge, or authentic community voice. Through interactive presentations, live demonstrations, and honest conversation, he helps audiences consider both the possibilities and responsibilities of using AI in their work. Whether discussing prevention, coalition development, youth engagement, or technology, Jason invites participants to think differently and leave with ideas they can put into practice.

Here’s the updated version: Jason Meekma is the Executive Director of Focus on Community, Inc., a Racine, Wisconsin nonprofit dedicated to preventing substance use and inspiring healthy life choices. With more than 20 years of experience working w... Show more

Chaitany Patel is an Open Source Engineer at Red Hat, where he builds feature-store infrastructure with Feast for near-realtime feature serving to LLM and RAG pipelines on OpenShift. He has multiple merged contributions upstream to feast-dev/feast, including MCP tooling, agent skills, and vector-store APIs. He is a Google Summer of Code 2026 contributor with the German Center for Open Source AI (skpro), adding online/streaming updates to probabilistic regression, and previously spoke at The Fifth Elephant’s “Open weights, real stakes” meetup on feature engineering for open-weight AI. A B.Tech CSE student at IIIT Vadodara, he focuses on practical ML infrastructure—schema-to-feature pipelines, agents on Kubernetes, and making open models useful in production without vendor lock-in.

Chaitany Patel is an Open Source Engineer at Red Hat, where he builds feature-store infrastructure with Feast for near-realtime feature serving to LLM and RAG pipelines on OpenShift. He has multiple merged contributions upstream to feast-dev/feast, i... Show more

Dr. Emmanuel Bamidele is a materials scientist and semiconductor technology-development engineer at Intel Corporation, where he develops next-generation dielectric materials for advanced-node interconnects and leads work integrating artificial intelligence into semiconductor manufacturing. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (University of Colorado Boulder), with additional master's degrees in materials science, extractive metallurgy (University of Johannesburg), and computer science (Georgia Institute of Technology), and is the author of 20+ peer-reviewed publications. He is the cofounder of Utivilla Corporation, maker of the Supavector product, and a Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering across several colleges. Nigerian-born and trained across African and international institutions, he works to connect Africa's critical-mineral base and engineering talent to a sovereign, high-value semiconductor and AI future.

Dr. Emmanuel Bamidele is a materials scientist and semiconductor technology-development engineer at Intel Corporation, where he develops next-generation dielectric materials for advanced-node interconnects and leads work integrating artificial intell... Show more

Bin Matsui is a specially appointed researcher at QIQB (Research Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology), Osaka University, working as a software engineer. He builds and operates monitoring infrastructure for a quantum computing platform spanning AWS, on-premise backends, and cryostats. He progressively delegates daily reports, alert response, and fix proposals to a local LLM via MCP to keep a production quantum system observable with a small team.

Bin Matsui is a specially appointed researcher at QIQB (Research Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology), Osaka University, working as a software engineer. He builds and operates monitoring infrastructure for a quantum computing platform ... Show more

鈴木 基嗣（すずき もとし）
2000年静岡県生．2024年早稲田大学大学院修士課程修了，修士（工学）．現在，株式会社エブリーにてサーバーサイドエンジニアとして勤務し，インフラからフロントエンドまで幅広く従事．かたわら早稲田大学博士後期課程に在籍．圧電薄膜およびデバイスの評価に関する研究に従事．機械学習に関する研究にも取り組む．

鈴木 基嗣（すずき もとし） 2000年静岡県生．2024年早稲田大学大学院修士課程修了，修士（工学）．現在，株式会社エブリーにてサーバーサイドエンジニアとして勤務し，インフラからフロントエンドまで幅広く従事．かたわら早稲田大学博士後期課程に在籍．圧電薄膜およびデバイスの評価に関する研究に従事．機械学習に関する研究にも取り組む． Show more

Roman P. de Jesus is a Chancellor’s Office Climate Fellow and Chair of Earth Sciences at Fullerton College. He is committed to making climate action and sustainability an opportunity for everyone. As Climate Fellow, Dr. de Jesus is coordinating curriculum efforts enabling faculty across academic disciplines to empower students in climate action and sustainability. At Fullerton College He is the faculty co-chair of the campus Sustainability Committee and has coordinated events across campus including the annual Earth Day Symposium, faculty professional development workshops, and Environmental Scholars webinars.
With more than 15 years in higher education — the last 10 at Fullerton College — he teaches oceanography, Earth Science lecture, lab, and field courses, and co-teaches Geology and Biology of the Channel Islands. Through these courses, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities, he has provided numerous students authentic experiences in the geosciences. He holds a bachelors in Biochemistry/Chemistry from UC San Diego and a PhD from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Roman P. de Jesus is a Chancellor’s Office Climate Fellow and Chair of Earth Sciences at Fullerton College. He is committed to making climate action and sustainability an opportunity for everyone. As Climate Fellow, Dr. de Jesus is coordinating curri... Show more

Syeda Anjum A is an accomplished Chemistry educator and academic leader with over a decade of experience in secondary and senior secondary education. Having served as Head of the Science Department, she has led curriculum development, teacher mentoring and the implementation of innovative, student-centered teaching practices aligned with the CBSE curriculum and competitive examinations, including JEE and NEET. Passionate about transforming science education, she integrates Artificial Intelligence, inquiry-based pedagogy and real-world applications to make learning engaging, inclusive and future-focused. Her work promotes conceptual understanding, critical thinking, scientific inquiry and digital literacy while empowering educators to embrace technology with confidence and purpose. Syeda believes AI should enhance-not replace-the human connection in teaching, enabling educators to create meaningful, equitable and impactful learning experiences. As an advocate for continuous professional growth and educational innovation, she is committed to preparing both teachers and learners to thrive in an evolving global education landscape.

Syeda Anjum A is an accomplished Chemistry educator and academic leader with over a decade of experience in secondary and senior secondary education. Having served as Head of the Science Department, she has led curriculum development, teacher mentori... Show more

Harun Ardiansyah is a lecturer in the newly-founded Nuclear Engineering department at Universitas Pertahanan RI. His research interests focus on developing computational methods for deploying nuclear reactors effectively and efficiently. His research topics include nuclear fuel cycle, code development for nuclear reactors, and neutron noise analysis.

Harun Ardiansyah is a lecturer in the newly-founded Nuclear Engineering department at Universitas Pertahanan RI. His research interests focus on developing computational methods for deploying nuclear reactors effectively and efficiently. His research... Show more

I am currently the Director of Product Engineering at SDVerse. I have extensive experience in MLOps, cloud computing, and machine learning applications. Previously, I technically led the Mach1ML platform at Ford Motor Company, focusing on generative AI initiatives and LLM-based applications. My expertise includes architecting and building sophisticated AI/ML systems, optimizing MLOps platforms, and integrating advanced machine learning models with deployment frameworks.

I am currently the Director of Product Engineering at SDVerse. I have extensive experience in MLOps, cloud computing, and machine learning applications. Previously, I technically led the Mach1ML platform at Ford Motor Company, focusing on generative ... Show more

I'm a theoretical physicist specialized in biological complex systems; i focus my work at Almawave on LLM evaluation, NLP metrics development and on intersection of statistical physics and machine learning.​

I'm a theoretical physicist specialized in biological complex systems; i focus my work at Almawave on LLM evaluation, NLP metrics development and on intersection of statistical physics and machine learning.​ Show more

Roberto Bagnara is professor of Computer Science at the University of Parma and Software Verification Expert and Evangelist at BUGSENG. He coauthored more than 40 papers, in international journals and conference proceedings, on programming languages, static analysis and other techniques for software verification. He is a member of the MISRA C and MISRA SQM Working Groups and of the ISO standardization working group for the C programming language.

Roberto Bagnara is professor of Computer Science at the University of Parma and Software Verification Expert and Evangelist at BUGSENG. He coauthored more than 40 papers, in international journals and conference proceedings, on programming languages,... Show more

Davide Conficconi is a Assistant Professor in Computer Systems at Politecnico di Milano, leading a research programme in hardware-software co-design of digital systems to are fundamentally more efficient, scalable, and aligned with the semantics of the domains they support.

As co-organiser of the Whiskey AI workshop, he explores how energy-efficient computing systems can impact whiskey aging for a sustainable production

Davide Conficconi is a Assistant Professor in Computer Systems at Politecnico di Milano, leading a research programme in hardware-software co-design of digital systems to are fundamentally more efficient, scalable, and aligned with the semantics of t... Show more

Matic Petrič studied theoretical physics at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics in physics.

During his studies, Pertič worked at T-Labs, the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, where he derived a problem formulation for optimizing traffic flow in real time with Quantum Annealing.

After finishing his degree during the pandemic, he is now working as a Quantum Computing Researcher at Fraunhofer FOKUS, focusing on hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, and working on Eclipse Qrisp - a high level programming language he'll be presenting on stage together with Raphael Seidel during WAD'24.

Matic Petrič studied theoretical physics at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics in physics. During his studies, Pertič worked at T-Labs, the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, where he derived a problem formulation for optimizing traffic ... Show more

Dr. Susann Schweitzer studierte Biologie an der Universität Bonn und promovierte im Fach Immunologie. Nach der Promotion sammelte sie mehrere Jahre Erfahrung in der klinischen Forschung bei klinischen Studien.
Derzeit ist sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Medical School Berlin tätig. Für Dr. Susann Schweitzer ist Lehre mehr als reine Wissensvermittlung; sie versucht, eine Umgebung zu schaffen, in der Lernen lebendig wird und in der Lehrende und Lernende aktiv beteiligt sind. Die Studierenden sind dabei Inspiration und Motivation, weiterhin neue Seminarkonzepte zu entwickeln, die das Lernen noch effektiver und spannender machen.
Dafür hat sie in den letzten beiden Jahren ihr didaktisches Wissen im Rahmen des Studiums „Medical and Health Education“ an der MSH Hamburg erweitert.

Dr. Susann Schweitzer studierte Biologie an der Universität Bonn und promovierte im Fach Immunologie. Nach der Promotion sammelte sie mehrere Jahre Erfahrung in der klinischen Forschung bei klinischen Studien. Derzeit ist sie als wissenschaftliche M... Show more

I used to think productivity was about stacking tools.

So I did what everyone secretly does:

→ Signed up for every new AI app
→ Ran 10+ subscriptions at the same time
→ Automated things that didn’t even need automating

It felt busy.
It wasn’t smart.

Then most companies did what companies do:
“Here’s Copilot.
We paid for it.
Be more productive.”

No training.
No examples.
No guidance on what works and what absolutely doesn’t.

So everyone defaults back to ChatGPT or whatever usual suspect they already knew
and Copilot becomes this expensive icon in the taskbar.

That’s the gap I solve.

At some point, I stopped chasing every new app and focused fully on Copilot inside Microsoft 365.
It’s secure.
It works where the real work actually happens.
And it saves time without extra complexity.

This mattered to me because I’m a dad, a husband, someone running a business, and someone who trains almost every day.
If a tool isn’t making my week easier, I won’t use it.

Copilot did.
So I went deeper.
And eventually, it became the core of my work.

Today, I help knowledge workers win back 4+ hours every week by:

• showing what actually saves time
• exposing what doesn’t
• building practical Copilot habits that fit their real job, not theory

What I’ve learned:

→ Most people have the right tools but use them the wrong way
→ ChatGPT is not Copilot, and using them the same way wastes hours
→ Productivity improves when systems are simple, not overwhelming

These days, I train teams, build Copilot systems, and share practical tips that people can use the same day.

And when I’m not doing that?

I’m with my family, swimming in the ocean, or training, the parts of life that remind me why time actually matters.

If you want Copilot to finally start paying off instead of collecting dust…

I used to think productivity was about stacking tools. So I did what everyone secretly does: → Signed up for every new AI app → Ran 10+ subscriptions at the same time → Automated things that didn’t even need automating It felt busy. It wa... Show more

Rehana Sultana Khan is a seasoned Technical Program Manager and Product Leader with over 16 years of experience in artificial intelligence, discrete manufacturing, financial services, and banking. She has a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions, optimizing processes, and leading high-performing teams in fast-paced environments.
Rehana has successfully managed end-to-end product delivery, SaaS platform development, and cross-functional program management in organizations like Versa Networks, [24]7.ai, Inspyrus, and Apple. She has expertise in Agile methodologies, microservices architecture, cloud-based solutions, and enterprise software development, with hands-on proficiency in Java, Python, Node.js, and various frameworks and databases.
Recognized as one of the Top 5 Empowering Women 2024 (eWOW Awards), Rehana is also an active mentor and advisor for women in technology and leadership. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications and has completed a Data Science program at UC Berkeley.

Rehana Sultana Khan is a seasoned Technical Program Manager and Product Leader with over 16 years of experience in artificial intelligence, discrete manufacturing, financial services, and banking. She has a proven track record of delivering innovativ... Show more

Beenish Atif is an experienced Physics educator and teacher trainer with over nine years of teaching IGCSE, A-level, and international curricula in the UAE. A former Head of Science and a Cambridge Teacher Trainer, she brings extensive experience in curriculum design, teacher development, and improving student outcomes through reflective and intentional practice.

Her work focuses on rethinking classroom learning in the age of AI, with a particular interest in questioning, critical thinking, and ethical use of technology. As a conference speaker and workshop facilitator at platforms such as STEM MENA and BSME, she shares practical, classroom-driven strategies that help teachers move beyond answer-focused learning toward deeper thinking.

Beenish Atif is an experienced Physics educator and teacher trainer with over nine years of teaching IGCSE, A-level, and international curricula in the UAE. A former Head of Science and a Cambridge Teacher Trainer, she brings extensive experience in ... Show more

This session highlights how classroom teachers are transforming learning through creativity, technology, and student-centered practices. Participants will explore practical strategies that increase engagement, motivation, and achievement, including gamification, AI-powered teaching tools, collaborative learning structures, and differentiated instruction. Through real classroom examples and interactive activities, educators will discover innovative approaches that make learning more meaningful, inclusive, and impactful for all students. Attendees will leave with ready-to-use ideas and resources that can be implemented immediately to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.

This session highlights how classroom teachers are transforming learning through creativity, technology, and student-centered practices. Participants will explore practical strategies that increase engagement, motivation, and achievement, including g... Show more