Global Innovation Summit & Retreat, Dubai
Jan 9-11, 2026
Join us for an unforgettable
experience at Summit 2026!
Summit Highlights
50+ Top Junicorns
Pitching
Breakthrough innovations from India & UAE on a global stage.
Inspiring Keynotes &
Talks
Next-gen tech, AI, and disruptive innovation insights.
Industry Roundtables
with AI Trailblazers
Engage in dynamic discussions with AI pioneers shaping the industry s future.
High-Impact
Networking
Join a vibrant community of peers, mentors and partners dedicated to innovation and collaboration.
Event Agenda
January 9–11, 2026 | InterContinental Dubai Festival City by IHG
Hosted by ISF & Global CIO Circle
Delegate Arrivals
Arrivals
InterContinental Dubai Festival City — 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Junicorn Jury Round
Jury Session
InterContinental Dubai Festival City — 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Welcome Event
InterContinental Dubai Festival City — 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Inauguration & Keynotes
Dr. J A Chowdary • Indian Ambassador • CG, KTR • Aravinda de Silva • UAE Minister of AI
Inauguration Ceremony
InterContinental Dubai Festival City — 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Special Keynote: Prasad Gundumogula
Prasad Gundumogula
InterContinental Dubai Festival City — 8:00 PM - 8:15 PM
UAE Business Panel
IBPC
InterContinental Dubai Festival City — 8:15 PM - 8:45 PM
ISF Annual Awards & CXO Gala Dinner
Gala Event
InterContinental Dubai Festival City — 8:45 PM - 10:30 PM
Summit Speakers
H. E. Dr. Deepak Mittal
Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Hon. Sridhar Babu Dudilla
Cabinet Minister, Minister of IT, Electronics & Communications
Hon. K T Rama Rao
MLA, Telangana & Working President of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)
Amb. Dr. Dunston P
CEO, Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al-Qassimi
Medea Nocentini
Senior Partner, Global Ventures
Aravinda de Silva
Legendary ICC Hall Of Fame Cricketer, Entrepreneur
Dr. J A Chowdary
Founder & Chairman, International Startup Foundation
Gopalratnam V C
Executive VP & Global CIO, Philips
Dheeraj Pandey
Co-Founder & CEO DevRev
Arvind Jain
Founder & CEO Glean
Sunil Sinha
Vice Chairman IBPC Dubai
Prasad Gundumogula
Founder & Chairman, Mondee Holdings
Rika Nakazawa
Chief Commercial Innovation, NTT
Amy Peck
Applied Technology Strategist, EndeavorXR
Shekar Pannala
Enterprise CIO, The Hartford
Vinay Kumar
CTO Landmark Group
Vasant Rao
Managing Partner Shastra VC
Satyanarayana Jeedigunta
Chief Advisor, C4IR India, World Economic Forum (WEF)
Aditi Kothari
Co-Founder & CEO, Potpie AI
Kiran Darisi
CTO Atomicwork
Jitendra Vepa
Co-Founder & CTO Observe AI
Abid Hussain Shah
Group CIO, Saudi German Hospitals Gr.
Kiran Chandra
CTO, Tabhi AI
Pradeep Udhas
Executive Vice Chairman, Tabhi AI
Srinivas Mothey
Group CBO, Tabhi AI
Raj Kalahasthi
CDIO, The Baldwin Group
Hon. Anjli Paul
Director & Board Member, Caparo Group Ltd.
Chris Dawson
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Arcimoto
Cherian Varghese
Senior VP AI & Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle
Nitesh Jain
Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat
Burhan Jaffer
SVP & Global Head of Corporate Development, Hitachi
Lenin Gali
CBO & Founding Team Atomicwork
Padma Alluri
Global CEO, IFIN Global
Dr. Sunitha Kshatriya
Head of AEIC American University in Dubai (AUD)
Dr. Michael Lewrick
Senior Advisor, Trainer & MD, Lewrick & Company
Dr. Kanwaljeet S. Anand
Professor, Pediatrics & Anesthesiology, Stanford University
Dr. Mustafa Saasa
Chairman, Raj Group of Companies
Sergiu Ardelean
Co-Founder & CEO Artivive
Khadim Batti
Co-Founder & CEO, Whatfix
Somesh Chablani
Global head of Go-to-Market & Enablement, FIS Global
Mohamed Amersi
Founder & Chairman, Inclusive Ventures Group
Dr. K Ravindranath Chowdary
Surgical Gastroenterologist, Global Hospitals
Sateesh Andra
Managing Director, Endiya Partners
Dr. Karthik Ramesh
Middle East CEO & Group Chief Growth Officer Tabhi
Vikrant Varshney
Managing Partner SucSEED Ventures
Rajesh Dhuddu (Ph.D.)
Partner & Emerging Tech Leader
Manav Kumar Agarwal
President, Dynamic Drilling
Ayman Al Awadhi
Managing Director Axeed Space
Murali N Bukkapatnam
Global Chair, TiE
Prasad Ramakrishanan
CIO Advisor & Mentor Forbes Tech Council
Nitin Jaiswal
Founder & CEO AgeTech Leadership Labs (ALL)
Usha Nandigala
Founder & CEO InfinityForum.club & VunaraCapital.com
Rishikesh Trivedi
Founder & Market Acceleration Specialist MarketMate
Krishna Kumar
Co-Founder Austin Al Valley
Chandra Ravipati
Senior Vice President BETSOL
Chinmaya Kumar Dash
Chief Enabler MyAnatomy Integration
Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca
Founder & CEO 1000x1
Nilay Goyal
CEO Innovance.ai
Dr. BU Abdullah
Chairman, BU Abdullah Group of Companies
Ghanim Alfalasi
SVP, Dubai Silicon Oasis
Dr. Nilay Ranjan Singh
CEO, State bank of India, DIFC
Dr. Sahitya K. Chaturvedi
Head of Internal audit, Ajmal perfumes
Dhiren Mathur
Co-Founder & CTO, Potpie AI
Harsh Jha
Head of IT, Nuvama Group
Ravi Kumar
CDIO, Exide Industries
Nikhil Prabhakar
CIO, IndiaMART
Saurabh Gupta
Group CDIO, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
Pavan V
VP Engineering, Moniepoint Group
James Mathew
CEO & Managing Partner, UHY James
Reema Mahajan
Founder, Indian Women in Dubai
Transforming the Travel industry with AI
Dr. Karthik Ramesh
Middle East CEO & Group Chief Growth Officer Tabhi
Dr. BU Abdullah
Chairman, BU Abdullah Group of Companies
Srinivas Mothey
Group CBO, Tabhi AI
Kiran Chandra
CTO, Tabhi AI
Ghanim Alfalasi
SVP, Dubai Silicon Oasis
AI as a Force Multiplier
Aditi Kothari
Co-Founder & CEO, Potpie AI
Vinay Kumar
CTO Landmark Group
Kiran Chandra
CTO, Tabhi AI
Kiran Darisi
CTO Atomicwork
Pavan V.
VP Engineering, Moniepoint group
Role of Startups & AI Adoption in the Enterprises
Lenin Gali
CBO & Founding Team Atomicwork
Gopalratnam V C
Executive VP & Global CIO, Philips
Abid Hussain Shah
Group CIO, Saudi German Hospitals Gr.
Raj Kalahasthi
CDIO, The Baldwin Group
Prasad Ramakrishanan
CIO Advisor & Mentor Forbes Tech Council
How to thrive as a Business in the UAE
Sunil Sinha
Vice Chairman IBPC Dubai
Dr. Nilay Ranjan Singh
CEO, State bank of India, DIFC
Dr. Sahitya K. Chaturvedi
Head of Internal audit, Ajmal perfumes
James Mathew
CEO & Managing Partner, UHY James
Reema Mahajan
Founder, Indian Women in Dubai
Building Unicorns in the AI Era
Lenin Gali
CBO & Founding Team Atomicwork
Arvind Jain
Founder & CEO Glean
Dheeraj Pandey
Co-Founder & CEO DevRev
Khadim Batti
Co-Founder & CEO, Whatfix
Roundtable 1
Future of Junicorns
Guiding young innovators from ideas to scalable ventures through mentorship and collaboration.
facilitator
Padma Alluri
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Dr. Madhu Chitkara
speaker
Amy Peck
speaker
Dr. Sunitha Kshatriya
speaker
Usha Nandigala
speaker
Chandra Ravipati
speaker
Nilay Goyal
speaker
Sergiu Ardelean
speaker
Sreekanth Perepu
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Dr. Madhu Chitkara
speaker
Amy Peck
speaker
Dr. Sunitha Kshatriya
speaker
Usha Nandigala
speaker
Chandra Ravipati
speaker
Nilay Goyal
speaker
Sergiu Ardelean
speaker
Sreekanth Perepu
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Dr. Madhu Chitkara
speaker
Amy Peck
speaker
Dr. Sunitha Kshatriya
speaker
Usha Nandigala
speaker
Chandra Ravipati
speaker
Nilay Goyal
speaker
Sergiu Ardelean
speaker
Sreekanth Perepu
Roundtable 2
AI in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence transforming healthcare delivery, access, outcomes, and ethical adoption.
facilitator
Dr. Kanwaljeet S. Anand
speaker
Dr. k Ravindranath Chowdary
speaker
Prasad Gundumogula
speaker
Dr. Raza Siddiqui
speaker
Ravi Tipparaju
speaker
Dr. Ruchi Dana
speaker
Dr. Karthik Ramesh
speaker
Dr. Raja Sekhar Gujju
speaker
Vivek Shukla
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Omar Sabri
speaker
Dr. k Ravindranath Chowdary
speaker
Prasad Gundumogula
speaker
Dr. Raza Siddiqui
speaker
Ravi Tipparaju
speaker
Dr. Ruchi Dana
speaker
Dr. Karthik Ramesh
speaker
Dr. Raja Sekhar Gujju
speaker
Vivek Shukla
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Omar Sabri
speaker
Dr. k Ravindranath Chowdary
speaker
Prasad Gundumogula
speaker
Dr. Raza Siddiqui
speaker
Ravi Tipparaju
speaker
Dr. Ruchi Dana
speaker
Dr. Karthik Ramesh
speaker
Dr. Raja Sekhar Gujju
speaker
Vivek Shukla
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Omar Sabri
Roundtable 3
Investor Connect
Capital Meets Innovation - Aligning capital, technology, and global talent to drive innovation.
facilitator
Amy Peck
speaker
Vikrant Varshney
speaker
Vasant Rao
speaker
Aditi Kothari
speaker
Lenin Gali
speaker
Sateesh Andra
speaker
Rishikesh Trivedi
speaker
Abhishek K Gupta
speaker
Sreekanth Perepu
speaker
Lax (Rao) Chepuri
speaker
Bala Badinedi
speaker
Vikrant Varshney
speaker
Vasant Rao
speaker
Aditi Kothari
speaker
Lenin Gali
speaker
Sateesh Andra
speaker
Rishikesh Trivedi
speaker
Abhishek K Gupta
speaker
Sreekanth Perepu
speaker
Lax (Rao) Chepuri
speaker
Bala Badinedi
speaker
Vikrant Varshney
speaker
Vasant Rao
speaker
Aditi Kothari
speaker
Lenin Gali
speaker
Sateesh Andra
speaker
Rishikesh Trivedi
speaker
Abhishek K Gupta
speaker
Sreekanth Perepu
speaker
Lax (Rao) Chepuri
speaker
Bala Badinedi
Roundtable 4
Future of Work
AI & the Next-Generation Workforce How AI and automation are reshaping skills, jobs, and global talent pathways
facilitator
Nitin Jaiswal
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Khadim Bhatti
speaker
Shekar Pannala
speaker
Somesh Chabalani
speaker
Rajesh Dhuddu (PH.D)
speaker
Manav Kumar Agarwal
speaker
Krishna Kumar
speaker
Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca
speaker
Gopalratnam VC
speaker
Chris Dawson
speaker
Bharath Jatangi
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Khadim Bhatti
speaker
Shekar Pannala
speaker
Somesh Chabalani
speaker
Rajesh Dhuddu (PH.D)
speaker
Manav Kumar Agarwal
speaker
Krishna Kumar
speaker
Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca
speaker
Gopalratnam VC
speaker
Chris Dawson
speaker
Bharath Jatangi
speaker
Dr. J A Chowdary
speaker
Khadim Bhatti
speaker
Shekar Pannala
speaker
Somesh Chabalani
speaker
Rajesh Dhuddu (PH.D)
speaker
Manav Kumar Agarwal
speaker
Krishna Kumar
speaker
Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca
speaker
Gopalratnam VC
speaker
Chris Dawson
speaker
Bharath Jatangi
Junicorn summit Team
Dr. J A Chowdary
ISF Junicorn Founder
Lenin Gali
CBO & Founding Team Atomicwork
Padma Alluri
ISF Junicorn Director
Dr. Sunitha Kshatriya
Head of AEIC American University in Dubai (AUD)
Dr. Mahesh Tangatooru
ISF Junicorn Co-Founder
Satyendra Kumar
ISF Junicorn Co-Founder
Venkata Sai
Junicorn Program Lead & Operations
Parvathi Vunnam
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Food4Crop care
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Flexible Smart Container
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Livestream Details
Join us virtually for the Junicorn Summit 2026 Live.
Junicorn Summit (Day 1)
Date: January 9, 2026
Venue & Accommodation
Jan 9, 2026
InterContinental Hotel Dubai Festival City by IHG
Dubai UAE
