🎙️ AI Arabia Center of Excellence | Advisory Board Roundtable Session 5 Podcast
Theme: How Can National AI Infrastructure and Compute Enable Scalable Adoption Across Key Sectors?
As artificial intelligence adoption accelerates, access to scalable compute, robust digital infrastructure, and secure AI platforms has become essential for national competitiveness. The challenge is ensuring governments and industries have the infrastructure needed to deploy AI at scale while supporting innovation, resilience, and long-term economic growth.
Featured Speakers:
🔹 Omar AlSheikh, Country Head and Senior Director, KSA & Bahrain – Energy, Services & Government, Infosys
🔹 Hany Azzam, Customer Success Lead, Microsoft Saudi Arabia
🔹 Irina Karagyaur, Co-Founder & General Manager, BQ9 Agency
🔹 Ramy AlDamati, Chief Metaverse & AI Strategy Officer, MetaServ ME
🔹 Robin Machado, Head of Digital R&D MEA, Siemens Energy & ADYBC Board Member
The discussion explores how investments in AI infrastructure, cloud and compute capacity, trusted digital ecosystems, and public-private collaboration can accelerate AI adoption across government, energy, manufacturing, and other strategic sectors—creating the foundation for sustainable innovation and economic competitiveness.