Rise Launch Event Program
KEYNOTES
Farouk El-Baz
Director, Center for Remote Sensing
Boston University
Mohamed El-Sawy
Founder
The Sawy Culture Wheel
SPEAKERS
Wael Fakharany
RISE Co-founder &
Board Chair
MENA Region Agency Leader, Google
Iman Bibars
Vice President
Ashoka
Shahir Guindi
Board Member
Canadian Business
Development Bank
Vinit Nijhawan
Former President
TiE-Boston and
TiE-Global Trustee
Michael Megalli
Senior Director,
Brand Strategy
Microsoft
Rana El Kaliouby
Co-founder &
Chief Science Officer
Affectiva
Andrew Zolli
Executive Director
PopTech!
Ihab Ismail
Co-founder &
Board Member,
Nahdet El-Mahrousa
Azza Fahmy
Chairwoman &
Chief Designer
Azza Fahmy Jewelry
Nadereh Chamlou
Fmr Senior Advisor to Chief Economist for
MENA Region
World Bank
Walt Mayo
Senior Vice President of Global Expansion, Endeavor
Dina Sherif
Founding Partner
Ahead of the Curve
Sherif Kamel
Dean
AUC Business School
Mona Amer
Associate Professor
of Psychology
AUC
Tim Williamson
Co-Founder & CEO
Idea Village
Tarek El-Madany
Board Member
Egypt NEGMA
FEATURING
A Presentation of the first class of RISE Entrepreneurs!
Entertainment
Music
Ahmed El-Haggar
& Berklee School Musicians