Featured Speakers

Gokul Bajaj

Director of Sales & General Manager, Cvent ME

As Director of Sales & General Manager, Cvent ME, Gokul brings a wealth of knowledge on event technology and vast experience of event management software. From major Corporations to Event Agencies, Travel Management Companies, Non-Profits and Associations, Gokul has successfully helped countless organizations adopt new technology, aimed at streamlining the event planning process, as well as improving the attendee’s experience. Gokul has frequently spoken at industry trade shows across the globe including, Business World, DMA Asia, Saudi CEF etc. He regularly hosts educational lunch seminars, sharing this experiences on the benefits of adopting event management software and enhancing the attendee experience through technology.

Dr James Morgan

Dean, International Tourism and Hospitality College

Dr James Morgan is the curriculum lead at HEART (Hospitality, Events, Arts, Retail and Tourism) Institute at Lincoln College. He is also Dean of the International Tourism and Hospitality College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was previously the course leader of the MA Tourism Management and MA Event Design programmes at the University of Westminster, London. He is also the founder of Event Tech Lab, a partnership community for event technology companies, event professionals and investors. He was voted as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the Global Events Industry in 2020 and 2019.

Other awards include being in Eventbrite’s Top 100 Event Professionals in 2016; as well as being awarded the International Live Events Association’s top accolade, the J Robert Graves Pioneer Award for for his services to the association in the same year. He was also voted as one of the Top 20 Industry Changemakers for 2017 by US publication Meetings Net magazine. As a respected international speaker, writer for Mash Media and previously for Event MB, James judge’s industry awards in Europe, North America and the Middle East each year. As a truly international event professional, he is passionate about researching topics on experience design, attendee engagement and technology.

Yasser Alobaidan

Founder and CEO, Jawraa

Yasser Alobaidan is a visionary leader who connects industries through digitization and leverages digital disruption to transform how governments and industries function.

In his current role as Founder and CEO of Jawraa, Yasser directs the company’s operations, including its subsidiaries and each of its five business units. Under his leadership, Jawraa received Saudi Arabia’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) license, securing its position as an industry pioneer. Yasser is the architect behind the company’s continuing expansion with long-term projects across the public and private sectors.