Women in Tech® 100 Top Speakers 2023

Previously, she was the Managing Director of the Greater Paris Investment Agency (2002-2016) to attract global investments to the Paris Region. As Director of International Affairs of Greater Paris (1985-2002), she created the Metropolis and implemented cooperation between Paris and 20 global capitals.
Chiara is a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for France and member of the Arab International Women’s Forum. She is also a member of the Board of Advisors for OECD and BSR’s Business for Inclusive Growth.

In 2019, she was nominated as the French Foreign Trade Advisor. She has been independent board member of RATP and APRIL.
She has been selected among the 100 more influential women in the world.

She was also awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur by Christine Lagarde (2009) and Ufficiale della Stella d’Italia by President Sergio Mattarella (2015).

Women in Tech® 100 Top Speakers 2023

Dr. Almazrouei is recognized worldwide for her contributions to AI and was featured in Leading AI Women in the World in 2023 list, alongside other distinguished women in the field. She also received the Global Leadership Women in Tech® MENA Award in 2023. Dr. Almazrouei is an advocate for sustainability and AI for Good initiatives, as well as the general chair of Abu Dhabi AI Connect and TPC chair of many IEEE international conferences.

Dr. Almazrouei’s leadership and expertise have been vital in the successful development of TII’s Falcon LLM models (home-built rivals to ChatGPT), which significantly outperform models from giant tech companies. Her commitment to pushing the boundaries of AI innovation and her instrumental role led to the creation of the Middle East’s first homegrown, open-source large language model (LLM), Falcon 40B for use in research and commercialization. Following the phenomenal success of Falcon 40B, she then launched Falcon 180B, an advanced iteration of its predecessor and the world’s most powerful open AI model. Additionally, Dr. Almazrouei led the development of NOOR, the largest Arabic LLM model in 2022.

Her contributions extend beyond her work at TII where she leads the big data expert subcommittee of the UAE Council for AI and Blockchain and is a member of the worldwide steering board of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF). She is also a member of the Science and Engineering Advisory Board at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (SUAD). She is a scientific author, patent inventor, entrepreneur, and renowned speaker, known for her keynote speeches at prestigious summits such as the CogX Festival 2023- London UK, AI Summit in London, World AI Cannes Festival, and Tech summits.

Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei previously worked in the telecommunications industry delivering business solutions for companies like BT, Etisalat, and KU where she leveraged her expertise to develop advanced tech solutions and products for stakeholders across multiple industries on the Internet of Things (IoTs), autonomous vehicles and drones, wireless localization, intelligence systems, 5G and beyond.

Women in Tech® 100 Top Speakers 2023

Women in Tech® 100 Top Speakers 2023

A result-driven expert, passionate about sustainability and human capital development, with extensive project management experience and a proven track record in driving consulting mandates, research projects and education initiatives, with a number of UAE government departments and international organisations.

Team player committed to success, with the ability to influence, motivate, lead, and create buy-in with senior stakeholders in pursuit of continuous and sustainable business development.

Holds a Ph.D. in Business Management specialised in Destination Competitiveness in addition to an MBA, a Law degree and a Tourism Management degree.

Women in Tech® 100 Top Speakers 2023

Women in Tech 100 Top Speakers 2023

Stéphanie is a High Impact Technology Catalyst, and the CEO & Founder of WE IMPACT.WORLD. Stéphanie is a member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network, and sits on the Advisory Board of several startups, and both the Metaverse Fashion Council and the French Circular Fashion Federation.

She was recently awarded as 2022 Top 100 Women of the Future, and has been invited to join the 100 Davos Women for the 2023 World Economic Forum. With over 25 years of experience in the Business, Digital & Tech Transformation, she has built a solid experience, and deep knowledge working in major corporate groups, and founded several startups.

In 2020, she founded We Impact.World to support organizations in building Net-Zero Businesses, and accelerating their Scope 3 Sustainability Transformation leveraging Data, Digital, Tech, and Innovation. In 2021, she introduced during a TEDx talk, the Impact Hacking Model.