Dubai, UAE; 28 September 2014 – The Dubai Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) has announced the inclusion of Majed Al Suwaidi, the Managing Director for Dubai Internet City (DIC), and Dubai Outsource Zone (DOZ), as a keynote speaker for its upcoming TIECon 2014, Silicon Valley’s largest Entrepreneurial conference, celebrating its tenth year of being in Dubai. The conference is being hosted in Dubai from 1st October 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Convention centre. The initial confirmed line-up also includes Osman Sultan, Dave McClure, Fadi Ghandour, Youssef Hamidaddin, Sanjeev Bikchandani, and Dany Farha.
At TiECon 2014, Majed Al Suwaidi will present a keynote, talking about the work Dubai is doing to nurture and support Entrepreneurship in the UAE and the Arab region, through DIC and TECOM. He will also be on a panel about Incubators, Accelerators and Co-Working spaces that support entrepreneurship in the region. His fellow panellists will be Youssef Hamidaddin, CEO of Oasis 500, Nina Curley, MD of the twofour54 Incubator, and Aman Merchant, Founder of the Impact Hub Dubai.
Al Suwaidi said, “It is an honour to have been chosen as a keynote speaker for TiECon 2014, an event that plays a very important role in highlighting the important trends and growth opportunities within the UAE’s start-up landscape.”
He continued, “Entrepreneurship in the UAE is thriving. The government has played an extremely active role in providing support and the right framework for start-ups, and we have seen a real increase in the number of business incubators, including in5, which have played a key role in driving this growth. Entrepreneurs have played a pivotal role in Dubai’s development into a knowledge-based economy, and I look forward to hearing from today’s esteemed speakers about the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, and the ways in which we can work together to drive innovation in the UAE and across the region.”
TiECon 2014 will address important trends, challenges, innovations and business opportunities across multiple industries and channels including Trading, E-Commerce and Smart Technologies. This will be delivered in a series of keynote speeches, presentations and panel discussions. TiECon 2014 will also showcase notable local and global entrepreneurial success stories.
“The inclusion of a dignitary of the calibre of Majed Al Suwaidi is a great honour for us. He represents the great work that has been done through zones like TECOM and DIC for the improvement of Entrepreneurship in the region,” said K. S. Parag, President of TiE Dubai. “His insight into the growth and the plans for future improvement for incubators and accelerators will be useful for the members attending the conference.”
The Dubai edition of TiECon will bring together over 300 prominent entrepreneurs, venture, capitalists, corporate leaders, industry experts and innovators from the UAE and 17 neighbouring countries. The Dubai event follows the success of the recent TiECon event held earlier this year in the US that drew over 4000 attendees.
