EMCEE Welcome

[Music] it is early so we have still a few empty seats and the front row is empty so everybody who's sitting in the back the seats in the front are more comfortable so we invite you to be up close so the panel also that is here in the morning has a great seat at a smiling audience right here we have an exciting day prepared here in Venture Park and and at the Venture stage a lot of hot topics will be discussed key topics that matter to Founders investors and of course any industry leaders we will look at of course AI today today is going to be actually a large Spotlight on AI and let me tell you this you want to be here at the stage at 12:15 because we have a very special hub71 announcement which will be made by no one else than the Hop 71 CEO Ahmed Ali one so you should definitely come here and what is the other important topic the other must see point on the agenda exactly the Hub raising the fund 70 Hub 71 fundraising Road show that is happening and we will have today 17 startups from the hub71 cohort 14 and 15 pitching on this very stage their Solutions their business models and you will be blown away so that's definitely one to keep in mind now now let me introduce to you the first panel but before social media is what we love what we do so therefore we invite you all to continue the conversation online with our hashtag ADF w2024 and please by all means do tag hub71 on all of our social media Channels with that being said now let me introduce to you the first panel the first session this morning will delve right into the state of investing where can investors really find Value that is the question that will be discussed here on this stage because we all know that there's lots of different topics lots of different opportunities exciting developments but where do we really need to look the panel of investors will share their perspectives and they will also show you the opportunities as well as the challenges that lie ahead for Founders the session is moderated by Amir KH the executive director of investor relations and external Communications at waja capital W Capital has been recognized as one of Forbes Middle East top 30 asset management companies and she herself is a high performing result oriented leader and also the Creator and host of two influential podcasts that you should definitely take a look and joining her on the panel are Courtney Powell the CEO and managing partner of 500 Global managing 3 billion USD in AUM and has over 400 regions and 400 investments in the region we have Muhammad Fus the Middle East lead for SC Ventures who is expanding their business from Global now here to the UAE we have William Kelly the CEO of Kaya Association a global a global credentialing body for alternative Investments and finally we have Christos mastas the founder and managing partner of venture capital at ilad partn us who is announcing a new fund today a lot of excitement that is going to be here with the first panel so please put your hands together for the panel welcome [Music]