Saudi Cloud Summit 2023

Organized by Bexprt, powered by AWS

The Saudi Cloud Summit 2023, hosted at the Hilton Hotel Riyadh, brought together experts in cloud technology, with key announcements for the Saudi market, new Bexprt solution launches, discussion panels with clients, and access to senior staff. Valuable insights for CIOs and Senior Business Executives in all sectors, were shared, useful for startups, enterprises and those in the public sector.

Those who joined us discovered vital cloud updates for Saudi Arabia, and enjoyed unrivalled networking opportunities.

Bexprt is a UK cloud consultancy specialist and AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, with a regional international office in Riyadh, actively working with clients and deploying cloud projects in the Kingdom. At this meeting, in partnership with AWS, Bexprt shared insights into best-in-breed cloud technologies, Gen-AI, Advanced Analytics and Resilience, with real Saudi use cases.

This exclusive, closed-door, private and in-person-only meeting included 2x Bexprt solution launches and live demos, panel discussions with clients Al Watania for Industries, and Abdulrehman Algosaibi G.T.C, and provided strategic cloud insights and networking opportunities for CIOs and Senior Business Executives in Saudi Arabia.

 

Saudi Coud Summit 2023 photos, and 2024 plans

  • Please find a 2023 recap and event photos, plus first details of our 2024 plans, here on the Bexprt blog.
  • If you would like to keep updated about Saudi Cloud Summit 2024 plans and other future Bexprt events, please register here.
  • To discover more about Bexprt, or the new solutions Bextract™ and Bex-DR™, please email hello@bexprt.com

One location, one day.

The Saudi Cloud Summit 2023 held this year on 10th October enabled attendees to optimize their access to cloud & AI expertise, and experience, in Saudi.

In partnership, together

Organized by

Bexprt

Powered by

AWS

Saudi Cloud Summit 2023 Agenda

08:30 Registration and coffee, for pre-registered meeting attendees only

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09:15 Opening session: key updates from AWS & Bexprt in Saudi

1. Keynote speaker ◦ Accelerating digital transformation in Saudi Arabia

  • Yasser Hassan, Regional General Manager, leading the Amazon Web Services (AWS) business in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey

 

2. Bexprt in the Kingdom ◦ A Saudi-centric business update, plus  Bexprt solution launches, and announce new offers and incentives for the local market.

 

3. Fireside chat ◦ Solutions for the Public and Private Sectors in the Kingdom

 

4. Why does AWS matter for small and medium businesses?

 

Generative AI

Generative AI on AWS

  • What is it, how did we get there, and the story with AWS
  • Steven Mustafa, AWS PMSA Manager – Middle East, Turkey & Africa
Data Analytics & AI

Revealing hidden insights from your data, to drive operational efficiency, improve profit and enhance customer experience

 

1. Data Analytics: AWS capabilities and new features

 

2. Bexprt solution launch 1: Bextract™

  • Advanced Intelligent Document Processing ◦ Solution overview & live demo
  • Mahmoud ElZayet, Bexprt Director of Cloud & Mohamed El-Kerdany Bexprt Head of Development
  • To discover more about this new Bexprt solution, Bextract™, please email hello@bexprt.com

 

Lunch is included for meeting guests
Data Analytics & AI continued

3. Panel discussion with Al Watania For Industries

  • Multi-language, Advanced Intelligent Document Processing: using large language models, natural language processing and generative AI to discover the hidden secrets in your paperwork, and take informative business decisions
  • The team will discuss a recent Advanced Analytics & AI project undertaken for Al Watania For Industries with Bexprt’s new Bextract™ Advanced Intelligent Document Processing solution, and share insights on how the project developed.
  • Yousef Suliman M. Alduraywish, Al Watania For Industries Logistics Manager
  • Ahmed Tayel, AWS Senior Enterprise Account Manager
  • Mahmoud El Zayet, Bexprt Director of Cloud
  • Gwen Edwards, Bexprt CMO
Resilience: the latest innovative technologies for automated disaster recovery and cloud resilience

1. Bexprt solution launch: Bex-DR™

  • Advanced Automated Disaster Recovery Testing ◦ Solution overview & demo
  • Mahmoud ElZayet, Bexprt Director of Cloud

 

2. Panel discussion with Abdulrehman Algosaibi discussing a recent project to enable automated Disaster Recovery testing use cases

 

3. Together, locally: Does having local Bexprt & AWS teams benefit customers in the Kingdom? The Saudi-based Bexprt and AWS teams share their insights in this panel discussion.

17:30 Meeting closes

Wrap-up and closing remarks

  • Including a quick recap of key AWS updates, Bexprt’s new solution launches, and Bexprt’s new offers and incentives for the local market
  • Mo Hamdy, Bexprt Founder & CEO

Saudi Cloud Summit 2023 Team

Abdallah Ibrahim Amin

Abdallah Ibrahim Amin

Abdulrehman Algosaibi
Infrastructure Director

Abdulaziz Al Meer

Abdulaziz Al Meer

AWS Head of Public Sector Partners
Saudi Arabia & Bahrain

Abdullah Alhoshan

Abdullah Alhoshan

AWS Solutions Architect
Saudi Arabia

Abdulrhman Khormi

Abdulrhman Khormi

Bexprt Cloud Solutions Architect

Ahmed Tayel

Ahmed Tayel

AWS Senior Enterprise Account Manager

Alaa Eddin Kilani

Alaa Eddin Kilani

AWS Senior Partner Management Solution Architect

Ayman ElBataway

Ayman ElBataway

Bexprt Core Networks Deployment Technical Lead

Ayman El-Tohamy

Ayman El-Tohamy

AWS Head of SMB
MENA & Turkey

Ghaith Hamza

Ghaith Hamza

Bexprt Business Development Manager

Gwen Edwards

Gwen Edwards

Bexprt CMO

Mahmoud ElZayet

Mahmoud ElZayet

Bexprt Director of Cloud

Mo Hamdy

Mo Hamdy

Bexprt Founder & CEO

Mohamed El-Kerdany

Mohamed El-Kerdany

Bexprt Head of Development

Mohammed Laimon

Mohammed Laimon

AWS Senior Partner Development Manager
Saudi Arabia & Bahrain

Steven Mustafa

Steven Mustafa

AWS Partner SA Manager for EEM

Walid Kawgy

Walid Kawgy

AWS Senior Enterprise Business Manager

Yasser Hassan

Yasser Hassan

AWS Regional General Manager
Middle East, North Africa and Turkey

Yousef Suliman M. Alduraywish

Yousef Suliman M. Alduraywish

Al Watania For Industries Logistics Manager

Yousef Allahham

Yousef Allahham

Bexprt Pre-Sales Engineer

Saudi Cloud Summit 2023 recap

Discover more about the successful first edition of the Saudi Cloud Summit.

Mo Hamdy, Bexprt Founder & CEO

“The Saudi Cloud Summit was an amazing experience for me personally, meeting plenty of CxOs from Governments, SMB, DNC and Unicorns, across vastly diversified range of industries, exchanging their experience of the Saudi Market.”

“I would like to thank all of the Bexprt Team for making such a great event happen and for the sponsorship of AWS with inspiring and insightful Keynote Speech from Yasser Hassan , AWS Regional General Manager, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. True partnership and teamwork in action.”

“Very fruitful sessions from all Bexprt and AWS speakers, covering Digital Transformation, the Saudi 2030 vision and power of data, how to make use of data to take informative decisions, seeing amazing use cases from AWS about Analytics and AI, and launching both Bexprt Advanced IDP (#Bextract™) over Amazon Bedrock and Bex-DR™ Resilience Automation Tool – both with successful live demos!”

“Lastly, listening to amazing panel discussions from happy customers who used such tools locally in the Kingdom! Thank you to our customers Yousef Alduraywish from Al Watania For Industries, and Abdallah Ibrahim Amin from Abdulrehman Algosaibi G.T.C for being part of the Saudi Cloud Summit 2023.” Mo Hamdy, Bexprt Founder & CEO