Faisal Mohammed ALShimmari

Founding Chairman, UAE Child Protection Association

Faisal is a Result-oriented executive with an innovation flair, Inventor, Strategist, Trainer, Public Spokes Person.

Diverse experience acquired over more than 29 years with a proven track of leading successful initiatives in the fields of strategy, governance and risk management, digital transformation, information security, crisis management, business continuity.

Accredited Counselor and Excellence Assessor in the government knowledge transfer program by the Prime Minister's Office.

Graduate of the sixth batch of the UAE Government Executive Leaders Program & the second batch of training the trainers' program. Founder and Chairman of Emirates Child Protection Association (ECPA).

Served as public safety & law enforcement senior officer (Colonel), subject matter expert, and Executive Director of the Digital Transformation & AI Program concurrently while being the founding director of the Governance Department, and the e-Auditing Department, CISO.

Provided strategic, innovative, creative, & smart initiatives and capabilities to leading government organizations such as the Ministry of Interior and Abu Dhabi Police amongst others to tackle critical challenges such as Child Protection and Environmental activities.

Represented UAE on several occasions, conferences and exhibitions, Summits, in many areas such as innovation, Future foresight, the fourth industrial revolution, disruptive and emerging technologies.


Speakers

Kay Firth-ButterfieldCEO, Good Tech Advisory
George Tilesch Founder & President, PHI Institute for Augmented Intelligence
Adrián Gonzalez Sanchez Data & AI Lead for Public Sector and Health, Microsoft, Spain
Alessio PecorarioCybersecurity & New Tech Expert
Ansgar KoeneGlobal AI Ethics and Regulatory Leader, EY
Brando BenifeiMember of the European Parliament, EU AI Act Co-Rapporteur
Cécile AptelDeputy Director of Global Office of Research and Foresight, UNICEF Innocenti
Erik SlootenPartner, EY AI Confidence
Ferenc VágujhelyiGovernment Commissioner, Commissioner for National Tax and Customs Administration
Gábor ErdélyiDirector of Applied Data Science, University of Canterbury / Partner, Phi Institute
Gábor SzórádProduct director, SaferAI
Gianluca MisuracaFounder and Vice President on Technology Diplomacy, Inspiring Futures
Grégory HerréFounder and President, Ygdrazil Conseil
Gyula KovácsManaging Director, Co-Founder, Neuron Solutions
Imre PorkolábNational Security Office
Jakub Turowski Public Policy Director for CEE, META
John C. HavensDirector, Planet Positive 2030, Founding Executive Diretor of Global Initiative on AI Ethics, IEEE
László DrajkóFounder & Managing Partner, Cydrill Software Security
Levente SzabadosManaging Director, Co-Founder, Neuron Solutions
Maria Axente Senior research associate, University of Cambridge
Mario Hernandez RamosChair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, Council of Europe
Miguel Valle del OlmoDigital Transformation Attaché, Spanish Permanent Representation
Olívia ErdélyiProfessor, University of Bonn & Canterbury / Partner, Phi Institute
Szabolcs SzolnokiDeputy State Secretary for Technology, Ministry for National Economy
Theodore BooneOf Counsel/Faculty Member, Dentons/Corvinus University
Tuan TrinhRegional Director East, EIT Digital