The exclusive TPO33 Chief Data Officer executive forum gathered 33 senior data leaders and decision-makers today at Neera Dubai for an intensive, high-level summit focused on navigating data and AI strategy in modern enterprises.
Under the central theme “Connecting Data Strategy, Technology, and Business Outcome”, the compact four-hour forum brings together top regional CDOs and technology executives to discuss the shifting mandate of data leadership as digital transformation and AI adoption accelerate across the Middle East.
Evolving the Role of the Modern CDO
Beyond traditional governance and compliance, today’s CDOs are increasingly tasked with building trusted, AI-ready data foundations and ensuring technology investments yield clear, measurable ROI. Discussions throughout the day focus on three core pillars:
- Operationalizing Data-Driven Enterprises: Overcoming structural and technical hurdles to embed data into daily operational workflows.
- Technology Decision-Making: Evaluating open versus proprietary data and AI platforms to balance rapid innovation with long-term architectural flexibility.
- Redefining the CDO Mandate: Aligning data strategy directly with overarching business goals to drive enterprise-wide transformation.
Expert Insights & Industry Collaboration
The curated agenda combines focused presentations and peer-to-peer roundtable discussions designed for open dialogue and benchmarking. Among the featured speakers leading today’s sessions are:
- Deepak Kumar, Group Head of Data & AI at Al-Futtaim Group
- Zaheer Ahmed Khan, V.P. Architecture & Consulting at Edgematics Technology
- Ahmad Mousa, Field CTO (META) at MinIO
- Philippe Boukaka, Senior Solutions Architect at Starburst
- Michelle Hoang, Data & Transformation Leader at Emirates NBD
The event is organized by Hyperight AB and co-hosted in partnership with technology leaders MinIO, Starburst, and Edgematics Group.
About the TPO33 Event Series
TPO33 is a specialized, invitation-only executive event format designed specifically for senior decision-makers and practitioners. Limited strictly to 33 curated participants per session, the compact 3.5 to 4-hour format eliminates broad pitches in favor of intensive, topic-specific problem-solving, peer benchmarking, and high-impact roundtable discussions. 
This event in Dubai is part of an ongoing, international series of TPO33 executive forums taking place across major enterprise hubs in Europe and Asia/Middle East, including host cities such as Dubai, Riyadh, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Helsinki. The series brings together domain-specific leaders (covering Chief Data Officers, Chief AI Officers, and Chief Analytics Officers) to collectively address the most pressing technological challenges facing modern organizations.
