On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to Week 2 of the 7th Annual International Conference of the International Association for Silk Road Studies (IASS 2022) hosted virtually on March 1, 2022 – event starts at 12:30pm.
Under this week’s theme of AI and BD in management of business and wealth, the event is set to bring together the best minds and leading voices in industry. Below you will find the registration link for the second week of the program.
Showcase session – 12:30pm
About the speaker – Showcase session:
Mr. Pritesh Kotecha, Director
Director Financeiro, SMART Company
Mr. Pritesh Kotecha brings over 25 years experience of building & re-building high-value sales, operations & delivery teams, of which 10 years are in building profitable businesses in developing, high growth markets. Building both internal & external stakeholder trust results in predictable revenues, consistent profits and trusted relationships at the highest levels within Corporate & Government.
Mr. Pritesh is regularly asked to host, speak and participate in specialist panels on subjects including RegTech, FinTech, The Digital Economy, and Artificial Intelligence.
Panel discussion – 01:15pm
Dr. Kyoung Jun Lee
Director of Humanities Big Data Research Center of Kyung Hee University and HAREX Infotech User Centric AI Institute
Dr. Kyoung Jun Lee is a professor of Information Systems at the Business School at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea.
He graduated with a B.S. (1990), M.S. (1992), and Ph.D. (1995) in Management Science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He also completed a M.S. and Ph.D. course in Public Administration at Seoul National University in 2003. He won the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Awards in 1995, 1997, and 2020 from the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and served as a visiting scientist and professor at Carnegie Mellon University (1996-1997), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009), and the University of California at Berkeley (2010). He is the year 2017’s president of Korean Intelligent Information Systems Society. He is currently the Director of Humanities Big Data Research Center of Kyung Hee University and HAREX Infotech User Centric AI Institute. He founded Benple Inc., IoT & AI-based company, and Allwinware Inc, a patent-based e-commerce company.
He received 2018 Presidential Award for his contribution to e-government of Korea. He was a member of the Government 3.0 Committee and held the position of Information Sharing and Collaboration Committee Chair. He has been also working as a head of IoT/IoE Division of the public-private partnership for e-Government. Dr. Lee was a Korean government member of the Strategic Committee for Fourth Industrial Revolution. He is now currently advising Riiid, Samsung C&T, LG CNS, and MINDS Lab.
Dr. Bernd van Linder
CEO of Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)
Dr. Bernd van Linder has been the CEO of Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) since January 2017. During his time with CBD, Dr. van Linder has focused on increasing the profitability and market share of the bank, and putting it on a trajectory towards becoming a fully digital bank. Before joining CBD, Dr. van Linder was CEO of Saudi Hollandi Bank (subsequently Al Awwal) for more than 7 years. Whilst at Saudi Hollandi Bank, Dr. van Linder oversaw the bank doubling both in size and in profitability.
Dr. Bernd van Linder holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Utrecht University, an MSc in Computer Science from Nijmegen University and an MBA in Finance from Bradford University.
Nezar A. Abu-Akeel
Founder and CEO – MAXPRO Fitness LLC
Nezar Abu-Akeel is the Founder of MAXPRO Fitness (Based in Detroit), and the Inventor of its core product the MAXPRO SmartConnect portable and connected cable system. Nezar has led the small but capable MAXPRO team to an impressive $16M in revenue in the first 1.5 years of operation, and is looking to build the company to $100M in revenues over the next few years. Nezar is also Chairman of Japan Plastics Technologies, headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, a $90 million revenue automotive interior supplier.
Saygin Yalcin
Founder & CEO at SellAnyCar.com
Saygin is the Founder & CEO of the Middle East's (ME) first & largest car buying service, SellAnyCar.com and Founder of the first & largest online private shopping club in the ME, Sukar.com, which has been acquired by Souq.com, making him Partner at the Souq.com and Jabbar Internet Group, becoming the largest ecommerce company in the Arab world, with 3000+ employees. In its largest acquisition outside the US to date, Amazon.com has acquired Souq.com Group. He has been selected as a UBS Industry Leader, a network of Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals.
He was also Advisory Board Member & Academic Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at the Canadian University Dubai.
He was referred to as "the region's online business guru" by the National newspaper in the UAE, while Arabian Business named him as "one of the region's finest young entrepreneurs and a major part of the entrepreneurial scene in recent years".
We look forward to you joining us for what promises to be an informative and stimulating program of events.