emerge 2023 speakers
Best speakers!
Istanbul, 2—3 October
  • Fonz Morris (US)
    Lead Product Designer, Global Conversion & Monetization, Netflix
    ex-Design Team Lead, Coursera
  • Lale Can Gözübüyük (TR)
    Regional Director, Country Manager, Turkey
    Plug and Play Tech Center
  • DARON YONDEM (TR)
    Azure Application Innovation Tech Lead
    Microsoft
  • MARIA KOCHMOLA (US)
    Founder and Managing Partner
    The Games Fund
  • Mike Butcher (UK)
    Editor-At-Large
    TechCrunch
  • AVISHKAR SHARMA (UK)
    Head of Crypto Partnerships
    Checkout.com
  • Artem Migunov (UK)
    Product Owner
    Revolut
  • Sima Baktaş (TR)
    Founder & Lawyer, GlobalB Law
    Co-Founder, CryptoFemale
  • Tatiana Aulachynskaya (PL)
    VP of Product, Growth & Incubations
    PandaDoc
  • Aidis Dalikas (LT)
    Global Head of Creative Services
    Httpool by Aleph
  • KJ DHALIWAL (US)
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Social Discovery Group
  • Erol Özgüner (TR)
    Chief Innovation Officer
    Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
  • ŞEMSA ABBASOĞLU (TR)
    Marketing Director
    Tarfin
  • Alex Posternak (UAE)
    Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, INTEMA
  • Bruce Kurtz (US)
    CMO
    Aloha Browser
  • Ekrem İmamoğlu (TR)
    Mayor of Istanbul
    Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
  • Alex Atashkar (TR)
    Co-Founder and Web3 Specialist
    Seed.Photo
  • ECE TAŞKINÇAY (TR)
    Strategy and Business Development Manager
    Koç Holding
  • Numan Numan (TR)
    Founder
    212
  • Ozan Sonmez (UK)
    Partner - CEE
    Molten Ventures
  • Tatiana Melnichuk (UK)
    CEO and Founder
    Lucky Hunter
  • EGOR ABRAMOV (TR)
    General partner
    Contribution Capital
  • ANTON PANKIN (TR)
    Business Development Partner
    Contribution Capital
  • OLEG MOSYAZH (ISR)
    CEO
    FUTUROUND
  • ALINA NILSSON
    Angel Investor, Co-Founder & CEO, Fundraising Consultant
    EMERGE
  • Jana Garanko (SP)
    PR Lead
    Semrush
  • Dmitry Kurin (KZ)
    Co-founder and CEO
    InVenture Studio
  • Artem Moskalev (IDN)
    CEO and Co-founder
    IVITECH
  • Artem Kulbasov (US)
    Founder & Recruiter
    Folks.Rocks
  • Ekaterina Smirnova (CZ)
    Head of Awards, Startup Program
    Aurora Tech Award (InDrive)
  • Kadir Danışman (TR)
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Spektra Games
  • Kristina Frolova Lasenko (SA)
    Managing Partner
    Global Gaming Hub
  • ALI RIZA BABAOĞLAN (FI)
    Managing Director
    Grow in EMEA
  • Daniel Hastik (CZ)
    Venture Partner
    Tensor Ventures
  • Alena Shmalko (IT)
    Co-Founder & COO
    XFounders
  • Julien Simon (FR)
    Chief Evangelist
    Hugging Face
  • Pedro Fabião (PT)
    Chief Clown Officer
    Evolution.NEW
  • Nevzat Ataklı (USA)
    Founder & CEO
    Trio Mobil
  • Farida Gafarova (AM)
    Deputy Director for Development
    Profilum.career
  • Tugrul Tasgetiren (TR)
    CEO (MENA & Türkiye)
    red_mad_robot
  • Duygu Öztürk (TR)
    Principal, 500 Emerging Europe,
    Ex-Global Director of Customer, Getir
  • Itxaso Araque Barriuso (TR)
    Head of Startup Business - France, Southern Europe, Middle East, Turkey & Africa
    Amazon Web Services
  • Ahu Buyukkusoglu Serter (TR)
    Founder
    Arya Women's Investment Platform
  • Anna Maikova (USA)
    Product Marketing Lead
    Gan.ai
  • Valery Ilinski (LV)
    Co-Founder
    Eligens
  • Saltukhan Gulsen (TR)
    Investment Management Lead
    WePlay Ventures
  • Morten W Schmidt  (CH)
    CEO
    OneSoil
  • Aleks Farseev (SG)
    CEO
    SOMIN
  • ADRIEN HENNI (FR)
    Founder
    International Digital News
Dubai, 28—29 May
  • Sandro Gelashvili (UAE)
    Head of Creative Works, Gaming & Tech, EMEA Emerging markets
    Google
  • Andrea Prazakova (UAE)
    Senior Vice President (Innovation, ESG, Gaming)
    Mastercard EEMEA
  • Regina Turbina (QA)
    Founder replicant.fashion
    Co-founder ARTISANT
  • Alexander Chehade (UAE)
    Executive Director & General Manager Binance
  • Shinez Chalabi (UAE)
    Business Acceleration Head
    Google
  • Dr. Jonathan Doerr (UAE)
    Partner
    Antler
  • Tarek Amin (UAE)
    Director
    YouTube MENA
  • Prianca Ravichander (UAE)
    Global Head of Marketing & B2B2X Partnerships
    Tecnotree Moments (Tecnotree Corporation)
  • Asher Siddiqui (UAE)
    General Partner
    Sukna Ventures
  • Paulina Jänsch (DE)
    Founding partner & CEO
    Leanox Impact Capital
  • Malak Trabelsi Loeb (UAE)
    Founder & MD Vernewell Management Consultancies
  • Stepan Shakhnazarov (UAE)
    Head of Client Solution Team, Eastern Europe
    TikTok
  • Kim Sanzhiev (UAE)
    Founder
    Get Outfit
  • Najia Maqsood (BHR)
    Sr. Project Manager
    Ahli United bank
    ex-Citi
  • Amr Al Habbal (UAE)
    Senior Manager - Performance Marketing talabat
  • Simon Hoffmann (UAE)
    Co-founder & Chief Growth Officer GameIN
  • Sandzhar Ismailov (UAE)
    Head of Large Customer Sales, Gaming Google
  • Natallia Miranchuk (CY)
    Founder & CEO
    SOULA
  • Saad Ouchkir (UAE)
    Head of Cloud Customer Engineers for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa Google
  • Mohamed Saieed (UAE)
    Managing Director
    Potensia Systems
  • Dr. Alex Aliper (CN)
    President
    Insilico medicine
  • Sameh Megrhi (FR)
    CTO and founder
    O MY NOTE
  • Gevorg Sargsyan (AM)
    Co-founder & CEO Playtena
    ex-CEO Playrix AM
  • Sebastian Grube (IRL)
    Founder & CEO .beyondcomms
    Host of The Arts in Business podcast
  • Sana Choyakh (UAE)
    Founder Flair and Vision
    Sales & Business Development Lutron
  • BAS GODSKA (NL)
    Founder, General Partner
    Acrobator Ventures
  • Thajudeen Abdul Kadhar (UAE)
    Head of Strategy & Marketing
    NASR Esports
  • Loulou Khazen (UAE)
    Managing Partner
    Spade Ventures
  • Igor Akimov
    AI Solutions Product Lead
    Wrike
  • Julia Momblat (CY)
    Head of Partnerships
    Liquid Access
  • Yunna Albegova (UAE)
    Creator
    MetaKira
  • Dina Mostovaya (ES)
    Founder & CEO
    Mindset Consulting
  • André Jr Ayotte (UAE)
    General Partner
    Modus Africa
  • Natalia Martynova (LT)
    Co-founder & COO
    Openface
  • Philip Wride (UAE)
    Founder
    ClassBridges
  • Alina Nilsson
    Co-Founder
    EMERGE
  • Priya M. Nair (UAE)
    Founder & CEO
    zwag Ai Solutions
  • Saad Sarwar (UAE)
    Co-Founder
    8Flamez
  • Roya Pakzad (US)
    Founder & CEO
    Feminade Inc.
  • ALEXANDER ZEMLYAK (ISR)
    Principal & Head of Israel
    Leta Capital
  • Yana Leonova (UAE)
    Head of Dubai Chapter
    VNTR capital
  • Jeremy Denisty (UAE)
    Co-Founder & Managing Partner
    Imagin3 Studio
  • Giovanni Everduin (UAE)
    Head of Strategy & Innovation

    Commercial Bank International

    Member of The Advisory Council

    Harvard Business Review

  • Sebastian Bond (UAE)
    Founder
    Kitab Sawti (acquired by Storytel)
  • Anish Mohammed (UAE)
    Co-founder, CTO & Chief Scientist
    Panther Protocol
  • Tom Kiehn (UAE)
    Co-Founder & Managing Director
    Snow Hill
  • Elizaveta Gromova (ISR)
    Managing partner
    DCBL
  • Shashwat Eternal (IN)
    CMO
    NFT3
  • Svetlana Glinkina (UAE)
    Marketing Lead
    Google
  • Maria Ivanova (UAE)
    Founding Partner
    Gingo Partners
  • Anton Gorodetsky (CY)
    Head of Industry Relations
    MY.GAMES
  • Kristina Frolova LASENKO (UAE)
    Managing Partner Gaming Activation Capital,
    Advisor Harvard Business Review,
    Ex-Gaming Meta, Google, Hub71
  • Vadim Krekotin (UAE)
    Founding Partner
    Cryptomeria Capital
  • Valentina Zakirova (USA)
    Investment Director
    Social Discovery Group
  • Eugene Valuev (CY)
    Founder
    ULTRA.VC
  • Dennis Yudchitz (UAE)
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Lifemost
  • Elizaveta Kalenchuk
    Innovative Ecosystem Relations Manager, Startup Relations
    Kaspersky
  • Anton Vasiliev (SG)
    General Partner
    Finbridge Ventures
  • Anastasia Karpova
    Media manager
  • Veronica Alus (UAE)
    Co-Founder Proptech One
    (DIFC-backed)
    Co-Founder Theeye