SYNERGY MENA
Virtual Conference for Legal, Tax & Finance Professionals
Get inspired. Get ready for SYNERGY MENA.
Thomson Reuters brings its premiere SYNERGY conference to the MENA region with a full day program for leaders in the legal, tax, and finance professions.
SYNERGY aims to clarify the complex with exclusive insights and premier content-enabled technology.
SYNERGY is now available in a virtual format, providing you with the convenience of participating from your own location at any time.
Agenda
Access this premier event for legal, tax, and finance professionals on-demand. This is an opportunity you won't want to miss.
15 mins
Opening Address - Clarifying the Complex in the UAE
20 mins
Navigating the Future: The UAE’s Story and Roadmap to Digital Transformation and Success
45 mins
Future of Professionals - Forces Shaping Professional Work
35 mins
Legal panel:
UAE Legal Market Trends & Regulatory Developments
25 minutes break
50 mins
Legal workshop:
AI 'Skills' and their Pivotal Role in the UAE's Growing Legal Market
40 mins
Transformation in UAE and KSA – Profits and Perceptions
50 mins
International Expansion of UAE's Strategic Industries
55 mins
Legal Panel:
The LegalTech Ecosystem's Impact on Business
25 mins
Macroeconomic Trends in the GCC: 2024-2025 Outlook
10 mins
Concluding Remarks
15 mins
Opening Address - Clarifying the Complex in the UAE
20 mins
Navigating the Future: The UAE’s Story and Roadmap to Digital Transformation and Success
45 mins
Future of Professionals - Forces Shaping Professional Work
35 mins
Tax & finance panel:
Significant Technical Updates in the Regional Tax Universe
25 minutes break
50 mins
Tax & finance workshop:
Global Minimum Tax Compliance in Practice for Multinationals
40 mins
Transformation in UAE and KSA – Profits and Perceptions
50 mins
International Expansion of UAE's Strategic Industries
55 mins
Tax & finance workshop:
How to Automate End-to-end Indirect Tax Processes
25 mins
Macroeconomic Trends in the GCC: 2024-2025 Outlook
10 mins
Concluding Remarks
Speakers
HE. Dr. Saeed Aldhaheri
Director
Center for Futures Studies, University of Dubai President
Robotics & Automation Society – UAE
Sara Emad AlHumaidan
Acting Head of
Government Regulation Platform
General Secretariat Of The Cabinet
Professor Ghassan Aouad
Chancellor
Abu Dhabi University UAE
Shabana Begum
Executive Director
Tax Policy Sector
Ministry of Finance UAE
Michael Doersam
Chief Financial and Group Services Officer
Emirates Group
Kristin Campbell-Wilson
Executive Director
Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre
Kris Wadia
Chief Executive Officer
Middle East & Africa
Sullivan & Stanley
Stuart D'Souza
CEO and co-Founder
AEI Saudi
Scott Livermore
Chief Economist and
Managing Director
Oxford Economics Middle East
Kevin Cooper
Chief Operating Officer
Hadef & Partners
Anthony O’Sullivan
Managing Partner for
UAE and Pakistan
EY
Jody Waugh
Managing Partner
Head of Banking & Finance
Al Tamimi
Stanly Abraham
Chief Financial Officer
Middle East, North Africa & Australia
Galadari Brothers Group
F&B Division
Prakash Govindan
Chief Operating Officer
Gradiant
Mohammad Abandah
Chief Legal &
Compliance Counsel
Aon – Middle East
Anup Patel
Global Head of Strategy & Transformation / CIO
Sanofi
Maha El Dahan
Bureau Chief, Gulf
Reuters
Jake Heller
Head of Product
CoCounsel
Thomson Reuters
Luis Ortega
Vice President of Growth Pagero
Arran Braganza
Founder &
Chief Executive Officer
Jalubro Consulting Limited
Rania Telfah
General Counsel
Legal Affairs
Khalifa University
Sonya Syan
Head of Knowledge Management
Al Tamimi
Efftichia Dower
Vice President
Legal
M42
Dr Ibraheem Almansouri Director of Engineering
Masdar
Yosr Hamza
Director, Legal & Compliance
Middle East, Gartner
Ibrahim Abdel Rehim
Regional Head
Middle East & North Africa
Thomson Reuters
Catherine Roberts
Snr. Director
AI & LegalTech Thomson Reuters
Jordan Gill
Assistant Director
International Tax Middle East
Alvarez & Marsal
David Ashlin
Finance Transformation Lead
Group Finance
Al Futtaim
Ayman Elkhouly
Head of IT
Systra MEA
Doukje de Haan
Partner
Tax Technology & Consulting
Deloitte Middle East
Rob Head
Senior Director
Proposition Lead
Legal Content Solutions Thomson Reuters
Claire Thompson
Senior Ethics & Bus. Integ. Counsel
Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity
Emirates Global Aluminium
Balraj Gurudayal Saigal
Senior Director
Solutions Consulting
Asia & Emerging Markets
Thomson Reuters
Lucy Cutler
Director
Practical Law Finance (UK and Global) and Practical Law Restructuring and Insolvency
Thomson Reuters
Sam Johnstone
Direct Tax Proposition Lead
Thomson Reuters
Pooja Khetwani
Senior Solution Consultant
Asia & Emerging Markets
Thomson Reuters
UmaMaheswaran
Panneer Selvan
Indirect Tax Solutions Consultant
Thomson Reuters
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