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10/17/24, 3:58 PM GITEX DIGI_HEALTH 5.0 Dubai showcases the future of AI-driven innovations - Teletimes International
by Joshin Raghubar, Chairperson, iKineo Ventures, UVU Africa, and Inves

Group, South Africa, and featured speakers Mohammad Alblooshi, CEO,

DIFC Innovation Hub, UAE, Faisal Al Hammadi, Managing Partner, Further

Ventures, UAE, Gaurav Dhar, CEO, Marshal Fintech Partners, and Board

Member of the MENA FinTech Association.

Another key session, titled ‘The Digital Future Is Powered by Green

Energy’ presented how renewable asset-backed cryptocurrencies are

transforming the financial sector. The session highlighted how the green

energy market is booming, with investments expected to total USD 11 trillion

by 2050. Speakers of the session included Nathalie Capati, Co-Founder and

CEO, Jasmine Energy, United States, Dr. Noshin Omar, Chairman and

Founder, Avesta Holding, Belgium, Leon Gerard Vandenberg, CEO and CTO,

Sunified Group BV, The Netherlands, and Michael Levesque, President and

Chief Technical Officer, AstralENERGY Renewables Ltd., Canada/UAE. The

session was moderated by Marcel Kasumovich, Deputy CIO, Coinbase Asset

Management, UAE/USA.

The next session, ‘Disrupt or Be Disrupted: The New Paradigm of Financial

Intermediation’ looked at how blockchain-enabled services are transforming

traditional banking models. Industry leaders discussed the use of alternative

data sources, advanced analytics, and innovative risk assessment models to

democratise access to capital. Marcel Kasumovich, Deputy CIO, Coinbase

Asset Management, UAE/USA, moderated this enlightening session, which

had Sean Kiernan, CEO and Founder, Greengage, UK, Lina Hediah, CEO and

Co-Founder, CXDA, UAE, Jose J. Perez Aguinaga, CTO and Co-Founder,

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