The Conference
This will be an extraordinary opportunity to showcase U.S. technologies and connect with influential decision makers and investors in the Middle East.
We have secured rooms at the 5-star hotel, Fairmont – The Palm, Dubai’s most sought-after island community, Palm Jumeirah. A luxury beachfront resort with unrivaled views of the Arabian Gulf and glittering Dubai skyline. Reserve your room today.
Sponsors and VIP Ticket holders will be able to attend the following events:
- Entrance to the VIP Welcome Reception on Tuesday, October 16, at the Fairmont the Palm
- Entrance and priority seating to the Business Conference on Wednesday, October 17, at Dubai Knowledge Park
- Entrance to the VIP Dinner on Wednesday, October 17 – Location TBA
- Option to participate in a roundtable on Thursday, October 18
- Sundowner Dune Dinner Safari on Thursday, October 18
- The mysterious desert with Arabian Adventures company is the ideal venue for a magical and memorable evening. Safari includes:
- Falcon viewing
- Dune drive through the desert
- Sunset photo stop in the dunes
- Arabian style buffet under the stars at our Bedouin-style camp
- Camel rides, henna painting and aromatic shisha available at the camp
- Belly Dancing
- The mysterious desert with Arabian Adventures company is the ideal venue for a magical and memorable evening. Safari includes:
Mitch Lowe
For our 11th Annual Conference, Dubai 2018: Disruptive Technologies and the Next Economy, we have invited Mitch Lowe to share lessons on the culture of disruption and creating a winning business environment.
Mitch Lowe is a Founding Executive at Netflix, Inc., serving as Netflix’s Entertainment Domain Expert and as Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Alliances.
He is the former President of Redbox, a DVD vending machine rental service, that under his leadership grew to 35,000 kiosks across the US with revenue growing from less than $1 million in 2003 to $1.5 billion in 2011 as well as over $325 million in free cash flow. He currently serves as the CEO of MoviePass, a movie theater subscription service headquartered in New York City. In this role, he has led the growth of the MoviePass subscriber base from 20,000 to more than 3 million. In parallel to his professional career, Mitch has made several personal investments in startups primarily in the entertainment, blockchain, and social space.