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As part of the second day of the Cairo ICT 2026 Exhibition and Conference, the AIDC² Conference—specializing in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and data centers—kicks off today, Sunday, November 8, 2026. Today's agenda features five major panel sessions bringing together leaders from the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) alongside executives from major regional and international technology companies to explore the future of advanced technology and the AI economy in Egypt.

Infrastructure Race and Designing AI Factories

The first session begins at 11:30 AM in Room D (Hall 3), titled "Designing AI Factories: The Intelligence Infrastructure Race," running until 12:15 PM.

The discussion will be moderated by Amr El-Najjar (Dell Technologies), featuring a panel of experts: Ali Haseeb (Everpure), Mahmoud Ezzat (HPE), Mina Ghabbour (PwC Middle East), Mohamed Abdallah (Cisco), Dr. Mohamed Abdel Fattah (Fortinet), and Sally Onsy Fahim (Silicon 21).

Reshaping the Workforce and Operational Processes

Concurrently (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM), Room C will host a parallel session titled "Human-AI Collaboration: Defining the Future of Workforce and Enterprise Operations."

Moderated by Taher El-Shaal (Next Technology Development), participants include Dr. Ahmed Khattab (National Telecommunication Institute), Amr El-Degwi (Raya Information Technology), Magdy Mahgoub (Connecta), Marwa Khalil (TechLine), Tarek Bakry (Orion Digital Solutions), and Youssef Shaaban (Cisco).

Entrepreneurship and the Billion-Dollar Economy in Egypt

Starting at 12:00 PM in Room E, a prominent economic session titled "The AI Economy in Egypt: Who Will Build the Next Billion-Dollar Company?" will run until 12:45 PM.

Moderated by Mohamed Shebel (Orange Egypt), speakers include Mohamed El-Mofty (ICT Misr), Jacques Marco (AccessPay), Ahmed Sami (Fimple), Dr. Heba Saleh (Information Technology Institute), and Osama Hleileh (CrossRealms International).

Expanding Data Centers for the Digital Age

At 12:30 PM in Room D, the session "Borderless Data Centers: Scaling for the AI Era" will take place, continuing until 1:15 PM.

Moderated by Amr Abbas (Vice President of NTRA), the panel features Mohamed Atef (Elsewedy Digital), Mohamed El-Roweiny (Raya Data Centers), Mohamed Sameh (Telecom Egypt), Mujeeb Abdelrazek (Nutanix), Mohamed Seddik (Pulse by Solutions), and Nabil Badawi (HPE).

Multi-Agent AI Systems and Enterprise Intelligence

The panels conclude with a specialized session at 1:00 PM in Room E, titled "Multi-Agent AI Systems: The New Frontier for Enterprise Intelligence," running until 1:45 PM.

Moderated by international telecom expert Ahmed Abdel Latif, the panel includes Ahmed Rashad (Nutanix), Hazem Gbeili (Orange Egypt), Inaya Govender (Liquid C2), Karim Abdallah (Ericsson), Moataz Chouly (VMware - MBcom Technologies), and Mohamed Afifi (FEDIS).