Day 1 — Friday, August 28, 2026

Conference Programme

Panels Workshops

Panels

Panel Sessions

Friday, August 28, 2026

09:30 - 10:00

Registration & Networking

10:00 - 10:30

Exhibition Opening

10:30 - 11:00

Official Speeches & Welcome Remarks / LEBTECH 2026 Vision

11:00 - 11:45

Panel 1 Ministry-Level Future-Ready Government: From Digital Transformation to AI Readiness

Moderator

Advocate Charbel Chbeir

Lawyer

Panelists

H.E. Minister Dr. Kamal Shehadi

Minister of the Displaced & Minister of State for Technology and Artificial Intelligence

H.E. Minister Ahmad Al Hajjar

Minister of Interior and Municipalities

H.E. Minister Dr. Fadi Makki

Minister of State for Administrative Reform

H.E. Minister Haneen Sayed

Minister of Social Affairs

11:50 - 11:55

Speech: Mr. Bilal Hmedeh — The Next Government: Connected, Intelligent, Citizen-Centric (Executive Board Director – CEO Levant and Africa)

12:00 - 12:05

Speech: Dr. Hikma Beaini — From LEBTECH in Lebanon to Dubai and Washington: A Journey of AI and Innovation (President, AI in Washington Conference)

12:10 - 12:40

Startup World Cup Lebanon — Winner Announcement

12:40 - 12:45

Opening Speech: Ali Sareeny (CFO & Deputy General Manager Data Consult)

12:50 - 01:35

Panel 2 National Data Center, Data Silos & Software Integration Between Government Entities

Moderator

Najib Abou Chedid

LITS Board Secretary, Senior Strategist PDTAI, Group CIO C.A.T Group.

Panelists

General Ali Skaine

Head of IT Department/ISF

General Engineer Jamal Kashmar

Head of Telecom Department, Lebanese General Security

Dr. Georges Maarawi

Finance Director General

Fred Khoury

Business Banking Manager Bank of Beirut

Ali Sareeny

CFO & Deputy General Manager Data Consult

01:35 - 01:40

Speech: Fred Khoury — Bank Of Beirut

01:40 - 03:00

Break

03:00 - 03:45

Panel 3 FinTech & Blockchain: Driving Financial Innovation & AI Governance

Moderator

Dany Moarkech

President of Bank Employees Syndicate

Panelists

Fred Khoury

Business Banking Manager Bank of Beirut

Dr. Bachir Zoghby

Founder/ CEO Soft Flow Group

Tony Reaidy

CEO & Co-Founder CTPay

Randa Rifai

Former Banker turned Emerging Tech Educator | First MENA-Certified Crypto Woman | Voice for Financial Literacy & Scam Awareness

03:45 - 03:50

Speech

03:50 - 04:35

Panel 4 LACPA: When the machine decides, who signs?

Moderator

Cynthia Merhej

AIKit LB, AI For Accounting, Audit & Finance

Panelists

Dr. Andre Gholam

President ISACA Lebanon Chapter, Managing Director Logica

Dr. Abdallah Ziade

Managing Partner at ZACA International Audit Firm

Ghassan Abou Adal

Executive Board Member, Capital Markets Authority Lebanon

Simon Sfeir

LACPA

04:35 - 04:40

Speech

04:40 - 05:25

Panel 5 Cybersecurity: The New Cyber Threat Landscape and AI Governance: Are We Ready?

Moderator

Charbel Matta

Panelists

Tony Feghali

Potech

Abdo Chalhoub

Path Solutions

Tony Azar

MEHE

Melhem Sayde

Data Consult

05:25

Day 1 Closing Remarks

Workshops

Workshop Sessions

Friday, August 28, 2026

10:00 AM

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11:00 AM

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12:00 PM

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1:00 PM

The Future of Nonprofit Fundraising

Hosted by NOVAI

2:00 PM

BREAK

3:00 PM

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4:00 PM

AI For HR

Human Capital Management

5:00 PM

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Disclaimer: The programme above is subject to change. Times, speakers, panel topics, and session order may be adjusted without prior notice. The organisers reserve the right to modify any element of the agenda at their discretion.

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