RAISE 2023
COnnecting North America
March 15, 2023
at Stanford University
December 2023
SAUDI ARABIA
On March 15th, 2023, we will gather innovation leaders and investors from Saudi Arabia and Silicon Valley at Stanford GSB.
During the event:
- Participants can attend a Scale-Up Pitch Competition: American Scale-up companies interested in expanding to Saudi Arabia, and looking for partners and investors.
- We will be engaging discussions for the creation of a Collaborative Tech Center in Silicon Valley to enable Saudi Arabian entrepreneurs to come in the Bay Area and learn, experiment, verify their assumptions, and even get funded by local VCs.
- We will also advocate for the co-creation of an online tech entrepreneurship program with Stanford Science and Engineering department.
This is a unique opportunity to build strong ties and positively support the Kingdom’s thriving innovation ecosystem.
SPEAKERS
Saleema Vellani
Founder & CEO
Rafik Mahjoubi
Lead Data Innovation Lab
Kristin Joy Ekkens
Founder, CEO & Chief Culture Designer
Tom Brady
VP Business Dev. Flow Pharma
Gregory LaBlanc
Professor at UC Berkeley
Jalal Rayya
Consultant at Korn Ferry
Refan Althemairy
Senior Talent Development at STC
Charles Eesley
Associate Professor at Stanford University
SCHEDULE
10:00am - 12:00pm
HOW TO APPROACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SAUDI ARABIA’S FAST GROWING ECONOMY
Moderator: Rafik Mahjoubi
Panel: Charles Eesley, Jalal Rayy, Tom Brady, Kristin Joy Ekken, Vanessa Schatz
12:00pm - 2:00PM
Lunch at Stanford
2:00PM-4:00pm
BOOSTING FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Moderator: Vanessa Schatz
Panel: Kristin Joy Ekkens, Charles Eesley,
Refan Althemairy, Hosni Zaouali
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SCALE-UP PITCH COMPETITION
Calling all Bay Area scale-ups interested in expanding to Saudi Arabia, and looking for partners and investors! Grab the chance to meet innovation leaders and VCs from Saudi Arabia.
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