Muslim Tech Festival

Schedule

A map of the venue is available at muslimtechfest.com/map

WiFi: Ri-Public / Pass: Cavendish

09:00

Arrival

Grab refreshments, say Salaam to familiar faces and get settled for the day

10:00

Welcome

Welcome by Arfah Farooq, Zahid Mahmood and Hassun El-Zafar

10:05

From two people to a community movement

by Arfah Farooq, Co-founder of Muslamic Makers

10:15

Importance of scale for any startup

by Rahma Javed, Director of Engineering at Deliveroo

11:10

Algbra Fireside Chat

with Nizam Uddin, Omer Duyzol and Anton Laurens

11:30

Journey to becoming an Engineerng Manager

by Hussein Danish, Engineering Manager at Spotify

11:40

Break

12:00

Navigating changing working relationships in leadership

by Humayra Hanif

12:10

Halalgorithms: Hollywood, Tech Ethics and Biased AI

by Shaf Choudhry

12:20

Journey Into Tech panel

with Furquan Ahmed, Ramla Anshur, Faisa Mohamed, Inaya Islam and moderated by Taz Latif

13:10

Lunch

Ri cafe will be open to purchase lunch. Please keep your lanyard with you if you leave the venue for lunch. Prayer space for Dhuhr will be available in the Demonstration Room room.

14:00

Roundtable Networking & Break

If you have registered for Roundtables please go to the library. Otherwise please use this time to network and visit the stalls.

15:00

From Idea to App Store: A self-taught developer's guide to building sucessful apps

by Zakariya Mohummed

15:10

Learning about the Metaverse

by Sarah Abail

15:20

AI Ethics Panel

with Yusra Ibrahim, Nayur Khan, Sadiya Salim, Ahmed Wobi and moderated by Junaid Butt

16:10

The mindset to succeed in technology

by Asia Sharif

16:20

Break

16:35

How to build a business for a successful exit

by Safa Alkateb, CEO of Autocab

17:20

Close

Join us for annoucnements, prizes, group photo and closing remarks with Zahid Mahmood and Arfah Farooq

18:00

After party

Continue the conversation in a relaxed environment at Green Park (10m walk). Join the WhatsApp group for updates at muslimtechfest.com/feedback

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