SDGs Leader. Urban Activist. City Changer. Voice of Voiceless People. Founder of first Real estate Institute in the Middle East and First SDGs inspired Think Tank in the Arab Region. I led urban policy consultancy projects in UAE, SAUDI, Bahrain and several emerging countries in Asia and Africa.

Utilize my professional engineering expertise in marine and environment, as well as my expertise in operations, quality & excellence management to support the development of smart city urbanization and economy growth, while striving towards enhancing the quality of life for all inhabitants through building strategies, applying innovation, extensive learning and development programs, policy making and effective collaboration with the society in coordination and integration with all relevant stakeholders.

Executive Director and Chief Innovation Officer in Federal Competitiveness & Statistics Center. Experienced in Competitiveness, Public policy, Future Foresight, Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability

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An MBA in Marketing with an entrepreneurial mindset, constantly looking for avenues of personal and professional growth. Akshay is a founder turned investor with experience in starting ventures, investing in startups, and now setting up venture capital funds to power startup growth in MENA and India. Akshay is the founder of Euphoria, a diversified group based in Dubai and Singapore, with businesses across Investment Banking, Venture Capital, technology, and marketing. Akshay has evolved to be a problem solver and a consultant for businesses of all sizes, with a deeper focus on areas of finance, marketing, and technology. As a consultant to startups, SMEs, and a few of the larger enterprises, Akshay provides actionable advice in wide-ranging areas from Fundraising and capital restructuring to creating an integrated go-to-market and digital strategy. Akshay had founded SellYourTime, a white-collar services marketplace, and led it from an idea stage to a successful exit. Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, he also had successful stints with Fortune 500 companies like Hewlett Packard, Samsung Electronics, and Larsen & Toubro. A self-learner with philosophy and Lifehack, “ If you help others, you help yourself’, Akshay has mentored many founders, students, and business owners.

Tatiana Antonelli Abella is the Founder and Managing Director of Goumbook, a Social Enterprise established in 2009 dedicated to accelerating Sustainability and Climate Action in the UAE and beyond. Today Goumbook manages different projects such as Trees Matter, regional and global tree planting programs, to encourage reforestation and rehabilitation of ecosystems; Drop It - Rethink Plastic, to help businesses and individuals reduce single use plastics; Eat It or Save it, to drive awareness about food waste in partnership with UAE Food Bank, and Take a Breath, highlighting the need to monitor and improve indoor air quality, proposing solutions focused on human health, circular economy thinking and nature based approaches. Most recently Goumbook was proud to conceptualise and project manage Dubai Can, a campaign by HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. In November 2023, at COP28, Goumbook launched the MENA Oceans Network in partnership with the UN to accelerate collaboration, partnerships and action for the oceans in the Middle East and North Africa region. Tatiana sits on the Engage Committee, under Dubai Chamber of Commerce’s umbrella and has been nominated Environmental Ambassador for the Middle East Youth Expo. She also acts as an advisor to events such as Art Dubai or the Emirates Literature Festival to help them be more sustainable. Since 2012 she has been proud to be a judge of the Gulf Capital SME Awards for the ‘Most Sustainable Business of the Year’. In 2020 Tatiana also joined the Advisory Board of the Gulf Sustainability Awards. In April 2019 Tatiana started Forward Talks, a weekly podcast highlighting leaders and professionals who, through their work, entrepreneurship and commitment promote positive impact and sustainability in the UAE and beyond. During her 18 years in the UAE, Tatiana has garnered a strong reputation: in 2021 she was nominated by LinkedIn as a UAE Top Voice in Sustainability. Considered one of UAE's top environmental influencers, she contributes regularly to media and at conferences in her role as a green business leader in the country. In 2022 she was awarded the Mother Teresa Award for Environmental Stewardship and Excellence.