We are excited to announce that Dr. Shivagami Gugan will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2026 as a Keynote Speaker!
Dr. Shivagami Gugan will take part in “KEYNOTE: The AI Infrastructure Supercycle: What the Gulf Needs to Build Right Now” as a Keynote Speaker.
About Speaker:
Dr. Shivagami Gugan is an AI Transformation leader and an Aviation Specialist with extensive experience in transforming mission-critical systems into modern architectures. She created the AI Native Enterprise (AINE) technology framework and the Agentic AI Maturity framework for Governments.
Having built Enterprise strategies and having led the Software Engineering, SRE, DecSecOps and Cloud departments at the Emirates Group for more than two decades, she derives inspiration when technology advancements are applied rightly and with purpose to deliver business value. She is a pragmatic Technology Transformation Leader who seeks to apply Data Engineering, Machine Learning, AI, Reliability Engineering and Cloud Architectures for long-standing growth and sustainability of businesses.
She is a Lead Ambassador of the DevOps Institute, the CNCF and Linux Foundations, the lead author of the SRE practitioner and Observability courses and a principal speaker at international events. At Amazon Web Services, she is the Chief Technologist Worldwide, with a focus on Middle East, Turkey and Africa. She is globally recognized as a Data/AI/ML/GenAI/Agentic AI Leader who specializes in bringing about large-scale transformation of Governments and Large Enterprises. Shivagami was awarded the "Woman of Excellence" by the Government of India for her outstanding contribution towards Technology Innovation and AI towards and contributing to Nation building activities.
She is also the Vice-chair of the prestigious Steering Committee of the United Nations (UNO) AI for Good global initiative, where she is a key decision maker in selecting UNO sponsored AI projects to eradicate poverty and digital divide globally.
Her core mantras
1/To relentlessly learn and innovate.
2/To technologically advance the people of the world.
3/To eradicate digital divide, and to make the world more ethical, sustainable and inclusive.
Session: KEYNOTE: The AI Infrastructure Supercycle: What the Gulf Needs to Build Right Now
Date: DAY 2 | 19th NOVEMBER
Time: 10:30 – 10:40
Speaking Role: Keynote Speaker
Join us at Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers on 18–19 November 2026.