**Wednesday November 2nd, 2022**

**Discover Opportunities in the World of Tech and Web3**
This world-class, 1 day interactive program will include informative sessions by international experts from world renowned companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and more. Each session will cover a topic designed to prepare students and recent grads for a competitive edge in the world of tech and web3. 

Hosted by the UAE Ministry of Economy in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Education, Currency.com and Capital.com

**Topics Include: **
Cloud 3.0: Learn about skills and opportunities 
Cryptocurrency: Opportunities, personal branding and trading 
Standing out as a candidate: Application, CV and interview
Marketing in the Metaverse 
How Blockchain is helping solve the climate crisis 
Understanding NFTs, smart contracts and more 
Digital transformation with Google & Microsoft 


**The Virtual Forum for Skills Acquisition and Trends in Tech & Web3 **

This one-day interactive program will include informative sessions by international experts from world-renowned companies. Sessions will discuss and prepare students and grads in the UAE for a competitive edge in the world of tech. 


Topics Include: 

Finding roles in the metaverse 

Cloud 3.0 skills and opportunities 

Engineering roles: application, CV and interview

Blockchain and social impact

Understanding NFTs

Breaking into FinTech & Cryptocurrency and more.

NextGen Talent


# Ronaldo Mouchawar is the Vice President of Amazon Middle East and North Africa. 

Ronaldo Mouchawar is a Syrian-American entrepreneur and a pioneer of e-commerce in the MENA region. He co-founded Souq.com Group and served as its CEO. He grew the company into the largest e-commerce retailer in the Arab world. **Amazon acquired Souq.com for USD $580 million in 2017.** Mouchawar currently serves as the Vice President of Amazon MENA, spearheading the business across the region and guided by four principles: customer obsession, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. 
 
Souq.com was initially founded in 2005 in the UAE reaching a valuation of over $1 billion and becoming the Arab world's first unicorn. Mouchawar oversaw its expansion into Saudi Arabia and Egypt. With his innovative spirit and agile business acumen, Mouchawar continued to expand Souq.com's footprint by launching PayFort, which became a leading online payment service provider in the region, and Q-Express, a logistics arm to increase delivery efficiencies. In 2014, Ronaldo launched the White Friday sale event which has since become the most popular annual shopping event in the region.

Mouchawar has been focused on integrating the Souq and Amazon offerings to provide customers with a localized service, trusted online shopping experience, and an ever-growing array of products and services at low prices with fast delivery. The souq.com marketplace has rebranded into Amazon.ae in UAE in 2019 followed by Amazon.sa in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Souq.com continues to serve customers in Egypt. Amazon Prime has launched in the UAE in 2019 followed by Amazon Home Services in 2020, and Prime in Saudi in 2021. Arabic has been at the heart of the Amazon integration, something that is close to Mouchawar’s heart, and that became a bar-raising benchmark for Amazon and technology providers in the region.
 


Fireside Chat with Ronaldo Mouchawar, VP of Amazon

VP Marketing & Operations

I found this session very interesting and educative. Iam a student of Business Management specialising in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. I wish to have more information and advice on how to get involved in retailer e-commerce globally to grow my business.

Great session! Thank you Ronaldo for your insights, advice, and humility.

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