Rana Dajani Ph.D. molecular cell biology, Harvard Radcliff fellow, a Fulbrighter, Eisenhower fellow, Associate Professor, former center of studies director, Hashemite University, Jordan, Yale and Cambridge visiting professor.
World expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechan populations in Jordan. Established stem cell research ethics law in Jordan. Advocate for biological evolution and Islam, speaker at McGill University and MIT.
Jordan team leader in studying refugee youth with Yale University and the epigenetics of trauma across generations. Higher education reform expert, member UN women Jordan dvisory council. Writer in Science and Nature, Established a women mentor network, received PEER award 2014. Organized the first gender summit for the Arab world 2017.
Most influential women scientists in Islamic World, 12 among100 most influential Arab women 2015, women in science hall of fame 2015, King Hussein Cancer Institute for cancer and biotechnology award 2009 and 2016 Global Changemaker Award IIE/Fulbright. Higher Education Reform Expert EU-TEMPUS, Jordan, founder service learning center, Hashemite University, speaker at TEDxDeadsea, World Islamic Economic Forum 2012 and World Science Forum 2015. Developed a community based model “We love reading” to encourage children to read for pleasure received Synergos Arab world social innovators 2009, WISE Award 2014, King Hussein Medal of Honor 2014, Star Award 2015, IDEO.org best refugee education program 2015, UNESCO International Literacy Prize 2017, World Literacy Council Award 2018 and the Jacobs social entrepreneurship award 2018.

Penelope Shihab is the CEO and founder of MONOJO a pioneer biotech company based in Amman, Jordan, specialized in producing and marketing therapeutics derived from antibody production.
She received a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology from Cambridge University.
Founder of MySkinue which is a cosmetic line with camel milk as its main active ingredient, a founder of ASRF-Applied Scientific Research Fund and other startups that merge her scientific background with her business acumen.
With more than 19 years of experience in biotech management and business development Dr.Penelope Shihab become a dynamic Jordanian entrepreneur! who has successfully founded and led a biotech SME in Jordan.
She have an extensive experience in launching, directing, planning, tracking, and managing companies. She have proven ability in leading teams and managing companies in fast-changing environments.

Valentina Qussisiya, CEO of Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation (AHSF), an active
member of The Scientific Research Fund board of trusties and a member of Al-Balqa Applied University board of trusties, board member of the Innovative Startups Fund Project (a world bank project) and a member of College Council at faculty of Arts and Design at University of Jordan.
As the CEO of AHSF, Valentina is leading the Foundation’s efforts to invest in cultural and social innovation to positively impact the communities through its three pillars; thought leadership, arts and literature, and innovation.
Before joining AHSF, Valentina held the position of Director General of Jordan River Foundation where she played a key role in initiating and supporting youth
empowerment, entrepreneurship, and child safety programs.
Her career spanned the areas of cultural promotion, social development focusing on poverty alleviation, local governance, child protection, economic development and women/youth empowerment in addition management, planning, and communications.
Valentina holds a Master’s degree in management studies with a focus on applying
business process re-engineering on income-generating projects.
In 2010, Valentina was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship and was named as 2010
Ward Wheelock Fellow.

Mother of three, holds a PhD in molecular cancer biology of Epigenetics from the University of Heidelberg. The letter focused on proving the role of cortisol compounds in increasing the severity of pancreatic cancer through the interaction of this drug at the cellular and genetic level, which is used frequently in hospitals to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, the research is under publication.

She has a master’s degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Heidelberg. Her study also focused on a transgenic study of some melanoma genes and was published in three research papers in collaboration with her direct supervisor on the research, She has a Bachelor of science in life sciences and worked as medical analysis at MedLabs.

Currently, She is a researcher at the German Cancer Center, one of the world’s leading cancer research centers, and she runs two important projects that have a significant impact on the improvement of cancer treatment and diagnosis; The first is related to the early diagnosis of lung cancer and the other studies the most important genetic interactions leading to the spread of cancer of the pancreas to the liver.

She is a Peer reviewer in several Epigenetics research journals, She has seven published papers and a dissertation in a book under publication, as well as her doctoral research. She is also a member of the German Cancer Center Forum and of the European Cancer Research Organization.

Reem Foudeh, Cloud Identity engineer at Microsoft. “I sync between earth and the cloud”.
Reem is an industrial engineer who was exposed to various industries, her work ranged from working with engines with Rolls Royce, to procurement with Total, to risk management with Aramex, to forging into the entrepreneurial path and starting her own business at a young age of 22.
In addition, Reem is a board member of several voluntary tech communities in Jordan; Future Tech Girls and JoTechies.

International award winning advocate & leading regional campaign advisor with 10 years’ experience in the civil society field Safa’ created & implemented major campaigns in the region & founded many networks and coalitions that serve different causes.
In her work she has engaged in the climate change negotiations since 2008 as an official climate change negotiations observer under the UNFCCC and
became a reference for Arab World climate policy to a number of international networks and organizations.
She is currently CAN international board Co-Chair a worldwide network of over 1300 NGOs in more than 120 countries, working to promote government and individual actions to limit climate change.
She got selected to Present the MENA region in Climate Women Leaders “IVLP” fellowship program in USA during 2012 & she joined the Young Leaders Visitors Program “YLVP” in Sweden in 2015. Safa’ is a
professional trainer were she gave trainings through international grassroots movement in campaigning, mobalisation & advocacy. Safa’ is a public speaker; in which she presented her work in many international and sub-regional events in over 20 countries including addressing the UNGA in 2017 as a keynote speaker.

Doha Abd Alkhaleq is a licensed lawyer from the Jordan Bar Association since 1988.
She holds a master’s degree in international law from The London School of Economics (L.S.E), and Master at commercial Law from The University of Stockholm. Diploma at foreign joint- venture laws from Beijing Institute for social and legal studies. L.L.B at public laws; The University of Jordan.

Mrs. Abdelkhaleq was voted as one of the Most 10 Powerful Women in Jordan.
Entrepreneur of ESKADENIA Software; Co-founder & Executive Partner since establishment in 2000. Chairwoman of the non-commercial site “because I care”, Founder of eskadenia music and WATAN music chamber turned into a national initiative in order to assist.
she has occupied several important centers, Writer, Eyes on Technology at alghad newspaper, Attended a wide range of Advocacy committees and active in a number of national initiatives. She won many awards, Honoring His Majesty King Abdullah II and Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah for the success of Jordanian success stories, and Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa Award for volunteerism.

Mary Nazzal-Batayneh is a barrister, political and social justice activist, and Founder of Landmark Hotels
Company.
Mary has been chosen as one of Forbes “Most Powerful Arab women” for consecutive years running.
She is also a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum.

Mary has been a political activist for Palestinian rights for over 20 years and founded the Palestine Legal
Aid Fund which seeks to support legal action in support of Palestinian rights.

She serves on several Boards including INJAZ, Al Shabaka the Palestinian Policy Network and the Royal
Film Commission of Jordan. She is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and the
International Women’s Forum (IWF).

She is a partner and brand ambassador for the Social Enterprise Project (SEP) in the Gaza/Jerash refugee
camp.

Mary completed a BA in political science from Columbia University, and law degrees from SOAS,
University of London, the College of Law London and the Inns of Court School of Law London.

She has 3 children.

Hiba Al-awamleh is an aspiring entrepreneur in the ever growing field of teen education. As the founder and CEO of HashTat International LLC.; she aims to prove her ability as an innovative leader that is willing to collaborate, engage, and inspire the future generations.
She currently oversees the project management, program development, resource development and training for the company employees.
Hiba works closely with HashTat Coaches to develop, implement and manage the HashTat core programs to fulfill its vision.

Sanad is a communications engineer, he participated in the Internship Program sponsored by the Crown Prince Foundation and completed a 10 week internship at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California.
During his internship, he worked on designing a space mission to explore Europa; Jupiter’s icy moon.
Upon his return he worked with the rest of the NASA interns to begin a CubeSat program in Jordan for research and educational purposes during which he participated in a CubeSat design course in Turkey where he gained hands-on experience.
Sanad worked with an interdisciplinary team of students and professors from various Jordanian universities to build and design Jordan’s first satellite.
He currently holds the position of Masar Initiative Program Coordinator at the Crown Prince Foundation.

Hashem Joucka is a multidisciplinary designer, digital fabrication expert and material researched based in Amman/ Jordan.
He earned his Master’s degree from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of
Catalonia (IAAC), where his research focused on incorporating art, technology and science hybrids to create sustainable, interactive environments. In 2014, Joucka completed his diploma at the Fab Academy, an outreach program from MIT’s Center of Bits and Atoms.
His creations mainly focuses on highlighting the beauty of science and technology, and he offers his passion and knowledge to create refined works and unique experiences which serves a wide spectrum of industries and individuals.

Dr.Soukaina Ryalat, She The First Jordanian female maxillofacial surgeon to obtain the fellowship of oral surgery from the Royal Collage Surgeons /Dublin
She was the Head of maxillofacial dept. at Faculty of Dentistry for 5 years Also the Deans assistant for student’s affairs for 3 years.

She is a Consultant maxillofacial surgeon and Oral & maxillofacial programme director, at Jordan University Hospital.
Member of Jordanian Medical Council, Board exam committee.

Huda Ali Al Husseini is an engineer, blogger and activist in the field of youth empowerment and engagement. She currently works as Head of Business Development at the Engineers Training Center at the Jordan Engineers Association.
She completed her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Hashemite University, and has a wide interest in business, technological innovation and engineering, working together to find innovative solutions to challenges in different fields and business development.
She has diverse experience in the areas of industrial policy, management and organization of events and international conferences, training and studies, and business development.
Also She is a blogger in a number of Arabic websites and has her own blog, “So I See the World”, in which she shares her own experiences and insights on various issues
She has won numerous awards in the areas of entrepreneurship, creativity and business some of those are:

Gold Award as the world’s best female employee of 2017 for government or nonprofit organizations at the Stevie International Women’s Business Awards

Second place in the Intel Youth Enterprise Program, 2011.

Dr. Asma Khader, A lawyer, human rights and women empowerment advocate.
Her legal expertise and professional practice over the last 40 years in Jordan and the region have contributed to her experience in human rights and feminism, the design and implementation of advocacy campaigns for women and girls’ rights.
She has been a member of several boards of trustees in international and Arab organizations such as the International Commission of Jurists, the Arab Organization for Human Rights, the Women’s Solidarity for Rights, Development and Peace, and has held several tasks in the field of monitoring trials and international commissions of inquiry.
Formerly Minister of Culture, the official spokesperson of the Jordanian government and the Secretary General of the Jordanian National Committee for Women Affairs and the Commissioner of the Independent Electoral Commission. She is currently the executive director of the Jordanian Women’s Solidarity Society and an accredited consultant to several international, Arab and Jordanian organizations.

Maha is a mother for four children. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Jordan.
she has occupied several important positions in both government and private sectors:
Head of Patents Department – Patent Examination in the Ministry of Industry and Trade since 2008.
Research and development engineer in Al-Hikma Chemicals plant. Trainee Engineer in the Department of Industrial Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade.
control engineer and quality control in the factory jeans at AL-salt and supervise the packing and preparation of export markets for the United States of America.
participated in a number of sessions on the requirements for obtaining a (FDA), participated in workshops in hikma company about the pharmaceutical industries in Jordan and the comparative advantage of the company in the development of manufacturing pharmaceuticals, And participated in the preparation of a technical study on the status of pharmaceutical industries in Jordan.

He has consulted and conducted training for many large customers in the
Middle East and Africa across various industries, and still acts as an advisor for selected clients within the region. As the Director Cyber Security Academy, Omar leads a team of consultants developing practical contents in different domains in information security. Before joining IT Security C&T, he was part of the Intel Security(McAfee)/Foundstone team in EMEA, helping customers in the region improve their security posture and resilience to cyber-attacks.
As Director of Foundstone Services EMEA, Omar was responsible for managing the EMEA team conducting assessments and emergency incident response services out of the Dubai offices.
Omar has been a public speaker in several regional events such as IDC and BCI Middle East Summit, CIO East Africa, (ISC)2 and others. He is also associated with international organizations like (ISC)2 , Mile2, ISACA, BCI, BSI, and EC|Council. He holds multiple international certifications, and as a trainer has been delivering IT & IT Security training across multiple geos.
He has taught internationally-recognized certification programs such as Novell’s CNE and Microsoft’s MCSE, and has worked as a Senior Consultant with a wide array of companies leading major projects.

With Passion to Technology and Addiction to new Apps, Ala the CoFounder of Social n Tech and Marketing expert in a Zain Jordan,

He has been exposed to the latest technologies and gadgets, Ala managed to have in depth hands-on,reviews and trials on the different AR & VR Platforms, which includes Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Microsoft Hololens, zSpace and others.

Ala is a Level 6 Google Maps Local guides and a Google Trusted Photographer due to the contribution of360 verified content.

In addition to being in the entrepreneurship Eco system for the past couple of years, Ala Has been a judge and a mentor in many local and international competitions and initiatives, and a weekly guest on multiple TV & Radio shows talking about the Technology and the latest news.