: Qatar’s Growing Startup Ecosystem – The Hackathon Narrative!

Name: : Qatar’s Growing Startup Ecosystem – The Hackathon Narrative!
Start: 2021-12-28T18:00:00+03:00
End: 2021-12-28T21:00:00+03:00
Location: Workinton

Workinton - Burj Al Gassar, Westbay Doha, 122104 - View Map Doha
Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 6:00 PM (GMT+3)

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About this event

We are excited to bring Startup Grind in-person events back and our guests for this month are two of the top 3 winners of Qatar’s First E-commerce Hackathon powered by Innovation café.

Attend the exclusive inside story on Tuesday, 28th December at 6 pm as our moderator, Agata unfolds how were the experiences of Ariva and Magaia at the Hackathon and the changes they see in Qatar’s evolving Startup Ecosystem.

We bring you the Hackathon Narrative!

Startups

ariva

Ariva digital work platform presents the simple and effective way of executing projects for various Sectors. The best resources drawn from all over the world is accessible and made available for your projects – unlimiting the possibilities.

Magaia

Magaia is a blockchain solution that tracks the provenance and carbon foot[print of clothing items.

Speakers

Swapan Saha

Ariva

CEO

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Ariane Gibert

Magaia

Founder

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Khaled Al-Adba

Ariva

CMO

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Swapan Saha

Ariva

Chemical Engineer, Chemistry (Honors)28 years of experience in Oil & Gas Industry. Worked for Shell, Esso (Exxon Affiliate), and Engineers India Limited. Global exposure in major projects in UK, Netherlands, Qatar, Brunei, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, and USA. Focusing on Technology & Solutions that help Industry and Society solve their problems.Talks about AI for Industry, Green House Gas reduction, and Future of Work.

Ariane Gibert

Magaia

Ariane is a marketing expert with a demonstrated history in digital marketing and content creation. Passionate about entrepreneurship, fashion, circular economy, and sustainability, she is the founder of the circular fashion platform Souqti - www.souqti.com. Recently, Ariane won third place in the Innovation Cafe's E-commerce Hackathon with her project Magaia - a blockchain solution that tracks the provenance and carbon footprint of clothing items. In her free time, she loves riding her horses, learning about innovation trends, and solving problems with design thinking. One day she hopes to launch her own smart and sustainable modest fashion brand.

Khaled Al-Adba

Ariva

Mechanical Engineer, Ph.D. candidate Qatar UniversityOver 10 years of experience in Oil & Gas Industry. Working with Qatar Shell as Reliability Engineer. Also worked with Qatar Gas in the past. AI enthusiast, Complex problem solving, Marketing and Communications. Talks about AI, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship for Students.

Moderator

Agata Braja

Qatar Foundation

UI/UX Designer

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Agata Braja

Qatar Foundation

Agata is a user experience and service design consultant, currently working on the Digital Team at Qatar Foundation. Her primary background is in computer science, but over the years she gradually moved towards working on projects at the intersection of technology, visual arts, and design. Passionate about solving problems with design thinking, she has over 10 years of experience in UX design, UX research, branding and leading digital teams in Europe and the Middle East. For the past 5 years she has been an active supporter of the European and Qatari start-up scene, acting as a mentor and prototyping trainer for the Digital Incubation Center, Arab Innovation Academy, Qatar Science and Technology Park XLR8 program and Stars of Science, as well as hosting Startup Grind Doha. Agata is also a big fan of TED, exchanging ideas and community building and she’s organized and hosted many TEDx events (as a core team member for TEDxWarsaw, TEDxWarsawPresidentialPalace & TEDxWarsawSalon).MENSA member, third culture kid, polyglot, cat lover, addicted to cheesecake.More info on:https://www.instagram.com/uxbyagata/https://qa.linkedin.com/in/agatadziekanhttp://agatabraja.com/