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CEI Webinars

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) hosts a series of webinars that aim to discuss a variety of themes in the realm of entrepreneurship. The webinars feature high-profile speakers from Egypt and around the world and are occasionally held in partnership with other entities.

CEI Webinars

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UN SDGs: How Sustainability in Entrepreneurship Matters?

Speakers

Nashwa Tallat, Advisor to the Minister for Sustainable Tourism at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Mohamed Kamal, Codirector of Greenish

Ali Yassen, Cofounder Banlastic

Moderator

Tarek Hatem, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, AUC School of Business. 

This webinar familiarizes students with and raises the AUC Community's awareness of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Developments Goals. In addition, it endeavors to showcase real-life examples of how startups are now adopting those goals in their business models

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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CEO Talk, Being There First! - Why is It Important for Entrepreneurs to be Ahead

Speaker

Tomaso Rodriguez, CEO of Talabat

Moderators

Sherif Makhlouf, Professor of Digital Marketing, AUC School of Business

Sherif Aly, Chair of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, AUC

A talk about Talabat as a tech hub and how it's disturbing the scene, transition into what kind of mindset is needed to succeed in such a company, with keynotes about Tomaso's own entrepreneurship Journey.

Monday, November 8, 2021

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Design Thinking for Innovators

Speaker

Hoda Mostafa, Director, Center for Learning and Teaching, AUC

Moderator

Tarek Hatem, Professor Entrepreneurship and Strategy, AUC School of Business

Guiding you through Design Thinking 101, Hoda Mostafa, Director, Center for Learning and Teaching gave a session moderated by Tarek Hatem, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy.

Sunday, October 3, 2021

CinemaTech track

Introducing CinemaTech

In partnership with Gemini Africa

Speakers

Adly Thoma, CEO and Chairman, Gemini Africa

Farah Abdelkader, Senior Programs Specialist, Gemini Africa

Haitham Khalil, CEO and Founder, Bingbong Studios

Moderator

Tania Kamal El-Din, Associate Professor of Practice, AUC

CinemaTech is the first entrepreneurial track aiming to uplift the entertainment industry by injecting technological solutions into the industry and its supporting functions to open a realm of opportunities and possibilities.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

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Meet the Mentor

Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) and Business Association (BA) are launching a series of individual mentoring and team workshops through volunteer mentors and trainers to undergraduate students, as part of CEI initiatives under Entrepreneurship Development. Whereas CEI aims at supporting academic programs through integrating experiential learning activities into offered entrepreneurship courses, the mentorship sessions will complement the academic journey of students enrolled in undergraduate entrepreneurship courses
Sherif Makhlouf

Marketing Strategies

Speaker

Sherif Makhlouf

Sherif is an entrepreneur, digital strategist, and Professor of Digital Marketing at AUC

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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Karim Konsowa

Financial Modelling

Speaker

Abdel Karim Konsowa

An experienced venture capitalist, consultant, and venture-backed entrepreneur. Konsowa started his career at age 18 by launching a social startup that was funded by an angel investment group in Egypt. After graduating from the American University in Cairo, he worked in LOGIC Consulting mainly on public sector projects. He then transitioned to venture capital with Flat6Labs where he worked on fundraising $100mn across the MENA Region for Flat6Labs and supported 15 startups to raise a combined $17mn from VC investors. Konsowa graduated from the American University in Cairo with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2016.

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

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Rawiah Abdallah

Market Validation/Competitive Analysis

Speaker

Rawiah Abdallah

Rawiah Abdallah is a strategy advisor and operating executive serving principal investors, shareholders, academic institutions, and global companies with over 15 years of management of high growth companies and top tier strategy consulting experience.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

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Hani Naguib

The Startup Mindset

Speaker

Hani Naguib

Hani Naguib is a leading business designer and innovation consultant bringing almost a decade of experience in preparing executives and entrepreneurs to become innovators. He specializes in designing and delivering fun and interactive workshops, mentoring startup founders, and joining innovation teams to facilitate designing, prototyping, and validating customer-centric business models

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Digitization and Innovation: The New Normal

Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) and Business Association (BA) are launching a webinar series entitled “Digitization and Innovation: The New Normal” to undergraduate students. The objective of this webinar series is three-fold: to educate students of the innovations driving our economies today, to expose them to the varying rising sectors in the face of the pandemic and to inspire them to be agents of positive change ignited with entrepreneurial spirit and drive. The webinar would serve as a medium of discussion and engagement, highlighting how the given industry has been impacted by the pandemic, addressing the nature of the work post the pandemic, and finally how agility and innovation are disrupting the respective industry today.
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Consumer Goods Tech/Online Retail Webinar

Featuring

Aly Shalakny, Chairman, Cairo Angels

Hossam Allam, CEO Hassan Allam Asset Property Services and board member Hassan Allam Construction

Ahmed Galal, Founder, Taskty

Moderator

Hamed Shamma, Associate Professor of Marketing and Business Partner Endowed Chair at the AUC School of Business

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Health Tech/Tele-medicine Webinar

Featuring

Nader Iskandar, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, O7 Therapy

Yara Abo el Waffa, Healthcare technical advisor

Amir Barsoum, CEO, Vezeeta

Moderator

Hakim Meshreki, Assistant Professor of Marketing at the American University in Cairo, School of Business

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

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CEI Webinar 3

E-commerce Tech Webinar

Featuring

Omar Sedoudi, CEO Payfort

Hassan Haidar, Co-Founder and Managing Partner Plus VC

Yasmine El Sheikh, Senior Human Resources Business Partner at noon

Moderator

Ahmed Tolba, Associate Provost for Strategic Enrollment Management, and Associate Professor of Marketing at The American University in Cairo

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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Fintech Webinar

Featuring

Shane (You Keun) Shin, Founding Partner at Shorooq Partners

Seifallah Zoghbi, Partner at Zoser Capital Managing Partners

Alain El Hajj, Co-founder and COO at Paymob

Moderator

Ayman Ismail, Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and associate professor at AUC School of Business and the founding director of the AUC Venture Lab

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

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Edu Tech Webinar

Featuring 

Khaled Ismail, Chairman at HIMangel

Hoda Mostafa, Professor of practice and the Director of the Center for Learning and Teaching at AUC

Amr El Selouky, Head of Business Development at Noon Academy and Co-Founder the Trainer

Moderator

Tarek Hatem, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy and the Director of the Entrepreneurship Unit at AUC School of Business

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

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