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4 June 2026
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Explore the DMCC Tea Centre
Access world-class processing, storage, tea blending, and packaging facilities, along with valuable networking opportunities.
Belal Jassoma
Senior Director -
Tech Ecosystems, DMCC
Speaker Profile
Belal Jassoma
Senior Director -Tech Ecosystems, DMCC
Belal Jassoma is the Senior Director of Tech Ecosystems at DMCC, the world’s leading business district and authority on international commodities trade and enterprise.
Belal joined DMCC in 2011 and has been instrumental in scaling up DMCC’s ecosystems and commercial offering, including new products, services and member engagement programmes. In his current capacity as Director for Ecosystems, Belal is responsible for developing key strategic relationships, partnerships and product functions as well as overseeing ecosystem development across several of DMCC’s industry verticals such as crypto, gaming, AI, energy and financial services.
Belal holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the American University of Sharjah and brings over 18 years of experience in real estate, investment, and government administration.
Maria Tigina
Software Developer -
JetBrains
Speaker Profile
Maria Tigina
Software Developer -JetBrains
Software Developer on the JetBrains Koog team, who has spent years researching and building agentic systems. She started off at JetBrains as an ML Researcher in the AI Agents and Planning research lab, studying agent capabilities and developing evaluation frameworks for agentic systems - before joining the Koog team as a core developer.
Blending and product development
Tea tasting and evaluation facilities
Packaging across multiple formats
Temperature-controlled storage and warehousing
Member-to-member trade within a global tea network
Developers and engineers exploring agent-based systems and practical AI applications.
Startup teams and technical founders evaluating how to integrate AI agents into their products.
Technology professionals, researchers, and product leaders interested in credible, production-ready approaches to building with agents.