Billions Are Wasted Each Year on AI Projects That Never Deliver
LIVE Webinar STARTS SOON!
The Hidden Killers Behind Failed AI Projects
Most AI failures start with estimation error.
Join this conversation to uncover the real reasons most AI initiatives stall, and how iteration, experimentation, and refinement can turn setbacks into success stories.
Date: November 26th, 2025 | Time: 5pm Dubai time
4pm KSA & Qatar Time
LIVE Webinar STARTS SOON!
The Hidden Killers Behind Failed AI Projects
Most AI failures start with estimation error.
Join this conversation to uncover the real reasons most AI initiatives stall, and how iteration, experimentation, and refinement can turn setbacks into success stories.
Date: November 26th, 2025 | Time: 5pm Dubai time | Live Online
4pm KSA & Qatar & Egypt & Jordan Time
Most enterprises are still learning the hard way. Don’t be one of them — learn faster, adapt smarter, and make AI actually work.
The Hard-Earned Lessons Behind Every Successful AI Transformation
What You'll Discover During the Webinar
Secret #1:
Overconfidence — The Silent Killer of AI Ambition
AI success is often limited by the Dunning–Kruger effect:
teams with little experience overestimate benefits and underestimate complexity.
You’ll learn how to identify early signs of overconfidence and replace them with readiness signals that build credibility, not chaos.
Secret #2:
Upskilling Isn’t Enough — Why Experience Beats Education
Upskilling builds awareness but not execution power.
True capability comes from experimentation, cycles of testing, fine-tuning, and learning by doing.
This session explores how real-world iteration turns theory into impact.
Secret #3:
AI Maturity Grows Through Practice, Discovery, and Refinement
AI success doesn’t happen in a single launch.
It develops through continuous improvement, one iteration at a time.
You’ll see how leading organizations turn small wins into scalable transformation.
The Panelists
Djamel Mostefa
AI & Data Leader | Enterprise AI Strategy & GenAI Delivery
is an AI and Data leader with 15+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale AI strategies across banking, retail, InsurTech, e-Government, and fintech. From €50M+ ROI at ADEO to GenAI deployment across Orange Bank and end-to-end AI systems at First.tech, he has led high-impact transformation programs that turn complex ambitions into measurable business value.
Having built and led teams of 50+ experts, deployed cross-functional AI solutions, and trained hundreds of employees in practical AI adoption, Djamel brings a rare blend of strategy, engineering depth, and hands-on delivery. His work shows why AI success depends on readiness, governance, iteration, and real-world alignment — not hype.
Pushkar Joshie
Director of AI, AV & ICT leading large-scale AI integration across global events and complex digital ecosystems.
Pushkar Joshie leads AI, AV and ICT transformation at Pico Group, where he integrates AI into high-stakes environments such as COP28 and COP29. His work focuses on replacing fragmented operations with intelligent, automated systems that bring clarity and consistency to large-scale delivery.
With deep experience across digital products, enterprise workflows, and mega-event technology, Pushkar brings a grounded view on how AI succeeds only through hands-on iteration. He helps organisations move beyond overconfidence, build real capability, and turn AI ambition into measurable results.
Khaled Ramadan
Customer Experience & Digital Transformation Leader
Khaled Ramadan is a seasoned CX and digital transformation leader with over two decades shaping service excellence across aviation, finance, and enterprise operations. From Saudi Airlines to Abdul Latif Jameel and KN Business Solutions, he has strengthened customer journeys, transformed contact centers, and built operating models that elevate both customer and staff experience.
His work blends strategy, transformation, and people empowerment, using digital innovation and AI to drive operational efficiency and meaningful service impact. His perspective aligns with this webinar’s mission: moving beyond assumptions and building real organisational capability through hands-on, iterative improvement.
Your Host
Mamoun Alamouri
The founder and CEO OF SMOrchestra
With nearly two decades in enterprise technology and AI, Mamoun has seen the same pattern across the GCC: executives dazzled by vendor promises, then left with pilots that never deliver.
He built SMOrchestra to change that, to give leaders a trusted space to pressure-test ideas, swap what actually works, and turn AI talk into measurable results.
Your Moderator
Gabor Schönekker
Sales Director MEA & Turkey at Graia
Representing Graia, one of the region’s leaders in human-centered AI for CX, Gabor brings a track record of helping enterprises transform at scale.
He’ll guide this session with practical insight on weaving empathy into AI strategy to drive loyalty, growth, and sustainable business impact