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February 13 – 14,2019Dubai

The STEP Show

The STEP Show is a talk show format featuring international guests with captivating stories and live interactive sessions with the audience.

 

What Happens

The STEP Show is the first live talk show on stage at a conference. The STEP Show premiered at STEP 2019 featuring Ali Jaber of Arab’s Got Talent and MBC Group; Fadi Ghandour of Wamda Capital; Zahra Lari, the first female Emirati figure skater to compete nationally; and Saman Darkan, co-Founder of Kitopi.

STEP Show Host

Sinan
Khatib

STEP Show Host

Sinan
Khatib

STEP Show Host

Sinan Khatib is an entrepreneur who has built several businesses in the US and the Middle East. He is the founder of several fresh fast food chains and a manpower company that services companies with drivers, cleaners and general staff. Sinan was previously based in New York where he worked as a Vice President at the investment bank Thomas Weisel Partners, and also as an attorney at the international law firm of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold. Sinan holds a BA in Psychoanalytic Theory and a Juris Doctorate degree.

Previous Guests

Zahra
Lari

Figure Skater

Zahra
Lari

Figure Skater

Emirati figure skater and the first figure skater from the United Arab Emirates to compete internationally. She is a five-time Emirati national champion (2016, 2018)

Charles
Schreger

NYU

Charles
Schreger

NYU

Former president of HBO Enterprises, currently marketing professor at NYU Stern School of Business, visiting professor at American University in Dubai and former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times.

Sameh
Saleh

Harmonica

Sameh
Saleh

Harmonica

Sameh Saleh, is a unique leader who has strong evidence, taking businesses to the top level bydynamic entrepreneurship. In just over 18 months, Sameh and his team have led his founded company,Harmonica,to become the first Egyptian startup to be acquired by a key player in the global internet landscape, Match Group. Sameh’s skillset, know-how, and creativity have inspired Match Group’s top Executives to appoint him as CEO of Harmonica Global and join the top management club at the group.Sameh’s engineering background has influenced him to always have a longing for the solution and think big with conceptualizing what needs to be put together to build something big.In Africa’s & MENA’s entrepreneurial Eco-system Sameh is viewed as a symbol of inspiration and aspiration for rising stars in the region. Sameh is also the Founder of Hezaha We Safer, an Egyptian based media company & Tripdizer, a leading travel technology company in the Middle East and North Africa.He had a 8 years career as a Senior Petroleum Engineer at Petronas Carigali, HQ, Malaysia. He holds a Master of Reservoir Engineering from Herriot watt University, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia.Sameh dreams big and always reiterates, that with hard work, commitment and devotion dreams become reality.