The Creative Summit Annual Festival 2023, with the theme "Driving the Creative Economy to Lead the Way Out," was held on September 24th and 25th at Cairo Business Park. The place is known to be an innovation and entrepreneurial centre in New Cairo, established by Misr Italia Properties.
Since its inception as a platform in 2014, Creative Summit has played a significant and effective role in fostering a culture of innovation and originality in Egypt and the Middle East by providing a meeting place for industry leaders, training for those who will lead the creative economy into the future, and a forum for students and CEOs of major companies to exchange ideas and insights.
Therefore, allow us to recap the highlights of this year’s Creative Industry Summit!
Creative Summit 2023 Speakers:
There were several well-known speakers at this year's festival, including those from the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt.
Participants included Ahmed Kouchouk, Vice Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies and Institutional Reforms; Dr. Nabil Kochak, CEO and Board Member of the Saudi Venture Capital (SVC); Rodger Werkhoven, Independent Creative Director at OpenAI; Eng. Mohamed Hany El Assal, CEO and Managing Director of Misr Italia Properties (MIP); Eng. Mohamed Khaled El Assal, CEO of Misr Italia Properties (MIP) and more business icons!
Event Highlights:
At this year's annual festival, attendees took part in a variety of seminars and in-depth talks on topics such as how to future-proof your company during recessionary times, how to expand your business, how prominent global organisations and startups can flourish in downtimes, and what resources are available to help women succeed in business.
Creative Summit Founding Partner Mai Salama expressed her absolute delight to establish the first and only comprehensive platform targeted at leading the creative sector and energising the creative juices of young people!
It is not to mention that Misr Italia Properties’ Co-CEO Sherif Saleh stated that they were happy to host the Creative Summit Annual Festival for the second year in a row, and the festival helped cement Cairo Business Park's reputation as an incubator for new ideas and businesses in the city's east part!
Egyptian Actors in the Creative Summit:
From 5 Rounds movie, the film's stars, Egyptian actors Dalia Shawky and Adham El Sharkawy, joined the film's producer and production designer Yehia Allam and director Mazen Ebraheem onstage to discuss the film's journey in detail in a captivating panel.
Also, the stars of the smash successful TV show, Rivo. Celebrities like Rakeen Saad, Sedky Sakhr, Hassan Abouelrouss, Mariam Moamen, Useif Hashish, Amr Gamal, Mohamed Moula, and more, together with showrunners like Yassin ElBadawi, Muhamed Nayer, and Yahya Ismail, and host Nala Kamel, brought a much-needed dose of Rivo to the Creative Summit!
