Muppies NY 2024 Symposium

Muslims in AI & Innovation

Muppies NY 2024 Symposium

Muslims in AI & Innovation

New York City

Saturday, November 9th

Join visionary Muslim leaders in AI and innovation for a day of learning, networking, and collaboration. This year’s theme, “Muslims in AI: Changing the Narrative,” explores AI’s impact on industries and the future of work.

Background

Muppies is a 501c(3) organization that is advancing success for Leaders & Professionals from a Muslim background across finance, consulting, tech, media and other fields. In addition to our various programs and networking opportunities, we host an Annual Symposium in November in NYC. In the past keynotes have included Mirza Baig (Co-founder Aldrich Capital, $1.2B AUM PE firm), Mohammad Badi (President, Amex Global Network Services) Aly Orady (founder of Tonal).

2024 Symposium

This year’s theme is “Changing The Game”. The event is on Nov 9 in NYC. We will be joined by a number of speakers from a range of industries and professions, and unsurprisingly, AI will be a big part of the conversation. Over the last several years we have been celebrating success for entrepreneurs, and we would love to have you as our Keynote speaker this year to further build on that theme.

Our Keynote Speakers

Deena Shakir

General Partner at LUX Capital

Shereef El Nehal

Under Secretary for Health

Lightning Talks

Two rising professionals deliver quick, impactful 5-minute pitches, offering fresh ideas and insights into the future of leadership and innovation.

Maheen Sohail

Design Lead & Manager,Generative AI @ Meta

Ahmed Abdalla

Software engineer @ Figma

This year’s Panel Discussions

Meet our Panelists

CEO, Tabs

CEO, Atoms

CEO, Anterior

CEO,
Anterior

Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

Co-Founder, Halo

Co-Founder,
Halo

Managing Director, Spearmint Energy

Head of Partnerships & Strategy Blanchard House