Dubai Tech Tuesdays No. 116 - Build Your Future Edition + Andres Meneses Birthday!

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DATE: Our 116th Dubai Tech Tuesdays event will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, from 6:00 - 11:30 PM.

VENUE: Come mingle with fellow technologists at our lovely venue - the amazing BELCANTO RESTAURANT AT THE DUBAI OPERA. https://www.instagram.com/belcantodxb/

DRINK SPECIALS: FREE entrance for women. Men - 150 AED gets you 3 beverages (mandatory, but note that venue's mocktails are very nice).

6:00 - 8:00 pm GATHER and SOCIALIZE. We know traffic and parking is crazy! Do NOT stress. Take your time and get here.

8:00 - 9:00 pm SPEAKERS & PRESENTATIONS. Dubai Tech Tuesdays features the best tech projects and intellectual content. Think well-done TED or Davos talks. We are like that. TRAVIS WRIGHT, Author & Founder of The Fourth Web. Travis is Chief Web4 Officer at a VARA-regulated digital asset exchange and founder of The Fourth Web (fourthweb.ai), his thesis on the convergence of crypto, AI, agents, and tokenized real-world assets.

A futurist and 200+ time global keynote speaker, Travis has spent 25+ years at the front edge of every shift that mattered: the web, social, crypto, and now the agent economy. He built works.fourthweb.ai, the business operating system that connects your AI to how you actually work, and GenZ.Tv, a creator intelligence platform for brands now raising. He's the co-author of Digital Sense (Wiley) and co-host of The Bad Crypto Podcast, the second longest running crypto podcast, now in its 10th year. He's driven by working on epic things with epic people, and by finding the workflows that level everyone up. https://www.instagram.com/teedubyaw/, https://www.instagram.com/thefourthweb/ & FourthWeb.

NATALIA GOLUB, Founder of BlingLink.ai - Luxury Connections for Dubai's Expat Elite. BlingLink is Dubai's luxury networking hub for authentic relationships and strategic business partnerships. Through BlingLink.ai she unites users, matchmakers, mentors and communities on one curated platform - a human-led alternative to swipe culture, where introductions are vetted and connections are built with intention. With a background in art, fashion and high-end real estate, Natalia has spent years connecting Dubai's ambitious expats across love, business and lifestyle. Her company, BlingLink Matchmaking, is registered in Dubai Silicon Oasis.

Featured in Gulf Magazine, she speaks on how curated networking can turn a handshake into a partnership - and an opportunity into an empire. https://www.instagram.com/_nat_go_, https://www.instagram.com/blinglink_dubai & https://www.blinglink.

RAYAN RAMMAL, Luxury Fashion Expert | Founder, Fashion Temple. With over 25 years in luxury fashion and jewellery, Rayan is the founder of R.TEAM, a creative ecosystem developing brands, talent, experiences and original IPs, including Fashion Temple, its global fashion and lifestyle platform. https://www.instagram.com/rayanramal & https://www.instagram.com/fashiontemple.world

LINA AMMOR JETVIC, Former Politician, now Founder of Ammora Entertainment (Event and Artist Management) + Singer. Lina is a German-Moroccan singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and former politician based in Dubai. She is the founder of Ammora Entertainment, a boutique entertainment agency representing multilingual artists and creating tailored concepts for luxury hospitality, corporate events, and international brands, as well as the fashion brand Ammora The Label. Before transitioning into the creative industries, Lina earned a degree in Political Science, worked for the German parliament, and served as an elected city councilwoman. As an artist, Lina won Netflix's Sing On!

Germany and has appeared on The Voice of Germany, the BBC's All Together Now. Performing in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, and German, she has worked with leading brands and venues including F1, Tiffany & Co., Bvlgari, Forbes, Museum of the future and many more. https://www.instagram.com/linaammormusic & https://www.instagram.

MINAHIL ALVI, Founder of Atlas Labs Ventures. Atlas Labs is an AI holding company running several ventures across education, conference technology, enterprise Adoption and founder distribution in the GCC. Minahil has spent a better part of her career building inside industries that move slowly, including government technology in Saudi Arabia, fintech across Africa, and multiple ventures in the UAE, before turning that operating experience into an AI native portfolio. https://www.instagram.com/minahil__alvi/ & https://www.instagram.com/minahilventures

KAMIL RAVIN, The Ascension Coach. Kamil is a coach and trusted advisor to founders, entrepreneurs and high performers, working at the intersection of psychology, identity, consciousness and business performance. Over the past six years, he has worked with leaders across multiple industries to uncover the human patterns shaping their decisions, leadership and companies. His work is built around a simple premise: the person behind the business is one of its most important drivers of enterprise value.

Through private advisory, founder communities, workshops and speaking, Kamil helps leaders see the blind spots they can't see alone and expand what's possible for themselves and the businesses they lead. https://www.instagram.com/theascensioncoach & https://www.linkedin.

9:00 - 9:30 pm COMMUNITY INTRODUCTIONS. 15 or so guests will be invited to introduce themselves to the community for a minutes each, microphone in hand. Do not miss this opportunity for everyone to get to know you! Do not be shy... the shy eat alone. AND, Celebrate the BIRTHDAY of Community Friend ANDRES MENESES, Vice Chairman CBCD. At the CBCD Andres supports the President in strategic planning and execution and stands ready to step into the presidency during any absence or vacancy.

He oversees the Council's events calendar, communications, branding, and marketing direction, and chairs the Programs & Communication Committee, working closely with the Marketing and Events & Community Engagement Coordinators to shape the Council's public presence and member experience. Beyond his role at CBCD, Andrés brings a background in marketing management through his work with his ventures, lending strategic communications expertise to the Council's growth. https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreswifitv/ & https://www.instagram.

9:30 pm - Midnight NETWORKING + DINNER. Now is the time to meet everyone else you might have missed before. Grab a (new) friend, grab a drink, and grab a table. Create and deepen your connections with good conversation. Everyone is friendly and open - so introduce yourself to someone new.

MEDIA PARTNER: DUBAI.NEWS - UAE's First News Network Run by AI and Amplified to the World. Founded by Sheeraz Hasan No.1 Fame Strategist in the World. https://www.instagram.com/dubai.newsnow/

MEDIA PARTNER: UR Dream Media (UDM) is the only full service studio in town. UDM in its state-of-the-art and extremely flexible setting studio offers Music Production and Recording, Podcast, Videography, Photography and Studio Rental all under one roof. https://www.instagram.com/udmdxb/

PHOTOGRAPHY PARTNER: We are thrilled to be supported by TITUS PHOTOGRAPHY as our media/photography partner. /_titus_photography

COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Thanks to Web3 Future Space for their continued support. https://web3future.space DRESSCODE: Please dress to impress - this is a high-level business and social event. * NO caps/shorts NO open toe shoes / sneakers * Be classy (please). Men - try wearing a suit or sports jacket. Don't wear some random T-shirt/raggedy jeans. Women - this is your chance to be elegant. The venue WILL block access in case of inappropriate, sloppy, or indecent attire.

ALSO we welcome the referral of other quality guests.