29 Apr 2026
The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo
CIO Summit Egypt
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Celebrating 11 years of thought leadership, the IDC CIO Summit – Egypt returns on 29 April 2026 in Cairo City as Egypt’s premier gathering of technology decision-makers.
Egypt’s CIOs are standing at the center of a national transformation. With the launch of the second edition of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2025–2030), the country is accelerating its vision to become a regional hub for AI innovation and digital excellence. Along with the country’s Digital Egypt initiative, this ambitious strategy focuses on governance, technology, data, infrastructure, ecosystem, and talent, aiming to raise AI’s contribution to GDP to $42.7 billion by 2030.
For enterprise technology leaders, this creates a rare opportunity to align business strategy with national purpose. As AI adoption matures from generative pilots to agentic AI workflows that drive autonomous decision-making, CIOs have the mandate to modernize infrastructure, harness data intelligently, and embed ethical governance into AI operations.
The 2026 IDC Egypt CIO Summit will bring together Egypt’s technology and policy leaders to discuss how CIOs can scale AI responsibly, overcome infrastructure and talent challenges, and unlock measurable business and societal impact as Egypt shapes its digital future.
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IDC Keynote: Building the CIO roadmap for the agentic era
Jyoti Lalchandani | IDC
Head of WW Events & MD – META, Central Asia, India
Jyoti Lalchandani
Jyoti Lalchandani is a seasoned business executive with more than 25 years of experience in emerging markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In his role as IDC’s Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), he has been instrumental in establishing IDC’s presence in the region – first, through the initial expansion of the Dubai headquarters and then by spearheading the development of IDC offices in Johannesburg, Istanbul, Riyadh, Casablanca, Lagos, Nairobi, and Cairo.
Jyoti is responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of IDC’s market intelligence and advisory services, sales, conferences and events, go-to-market services, and office development activities across the META region. As a respected authority on emerging market tech trends, he is also regularly invited to speak at major industry events throughout the region and is frequently quoted by both the national and international media.
His field of expertise includes key tech areas such as cloud, analytics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, and he is well known for providing guidance on digital transformation strategies for the entire C-suite. He is a trusted advisor to senior executives in the supplier/enabler space across the ICT ecosystem, as well as to tech buyers from the CIO and line-of-business communities.
Starting at IDC’s CEMA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters in 1995 in Prague, the Czech Republic, Jyoti served as IDC’s regional consulting manager. In this role, he headed several country-based project teams that advised local and multinational IT vendors on issues relating to entry strategy, competitor analysis, ROI analysis, distribution and partner evaluation, and market segmentation. He later took on the additional responsibility of overseeing the CEMA software practice, in which he was responsible for overseeing all related research (applications, system infrastructure, and tools) and advisory work across emerging EMEA countries.
Before joining IDC, Jyoti served on the national board of international non-profit organization AIESEC, where he managed the association’s partnership agreements with leading Indian conglomerates. He graduated from Loyola College, India, where his studies focused on strategy management and business policy. He later attended a corporate-sponsored program at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts.
Event Sessions
Tuesday, April 28 2026 9:35 am | Location:
IDC Keynote: Building the CIO roadmap for the agentic era
Venue
Alf Leila w Leila – Ballroom
The Nile Ritz-Carlton,
1113 Nile Corniche, Ismailia,
El Nil, Cairo Governorate 11221, Egypt