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EmpowHER in AI Summit is back, hosting a curated global summit designed to amplify the voices of women leading the artificial intelligence revolution. The event is powered by Times of AI, bringing together women leaders in AI, founders, investors, operators, and innovators for a historical day of meaningful conversations, strategic networking, and ecosystem building.
As innovation marches ahead at every level and across industries, women remain underrepresented in decision-making roles across AI startups, research, investment, and enterprise leadership. EmpowHER in AI is built to address this gap by creating a platform for women to connect, collaborate, and lead the next phase of AI growth.
Unlike most of the other meetings, which are simply stage-based sessions or one-off shows, “EmpowHER in AI” is a community-first experience. Participants concentrate on high-value engagement through panel discussions, networking, fireside chats, and founder-investor interactions.
The format is purposefully designed to maintain authentic dialogue and actionable insights for people operating in the broader AI ecosystem.
Session panels will include panel discussions led by female leaders and experts across AI, technology, venture capital, blockchain, and digital innovation. The sessions will address leadership, innovation, product development, fundraising, market expansion, and the changing role of AI in business and society.
Networking is as important as ever to the experience. These opportunities lead to direct meetings with founders, venture capitalists, ecosystem builders, and operators to partner, mentor, and collaborate. The event will be a targeted environment to build valuable relationships with early-stage startups to scale products or explore AI investment opportunities.
From Singapore and Abu Dhabi to the glitz of Dubai, the EmpowHER in AI movement is officially going global, one city at a time.
EmpowHER in AI has already hosted a strong lineup of global speakers across previous editions, reinforcing its credibility as a growing platform for women in technology and AI. Past speakers include Chada El Islam Benmahcene, Founder and CEO of ENTROGX Ventures; Anna Macmillan, Founder and COO of WiiN and Mintlayer; Lianna Adams, Founder of Impactful Artistry; and Irina Karagyaur, Founder of Creators4Impact and creator of The Business Case for AI & Blockchain.
The speaker lineup has also featured accomplished leaders such as Tasneem Taherali, Advisor for Tech Startups and Scale-ups, Marketing Director for Women in Tech UAE, and Ambassador for Product Marketing Alliance UAE; Fatiha Chikh, Co-founder of LeLab Plus; Shyla Khan, Chief Marketing Officer at Yellow; and Sandy Carter, Chief Business Officer at Unstoppable Domains.
Additional notable speakers include Una Wang, Founder and CEO of Lingo AI; Wan Wei Soh, CEO and Founder of AI Visionary Society; and Joewin Tan, CEO of Quant Consulting Group. Their esteemed presence is a testament to the event’s strong focus on leadership, innovation, and building cross-border connections in AI and emerging technologies.
EmpowHER in AI is built for a global but purposeful audience. Women founders behind AI startups will find opportunities to connect with investors and ecosystem leaders. AI professionals and operators come together with peers and industry experts. Investors share the stage with founders, products, and early-stage innovation.
The event also welcomes startup participants and innovators to explore intersections between AI, Web3, and digital infrastructure. As AI emerges as an intrinsic tool for industries like healthcare, finance, education, media, and enterprise technology, inclusive leadership is increasingly a strategic imperative.
Different perspectives lead to stronger products, more thoughtful systems, and global adoption. EmpowHER in AI as a platform helps participants foster conversations that build real pathways for growth.
Backed by Times of AI, a global media platform covering AI innovation and ecosystem developments, EmpowHER in AI benefits from strong industry visibility and ecosystem support. This support strengthens the initiative’s reach and helps build a long-term global network of women leaders and innovators in AI.
EmpowHER in AI is more than a one-time event. This is your pivotal gateway into an elite international collective fueled by collaboration, visionary leadership, and AI breakthroughs.
Claim your seat and join the women-led movement shaping the future of AI.
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EmpowHER in AI is shaping up into a global movement focused on women in artificial intelligence leadership. Powered by Times of AI, the initiative brings together women founders, investors, and operators who are actively shaping the next phase of AI.
Unfortunately, even as technology expands across industries, leadership gaps regarding ‘gender’ remain visible. EmpowHER in AI addresses this imbalance by creating a structured platform for inclusion, visibility, and influence.
The fast-paced scaling of the AI industry comes with concentrated leadership problems. Women are still underrepresented in decision-making roles across research, funding, and product development in the AI industry.
This shortcoming has a direct impact on the way systems are designed and put into operation. EmpowHER in AI considers diversity to be at the core of responsible innovation. The program emphasizes inclusion, fairness, equity, and leadership as foundational pillars for long-term progress.
EmpowHER in AI is community-first. It is constructed to cultivate relationships that go beyond a single event. The platform connects women founders, investors, operators, and innovators in a shared ecosystem. It lays a creative space for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and long-term alignment. Its features prioritize community-driven engagement over traditional panels.
Conversations go far beyond the stage and develop through direct interaction. The strategy behind the event is highlighted within the event format. This includes structured panel discussions with women leaders in AI and emerging technologies.
Networking sessions are structured to enable direct engagement between participants. Founder and investor interactions create avenues for funding and collaboration.
Fireside chats and open discussions add depth by allowing speakers to share real experiences from their journeys. Active engagement defines the structure of the event, supports both learning and connection.
Attendees can expect networking and collaboration opportunities with women VCs and AI founders.
The core value of EmpowHER in AI lies in its approach to ecosystem building. The program aspires to be a long-term platform rather than a one-time gathering.
It supports a space where women can contribute, lead, and influence conversations in AI. The focus remains on real dialogue and practical insight. This creates an environment where participation leads to measurable outcomes, including partnerships, mentorship, and visibility.
With support from Times of AI, the platform can extend its reach to a broader network of industry leaders, founders, and institutions working in AI. EmpowHER in AI is already spreading in parts of the world such as Singapore, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai.
With a presence in global hubs, it has made it a prominent networking platform in the AI ecosystem. It continues to attract investors, founders, and enterprise leaders. This growing participation highlights the demand for focused spaces where women can engage at a leadership level.
The mission is very clear. EmpowHER in AI plans to ensure diverse voices shape the development of artificial intelligence. Its vision is to support women as leaders, builders, and contributors in AI at a global scale. The movement is building on and broadening participation from across the ecosystem.
For more information, check out the offiicial website: https://www.empowherinai.com/
EmpowHER in AI is not just an event, it’s a growing global movement redefining inclusive leadership in artificial intelligence.
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并非所有 AI 活动都面向构建者。
算法联盟（The Algorithm Alliance）是专为那些不仅谈论 AI、而是积极构建、实验并推动算法与数据科学边界的人而设计的。这是一场由社区驱动的聚会，将机器学习工程师、数据科学家、研究人员和创始人汇聚在一个协作的环境中。
与传统以舞台展示为主的形式不同，这种体验围绕互动、贡献和问题解决来构建，为思想在实时中被检验、被挑战并被进一步完善创造空间。

比特币底部——在 Aura8 第 81 集节目中，Vaibhavv Ali 把迈克尔·特尔平再次请回进行每周的录像解读。镜头前的衬衫看起来像春天。但通话内容却是冬天。
特尔平的框架没有改变：比特币的春天从一次减半开始，或者从下一次减半之前出现新的历史高点开始。两者都还没有到来。在他看来，到来的是熊市结束后的缓慢推升——自他在 2015 年首次写下“四季模型”以来，他称之为“比特币冬天”的阶段。
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On Aura8 Episode 80, host Vaibhavv Ali (Vali) sat down with Ahmed Refaie, producer and organizer of World Token Summit and host of DSRPTD. The conversation is less market call and more operator story: what happens when a flagship conference leaves a city, and someone with a network decides not to wait.
The short version: Token2049 was cancelled for Dubai and pushed toward 2027. Ahmed took a retired brand, announced replacement dates on the same weekend, and pulled a four-day festival together in about three weeks. Attendance landed far above plan. The next chapter is already moving — mixers across Africa and Europe, then World Token Summit 4.0 X Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 in Nairobi this October , know how?
What Aura8 Episode 80 Is Actually About
Vali framed the episode as a peer conversation, not a polished keynote recap. Ahmed is a fellow media and events operator. That matters. The show spends its time on execution: how an event gets stood up when the calendar is already burning, who says yes, who shouts that it is fake, and what the city actually needed after a major cancellation.
The tone is blunt. Vali notes that Dubai felt “high and dry” after Token2049 and related activity dropped off. World Token Summit, in his telling, gave the local ecosystem a place to gather again.
The Vacuum Token2049 Left in Dubai
Ahmed was not planning a large public summit for the first half of the year. His usual cadence was DSRPTD in October — a tighter, ecosystem-first gathering he says they often market after it is already over.
Then a group chat notification landed. Someone called Token2049’s cancellation a “very stupid decision.” Ahmed clicked through, saw the postponement toward 2027, and read it as money left on the table.
Two days later he messaged the owner of the World Token Summit brand (via Vostad). The brand had been effectively retired after Ahmed helped start it in 2023. He asked for naming rights. He got them. When the other side went quiet for about ten days — travel, skepticism — Ahmed stopped waiting. He put the website up and issued a press release: World Token Summit would replace Token2049 in Dubai on the same late-April dates.
That announcement was the point of no return.
Three Weeks, One Shot, No Backup Plan
Ahmed is explicit about the timeline. Events of this scale usually take six months. He had roughly three sleepless weeks.
The public reaction was not uniformly supportive. Some people dismissed the news as bluff. Others called him late at night and told him to stop “lying.” His answer on the podcast is simple: it was his summit. He had already done large, improvised productions in Lisbon, the U.S., and Riyadh. He would sail the ship.
The operational lesson is not romance. It is sequence. Announce the dates that already exist in the market’s head. Then scramble venue, partners, and program before the internet decides the story is fake.
How The Block and 25 Jump Street Changed the Format
The venue path started after the press release, not before it. Dr. Mazdak Rafati, whom Ahmed knew from the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce startup desk, forwarded the news to The Block’s team. They asked to host. The deal became a crossover: World Token Summit + The Block Festival at Block Street.
The footprint then expanded into 25 Jump Street and the 25hours Hotel cluster:
Pop-up events in bars and restaurantsAn open stage and music programmingArt exhibition tied to Dubai International Art Center’s 50th anniversaryCommunity takeovers with Dubai Tech Tuesdays, EcoX, Bitcoin Mondays, and othersWorkshops, a long interview run, dinners, a ladies’ Pilates session, Vesa/Dubai Blockchain Center art-car installationsAn extra “day zero” when an online summit asked to land physically (IMOS)A fourth day curated by The Block on May 1
What began as a two-day replacement became a four-day campus. That is the real product insight: the vacuum was not only for panels. It was for a place people would stay after the last talk — terrace, ping pong, ice cream, photos, networking that does not end at 7 p.m.
The Numbers That Surprised the Organizer
Ahmed’s own forecast was modest: maybe 500 people. The outcome he described on Aura8:
~2,000 attendees per day120 speakers100+ sponsors and partners25+ media outlets25+ side events, including other summits orbiting the main program
Those figures are the organizer’s account from the episode, not an audited census. They still explain why the story has legs. The city did not need another isolated conference hall. It needed density.
World Token Summit
What Comes Next: Mixers, Lisbon, Nairobi
The second half of the episode is a pipeline, not a victory lap.
Block and Chill is a global mixer roadshow used as a sales and community engine. Ahmed said the series already included Nairobi (August 13), Abuja, and Lagos, with Dubai mixers in the first two weeks of September and Lisbon on September 30 during SBC Summit. The model he highlighted: one or two sponsors from each relevant-city mixer.
SBC Summit, Lisbon — second year of Web3 Academy, plus Affiliates Leader Summit. Gaming, music, and crypto sit on the same calendar. He mentioned an EDM booking at Meo Arena (Tiësto and Blasterjaxx referenced in the conversation).
World Token Summit 4.0 × Africa Blockchain Festival
15–17 October, Sarit Expo Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Positioning is festival, not trade-show only: safari and sightseeing packages, combined Nairobi–Tanzania / Nairobi–Lagos / Nairobi–Mombasa itineraries, a football match on day one, night programming with DJs. Four breakout rooms in Kenya’s main expo venue. Speakers are live on the site; sponsor logos were still catching up at the time of recording because sign-ups were moving faster than the webpage.
Ahmed’s line on momentum is consistent with how WTS 3.0 started. He was not planning another edition so soon. Then Africa Blockchain Festival asked him in. He said yes.
The Bigger Trend: Conferences Are Becoming Festivals
Vali and Ahmed keep returning to the same structural point. Web3 events are no longer a sealed industry vertical. Music festivals, gaming summits, sports, fashion, and travel packages now share budgets, calendars, and audiences with blockchain and AI.
That is why a Token2049-shaped hole could be filled by a hybrid: conference stage + street activations + art + comedy + music. It is also why Ahmed is willing to live on the SBC and Africa Blockchain Festival calendars instead of protecting a single “pure crypto” brand.
The risk is obvious — burnout, brand dilution, execution debt. The opportunity is also obvious. The organizers who can assemble a city-scale weekend in weeks will keep inheriting cancelled dates.
Key Takeaways from Aura8 Ep80
Token2049’s Dubai cancellation created a vacuum Ahmed filled with World Token Summit on the same late-April window.Execution window was about three weeks, not a six-month production cycle.Format shifted from two conference days to a four-day Block Street / 25 Jump Street festival.Organizer-reported scale: ~2,000 people per day, 120 speakers, 100+ partners, 25+ side events.Next destination is Nairobi, 15–17 October, World Token Summit 4.0 X Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 at Sarit Expo Center.The growth mechanic is a global mixer roadshow (Block and Chill) that converts city rooms into sponsors.The industry trend underneath the anecdote: crypto, music, gaming, and travel are now one events stack.
Vali kept the episode on the operator’s mouth, not on abstract “ecosystem narratives.” That is the useful part. The future of these conferences is less about who publishes the slickest agenda PDF and more about who can still fill a city when the incumbent date disappears.
Watch Aura8 Episode 80 with Vaibhavv Ali and Ahmed for the full build story, the ugly phone calls, and the Nairobi registration path..
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