Suriname heritage and local perspective
Speakers · SAIS26

Global expertise. Local decisions.

Meet the people connecting global AI thinking to the decisions organizations in Suriname need to make.

Google No More Cybercrime Qualogy Netherlands AI met Impact Qualogy Caribbean Google No More Cybercrime Qualogy Netherlands AI met Impact Qualogy Caribbean
Global expertise · Local context

Ideas from the world. Questions for Suriname.

Meet the people connecting AI, strategy, cyber risk and leadership to decisions that matter here.

Suriname heritage and local identity
Perspective matters
Confirmed voices

Authority, context and a clear takeaway.

Each profile connects real experience with the specific conversation you can join at SAIS26.

Rokesh Jankie

Rokesh Jankie

Head of AI Customer Engineering Benelux & ItalyGoogle Cloud · Netherlands
Why listenLeads a Google Cloud team helping organizations move AI from ambition to enterprise application.
Speaking onEnterprise Impact: Why AI Is Real, Relevant and Ready

His perspective combines software engineering, enterprise architecture, consulting, CTO leadership and AI transformation, with a focus on what organizations need to deploy AI safely and at scale.

You'll learnSee what generative AI, multimodal AI and AI agents can do today, and learn to assess whether your organization is technically ready to move from experiment to scalable AI application.
LinkedIn ↗
Elly Kort

Elly Kort

AI Strategist & FounderAI met Impact · Netherlands
Why listenBrings 35 years of digitalization experience, including former AI Strategy and Innovation leadership at ING, to executive AI decisions.
Speaking onAI in the Boardroom: Which choices determine your head start in two years?

She connects enterprise transformation with an entrepreneurial perspective and focuses on how AI changes competition, investment and governance.

You'll learnLearn which AI developments truly affect your organization, where value-creation opportunities lie and which executive and board decisions can no longer be postponed.
LinkedIn ↗
Rajeev Kalloe

Rajeev Kalloe

AI LeadQualogy · Netherlands
Why listenWorks at the point where many organizations get stuck: moving from an AI idea or pilot to demonstrable business value and real adoption.
Speaking onFrom AI Ambition to Concrete Business Value

Within Qualogy, Rajeev works across AI strategy, governance, AI literacy, use-case development and implementation, focusing on applications that are valuable, feasible, responsible and adoptable.

You'll learnLearn to assess AI opportunities systematically for value, feasibility and adoption potential, and move from an interesting idea to a concrete next step.
LinkedIn ↗
Gina Doekhie

Gina Doekhie

AI & Cybercrime SpecialistNo More Cybercrime · Netherlands
Why listenBrings more than 14 years of practical experience in ransomware, digital fraud, incident response and AI-driven cyber threats.
Speaking onLeadership in the Era of AI & Cybercrime

She combines digital-forensics practice with a double Master's in Artificial Intelligence and Forensic Science, translating evolving cyber threats into the decisions leaders must make under pressure.

You'll learnLearn how cybercriminals use AI to make attacks more convincing and scalable, and what board-level decisions matter when reputation, continuity and money are on the line.
LinkedIn ↗
Nilesh Bishesar

Nilesh Bishesar

Managing DirectorQualogy Caribbean · Suriname
Why listenA Surinamese executive and entrepreneur with more than twenty years of experience across IT, telecom, energy and financial services.
Speaking onSuriname at the AI Inflection Point

Nilesh has led Qualogy Caribbean since 2010 and combines digital transformation, business development and innovation with executive responsibility and a local perspective on competitiveness.

You'll learnUnderstand how international AI developments connect to the investment, change and competitiveness decisions Surinamese organizations face.
LinkedIn ↗
Why these voices

Different expertise. One business conversation.

Technology alone cannot answer the questions AI creates. SAIS connects multiple disciplines around what responsible adoption means for organizations in Suriname.

AI & transformation

From experimentation to scalable organizational use.

Cybersecurity & risk

New threats, responsibilities and leadership responses.

Strategy & governance

Turning ambition into responsible organizational choices.

Impact & adoption

Connecting technology with measurable business value.

Hear them in context

Expertise connected to the conversations that matter.

Rokesh Jankie

Google AI Opening Experience: Enterprise Impact

Making AI tangible through live demonstrations, enterprise readiness and the path from experimentation to scalable use.

Gina Doekhie

Leadership in the Era of AI & Cybercrime

Executive responsibility, AI-driven cyber threats and decision-making under pressure.

Rajeev Kalloe

From AI Ambition to Concrete Business Value

Turning AI possibilities into feasible opportunities, value and adoption.

Elly Kort

ASSUME YOU ARE WRONG

Challenging assumptions and strengthening boardroom choices in the AI era.

Nilesh Bishesar

Suriname at the AI Inflection Point

Connecting AI acceleration to leadership, innovation, people and competitiveness in Suriname.

View the programme
Help shape the conversation

Know a voice SAIS should hear?

Recommend an expert, practitioner or leader whose experience could add meaningful value. Every contribution remains curated.

Recommend a speaker
Meet them live

The value is not only who speaks,but the conversation you can join.

View ticketsExplore the programme
View tickets