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Ayah Bdeir

Ayah Bdeir

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🎤 Gulf Voice — Minbar.ai

Founder, littleBits

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Ayah inspired our youth with the idea that anyone can be an inventor. Exactly the message the Gulf needs.

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Before the event
  • 📋Signed Letter of Engagement (48 hours)
  • 📄Expert bio + photo in your format
  • 🌍Gulf Cultural Briefing (8-page PDF)
  • 📊Audience profile sent to expert
  • 📞30-min prep call (14 days prior)
  • 🎯Keynote angle tailored to your audience
  • 📡AV and technical requirements
After the event
  • 📈Post-Event Impact Report (7 days)
  • 🎓Certificate of Completion (HRDF)
  • 💰Final VAT invoice (SAP-compatible)
  • 📹Recording coordination (if applicable)
  • 📋HRDF submission documentation
  • Review request to your team
  • 🔄Follow-up session available on request

Cancellation: Full refund 21+ days before event · 50% refund 14–21 days · Speaker cancellation: replacement within 48 hours at zero cost to you

💰 Gulf Engagement Fees

🎤 Keynote (60-90 min)$18,000
⏰ Half Day (4 hours)$11,000
🎓 Workshop (Full day)$9,000
💻 Virtual Keynote$5,000

USD. Travel additional. 15% Minbar.ai fee included.

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🏆 Gulf Voice Score

Excellent

14 verified Gulf engagements

Cultural Fit91/100
Content Relevance87/100
Audience Engagement92/100
Response Time72/100
Rebooking Rate80/100
Gulf Voice Score by Minbar.ai80% rebook rate
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About

Lebanese-Canadian inventor and founder of littleBits, acquired by Sphero. An MIT Media Lab alumna and TED Senior Fellow, Ayah is a leading Arab voice in making technology creative, accessible, and educational for the next generation.

🏆 Gulf Experience

ArabNet Digital Summit2023

🎤 Keynote Topics

Democratizing Technology and Innovation
STEM Education for the Arab World
Creative Technology and Design Thinking
Women in Tech Entrepreneurship
Building Hardware Startups

🏆 Recognition

🏆 MIT Media Lab Alumna🏆 TED Senior Fellow🏆 Fast Company Most Creative People

📺 Media

📺 Television

TED

TED Talk

🎙️ Podcasts

NPR

How I Built This

📰 Press

Fast Company

Fast Company

🌍 Organizations

littleBits (Founder)
MIT Media Lab (Alumna)
Sphero (Post-Acquisition)

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