AI Governance for Egyptian Startups: The Strategy for Success
About this event
AI rules are being written right now. The startups that understand them early will be the ones that scale across borders.
The regulations taking shape in Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Brussels will decide which products can enter which markets, and on what terms.
GrowthLabs hosts our strategic partner Pactvia for a 60-minute session on how AI law is taking shape in Egypt, the GCC and the EU, and what it means for the products founders are building today.
What we’ll cover 01 · Why AI law matters to every startup. AI is 70 years old and now touches every industry. Trace how the technology, its applications and the law developed from the 1950s to today, and where it’s heading next. 02 · How Egypt, the GCC and the EU connect. See the AI investment and development momentum in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, how EU regulation influences the region, and how Egyptian founders can use that momentum. 03 · Which governance framework to plan for. Compare AI governance in Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the EU, the US, China, Japan and South Korea, and leave with the strategic considerations that turn compliance into a competitive advantage.
About the speaker Thomas Forsch is AI Practice Head and Researcher at Pactvia. A trilingual business lawyer, he brings nearly 30 years of international experience across Oman, the UAE, Germany, France, Cyprus and Lebanon. He served as VP Legal at du in the UAE, where he built and led a team of 10 lawyers and supported the company from pre-launch to more than $100M in annual profits. He is legally qualified in Germany and France, and is a member of the AI Governance Network (AIGN), the Global Legal AI Council, and the International Association for AI and Law.
Thomas has spent his career on the business side of the law, helping companies enter new markets and stay compliant while they do. In this session, he applies that lens to AI.
The session is delivered in English.
This session is part of the GrowthLabs weekly webinar series.
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Starts
2026-11-03T17:00:00.000Z
Ends
2026-11-03T18:00:00.000Z
Format
virtual