The Saudi Programmers Association Barmaj is pleased to invite you to participate in the Open-Source Software Forum Forum 2025. This distinguished event aims to enhance collaboration and exchange expertise in open-source technologies between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of China.The forum will take place in the heart of the capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
It will bring together over 30 leading Chinese technology companies and a select group of experts and open-source enthusiasts from the Kingdom.We look forward to your active participation in this significant event, which presents a unique opportunity to strengthen partnerships and share knowledge in the field of modern technologies.
General Manager of Government Excellence
Vice Chairman Parmg
Executive Vice Secretary-General of COPU
Chairman of Programmers Association
OpenTEKr
Director, International Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Ethics (ICAIRE)
Chairman of OpenAtom Foundation openEuler Technical Committee
CEO of RUYA OS
Head of Open Source Team, ZTE
GM, Middle East, YonYou
Product Manager, AitoCoder
CEO, ORION AI Tech
Principal Evangelist, KPro
Inspur-Principal AI Consultant
Assistant VP of iSoftStone
CNCF (Ren xudong), ZTE(Meng Wei),SDAIA,DGA,Ruya
Director of Middle East Area in zhiyuan
Senior Solution Manager, China Mobile International Saudi Limited
CEO of ORION AI Tech and the founder of the ORION Community
FanRuan Software
MD,Ether Ink
Strategic Leader | Expert in Learning & Development | Driving Innovation & Scalable Impact
Group CTO , SME Bank
Pre-event networking session.
Registration of attendees.
Speaker Name: Eng. AbdulAziz AlOraij
Portfolio/Bio: Chairman
Organization: Programmers Association (parmg)
Speech Title: Welcome Note
Government keynote by Digital Government Authority (DGA).
Speaker Name: Dr. Abdulrahman Habib
Portfolio/Bio: Director, International Center for AI Research and Ethics (ICAIRE)
Organization: ICAIRE
Speech Title: Overview of ICAIRE
Speaker Name: Jerry Tan
Portfolio/Bio: Deputy Secretary-General
Organization: China Open Source Promotion Union (COPU)
Speech Title: DeepSeek EcoSystem Deep Exploration
Speaker Name: Hu Xinwei
Portfolio/Bio: Chairman of OpenAtom Foundation OpenEuler Technical Committee
Organization: Huawei
Speech Title: Intelligence BooM: Where Open Source meets Open Model in openEuler
Speaker Name: Paul Yang
Portfolio/Bio: Inspur-Principal AI Consultant
Organization: Inspur
Speech Title: Inspur Build For AI
Break and prayer time.
Speaker Name: Mosaab Alzoubi
Portfolio/Bio: CEO of RUYA OS
Organization: RUYA
Speech Title: Importance of localizing digital infrastructure industry - Ruya OS
Speaker Name: Meng Wei
Portfolio/Bio: Head of Open Source Team at ZTE, Secretary-general of the Cooperative Open Intelligent Computing Industry Alliance, Chairperson of LF AI & Data (2023-2024), Vice chairperson of ITU FG-AINN ZTE
Speech Title: Build an New AI Ecosystem that is Open, Inclusive, and Accessible
Speaker Name: Jiao Yi
Portfolio/Bio: Assistant VP of iSoftStone
Organization: iSoftStone
Speech Title: Embrace the Open Source, Co-create the Future of AI
Speakers: Hu Xinwei(OpenEuler), Chen Huaizhi(ZTE), Saud Alghubayn Al-Anazi (Ether Ink ), Eng. Sulaiman Al Kharashi(SME Bank)
Speech Title: Open Source AI EcoSystem
Speaker Name: Robert Guan
Portfolio/Bio: General Manager, Middle East
Organization: YonYou
Speech Title: Enterprise AI empowers Saudi organizations to digital transformation
Speaker Name: Chen Lidan
Portfolio/Bio: Director of Middle East Area in zhiyuan
Organization: SeeYon
Speech Title: From Collaboration to Intelligence: Empowering Organizations with AI-Driven Process Innovation
Speaker Name: Mr. Ahmed Osman Mohamed AMIN
Portfolio/Bio: Senior Solution Manager, China Mobile International Saudi Limited
Organization: China mobile
Break and prayer time.
Signing ceremony of strategic agreements and MoUs.
| Aziz JiaoBiao Dai | SSF AI committe & Parmg |   |
| Aziz, SAAD, Jerry, Dean |   | SCAI Studio Setup |
| Aziz, Jerry, Inspur, EDB | COPU & Parmg | OS, DB, AI Infra, AI Coding, Training Working Group Signing |
| Almaali Abdul Malik Al Asaker | President | Alkhebrat Alaola |
| Dr. Rashed Osman | President | World Peace Development Sdn Bhd |
Speaker Name: George Chen
Organization: KPro
Speech Title: AI Native with Knowledge Open Source
Speaker Name: Shao JianQiu
Portfolio/Bio: CEO of ORION AI Tech and the founder of the ORION Community
Organization: Orion AI
Speech Title: Connecting Intelligence, Orchestrating the Future — The New Paradigm of Enterprise Business AI
Speaker Name: MaxWelll Zhou
Portfolio/Bio: Product Manager, AitoCoder
Organization: Aitocoder
Speech Title: Empowering the Everyman: AI Coding with AitoCoder
Speaker Name: Lewis Chou(fanruan), Lv Xinjie (Inspur), Dr. Tahani Aldosemani(Ministry of Culture) , Shehab El Najjar (Code)
Speech Title: How AI Change Enterprise
Speaker Name: Eng. Shehab El Najjar
There will be workshop session which will happen from 5:00 pm till 8:00 pm. Kindly register to join it.
Welcome Speech
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Since its open source release in 2020, openGau...enGauss continuously strengthens its product competitiveness.
The evolution of AI and big data workloads is ...ware ecosystem to unleash the infinite value of intelligence.
As a new-generation programming language for a...ly 30, welcome developers to participate in the contribution.
Establish an Open Source Education Hub, develop local skills, catalyze Saudi open source projects, and ensure sustainable digital growth.
Attract Chinese investment, enable Vision 2030 goals, foster strategic partnerships, and drive economic expansion.
Strengthen Saudi-China tech relations and position Saudi Arabia in the global open source community.