Akamai Executive Dinner - HumanX Amsterdam

About the Dinner Event

Join us for an engaging evening of insight into how the industry’s "big bets" are being placed and how you can position your organisation to lead in the AI economy. 

After a short welcome from Akamai CTO, Robert Blumofe, we will dive into the rapidly evolving AI infrastructure landscape alongside attendees from our partner, NVIDIA. 

Discover the opportunities, challenges and strategic decisions that will define the AI economy—and connect with industry leaders who are helping build what's next.

Speakers

Robert  Blumofe

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Robert Blumofe is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Akamai, where he is responsible for helping the company advance the future of cloud, security, and AI. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science from Brown University.

Channah Blocq

Regional Business Director, NVIDIA

Channah Blocq is Enterprise Director Benelux at NVIDIA, advising enterprise and public-sector leaders on the strategic capabilities and partnerships needed to adopt AI at scale. Her work focuses on the implications of sovereign AI, accelerated computing, secure infrastructure, and the emergence of open and open-weight models. She brings a regional perspective on balancing innovation, resilience, control, and responsible deployment to turn AI into sustainable business and societal value.