Gawdat, whose career includes leadership roles at Microsoft and Google, will lead a fireside chat titled 'When Intelligence Is Everywhere: What Should Humans Still Decide?' The session targets the integration of predictive systems into financial services, specifically how algorithms influence investment, risk assessment, and consumer interaction. His contribution coincides with a period of intense scrutiny over the role of human judgment in systems that increasingly govern institutional decision-making.

With financial services accounting for 17.6% of Bahrain’s GDP in 2025, the Kingdom is positioning itself to lead the discourse on responsible AI adoption. The event, scheduled for October 7-8 at Exhibition World Bahrain, is hosted by the Bahrain Economic Development Board and supported by the Central Bank of Bahrain. Gawdat argues that the primary challenge for the industry lies not in the raw power of new technologies, but in maintaining a clear boundary regarding which values and choices must remain under human control.