Loay Malahmeh

Bio

Loay's experience spans 11+ years in the fields of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education Leadership. He led the establishment of Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair School of Advanced Computing (ASAC) a at Luminus Education, a social enterprise supporting education throughout the MENA region. Loay spearheaded the “Fab Lab” movement and ecosystem development in Jordan through his previous startup 3Dmena, which was acquired by the Luminus Group. Loay was instrumental in the launch of Jordan’s first Fabrication Lab and Manufacturing Incubator, Shamal Start/FabLab Irbid, with a portfolio of 100+ incubated startups and he has been instrumental in raising over $20 million in funding for various projects in Jordan.

Loay has spoken, moderated, mentored and judged numerous startup, innovation, technology events and programs throughout the Arab world, Asia & Europe. He co-started the Fab Lab Arab Network and served as a Shaper at Global Shapers Community with the World Economic Forum and he has been internationally featured for his work in Wired Magazine, Popular Science, Upworthy, Newsweek, Techcrunch, Wamda/GE Makers, Upworthy, BBC and the World Economic Forum.