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LEAD SUMMIT
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 · 5:00 PM CDT
JW Marriott Houston by The Galleria, Houston, TX
Hosted by AMCOB
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HNIs Dinner Only $250 · Day Pass - Friday $450
About this event
Three days to get clear on how you are building. In the company of people who are building at a serious level.
LEAD Summit is a three-day working summit for Muslim entrepreneurs, founders, and executives
hosted by AMCOB at the JW Marriott Houston by the Galleria. This is not a conference. Every session is a working session. You leave with decisions made, not just notes taken.
What to expect over three days:
10 practical workshops where you build something in the room. EOS frameworks, sales strategy, storytelling, and leadership systems with committed next steps before you leave your seat.
Keynotes from founders who have actually been through it. Honest accounts, not highlight reels.
A capital conversation on equity, debt, and the state of venture capital in the Muslim business community across North America.
A live expo floor open all weekend. 300 entrepreneurs already in buying, partnering, and hiring mode.
Facilitated dinner conversations on Friday night with assigned tables and real prompts. No small talk.
Saturday open mic. Two minutes, your story, volunteer basis. These tend to be what people remember most.
300 seats. Year one. Small on purpose. If you have been waiting for something like this to exist, it does now.
Early bird tickets available at lead.amcob.org
Speakers
Hosts and guests you'll hear from.
Omair Tariq
Founder @ Cart.com
Mariam Sobh
Emcee LEAD
Adnan Adrian Wood-Smith
Founder @ Prophetic Community
Do you ever wonder what your unique mission in life truly is, and how you can stay committed to it amidst daily distractions and challenges? Though we form businesses out of a sense of mission, we can easily lose touch with the big picture behind them. In this energizing, interactive presentation, Imam Adnan Adrian Wood-Smith draws on profound lessons from the Qur’an and Islamic spirituality to help you explore how to identify your own “Greater Why,” understand the internal doubts and external f
Syeda Nazifa Nawroj
Principle Attorny @ Merger Lawyer
Most founders build companies without ever understanding the legal infrastructure underneath them — until a deal, a dispute, or a data breach forces the issue. In this interactive session, Silicon Valley M&A attorney Syeda Nazifa Nawroj walks founders through the legal fundamentals that protect personal assets, reduce personal liability, and maximize exit value. From entity formation to the M&A lifecycle, AI data compliance risks, and what buyers actually find in diligence
Dr. Mohammad Shehata
Founder/CEO @ FiLiCiTi, Inc
AI will change every business operation faster than anyone expects, and everyone is racing to adopt it. The blind spot no one watches: measuring the human intelligence AI is meant to amplify. That mistake will cost small and mid-sized businesses the next decade. we'll lay out a blueprint: codify human intelligence, identify the human edge, then integrate it with AI in a closed-loop system tailored to each business, then navigate uncertainty as an early adopter before the window closes.
Tasnim Benhalim
Founder/Chief Learning Officer @ DiversityWealth
Nejat Abdurrahman
Founder @ N-BAC
Malik Khan
President @ EOS Worldwide
Ahmed Assad Koshul
Founder @ Game Changer Mindset
Kamal Solaiman
General Partner/CEO @ Sindbad Capital
Aneesa Muthana
CEO @ Pioneer Service
Sajjad Chowdhry
Principal @ Trivium Global, LLC
Firas Taiem
Director of Engineering @ Hoopla
Ayesha Qureshi
Founder @ Q Line Media
Mouneeb Shahid
Founder @ Optimize.Net
Faruk Bhagani
Co-Founder @ MENASA
Umair Khan
Founding Partner @ Mentors Fund
Agenda
Programme overview.
Friday
Registration & Networking Reception
Welcome & Opening Remarks
AMCOB Leadership
Opening Keynote
Dinner & Community Conversations
End of Evening
Saturday
Breakfast
Morning Welcome & Day Overview
Find Your Greater Why
Qur’anic Lessons for a Purpose-Driven Life
Strategic Foresight in Seerah
Lessons in Long-Term Planning and Execution
Build It Right. Protect What You've Built. Know When to Sell
A Founder's Legal Playbook for the AI Era
BREAK - Duhr Prayer - Lunch
EOS Vision Building
Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Accountibility
Mining the Miracle Machine
A Blueprint for Merging Human and Artificial Intelligence
BREAK
Growth With a Compass
A Working Session with a PE Investor
Hire Your First AI Coworker in Under an Hour
Bring the task you'd pay to never do again
Featured AMCOB Members: Presentations
BREAK - ASR PRAYER - REFRESH
HNIs Dinner & Networking
Open Mic for attendees stories
Breaking boundries with your identity intact
NETWORKING
End Of Evening
Sunday
Breakfast
Morning Reflection & Day Overview
The Trust Economy
Doing Business with Integrity in a Skeptical Marketplace
Panel: Sales & Marketing
BREAK
Leading in the Age of AI: The Leadership Shift from Strategy to Execution
Moving from Strategy to Execution in AI
Vulnerability: The Road to Courage
Understand vulnerability as essential to courageous leadership
BREAK - House Keeping - Lunch - Prayer
Closing Keynote: Success to Significance
Closing Remarks, Commitments & Send Off
NETWORKING SESSION
End Of Summit
Ticket types
Pick a ticket, then complete registration on the right.
Day Pass - Friday
Day Pass - Limited Access
$450
/ ticket
Day Pass - Saturday
Day Pass - Limited Access
$450
/ ticket
Day Pass - Sunday
Day Pass - Limited Access
$450
/ ticket
Full Summit Access
3 Days Full Access
$950
/ ticket
HNIs Dinner Only
Saturday Night Dinner Pass
$250
/ ticket
Standard Booth
- Full day Summit access
- Total 2 passes (1 Booth Pass + 1 Staff Pass)
- Banner and Branding Space
- Brand Visibility
- Lead Generation
Reserve before Monday, September 14, 2026. Booth count is capped to keep the floor curated, not crowded.
