
Hassan Al-Shama, founder and CEO of AI technology company SupraOS and co-founder and CEO of global consulting group Hylman, is a 2026 World Internet Conference Global Youth Leader from Iraq.
SupraOS focuses on developing and deploying autonomous AI agents, with an emphasis on preserving human verification of changes to critical systems, and Hylman's operations have expanded to 16 countries.
Al-Shama has extensive experience in digital transformation across the Middle East and international markets. He has worked on digital transformation of the energy sector and postwar service reconstruction across local communities in Iraq.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, he worked at Airbus Defence and Space and Grant Thornton on projects involving strategy, Industry 4.0, enterprise AI and automation.
The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.