Reducing congestion and fostering faster, greener and cheaper transport options.
Smart Mobility will bring together the leading stakeholders from mass transit, smart mobility and urban planning companies to discuss and reveal what the future holds for the Middle East and Africa.
The unrestricted movement of goods and services, and the flexibility and integration of different modes of transportation is integral to the long-term success of our cities. However, congestion, aging infrastructure and rapid urbanization are intensifying the need for radical mobility solutions.
The content will focus on the future of urban mobility and outline what specifically needs to be done now to ensure cities are positioned to beat the challenges of the future.
Key themes to be covered, include:
- Forecasting the disruptive trends that will have a transformative impact on the mobility landscape
- What will the region’s roads look like in 2050?
- Electric vehicle charging infrastructure: best-in-class case studies on successful international roll-outs
- Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) market projections for the MENA region over the next decade
Agenda
Day 1 - Tuesday November 2nd
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Opening keynote address Mohammed Al Muallem, Executive Vice President, DP World *Taking place in the Hypermotion Lab |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Mass transport systems post Covid-19 Moderator: Martin Tillman, Board Member, CIHT (Dubai Group) & Director, Strategic Planning & Advisory, AECOM Dimitris Bountolos, Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Ferrovial Jens Martin Skibsted, Partner, Manyone Kenneth Cobb, Associate Director - Transport Planning & Mobility, WSP |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Achieving net-zero through smart mobility Moderator: H.E. Dr. Nasser Saidi, Chairman, CEBC MENA Mike Hawes, CEO, Society of Motors Manufacturers & Traders Saif Ghubash, Director of Land Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure Development Bassel Al Nahlaoui, Managing Director – Mobility, Careem Gary D. West, Managing Director, Future Mobility & OnStar Middle East Operations, General Motors Africa & Middle East Taavi Roivas, Chairman, Auve Tech |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | How ready are we for Autonomous Vehicles? Moderator: Lucy Hedges, Technology Journalist, Metro UK & BBC Chris Thomas, Co-founder & Partner, Assembly Ventures Gabriel Sallah, Autonomous Driving and Solutions Lead @ GBB HPC, Microsoft Dr. Nahid Sidki, Chief Technology Officer, Research Products Development Company (RPDC) Gary D. West, Managing Director, Future Mobility & OnStar Middle East Operations, General Motors Africa & Middle East |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Smart Mobility Showcase GCC Project No 1: The Red Sea Development Project Andreas Flourou, Executive Director of Operations, The Red Sea Development Company (KSA) |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Why the future of mobility is electric? Moderator: Lucy Hedges, Technology Journalist, Metro UK & BBC Mark Carson, Customer Experience and Quality Director - Africa, Middle East, Pacific, Renault Kevin Chaloub, Founder & CEO, EV Lab Andreas Furlinger, Founder & CEO, APELEON |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | What do investors look for in future mobility start-ups? Moderator: Chris Thomas, Co-founder & Partner, Assembly Ventures Mike Granoff, CEO & Co-Founder, Maniv Mobility Sebastian Peck, Partner, Kompas Dimitris Bountolos, Group Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Ferrovial |
| 17:00 | Close |
Day 2 - Wednesday November 3rd
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Mobility Leaders Roundtable Moderator: Kelsey Warner, Future Editor, The National Balkiz Sarihan, Head of UAM Strategy Execution & Partnerships, Airbus Oliver Walker-Jones, Head of Marketing, Joby Aviation Rahul Vijay, Head of Direct Tech Deals & Supply Chain, Uber Peter Littau, Commercial Lead VoloDrone, Volocopter Abdullah Al Shamsi, Senior Director of Future of Things, Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | How will new mobility solutions shape future cities? Anthony Foxx, Former US Transportation Secretary (2013-17) & Chief Policy Officer, Lyft *Taking place in the Hypermotion Lab |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | What will the region’s roads look like in 2050? Moderator: Jonathan Spear, Chair, CIHT (Dubai Group) & Policy and Strategy Advisor, Atkins Acuity Prof. Dr. Sabih Khisaf, VP International, Institution of Civil Engineers Andrew Stevenson, Transport & Built Environment Sector Leader, Middle East, Mott MacDonald Dr. Nahid Sidki, Chief Technology Officer, Research Products Development Company (RPDC) Dr. Georges Aoude, CEO & Co-Founder, Derq |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Smart Mobility Showcase Project No 2: Nissan Motor Co.'s Customer Centricity Transformation Journey Hussein M. Dajani, General Manager, Digital and CX Transformation, AMIO, Nissan Motor Co. |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | How deliverable is urban air mobility? Moderator: Dr. Patrick Noack, Executive Director – Future Foresight & Imagination, Dubai Future Foundation Oliver Walker-Jones, Head of Marketing, Joby Aviation Corvin Huber, Chief Executive Officer, D3 Technologies Duncan Walker, CEO, Skyports Jon Michaeli, Global Head of Sales & Business Development, Matternet Andreas Fürlinger, Founder & CEO, APELEON |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Building the MENA’s first $1.5bn unicorn: the story behind the transportation startup Moderator: Vikas A. Aggarwal, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD Rachid Maalouli, Global Head of Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Development, Swvl |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Smart Mobility Showcase Project No 4 Francois Portal, Program Director Cabline, MND |
| 17:00 | Close |
Day 3 - Thursday November 4th
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Panel session: Funding & financing smart mobility infrastructure in the GCC Shailendra Kaushik, Co-Founder, Cities Forum Stephan Gobert, Chief Strategy, Innovation & Customer Experience Officer, ENGIE Ahmed Hafez, Regional Director, Via |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Panel session: Rethinking public ridership: new mobility solutions Moderator: Meto Trajkovski, Partner (Transport & Logistics), Boston Consulting Group Amir Melad, General Manager, Middle East, TIER Saad Pall, General Manager, MENAP, Uber Ahmed Hafez, Regional Director, Via Dr. Hamad Al Jassmi, Associate Professor & Director, Emirates Centre For Mobility Research |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Panel session: Infrastructure resilience in an uncertain world Moderator: Hoda Al Khzaimi, Director, Center of Cyber Security, NYU-Abu Dhabi & President, Emirates Digital Association for Women Dr. Bushra Al Blooshi, Head of Research & Innovation, Dubai Electronic Security Center Ghaith Al Darmaki, Chief Technology Officer, Asyad Group |
| 13:00 - 13:40 | Presentation: 5G as an enabler of future mobility Baha Al Lawati, Vice President Enterprise, Omantel |
| 13:40 - 14:20 | Presentation: Smart Mobility Showcase Project No 3 Gabriel Sallah, Autonomous Driving and Solutions Lead @ GBB HPC, Microsoft |
| 14:40 - 15:30 | Presentation: Case study presentation: Micro-mobility Omar Kandil, Public Affair Manager – Middle East, LiME |
| 15:00 | Close |
Speakers
Balkiz Sarihan
Head of UAM Strategy Execution & Partnerships, Airbus
Chris Thomas
Co-founder & Partner, Assembly Ventures
Meto Trajkovski
Partner (Transport & Logistics), Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Bassel Al Nahlaoui
Managing Director – Mobility, Careem
Shailendra Kaushik
Co-Founder, Cities Forum
Dr. Nasser Saidi
Chairman, CEBC MENA
Jonathan Spear
Chair, CIHT (Dubai Group) & Policy and Strategy Advisor, Atkins Acuity
Martin Tillman
Board Member, CIHT (Dubai Group) & Director, Strategic Planning & Advisory, AECOM
Kevin Chalhoub
Founder & CEO, EV Lab
Corvin Huber
Chief Executive Officer, D3 Technologies
Dr. Georges Aoude
CEO & Co-Founder, Derq
Abdullah Al Shamsi
Senior Director of Future of Things, Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP)
Mansoor Al Malik
Executive Director Policy & Legislation Division, Dubai Customs
Dr. Bushra Al Blooshi
Head of Research & Innovation, Dubai Electronic Security Center
Dr. Patrick Noack
Executive Director – Future Foresight & Imagination, Dubai Future Foundation
Dr. Hamad Al Jassmi
Associate Professor & Director, Emirates Centre For Mobility Research
Stephan Gobert
Chief Strategy, Innovation & Customer Experience Officer, ENGIE
Gabriel Sallah
Autonomous Driving and Solutions Lead @ GBB HPC, Microsoft
Gary D. West
Managing Director, Future Mobility & OnStar Middle East Operations, General Motors Africa & Middle East
Monica Hernandez Alarcon
Director of Human Resources, General Motors Africa & Middle East
Vikas A. Aggarwal
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD
Prof. Dr. Sabih Khisaf
VP International, Institution of Civil Engineers
Oliver Walker-Jones
Head of Marketing, Joby Aviation
Sebastian Peck
Partner, Kompas
Omar Kandil
Public Affairs Lead, Middle East, Lime
Michael Granoff
Managing Director, Maniv Mobility
Lucy Hedges
Technology Editor/ Travel Show Presenter , Metro UK / BBC
Saif Ghubash
Director of Land Transport, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
Francois Portal
Program Director Cabline, MND
Andrew Stevenson
Transport & Built Environment Sector Leader, Middle East, Mott MacDonald
Hussein M. Dajani
General Manager, Digital and CX Transformation, AMIO, Nissan Motor Co.
Baha Al Lawati
Vice President Enterprise, Omantel
Mark Carson
Customer Experience and Quality Director - Africa, Middle East, Pacific, Renault Middle East
Mike Hawes
CEO, Society of Motors Manufacturers & Traders
Rachid Maalouli
Global Head of Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Development, Swvl
Andreas Flourou
Executive Director of Operations, The Red Sea Development Company
Amir Melad
General Manager, Middle East, TIER Mobility
Saad Pall
General Manager, MENAP, Uber
Rahul Vijay
Head of Direct Tech Deals & Supply Chain , Uber
Ahmed Hafez
Regional Director, Via
Peter Littau
Commercial Lead VoloDrone, Volocopter
Kenneth Cobb
Associate Director - Transport Planning & Mobility, WSP