Conference Speakers

Navin Narayan
CEO, Acme

Capt. Maktoum Al Houqani
Chief Corporate Authority Officer and Acting Head of Maritime Cluster, AD Ports Group

Graham Burne
Logistics Control Tower Manager, Logistics Cluster, AD Ports Group

Jamil Shinawi
Co-Founder and Director, AHOY

Abdulrahman Al Hatmi
Group CEO, Asyad Group

Ghaith Al Darmaki
Chief of Technology, Asyad Group

Taavi Roivas
Chairman, Auve Tech

Kunal Gupta
Director – Supply Chain, Bateel

Rashid Al Ghurair
Founder, CAFU

Bassel Al Nahlaoui
Managing Director – Mobility, Careem

Dr. Nasser Saidi
Chairman, CEBC MENA

Patrick Chalhoub
CEO, Chalhoub Group

Ryan Den Rooijen
Chief Ecommerce Officer, Chalhoub Group

Jonathan Spear
Chair, CIHT (Dubai Group) & Policy and Strategy Advisor, Atkins Acuity

Martin Tillman
Board Member, CIHT (Dubai Group) & Director, Strategic Planning & Advisory, AECOM

Meto Trajkovski
Partner (Transport & Logistics), Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Shailendra Kaushik
Co-Founder, Cities Forum

Corvin Huber
Chief Executive Officer, D3 Technologies

Ako Djaf
Vice President, Contract Logistics / SCM & Land Transport Middle East & Africa, DB Schenker

Thomas Ruelke
Chief Commercial Officer, DB Schenker

Patrick Fahim
Researcher, Delft University of Technology

Dr. Georges Aoude
CEO & Co-Founder, Derq

Dieter Michell-Auli
Chief Sales Officer, Deutsche Bahn Engineering & Consulting

Amadou Diallo
Chief Executive Officer, DHL Global Forwarding MEA

Irina Albanese
Head of Innovation Middle East & Africa, DHL

Mohammed Al Muallem
Executive Vice President, DP World

Abdulla Bin Damithan
CEO & Managing Director, DP World UAE Region

Ibrahim Al Najjar
Director of IT, DP World UAE Region

Patrick Bol
Head of Port Expansion and Special Projects, DP World

Ahmed Mahboob Musabih
Director General, Dubai Customs

Mohammed Shael Alsaadi
CEO Corporate Strategic Affairs Sector, Dubai Economy

Alexandar Williams
Director – Future Economy, Dubai Economy

Dr. Patrick Noack
Executive Director – Future Foresight & Imagination, Dubai Future Foundation

Khalifa Al Qama
Director of Dubai Future Labs, Dubai Future Foundation

Faisal Kazim
Senior Project Manager, Dubai Future Foundation

Issam Kazim
CEO, Dubai Tourism

Dr. Hamad Al Jassmi
Associate Professor & Director, Emirates Centre For Mobility Research

Stephan Gobert
Chief Strategy, Innovation & Customer Experience Officer, ENGIE

Kevin Chalhoub
Founder & CEO, EV Lab

Rabhi Bou Rached
CEO, Falcon Eye Drones (FEDS)

Dimitris Bountolos
Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Ferrovial

Gopal R
Global Vice President (Transportation & Logistics), Frost & Sullivan

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

Walter Groenewald
Technical Services Leader, Safety and Productivity Solutions – MERTA, Honeywell

Lars Greiner
Associate Partner, Middle East & Africa, Hamburg Port Consulting

Andrés de León
Chief Executive Officer, HyperloopTT

Vikas A. Aggarwal
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD

Prof. Dr. Sabih Khisaf
VP International, Institution of Civil Engineers

Fadi Amoudi
Chief Executive Officer, IQ Robotics

Carlo Castelli
Head of Cities Solutions Europe & Co-Chair Infrastructure and Urban Development Council, Jacobs, Urban Land Institute UK

Sebastian Peck
Partner, Kompas

Shahnawaz Nakhoda
Partner (Ports & Logistics), KPMG Lower Gulf

Piyush Chowhan
Group Chief Information Officer, Lulu Group International

Michael Granoff
Managing Director, Maniv Mobility

Prof. Carlo Ratti
Director, Senseable City Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jon Michaeli
Global Head of Sales & Business Development, Matternet

Saif Ghubash
Director of Land Transport, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure

Didar Dalkic
Advisor to Transport Minister, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications

Francois Portal
Program Director Cabline, MND

Martin Johann Frohlich
CEO & Founder, Mother Earth Ventures

Christopher Seymour
Managing Director, Mott MacDonald Middle East

Andrew Stevenson
Transport & Built Environment Sector Leader, Middle East, Mott MacDonald

Leena Khalil
Co-Founder, Mumzworld

Hussein M. Dajani
General Manager, Digital and CX Transformation, AMIO, Nissan Motor Co.

Hoda Al Khzaimi
Director, Center of Cyber Security, NYU-Abu Dhabi & President, Emirates Digital Association for Women

Sayyid Nasser Al Busaidi
VP Customer Experience, Oman Post & Asyad Express

Baha Al Lawati
Vice President Enterprise, Omantel

Kris Vedat
Head of Information Technology, P&O Maritime & Logistics

Eng. Sufyan Al-Mamari
Senior Engineer Asset Management, Port of Sohar

Nahid Sidki
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Research Products Development Company (RPDC) Subsidiary of TAQNIA

Allard Castelein
CEO, Port of Rotterdam

Avishai Trabelsi
CEO & Co-Founder, Quicargo

Mark Carson
Customer Experience and Quality Director - Africa, Middle East, Pacific, Renault Middle East

Dr. Mikael Lind
Asst. Prof. & Senior Strategic Research Advisor, RISE

Alain Kaddoum
Managing Director – Middle East, Savoye

Carlo Borghini
Executive Director, Shift 2 Rail Joint Undertaking

David Dronfield
General Manager, Swisslog Middle East

Rachid Maalouli
Global Head of Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Development, Swvl

Kelsey Warner
Future Editor, The National

Amir Melad
General Manager, Middle East, TIER Mobility

Gaurav Biswas
Founder & CEO, TruKKer

Saad Pall
General Manager, MENAP, Uber

Christoph Schlettig
CEO, Unisphere

Ahmed Hafez
Regional Director, Via

Ryan Kelly
VP of Marketing & Communications, Virgin Hyperloop
Advisory Board

Roland Zibell
Director Logistics Consulting, adi Consulting

Martin Tillman
Director Strategic Planning and Advisory, AECOM

Roula Moussa
Founder, AI Venture Labs

Abdulla Bin Damithan
CEO & Managing Director, DP World UAE Region

Sultan Al-Hinai
Acting Group VP of Technology, ASYAD Group

Hoda A. Al Khzaimi
Director Center of Cyber Security, NYU Abu Dhabi

Ahmed Kazim
Director – Strategy & Corporate Excellence, Dubai Customs

Alexandar Williams
Director – Future Economy, Dubai Economy

Khalifa Al Qama
Director of Dubai Future Labs, Dubai Future Foundation

Dr. Patrick Noack
Executive Director – Future Foresight and Imagination, Dubai Future Foundation

Mohsen Ahmad
CEO, Dubai South - Logistics District

Stephan Gobert
Senior Strategy Manager, ENGIE & Board Member, Clean Energy Business Council MENA

Dieter Michell-Auli
CSO, Deutsche Bahn Engineering & Consulting, Deutsche Bahn International Operations

Dr. Hamad Al Jassmi
Associate Professor & Director, Emirates Centre For Mobility Research

Ahmed Al Musawa Al Hashemi
Executive Director - Commercial, Etihad Rail

David Gourlay
Director - Architecture, Expo 2020 Dubai

Gary D. West
Managing Director OnStar & Future Mobility, General Motors Middle East

Dr. Sabih Khisaf
Vice President - International Affairs & Chairman - UAE Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers

Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Khalifa University

Dr. Ghassan Ziadat
VP Major Projects, McKinsey and Company

Nadia Abdul Aziz
President, National Association of Freight and Logistics (NAFL)

Dr. Giovanna Carnevali
Urban Planner & Strategic Designer

Bashar Al Malik
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Railway Company (SAR)

Dr. Maria Papadaki
Managing Director/ Assistant Professor, The Dubai Center for Risk and Innovation Management/ The British University in Dubai

Saif Ghubash
Urban Planning Expert, Ministry of Infrastructure Development

Harj Dhaliwal
Managing Director, Middle East & India, Virgin Hyperloop