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