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Event Date |
Mon Oct 21 +04 - Tue Oct 22 +04 (about 5 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Oct 21 12:30am - Tue Oct 22 7:30am |
Location |
Le Royal Meridien
Al Mamsha St - Dubai - United Arab Emirates |
Region | EMEA |
Aligned with its Tourism and Real Estate Vision plans to diversify the economy and capture lucrative tourism, leisure and entertainment segments the Middle East is investing multibillion dollars in its island and waterfront developments.
Besides tourism, land reclamation is also happening for expansion, maritime ports and oil and gas. The creation of Island development is not without its challenges. From construction to commerciality there are a number of factors to consider making sure your development stands out from the crowd.
2019 Speakers
Richard Brewer
Head-Projects, North25
Dr. Juan Recio
Associate Director, Ports, Marine and Geotechnical, AECOM
Ben Allgood
Principal Urban Design, Master Planning + Architecture, Parsons
Fawaz Alharbi
Director of Master Planning, Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Adib Moukheiber
General Manager, Zaya Nurai
Olof Atladóttir
Director, Destination Management, The Red Sea Development Company
Janus Rostock
Vice President, Practice Lead, Design + Planning & Economics, Head of Concept Architecture, AECOM
Benjamin Piper
Partner, Design Principal, Killa Design
Loay Ghazaleh
Advisor, Office of the Undersecretary, Ministry of Public Works, Bahrain
Ahmad Khalil
Ports and Marine Director and Regional Sector Leader, Middle East, ARCADIS
Dr. Sean O’Neil
Global Technical Lead for Coastal Infrastructure, Jacobs
Dr.-Ing. Marwan Alzaylaie
Senior Manager- Geotechnical, Dubai Development Authority
Dr. Mohamed Ayeldeen
Technical Manager Middle East, Keller
Craig J. Thackray
Director Civil Infrastructure MEA Ports & Maritime, AECOM
Ewa Juszczyk
Senior Associate Director, Benoy
Tariq Bsharat
Head of strategy, Marjan
Dr. Mootaz Khaled
Coastal/Maritime Expert, UAE, Egypt.
Dr. Asadullah Khan
Principal Engineer, WSP
Lee French
Operations Director, Cundall
Nivine Issa
Head of Environment & Waste, AESG
Dr. Nicholas Grunnet
Head of Department, Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics, DHI Group
AbdelMonem Refaat
Principal Architect, SSH
Dr. Imran Durrani
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Sogreah Gulf – Artelia Group
Dr. Hossam E. Ali
Head of Section - Geotechnical, Sogreah Gulf – Artelia Group
2019 Sponsors & Exhibitors
NETWORKING PARTNER:
• WJ Middle East (WJ-ME)
ASSOCIATE PARTNER:
• PLC Contracting
• Keller
STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Xylem