Middle East Rail 2022 | Terrapinn | 16 May 2022 | Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Al Khaleej Al Arabi St - Al Rawdah - Capital Centre - Abu Dhabi - UAE

This event is the largest and most established transport event in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. This unmissable annual event brings together the leaders of the entire transportation community and hosts more regional and international government representatives than any other event.

What you can expect?
• Learn from 100+ industry leaders
• A 3 track conference agenda, packed with relevant content designed to help propel your business forward
• Unlimited peer-to-peer networking opportunities

Content Themes:
• Digitalised Transit: Preparation, Integration & Harmonisation
• Digital disruption Innovation
• Intelligent Infrastructure & Digital Construction
• Funding, finance & business models
• Urban Mobility
• Networks & Logistics
• Contactless Travel
• Safety & Security
• Passenger experience and design
• Infrastructure, Connectivity & Planning
• Connectivity & Communication
• Asset Management
• Sustainability & Energy
• Smart Signalling
• Maintenance and network resilience
• Trade network expansion

2022 Speakers

Khaled Abbas Sayed
Founder and Chairman, Transport Planning & Traffic Engineering House

Yasmin Abdelgalil
Planning and Projects Researcher, General Authority for Transportation Projects Planning

Tokhir Abdukadyrov
Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Social and Infrastructure Solutions, O-CITY

Anood Abdullah AlMulla
Director of Design and Studies Department, Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority

Habiba Aflatoon
Civil Engineer, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Bushra Al Alblooshi
Deputy Director of Information Services Department, Dubai Electronic Security Center

Yusuf Al Hasan
Acting Chief Roads Projects Services, Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning

Hamad Al Jassmi
Director Emirates Centre For Mobility Research, United Arab Emirates University

Muammar Al Katheeri
Chief Engineering and Smart Cities Officer, Dubai Integrated Economic Zones

Lt. Col. Hamad Khalifa Al Nuaimi
Head of Telecom Division: Infrastructure Department, ICT Center, Abu Dhabi Police

HE Rumaih Al Rumaih
President, TGA

Soughah Al Samahi
Civil Engineer, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Eng Khamis Al Shehyari
Head of Roads and Traffic Safety Development Section, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Mohammed Albar
Project manager, Transport general authority

Nawal Alhanaee
Acting Director - Future Energy Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Nawal Alhanaee
Acting Director - Future Energy Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Rayan AlHazmi
Senior Transportation Planning Manager, Royal Commission For Makkah City And Holy Sites

Noura Alhouli
Director of Federal Roads control centre, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Rahaf Al-kassab
Urban Planner, Government Entity

Mohammed AlKhalifa
Transportation Planner, Urban Planning and Development Authority

Eng Saif Almarri
Director of the Department of Road Transport Affairs, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure

Suhail Almheiri
Infrastructure & Services Coordination Division Manager, Alain City Municipality

Saleh Alotaibi
Professor Transport Planning & Engineering, King Abdulaziz University

Salim Al-Shuaili
Digital Transformation Advisor, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology

Sameer Altaf
Senior Signalling Engineer, Indian Railways

Ahmad Altarawneh
Senior Digital Transformation Consultant, Dubai Police

Mahmood Al-Wahaibi
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Oman Think Urban

Mohammed Alzamil
Chief Executive Officer, Sabatco

Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
Minister Of Transportation, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Nigeria

Ayman Ashour
Chief Executive Officer Siemens Mobility Turnkey MEA, Siemens Mobility

Oussama Attia
Mobility Consultant, Hammamet Municipality

Ahmed Abdel Azeem
Smart Infrastructure Implementation Manager, Administrative Capital for Urban Development

Taner Bahadir
Senior Project Manager and Consultant, Metro İstanbul

Ahsan Baig
Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Alameda Contra Costa Transit

Mohsin Balwan
Director of Traffic Engineering Department, Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority

Przemek Ben Paczek
Co Founder & Chief Product Officer, Nevomo

Suresh Bhaskar
Managing Director Renewables, ENGIE

Drew Brandy
Director, Market Development Land Mobility, OneWeb

Nick Brooks
Secretary General, ALLRAIL Alliance of Rail New Entrants in Europe

Adel Bu-Ali
Director of Urban Scenery Portfolio, Ministry of Municipal & Rural Affairs

Giuseppe Carcasi
Studies & Systems Innovation, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana

Musthafa Chakkala
Programme Manager, Ashghal

Vinod Kumar Cherakara
Engineering Program Specialist, Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning

Alberto Chierici
Author "The Ethics of AI: Facts, Fictions and Forecasts", New York University

Georgios Chrisomallos
Advisor to the Mayor on Smart Cities, Municipality of Trikala

Michael Cleveland
Director - Advanced Energy, Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar Company

Carlos CORTS
Public Affairs Manager, UNIFE

Philippe. Crauste
Executive Vice President Metro Segment, Siemens Mobility

Dyan Crowther
Chief Executive Officer, HS1

Didar Dalkic
Advisor to The Minister, Ministry of Transport & Telecommunications

Renato De Castro
Executive Director, RMA Advisory

Andres De Leon
Chief Executive Officer, HYPERLOOP TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES

Nada Yousif Deen
Assistant Undersecretary, Land Transportation, Ministry of Transport, Bahrain

Projjal Dutta
Director Of Sustainability Initiatives, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Thomas Edelmann
Managing Director, Road Safety UAE

Seham El Behissy
former General Manager Digital & Connected Cars, Renault

Khaled Eleimat
director of public transport operations, greater amman municipality

Khaled Eleimat
Public Transport Director, GAM Greater Amman Municipality

Elie El-Hayek
Head of Project & Export Finance, Alstom

Hisham Fadlallah
Urban Planning Specialist, Informal Settlement Development Facility (ISDF)

Muhammad Farhan
Chair for Smart Mobility and Traffic Safety Research, Saudi Aramco

Fethi Filali
CTO, Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC)

Armandino Fombella Cuesta
SSTPC Vice Chairman, SSTPC- RENFE

Nicolas Furio
Head Of Technical Affairs Unit, UNIFE – The Rail Supply Industry Association

Shikha Garg
Director, PwC

Dave George
Road Safety Specialist, Al Ain Municipality

Loay Ghazaleh
Portfolio Advisor - Major Infrastructure & PPP Portfolio Advisor, Ministry of Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning

Adam Giambrone
Director Regional and Urban Mobility, NEOM

Dominic Giroux
Director Of Transportation, Ras Al khaimah Municipality

Andrea Giuricin
Chief Executive Officer, TRA Consulting

Stephen Goldie
City Planning Advisor, Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport

Bruno Grippay
Connected Cars and Intelligent Mobility Expert, Independent

Marc Guigon
Director Of Passenger, International Union of Railways (UIC)

Nirdosh Gupta
Joint Chief Electrical Engineer - Traction, Uttar Pradesh (UP) Metro Rail Corporation

Ilyass Hakiki
Railway Production Manager, ONCF

Laila Hareb
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Alive Group

Sheeba Hasnain
Senior IT and Digital Transformation Specialist, Government Entity

Sidali Hasni
President, Energy Cities

André Hedberg
Consultant, Business Sweden – The Swedish Trade & Invest Council

Vilhelm Hedberg
Founder, ekar

Abdullah Hossain Al Abdulaziz
Transport Planning Engineer, Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority

Basil Hovakeemian
CEO, Hala

Rana Imam
Professor of Civil Engineering, The University of Jordan

Javier Iribarnegaray
Marketing Manager, CAF

Mohamar Ismael
Road and Traffic Supervision Engineer, Jeddah municipality

Omar Jamal Naser Alsebeyi
Executive Director of Commercial Sector, Etihad Rail

Frédéric Jans- Cooremans
Project Manager – Radio Spectrum Mngt., STIB-MIVB Brussels Transport Operator

AbdulMuhsen Ibrahim Kalbat
CEO, Rail Agency - RTA

James Seong-Cheol Kang
Principal Transport Specialist, Global Green Growth Institute

Nebula Karkada
Networking Manager, Terrapinn Middle East

Shadi Khalid Tawfiq Malak
Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Rail

Youssef Khalifeh
Executive Director Near & Middle East, DB Engineering & Consulting

Olaf Kirchhof
Senior Consultant, Dornier Consulting International GmbH

Apoorva Kumar
Senior Vice President of Logistics Services, Jumia Group

Priyanka Kumar
Architect - Urban Planner, Government of Gujarat

Wolfgang Küpper
Secretary General, OTIF

Richard Lenthall
Vice President of Sales, voestalpine Signaling Siershahn GmbH (Germany)

Daniel Llort
Engineering Expert Federal Roads Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Toufic Machnouk
Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway, Network Rail

Alaa Mahjoub
Former Senior Data Management Expert, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport

Wajdi Mereb
Senior Manager, Miral

Ugljesa Milovic
Director Business Development and Bid Management, DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH

Arash Mirzaei
Regional Director, DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH

Doaa Mohammad
Transport Planning Researcher, Transport Planning Authority

Mohamed Momtaz Hegazy
Director And Founder, Transport for Cairo

Wendy Morton
Minister of State, Department for Transport

Hamed Mousa
Urban Planning Department Head, Administrative Capital for Urban Development

Michel Moutran
Road Safety Expert, Lebanese National Road Safety Council

Vulindlela Moyo
Business development manager Middle East & Africa, O-CITY

Ahmed Mustafa Abdulla Almusawa
Executive Director of Passenger Services, Etihad Rail

Mahesh Mutnuru
Director of Operations, Tier Mobility

Abilash Nair
Head - Smart Mobility & Smart Buildings, Al Naboodah Group Enterprises

Nayef Falah Al Hajraf
Secretary General, GCC Gulf Cooperation Council

Moza Neimi
Director of Productivity and Demand, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Nikolaos Nikolopoulos
Head of Signaling & Train Control Dept., ATTIKO METRO

Nirit Ofir
Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-GCC

Eng. Moustafa Othman
Head Of Information Systems, Administrative Capital for Urban Development

Andrea Pearson
Deputy Director for International Rail, Department of Transport

Patrick Philipp
Director of Certification and Standards, IRU

Manuel Picardi
Secretary General, European Driving Schools Association

Tamilselvan Ramadoss
Manager - Financial Analysis, Dubai Maritime City Authority

Faisal Rashid
Senior Energy Demand Director, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy

Elizabeth Reynolds
Director, Tapestry

Andrew Rippon
Smart City Director, Royal Commission for Al-Ula

Rusty Russell
Mobility Director, The Red Sea Development Company

Ankala Saibaba
Chief Engineer in Indian Railways, Indian Railways

Joseph Salem
Partner, Head of Travel & Transportation, Arthur D. Little

Ahmed Samir Elbermbali
Strategy And Operations Manager, Clean Energy Business Council

Hagar Sayed
Planning and Projects Researche, General Authority for Transportation Projects Planning

Essam Selim
Management Consultant for Transport and Energy, Consultant

Tamer Shafik
Executive Director Business Development, Orascom Construction

Nadeem Shakir
Technical Director And Head Of Transport Planning, Zutari

Ossam Shakoor
Regional Director - Sales MENA, Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar Company

Sherif Sharobeem
Deputy Director Business Development, Orascom Construction

Mohammad Sheariya
Director of Roads, Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu

Aasim Siddiqui
Former Chairman, All Pakistan Shippping Association (APSA)

Wadea Sindi
Chairman of Civil Engineering Department, Islamic University of Madinah

Angad Singh
Global Innovation Director, Aramex

John Smith
CEO, GB Railfreight

Mama Sougoufara
Managing Director - MENAT, ALSTOM

Valentino Stabile
Country Manager- Middle East, Global Display Solutions

Amit Swarnkar
Minerals & Metals, Business Unit Head - MENA, Larsen & Toubro

Yousef Tamim Yehya
Traffic and Road Safety Engineer, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Errol Tan
Projects Director, NEOM

Kendrick Tang
Director of Rail Sales & Planning, Etihad Rail

Hasan Tayyeb
General Director PMO/EPMO, Makkah Region Development Authority

Geert Vanbeveren
Sales Director, Siemens Mobility

Kimberly Vorster
Marketing Executive, Terrapinn Holdings Ltd

Nicholas Watson
Chief Executive Officer, Udrive

Gary West
Managing Director of Future Mobility, General Motors Company

Carsten Wiebers
Global Head Aviation, Mobility And Transport, KfW IPEX-Bank

George Zakhem
Businesses Development Manager, Emirates Driving company

2022 Partners

• Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
• Department of Culture and Tourism