Middle East Rail 2023 | Middle East Rail | 14 May 2023 | Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Al Khaleej Al Arabi St - Al Rawdah - Al Ma'arid - Abu Dhabi - UAE

This event will host over 400 industry leading speakers, who will leave you inspired and full of actionable tactics that you can apply to your day to day routine.

2023 Speakers

Przemek “Ben” Paczek
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Nevomo

Venkat A N
Chief Executive Officer, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co , Oman

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

Naorus Abdulghani
Vice President Engineering, Careem

Amal Abdulla Hazeem AlShamsi
Studies Senior Analyst, Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council

Ali Abuzinjal
Head of digital transformation, Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park

Gaurav Agarwal
Chief Mechanical Engineer, COFMOW, Ministry of Railways India

Sammy Akif
Executive Director of Automation and Digital Solutions, Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar Company

Mohammed Al Ali
Director - Intelligent Traffic System, Road & Transport Authority

Hany Al Deeb
Managing Director GCC, BPC

Fatima Al Hammadi
Chief Commercial Officer – EC & FZ, Abu Dhabi Ports Company

Mohammad Khaled Al Hassan
Global Transformation and Innovation Director, e&

Hamad Al Jassmi
Director, Emirates Center for Mobility Research

Humaid Al Kaabi
Director, Urban Planning | Planning & Infrastructure Sector, Department of Municipalities and Transport

Sufyan Al Mamari
Senior Engineer Asset Management, Port Of Sohar

H.E. Eng. Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei
Minister, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure - UAE

Ahmed Al Musawa
Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Company: Oman Rail JV- Etihad Rail, Oman Rail JV-Etihad Rail - Joint Company

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

Wail Al Omari
Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council

Mohamed Al Qubaisi
Section Head, Transport & Infrastructure Planning | Urban Planning Division - Planning & Infrastructure Sector, Department of Municipalities and Transport

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

Saeed Al Zaabi
Lead Analyst Standards Services, Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council

Kenan Al Zoubi
Senior Projects Coordinator, Emirates Center for Mobility Research

Fadi Alfaris
CEO, SEE Environment

Hashim Alfatayerji
Commercial Director, Sixt KSA

Merihan Alfiqi
Head of Products, Garrar

Ghazwan Al-Haji
Associate Professor, Linkoping University

Kareem Al-Hamed
Senior Sales Manager, Siemens Mobility

Oualid Ali
President of Future Cities Council: Smart Sustainable and Innovative Cities, Future Cities Council

H.E Mohamed Ali AlShorafa
Chairman, Department of Municipalities and Transport

Dr. Khaula Alkaabi
Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University

Rashid Alkaoud
Road and Traffic Safety Engineer, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Hoda Alkhzaimi
Co-Chair for Global Future Council for Cyber Security, World Economic Forum

Hamad Almujibah
Assistant Professor, Taif University

Sumaya Alneyadi
Section Head of Traffic Safety, Integrated Transport Center

Nasser AlQahtani
GCCRA Expert, GCC Railway Authority

Alawi Alsafi
Founding Director, Fully Charged

Eng Faisal Alsemeiri
Civil Engineer, Ministry Of Energy & Infrastructure

Saeed AlSuwaidi
Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure, Etihad Rail

Ahmad Altarawneh
Senior Digital Transformation Consultant, Dubai Police

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

Sami Amin
Senior Director of Operations, Careem

Glen Aranha
Senior Manager - Communities, Dubai Community Management

Melih Arpaci
Vice President Mass Transit Sales, Siemens

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

Sherif Attia
Program Manager, KAUST

Cristina Badarau
Project and Business Development Manager, Egis

Taner Bahadir
Senior Project Manager and Consultant, Metro İstanbul

Hana Barakat
Senior Associate Director - startAD, NYU Abu Dhabi

Mehmet Bayraktar
SMO MEA Cyber Security Officer, Siemens Mobility Turnkey MEA

Michael Berner
SVP, Head of Merchant Sales and Acquiring for CEMEA Region, Visa Middle East

Florian Beulcke
Sales Director for SMO RS HI, Siemens Mobility

Dheeraj Bhardwaj
Group Chief Executive Officer, City Group Co. KSCP

Meera BinHendi
Assistant Engineering Expert Land Transport Affairs Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Jean-Francois Blanc
Solutions Director, Alstom

Raul Blanco
Chairman, Renfe

Taoufik Boufaied
Chief Executive Officer, Tunisian State Railways

Drew Brandy
Head of Land Mobility, oneweb

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

Sean Buchanan
PMC Operational Readiness Manager, Egis

Suhas Chaudhari
Export Manager, HYT ENGINEERING COMPANY PVT LTD.

Biagio Ciuffo
Smart Mobility Project Portfolio Leader, European Commission

Carlos Corts
Public Affairs Manager, UNIFE

Mathieu Cremer
Director Urban Transport & Urban Development, Egis

Nicola Dallatana
Head of New E-Mobility division, Toyota Tsusho

Ahmad Daryanavard
Chief Specialist - Rail Systems Telecommunication & Interface/Integration Management, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)

Mohammad Daud Ali
Head of Sales and Marketing, Avis Rent A Car

Baerte De Brey
Vice President, AVERE

Clara de Ros
Ventures Associate - Mobility, Plug and Play

Utpal Deka
Projects Lead, MENA, Liftango

Andrew Deleone
President- AMECA, Alstom

Francois Destribois
Global Head of Business Development and Market Intelligence - Rail Control, Hitachi rail STS

Amadou Diallo
Chief Executive Officer, DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa

Theresa Nuong Doan
Program Manager, SEE Institute

Alexander Don
Chief Operating Officer - Ports, Abu Dhabi Ports

Clifford D'souza
Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, Micco Logistics

Projjal Dutta
Director Of Sustainability Initiatives, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Elie El Hayek
Business Development Director, ME, Alstom

Karim El Jisr
LinkedIn TopVoices GREEN, The Sustainable City

Nabil El Kadhi
President, Future Cities Council

Mahmoud El-Banna
Head of Digital Industries, Nokia

Ahmed Elbermbali
Sustainability Market Leader - Middle East Region, Bureau Veritas Group

Khaled Eleimat
Director of Supervision, Eastern Region Bus Project - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdallah El-Shabani
Senior Analyst - Transport Modeling and Design, Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport

Gottfried Eymer
ER Freight Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Rail

Maurice Ezratty
RSC Platforms Bids Support Director, Alstom

Alhasan Farajallah
Software Engineer, Transport Authority- Government of Ajman

César Fernández
Managing Director, Elite Road Supplies Co. - ECO

Mohamed Fikri
Director of Land Transportation Affairs, Ministry Of Energy & Infrastructure

Armandino Fombella Cuesta
SSTPC Vice Chairman, SSTPC- RENFE

Georgios Fontaras
Policy Officer, European Commission - JRC

Agam Garg
General Manager, Yango Delivery

Andres Gartner
Product Owner Passenger Information Systems, DB E.C.O. Group

David Gatward
Chief Engineering & Technical Services Officer – ETS, Abu Dhabi Ports Company

Dave George
Road Safety Specialist, Al Ain Municipality

Ali Ghate
Chief Commercial Officer, CATEC Energy

Andrea Giuricin
Chief Executive Officer, TRA Consulting

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

Sabri Gouda
Senior Highways Design Engineer, Ras Al Khaimah Municipality

Antonio Guadagnino
CIO, Next Future Transportation

Heiko Guenther
Director Customer Services, Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East

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

Christian Hahn
Chief Executive Officer, Hubject GmbH

Hussein Hajj
Geotechnical Engineer, Dutch Contracting Company LLC

Waqar Hasan
Chief Executive Officer, Itihad Community Management

Sheeba Hasnain
Senior PMO and Digital Transformation Specialist, Government of Sharjah

Abdulredha Hussain Hassan Abualhassan
Executive Director- Rail Planning & Projects Development, Roads and Transport Authority - RTA (Rail Agency)

Raji Hattar
Chief Sustainability And Compliance Officer, Aramex

André Hedberg
Senior Manager & EMEA Regional Sustainability Lead, Business Sweden – The Swedish Trade & Invest Council

Hamza Hindi
General Manager, Fully Charged

Jianben Hong
Associate Director of Business Center Marketing, CRRC YANGTZE GROUP CO LTD

Haytham Honjol
Head of Strategy & Initiatives, Ceer

Salman Hussain
Chief Executive Officer, Fuse AE

Joo Hyun Ha
Senior Sustainability Advisor, UIC International Union of Railways

Arvind Jagtap
Manager Export Technical, HYT ENGINEERING COMPANY PVT LTD

Wang Jian
Head of Hydrogen Team, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd

Liang Jiawei
Wireless Solutions Director of Aviation & Rail BU, Huawei

Ray Johnson
CEO, Technology Innovation Institute

Ognjen Jovanovic
eTruck Manager, Daimler Commercial Vehicles MENA

Kivanc Karayol
Market Director, Volvo Trucks

Mohamed Kassem
Franchise Director, Al-Futtaim Electric Mobility Company

Faisal Kazim
Future Foresight Lead, Dubai Future Foundation

Ghazi Khan
General Manager Supply Chain & Logistics, Pakistan Intermodal Ltd.

Siddartha Khastgir
Professor, University of Warwick

Eleni Kitra
Founder & CEO, PeopleFirst Group

Alberto Lainati
Chief Operating Officer, Pomini Lrm - Jazeera Steel

Mark Langmead
Director, Revenue and Compass Operations, TransLink

Zhang Lei
Chairman of the Board, CRRC Yangtze Group Co Ltd

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

Thierry Lestable
Executive Director of Digital Science Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute

Hallie Liao
General Manager, Shenzhen Bus

Sheyi Lisk-Carew
Founder/CEO, Oclas Group

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

James Luxbacher
Managing Director, Sixt KSA

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

Romain Mahe
Mobility Business Manager, Siemens UAE - Mobility Division

Juergen Maier
Founder, Mobility Advisors

Juergen Maier Gyomlay
Owner & Advisor, MobilityAdvisors

Qazi Mairaj Ahmad
Chief Engineer - Track Modernisation, Indian Railways

Jodie Mairs
Senior Projects Manager & Road Safety Manager, Expert

Rabie Majidi
Minister of Transport, Ministry of Transport– Republic of Tunisia

Shadi Malak
Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Rail

Joakim Malmdin
Advisor Statistics – Statistics Sector, Statistics Center-Abu Dhabi

Bassam Mansour
Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd

Ana Manuelito
Public Affairs Manager, UNIFE

Alexander Mass
Managing Director, Al Futtaim Finance

Nadim Matuk
Investment Principal, Liil Ventures

Zoran Memic
Cyber Security Business Developer, Siemens Mobility

Monica Menendez
Associate Dean of Engineering & Director at Cities Research Center, NYU Abu Dhabi

Wajdi Mereb
Senior Manager, Miral

Huw Merriman MP
Minister of State for Transport, Department for Transport

Ahmed Mesallam
Energy Efficiency Projects Manager, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Peter Mihm
Principal, Consultoria Ferroviaria

Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi
Secretary General, The Cooperation Council For The Arab States Of The Gulf

Ahmed Mohamed Gharib Rashed Almansoori
Acting Traffic Services Section Head | Internal Roads & Infrastructure Projects Division, Al Dhafra Region Municipality

Doaa Mohammad
Transport Planning Researcher, Transport Planning Authority

Carlos Montenegro
Managing Director, Fleet Strategy, Al Futtaim Automotive

Jean-Pierre Mornac
Director, VFC Welding

Hamad Muhsen
Technical Studies Section Head, adm

Farooq Mukhtar
Projects Manager, Transport Authority- Government of Ajman

Jacob Mumm
President for Bechtel Infrastructure KSA, Bechtel Infrastructure

Rana Nawas
Advisory Board Chair, Oryx Fund

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

Khaled Nuseibeh
CEO, Hala

Ade Ogunsola
Vice President, Rail and Transit System Practice Lead, Parsons

Ritu Kant Ojha
Chief Executive Officer, Wiyld

Patrick Osei
Chief Executive Officer, BtoB Rail

Mostafa Othman
Information Systems Manager, ACUD

Ferial Ouahrani
CEO, CitySynergy Intelligence

Asha Pawar
Transportation Manager, Masdar City

Andrea Pearson
Deputy Director for International Rail, Department of Transport

Zain Peracha
Head of Digital Ventures, Emirates Transport

Milan Pesic
Manager of Traffic Systems Section, Works Agency, Public Services Department Ras Al Khaimah

Olaf Petersen
General Manager, Daimler Commercial Vehicles MENA

Nicolas Petrovic
Etihad Rail Mobility Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Rail

Babitha Philip
PhD Researcher, Emirates Center for Mobility Research

Vadim Pokotilo
Partner, McKinsey

Paul Pring
Senior Director of Infrastructure, Diriyah Company

Shivaa Rajesh
Senior IT Delivery Manager, Government Entity

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

Hani Rizkallah
Program Director – NEOM, Bechtel

Stephen Robillard
Vice President Metro Sales, Siemens Mobility

Ankala Saibaba
Ce, Indian Railways

Amr Salah
Vice President for Infrastructure, The Royal Commission for AlUla

Shamma Salem Ali Al Kaabi
Materials Quality Engineer, Al Ain City Municipality

Gabriel Sallah
Autonomous Mobility HPC/AI lead, Microsoft

Noor Salman
Head of Environment & Sustainability, dnata Travel Group

Nitin Sapre
General Manager, Europcar

Prashant Saran
Chief Operations Officer (Director), Middle East and North Africa Stores Business, Amazon

Dheeraj Satta
Business Head, ekar

Dennis Schauermann
Sales, Sqills

Tobias Schoenberg
Senior Partner, Roland Berger

Martin Schulz
President & CEO, Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East

Pierre Schwing
Vice-President, PTV MENA REGION DMCC

Javier Segovia
Area Manager, CAF

Heiko Seitz
Global eMobility Leader, PwC Middle East

Ibrahim Seksek
Chief Executive Officer, Rainmaking / Startupbootcamp MENA

Steve Severance
Director of Growth, Masdar City

Tamer Shafik
Vice President Business Development, Orascom Construction

Nadeem Shakir
Technical Director And Head Of Transport Planning, Zutari

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

Sherif Sharobeem
Director Business Development, Orascom Construction

Shailen Shukla
Chief Logistics Officer, Mohamed Hareb Al Otaiba Group

Keith Sibley
Program Director, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp

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

Angad Singh
Global Director - Innovation, Aramex

Julian Skyrme
Director - Ports Commercial – Ports, Abu Dhabi Ports Company

Tim Smart
Managing Director Phase 2, HS2 Ltd

John Smith
Chief Executive Officer, GB Railfreight

John Smith
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, voestalpine Signaling UK Ltd

Lukas Sokol
Head of Master Planning, Masdar City

Pablo Souto
Director of Distribution Network, Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East

Jonathan Spear
Chairman, Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation Dubai Branch

Ramadoss Tamil Selvan
Chief Financial Officer, Expert - Financing

Abdelaaziz Tani Youcefi
Intelligent Transportation Specialist, Emirates Transport

Kamran Taraz
Project Manager, China State Construction & Engineering Corporate

David Thackray
Sales and Marketing Director, TEVVA Motors

Philipp Thevaraj
Business Development Manager, Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East

Sarah Prizada Usmani
Managing Director & Head of Sustainable, Assets & Project Finance, First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC

Raghunadhababu Vadlamudi
Engineering Specialist, Electricity and Water Authority Bahrain

Geert Vanbeveren
Head of Sales, Siemens Mobility

Manel Villalante Llauradó
General Manager Development and Strategy, Renfe

Chris Wan
Head of Sustainability, Masdar City

Paul Welsford
Head of Business Development, E-Mobility, ENGIE

Xiang Xi
Vice President of Aviation & Rail BU, Huawei

Hussain Yaqoob
Director, Land Transportation Planning & Studies, Ministray of Transportation& Telecommunication

Adie Younis
Supply Chain & Corporate Projects Director, Sixt KSA

Mohamed Youssef
Chapter President, CS2AI

Oleg Zaretskiy
CEO, uScovery

2023 Sponsors

HOST PARTNER:
• Etihad Rail

OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS:
• Ministry Of Energy & Infrastructure
• Department of Culture & Tourism Abu Dhabi
• The Cooperation Council For The Arab States Of The Gulf

HEADLINE EV SPONSOR - MOBILITY LIVE ME:
• Mercedes-Benz

R&D SPONSOR: - MOBILITY LIVE ME:
• Technology Innovation Institute

SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PARTNER:
• Masdar City

EXCLUSIVE PAYMENTS PARTNER:
• Visa Middle East

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER - MOBILITY LIVE ME:
• Roland Berger

STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• AD Ports Group

EVENT PARTNER ROADS AND TRAFFIC EXPO:
• Road General Authority

EVENT PARTNER:
• Emirates Driving

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• UK Government
• Atkins - member of the SNC-Lavalin Group

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Al Rostamani Group
• CAF
• oneweb
• Sabatco
• Siemens Mobility Turnkey MEA
• Alstom
• Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO)

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council
• MOOV BY AL-FUTTAIM
• Alayuni Investment & Contracting Co.
• CRRC Yangtze Group Co Ltd
• Audi Abu Dhabi

BADGE SPONSOR:
• United Trans

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Emirates Transport
• Elite Road Supplies Co. - ECO
• Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
• PwC Middle East
• Umovity
• ENGIE
• Nokia
• NEVOMO
• Al Jazeera Steel Products Co, Oman
• Hitachi Rail
• Mafex
• DB E.C.O. Group
• Orascom Construction
• Emeg Rail Systems
• Zetwerk Manufacturing Business Pvt Ltd
• Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar Company
• VOESTALPINE RAILWAY SYSTEMS
• Trinity Rail Group

SILVER SPONSORS:
• uScovery
• Parsons
• Fully Charged
• Traffic Tech Pty Ltd
• Orafol
• HYT Engg
• BPC
• Egis