Middle East Rail 2024 | Terrapinn | 29 April 2024 | Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Al Khaleej Al Arabi St - Al Rawdah - Al Ma'arid - Abu Dhabi - UAE

The Conference:
• The conference is co-located with Mobility Live ME. The two-day programme will host over 250 speakers from across the region and beyond. Sessions will be led by the industry’s leading figures, forward-thinking senior executives, and key decision makers.

The Exhibition:
• A free-to-attend multi-brand exhibition hosting multiple country pavilions and over 250 exhibitors showcasing cutting-edge solutions from the region.

Networking:
• We understand the value of a live event comes from the quality of networking opportunities. Speak to the team today about networking opportunities.

2024 Speakers

Elena Abboud
Global Innovation Manager, Aramex

Islam Abdul Karim
Vice President, Middle East, Yango

Maher Abu Alhaija
Solutions Director, DSV Global Transport and Logistics

Meera Abu Soufah
Business Development Director, Siemens Mobility GmbH

Yazan Aburaqabeh
Director of Operations Middle East, Deliveroo

Giovanni Acciaro
Technical Director - Product Owner, NET Engineering

Hamzeh Afaneh
Commercial PBU Director, Goodyear

Gaurav Agarwal
Chief Project Manager, COFMOW, Ministry of Railways India

Qazi Ahmad
Chief Engineer - Track Modernisation, Indian Railways

Mohammad Khaled Al Hassan
Director Business Development and Strategic Projects, E& enterprise

Hamad Al Jassmi
Director, Emirates Center for Mobility Research

Sufyan Al Mamari
Senior Engineer Asset Management, Port Of Sohar

H.E. Abdulla Al Marzooqi
Director General, Integrated Transport Centre

Saif Al Mheiri
Managing Director, Abu Dhabi Maritime

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

Mohammed Al Taani
Secretary General Of The Arab Renewable Energy Commission, Arab Renewable Energy Commission

Anan Alamri
Section Head - Sustainable Mobility, ITC (Abu Dhabi)

Irina Albanese
Head of Innovation Middle East & Africa, DHL

Hashim Alfatayerji
Commercial Director, Sixt KSA

Nahedh Alhubail
Director - Mobility, ROSHN l روشن

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

Fatma Almehairi
Vice President of UAE Sales, Etihad Airways

Nasser AlQahtani
GCCRA Expert, GCC Railway Authority

Salim Al-Shuaili
Director, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies Projects Unit, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology

Ahmad Altarawneh
Senior Digital Transformation Consultant, Dubai Police

Sami Amin
Senior Director of Operations, Careem

Mr Georges Aoude
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Derq

Mr Ahmed Arab
Director, Business Development, Middle East and Africa, Uber

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

Sherif Attia
Program Manager, KAUST

Kishore Babani
Director of Last Mile, InstaShop

Ahmed Baghoum
Chief Executive Officer, Masdar City

Taner Bahadir
Senior Project Manager, Metro İstanbul

Farizul Hazli Baharom
Chief Executive Officer, Berjaya Rail Sdn Bhd

Hana Barakat
Senior Associate Director - startAD, NYU Abu Dhabi

Danya Bashir
Director, Arqaam Capital

Manuel Benard
Transport Sector Operations Coordinator, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Björn Bender
Founder & Board Member, Mobility Allstars e.V.

Berk Berksoy
Fleet Solutions OEM & Retread Manager, Bridgestone

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

Valters Bolevics
Executive Director Business Development, King Abdullah Port

Roberto Borghi
International Market Director, Italferr Spa

Jordan Bray
Vice President, Plug and Play

Olivier Brusle
Managing Director, The Supply Chain Foundation (SCF)

Kris Brusselmans
Chief Executive Officer, Kanoo Logistics

Sam Cabani
Head of French Brands, Stellantis Middle East

Nixon Cheung
Head of Commercial and Brand, Hong Kong Tramways Limited

TC Chew
Global Rail Business Leader, Arup

Richard de Cani
Global Cities, Planning & Design Leader for Arup and Board Member for UKIMEA Region, Arup

Sven Deckers
Director Strategic Planning, Dubai Airports Company

Jaideep Dhanoa
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, FENIX

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

Mehdi Dib
Chief Technology Officer, SNTF subsidiary EPE Rail Electr

Stefan Distlberger
Managing Director – CSO, voestalpine Digital Track Solutions, voestalpine Railway Systems

Theresa Nuong Doan
Program Manager, SEE Institute

Jacinta Dsilva
Sustainability Research Director, SEE Institute

Managing Director – MENA Region Ahmed Elbermbali
Middle East Ambassador, CharIN

Gilan Elmaayergy
Commercial Deputy Director, orascom construction

Essam ElOkda
Arabia Logistics Director, Unilever

Mohamed Emad
Associate – Architecture, AECOM

Claudio Esposito-Aiardo
Chief Executive Officer, Carasti

John Fagan
Director, Transport, Arup

Pedro Fernandez
Market Development Leader for Middle East and Africa, Procter & Gamble International Operations SA

Felix Finkbeiner
Founder, Plant-for-the-Planet

Ahmed Fleyfel
Product Manager, Moustache Bikes

Bulent Fozanoglu
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TURO

Peter Fricker
CEO Middle East and Africa, Geodis

Rainer Fürst
Managing Director, Julius Berger International GmbH

Azhar Ghali
Chief Executive Officer, Spendwisor

Nadeem Ghantous
Strategy Director, Jacobs Engineering

Ghaith Gobrial
Chief Executive Officer, The Toolman

Kais Gorgees
Senior Vice President, Business Development, ACWA Power

Shashank Goyal
Chief Technology Officer, Careem

Khatib Nabil Habib
Middle East Ambassador, CharIN

Amin Haddad
Partner and Head of Transactions Middle East, EY

Bassam Hage
Chief Executive Officer, Saadat

Richard Halkett
Managing Director, WSP

Heba Hashem
Global Communications Manager, DHL

Jaime Herhold
Corporate Affairs & Strategy Director, Lynk

Marian Herrmann
Senior Project Manager, Deutsche Bahn AG

Younes Hijazi
Manager, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Reema Hussein
Assistant General Manager, Procurement, Dubai RTA

Samer Ismail
Managing Partner, Saned Partners

Jassem Jaber
Managing Partner, HAY Group

Yasir Javed
Partner, Kearney Middle East

Mohammed Javad
Director, Dubai Tram

Rafiq Jazbhay
Chief Executive Officer, GIEOM

Mazen Joudeh
Director of Operations, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

Vinayak Kadam
Chief Executive Officer, eBikeGo

Dr Maen Kadhas
Director of Transport, Emirate of Sharjah

Layal Kanaan
General Manager, Lojix

Rakesh Kaul
Global Logistics Manager, Jinko Solar

Ahmed Khamassi
Senior Technical Advisor – Railways, Office of the Prime Minister

Maged Kilany
Regional Chief Executive Officer, Middle East, Agility

Julia Kinash
Director, DHL Express

Rashid Kulaib
Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Rail

Ramalinga Krishnamurthi
Group Commercial Manager, Essa Al Ghurair Investment LLC

Mohamed Labban
Chief Executive Officer, Metito Utilities

Stefan Landgraf
Managing Director, Deutsche Bahn International GmbH

Maria Lanoue
Commercial Director, REA VAYA

Ahmed Lasfar
Vice President – Product Development, Careem

Marina Laycock
Head of Customer Solutions – Supply Chain Solutions, Middle East & Africa, Maersk

Loay Lazkani
Head of Innovation, Roshn

Edoardo Lepore
Chief Commercial Officer, DP World

Lamya A. Loutfi
Head of Startups and Innovation - Startup Egypt, AUC Venture Lab

Ahmed Mahmoud
Operations Director, DP World

Sarfraz Majid
Global Head – Transformation, Real Estate and Digital, Aramex

Sergio Maldonado
Chief Executive Officer, Urbanimo

Dr. Gamal Al Masri
Project Manager, ERTMS National Program

Steven May
Head of Marketing, Eureka

Karl McKeever
Managing Director, Visual Thinking

Felix Menzel
Head of International Business Development, InnoTrans

Barbara Meynert
Founder, SynchroniCity Foundation

Jean-Charles Mezailles
Chief Executive Officer, LYNX Asset Management

Nihad Mohareb
Senior Advisor, Technical Office of the Minister of Transport, Ministry of Transport, Egypt

Ahmad Mohamed
Technical and Operations Director, Mwasalat Misr

Ms. Marwa Mohamed
Director of Innovation, AlAhram

Ahmed Mokhtar
Sales and Marketing Director, Misr EHC

Ahmed Mokhtar
Head of Engineering, Swvl

Sameh Mokhtar
Chief Executive Officer, Smart City Egypt

Ahmed Moni
Director, BridgePalm

Ali Morsy
Senior Manager - New Products, Etihad Rail

Karim Moussa
Chief Executive Officer, Transmar Shipping

Raafat Nasser
Senior Project Manager, DNV

Ahmed Nasser
Head of Supply Chain, ARAMCO

Ahmed Nazeer
Head of Track & Alignment Engineering, Riyadh Metro Project

Mr Stephan Neubauer
Head of Business Development Middle East, DB Engineering & Consulting

Ahmad Nimer
Transport Specialist, World Bank Group

Khalid Numan
Chief Executive Officer, Iyad

Ahmed Omara
Chief Executive Officer, SPECTRUM Consultants

Kurt Onclin
Project Director, Strukton Rail

Carlos Ortega
Executive Director, Smart Innovation Norway

Ragia Orwany
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Extreme Innovation

Jose A Perez
Vice President & Head of Global Design, KEOLIS

Maurice Phillips
Head of Infrastructure, HKA

Alex Plitsas
Head of Business Development, MENA, Transvix

Lis Pohle
Chief Executive Officer, K&L Gates ME

Sunil Prabhakaran
Managing Director, EGIT Middle East

Bala Prasad
Director & Head of Innovation, CEAT Limited

Fabrice Protano
Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Cargologic

Stefan Puškár
Managing Director, DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH

Stefan Quandt
Key Account Manager, Voith GmbH

Krishna Rajagopal
Managing Director, Knight Frank

Alexandra Rampe
Global Head of Smart Mobility & Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility GmbH

Dan Randow
Managing Director, Wintershall Dea Middle East

Amr Refaat
Regional President, Middle East, Turkey, and North Africa, Schneider Electric

Gihan Refai
Head of Sustainable Development & ESG, Egypt Kuwait Holding

Mohamed Rehan
Regional Project Director, Parsons

Dr. Ibrahim Rezek
Chief Executive Officer, Ashghal

Moafaq Ridwan
Managing Director, United Engineers Group

H.E. Abdulrahman Al Rashed
Chairman, Mawgif

Mohamed Salaheldin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, StarzPlay Arabia

Ahmed Saleh
Head of Operations, Egypt Jordan Railway

George Saleh
Technical Director, Digital and Urban Transformation Office

Yousef Salloum
Head of Logistics, Majid Al Futtaim Ventures

Ezeldin Salem
Director, Transport Sector, Emirate of Sharjah

Akram Samour
Chief Executive Officer, Dallah Trans Arabia

Mr. Ghassan Sanei
Regional Sales Director, Wabtec Middle East FZ-LLC

Altaf Saqib
Senior Project Manager, Banha Metro Project

Alexander Sarhan
Commercial Director, Super Jet Group

Sameer Sattar
Director - Integrated Planning and Analysis, EMT

Nirvair Singh
Chief Executive Officer, Maxity

Soumitra Srivastava
Chief Executive Officer, Tradelinewell.com

Rania Stino
Head of Partnerships and Business Development, Mashreq Bank

Bashar Sukkar
Head of Passenger Transport, Ashghal

Mehmet Tabanlı
Chief Executive Officer, EKOL

Jawad Tahir
Global Head of Projects and Events, SmartSolutions

Sana Talib
Vice President, Marketing and Customer Experience, National Aviation Services

Kamal Tarazi
Vice President - Integrated Transport Planning & Design, AECOM Middle East

Marco Tesei
Head of Project Management, 24/7 LYNX

Ali Thani
Director, Technical Office of the Minister, Ministry of Transport, Egypt

Tarek Touma
Executive Director, Airport Operations, Dubai Airports

Dr. Amr Touny
Managing Director, Jaguar Land Rover MENA

Khalid Twaissi
Chief Operating Officer, Moov Logistics News

Mohammad Usman
Head of Operations, Careem UAE

Ahmed Yehia
Partner, Kearney Middle East

Nabil Youssef
Director of Mobility, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Tamer Youssry
Chief Executive Officer, BirdControlEgypt

Jamil Zaal
Chief Executive Officer, Dot.ee

Yassine Zarrouki
Chief Executive Officer, inQube

Wael Zeidan
Chief Executive Officer, Chemlinked

Dr. Heba Zayed
Mobility Expert, National Authority for Tunnels (Egypt)

Ghada Zribi
Director of Operations, Mwasalat Misr

2024 Sponsors and Partners

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• BMW
• Rolls Royce
• Al Futtaim
• ECO
• Lucid
• Alayuni Investment & Contracting Co
• Audi
• Khatib & Alami

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Arup
• Orascom
• Sabatco
• Siemens

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Aecom
• EGIS
• EV Electra
• Mafex
• Mappable
• Stellantis
• Progress Rail Services
• Pwc
• Emirates Transport
• Gargash
• Linxon
• Railways Systems
• Uber fo Business

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Ayesa
• Bridgestone
• Dogus Construction
• EuroStar
• Fully Charged
• Good Year
• Salcef Group
• Piper
• Yango
• Taabi

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR:
• Atkins Realis

OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PARTNER:
• Department of Culture & Tourism Abu Dhabi

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• Intergrated Transport Centre
• Department of Municipalities and Transport