Monday, November 25th, 2019
H.E. Dr. Peter Ramsauer
Federal Minister ret. / Chairman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development / President of the Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Germany
Paul van Son
President & CEO, Dii Desert Energy, Germany / UAE
H.E. Dr. Mustapha Adib
Ambassador of the Republic of Lebanon / Dean of the Arab Diplomatic Corps, Germany
Thomas Altmann
Vice President Innovation & Technology, ACWA Power, UAE
H.E. Mohammed Ghazali
Secretary General, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment, Morocco
H.E. Andreas Feicht
State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Energy Transition in the Arab World:
Experiences, Challenges and Outlook
Moderation:
Frank Wouters
Director, EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network, UAE
Keynote:
Mustapha Bakkoury
President, Masen, Morocco
Panelists:
Dietmar Siersdorfer
CEO, Siemens UAE and Middle East, UAE
Dr. Reinhold Achatz
Chief Technology Officer, thyssenkrupp AG, Germany
Said Elhadi
Chairman & CEO, NAREVA Holding, Morocco
Prof. Dr. Ad van Wijk
Professor, Technical University Delft (TU Delft), Netherlands
Rory O’Neill
Founder & CEO, EuropaGrid, Ireland
Eng. Suliman Al Sayyari
Board Member of National Energy Services Company (Tarshid) & Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shuaibah Water & Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia
Speaker:
Paul van Son
President & CEO, Dii Desert Energy, Germany
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Peter Ramsauer
Federal Minister ret. / Chairman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development / President of the Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Germany
Peter Terium
Head of Energy Sector, NEOM, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Toepfer
Honorary Senior Fellow, IASS Institut for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V., Germany
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
Energy Transition:
Towards a 100% Emission Free Energy System
Moderation:
Michael Wuennemann
General Manager Business Line Energy, Tractebel Engineering GmbH, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Christian Breyer
Professor, LUT University, Finland
‘Why and how ‘100% Renewables’’
Manuel Kuehn
Senior Vice President, Business Development, Siemens Middle East, UAE
David Wortmann
Founder, DWR eco GmbH, Germany
Peter Stein
Member, German Parliament, Germany
H.E. Eng. Raad Al Haris
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Electricity & Energy, Prime Ministry, Iraq
Mohamed Al Dabbas
Senior Advisor, Arab Renewable Energy Commission (AREC), Jordan
Fred Wendt
Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers, Germany
Ellen von Zitzewitz
Deputy Director, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Prof. Dr. Jochen Kreusel
SVP, Market Innovation Manager, ABB Power Grids, Germany
Transitions in the Energy Mix:
Oil & Gas – Innovative Technologies and Solutions
Moderation:
Dr. Murad M. Daghles
Partner, White & Case LLP International Law Firm, Germany
Panelists:
Ali Vezvaei
Global CEO, Ecolog International, UAE
Prof. Dr. Friedbert Pflueger
CEO, Pflüger International GmbH, Germany
Nabil Kafi
General Supervisor of Energy Activities, Sonelgaz, Algeria
Fabrizio Botta
Global Strategy, Commercial and Tendering Director, Saipem SpA, Italy
Dr. Peter Viebahn
Head Research Unit Sectors and Technologies, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy, Germany
- Power Grid Capacity and Interconnections
Rory O’Neill
Founder & CEO, EuropaGrid, Ireland
- Financing Renewable Energy Projects & Investments
Frank Beckers
Founder & Managing Partner, Symbulos Management Consultancy, UAE
Karoline Steinbacher
Managing Consultant, Navigant, Germany
- Energy Storage
Dr. Alexandre Oudalov
Manager Power Systems of the Future, ABB Power Grids Business, Switzerland
Andrei Zschocke
Senior Business Development Manager, thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, Germany
- Green Molecules
Roland Kaeppner
Executive Director, NEOM, Saudi Arabia
- Energy Efficiency & Building Technology
Mudhyan Khalid Almudhyan
Projects Developer, National Energy Services Company (Tarshid), Saudi Arabia
Alexis Gianniotis
Founder & CEO, Envirofina, UAE
- Innovation, R&D and Education
Badr Ikken
Director General, IRESEN, Morocco
Selahattin Hakman
Chairman of the Steering Committee, SHURA Energy Transition Center, Turkey
- A New Exciting Dawn for CSP Markets
Dr. Luis Crespo
President, Protermosolar, Spain
Oliver Baudson
Managing Director, TSK Flagsol Engineering GmbH, Germany
- Clean Energy Transition in the GCC Region: Opportunities for the EU
Frank Wouters
Director, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network, UAE
Dr. Florian Klumpp
Network Industry Collaboration Coordinator, EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network, Germany
Gabriele Pinzone
Head of Power Plants, Tractebel Engineering GmbH, Germany
Speaker:
Cornelius Matthes
Senior Vice President, Dii Desert Energy, UAE