Welcome remarks

• Emcee: Mohammed Al Sayed

OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION: Fortifying the future: Building resilient power grids in the face
of change

Moderator: Saqib Saeed, Chief Product Officer, Power Technology Research
Panellists:

• Esam Al Murawwi, Chief Projects Officer, TAQA Transmission
• Awad Al Seiari, Senior Vice President – Projects, Etihad WE
• Hady Habib, Chairman, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society-Egypt Chapter
• Barnabas Gwaivangmin, Vice President - Power Systems and Clean Energy Engineering, Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (NIEEE)
• Hasan Ozkoc, Director, Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG)
• Evetar Zeqiri, Chief Executive Officer, Kostt

Going beyond secure remote access with comprehensive OT device management

• Ameem Hamdon, President and CEO, SUBNET Solutions

Integrating offline test results with online continuous monitoring: A comprehensive approach to health and risk assessment

• Luca Garagnani, Founder and CEO, InWave

Lighting and communication systems for smart cities

• Mohsin Mehmood, Regional Sales Manager for Saudi Arabia nd Bahrain, Palazzoli

The future of avian power line collision prevention and how robotic installations are changing the game

• Jason Jones, Wildlife Mijtigation Subject Matter Expert, PowerLine Sentry, Sicame Group

Electrical equipment system solutions for novel power system

• Hu Xiaobo, Senior Engineer, TEBA Electrical Equipment Group Co., Ltd.

Digitalisation of your field assets and alignment to local government initiatives

• Eng. Danish Subzwari, Commercial Director, HMS Networks FZE
• Eng. Davor Toncic, Business Development Manager, HMS Networks AB

From microgrids to storage: Transforming energy infrastructure to sustainability and resilience

• Syed Asad Ur Rehman, Group Head, Renewables Products & Partnerships, Jubaili Bros

IEEE Session Opening Remarks

• Prof. Bashar Zahawi, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Khalifa University (Honorary Chair)

Safety regulations in electricity usage, a global prospective and a study on electrical safety regulations in various Middle East nations

• Engr. Gopa Kumar S, President, National Federation of Engineers for Electrical Safety

Driving global change: The entrepreneurial approach to innovation and sustainability

• Karim Amous, Managing Partner, SMARTECO UNIVERSE

Peer-to-peer electricity trading: A decentralised model for energy transition

• Salome Janelidze, Board Member, Elizbar Eristavi Energy Training Center, Georgia & Georgian Technical University, Georgia

Optimising retrieval-augmented generation for electrical engineering: A case study on ABB’s circuit breakers

• Engr. Salahuddin Alawadhi, Electrical Engineer, University of Leeds

Hybrid power solutions for sustainable crane operations in the construction industry

• Rathnakumar Devaraj, Industrialisation Manager, CE+T Power

Summary of Day One and Closing Remarks

Welcome remarks

• Emcee: Mohammed Al Sayed

Electrostatic energy storage as an alternative to electrochemical storage

• Omer Masud Ghani, Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Utility and EV Storage Business, Enercap Holdings Pte. Ltd

Amorphous material application in distribution transformers

• Harvey Zheng, Overseas Marketing Director, Qingdao Yunlu Advanced Materials Technology Co. Ltd.

Smart medium voltage switchgear - Asset preservation

• Sofiane Allou, Business Development and R&D Director, UTEC

From mine to megawatt - Large scale energy storage solutions for the Middle East

• Thomas Gebauer, CEO, Redox One Ltd

Break

Driving energy efficiency through advanced data analysis and KPI integration

• Mousa Saai, Director of Industrial Data Solutions, Iba-Gulf

Empowering industries with a cloud-enabled ecosystem for process control and energy management applications

• Lidia Dudko, Head of Product Management, EKF International Business

Sri Lanka’s energy transformation: Turning crisis into opportunity

• Nalinda Sampath Ilangakoon, Chief Executive Officer, DHC Energy Dubai

Gas generators: Principles, Applications, and Future trends in power generation

• Fayssal El Kotob, Engineering Solutions Manager, Jubaili Bros

Striking a balance with SF6-Free technologies for the energy transition

• Basil Almabrok, Executive Manager, R&D, Alfanar Electric

Deep Dive: Overview of the global energy trends on the transformative potential of smart grids

• Stephanie Wu, Senior Analyst, Energy & Smart Infrastructure, Omdia

Innovative engineering solutions for a sustainable energy transition: Advancing membranes for fuel cells

• Amani Al-Othman, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The American University of Sharjah

Building Resilient Power Grid Amidst Climate Change and Evolving Energy Demands: Strategies and Innovations

• Barnabas Gwaivangmin, Vice President - Power Systems and Clean Energy Engineering, Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (NIEEE)

Interface testing of polymeric insulators

• Dr. Jan Lachman, Managing Director, EGU-HV Laboratory

Optimizing energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions in data centres: The case for advanced cooling solutions

• Mina Labib, Electrical Engineering Department Manager, Wadi Degla Developments

A digital grid framework for smart cities

• Engr. Alaa Mahjoub, Digital Business Advisor

AI and Hydrogen: A symbiotic future for clean energy

• Dr. Suresh Mane, Principal, Dr. D Y Patil Pratisthans College of Engineering Kolhapur

Optimising impressed current cathodic protection systems

• Daniel Nilsson, Development Director, SAFT

Mitigating AI security vulnerabilities in the electric power sector - Emerging cyber-attack, data security and OT/IT convergence challenges

• Andreas Florian Kolb, Chief Commercial Officer & General Manager Energy, Intertrust Technologies

Innovative cold chain as a service for off-grid rural farmers

• Jacob Ugbodaga, Founder and CEO, Alabaster Agro-Allied Industries Limited

End of Day 2

Welcome remarks

• Emcee: Mohammed Al Sayed

I see design in your future!

• Dr. Hani Asfour, Vice President, Innovation and Institutional Partnerships, Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI)

Panel Discussion: Pathways to sustainable buildings

Moderator: Thomas Lynch, Executive Director, Omdia
Panellists:

• Alida Saleh, Head of Sustainability MEA, JLL
• Andrea Di Gregorio, Executive Director-Energy Efficiency and Renewables Office (Reem), Ras Al Khaimah Municipality
• Ishan Kalra, Associate - Sustainability Team Lead, Egis Middle East & South Asia
• Daniel Betts, CEO, Blue Frontier

Harnessing AI and innovation to outsmart cyber threats

• Claude Fachkha, Cyber Security Expert and Innovator, Associate Professor, University of Dubai

Panel Discussion: Renewable energy integration in smart sustainable cities

Moderator: Hassan Zaheer, Chief Operating Officer, Power Technology Research
Panellists:

• Eng. Faisal Rashid, Senior Director - Demand Side Management, Supreme Council of Energy, UAE
• Laila AL Hadhrami, Chairwoman, Women Future Cities, Advisor, Smart Sustainable Cities
• Maher Al Kaabi, Advisor to Group Chairman, Al Serkal Group of Companies, UAE
• Peter Lundberg, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association, Bangkok, Thailand
• Dr. Zafar Said, Ranked in World’s Top 2% Scientists in Energy 2019,2020 and 2021 by Elsevier BV and Stanford University, Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, United Arab Emirates University

Drone-data solutions in asset management

• Engr. Mohannad Ashhab, Business Development Manager – MENA, SAGER

An iterative Artificial Intelligence framework for fraud detection in power and water systems using smart meter data

• Dr. Ihab Mokhles, Head of Sales, Cuculus GmBH

Voltage Regulating Distribution Transformers (VRDTs): Enabling grid flexibility for achieving net-zero in
the Middle East

• Waqas Hussain, Business Development Manager, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen

Storage as a transmission asset in the grid of the future: Usage and business cases of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

• Dr. Sankara Subramanian, Sales and Business Development Director, Saft Batteries

Special session by the Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association (APUEA) - Towards a sustainable energy future in the Middle East

Moderator: Peter Lundberg, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association, Bangkok, Thailand
Panellists:

• Ahmed Radwan, Lead Motion Manager, Middle East and Africa Region, ABB
• Ronak Monga, Head of District Energy Vertical, Grundfos
  
• Herve Huisman, CEO, Gradyent
• Antonio Di Cecca, Chief Operations Officer, Tabreed
• Tiong Keng Poh, Executive Director, Keppel EaaS

Partnerships for grid infrastructure development opportunities in Saudi Arabia

• Adnan Saleh Alzabni, Pre-qualification Engineer, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
• Reenad Alammar, Business Development Analyst, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
• Farah Alqurashi, Technical Analyst for Prequalification, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
• Ghaida Mohammed, Business Development Analyst, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

A novel system for renewable energy sharing in nano grids using Artificial Intelligence:
An overview study

• Dr. Meryem Hamidi, Lab Researcher, ENSET Mohammedia

Risk assessment methods for energy storage systems

• Dr. Hassan El-Sayed, Business Development Manager, UL Solutions

Closing remarks - IEEE Session Closing Remarks

• Prof. Bashar Zahawi, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Khalifa University (Honorary Chair)