Agenda

Dubai, 24 - 25 June 2025

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Jun 2410:00
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KEYNOTE PANEL Reimagining urban living: the vision of the UAE's 20-Minute City for sustainable and accessible communities

Keynotes
Mohammed Almheiri, Executive Director of the Infrastructure Development Sector, Municipality and Planning Department of the Ajman Emirate
Heiko Seitz, Partner and Global eMobility Leader, PwC
Muna Al Osaimi, Chief Executive Officer of Strategy and Corporate Governance, Road & Transport Authority - Dubai
Andrew Chan, Chief Operating Officer, UAEV
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2410:00
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PRESENTATION Integrating Metrorail and Digital Grid for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction

Middle East Rail
Alaa Mahjoub, Independent Digital Business Advisor | Former Data Management Senior Expert, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2410:20
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PANEL The intelligent metro: leveraging AI, IoT, and automation for next-gen urban transit

Middle East Rail

Toufic Machnouk, Managing Director, GBRX
Shivaa Rajesh, ICT Consultant, Confidential
Andrea Giuricin, Chief Executive Officer, TRA Consulting
Ankala Saibaba, Chief Engineer in Indian Railways, Government of India
Howard Rosen, Chairman, Rail Working Group
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2410:40
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PRESENTATION Powering forward: electrifying heavy transport in the Middle East

Keynotes
Heiko Seitz, Partner and Global eMobility Leader, PwC
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2411:00
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INTERVIEW Shaping the future city: integrating strategic urban planning and public transport for sustainable urban growth

Keynotes

Humaid Al Kaabi, Director, Urban Planning, Department of Municipalities and Transport
Martin Tillman, Transport Planning Advisor, TMP
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2411:00
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PRESENTATION Navigating the complexities of cross-border high-speed rail: challenges, specificities, and solutions

Middle East Rail
Rachid El Idrissi, Director, SYSTRA
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2411:20
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KEYNOTE PANEL Enabling advanced air mobility in Ras Al Khaimah ( RAK)

Keynotes
Tarek AbdRaboh, Transportation and Strategic Planning Specialist, RAK Transport Authority
Farrukh Khan, Commercial Affairs & Investment Manager, RAK Transport Authority
Sultana Yassin Abdi, Senior Advisor, Advanced Air Mobility Institute
Daniel O'Neill, General Manager, Skyports
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2411:40
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PANEL Driving sustainable transit: energy efficiency, renewable integration, and carbon reduction in modern metro systems

Middle East Rail

Ahmed Reda, Projects Manager, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
Moza Neimi, Director of Productivity and Demand, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
Clement Odukwe, Project Engineer, ENOWA
Gabriel Palmero, Head of Quality Services and Performance, Renfe
Alexander Kondrat, Director, PwC
Yasir Shah, Sales Director Railway Linxon AMEA, Linxon
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2412:00
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PRESENTATION Decarbonizing road transport in the United Arab Emirates

Keynotes
Klaas Mantel, Chief Operating Officer, ADNOC Distribution
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2412:20
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PANEL Transforming urban landscapes: the impact of clean & autonomous transportation on city design

Keynotes

Dr. Amy Hochadel, Vice President - Urban Lab, Expo City Dubai
Ashwini Anburajan, Chief Revenue Officer, Bellhop Technologies - OBI
Jeffrey Beyer, Founder & Director, Zest Associations
Mohammed K. El Sayed., dd, Infrastructure United
Arjun Mohan, Founder & CEO, Tenderd
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2412:20
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PRESENTATION The holistic approach to rail electrification

Middle East Rail

Yasir Shah, Sales Director Railway Linxon AMEA, Linxon
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2412:40
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PRESENTATION Urban rail and property integration – a catalyst for sustainable growth

Middle East Rail
Peter Morley, Managing Principal ,Transport Sector Leader, HASSELL Limited
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2413:00
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PANEL Shaping the future city: landscape and urban design experiences for new sustainable mobility patterns

Keynotes

Alessia Maggio, Founder, AMAART
Paolo Mezzalama, Architect, IT'S s.r.l
Stefano Ceccotto, Architect, NET ENGINEERING
Shameel Muhammed, Associate Professor, Heriot Watt University
Giovanni Acciaro, Technical Director - Product Owner, NET ENGINEERING
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2413:00
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PRESENTATION Urban rail transformation

Middle East Rail

Abdeljabbar Ben Salem, Senior Vice-President Saudi Arabia, RATP DEV
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2413:20
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PANEL Urban rail transformation: harnessing maglev and smart infrastructure for enhanced connectivity and sustainability

Middle East Rail

Amadou Dioulde Diallo, Chief Executive Officer, DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa
Sufyan Al Mamari, Senior Engineer Asset Management, Port Of Sohar
Carlo Palasciano Villamagna, Executive Chairman, Mercitalia Logistics s.p.a.
Ghazi Khan, General Manager Supply Chain & Logistics, Pakistan Intermodal Ltd.
Soy Ozgur, Executive Chairman, Metro İstanbul
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2413:40
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PRESENTATION Unlocking the skies: Evtol deployment, vertiport infrastructure and the future of urban air mobility

Keynotes

Suaad Alshamsi, Senior Technical Project Manager, Etihad Airways
Fadi Elamin, Chief Executive Officer, My Skies Aviation
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2414:00
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PANEL Seamless connections: advancing intermodal transport for efficient urban mobility

Keynotes

Stephen Goldie, City Planning Advisor, Al Ain City Municipality
Gabriel Sallah, Global Black Belt EMEA, Automotive and Mobility Lead
Talha Malik, Director Project Logistics - ME - Energy & Marine Logistics., GEODIS
Luke Ward, Head of MENA, Liftango
Tarek AbdRaboh, Transportation and Strategic Planning Specialist, RAK Transport Authority
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2414:00
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PRESENTATION Presentation Driving rail efficiency: end-to-end software for modern railway operators

Middle East Rail
Karolina Zabek, Global Business Development Director & Co-Owner, Petrosoft.pl Information Technologies Ltd.
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2414:40
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PANEL Empowering urban movement: expanding the role of micromobility from E-Scooters to E-Bikes in sustainable smart city planning

Keynotes

Shailen Shukla, Supply Chain Director, Omar Kassem Alesayi Group Co.
Amit Katiyar, Head of Procurement, Lipton
Nadim Matuk, Managing Director, Liil Ventures
Jeffrey Beyer, Founder & Director, Zest Associations
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2414:40
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PANEL From efficiency to safety: innovations in metro operations and system management

Middle East Rail

Adam Giambrone, Transportation Operation and Infrastructure Management, The Royal Commission for AlUla
Alexander Kondrat, Director, PwC
Chinua Labor, Commercial Director, Keolis MHI
Mehboob Elahi, IT Director, RATP Dev
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2415:20
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PANEL Distracted driving - behavioral psychology: why we get distracted while driving

Keynotes

Khalid Alzaffin, Head of Traffic Engineering and Road Safety Section, Abu Dhabi Police
Osama Osman, Smart Mobility Expert, Tatweer MEA
Mustafa Aldah, Founder, MA Traffic Consulting
Faisal Mustafa, Team Leader Road Safety, WSP in the Middle East
Sumaya Al Neyadi, Section Head of Traffic Safety, Abu Dhabi Mobility
Mohammed Shawky, Traffic Engineering & Road Safety Expert – Professor in Traffic Engineering, Ain Shams University
Steven Nasser, Chief Technology / Information Officer, Saber
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2415:20
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PRESENTATION Connecting the United Arab Emirates: making hyperloop a reality

Middle East Rail
Denis Tudor, CEO, Swisspod
Jun 2415:40
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PANEL Next-gen passenger experience: real-time information and enhanced comfort in modern rail and metro systems

Middle East Rail

Gabriel Palmero, Head of Quality Services and Performance, Renfe
Billy Denyer, Customer Service Director, CAMCO (Riyadh Metro)
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2416:00
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PANEL From policy to practice: financing and regulating the expansion of electric and integrated mobility

Keynotes

Danya Bashir, Director, Arqaam Capital
Jonathan Keyes, Director of Sustainability, ING Digital Banking
Farrukh Khan, Commercial Affairs & Investment Manager, RAK Transport Authority
Lina Osman, Managing Director & Head of Sustainable Finance, Standard Chartered Bank
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2416:40
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PANEL Data-driven traffic management innovation: leveraging AI and Digital Twin to demonstrate value in mobility

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Layth Mahdi, Senior Robotic Design Engineer, Dubai future foundation
Rajesh Iyer, Head of E-commerce, , A.A AL Moosa Enterprises ( ARENCO Group) – Car Rental Division
Hussein Alnuweiri, Founder & President, Ottonomi AI
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2416:40
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WORKSHOP Talent development for the modern railway industry

Middle East Rail
Melody Khadem Sameni, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham Dubai
Middle East Rail Theatre
Jun 2417:10
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PRESENTATION Connected and autonomous vehicles: utilizing data-driven traffic management to shape the future of mobility

Keynotes
Michael Sonderby, Acting Chief Executive Officer, SteerAi
Mobility Theatre

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Jun 2510:00
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PRESENTATION The experience equation: what happens when data, automation and personalisation converge?

Keynotes
Tom Kilroy, Chief Executive Officer, Keyloop
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2510:00
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PRESENTATION Navigating the automotive landscape: decoding consumer choices amid evolving trends

Electric Vehicles

Craig Stevens, Chief Executive Officer, Dubi Cars
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2510:20
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KEYNOTE PANEL Reserved for Keyloop

Keynotes

Mobility Theatre
Jun 2510:20
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PANEL Driving EV adoption: unlocking market growth through incentives, accessibility and consumer awareness

Electric Vehicles

Fadi Elamin, Chief Executive Officer, My Skies Aviation
Mohammed Hamza, General Manager, Eurostar Rent A Car
Jash Sheth, CEO, Ayka Control Systems
Nilesh Chauhan, Vice President, Automotive and Mobility, APAC and MENA, Valtech Mobility
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2511:00
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KEYNOTE PANEL Steering policy change: electrifying last-mile delivery in the United Arab Emirates

Keynotes

Caroline Adams, Senior Policy Associate, UICCA- UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerator
Laith Tahboub, Acting General Manager, EMX
Heiko Seitz, Partner and Global eMobility Leader, PwC
Prashant Saran, qqqq, Amazon Business
Stephen Nosowski, Senior Manager Sustainability, Amazon Business
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2511:00
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PRESENTATION Accelerating electrification: driving EV consumer adoption

Electric Vehicles
Thorsten Lips, Partner, Berylls by AlixPartners
Michael Duemig, Associate Partner, Berylls by Alix Partners
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2511:20
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PRESENTATION Powering the future: scaling EV charging infrastructure for seamless network integration

Electric Vehicles

Asif Khan, Product Lead, ADNOC Distribution
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2512:00
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KEYNOTE INTERVIEW Shaping the future of urban mobility: smart innovations, sustainable strategies, and seamless connectivity

Keynotes

Abdulla Al Moosa, Director of Transportation and Admin Services, Dubai Muncipality
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2512:00
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PANEL Driving sustainability: the EV green charger initiative and UAE’s vision for a smart, eco-friendly future

Electric Vehicles

Hamad Khalifa Khalifa, Head of Telecom Division: Infrastructure Department, ICT Center, Abu Dhabi Police
Ahmed Elbermbali, Managing Director - MENA Region, Bureau & CharIN
Andrew Chan, Chief Operating Officer, UAEV
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2512:20
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PANEL Seamless journeys: bridging modal gaps for sustainable future in multimodal transport

Keynotes

Harshvardhan Singh, Head of Strategic Partnerships, AA AL Moosa Enterprises(ARENCO)
Omar Al Battaineh, Head of Transport, Ras Al Khaimah Municipality
Steeson Mathew, Founder/ceo, Loop Parking
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2512:40
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Presentation How to scale rapid EV charging for fleets and destination car parks, at a fraction of the cost

Electric Vehicles
John Goodbody, Co-Founder & Marketing Director, Go Eve
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2513:00
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PRESENTATION Future wheels: steering the automotive industry into a new age

Electric Vehicles

Bachir Habib, Head of Bosch Engineering Middle East, Bosch
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2513:20
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PANEL Freight forward: delivering excellence through seamless supply chains in last-mile logistics

Keynotes

Dante Klüver, Regional Manager UAE and Cargo Operations Center, Etihad Airways
Shashi Kiran, Group General Manger Supply Chain, Jashanmal National company
Anshul Gautam, Global Freight Transformation Manager, Aramex
Fares Alanazi, Logistics Director, Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group
Dr. Omar Alotaibi, Business Develpment Expert, Mobily Company
Omar Alqudah, Director of Logistics, Z LINE FZCO
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2513:20
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PANEL From vision to reality: the next wave of autonomous vehicles

Electric Vehicles

James Luxbacher, Chief Business Development Officer, SIXT KSA
Nitin Sapre, Chief Executive Officer, Europcar Oman & Bahrain
Dave George, Road Safety Specialist, Al Ain Municipality
Steven Nasser, Chief Technology / Information Officer, Saber
Bachir Habib, Head of Bosch Engineering Middle East, Bosch
Rami Karout, Senior Advisor for the Middle East, IRU
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2513:20
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PRESENTATION AI-powered infrastructure : transforming the future of mobility

Electric Vehicles
Ahmad Almousa, Senior project manager, Al Ain City Municipality
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2514:00
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PRESENTATION Navigating change: the evolving landscape of Last-Mile delivery in a dynamic transportation ecosystem

Keynotes
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2514:00
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PRESENTATION Electric microcars in Europe: market dynamics, forecasts and strategic insights for the Middle East

Electric Vehicles

Jean Ambert, Chief Executive Officer, Smart Mobility Lab
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2514:20
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PRESENTATION Freedom, power and the end of range anxiety

Electric Vehicles

Hamza Hindi, CEO, Fully Charged
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2514:40
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PRESENTATION EVs in the GCC/MENA powering progress through policy, partnerships and people

Keynotes
Adeel Irshad, Chief Operating Officer, EV Technology SUR Intl Investment Group
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2514:40
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PANEL Driving change: innovations for integrated intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and mobility as a service (MaaS)

Electric Vehicles

Munib Sheraz, BI Analyst, U-Drive
Layth Mahdi, Senior Robotic Design Engineer, Dubai future foundation
Fawzia Sheikh, Area Director - GCC, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2515:20
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PRESENTATION Digital transformation in the automotive industry

Electric Vehicles
Ravi Pincha, CEO, IntelliSoft Services DMCC
Electric Vehicles Theatre
Jun 2515:30
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PRESENTATION Incentivizing change: how the UAE is leading the way in green transportation adoption

Keynotes
Christopher Milbourne, Count Manager, dubizzle
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2515:50
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PANEL Charting a path to carbon neutrality: innovating public transport for a sustainable future

Keynotes

Chang Mo Kim, Expert-Hydrogen Buses, Abu Dhabi Mobility
Theresa Nuong Doan, Program Manager, SEE Institute
Anan Alamri, Section Head - Alternative & Sustainable Mobility, Abu Dhabi Mobility
Moza Neimi, Director of Productivity and Demand, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
Fadi Elamin, Chief Executive Officer, My Skies Aviation
Mobility Theatre
Jun 2515:50
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PANEL Unlocking seamless travel: the future of mobility as a service (MaaS) in urban environments - integrating multi-modal transportation solutions for enhanced user experience

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Theatre
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