UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MANSOUR BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, VICE PRESIDENT, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL COURT

8-10 October 2024

ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, UAE

SETTING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY IN MOTION

STRATEGIC CONFERENCE SPEAKERS AND VISIONARIES

H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei
H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei

Minister of Energy and Infrastructure

United Arab Emirates

H.E. Óscar Puente
H.E. Óscar Puente

Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility

Spain

H.E. Shadi Malak
H.E. Shadi Malak

CEO

Etihad Rail

H.E  Lee Seong-hai
H.E Lee Seong-hai

Chairman and CEO

Korea National Railway

Raül Blanco Díaz
Raül Blanco Díaz

Chairman & CEO

Renfe-Operadora

Michael Peter
Michael Peter

CEO

Siemens Mobility

Olli Pohjanvirta
Olli Pohjanvirta

CEO

Nurminen Logistics

Howard Rosen
Howard Rosen

Chairman

Rail Working Group

Jeffrey Sim Vee Ming
Jeffrey Sim Vee Ming

Group Chief Executive Officer, Non Independent Executive Director

SBS Transit

Simon Jones
Simon Jones

Chief Executive Officer

Global Centre of Rail Excellence

Pierre Verzat
Pierre Verzat

CEO

SYSTRA

Mohammed Al Baloushi
Mohammed Al Baloushi

Director – UAE Real Estate, UAE Investments Platform

Mubadala

Abdul Muhsen Ibrahim Kalbat
Abdul Muhsen Ibrahim Kalbat

Chief Executive Officer of the Rail Agency

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)

Saif Al Qubaisi
Saif Al Qubaisi

Senior Vice President - UAE Industries

Mubadala

Ahmed AlMusawa AlHashemi
Ahmed AlMusawa AlHashemi

CEO

Hafeet Rail

Nasir Al Shamsi
Nasir Al Shamsi

Chief Transport Officer

BEEAH

Armando Fombella
Armando Fombella

General Manager and Project Director

Renfe KSA

Dr. Fan Zhu
Dr. Fan Zhu

Chief Technology Officer

Bayanat

Sergio Vázquez Torrón
Sergio Vázquez Torrón

CEO and Chairman

Ineco

Muhsin Alrustom
Muhsin Alrustom

Group CFO

Asyad

Thomas Pramotedham
Thomas Pramotedham

Chief Executive Officer

Presight

Jerome Frost
Jerome Frost

Chair

Arup

Rahul Mithal
Rahul Mithal

Chairman and Managing Director

RITES

Jack Zhang
Jack Zhang

Executive Vice President, Locomotive

Progress Rail

Guillermo Cobello Fernandez
Guillermo Cobello Fernandez

Chief Institutional Relations Officer

Técnicas Reunidas SA

Mohammad Jaber
Mohammad Jaber

Managing Director

DSV Air & Sea Abu Dhabi & COO, DSV Solutions, Abu Dhabi

Abbas Hussein
Abbas Hussein

Managing Director & Head of Project & Export Finance Middle East and Africa

Standard Chartered Bank

Carlo Palasciano Villamagna
Carlo Palasciano Villamagna

Chief International Officer, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Executive Chairman, Mercitalia Logistics

Ekaterina Kozyreva
Ekaterina Kozyreva

President, IEC International
Co-Founder, InfraEconomy Group

Javier Pérez Fortea
Javier Pérez Fortea

CEO

Globalvia

Jean-Bruno Delrue
Jean-Bruno Delrue

CEO

MESEA, a subsidiary of VINCI Railways and SYSTRA

Andrea Giuricin
Andrea Giuricin

CEO

TRA Consulting

Andrés de León
Andrés de León

CEO

HyperloopTT

Ronnie Ntuli
Ronnie Ntuli

Chairman

Thelo Group

Julian Skyrme
Julian Skyrme

VP Commercial - Ports Cluster

AD Ports Group

Martin Ausserdorfer
Martin Ausserdorfer

CEO, Railtraction Company (Italy) 
Member of the Board, Brenner Base Tunnel

Saurabh Kumar​
Saurabh Kumar​

Executive Director, Project Finance​

Standard Chartered Bank

Daniel Wright
Daniel Wright

Group COO

Gulftainer

Alaa AbuSiam
Alaa AbuSiam

CEO, Middle East & South Asia

Egis

Amadou Diallo
Amadou Diallo

CEO

DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa

Nicolas Petrovic
Nicolas Petrovic

CEO

Etihad Rail Mobility

Gunther Ferk​
Gunther Ferk​

CEO​

Etihad Rail Freight

Ali Tabbal
Ali Tabbal

Chief Financial Officer

Etihad Rail

Sue Barrett
Sue Barrett

Head of Infrastructure, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Adam Harris
Adam Harris

Co-Head, Business Group

UK Export Finance (UKEF)

Joanna Mobed
Joanna Mobed

Co-Head of Global Origination

UK Export Finance (UKEF)

Jens Oliver Schünzel
Jens Oliver Schünzel

Head of Land-based Transportation

KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH

Russell Jackson
Russell Jackson

EVP Global Transit

AECOM

Martha Lawrence
Martha Lawrence

Senior Railway Specialist

World Bank

Muneeza Mehmood Alam
Muneeza Mehmood Alam

Senior Transport Economist (MENA)

World Bank

Prof. Paul Plummer
Prof. Paul Plummer

Professor in Rail Strategy

University of Birmingham

Maria Marques
Maria Marques

Global Deputy Director, Transport

Egis

Matthew Botelle
Matthew Botelle

VP PMC & Rail Practice Lead, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

Parsons

Samantha Rowles
Samantha Rowles

Operations Director – Transport

Serco

Michael Sutherland
Michael Sutherland

Global Director – Urban Solutions

Hatch

Juliet Mian
Juliet Mian

Director, Climate Services and Sustainability

Arup

Dirk Slodzinski
Dirk Slodzinski

Director of Mobility Consulting

DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH (DB E&C)

Lee Yam Lim
Lee Yam Lim

Head of Downtown Line (DTL)

SBS Transit

Frank Beckers
Frank Beckers

Senior Financial Advisor

Hafeet Rail

Prof. Andy Doherty
Prof. Andy Doherty

Chief Technical Officer

Global Centre of Rail Excellence

Dr. Christian Gasparic
Dr. Christian Gasparic

Partner, Dubai, UAE

Kearney, Worldwide Lead for the Kearney Center of Advanced Mobility

Helmut Scholze
Helmut Scholze

Senior Partner, MEA Mobility and Infrastructure Lead, Dubai, UAE,

Kearney