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Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court

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Supported by His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Etihad Rail

30 SEP - 2 OCT 2025

ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

30 SEP - 2 OCT 2025

ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

SETTING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY IN MOTION

His Excellency Suhail Mohamed AlMazrouei
His Excellency Suhail Mohamed AlMazrouei

Minister of Energy and Infrastructure

United Arab Emirates

H.E. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi
H.E. Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi

Secretary General

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 

H.E. Hon. Fred Byamukama
H.E. Hon. Fred Byamukama

State Minister of Transport

Uganda

H.E. Mothanna Gharaibeh
H.E. Mothanna Gharaibeh

Minister of Investment

Jordan

H.E. Ngalle Bibehe Jean Ernest Massena
H.E. Ngalle Bibehe Jean Ernest Massena

Minister of Transport

Cameroon

H.E. Óscar Puente
H.E. Óscar Puente

Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility

Spain

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

Chairman and CEO

Korea National Railway

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

CEO

Etihad Rail

H. E. Abdullah Al Marzouqi
H. E. Abdullah Al Marzouqi

Director General

Integrated Transport Centre (DMT)

Hassan Al Mutawa
Hassan Al Mutawa

Director - Rail Operations

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)

Raül Blanco Díaz
Raül Blanco Díaz

Chairman & CEO

Renfe-Operadora

Pierre Verzat
Pierre Verzat

CEO

SYSTRA

Andrew DeLeone
Andrew DeLeone

President

Alstom Africa, Middle East & Central Asia (AMECA) Region

H.E. Abdulla Bin Damithan
H.E. Abdulla Bin Damithan

CEO & Managing Director

DP World GCC

Capt. Abdulkareem Al Masabi
Capt. Abdulkareem Al Masabi

CEO

ADNOC L&S

Omar Al Mahrizi
Omar Al Mahrizi

CEO

Asyad Ports

Jeffrey Sim Vee Ming
Jeffrey Sim Vee Ming

Group CEO, Non Independent Executive Director

SBS Transit

Muhsin Alrustom
Muhsin Alrustom

Group CFO

Asyad

Saif Al Qubaisi
Saif Al Qubaisi

Senior Vice President - UAE Industries

Mubadala

Adel Saleh Mohamed Al Jaberi
Adel Saleh Mohamed Al Jaberi

Acting CEO & SVP Asset (Shah)

ADNOC Sour Gas

Michael Peter
Michael Peter

CEO

Siemens Mobility

Qusai Kankazar
Qusai Kankazar

Deputy Managing Director of Noatum Logistics – Middle East

AD Ports Group

Olli Pohjanvirta
Olli Pohjanvirta

CEO

Nurminen Logistics

Josu Imaz
Josu Imaz

CEO – Rolling Stock & Member of the Executive Board

CAF

Howard Rosen
Howard Rosen

Chairman

Rail Working Group

Dr. Lin Peng
Dr. Lin Peng

Director of National Engineering Research Center

CRRC

Ahmed AlMusawa AlHashemi
Ahmed AlMusawa AlHashemi

CEO

Hafeet Rail

Nasir Al Shamsi
Nasir Al Shamsi

Chief Transport Officer

BEEAH

Frank McCrorie
Frank McCrorie

Chief Operations Officer

Abu Dhabi Airports

Mustafa Koçar
Mustafa Koçar

CEO

Kalyon Holding 

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

Thomas Pramotedham
Thomas Pramotedham

CEO

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 Cobelo Fernandez
Guillermo Cobelo Fernandez

Chief Institutional Relations Officer & Global Head of Commercial Affairs

Técnicas Reunidas SA

Mohammad Jaber
Mohammad Jaber

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

Abbas Husain
Abbas Husain

Global Head, Infrastructure & Development Finance Group

Standard Chartered Bank

Carlo Palasciano Villamagna
Carlo Palasciano Villamagna

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

Sacha Parneix
Sacha Parneix

Vice-President Commercial

Alstom AMECA

Martin Ausserdorfer
Martin Ausserdorfer

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

Faisal Ameer Malik
Faisal Ameer Malik

Chief Technology Officer

Huawei ME & CA

Vijay Bains
Vijay Bains

Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Head

ESG Emirates NBD, Dubai

Saurabh Kumar​
Saurabh Kumar​

Executive Director, Project Finance​

Standard Chartered Bank

Daniel Wright
Daniel Wright

Group COO

Gulftainer

Ahmed Al Katheeri
Ahmed Al Katheeri

Senior Vice President for Supply Chain Management

Borouge

Alaa AbuSiam
Alaa AbuSiam

CEO, Middle East & South Asia

Egis

Ayman Ashour
Ayman Ashour

CEO

Siemens Mobility, Turnkey MEA and Siemens Mobility UAE

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

Dr. Èric Pairet
Dr. Èric Pairet

Head of Research and Development

Etihad Rail

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)

Dr. Hazem Mobarak
Dr. Hazem Mobarak

CEO

Yas Projects

Jens Oliver Schünzel
Jens Oliver Schünzel

Head of Land-based Transportation

KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH

 Keith Lawson
Keith Lawson

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Europe

Jacobs

Russell Jackson
Russell Jackson

EVP Global Transit

AECOM

Dillon Twombly
Dillon Twombly

Chief Revenue Officer

Via Transportation Inc

Amer Kakish
Amer Kakish

CEO

Ittihad International Investment

Dr. Naser Al Bustami
Dr. Naser Al Bustami

CEO

Stevin Rock LLC

Prof. Paul Plummer
Prof. Paul Plummer

Director, Birmingham Centre for Rail Research and Education (BCRRE), Lead for UK Rail Research Network (UKRRIN)

Maria Marques
Maria Marques

Global Deputy Director, Transport

Egis

Matthew Botelle
Matthew Botelle

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

Parsons

Tamer Shafik
Tamer Shafik

Vice President – Business Development

Orascom Construction

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

Sunil Prasad
Sunil Prasad

Head - Aerospace and Rail

L & T Technology Services

Graeme Overall
Graeme Overall

Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer

Etihad Rail

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

Ian Horseman Sewell
Ian Horseman Sewell

Chief Commercial Officer

CPCS

TC Chew
TC Chew

Global Rail Business Leader

Arup

Dr. Zhu Shenggao
Dr. Zhu Shenggao

Vice President of AI

Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia

Dominik Fürste
Dominik Fürste

CEO

Rail-Flow GmbH

Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor

Partner, Regional Head of Arbitration

Al Tamimi Company

Dr Séverine Maréchal
Dr Séverine Maréchal

Director

SYSTRA

Christoph Kaupat
Christoph Kaupat

Project Manager

European Union Agency for Railways

Elliott Sawford
Elliott Sawford

Partner - Energy and Infrastructure Projects

Allen & Overy Shearman

Khaled Al Sakran
Khaled Al Sakran

CEO and Founder

SHIP247

Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight

Partner and Co-head, Middle East Banking and Finance Practice

Dentons

Paolo Guglielminetti
Paolo Guglielminetti

Partner, Global Railways and Roads Leader

PwC Italia

Simon Kirby
Simon Kirby

Director, Advisory

PwC

Ramzi Imam
Ramzi Imam

Partner, Technology and Consulting in Digital Mobility

PwC Middle East

Adhraa Almansoori
Adhraa Almansoori

Director Public Policy & Sustainability

Etihad Rail

Dr. Daniel Haag
Dr. Daniel Haag

Director

PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH 

Salim A. Essaid
Salim A. Essaid

Business Editor

The National

Dominik Baumeister
Dominik Baumeister

Partner, Transport and Logistics Global and Middle East Lead

PwC Middle East

Tammy Samuel
Tammy Samuel

Partner and Co- head of Rail and Road

Stephenson Harwood

Leonardo Rodrigues
Leonardo Rodrigues

Director of Revenue Management and Network Planning

Etihad Cargo

Andrew Ward
Andrew Ward

Director, Transport & Logistics (Aviation)

PwC Middle East

Ekaterina Sheremet
Ekaterina Sheremet

Associate Partner

Mckinsey and Company

Vadim Pokotilo
Vadim Pokotilo

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Eng. Mohamad Risal Wasal
Eng. Mohamad Risal Wasal

A. TD. M. M., IPM, ASEAN Eng. Director General of Railways

Ministry of Transportation Republic of Indonesia