Speaker programme | EIC Connect Clean Energy UAE

Speaker programme

We are currently in the process of finalising the speaker programme at the Virtual EIC Connect Clean Energy UAE 2021.

Event programme - Tuesday 23rd February

Exhibition

10:45 - 11:00 (GMT+4)

Opening Plenary

11:00 - 11:30 (GMT+4)

Moderator

Moderator: Stuart Broadley
Chief Executive - EIC

Speakers

H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure

Rt. Hon Graham Stuart MP
UK Minister for Exports

Fireside Conversation – UAE UK Role in the Evolving Energy Transition

11:40 - 12:25 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Campbell Keir
President - EIC

Nick Cochrane-Dyet
Chairman of BBG Abu Dhabi and Special Advisor to BP

UAE Project Market Update

12:35 - 13:05 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Diveena Danabalan
Senior Energy Analyst & Strategic Relationship Manager - EIC

Followed by a Q&A

UAE Nuclear Sector Opportunities

13:15 - 14:10 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Ayman Alghafri
Business and Industrial Development Director - Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation

David Haboubi
Head of Nuclear, Middle East & Africa - Atkins

Speedy networking

14:15 - 14:30 (GMT+4)

Exhibition

14:30 - 14:45 (GMT+4)

Opportunities in the UAE Renewable Energy Sector

14:45 - 15:45 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Zoheir Hamedi
MENA Programme Officer - IRENA

Frank Wouters
VP Business Development Clean Hydrogen - Worley

AbdulAziz Al Obaidli
Vice President UAE & GCC - TAQA

Followed by a Q&A

Contractor Briefing: Wood including Q&A

15:55 - 16:25 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Abdallah Al-Jabery
Business Development Manager - Wood

Followed by a Q&A

Contractor Briefing: NPCC including Q&A

16:30 - 17:00 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Ramachandran Laxminarayanan
Business Development Manager - NPCC

Followed by a Q&A

Speedy networking

17:00 - 17:15 (GMT+4)

Exhibition

17:15 - 17:30 (GMT+4)

Event programme - Wednesday 24th February

Exhibition

10:45 - 11:00 (GMT+4)

Panel session: Energy Transition/Race to Net Zero

11:00 - 12:00 (GMT+4)

Moderator

Moderator: Campbell Keir
President - EIC

Speakers

Mohammed Ibrahim AlNakhi
JV Operations and Projects Manager - bp

Les Newman
Market Director, Offshore Energy UK/E - SNC Lavalin

Euan MacKinven
Regional Energy Specialist - DIT

Followed by a Q&A

UAE Waste to Energy Opportunities

12:10 - 13:00 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Somayeh Ebrahim Kohnezad
Project Engineer - Bee’ah

Followed by a Q&A

UAE Companies Law - Key Developments in 2021

13:10 - 13:50 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Hugh Fraser
Managing Partner - HFI Net Zero Legal

Followed by a Q&A

Contractor Briefing: SNC Lavalin including Q&A

13:55 - 14:25 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Samer Shikhany
Senior Manager, Procurement & Subcontracts, Resources - SNC-Lavalin

Followed by a Q&A

Speedy networking

14:30 - 14:45 (GMT+4)

Exhibition

14:45 - 15:00 (GMT+4)

Panel session: Leveraging the Best of UK plc to Win Business in the UAE

15:00 - 16:00 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Jan Ward CBE
CEO - Corrotherm

Angus Bowie
MENA & APAC Director - STATS Group

Khalid Mohamed Helal AL Qubaisi
Managing Director - Al Yaseah

Followed by a Q&A including the Department for International Trade (DIT), UAE UK Business Council, and British Business Group Abu Dhabi

Euan MacKinven
Regional Energy Specialist - DIT

Bradley Jones
Executive Director – UAE UK Business Council

Nick Cochrane-Dyet
Chairman of BBG Abu Dhabi and Special Advisor to BP

Contractor Briefing: Worley including Q&A

16:05 - 16:35 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Amru Alabidi
UAE Managing Director and VP Operations in Iraq and North Africa - Worley

Followed by a Q&A

Contractor Briefing: Petrofac including Q&A

16:40 - 17:10 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Elie Kozal
Senior Engineer, Supply Chain Management - Petrofac

Followed by a Q&A

Closing remarks

17:15 - 17:30 (GMT+4)

Speakers

Ryan McPherson
Regional Director Middle East - EIC

Speedy networking

17:30 - 17:45 (GMT+4)

Exhibition

17:45 - 18:00 (GMT+4)

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