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Summit

JUNE 10, 2024
The Westin Mina Seyhai, UAE

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Speakers

HE Ms Razan Al Mubarak
UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP28 and IUCN President

HE Marwan Abdulla Alzaabi
Assistant Undersecretary, Regions Sector
UAE Ministry of Climate Change & Environment

HE Ahmed Esmaeil Alsayed Alhashmi
Executive Director, Terrestrial and Marine Sector
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

HE Ambassador Nicolas Niemtchinow
Ambassador of the French Republic to the UAE

Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Founder
Goumbook

Dr. Farah Ahmed
Research Scientist
NYU Abu Dhabi Water Research Center

Tanzeed Alam
Founder
Earth Matters

Dr. Ahmed Al Ansari
Advisor, Environmental Protection and Regeneration
Red Sea Global

Ismail Alaoui
Principal, Sustainability & Water
Roland Berger

Farid Al Awlaqi
Chief Executive Officer, Generation
TAQA

Hamdah Abdulla Mohammad Al Aslai
Head of Marine Life Section
UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Engineer Abdulla Muhsen Alblooshi
Director & Founder
Dubai Voluntary Diving Team

Mohamed Al Marzooqi
Acting Director, Marine Biodiversity
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

Dr Reem Al Mealla
Founder
Nuwat for Environmental Research & Education

Captain Saif Al Mheiri
CEO - Abu Dhabi Maritime & Acting Chief Sustainability Officer
AD Ports Group

Butti Al Mheiri
Secretary to the Board
Clean Rivers

Mohamed Al Musallami
Section Head, Fisheries Management
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

Alison Amoussou
Climate Change Specialist
United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office

Ignace Beguin Billecocq
Nature Head; Ocean and Coastal Zones Lead
UN High Level Climate Champions Team

Dr. Radhouane Ben-Hamadou
Associate Professor – Marine Sciences
Qatar University

John Burt
Associate Professor, Head of Environmental Studies; Co-director, Mubadala ACCESS Center
NYUAD

Jamila El Mir
Senior Advisor to the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP28, The Private Office of H.E. Razan Al Mubarak

Dr. Ameer Eweida
CEO’s Senior Advisor, Saudi Red Sea Authority; Deputy Vice Chair - West Asia, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Saudi Red Sea Authority

Noureldin Farid
Managing Director
HEPCA

Majd Fayyad
DSM Strategy & Policy Lead
Dubai Supreme Council of Energy

Dr. Beatriz Garcia
Associate Professor
Institute for Oceans, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (SUAD)

Rami Ghandour
CEO Metito Utilities
Metito Holdings

Dr Karim Haggar
Principal, Sustainability & Biodiversity
Roland Berger

Prof. Mahmoud Hanafy
Scientific Consultant
HEPCA

Martin Helweg
Board Member
Emirates Shipping Association

Piotr Konopka
Group Vice President – Energy Programmes, Group HSE
DP World

Elayne Looker
Marine Consultant
5Oceans

Dr. Abeer Manneh
Managing Partner
Circular Design Innovation (CDI)

Daniel Mateos
Head of Marine Conservation
Emirates Nature - WWF

Menelaos Megariotis
Principal, Environment & Innovation
Strategy&

Abdelmenam Mohamed
Head, Coordinating Unit (Dugongs MoU)
UNEP - Convention for Migratory Species

Dr Francis Murray
International Aquaculture & Fisheries Expert
FAO Subregional Office for the GCC States and Yemen

David Ramos
Senior Manager, Sustainability
HSBC

Jennifer Ring
Associate
Systemiq

Paige Elizabeth Roepers
CEO
Ocean Ledger

Laure Russier
Director – Water&Energy, Marine&Port, Nuclear, Marine Environment
Egis/Seaboost

Dr. Talia Sherrard
Regional Director - Strategic Sales & Marketing, Middle East & India
Fugro

Dr. Corrado Sommariva
Founder & CEO
Sustainable Water Power Consultants

Naveed Tariq
CEO
Seagrass, a subsidiary of E.ON

Dr. Juan Pablo Torres-Florez
Principal Investigator, Marine Research Lab
Fujairah Research Center

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