7th Arab-German Energy Forum Hotel Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi

November 16th - 17th, 2016

Master of CVs

Opening Ceremony

H.E. Rashid Abdullah Al Matroushi Undersecretary Assistant for Support Services, Ministry of Energy, UAE

H.E. Mohamed Shaker El Markabi Minister, Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt Education:

• B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Power Engineering from Cairo University 1968 & 1972 respectively.

• Ph.D. & DIC in Electrical Engineering– Imperial College, London University1978.

• "Premium Award in Science and Technology" 1985 – Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)–London–U.K. Occupation:

• Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy – Egypt, Since March 2014.

• Founder and Chairman of the Electromechanical Consulting Engineering firm: "SHAKER Consulting Group" since 1982, and its subsidiaries in many of Arab and African Countries.

• Electrical Consulting Professional Engineer with a track record of over 1500 projects in Egypt, Arabian Gulf countries & Africa, during over 40 years of engineering practice.

• Chairman of the Consulting Engineers Qualifying Board – Egyptian Engineering syndicate.

• Chairman of the "Egyptian Fire Protection Association" (EFPA).

• Board member of the following organizations at different periods: Energy Research Center – Faculty ofEngineering, Cairo University. Electrical Code Committee – Housing and Building National Research Center – Egypt. New Urban Communities Authority – Ministry of Housing Utilities and Urban Communities, Egypt. Egyptian Railway Authority – Ministry of Transport. Egyptian Metro Operation and Management Company – Ministry of Transport.

• Chairman of the Egyptian construction Export Council – Ministry of Industry and Trade.

• Vice – chairman of the Egyptian consulting Engineers Forum.

• Vice – chairman of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate.

• Vice – chairman of the Egyptian – Japanese Businessman Council.

• Vice – chairman of Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo – Egypt

H.E. Abdulla Al Owais Vice Chairman of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry / Chairman of Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UAE

H.E. Dr. Peter Ramsauer Federal Minister ret. / President, Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Germany Dr. Peter Ramsauer was born on the 10th February 1954. He graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich with a degree in business administration in 1979, and was awarded a doctorate in governance and public policy in 1985. Additionally he passed the journeyman’s examination in 1977 and the master craftsman’s examination in 1980. Dr. Ramsauer has been Member of the German Bundestag since 1990 and from 1998 to 2005 he was Chief Whip of the CSU parliamentary group and from 2005 to 2009 Leader of the CSU parliamentary group. In the former period from 2009 to 2013 he was Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development. Currently Dr. Ramsauer is Chairman of the German Bundestag’s Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy, and since June 2014 President of the Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Dr. Ramsauer is married and has four children.

H.E. Nael Al Kabariti President / Chairman, Union of Arab Chambers / Jordan Chamber of Commerce, Jordan H.E. Na’el Raja Al Kabariti, born on the 28th February 1956 holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Technology from the USA. He is Jordan’s Chamber of Commerce’s and Aqaba Chamber of Commerce’s Chairman. He currently is a member of the Higher Councils of Science and Technology as well as of the Civil Defense Higher Council. H.E. is a Board member of Euro – Jordan Advanced Business Institute (EJABI), a member of the National youth and sport Fund, and of the Advisory Council with the Ministry of Industry and Trade between the Public and Private sectors. He furthermore is Honorary Consul of Turkey in Jordan. Besides his activities as a Counselor on various scientific and economic issues, H.E. also operates as the CEO of numerous enterprises in the sectors of construction, financial brokerage, Logistic Services and Real Estate Investment. To his former occupations count activities as a member of the Jordan senate, the Financial and Economic affairs committee in the Jordanian senate, and as a member of the External Affairs committee in the Jordanian senate.

H.E. Ali Abdulla Al Ahmed Ambassador, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Germany H.E Ali Al Ahmed is the UAE Ambassador to Germany and non-resident Ambassador to Croatia. Before that he was the Director of the European Affairs department in the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs looking after bilateral relations between the UAE and European countries. Prior to joining the diplomacy work, he held some major positions in the field of Media and Communications. He was the Chief Strategy and planning Officer to Etisalat, the biggest Telecommunication Company in the UAE, where he supported in developing its strategy to enter the African and Asian markets. Also he was Abu Dhabi TV General Manager, where he overlooked a range of different channels. H.E Ali Al Ahmed graduated from Eastern Washington University in the field of Business Administration and in 2014 he received his master degree in Strategies and Security studies from the National Defense College in the UAE.

H.E. Goetz Lingenthal Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, UAE born May 16, 1953, in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg; married, six children 1974 Abitur (Baccalaureat) in Bad Honnef 1974 -1979 Studies of law in Freiburg, Berlin, Heidelberg and Bonn 1979 1st Law State Exam in Bonn 1980 - 1983 Legal Training, Hamburg, San Francisco and Brussels (stagiaire EC) 1983 2nd Law State Exam in Hamburg 1983 - 1985 Federal Ministry for Research and Technology 1985 - 1986 Training at the Federal Foreign Office 1986 - 1987 Federal Foreign Office, East European Division 1987 - 1989 German Embassy Bangkok, Head of Legal and Consular Section 1989 - 1992 German Embassy Budapest, 1st Secretary for Cultural Affairs 1992 - 1994 Federal Foreign Office, Disarmament and Arms Control Dept., Desk Officer Chemical Weapons Convention 1994 - 1997 German Delegation to NATO, Brussels, Counsellor, Head of Press and Information Section 1997 - 2001 Federal Foreign Office, Disarmament and Arms Control Dept., Deputy Head of Division for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation 2001 - 2005 German Embassy Lisbon, Deputy Head of Mission, Political and European Affairs 2005 - 2009 Federal Foreign Office, Dept. for Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development, Head of Division for Export Controls 2009 - 2010 Language Training 2010 - 2012 Ramallah, Head of the Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany 2012 - 2016 German Embassy Algiers, Ambassador to Algeria Since August 2016 German Embassy Abu Dhabi, Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates

Prof. Dr. Siegfried Russwurm

Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG, Germany Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG Born on June 27, 1963 in Marktgraitz/Lichtenfels, Germany Special responsibilities Middle East and C.I.S Chief Technology Officer Corporate Technology Healthcare Education Secondary school, baccalaureate Studied production engineering Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. Professional history 1988 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Department of Engineering Mechanics – Research Assistant 1989 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Department of Engineering Mechanics – Research Associate 1992 Joined Siemens AG. Medical Engineering Group. Radiographic Systems Division. Process Planning, Assembly and Control Department, Kemnath, Germany – Production Planner and Project Head – Department Head – Head of Production Facility, Erlangen, Germany – Head and Chief Operating Officer of Production Facility, Kemnath, Germany Additionally: Head of Mechanical Systems Production Center – Head and Chief Operating Officer of Production Center, Erlangen/Forchheim, Germany – Head of Components Division 1999 Siemens Elema AB, Solna, Sweden – Head of Electromedical Systems Division, Sweden and U.S. January 2003 Automation and Drives Group, Erlangen, Germany – Head of Motion Control Systems Division May 2006 Member of the Group Executive Management of the Medical Solutions Group January 2008 Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG August 2009 Awarded Extraordinary Professorship in Mechatronics by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (as of June 28, 2016) External positions German supervisory board positions: Deutsche Messe AG, Hanover

H.E. Saeed Al Fahim President of the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce (AHK) and Honorary Chairman of Al Fahim Group, UAE H.E. Saeed Abdul Jaleel Al Faheem is the Chairman of Mubarak & Brothers Property & Financial Investment – UAE LLC (MBI) – Abu Dhabi. MBI was established in 2003 and it’s a holding group that specializes in Real Estate, Retail Fashion, Lifestyle, F&B Services, Education and Financial and Property Investments including : Shopping Centers (Deerfields Town square Shopping Center, One Stop Center) Professional Project Management of the design and construction process from identification of a project need right through to post-completion (Funtastic Facilities Management Services) Retail - Fashion, Lifestyle, F&B, Automotive Care and Education Real Estate and Property Management in the UAE Agriculture His Excellency is also the Honorary Chairman of Al Fahim Group , the highly reputable Abu Dhabi based group of companies. The Al Fahim Group, established for half a century, is a market leader in products and services encompassing a broad range of industries including: • Distributing luxury automobiles including Mercedes-Benz, Jeep, Fiat and Lancia, through its companies, Emirates Motor Company, Western Motors and Eastern Motors; • Providing high quality equipment with manufacturers such as Bosch and Michelin through Central Motors and Equipment; • Advancing the UAE’s burgeoning hospitality and travel sector with Safar Travel & Tourism (General Sales Agent Middle East Airlines, Swiss Air, Nasair, Dragonair and Cathay Pacific), and the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr; • Servicing the oil and gas sectors through Marjan Industrial Development, & Marjan Cables and Accessories, Marjan Lighting Systems , Marjan GeoServices; and • Investing in the real estate growth of the UAE, through Emirates Property Investment Company (EPICO), Al Fahim Investment and Al Fahim Insurance Brokers. His Excellency occupied the following Positions in Al Fahim Group: • 1980 – 1987 Director, Abdul Jalil Industrial Co. & Abdul Jalil Travel Agency • 1987 – 2000 Managing Director – Automotive Division • 2000 – 2014 Chairman of Al Fahim Group H.E. Saeed AJ Al Faheem former Vice President of Abu Dhabi Chamber and former Board Member of National Bank of Abu Dhabi and United Arab Bank. His Excellency currently occupies the following positions: • Chairman of International Investment Bank (IIB) - Bahrain. • President of Sh. Khalifa Excellence Award, SKEA( Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry)- Abu Dhabi. • Chairman of German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK) – UAE H.E. Al Faheem completed his Bachelors in Business Administration at Bowling Green University in the USA in 1980, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Shendi University in Sudan in appreciation for his distinguished contribution in Rural Development in 1995.

H.E. Dr. Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri Chairman of the Energy Committee of Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry / CEO of Qatar Solar Technologies, Qatar Dr Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Solar. Dr Al Hajri was formerly the General Manager of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI). Prior to working at QCCI, Dr Al Hajri was a key member in the Executive Operations Management Team for Ras Gas and also Qatar Petroleum. Dr Hajri is the leading member of the negotiation team responsible for the development of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Gulf Cooperation Council Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Dr Al Hajri has a PhD from Robert Gordon University, Scotland (UK), an MBA from Brunel University (UK) and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Hellwan University (Egypt).

Panel Session - How do the Arab countries transform its energy landscape? - Energy Transition: The German Example

Dietmar Siersdorfer Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Middle East Limited / LLC, UAE Dietmar Siersdorfer is CEO of Siemens Middle East and CEO of Siemens LLC United Arab Emirates since December 2013. Based in the United Arab Emirates, Siersdorfer joined Siemens in 1987 in Mannheim, Germany, as an electrical engineer and held various managerial positions in the Industry and Energy sectors during his tenure at the company. For two years, starting 1997, he was located at the Siemens Southeast Asia headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, promoting the Industry Sector’s business in the region. In 2001, Siersdorfer took over the global responsibility for manufacturing execution systems within Siemens AG in Erlangen, Germany. His position covered a wide range of industries, including oil and gas, food and beverage, power generation, chemicals, automotive, and manufacturing on a global scale and particularly in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. In 2004, he was appointed Executive Senior Vice President for fossil power generation for Europe, Africa, Middle East and India. Two years later, he became President and CEO of the global fossil energy solutions business within the Siemens Power Generation division. Siersdorfer is an active board member of the following Siemens subsidiaries: - Siemens Electrical and Electronic Services, K.S.C.C, Kuwait - Siemens LLC Oman - Siemens SSK Iran - Siemens WLL Qatar He held also board positions for Siemens Ireland; Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company Ltd. and ISCOSA Industries and Maintenance Ltd., Riyadh/Saudi Arabia

H.E. Mohamed Shaker El Markabi Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt Education:

• B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Power Engineering from Cairo University 1968 & 1972 respectively.

• Ph.D. & DIC in Electrical Engineering– Imperial College, London University1978.

• "Premium Award in Science and Technology" 1985 – Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)–London-U.K. Occupation:

• Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy – Egypt, Since March 2014.

• Founder and Chairman of the Electromechanical Consulting Engineering firm: "SHAKER Consulting Group" since 1982, and its subsidiaries in many of Arab and African Countries.

• Electrical Consulting Professional Engineer with a track record of over 1500 projects in Egypt, Arabian Gulf countries & Africa, during over 40 years of engineering practice.

• Chairman of the Consulting Engineers Qualifying Board – Egyptian Engineering syndicate.

• Chairman of the "Egyptian Fire Protection Association" (EFPA).

• Board member of the following organizations at different periods: Energy Research Center – Faculty ofEngineering, Cairo University. Electrical Code Committee – Housing and Building National Research Center – Egypt. New Urban Communities Authority – Ministry of Housing Utilities and Urban Communities, Egypt. Egyptian Railway Authority – Ministry of Transport. Egyptian Metro Operation and Management Company – Ministry of Transport.

• Chairman of the Egyptian construction Export Council – Ministry of Industry and Trade.

• Vice – chairman of the Egyptian consulting Engineers Forum.

• Vice – chairman of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate.

• Vice – chairman of the Egyptian – Japanese Businessman Council.

• Vice – chairman of Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo – Egypt

H.E. Dr. Saleh H. Al Awaji Deputy Minister for Electricity / Chairman of the Board, Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia Work Experience Since 2003 Deputy Minister for Electricity, Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources 2000 – 2003 Assistant Deputy Minister, Minister Water and Electricity Since 2010 Chairman of the Board, Saudi Electricity Company 2006 – 2010 Vice Chairman of the Board, Saudi Electricity Company Since 2003 Member of the Board, Saudi Electricity Company 1990 – 2000 Research Professor, Energy R&D, King Abdulaziz City Science and Technology (KACST) 1982 – 1990 Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) Education 1990 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Power Systems), Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK Major Interests Reform and Privatization of Electricity Sector, Regulation of Service Sectors, Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation, and Power Market Development, Impact of Energy Production and Consumption to the Environment, Development of the Renewable Energy Sources

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Adolf Feizlmayr Co-founder and Senior Partner, ILF Group Holding GmbH, Germany 1937 – Linz, Austria studied petroleum engineering at the University of Leoben. Austria. After working for the design department of Rohölgewinnungs AG (RAG) in Vienna he moved to Innsbruck and started working for Transalpine Ölleitung in Österreich GmbH in 1965. During the implementation of the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) project, he was seconded to the engineering company Bechtel to work as assistant to the project manager for the Austrian section. From 1967 to 1969, the year when ILF was founded, Adolf Feizlmayr was the technical director of the TAL company in Austria. In the following years he and Pius Lässer jointly established and managed ILF. As an engineer, he played a major role (and he continues to do so) in all large-scale projects of ILF in his field of expertise and presented a number of publications on various engineering issues related to pipelines, tunnel ventilation and water transmission. In 2007 he became member of to the Advisory Board and in 2016 he was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the ILF Group. Since 2012 he is engaged in subjects connected to the Energiewende in Germany. In 1978 he was awarded the Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria, in 2003 he was given an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Leoben and in 2007 he received the Ring of Honour from Munich’s University of Technology.

Andreas Feicht Vice-President for Energy, German Association of Local Public Utilities, Germany Andreas Feicht began his professional career in 1993 at Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG as chief of the board office. Thereafter, he worked with Technische Werke Dresden, being responsible for strategic corporate development. In 2000 Mr. Feicht was involved in founding the consultancy Berliner Beratungsdienste, later to officiate as executive partner of BBD Verkehrsconsult GmbH. As of October 2005, Mr. Feicht was co-managing director of BSL Management Consultants: In 2007, Andreas Feicht became Chairman of the Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG. With the restructuring of the company Mr Feicht assumed responsibility as CEO of WSW Energie & Wasser AG and chairs the managing boards of WSW mobil GmbH and WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke GmbH simultaneously. In 2013, Mr Feicht was elected vice president energy of Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU). Andreas Feicht was born in southern Germany in 1971. With his wife and daughter lives in Wuppertal.

H.E. Dr. Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri Chairman of the Energy Committee of Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry / CEO of Qatar Solar Technologies, Qatar Dr Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Solar. Dr Al Hajri was formerly the General Manager of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI). Prior to working at QCCI, Dr Al Hajri was a key member in the Executive Operations Management Team for Ras Gas and also Qatar Petroleum. Dr Hajri is the leading member of the negotiation team responsible for the development of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Gulf Cooperation Council Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Dr Al Hajri has a PhD from Robert Gordon University, Scotland (UK), an MBA from Brunel University (UK) and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Hellwan University (Egypt).

Session 1 The Power System in Transition

Paul van Son CEO of Dii / Chairman MENAT of Innogy, UAE Paul van Son joined RWE in January 2015 and as of September 2016 RWE’s renewables, grid and retail arm, innogy, as its Country Chairman for MENA and Turkey from its basis in Dubai, UAE. Paul has been active for over 35 years in various supervisory board, executive and operations management positions in the international (renewable) electricity and gas business. His leadership experience includes a series of predominantly pioneering positions, such as: control system development at Siemens AG (Germany), system operator of the unbundled Dutch national power system at SEP/TenneT and power system control center consultancy at DNV/KEMA. From 1998 onward he was Managing Director of Essent Sustainable Energy (Nl), CEO of Essent Energy Trading, and Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Essent GmbH in Düsseldorf, building up these innovative and international key activities of Essent N.V. (the largest Dutch energy company). In 2009 Mr. van Son was appointed CEO of Dii GmbH (Munich), an international industry consortium for facilitating a market for renewable energy in the deserts of MENA. Presently, besides his role as innogy / RWE Country Chairman for MENA &Turkey, he is leading the transition of Dii into a regional industry network in Dubai, focusing on solving financial, technical and regulatory challenges for renewable energy projects and interconnected grid integration. Mr. van Son is the founder and honorary President of the European Federation of Energy Traders (www.efet.org). He is Chairman of the Energy4All Foundation (www.energy4all.org ), a non-profit organization promoting decentralized energy systems in Africa. He is among others member of the Board of DEWA and innogy’s Joint Venture in Dubai. He graduated as an electrical engineer at the Technical University Delft and on corporate governance at Nyenrode University, Netherlands.

H.E. Eng. Fawzi Kharbat Secretary General, Arab Union of Electricity, Jordan • Eng. Fawzi Kharbat holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering , also many training courses in the same field. • Secretary General of the Arab Union of Electricity stationed in Amman which consists of 30 active members of electricity utilities in the Arab World (2004 – Until Now). • Assistant Managing Director for Planning in the National Electric Power Co. (NEPCO) which is a governmental electricity transmission Company in Jordan - ( January 2002 - January 2004 ) • Technical Planning Manager in NEPCO (2001-2002)

• Advisor to H. E the Minister of Electricity and Water in Yemen (Aug. 1998- June 2001) • Various positions in NEPCO which was formerly called Jordan Electricity Authority (JEA) as the following: - Manager of International Department: (Aug. 1997- August 1998) - Corporate Planning Manager: (Nov. 1991- Aug. 1997).

H.E. Eng. Abdel Fattah Daradkah Managing Director, National Electric Power Co., Jordan • H.E has got B.Sc of Electrical Engineering from University of Technology in Baghdad – Iraq. • 1979 - 1983 :Supervising the construction of 132 kV overhead transmission lines • 1984 - 1986: Site Engineer (Seconded to the consultants Messrs preece cardew & Rider (P.C.R) • 1986 - 1993: Assigned as High Voltage Overhead Lines maintenance Engineer • 1993 -1996:Transmission Resident Engineer for Taiz/Aden 132/33kV Power Link project in Yemen, • 1996 – 2000: High Voltage Overhead Lines Maintenance section head • 2000 – 2005: Manager of overhead Transmission Lines Department. • 2005 – May 2014: Managing Director Assistant for Technical and Technological Affairs • 2014 – till now : NEPCO Managing Director • H.E Eng. AbdelFattah is the chairman of Jordan Cigre National Committee

Thomas Kraneis Senior Power Consultant for various International Companies, Germany Today, Dipl.Ing. Thomas Kraneis is working worldwide as independent Energy Consultant. He was employed at Lahmeyer International for 37 years. As an independent engineering company, Lahmeyer International provides worldwide extensive technical and economic consulting services for complex infrastructure projects. Thomas Kraneis has been in charge of Lahmeyer International’s Energy Division during 15 years until 2008. He was responsible of the division’s strategic orientation and the project’s implementation in over 140 countries worldwide. Thomas Kraneis is Partner of Lahmeyer Holding GmbH since 2007. In November 2008 he was appointed as Senior Executive Director of the Customer Relation Management of Lahmeyer International GmbH. In August 2012 he was assigned to the Advisory Board of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Africa (ZIAF) at the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany. He was active many years as member well-known professional institutions as well as board member of Afrika-Verein der Deutschen Wirtschaft and Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Further on he is in lead of two important energy working groups of the German Independent Consultants Engineering Association ( VBI ). Thomas Kraneis is active in a wide range of national and international committees, such as World-Energy Association, German Industry Association (BDI) that deal with topics of energy and climate politics.

Session 2 Frameworks and Financing: New Financial Models and Strategic Partnership

Felix Neugart Chief Executive Officer, German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK), UAE Studies 1993-99 Political Science and History 1999 Diploma in Political Science, Free University Berlin Professional career 2000-06 Research Fellow, Bertelsmann Group for Policy Research, Center for Applied Policy Research, Munich 2003-07 Member of Bertelsmann Transformation Board, Bertelsmann Foundation 2005 Conception and Organisation of the Academy Understanding the European Union, Brussels 2006 Fellow at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin 2006-10 Director Middle East and North Africa, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), Berlin 2010-14 Deputy Managing Director, International Economic Affairs and AHK Network, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), Berlin 2014-16 Managing Director, International Economic Policy, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), Berlin 2014-16 Member of the Advisory Group for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) of the EU Commission, Brussels since 2016 CEO, German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK), Abu Dhabi and Dubai CEO, German Industry and Commerce for Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman

Eva Steinhaus Director Export & Agency Finance, Commerzbank AG Dubai Branch (DIFC), UAE Based in Dubai, Ms. Steinhaus’ mandate as Deal Originator for Export Finance covers the Middle East and North Africa region with a view to build and enhance relationships with local importers and help strengthen the efforts of Commerzbank’s global Export & Agency Finance business segment. Eva Steinhaus has been living in the Gulf region since 2008 and has worked for local financial institutions, most recently for Qatar First Bank in Doha and Arcapita Bank in Bahrain. Prior to that, she worked for WestLB AG in New York, Hong Kong, and London for seven years in various corporate financing functions. Her fields of activity have comprised origination, structuring and risk management functions in oil and gas (up-, mid- and downstream) as well as in other key industry sectors like power, telecom and health care. Ms Steinhaus holds Master degrees from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany) and Columbia University in New York, and, through here longstanding interest and exposure, is well-versed in the Arabic culture and language.

Dr. Nicloas Bremer Partner, Alexander & Partner Rechtsanwälte, Germany As an attorney and partner of the law firm Alexander & Partner Nicolas Bremer advises clients form Germany and Europe on their business activities in the Near and Middle East and investors from the MENA-Region on transactions in Europe in English, Arabic and German language. He specializes in particular on the construction, energy, technology, real estate and natural resource sectors advising on merger and acquisition and real estate transactions, corporate law and joint ventures as well as energy, natural resource and Islamic law. Prior to joining Alexander & Partner Mr. Bremer worked for different international law firms in Dubai, Cairo, Berlin and London. Relying on his strong personal and professional ties to the MENA-Region Mr. Bremer offers his clients advise based on a profound understanding of the Near and Middle East’s legal system and business culture. After finalizing his legal studies in Germany, the USA and Peru Mr. Bremer concluded a PhD on domestic and international regulation of freshwater utilization through large hydrological projects in the Middle East while based in the Levant conducting extensive on the ground research within the region. Mr. Bremer publishes extensively on Public International Law as well as Middle Eastern business law.

Ibrahim Elwan Chairman, Tanqia FZC, UAE Mr. Elwan is the Chairman of Elwan Group, established in 1995 to develop, own, and operate infrastructure and real estate projects. To date, Elwan Group developed projects in power, wastewater, and real estate globally, totaling about US$ 3 billion. Elwan Group is the major shareholder and manager of TANQIA, the first privately owned wastewater utility in UAE. It commenced operation in 2009. TANQIA received a number of awards by international institutions; namely, “Best Infrastructure Utility in UAE, 2015” and “Best Utility Management Team in the Middle East, 2016”. Mr. Elwan held a number of senior executive positions during his 20-year tenure at the World Bank, spearheading the Bank’s private finance of infrastructure PPP. He successfully launched a number of firsts; i.e. the “Private Sector Energy Fund, Pakistan” raising US$ 600 million of long-term debt that generated US$ 2.6 billion in equity and commercial debt for new 3,000 MW; and the “ECO” to guarantee performance of host governments under concession agreements of PPPs. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Elwan held a number of senior positions in major utilities corporations in US and Canada. He has written two books on restructuring the energy sector of Yugoslavia and Jordan. His articles on project finance have appeared in numerous international publications.

Dominik Sengfelder Assistant Vice President, KfW IPEX-BANK – Representative Office Abu Dhabi, UAE Dominik joined the Representative Office of KfW IPEX-Bank in Abu Dhabi end of 2014. He is responsible for managing client relationships and is involved in structuring and originating export and project finance transactions in the GCC region, predominantly in the infrastructure, oil & gas, petrochemicals and power & renewables sectors. Prior to joining the bank’s regional office, Dominik worked at the bank’s Basic Industries department in Frankfurt. There he was responsible, inter alia, for executing and managing portfolio transactions and sporadically for financial restructurings in the oil & gas, petrochemicals and metals & mining space. Dominik started his career at KfW IPEX-Bank in 2011. Before joining KfW IPEX-Bank Dominik gained experience in Corporate and Investment Banking while completing his studies in parallel. He worked at Bayerische Landesbank, BNP Paribas, Citi and Morgan Stanley in Germany and abroad. Dominik studied at Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany and Tongji University in China with a focus on Finance & Banking, Macroeconomics and Management Accounting. He holds a Diploma (Master’s equivalent) in Business Administration and successfully completed the CFA Program.

Session 3 Plenary: Innovation, R&D and Education

Dr. Peter Goepfrich Vice Chairman, German Center Ras Al Khaimah, UAE Professional Experience and Career: 2016 – today: Legal Counsel |Economic Advisor - Dubai – GCC-MENA 2008 – 2015: CEO of German –Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK) , United Arab Emirates Official Delegate of German Industry and Commerce for the Upper Gulf Region 1986 - 2007 : CEO of the German-Arab Chamber of GACIC, Cairo, Delegate of German Industry and Commerce for Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories 1983 – 1986: Head of the Legal and Economic Department and Deputy CEO of German Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GACIC), Cairo 1980 - 1983 :Attorney at Law, in Germany, specializing in business and corporate law Educational Background: 1982: PHD in Law (mcl), Supervisor: Prof. Rudolf Bernhardt, Director of Max Plank Institute for Public Law and Public International Law, Heidelberg 1975-1982: Scientific Scholar at Institute for International Private and Commercial Law at the University of Heidelberg 1975 – 1978: Junior Lawyer (OLG Karlsruhe), 2nd State Examination 1971 – 1975: Studies of Law at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1st State Examination.

Uwe Möller Senior Project Manager, Kraftwerksschule e.V., Germany Mr. Uwe Möller was born on 13.08.1958 in Blomberg. He is a graduate engineer. After he had finished his studies he worked for 6 years as shift supervisor in a Nuclear Power Plant. Afterwards he was responsible in the Quality Management of a distinguished machine tool builder as test and inspection Engineer QM "Tool Engineering". From 1989 until today he works for KRAFTWERKSSCHULE E.V. PowerTech Training Centre as Senior Project Manager and trainer for NPP operator and shift supervisor training and in the last 6 years as Senior Project Manager and trainer for International Activities.

Dr. Peter Tollkuehn Chief Technology Officer Middle East / Head of Innovation Center Qatar, Siemens WLL, Qatar Siemens appointed Peter Tollkuehn, (57) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the company’s Middle East operations, and also head of the Qatar Innovation Center, effective September 1 2016. Previously Head of Technology Field Systems Engineering at Siemens Corporate Technology in Munich, Tollkuehn brings 25 years’ experience in building successful research and development teams across the world, including in Russia, China and the USA. In the Middle East, he will focus on strategic projects which drive economic development through innovation in energy, water, industrial diversification and sustainability. “Increasingly diversified knowledge based economies require home-grown research, development and innovation to be truly sustainable,” said Dietmar Siersdorfer, CEO, Siemens Middle East and UAE. “Tollkuehn’s global experience in nurturing local talent and fostering innovation culture will be invaluable as we continue to support sustainable economic growth in the Middle East.” Tollkuehn will expand Siemens’ cooperation with education and research institutes across the region, leveraging the company’s global innovation and R&D network to advance local competences. As head of the Qatar Innovation Center he is responsible for a research facility which develops globally-adopted energy technology, manages regional pilot projects and undertakes software development, automation engineering and data analytics in healthcare, smart grid, water technology and mobility. He will continue to expand the activities of the center in order to contribute to the education and R&D ecosystem in Qatar and beyond.

Dr. Behjat Al Yusef Interim Provost, Masdar Institute, UAE Masdar Institute for Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates, Feb 2013 – On going • Interim Provost overseeing strategic direction in academia, research relevance and services. • Dean of Students who oversees the student affairs, career services, admission and registrar’s office • Develop various strategies that addresses holistic student development and learning • Provide support to students at personal and career levels throughout their lives on campus • Partnership with industry in areas of collaboration on training, research opportunities and employment of

students • Oversee the Alumni Association objectives and activities. • Contributing to the institute’s information management system towards developing an integrated

enterprise level business applications. • Review and approval of in-house system development projects for effective automated procedures Qualifications • Ph.D. Computer Science - Software Engineering, Reading University Reading; UK

Research Area: Heterogeneous Distributed Database systems and networking • M.Sc. Computing Math- Computer Science, University of Wales- College of Cardiff; UK • B.Sc. Engineering Analysis and Design- Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina at

Charlotte; N.C.-U.S.A Previous Experiences Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, Sep 2012 to Feb 2013 The Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates – Oct 1990 to Aug 2012

Mohammad Vaizullah Shareef Regional Manager, Lucas Nuelle Middle East FZE, UAE

Session 4 Innovative Solutions for the Oil & Gas Industry

Khaldoun Bouacida

Head of Sales Arabian Peninsula, BASF FZE, UAE Khaldoun Bouacida, Tunisian national 47 years old, Married and father of 13 years old twins. Process and Industrial Engineer graduated from Universitaet Kaiserslautern - Germany and Ecole des Mines de Nancy – France. Starting 1995 took various positions as industrial engineer and consultant in Tunisia and France then joined the chemical sector and was leading a technical sales team in Mena region out of Turkey. Headed the Corporate Strategy and Market Development of BASF in the Middle East. Presently leading a multidisciplinary sales and technical platform covering petrochemicals, intermediates, water desalination chemicals, CSP molten salts, home and personal care, coating, engineering plastics and insulation related solutions. Khaldoun speaks 5 languages fluently (2 more under progress) and is internal faculty at BASF sales academy.

Ali Vezvaei President & Member of the Board, Linde AG Middle East & North Africa, UAE Professional Experience President – Linde AG, Engineering Middle East & North Africa & CEO – Linde Engineering Middle East 2014 - date Member of the Board – Linde Arabian Contracting 2014 - date Member of the Board – Linde Saudi Arabia 2014 - date Global Senior Vice President 2013 - 2014 Siemens Oil&Gas (SOG), Global HQs Div. Cluster CEO & Executive Vice President 2011 - 2013 Siemens Energy Oil&Gas, Middle East & North Africa Vice President Global Strategy / Merger & Acquisition 2009 - 2011 Siemens AG, Energy Oil&Gas, Germany Regional Director 2005 - 2009 Siemens Energy Oil&Gas, Middle East Country Div CEO 2004 - 2005 Siemens Energy Oil&Gas, Middle East Mechanical & Piping Engineer – EPC projects 2001 - 2004 Education Executive Education University of Oxford – Saïd Business School Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering UOT – Faculty of Engineering Associations & Memberships Member of Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE)

Dr. Jens Rudolph Managing Director, BASF Middle East Chemicals LLC, UAE • With BASF since 2004 • Responsible for Reasearch for Hydrofomylation, OLED and asymmetric hydrogenation • Plant manager in Oxo Plant Ludwigshafen • Process Manager Oxo Plant • Before BASF, 9 years at RWTH Aachen Germany, University of Colorado Boulder USA, Technical University Lyngby Denmark, DaimlerChrysler Ulm Germany

Dr. Michael Bueschel Head of Enhanced Oil Recovery Business Development, BASF SE, Germany • Michael Bueschel studied Chemistry in Germany, Great Britain and France. • He gained his PhD in 2002. After a postdoctoral position at MIT in Cambridge he started with BASF 2003. • He is working for BASF SE for 13 years in different functions, incl R&D, strategy, procurement, and business development. • Since 2015 he is heading EOR Business Development BASF SE, being globally responsible for EOR product development, technology, marketing and sales.

Gurdial Singh Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers, UAE Mr. Singh has joined ILF on 1st February 2014 as Managing Director. He was educated at the City University London where he gained a BSc (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering and later gained his MBA from Henley Management College in 2004. He is a Chartered Engineer, Eur Ing; and Fellow of Chemical Engineers, Gas Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and Energy Institute in the UK. Mr. Singh has over 45 year experience in the oil and gas business both as a client and consultant with a long and successful international track record in the Business development and Project management of large scale projects in the Oil and Gas sector as well as in corporate management. Mr. Singh has written and presented many articles on pipeline systems.

Martin Sinkuler Head of Siemens Oil & Gas Middle East - Asia Pacific, Siemens LLC, UAE Martin Sinkuler is currently the Head of Siemens Oil & Gas Middle East and Asia Pacific where he manages twelve oil & gas corporate accounts and corporate account managers (CAM) for Siemens. These accounts supply between $1billion and $1.5 billion of equipment, solutions and services each year into the oil & gas industry. He is currently based in Abu Dhabi. For the six years before moving to Abu Dhabi, Martin was the Corporate Account Manager for Saudi Aramco working in Al-Khobar, KSA. At the beginning this was a newly founded Siemens position and Martin developed the business and corporate relations into a top tier level for both companies. Starting in 2000 and until moving to Saudi, Martin held various management positions with Siemens AG in Germany all dealing with oil & gas, petrochemicals, chemicals and polymers. From 1981 to 2000 Martin held various engineering and engineering management positions. First with Mannesmann Anlagenbau and then Foxboro Germany working on oil & gas projects such as the Astrakhan gas field in Russia and chemical/polymer projects for BASF and Uhde before moving to Aspen Tech to sell rigorous process modeling software. Martin started his career as a process controls engineer at Union Carbide Linde Division after receiving his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1976.

Session 5 Managing the Water Sector Part I: New Models for Water Supply and Waste Management

Dr. Ralf Bufler Managing Director, GKW Consult GmbH, Germany Education 1991 Graduate Dipl. Geol. (M.Sc. Equiv.) in Hydrogeology, University of Bonn, Germany University of New Mexico, USA Institute of Technology of Aachen, Germany 1999 Dr. rer. nat (Ph.D. equiv.) in Water Resources Management Technical University Karlsruhe, Germany Languages English/ German/ French/ Spanish/ Portuguese Professional Experience 1991-1992: Schlumberger Inc., Egypt, UAE 1992-1993: Hydrodata, Ballrechten, Germany 1993-1994: Geoconsult, Salzburg, Austria

1994-2002 & 2007 to date: Lahmeyer GKW Consult GmbH , Mannheim,Germany 2004-2006: Dorsch Consult, Munich, Germany 2006-2007: Bauer AG, Luanda, Angola Industry Competence

• Utilities (Water, Wastewater and Waste) • Construction and Consulting with focus on water sector • Oil industry, Mining industry Selected Projects

• Multiple backstopping and coordination of projects worldwide with focus in Gulf states and Maghreb countries

• Development of nation-wide management schemes for sustainable improvements of water quality (Yemen, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Egypt)

• Management consultancy for utilities to improve financial and technical performances • Technical assistance for water utilities during process of their transformation Methodological competence

• Business Development • Corporate Strategies • Technical and commercial management of consulting and construction companies • Leading responsibilities in international research

Dr. Corrado Sommariva Managing Director, ILF Consulting Engineers, UAE Dr. Sommariva is Managing Director of ILF Consulting Engineers Middle East and the head of the company’s worldwide desalination practice. He has experience in thermal, reverse osmosis and wastewater systems and has served in various roles in all the major desalination developments in the Middle East. Dr. Sommariva joined ILF in 2009 after working nine years with Mott MacDonald where led the desalination and water treatment group as Managing Director of generation Middle East. In his early career, Dr Sommariva worked in Ansaldo Energia and Italimpianti in various roles. Dr. Sommariva, who was the President of IDA for the term 2011-2013, served as Co-Chairman of the Technical Program for the 2009 IDA World Congress in Dubai and Chairman of IDA’s recently held conference, “Desalination Industry Action for Good,” a landmark event held in Portofino, Italy that focused on desalination and social responsibility. Dr. Sommariva has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Genoa University and a Diploma in Management from Leicester University. He is an honorary Professor at Genoa and L’Aquila Universities where he holds regular courses on desalination and economics. He has published over 50 papers on desalination leading edge research and economics and published two books on desalination management and economics. He has been President of the European Desalination Society (EDS) and chairman of the World Health Organization’s committee for the establishment of safe drinking water from desalination. In November 2013 Dr. Sommariva was conferred an honorary degree by Herriot Watt University in recognition to his contributions to chemical engineering and the science of desalination. In May 2014 Dr. Sommariva has been conferred by the President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano the title of master of work along with the cross of merit for his work distinguished contribution and career.

Uwe Werner Group Director Corporate Affairs, WILO SE, Germany Uwe Werner, Group Director for Wilo SE’s Corporate Affairs team (CA), is leading and initiating prominent and important projects related to energy efficient use of water pumps in building services, municipal and industrial water management used as light house projects to secure the company’s adequate participation. Uwe is an international experienced business developer with a breadth experience in municipal and industrial water management. Before he joined to Wilo he started his career at Sterling SIHI GmbH initially as product manager, global branch manager and finally as business developer & marketing manager always combining energy and water issues. Before he was promoted to join the team of Corporate Affairs, Uwe was working at Wilo as global market segment manager focused on industrial water & wastewater application to improve the presence of Wilo to gain new market shares.

Uwe is a graduate engineer of chemical processes engineering from University Dortmund and continues to get excited by innovation and change.

Dr. Michael Beckereit Vice President for Water and Waste Water Management, German Association of Local Public Utilities, Germany Head CEO - HAMBURG WASSER - HAMBURG ENERGIE Professional career 1980: Degreed engineer in the field of civil engineering - University of Hanover 1987: Doctoral degree- Subject: Costs of anaerobic wastewater treatment - University of Hanover 1987 – 1996: Siemens, Deutsche Babcock, Mannesmann - Managerial positions in environmental plant engineering 1996 – 2001: Eurawasser, Berlin Head CEO 2002 – 2004: Emschergenossenschaft, Lippeverband, Essen - Board member for technology since 2005: HAMBURG WASSER, Hamburg - Head CEO since 2009: HAMBURG ENERGIE, Hamburg - Head CEO Executive board functions Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU) Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (DVGW) German Water Partnership e.V. (GWP) Verein zur Förderung des Clusters Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg Supervisory board functions Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe Consulaqua Hamburg GmbH Holsteiner Wasser GmbH Committee and advisory board functions Chamber of Commerce Hamburg

Eng. Asam Al Mulla Manager of Water Department, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority, UAE

Dr. Ala Eldin Idris Head of Planning – Water Department, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority, UAE

Session 6 Managing the Water Sector Part II: New Models for Wastewater

Dr. Ralf Bufler Managing Director, GKW Consult GmbH, Germany Education 1991 Graduate Dipl. Geol. (M.Sc. Equiv.) in Hydrogeology, University of Bonn, Germany University of New Mexico, USA Institute of Technology of Aachen, Germany 1999 Dr. rer. nat (Ph.D. equiv.) in Water Resources Management

Technical University Karlsruhe, Germany Languages English/ German/ French/ Spanish/ Portuguese Professional Experience 1991-1992: Schlumberger Inc., Egypt, UAE 1992-1993: Hydrodata, Ballrechten, Germany 1993-1994: Geoconsult, Salzburg, Austria 1994-2002 & 2007 to date: Lahmeyer GKW Consult GmbH , Mannheim,Germany 2004-2006: Dorsch Consult, Munich, Germany 2006-2007: Bauer AG, Luanda, Angola Industry Competence

• Utilities (Water, Wastewater and Waste) • Construction and Consulting with focus on water sector • Oil industry, Mining industry Selected Projects

• Multiple backstopping and coordination of projects worldwide with focus in Gulf states and Maghreb countries

• Development of nation-wide management schemes for sustainable improvements of water quality (Yemen, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Egypt)

• Management consultancy for utilities to improve financial and technical performances • Technical assistance for water utilities during process of their transformation Methodological competence

• Business Development • Corporate Strategies • Technical and commercial management of consulting and construction companies • Leading responsibilities in international research

Dr. Roman Breuer Executive Board Member, BAUER, Germany Dr. Roman Breuer was born on August 5th, 1972 in Nuernberg, Germany. Dr. Roman Breuer is a director in BAUER Resources, Environment Division in charge of Research & Development, HSE and the Middle Eastern Region. Roman has 15 years of varied experience in laboratory work, research & development, environmental contracting, engineering, project/programme and company management. He has 8 years of experience working in environmental contracting, principally in the field of contaminated land, sediment and sludge investigation and remediation, water treatment, engineered wetlands and business development. He has developed a patent for the treatment of produced water by means of engineered wetland technology, which has been successfully applied in large scale in the Middle East. He was also awarded the Global Water Award in 2011 for the same. He has excellent variety of experience in contaminated land remediation, mainly working for oil, gas and governmental clients. A highly experienced regional director, Roman has managed projects and portfolios for clients including Petroleum Development Oman, Shell, Exxon, Ministry of Environment in Oman & Qatar. Roman was BAUER’s Managing Director for BAUER Nimr LLC in Oman from 2008 to 2010 before taking on the role as Regional Manager Middle East and HSE responsible on the board of BAUER Resources Environment Division. He has worked in the Middle East business development since 2005 and is in charge of subsidiaries in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman.

Darran Berry Regional Sales Manager for Performance Materials - Middle East and North Africa, BASF Polyurethanes, UAE Qualification: +27 years’ experience in Polyurethane Materials BASF Title: Development Manager - Performance Materials Construction-Infrastructure for Middle East, North Africa and Sub Sahara Africa

Experience: Darran has vast technical and commercial experience in all aspects of Infrastructure in Construction. Darran has worked both locally and abroad in the field of construction as well as manufacturing using performance materials in emerging markets. He has spent many hours in these emerging markets developing business from the entry base level and supporting long term sustainable business development. Darran has recently worked in Ethiopia on a rail project using similar technology to the discussions today He has a profound interest in positioning and developing polyurethane building materials in regional markets, whilst bridging the gap between manufacturer and industry. His aim is to illustrate how a performance material Elastopave ® and Elastocoast® should be viewed and used.

Ibrahim Elwan Chairman, Tanqia FZC, UAE Mr. Elwan is the Chairman of Elwan Group, established in 1995 to develop, own, and operate infrastructure and real estate projects. To date, Elwan Group developed projects in power, wastewater, and real estate globally, totaling about US$ 3 billion. Elwan Group is the major shareholder and manager of TANQIA, the first privately owned wastewater utility in UAE. It commenced operation in 2009. TANQIA received a number of awards by international institutions; namely, “Best Infrastructure Utility in UAE, 2015” and “Best Utility Management Team in the Middle East, 2016”. Mr. Elwan held a number of senior executive positions during his 20-year tenure at the World Bank, spearheading the Bank’s private finance of infrastructure PPP. He successfully launched a number of firsts; i.e. the “Private Sector Energy Fund, Pakistan” raising US$ 600 million of long-term debt that generated US$ 2.6 billion in equity and commercial debt for new 3,000 MW; and the “ECO” to guarantee performance of host governments under concession agreements of PPPs. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Elwan held a number of senior positions in major utilities corporations in US and Canada. He has written two books on restructuring the energy sector of Yugoslavia and Jordan. His articles on project finance have appeared in numerous international publications.

Patrick Hasenkamp Vice-President for Waste Management and City Cleaning, German Association of Local Public Utilities, Germany Born in 1958, married, two children Designation: Managing Director, Municipal Waste Management, Münster Company: Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster (AWM), Germany Educational Background: 1977 - 1985 Geographic studies, Ruhr University, Bochum Professional Experience: Since 1995 Managing Director, Municipal Waste Management, Münster 1993 - 1994 Head of waste management department, Duisburg 1986 - 1992 Head of waste management technics department, Bottrop Began his carreer in 1986 as engineer, developing old industrial estates in the Ruhr, Germany, such as coking plants, coal mining plants and landfill sites. Enhances his knowledge in landfill technology, leading an active municipal landfill site (1988 – 1992), developing one of the first full-scale anaerobic digestion plants in Germany (1992) for source separated biodegradable waste. Since 1995 experienced as head of a public full-service-enterprise (370 employees) dealing with waste collection, waste management (sorting technology, composting and digestion of organic waste, MBT, incineration, landfill), city-cleaning and winter road-services. Other/Achievements: Patrick Hasenkamp has been vice president of Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU) since september 2011. Between 1995 and 2011 Patrick Hasenkamp had been member of several national boards and commissions dealing with waste management and waste technology. Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU) is the largest association for municipal companies in Germany, representing 1.400 members in the energy, water, and waste management sector. VKU´s members employ

more than 236.000 people. The association´s headquarter is based in Berlin. VKU also runs offices in Brussels and on a federal level all over Germany. Since 2015 he has been vice president of Municipal Waste Europe (MWE), the association of European public enterprises in Brussels.

Session 7 Boosting Energy Efficiency in Construction and Industry

Dr. Dalia Abu Samra - Rohte Deputy CEO, German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK), UAE Dr. Dalia Abu Samra-Rohte, Deputy CEO of the German- Emirati Joint Council (AHK) and Director of the AHK Office in Abu Dhabi, is supporting German companies in entering the UAE market since 2004. Prior to her work in Abu Dhabi she worked at the Arab-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK) in Cairo, Egypt for three years as head of the economic division. After finishing her studies at the American University of Cairo, she obtained her doctorate in Political Science at the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin). Before entering the AHK network, she worked on projects in Germany as well as the European Union in in Brussels.

Katherina Reiche CEO, German Association of Local Public Utilities, Germany Parliamentary State Secretary ret. Born 19 July 1973 in Luckenwalde/Brandenburg Married, three children, Graduate chemist Education 1992: Abitur (diploma from German secondary school qualifying for university admission), Luckenwalde 1992-1997: Studies in chemistry at the University of Potsdam 1995-1996: Studies in chemistry at the Clarkson University, NY, USA 1997: Visiting researcher at the University of Turku, Finland Professional background and political career 1997-1998: Scientific staff member at the University of Potsdam Since 1996: Member of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) Since 1998: Member of the German Bundestag (national parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany) 2002-2005: Chair of the working group on Education and Research of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group 2005-2009: Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, responsible for education and research policy as well as environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety 2009-2013: Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 2013-2015: Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Since 1st Sept. 2015: Chief Executive Officer German Association of Local Public Utilities

Bishara Khalil Managing Director, Wilo Middle East FZE, UAE Years with Firm/Entity: 4 years with Wilo Group Nationality: Lebanese About Bishara Khalil Bishara Khalil, Wilo Middle East Managing Director has started his contribution to Wilo Group by the year 2012 as Wilo Lebanon Managing Director. During his time in Wilo Lebanon he has led the company towards achieving its targets in becoming one of the major companies in Lebanon in its own field. By the year 2015, Bishara has joined Wilo Middle East as Managing Director handling all GCC countries under the same platform. Before joining Wilo he has started his career as Sales Engineer by Mitsulift and Equipment (Joint Venture Mitsubishi) and after that has joined Petrobuild W.L.L Co in Qatar as Business Development Manager. The latest company he has work before joining Wilo Group was Unigaz Company as Business Development Manager. Working in different countries made Bishara qualified Engineer who is familiar how to deal in different markets a substantial skill for Engineers who are mostly involved in International projects. Bishara is certified in Engineering holding MBA degree from University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada.

Koen Bogers Senior Executive Vice President, BT – Middle East & UAE, Siemens LLC, UAE Koen Bogers is the Senior Executive Vice President of Building Technologies Siemens Middle East and UAE, starting January 2015. Bogers has been with Siemens for 6 years. He started his career with the company in 2009 as Managing Director, Siemens Netherlands N.V. in the Industry Solutions Division. He then took over the same position in the Building Technologies Division in 2011 where he spent 3 years. He has worked in wide variety of business fields ranging from Project Management and Business Development in Oil & Gas, to Power Generation and Process Automation as well as Industrial IT. Bogers holds a Master Degree of Business Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a Master Degree of Science Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Delft.

Dr. Iyad Abu Haltam Board Member, Amman Chamber of Industry, Jordan IYAD M. Abu Haltam , born in Zarka, Jordan, 1970 ,PHD degree in Management, Jordan , MBA in Management from University of Jordan, MSc in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University – USA, BSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Jordan. Managing Director of M. Abu Haltam Group for investment, one of the biggest manufacturers of household appliances in Jordan, Lecturer in Human Resources Management, Operations Management & Statistics, Board Member of Jordan Chamber of Industry, Amman Chamber of Industry & Chairman of Eastern Amman Investors Industries Association.

Hatem Saeed Al Amoudi CEO, ESGI, UAE Hatem is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to founding ESGI, he has established, developed and grown a portfolio of companies across the oil bunkering, energy efficiency and building management sectors. He is a qualified aerospace engineer, graduating from Emirates Aviation Collage and commenced his working career as an engineer with Emirates Airline and GAMCO Military Projects. Hatem’s latest venture – ESGI - combines his knowledge of building systems and energy management with the latest Internet of Things (IoT) technology. In doing so, Hatem has created a business to help customers improve the operational performance of their assets, increase revenues and reduce long-term operating costs. The business also includes the only 24/7 building management command and control centre in the UAE. In developing ESGI, Hatem has build a range of strategic relationships with key service providers including Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Siemens and Tridium, with clients including Etihad Airways, Adveti schools, the Ministry of Labor, Majid Al-Futtaim and ENOC. ESGI is also proud to be a member of Dubai SME and Khalifa Fund.

Chris Chi Lon Wan Head of Design Management, Masdar, UAE Chris Wan is currently leading the Design Management of the Sustainable Real Estate unit at Masdar, exploring and adopting holistic approaches to sustainable design. Through integrated design processes, he has guided many designs in defining the optimal balance between environmental, social and commercial requirements. He has worked on a number of environmentally driven projects for Richard Rogers Partnership in London and for Rocco Design Ltd in Hong Kong. Later he moved into building development working for Sorouh Real Estate in Abu Dhabi before finally joining Masdar City in 2008. Chris graduated from the University of Bath, UK and he is a registered architect in the UK and in Hong Kong.

Carlos Amaya Senior Specialist Conformity Scheme Services- Product Conformity, Abu Dhabi Quality Conformity Council, UAE

Session 8 Renewable Energies: Solar, Wind and Biomass

Thomas Kraneis Senior Power Consultant for various International Companies Today, Dipl.Ing. Thomas Kraneis is working worldwide as independent Energy Consultant. He was employed at Lahmeyer International for 37 years. As an independent engineering company, Lahmeyer International provides worldwide extensive technical and economic consulting services for complex infrastructure projects. Thomas Kraneis has been in charge of Lahmeyer International’s Energy Division during 15 years until 2008. He was responsible of the division’s strategic orientation and the project’s implementation in over 140 countries worldwide. Thomas Kraneis is Partner of Lahmeyer Holding GmbH since 2007. In November 2008 he was appointed as Senior Executive Director of the Customer Relation Management of Lahmeyer International GmbH. In August 2012 he was assigned to the Advisory Board of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Africa (ZIAF) at the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany. He was active many years as member well-known professional institutions as well as board member of Afrika-Verein der Deutschen Wirtschaft and Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Further on he is in lead of two important energy working groups of the German Independent Consultants Engineering Association ( VBI ). Thomas Kraneis is active in a wide range of national and international committees, such as World-Energy Association, German Industry Association (BDI) that deal with topics of energy and climate politics.

Dr. Wolfram Krendlesberger Member of the Executive Board, Heliovis AG, Austria Wolfram studied Economics and Commercial Science at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (PhD) and at the London School of Economics (distinction). Following professional experience in auditing and investment banking, Wolfram worked at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, specializing in utilities, from 1996 to 2002. Up until late 2008, Wolfram had been CFO of an Austrian waste management company. In 2010, he was appointed CEO tasked with the restructuring of an corporate group in the environmental technology and waste management industry. Since mid-2009, Wolfram has been on a systematic search for promising technology projects thus meeting HELIOVIS. Wolfram had initially represented a group of investors on the Supervisory Board of HELIOVIS and has been a full-time member of the Management Board since July 2011.

Bungo Ezawa Project Director Wind Energy Morocco, Lahmeyer International – Tractebel, Germany Bungo Ezawa studied Mechanical Engineering in Clausthal, Istanbul and Berlin. He started his career in 1994 as consulting engineer for cogeneration projects and sustainable building technology projects. In 2001 he shifted to the wind energy sector joining an international wind energy project developer. In 2003 he joined Lahmeyer International, one of the world wide leading consulting groups as a project manager for wind energy in Greece In 2005 he became head of department for renewable energies-wind energy, where 35 engineers are active in more than 40 countries. In beginning 2009 Bungo Ezawa moved to the Energy Divisions Branch Office in Istanbul/Turkey as Country Manager. Since 2012 he is active as Project Director Wind Energy in Morocco. His team supervised the construction of 600 MW of wind farms in Morocco. Since 2014 the team provided design services for successful IPP bids of more than 1 GW of wind farms in Egypt and Morocco. Bungo Ezawa is fluent in German, English, French, Turkish and Greek.

Eng. Mohammed Al Taani Secretary General, Arab Renewable Energy Commission AREC, Jordan Eng. Mohammed Al Ta'ani is the general manager of Jordanian Renewable Energy Society (JRES) & general manager of Arab Renewable Energy Commission (AREC). He is the founder of both JRES & AREC. He was working in the field of Renewable Energy since 1988 (Solar PV &Green Building) as Project manager and researcher and publish more than 25 papers. From 1999-2007 he was the project manager for the Renewable energy in King Abdullah the Second Design&Development Bureau (KADDB). In 2002 he was the Project manager for the Jordanian Solar Car & Zero fossil Fuel House (Eco House for KADDB) Project manager. He was the Vice Director of Energy Center in Jordan University from 2007 until 2008 where he was working as the founder of this center. He was the founder of the Global Net for Renewable Energy in the Desert regions (GNREADER). Also now he is Chairman of Renewable energy committee in Jordan Institution for Standards & Metrology , Ambassador of the DONG energy solar challenge events in the middle-east countries (World Cup for Solar Powered Boats). Member in the board of directors of renewable energy center in Philadephia university.

Fred Wendt Head of Business Development, ILF Consulting Engineers, Germany Fred Wendt was born in 1970. Education: University of the German Armed Forces, Germany, degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing. M.Sc.), 1996Fred Wendt is the Head of Business Development of ILF Germany responsible for Energy. He is a member of the board of directors since 2011. Having started his engineering career in the Oil & Gas industry he further developed his expertise in the field of thermal power generation, transmission and distribution. Since 2007 when renewable energy projects reached utility size he has developed the PV solar and hybrid business unit within ILF Group. Focusing on large scale projects all around the world including Europe, the Americas, the MENA region and Asia he has worked on prestigious projects like the solar development plan of Dubai. Fred has a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He is located in Munich, Germany and joint ILF - an international operating engineering service provider – in 2002.

Florian Köpfer Director Gulf Countries, Fichtner Consulting Engineers, UAE

Stefan Chun General Manager, CUBE Engineering GmbH, Germany Mr. Stefan Chun is a senior expert for renewable energies with a focus on wind power with more than 25 years of professional experience. With his background of electrical engineering he grew with the wind industry and the different turbine concepts and technologies since the late eighties. His broad international project experience includes besides turbine technology the aspects of software engineering, wind measurement and monitoring systems, wind resource assessment, site compliance and wind farm layout as well as operation and management of wind power plants. He started his career with the Danish Software Developer EMD in 1991 and founded his own engineering and consulting firm. He is acting as Managing Director of CUBE Engineering and

more energy GmbH the affiliated company for wind farm operation management. He is an advisory member of various boards, teacher for RES capacity building programs and worked in several countries in Europe, North and South America and the MENA Region.