Speakers

Sultan Al Shamsi

Director

National Agricultural Center

Sheikh Dr. Majid Al Qassimi

Founding Partner

Soma Mater

Tarifa Alzaabi

Director General

International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)

Dr. Yassir Ali

Epidemiology & Zoonosis Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety

Dr. Diya AL-Ramamneh

Animal Wealth Specialist

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority

Dr. Fouad Lamghari

Director - Research & Innovation

Fujairah Research Centre

Dr. Ahmad Mukhtar

Representative (a.i) to UAE

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Hmoud Alohali

Deputy CEO

Saudi Aquaculture Systems Factory Company - SAQUA

Dr. Fatima Al Hamedi

Senior Research Specialist - Conformity Programs & Research Department

Abu Dhabi Quality & Conformity Council

Talal Wishah

Director of the Direct Investment Department

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment & Development (AAAID)

Azza Aboualam

Assistant Professor

Zayed University

Sepehr Achard

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

AgTech Media Group

Dr. Ameena Al Tenaiji

Water-Food Nexus Expert

Integrated Farming Model

Ahmed Alhefeiti

Founder and Owner

Wadi Dafta Plantation

Mansoor Alhosani

Member

Emirates Youth Council for Agriculture

Dr. Muez Ali

Research & Policy Lead

Center for a Sustainable Future - Qatar Foundation

Hind Alkaabi

Member

Emirates Veterinary Association & Student at United Arab Emirates University

Raji Almhethawi

Agriculture engineer

uTerra

Rakan AlOtaibi

Secretary-General

Saudi AgriFood Tech Alliance (SAFTA)

Taif Alrayssi

Member

Emirates Youth Council for Agriculture

Ahmed Amra

Country Representative - UAE

Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Giovanni Angiolini

Director Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Dutch Greenhouse Delta

Jean-Pierre Aramouni

Market Lead

Constellr

Sahera Bleibleh

Associate Professor - Architecture, Urban Design, and Urban Planning

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)

Ragnhild Dragøy

SVP Product Management and Sustainability

Aker QRILL Company

Amit Dutta

Director – Agri, Food & Nutrition

Frost & Sullivan MEASA

Ali El-Keblawy

Professor - College of Sciences, Department of Applied Biology

University of Sharjah

Dr. Ebru Emsen

Associate Professor - College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)

Marco Grasselli

Partner & Marketing Director

Grabi Chemical SpA

Dipesh Guwalani

Senior Manager - Technology

PwC Middle East

Hassan Halawy

Chief Executive Officer

Elite Agritech

Prof Dr. ARM Ziaul Hasan

Senior Consultant

Industrial Agriculture & Livestock Production

Per Andreas Hjetland

Senior Vice President Business Development

AKVA Group

Mark Horner

Founder/Director

Engage Crop Solutions

Sherif Hosny

CEO

Mishkat Agritech Farms

Luke Hutson

Editor-in-Chief / Head of Agribusiness Analysis

New Ag International, UK

Dr. Sikandra Kurdi

Country Program Leader

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Simone Landhuis

Agricultural Counsellor to the GCC Countries

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Anne Lorgen Riise

Country Director

Innovation Norway Middle East

Roya Mokhtabad

Senior Programme Manager

Goumbook

Aidan Price

Founder

Source Technologies LLC & Crop Defense

Dr. Muhammed Rafeeque

Managing Director

Aspire Training Research Consulting

David Ramos

Senior Manager - Sustainability

HSBC Middle East

Mohamed Razali

General Manager

Gulf Aquaculture LLC

Dr. Haythem Riahi

Founder and CEO

Circa Biotech

Fadi Sbaiti

General Manager

Khalifa University AGX CENTER

Olav Scholte

Founder

Dutch Gulf Consult

Raj Shah

CEO and Founder

Coherent Market Insights

Daria Shchurik

Head of Growth

Greeneration

Mustafa Sheikhabdo

Agricultural Engineer

Evergreen Fertilizers

Niko Simos

Operations Associate

Agritecture

Espen Teksum

Business Development Director - Middle East; Supply Chain & Product Assurance

DNV

Hakan Uyanık

Group Business Head - Seafood

E20 Investment Ltd

Robin Vincent

Founder & CEO

Canobi Technologies

Dr. Philipp Wree

Head of Competence - Smart Farming

Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD/Germany

Dr. Hassan Zahran

Approved Training Partner, Raw Poultry & Raw Meat Category Expert

BRCGS

Dr. Bahadır Ödevci

Researcher & Project Partner - College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)