Offshore Arabia Conference & Exhibition

Offshore Arabia 2019 Conference

2018 Speakers & Panelists

H.E. Kitack Lim

Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization (IMO), United Kingdom

H.E. Khamis Juma Buamim

Chairman – Offshore Arabia 2019, Chairman – Dubai Council for Marine & Maritime Industries (DCMMI), Board Member, MD & Group CEO - Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC, United Arab Emirates

H.E. Dr. Eng. Abdulla Salem Al-Katheeri

Director General, Federal Transport Authority – Land & Maritime, United Arab Emirates

Rashed Al Hebsi

United Arab Emirates

Ali Shehab Ahmad

Deputy Chief Executive Fleet Operations, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), State of Kuwait

Mohammed S. Al Gusaier

Former President – Vela International Marine Limited & Former Vice President Refining, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

José Maura

Director, International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds), United Kingdom

Fahmi Mukhayerr

Chairman - HLP Law Firm, United Arab Emirates

Paul Holthus

Founding President / Chief Executive Officer, World Ocean Council, United State of America

Omar Abu Omar

President Maritime & Operations, Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC, United Arab Emirates

Richard Johnson

Technical Director, The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF), United Kingdom

Dr. Zoheir Hamedi

Regional Programme Officer – Middle East & North Africa, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), United Arab Emirates

Daman Dev Sood

Chief Operating Officer, Continuity and Resilience, Republic of India

Prof. Dr. Ziad Abu-Ghararah

Secretary General, Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Katherine Yakunchenkova

General Manager, ALSS Holding Group, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Matteo Chiesa

Professor - Mechanical Engineering and Material Science Department, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates

Qingfeng Huang

Reservoir Engineer – Reservoir Development (US) Section, Abu Dhabi Company for Offshore Petroleum Operations (ADNOC Offshore), United Arab Emirates

Rob Ayasse

International Sales Manager for Energy, Environment & Security, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), Norway

Kevin Wade

Production Systems Manager, Process Systems Enterprise Limited, United Kingdom

Mohammed Loch

President & CEO, DMS Global & Director Industry Relations - International Society of Automation (ISA), United Arab Emirates

Anitya Kumar Jena

Asst. Executive Engineer, Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd, Republic of India

Sagar Dadhich

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Republic of India

Mark Johnson

Legal Counsel, Reed Smith, United Kingdom

Mohsen Mohammad Khanbeigi

Chief Executive & Managing Director, Palay Hafr Sabz Ltd (PHS), Islamic Republic of Iran

Dr. Knut Hartmann

Director Client Services, EOMAP GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Vincent Ladougne

Director - Business Development, PONTICELLI, France

Lee Wagstaffe

Vice President Oil and Gas, IDENTEC Solutions, Norway

Mohammad Ali Konjedi

Managing Director, Tasmim Technical Inspection Company, Islamic Republic of Iran

Tien Tai

Partner, HFW, United Arab Emirates

Ibrahim Fahmy

Independent Advisor, Offshore & Marine Strategic Consultant, United Arab Emirates

John Dipple

Principal, John Dipple & Associates, Emergency Management and Incident Response Specialists, United Kingdom

Chris Maguire

Emergency Response and Security Advisor (Wheatstone), Chevron Australia, Australia

Capt. Awadh A. Al-Qahtani

Harbor Pilot, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ruanthi De Silva

Founder / Director, SCM PLUS Pvt. Limited, Sri Lanka

Michael Roldan

Middle East Regional Manager, Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL), Kingdom of Bahrain

John Brinkman

President & CEO, Imbibitive Technologies Corporation, Canada

Simon Valentine

Emergency Response Manager, Swire Emergency Response Services (Pte) Limited, United Arab Emirates

George Danner

President & Chief Executive Officer, Business Laboratory LLC, United States of America

Capt. Dimitris C. Mitsatsos

Director General, Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), Greece

Ibrahim Al-Kadhi

Head of Petroleum Operations, Yemen Oil & Gas Corporation, Yemen

Waleed Altamimi

Chief Operating Officer, Emirates Classification Society (TASNEEF), United Arab Emirates

Abdalla El-Suleiman

OSRC & Environmental Services Manager, Fairdeal Marine Services, United Arab Emirates

Peter Davies

Regional General Manager Asia Pacific, EM & I Group, Malaysia

Dr. Ismail Labed

Assistant Professor, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates

Jatin Bansal

Student Training & Placement Officer, Department of Petroleum and Energy Studies, DIT University, Republic of India

Dr. Anish Madan

Deputy General Manager – Drilling & Manager Project Coord. Petro-Carabobo, Venezuela

Eng. Nicolas Vukelja Duque

Vice President of the Panama Maritime Chamber, Former President of The Panama Bunkering and Barge Commission and currently CCO & Owner of Terramar Oil & Services, Panama

Alok Ravi Shanker BEng, MIET

Consultant Offshore Classification - Region South East Europe & Middle East, DNV GL AS, United Arab Emirates

Dr. George Nicolaides

Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Magnetic Technologies S. A. – GREECE & Director General, CLEANMAG RD CONGO S. A. R. L., Democratic Republic of Congo

Ramtin Rezanezhad

Director Middle East, IST Pumpen und Dosiertechnik GmbH, Germany

Conference Speakers