H.E. Eng. Mohammad Husain
Deputy Chairman & Deputy Managing Director Planning & Gas

Beginning his career with the Company’s Reservoir Department, Mr. Husain rose steadily through the KOC ranks, becoming a KOC board member in 2007, a position which he continues to hold. He is also an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers produced number of speeches in oil, gas, strategy and technology. Key areas of interest are new technologies in developing HPHT gas fields, development of heavy oil. Mr. Husain is interested in latest HSE activities, including soil remediation and hazard management. Also, drilling technology is a key point of interest along with reservoir management.

HE Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Thani
Director - Ras Laffan Industrial City - Qatar Petroleum, State of Qatar
Chairman & Managing Director of Qatar Real Estate and Investment Company (Al Aqaria) – representing the State in the Board of Directors. Board Member of South Hook (LNG) Terminal
Obtained Master Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Pacific Luthran University, Tacoma – Washington in 1990.
Joined with Qatar Petroleum in 1991 as a Buyer within Materials Department and promoted to Senior Buyer (Procurement) position in 1995.  In March 1997, promoted and transferred to Mesaieed Industrial City as Manager Business Development and subsequently promoted and appointed in the current position of Director Ras Laffan within Ras Laffan Industrial City in December 2007.

Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
Chief Executive Officer
MASDAR, United Arab Emirates

Masdar, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mubadala Development Company, is a multi-faceted renewable energy company dedicated to developing and deploying sustainable energy solutions in markets around the world.r. Al Jaber holds a number of advisory positions where he provides counsel on global issues such as sustainability, climate change, and energy challenges.Most recently, Dr. Al Jaber led Masdar’s participation in the UAE’s successful bid to host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Masdar City. He is now the Director General of the IRENA UAE Liaison office and is actively engaged in the establishment of the agency’s core functions and work plans. In addition, in 2009, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon elected Dr. Al Jaber to join the UN’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change.

Dr. Al Jaber is also a Senior Advisor to the Mubadala Development Company where he holds broad based responsibilities that include direct project origination and execution in the energy, industry and utilities sectors as well as relationship management with key multinational companies and government institutions. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Abu Dhabi Ports Company. He also serves on the boards of ALDAR Properties, Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) and the Young Arab Leaders Organization. Dr. Al Jaber is a frequent commentator and speaker on energy, sustainability and climate change, having appeared in Time Magazine, The Financial Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, CNN, Sky News, CNBC, and the BBC. He holds a PhD in Economics and an MBA and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the United States.

Dr. Katharina Kummer Peiry
Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel Convention
International Environment House, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Katharina Kummer Peiry heads the Secretariat of the Basel Convention since September 2007. A specialist in international environmental law and policy, she has worked on issues related to the Basel Convention since 1988, when she joined the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi to assist in the negotiation process of the Convention. 2008 thus marked her personal 20th anniversary with the Basel Convention. Serving in the International Affairs Division of the Swiss Agency of Environment, and subsequently as Head of Section on Environmental Affairs in the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1999, Katharina Kummer Peiry participated in various environmental negotiation processes and chaired negotiating groups on legal and institutional issues. In 2000, she founded a consulting firm specializing in international environmental policy and law, with which she worked until 2007. From 1999 to 2007, she also taught international environmental law at the Master level at the University of Berne (Switzerland).

Katharina Kummer Peiry holds a PhD in International Law from the University of London (United Kingdom) and a Master of Law from the University of Zurich (Switzerland), as well as a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mediation from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). She has authored, and contributed to, numerous academic publications on international environmental law, international chemicals and waste management and other environmental issues. 1995 saw the publication of her book International Management of Hazardous Wastes: The Basel Convention and Related Legal Rules. It is still considered by many as the standard work on the Basel Convention.

HE Eng Hamad Mubarak Buamim
Director General, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), United Arab Emirates

HE Eng Hamad Buamim is the Director General of Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry since 2006. Prior to his current position, Buamim was Secretary General to the Dubai Council for Economic Affairs.Soon after obtaining his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, in 1996 Buamim joined Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) and later moved on to UAE University, College of Business & Economics in Al Ain as Lecturer and Teaching Assistant (Finance & Banking) in 1999 where he worked until 2002 and also received his honours in MBA from University of Missouri, Kansas City and later joined HSBC Bank Middle East Limited as Senior Commercial Manager of Corporate Banking.

Buamim is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Emirates NBD PJSC, Union Properties PJSC, Dubai Statistics Center, UAE National Committee for ICC, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Diners Club LLC, Deputy Chairman of Dubai Export Development Corporation, Member in the Board of Trustees of University of Dubai, Member in the Economy & Trade Committee of Executive Council, Government of Dubai and an Associate Member of the Dubai International Arbitration Center. Buamim has received a number of Academic Awards including Sheikh Rashid Scientific Excellence Award in 2002 and Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards from University of Missouri (2002), UAE Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (1997) and University of Southern California (1996).

HE Mohammed Saif Al-Gusaier
President & CEO, Vela International Marine Limited, United Arab Emirates

Al-Gusaier is a Chemical Engineer with a wide range of industry experience in engineering, maintenance and the operation of oil and gas facilities. His background also includes utilities and power generation, terminaling and product distribution.

Previously, he has held positions within Saudi Aramco as Vice President, Refining and Distribution & Terminal, President of Saudi Aramco Mobil Refining Company, in addition to various management positions throughout his career. He has five children, two boys and three girls, and enjoys reading and socializing.

Mr. Khamis Juma Buamim

President & CEO, The Regional Clean Sea Organization (Recso) Chairman Offshore Arabia 2010

Mr. Buamim was elected President and Chief Executive Officer on April 1, 2007. He was the chairman of the organization representing Dubai Petroleum Company since 2004. Prior to joining recso , Mr. Buamim was with Conoco and ConocoPhillips for 26 years in various management positions including Vice President, Dubai Petroleum Company (2002-2007), a ConocoPhillips affiliate company in the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Buamim also served as the secretary general of the UAE oil and gas Human resources group, Lead in the Dubai Petroleum Management Incident Command System, member of International Human Resources Management, advisor to the Gulf Career Development Forum, Secretary General of the Dubai Government Oil Spill Task Force, the Crises Management Team of Dubai and the Region and Senior MENA region advisor- Global Energy. Buamim is currently a member of a various national, regional and international teams and institutions dealing with oil and energy, environmental management, response strategies, economic growth & long range planning , strategic planning , Risk Management, contingency planning and international regulation and protocols.

Mr. Buamim earned a degree in Business management and economics and higher accreditation on the International Human Resources Management from the UK and has various outstanding accomplishments and certification including Risk Management and the National Management Certification in the Incident Command Systems from Texas - USA.

Prof. Dr. Hani Moubasher

Professor of Environmental Microbiology,
Faculty of Science, Cairo University

Director of
Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Arab States in Egypt, (BCRC-Egypt), since August, 2008

1. Professorship in Environmental Microbiology awarded in February, 2001.
2. Associate Professorship in Botany awarded in December, 1995.
3. Ph.D. attained in August 1989, in Biochemistry. The Department of Botany, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA.

Director of Cairo University Center for Environmental Hazard Mitigation (CEHM) and Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Arab States in Egypt (BCRC-Egypt)

Has his PhD from the University of Texas, at Austin, Texas, UAE.
BCRC-Egypt has focused, in close collaboration with the member states on defining environmental policies, setting priorities for the current needs of the region, and implementing initiatives within the context of the Basel Convention.

BCRC-Egypt has involved in implementation of projects, organizing and co-organizing workshops, implementation of training programs, seminars, key note and invited talks, in Egypt and abroad, in addition to multi-media interviews in newspapers, radio, and TV.

We hope to continue working with community organizations, local and national government to encouraging the environmental benefits of waste minimization and recycling and highlight the positive impact on the economy and wider society.

Mr. Brahim Aklil
Senior Oil Price Analyst
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)


Mr. Brahim Aklil is currently Senior Oil Price Analyst in the Petroleum Studies Department at the OPEC Secretariat. Prior to this assignment, he was Petroleum Analyst in the same Department.

Mr. Aklil holds a degree in economics. He joined the Marketing Division, Sonatrach, Algeria, in 1993 as economist before being appointed Head of Market Analysis Department.  He also worked for the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Algeria, first as Vice-Director in Energy Studies Division in 1998 and later as Technical Advisor to the Minister.

Dr. Ali Hamad Al-Mulla
Manager - Corporate Environment and Sustainable Development Department
Qatar Petroleum, State of Qatar

Prof. Dr. Walter Erdelen
Director-General for Natural Sciences
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France

Walter Erdelen obtained a B.Sc. in Zoology, Botany, Genetics, Chemistry (1973) and an M.Sc. in Zoology, Botany, Genetics and Chemistry (1977) and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Zoology (1983) from the University of Munich, Germany. His postgraduate studies included four years of field research in India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. In 1993 he obtained his habilitation in Biogeography from Saarland University, Germany. Walter Erdelen started his professional career at the University of Munich, where he served as a Lecturer and Researcher from 1981 to 1988. During this period he carried out research at the Zoological Museum in Munich and the British Museum in London, as well as in Sri Lanka and India. He subsequently became a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Bio-geography, Saarland University, from 1988 to 1993. He was promoted to the level of Associate Professor (1993-1995) before moving to the University of Würzburg, where he rose to the rank of Professor of Ecology and Biogeography (1995-1997). Concurrently, he also held the post of Director of the Ecological Field Station at the same University. He was also a Scientific Adviser (1991-1992) to the Commission of the European Communities for project proposals from Member States in the field of Science and Technology for Developing Countries.

Since 2001 Prof. Erdelen has been Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector covers a broad range of science-related activities and programmes, ranging from the basic sciences to science policy and sustainable development related issues. The Sector’s programmes include those of the Intergovernmental Commission (IOC), the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP), the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and the newly created International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP).

Dr. Habib El-Habr
Director and Regional Representative
United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP/ROWA)
Kingdom of Bahrain

Habib N. El-Habr is the Director and Regional Representative of the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP/ROWA) and is also a freshwater specialist, with Ph.D. in Freshwater Ecology in 1987 from University of Lyon, France. He has worked with UNEP since 1988, with the Freshwater Unit at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, the International Environment Technology Centre in Japan and the UNEP Regional Coordinating Unit for East Asian Seas in Thailand, prior to moving to Bahrain.

Besides his expertise in freshwater resources management, Habib during his long experience with UNEP has worked in coastal and marine management, wastewater management, environmental health and environmental assessment. His strength lies in the development of policy options and advice to the concerned governments on major environmental issues. He is also member of the United Nations Disaster Coordination Team.

Najat Moh’d Es’haqi
University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain

Holding PhD degree on “Sustainable Development” from “School of Built Environment“ in  “Liverpool John Moores“ University. Currently is a lecturer in Chemical Engineering Department, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. Actively conducting studies on evaluating, creating and developing sustainable development strategies on educational sector by considering water education effectiveness in schools. Interested in conducting joint and collaborated studies on Gulf countries concerning water education for creating sustainable future generation. Always emphasizing in the conducted studies on the importance of collaboration and cooperation among the Gulf countries in all aspects for creating sustainable communities. Presented many papers in conferences concerning water, education and sustainability.

Dr. Martin Lees
Secretary General
Club of Rome, Switzerland

Born in 1941, Martin Lees is a graduate in Mechanical Sciences from Cambridge University with a post-graduate Diploma in European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. After some years as a manager in industry, he joined OECD where he managed programmes on Cooperation in Science and Technology and on Innovation in the Procedures and Structures of Government. In 1972, he was responsible for the design and launching of the "InterFutures Project" on the Future of the Advanced Industrial Societies in Harmony with that of the Developing Countries. He then served at the United Nations in several capacities, including Executive Director of the Financing System for Science and Technology for Development. In 1982, he was appointed Assistant Secretary General. During this period he was responsible for the establishment of the InterAction Council of former Heads of State and Government becoming its Executive Director. He has also been responsible, since 1983, for several high level programmes of International Cooperation with China, including an advisory programme for the leadership, "China and the World in the Nineties" from 1988 to 1998 and the establishment of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development of which he was a member for 15 years. He is now a Senior Adviser to the Chinese Government on Climate Change and other issues. From 1991–1996 he developed and implemented programmes of cooperation with the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as Director General of the International Committee for Economic Reform and Cooperation. Since 1995, he has been Moderator of the International Advisory Board of the Toyota Motor Corporation. From January 2001 to April 2005 he was Rector of the University for Peace of the United Nations in Costa Rica, guiding its revitalization and launching eight Masters programmes on issues of peace, security and sustainable development. He was elected to the post of Secretary General of the Club of Rome in September 2007 with effect from January 2008.

Dr. Walid Saleh
Regional Coordinator, MENA
United Nations University, Institute for Water, environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH)

Dr. Saleh holds a PhD., (1994) in Water & Environmental Resources Engineering from Concordia & McGill Universities, Montreal, Canada, with research interests in the areas of: Optimization, and Control-Volume Modeling of Groundwater Recharge and Surface/Subsurface water Flow in Arid to Semi Arid Lands. Since 1996, Dr. Saleh joined the United Nations University/International Network on Water, Environment, and Health (UNU/INWEH). As a Regional Coordinator for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), Dr. Saleh employs the resources available through the network to conceive, develop, implement and manage programs and projects that address water problems in MENA region. Dr. Saleh takes a multi-disciplinary, ecosystem approach to water and watershed management. This approach fosters the application of appropriate technologies to meet water needs and assist environmental industries in developing countries to ensure the ongoing availability of affordable products and services.

Some of the Project and/or Programs Managed by Dr. Saleh where in the areas of: Environmental Impact Assessment of Groundwater; Capacity Building Programs for governmental water & environmental agencies; Groundwater pollution; Industrial Pollution Control; Integrated Watershed Management; Rural Environmental Management. Dr. Saleh won (for two consegative years) Young Canadian Researchers Award (for outstanding doctoral students), 1989-1992. The Source of the award was the International Development and Research Center (IDRC), Canada. Pervious consulting experience was with Ecologistics International Limited, Waterloo, Ontario as a Director-Middle East Operations. Dr. Saleh prepared several proposals addressing a wide range of water & environmental issues. These proposals were well received by European Union, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and other funding agencies.

Mohammad Souri
Chairman & Managing Director, National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr. Mohammad Souri (1947), has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University, USA and has attended courses in Political Sciences and International Air and Marine Transportation.

Since 1984 he has been Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of National Iranian Tanker Company and also holds positions as Member of the Board of Steamship Mutual Underwriting Owners Association and Chairman of Arya Shipping Company. Previously, Mr. Souri held positions as Member of the Board of National Iranian Oil Company (1984-1999); Chairman and Managing Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (1981-1985) and he was the Deputy Commerce Minister of Iran (1979-1980).

Mr. Souri is the author of "Endeavor for Tomorrow" and has translated the book of "Every street is Paved with Gold" written by Kim Woo Chung ex- Chairman of Daewoo Group and also the book entitled "Challenge" written by Mahathir Mohamed Malaysian prime minister in 1992 and 1999 respectively. Numerous articles have been authored by Mr. Souri, which mainly give new ways for improvement of shipping industry of Iran and also present new insights on the international oil and as transportation.

HE Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Awadi
Executive Secretary, Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME), State of Kuwait

Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Awadi has been active as a leader in health and environmental affairs in Kuwait as well as at the regional and international levels. Dr. Al-Awadi served Kuwait’s Minister of Public Health from 1975 to 1987 and as Minister of Planning from 1983 to 1990. From 1990 to 1991, he was the Minister of the State for Cabinet Affairs. In addition, he has held several positions at the national, regional and international levels. He was the Chairman of the Kuwait Environmental Protection Council from 1980 to 1987, Secretary General of Kuwait Red Crescent Society from 1996 to 1975 and Vice President since 1975. Chairman of the Executive Bureau of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health, 1976 to 1987; member of WHO Executive Board for two terms, 1966-69 and 1980-83; President of the WHO assembly during the year in which the Certificate of Eradication of Smallpox was signed; President of the Kuwait Society for Smoking and Cancer Prevention since its establishment in 1980. Since 1984, President of the Islamic Organisation for Medical Sciences. Since 1984 President of the Kuwait Kidney Transplant Society; and from 1981 onwards the Executive Secretary of the Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) in Kuwait. At HSPH, he is a member of the Environmental Health Council.

Colonel Suleiman Mohammed Al Busaidy
Superintendent General Pollution Control
Ministry of Environment & Climate Affairs, Sultanate of Oman

Colonel Suleiman Mohammed Al Busaidy presently holds the position of Superintendent General of Pollution Control with the Ministry of Environment & Climate Affairs. He has held this position since 1997. He reports directly to His Excellency the Minister for all matters relating to pollution incidents on land and sea, and is the coordinator for the Oman National Oil Spill Contingency Plan. He is also involved in the implementation of government legislation regarding the protection of Oman’s Environment and is a member of several International and Regional Committees.

Preceding his civilian career, the Colonel served in His Majesty’s armed forces attaining the rank of Colonel and holds a degree in Military Strategy.

He has been awarded several decorations for his work for the environment, including the Euro-Arab cooperation Centre Award for Environmental Protection in 1997, and His Majesty the Sultans Environmental Award in 2001.

Paul Holthus
Executive Director, World Ocean Council, United State of America

Paul is founding Executive Director of the World Ocean Council - which brings together ocean industries to catalyze global leadership in addressing shared marine environmental issues in support of improved business operations and “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”. His experience ranges from working with the global industry associations and directors of UN agencies to working with fishers in small island villages. He has worked in over 30 countries, especially in Asia, the Pacific, Central America and West Africa. Paul works with industry associations, UN agencies, international NGOs and foundations on sustainable development and environmental management in the areas of oil/gas, shipping, fisheries, aquaculture, standards and certification. Past positions include: Deputy Director for the Global Marine and Coastal Program of IUCN - The World Conservation Union; founding Executive Director of the Marine Aquarium Council; Senior Officer in the Asia-Pacific Program of The Nature Conservancy; and Senior Program Officer of the UNEP South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). He is a graduate of the University of California and the University of Hawaii, specializing in coastal/marine resources and international business.

Dr. Homam Albaroudi
Managing Director, Enrgative, United State of America

Dr. Homam Albaroudi has a B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering from KAAU, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering from University of Missouri at Columbia and a Ph. D. degree from Oregon State University; his Ph.D. dissertation was on heat rejection system design for space nuclear rectors. After graduation, he accepted a post Doc position with his University in the Nuclear Engineering department for a year. After that, Dr. Albaroudi worked for few Fortune 100 companies in the USA as a consultant and R&D engineer such as ArvinMeritor and Visteon/Ford. He was also the manager of Advanced Product Development for Karmazin Product Corporation in Wyandot, Michigan.

Dr. Albaroudi has few patents and patent pending in engineering field, in addition to several technical papers. He is considered as an expert in fuel cells thermal management field. In 2005, he started a consulting and training company, Energative, in south east Michigan, USA, that is specialized in clean energy. Since Energative’s inception, it has successfully initiated and managed several educational events and seminars, conferences, and training courses in clean technology. Energative also offers consulting and business development services in the field of clean energy; it helped several international companies, involved in sustainable development, to expand their services and products to the Middle East. Dr. Albaroudi lives in southern California.

Lawrence Poynter
Product Management Director, Infonic, United Kingdom

Lawrence is currently Product Management Director at Infonic, a company that provides patented middleware solutions for commercial, defence and maritime organisations, to optimise server to server data replication, and deploy web-based applications offline in network with high latency, low bandwidth. Infonic’s customer list includes the Shell, APL, Offenship, Olympic Shipping, US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Army, and the UK MoD. Prior to Infonic, Lawrence worked as Product Management Director for Befree in California, a company that specialised in the application of data mining techniques. Before BeFree, Lawrence was employed by Inference, the leaders in Artificial Intelligence technology provision.

John Moritzen
Director, Jakob Albertsen AS, Denmark

John Moritzen is a mechanical Engineer and has a master in Business Administration. He has been managing director of Jakob Albertsen A/S for 6 years. Jacob Albertsen is a smaller Danish company, which has specialized in functional coatings to prevent corrosion, erosion, wear and chemical degeneration. The main focus here is offshore. Before Jakob Albertsen he has been working with energy saving project for 15 years, mainly in the industry segment. During that work he have joined several research and development projects, and he is still today member of the Danish energy saving research and development board under the Danish organisation Elfor.

Dr. Benno Boer
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ecological Sciences Advisor - Arab Region, State of Qatar

Benno Böer, Ecological Sciences Advisor - UNESCO Arab Region, is a professional ecologist with international experience in the marine, coastal, and terrestrial environmental sciences. He studied Geology at the Philipps University in Marburg, Biology and Chemistry at the University of Osnabureck (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), and Physical Geography at the University of Paderborn, where he obtained his Ph.D. He came to Arabia in 1989 when he was working in a mangrove project in Abu Dhabi, with the United Arab Emirates University. He later joined ecosystem research and management projects in Saudi Arabia (with the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation Development, and the Senckenber Research Institute), in Sweihan (with the National Avian Research Cente), in Abu Dhabi (with the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency), before he joined the UNESCO Office in Doha, in 2000.

Ali Bin Towaih
Director -  TECOM Investment / Energy & Environment Park, United Arab Emirates

Ali bin Towaih is the Director of the Sustainable Energy & Environment Division, TECOM Investment as well as the Energy & Environment Park (www.enpark.ae). Mr. Ali was appointed to this position on April 10, 2005.The Energy & Environment Division is mainly concerns in developing and implementing a sustainable development policy for TECOM Investments a cross all of its projects in Dubai and internationally, which was developed and launched on August 2006. the policy consist of several elements such as: Green Buildings initiative for all TECOM Investments owned buildings as well as retrofitting the existing buldings, Energy and Water conservation programms, Sustainable procurement policy, and sustainable development training and awarness program for TECOM Investments staff. Part of his responsibilities is to develop Dubai as the sustainable energy & environment hup in the region, which include the development of new value added real estate for a free zone dedicated for Energy & Environment Industry (Enpark).

Throughout his life he has been continually placed in leadership positions and he did many achievements in different field.Previously He served in Dolphin Energy Limited as Marketing Manager and Operations Interface Manager (2002-2005). Bin Towaih was responsible for developing the gas marketing department and leading the department planning and operations. He has been heavily involved in the development of various gas sales and operations agreements with different governments. In addition, he was working with Emirates General Petroleum Corporation (EMARAT) (1993-2002) as Terminal Superintendent.  He was managing all the petroleum terminal operations. He has managed the first and the only LPG project operations and distribution terminals in Emarat. Bin Towaih has been trained and successfully finished several leader and management programs locally and abroad. He gains a heavy background in Oil and Gas Operations, Marketing, Safety and Management.

He has a B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering graduated with high honor from Boston – USA.

Capt. Abdul Munim Al-Janahi
Director
Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Center (MEMAC), Kingdom of Bahrain

Captain Abdul Munem Mohammed Al-Janahi is a Master Mariner and has a diploma in ports studying from the Norwegian Shipping Academy. He served as a Marine Officer in United Arab Shipping Fleet for some years, then he joined Mina Sulman Port, Bahrain and served as a pilot, Marine Officer and Controller. Then he became in Charge of the State Vessel Registration and Safety.

He is now the Director of Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC) and is a member of a number of marine institutions such as the Chartered Institute of Transport – U.K, the Arab Institute of Navigation – Egypt, the Royal Institute of Navigation – U.K., etc.

Ary Van den Adel
International Sales Manager, Kampers Oil Spill Equipment B.V., Holland

Mr. Ary van den Adel commenced his professional career in 1967 with Wijsmuller Salvage B.V. as Salvage Diver. Co-founded in 1975 the Spanish Diving and Salvage company Tecnosub, S.L. and worked as Technical Director and Salvage Master on many salvage and oil spill recovery projects in Spain, Portugal, Libya and Mauritania.Since 2002 International Sales Manager for Kampers Oil Spill Equipment B.V. (KOSEQ).

Dr. Hassan Moghbelli
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Texas A&M University, State of Qatar

Hassan Moghbelli received his BS, in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 1973, his MS in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1978, and his PhD in electrical engineering with specialization in electrical drives and power electronics from University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC) in 1989. Dr. Moghbelli was an instructor at Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) from 1978-1984, an assistant professor at Purdue University Calumet (PUC) from 1989-1993, and an associate professor in IUT and IUST from 1989-2002. He has done several projects in the area of electrical drives, power electronics, and hybrid electric vehicles. He served as the Head of School of Railway Engineering at IUST from 2000-2002.. He has directed several projects in the area of electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles. He also was a research associate in the Advanced Vehicle Systems Research Program in the department of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University from 2002 to 2004. Furthermore, he successfully implemented the Hybrid Electric Vehicles on a Saypa mini bus which was funded by Ministry of Industry in Iran. He joined the Math and Science Department at Texas A&M at Qatar in January of 2007 and he is working on NPRP2 research project for Qatar Foundation. His research interests are mainly the control, electric drive train, power electronics, hybrid electric vehicles, CNG vehicles, alternative energy, and power systems. He has published more than 95 scientific papers in these areas. He is a member of SAE, ASME, and IEEE.

Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Fattah Mahdy Yehia
Economist Expert, Suez Canal Authority, Egypt

Dr. Ahmed is economist expert in Suez Canal Authority, planning & research department, and member of the Suez Canal tolls structure committee. with Phd in Economics from Westbrook university and Master in logistic from Arab Academy Fro science & technology and  Maritime  transport. he has participated with papers in maritime and world trade in many internal and external maritime conferences.

Dr. Brendan O'Connor
Aquafact International, Ireland

Brendan O'Connor is an Irish man born in 1951. He studied marine science in University College Galway where he received an honours B.Sc.in 1973 and a Ph. D. in 1981. As a post-doctoral fellow, he managed a multidisciplinary team of marine scientists working on temporal variability on marine benthic communities in European coastal waters. Between 1984 and 1985, he was the senior research scientist working on a comparison between traditional benthic sampling techniques and Sediment Profile Imagery (SPI).  In 1986, he established AQUAFACT International Services Ltd and has been its managing director since then.

Mats Bjorkendahl  
Chief Operating Officer, Hyde Marine, Inc., United States of America

Mats Björkendahl Chief Operating Officer at Hyde Marine, Inc (USA). Mr. Björkendahl is responsible for sales-, engineering and production -support as well as product management of Hyde’s fast growing marine ballast water management business including the Hyde Guardian™ Ballast Water Treatment  system. Mats have fifteen years of multi-disciplined marine engineering, marine business management, sales as well as hands-on shipboard technical operations, which will provide Hyde with effective leadership and ensure the highest levels of quality and service for Hyde Marine’s customers.” Mats earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Architecture at The Swedish Institute of Technology in Helsinki.  Mats is located at the International sales office in Finland.

Ghazal Chilan
Senior Scientist, Exponent , United State of America

Ms. Chilan is a senior scientist at Exponent Inc., an internationally recognized consulting firm. Her primary areas of expertise include marine pollution control and monitoring, oil spill response, and shoreline cleanup. Her experience covers data interpretation and analysis associated with monitoring programs, regulatory compliance analysis, environmental impact assessment, and consulting on installation of ISO 14001-based EMS. She received her M.S. in Marine Pollution Control from Tehran Azad University in 2004 and has worked on the Gulf War I damage assessment for her thesis.

Alida Saleh
Head – Environment & Sustainable Development
Harvard University / Trow International Ltd, Canada

Ms. Alida Saleh is currently the Head – Environment & Sustainable Development at Trow International Ltd., a large Canadian Engineering and Environmental Firm. A graduate of the University of Toronto in Canada, she is currently completing her Masters in Environmental Management at Harvard University, specializing in renewable energy and sustainable development. Ms. Saleh has also completed post-graduate studies in Project Management, International Trade & Small Scale Hydro Analysis. Ms. Saleh is an experienced environmental specialist and currently works with organizations at both, the corporate and project level, in improving their environmental and sustainability performance.  At Trow, Alida is currently leading international initiatives in the sustainable development, climate change, and renewable energy sectors. Ms. Saleh’s recent research activities are primarily focused in the areas of green development, the sustainable use of biological resources, micro-algae applications, small-scale hydro potential and applications, energy efficiency, carbon footprint and greenhouse gas profiling with an emphasis of its applications within emerging economies and the Gulf.

Hedayat Omidvar
Head of Communication Affairs with Science & Research Centers
National Iranian Gas Company, Islamic Republic of Iran

Hedayat Omidvar graduated in Industrial Engineering (MSc) in 2002. He has been working since 1992 as Natural Gas consumption expert in Corporate Planning Dept., National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), responsible for treatment, transmission, storage and distribution of natural gas. At present, he is Head of Communication Affairs with Science & Research Centers, Research & Technology Dept.

Member of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) since 1992; Member of American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) since 1994; Member of Iran Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) since 2001; Member of the Programme Committee A “Sustainable Development” of the International Gas Union (IGU) 2003-2006; Member of the Marketing Committee of the International Gas Union (IGU) 2006-2009;  Letter of Commendation As the Exemplary Research Expert Received From the Deputy Petroleum Minister & Managing Director of NIGC 2008

Tahir Husain  
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Dr. Tahir Husain is a professor of environmental engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada since 1995. During his stay at Memorial, He has more than 30 years of international experience in environmental discipline. His research interest includes environmental and human health risk assessment, site remediation, treatment technology, environmental modeling and decision making. He has published more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has contributed on about 60 research projects nationally and internationally. He has also authored a book on Kuwait Oil Fires in 1995.  Prior to joining Memorial University in 1995, Dr. Husain worked with the Research Institute at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals for more than 16 years where he contributed on more than 35 research projects and established several research programs.

Dr. John Burt  
Marine Biologist, New York University-Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Dr. John Burt is a marine biologist with New York University-Abu Dhabi, where his research focuses on the ecological role of artificial structures in coastal marine ecosystems. For the past several years he has been studying ecological processes operating to structure communities on the large-scale coastal developments in Dubai, UAE, and using this information to drive management and engineering of man-made coastal systems. His work has been published in a variety of scientific journals, and presented at international conferences.

Ridha Dhaoui
Director, Mediterranean Oil Industry Group (MOIG), Tunis

Joined the Tunisian National Naval Company (CTN) in 1988 as Mechanical Engineer then and in 1993 joined the Tunisian National Oil Company (ETAP) to serve as an HSE for 10years in charge of all HSE aspect  in the Oil fields related to ETAP.

 Joined the Mediterranean Oil Industry Group MOIG in 2003 as Director gathering Oil Companies in the Mediterranean from up stream to down stream activities to cooperate in the fields of Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Oil Spill in the Mediterranean Sea.

EP activities and operations. Development and implementation of Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems and field procedures for Shell Egypt including Oil Spill Response contingency plans and Emergency/ Crisis Management. Participated in developing, exercising and improving the National Oil Spill Plan and all spill response arrangement in Egypt.

Organized and participated in all Regional Mediterranean OSR exercises.

Petroleum Advisor for Environmental protection in Exploration & Production Activities of ETAP Tunisia. Setting up Environmental Management System including seismic, Drilling, production, field development and abandonment procedures.  Supervising EIA studies and surveys. OSR contingency plans, drills and assessment. Crisis Management. Security issues.

Achim Berge
Managing Director, WPD offshore GmbH, Germany

Achim Berge is as managing director responsible for wpd's offshore business since 2001. His track record covers five permitted European offshore projects, one under construction and a current pipeline of 18 projects in the permission process as well as the start-up of offices in Sweden, Finland, France, Italy and the UK. He holds law degrees from Sweden and Germany. wpd (www.wpd.de) is one of Europe's leading wind power companies with 1600 MWs of wind power under operation.

Sylvain Montels
Sales Manager, ECOCEANE, France

 After nearly 10 years spent in the mass-market retailing sector, Sylvain MONTELS turned to the shipbuilding industry 8 years ago. Having managed his own shipyards in France during 5 years (manufacturers of work boats, fishing boats and passengers boats in steel and aluminum, 60 people), he joined the ECOCEANE Company in 2006 as Sales Manager. He was named Sales Director in 2008 within this innovative Company, specialized in the manufacturing of pollution control boats.

Jokarderis Gholamabbas
Production Operation Director, Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC), Islamic Republic of Iran

Mr. Jokarderis Gholamabbas started working at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). He has experience in upper levels of storage, rigs, wells and plants related to crude oil for 22 years from 1975 to 1997. He was Production Operation Director of Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) from 1997-1998. He then was Engineering Construction Director and Management of Project of industries, platforms, pipeline and factories from 1998 to 2005. Currently he is in the position of Production Operation Director of IOOC which he took over in 2005.

Brian S. Freeman
Business Development Manager, Integrated Environmental Solutions Company, State of Kuwait

Brian S Freeman is the Business Development Manager for Integrated Environmental Solutions Company and is based in Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait.  Mr Freeman joined IES in June 2007, bringing over 18 years of international environmental management experience in planning, remediation, compliance, incident response and pollution prevention to the Gulf Region.  Prior to IES, Mr Freeman was an active duty environmental engineering officer serving in Iraq, Yugoslavia and Kuwait.  He holds a Master Degree in Environmental Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.  He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of California and Ohio, a certified Project Management Professional and a Qualified Environmental Professional.

Joseph E. Pritchett
Superior Products International II, Inc., United States of America

Joseph E. Pritchett is a Ceramic researcher and formulator from Superior Products International II, Inc. USA holding degrees from University of Arkansas and Paint Technology courses from University of Missouri. Graduate studies performed with NASA in Huntsville, Alabama, USA and Ceramic Materials research over the past 22 years. In February 2008, he was a speaker at the 12th Middle East Corrosion Conference in Bahrain on behalf of Saudi Aramco and was a speaker for NASA new technologies concerning the lead product called SUPER THERM in Chicago in 1995. He has developed encapsulation products that are applied directly over rust to reduce prep, time and expense of sandblast with the use of a single coat system. The encapsulation product called RUST GRIP is patented for encapsulation directly over existing rust and over bio-hazard materials such as existing Lead-based paint and Asbestos. He has been a NACE member since 2001. His products have been certified under Underwriters Laboratory, Factory Mutual, International Code Council, US Coast Guard, DET NORSKE VERITAS, International Marine Organization, China National Bureau for the Inspection of Technologies, China Ship Building Corp, Japanese Institute of Standards, Russian Certificate of Standards and European Standards.

Tarek El Sayed
Principal, Booz & Company, United Arab Emirates

Tarek El Sayed is a Principal at Booz & Company with more than eight years of consulting experience in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. He is a member of the energy and utilities practice where he focuses on climate change and renewable energy. He also leads strategy and organization projects for utilities and large infrastructure developments. Mr. El Sayed holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD and a master’s degree in engineering from Telecom Paris.

Alexander Spence
General Manager, SEACOR Environmental Services Middle East, United Arab Emirates

Alex Spence, has many years of experience working for the Australian government and oil and gas industries throughout the Asia-Pacific Region on marine environment protection and marine pollution response projects. He is currently the General Manager of SEACOR Environmental Services Middle East and oversees all operations throughout the region. Prior to his involvement with SEACOR Environmental Services Middle East, he worked for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) for four years co-ordinating the national marine spill contingency arrangements and responding to incidents in Australia and internationally as part of the National Response Team. He has been involved in many responses at all levels of the planning and operations teams and has responded to spills in over thirteen countries worldwide. Following this, he worked for the Western Australian government for two years and was involved in Australia's oil and gas industry providing services such as; oil spill and emergency response planning; environmental management system development and auditing; health, safety and environmental risk assessments; review and development of environmental impact assessments; development and delivery of training programs and courses; response capability auditing; and, desktop & field exercises.

Jasamin Fichte
Managing Partner, Fichte & Co LLP,  Legal Consultancy, United Arab Emirates

Jasamin, the founding Managing Partner at Fichte & Co, is an international commercial lawyer, who is a member of the German Bar and the English Law Society, thereby holding both German and British qualifications.

She has invaluable experience for over 12 years in the highly specialized practice areas of Maritime and International Trade Law. Having worked as a solicitor in the leading financial centers of London and Hamburg in premier international law firms, Jasamin relocated to Dubai in 2002 and joined a leading Lloyd's of London insurance brokerage wherein she was responsible for overseeing and handling claims of all insurance related disputes in the firm and also established strong relationships not only within the Maritime and Trading community in the UAE, but also in Iran, India, Kuwait, Iraq and Sri Lanka. The lacunae in the region for specialized maritime and trade law legal advisories inspired Jasamin to establish Fichte & Co in 2005 and to oversee its growth as one of the leading maritime law firms in the Middle East and recently being awarded the “Best Maritime Law Firm of 2007” by Seatrade Middle East and Indian Subcontinent. Jasamin has given several presentations and has participated in innumerous academic seminars on various legal topics hosted by both Governmental and Industry luminaries such as BIMCO, DSAA, DPA, DIAC etc. She has consistently published various articles on diverse subjects of marine, shipping and transportation law and is a frequent member of expert panels on topics as Ship’s Finance and Marine Insurance. She is fluent in English and German.

Salem Abdul Rahman Al-Wohaibi
Manager Mesaieed Port, Qatar Petroleum, State of Qatar

Mr. Salem Abdul Rahman Al Wohaibiis the Manager of Mesaieed Port, Qatar Petroleum. He is responsible for largest and busiest port in the State of Qatar, which handles both hydrocarbon and as well as commercial vessels. He is also a member various international and regional forums representing Qatar Petroleum and the State of Qatar.

Fadhil Buresli
Manager- Export & Marine Operations, Export & Marine Operations Group, Kuwait Oil Company, State of Kuwait

Mr. Fadhel Majed Boresle is Manager Export & Marine Operations at the Kuwait Oil Company. He has been working with the company since 1984. During his career in Kuwait Oil Company he was assigned many positions starting as, Engineer (Construction), Senior Engineer (Civil & Mechanical), Senior Engineer (Projects), Superintendent (Construction), Team Leader Export Services, Team Leader Export Maintenance and finally Manager Export & Marine Operations.

Zaid Al-Shukaily
Terminal Operations Manager, Petroleum Development Oman, Sultanate of Oman

Mr. Zaid Khalifa Hamdan Al-Shukaily holds BSC in Mechanical Engineering from University of Sheffield. During his career in PDO held many positions ranging from Production Supervisors; Planning Engineer; well programming/doctoring. Worked for Shell Petroleum Development Nigeria “SPDC” and held several positions; Support to Field Construction engineer and Gas Production Coordinator. On returning back to PDO; appointed as Area Coordinator; Head of Maintenance and technical Integrity; Operation Team Leader before taking the post of Terminal Manager.

Ali Rajab Ashkanani
Manager – Oil Spill & Emergency Response Department, Qatar Petroleum, State of Qatar

Graduated from Liverpool U.K. as Marine Officer. In 1986 joined Qatar Petroleum as an offshore Safety and Fire Officer. In 1988 was promoted to the position of Head of Safety and Fire Training and later in 1993 to the position of Manager of Safety and Fire for Offshore Operations. Developed Contingency Plan based on coordination and Cooperation between Qatar Petroleum, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense. Presently Managing, Oil Spill and Emergency Response Department in Qatar Petroleum. Developed Oil Spill Response Plan for the State of Qatar and for Qatar Petroleum. Coordinating Emergency Response activities for Qatar Petroleum. Being engaged in the development of Business Continuity Plan, QP Master Plan etc. Representing the State of Qatar in regional organizations like MEMAC, RECSO and ROPME and international organizations like IOPC Fund

Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Shamekh
President of the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia-Dubai, and the President Oil & Gas

Mr. Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Shamekh is currently the President of the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia-Dubai, and the President Oil & Gas. He joined NSCSA in 1988 as the Marketing Manager in the liner business, then the VP Corp. Planning & Develop., then the VP Lines, before moving to the Oil & Gas transportation. He holds a B.S. and MBA from Minnesota State University. NSCSA is a diversified Public Shipping Company. It owns and operates a fleet of 11 VLCC's, 16 Petrochemical tankers, and 4 Container/RoRo's vessels. And in Feb. 2005 NSCSA acquired 30% of Petredec which is one of the leading LPG shipping companies in the world.

Capt. Muffareh Abdullah Al-Subaie
Manager - Terminal and Marine Department, Al-Khafji Joint Operations, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Capt. Muffareh Abdullah Subai has many years’ experience in senior job positions involving Strategic Department Operations, Planning and Administration; graduated from Naval Academy in 1986 with Master Marine (FG) certification and has served the Khafji Joint Operations (formerly AOC) as Mooring Master, Chief Mooring Master for about 13 years, and Manager of Terminal & Marine Department for past 3 years.

Essa G. Al-Ansari 
General Manager Engineering, The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), Kingdom of Bahrain

Mr. Essa G. Al-Ansari is the General Manager Engineering of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco). Essa has over 30 years of petroleum oil refining experience, most of which has been in project management and risk management areas.
He is occupying the position of General Manager Engineering responsible for all aspects of engineering services in Bapco and the implementation of major projects on Bapco’s Strategic Investment Programme.
Essa holds 1st Class B.Sc Honours from Middlesex Polytechnic in London.

Dr. Nataliya Klimenko
Commercial Director, SPF Portal, Russia

Commercial Director of SPF Portal (Russia, Moscow). Graduated Moscow Aviation University. Reach experience in development and application of radio electronic systems for broadcast, radiolocation, security application. Doctor of technical sciences. Author of numerous studies and publications on radio electronic issues. Number of authorship certificates on inventions in radio electronic equipment area. Participant of numerous international conferences and exhibitions.

Dr. Faiza Al-Yamani
Senior Scientist
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, State of Kuwait

Dr. Faiza Al-Yamani is a senior scientist in the field of oceanography at Kuwait Institute for scientific Research (KISR). She obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA in 1988. She heads the oceanography program at KISR. She participated in many scientific research projects, participated in several symposia/ meetings, and authored/co-authored many scientific publications. The recent three books that she has authored are, namely, Oceanographic Atlas of Kuwait’s Waters (2004), Common Copepods of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf: Identification Guide (2003), and A Strategic Plan for Sustainable Utilization of Kuwait’s Marine Environment (2001). Her research interests include: trophic relationships in marine plankton communities and food chain dynamics; plankton ecology; plankton biodiversity, physical regulation of biological systems; fisheries oceanography; biogeochemical processes; ecosystem restoration science and policy; coastal zone management science and policy; and oceanography data management.

Mohammad Al Gilani
Company Security Officer, Vela International Marine Limited, United Arab Emirates

Khalid Abuleif
Engineering Consultant, Environmental Coordination Division/Environmental Protection Department,   Saudi Aramco,  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mr. Khalid Abuleif studied Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston where he obtained his BS in 1986 and MS in 1988. In 1989, he joined the presidency for Meteorology and Environment (PME) as an environmental engineer.  During his stay in PME, he directed the Pollution Control Department, developed the institutional framework for the Ministerial Committee on Environment and participated actively in the international environmental processes including the negotiations of the climate change convention and the preparations for the Earth Summit. In 1997, Mr. Abuleif joined Saudi Aramco where he works now as an engineering Consultant in the Environmental Coordination Division / Environmental Protection Department. During his stay with Saudi Aramco, Khalid continued to follow the negotiations on international environmental agreements as a member of the Kingdom’s delegation to the climate change regime and the UN Commission for Sustainable Development.

Prof. Dr. Ziad Abu-Ghararah
Secretary General
The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Ziad got his Ph.D in Civil Engineering (Environmental), 1988, Virginia Polytechnic & State University, Blacksburg VA – USA and became Associate Prof. 1994, and professor of civil Engineering , King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 1999. He also served as Deputy Assistant to the President of PME (Presidency of Meteorology and Environment), KSA 2003 – 2005, Vice President, Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA), KSA, 2000 – 2002, Chairman of the Board of referee for Arab Environment Ministers Council Prize 2001-2004 and the chairman of the Board of Referee for the Kingdom prize for Env. Management 2003-2004. He is current Secretary General, PERSGA (An Intergovernmental Organization for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden)

Dr. Ziad was nominated as the Spokesman on behalf of the Arab Group in the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg, 2002 and was elected as a member of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for Asia Region. Dr. Ziad has prepared the National Environmental Law in Saudi Arabia and the State of the Environment 2000 and has published 36 refereed Journal paper and participated in many conferences and international consultancies (UNEP and WHO).

Mike Lumley
General Manager, Shell Marine Products- Shell Markets (Middle East) Ltd

Mike Lumley is General Manager -Shell Marine Products (SMP) for the Mediterranean Africa, Middle East & South Asia (MAMESA). Holding an MBA degree from Henley, Mike initially graduated as a Bachelor of Science in Politics and Economics and set out to join the Shell Group early in his career in his native UK.

Mike has an extensive experience in Shell having worked in a variety of sales, marketing and trading roles in a career spanning over 20 years. He has spent much of the last 15 years working overseas in various assignments. These have included managing a refinery processing deal at the Petit Couronne refinery in France in the early 90s; establishing Shell's Lubricants marketing businesses in the three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) from 1994 to 1997; and leading the Central European Commercial Sales team from its base in Poland between 1998 and 2000.

Mike is now in his second assignment in the UAE, having originally come to Dubai in 2001 as Aviation General Manager for the Middle East and South Asia region. In between these two assignments, Mike spent three years back in UK head office as Shell Aviation's Global Marketing Manager for the rapidly growing low cost and regional airline segment.

Mike became Shell Marine Products' Regional General Manager for MAMESA in the second half of 2007. His current responsibilities include sales of fuels, lubricants and associated services to a range of customers, varying from large container and tanker fleets to small coastal fishing operations.

Captain Mohit Batra is the Founder and Director at MB Consultation Services Pte Ltd, Singapore which is part of the MB Global Group having presence in India, Singapore, UAE and Russia. Captain Batra has over 17 years of experience and has held senior operational and management positions within the marine industry which included being part of senior management at Drewry Shipping Consultants for their Asian operations. He has been instrumental in advising international financial institutions on investment strategies in shipping and has been involved in diverse projects including shipyards, ports, ship recycling, offshore, logistics and all shipping sectors. Captain Batra has co-authored publications for various shipping markets. He is a qualified master mariner and has done MBA from Oxford, UK specializing in Global Market Development and Post Merger Integration.

Capt. Mustafa Kanafani
International Maritime Organization (IMO), United Kingdom 

Khalid Mohammad Ibrahim Al Midfa
President & CEO, Gulf International Trading Group/ Gulf Group Limited, United Arab Emirates

H.E. Khalid Mohammad Ibrahim Al Midfa enjoyed a rich and versatile upbringing, having been mentored by some of the UAE's most prominent figures in addition to years of international education from leading institutions in London and Germany. Through such experiences, H.E. Khalid Al Midfa developed a strong understanding of global interdependence, and today works to inspire populations in the Middle East to embrace a future marked by international cooperation. His International exposure with Professional High Diploma in Political Science helped him develop the interest of creating a Global and World wide presence.

From a young age, he envisioned a world of sustainable development, particularly for the GCC region.  At the time, the UAE was rapidly evolving into a lucrative and promising market. Years of research would help him target and capitalize on the most important issues challenging the Middle East.  Working with consultants, real estate companies, international trading companies, designers, and engineers, Mr. Khalid Al Midfa quickly gained the strategic insight necessary to develop a 360-degree approach to providing sustainable development for the region. Those experiences eventually led to the launch and success of Gulf International Trading Group.

Throughout the GCC, H.E. Khalid Mohammad Ibrahim Al Midfa is recognized as a strong assertive business leader, and has been credited with the initiative of introducing Renewable concepts in Middle East. He has been invited and welcomed by many International Experts and Organizations that have Global presence in this sector. These include Romag (U.K), Hydrogenics (Mississauga, Canada), Shell and many more. He has been awarded with prestigious certifications for his seminar participation and achieved excellence in successful training and development programs conducted by Romag, Shell Live Wire. His extensive involvement and dedication has won many awards for the exhibitions in which GITG has participated, such as Big 5(UAE) and Off Shore-Arabia (UAE).

Today, H.E. Khalid Al Midfa has built a reputation as an eloquent speaker and decisive leader; traits reminiscent of his Al Ghaith and Al Midfa family backgrounds. With the utmost respect for his country’s founders, he strives to honour the UAE in his daily activities at Gulf International Trading Group.  The national colours were the inspiration for his company’s logo, which is reminiscent of the iconic wind tower made famous by his grandfather many years ago.

Dr. Jonathan Butler,
Senior Market Analyst, FCT Consulting and Fuel Cell Today

Jonathan specialises in market developments in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions. His current focus includes supply chain developments, legislation, policy and intellectual property (IP) aspects of fuel cell technology, particularly patent and patent opposition analysis, and their commercial implications. Jonathan has worked extensively with corporate, government, NGO and SME clients globally on a range of consulting projects, covering investment, supply chain analysis, market forecasting, market due diligence, and business incubation. Jonathan previously managed the fuel cell part of the UK government’s Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Knowledge Transfer Network, specialising in international project brokering activities. Jonathan is a regular speaker at international conferences, and has authored a large number of FCT analytical reports, covering portable, transport, policy and IP topics. Jonathan also edits and jointly writes the annual FCT Industry Review.

Dr. Mohamed Mustafa Eltayeb
Marine Program Officer - Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Science
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

John Dipple
Managing Director
SEACOR Environmental Services Middle East Ltd (SESME), United Arab Emirates

John Dipple, the Senior Vice President (Middle East, Africa and Far East) is head of the SES training and consultancy division. He is a Master Mariner with extensive Marine experience as well over 20 years in marine and onshore oil and hazardous material incident response. John is an experienced Incident Manager who has operated on a worldwide basis in national and international incidents. More recently John has been assisting in the development of an incident and business continuity management capability for a major oil company project.

Dr. Hussein Harahsheh
General Manager, Global Scan Technologies L.L.C., United Arab Emirates

Dr. Hussein Harahsheh is a Geo-information Scientist working at Global Scan Technologies, and holding the position of General Manager. He was appointed as assistant Professor at United Arab Emirates University for 3 years, and he started his carrier, in 1986, as a research scientist and projects manager at the Royal Jordanian Geographic Center for 8 years, and sense he worked as project Director and principal investigator of several research and applied projects in the field of remote sensing and GIS application toward natural resources.

Dr. Harahsheh holds a diploma of Civil Engineering from the National School of Public Works “ENTPE”/ Lyon-France in 1986, and received his PhD on “Remote Sensing and GIS applications” from Chiba University/ Chiba-Japan in 2000.

His research interests focus on remote sensing and GIS applications for Environmental analysis and monitoring, Land use, land evaluation and land resources management, Urban planning, and Oil pollution detection and monitoring, he has taken part of international research programs ( RADARSAT. Land Cover of Asia, and others). He has six publications in international reviewed journal. He shared the publication of 5 books, and participated as speaker in more than 40 International Conferences.