Organised by
Supported by
Under the Patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Public Works, Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime
Rail, Road & Maritime Infrastructure Technology
conference incorporating: 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities
25 - 27 October 2015 Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre
www.natrans-arabia.com/conference
“Welcome to NATRANS Arabia the regions premier conference for the rail road and maritime sectors. Supported by the ‘UAE Federal Transport Authority’, and held under the patronage of “His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif al Nuaimi, Minister of Public Works Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority”, we are proud to invite you to the GCCs most important transport event of the year. Now incorporating 3 key conferences. KEY FOCUS SESSIONS Rail • Developing a competitive, sustainable and future-proof rail network for GCC • Effective interoperability among the new railway systems of the Middle East • Selecting the correct signaling and telecom technology to meet your needs effectively • Japanese experience of Highspeed Shinkanse
Road & ITS • Shared parking analysis & parking planning for the Gulf region • Functional design on parking structures • Automated & Robotic parking • Parking guidance systems • Parking Engineering & Designs • Traffic Management and Surveillance • ITS & SCADA integration • How ITS can improve Traffic Quality and Traffic Safety
MARITIME • Investment opportunities in ports development and terminal operations in the Middle East • Maqta Gateway Enabling Efficient Supply Chain for UAE Traders • Enhancing efficiency and security of a container terminal • Country Ports Expansion Project Updates • Role of automation in efficient port operations • The Use of Geo-spatial Technologies in Port Security, Disaster
ESTEEMED ADVISORY COMMITTEE H.E.Salem Al Zaabi Director General of Federal Transport Authority (FTA) Chairman of NATRANS organizing committee
H.E.Abdulla Al. Katheeri Executive Director of Federal Transport Authority (FTA) Vice Chairman of NATRANS organizing committee
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THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PANEL – RAIL His Excellency Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi Federal Authority for Land and Maritime Transport Minister of Public Works and Chairman Adel Mohammed Al-Roumi
Adel Alghaberi UN ESCWA First Economic Affairs Officer, Egypt Dirk Ahlborn Hyperloop Transportation Technologies CEO
Kuwait Authority of Partnership Projects (KAPP) President, Kuwait
Senior Representative Etihad Rail, UAE
E. Stephen Goldie, Al Ain City Municipality, Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs RFD, BTP, MPIA, CPP, City Planning Advisor Hiroyuki WATANABE East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Belgium Senior Manager Mohammed Serroukh ITS Arab Director General
Christian Schang SNCF réseau Project Director, France
Leslie Buzzell, ESI Rail Chief Executive Officer
Dan Athol Network Rail General Manager Saudi Arabia & Dubai, UAE
Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works Bahrain, Advisor To H.E Undersecretary of the Ministry of Works
Eng. Laith H. DABABNEH Railway Expert
Max Connop Aedas Global Board Director
Essam Selim Egyptian National Railways Ex Chairman & M D, Egypt
Mike Shears UK Trade and Investment UKTI Specialist – Railway
Gil Howarth Howarth & Co Chief Executive UK National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering, UK Founder
Senior Representative British Transport Police, London
Harj Dhaliwal Parsons Vice President
THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PANEL – ROAD Capt. Engineer Marzouq AlZaabi Abu Dhabi Police, UAE Smart Traffic Centre PM Prof Dr Kim Jraiw
NTSC Qatar Manager National Traffic Safety Office Arif Mehmood Department Of Transport Safety Planning Specialist, Integrated Planning Division Dr. Fethi Filali QMIC (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center) Head of Technology Development & Applied Research, Qatar
Dr. Walid Damaj WS Atkins Deputy Infrastructure Director
Senior Representative PTV Group
Jukka Riivari Lean Parking Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Lambert Municipality of Abu Dhabi Road Safety Audit Team Leader
Loay Ghazaleh Ministry of Works, Bahrain Advisor To H.E Under-secretary of the Ministry of Works
Tomas Pospisek Kistler EMEA Sales Manager Road & Traffic
Richard Harris ITS UK International Director, UK
Thomas Edelmann RoadSafety UAE Founder and Managing Director
Senior Representative Urban Planning Council, UAE
THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER PANEL – MARITIME Dr. Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni, CEO – ADNATCO and NGSCO, UAE Governor – OPEC, Chairman – UAESA (UAE Shipping Association) Dr. Zain Tahboub Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects Director of Operational Services Senior Representative Urban Planning Council
Angelo De Jong Abu Dhabi Terminals Senior Manager Projects, UAE
Noura Al Dhaheri Abu Dhabi Ports Senior Manager-Maqta Gateway
Hamid Al Kathiri Salalah Port Authority Deputy General Manager, Oman
Edwin Lammers Port of Sohar Executive Commercial Manager, Oman
Hussein Khansaheb RTA Acting Marine Director, UAE
Gem Beemsterboer Port of Amsterdam International B.V. Project Manager
Javier Gallardo Port of Portic Barcelona Managing Director, Spain
Day 1 | 25 October 2015 - Plenary for ALL Delegates 7:45 Conference registration opens with breakfast & coffees 8:45 Conference starts 9:00 Welcome address from Fleming Gulf – Alexander Heuff, Exhibitions Director 9:05 Conference Opening Address from, His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif al Nuaimi, Minister of Public Works Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority,Land & Maritime 9:15 Keynote Address - Dr. Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni, CEO – ADNATCO and NGSCO, UAE Governor – OPEC, Chairman – UAESA (UAE Shipping Association) 9:25 Adel Mohammed Al-Roumi, Kuwait Authority of Partnership Projects (KAPP), President, Kuwait 9:35 Welcome Note from Abu Dhabi Ports 9:45 Break for Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition & Coffee Break 10:00 Gathering for the grand opening of NATRANS Arabia Exhibition 2015
STREAM A: 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities
OPENING SPEECH BY THE CHAIRPERSON John Greaves, Last Mile Consortia, Secretary General
10:30 Etihad Rail Working towards the objective for further diversification of the UAE’s economy as set by the National Charter 2021 and the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030
11:00 Keynote speech by H.E. Salem Al Zaabi - Director General of Federal Transport Authority (FTA)
11:10
A holistic approach in designing Transit Oriented Developments • Understanding Transit Oriented Development projects • Recognizing the importance of TOD in our evolving urban environments • Implementing a successful TOD Alen Nikolovski, Aedas Executive Principal
11:30 Japanese experience of Highspeed Shinkanse • Why has Shinkansen been a success in Japan? • Innovation of maintenance and training • Competitiveness against airlines Hiroyuki WATANABE, Senior Manager East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
11:50 Presentation by UKTi Mike Shears, UK Trade and Investment UKTI Specialist – Railway
12:10 New channels and new media for smarter travel • New uses enabled by smart apps and smart devices • NFC and smart-ticketing: trends and the way ahead • Tags and SMS: providing personalised ticketing and timetable services in remote areas • Zenway: a personalised and highly responsive journey planner Francis Sykes, IXXI Mobility Sales & Marketing Director
12:30 Prayer Break & Lunch
STREAM B: Middle East Road Conference 10:30 The Role of Abu Dhabi Police in Making Abu Dhabi City a Smart City • Policing and Security in smart cities • Strategies and Policies adopted by ADP to build Smart Cities • Case study of Traffic and patrols directorate: Projects and initiatives to build Capt. Engineer Marzouq AlZaabi, Abu Dhabi Police, UAE Smart Traffic Centre PM
10:50 Smart Mobility and Logistics for Smart Cities • Introduction on services offered by PTV • Logistics and Big Data integration • Providing the most complex transportation challenges Sonal Ahuja, PTV MENA Region DMCC Regional Director
11:10
Infrastructure Asset Management System • Benefits of Asset Management • Knowledge Management – Assets • Asset Management Systems • Atkins experience and capabilities • PAS 55 certification Dr. Walid Damaj, WS Atkins Deputy Infrastructure Director
11:30 Parking for People - Car Park Design with the End User in Mind” • Understanding parking demand generation and user characteristics • Translating end user needs into a built environment • Designing Parking for the End User Joint Presentation Deon Bender, Walker Parking Consultants Project Manger Ezra Kramer, Walker Parking Consultants Parking Consultant
11:50 Transport Demand Management (TDM) - Impacts on Congestion Alleviation and Road Safety Enhancement in Urban Aeeas Prof Dr Kim Jraiw, NTSC, Qatar Manager National Traffic Safety Office
12:10 Weigh-in-Motion: Flexible to create and easy to integrate Kistler WIM System – First to obtain OIML certification Tomas Pospisek, Kistler EMEA Sales Manager Road & Traffic
12:30 Prayer Break & Lunch
Day 1 | 25 October 2015 STREAM A: 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities 13:30 The challenges of moving from a construction project to an operational railway Organisation • Continuity with Construction • Designing an organisation • Recruiting an organisation Dan Athol, Network Rail Consulting General Manager Saudi Arabia & Dubai
14:00 Panel Discussion - Smart City, Urban Planning and the Role of ICT • Exploring the current infrastructure and resources • Planning for the future • Role of authorities and policy makers Panelists: Dan Athol, Network Rail Consulting General Manager Saudi Arabia & Dubai Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works, Bahrain Advisor To H.E UnderSecretary of the Ministry of Works Hiroyuki WATANABE, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Senior Manager
14:30 Afternoon Coffee & Networking 15:00 Trade Cost Issue and the Impact of Rail on it Adel Alghaberi, UN ESCWA First Economic Affairs Officer
STREAM B: Middle East Road Conference 13:30 Smart Parking Solutions for People using Mass Transit • Why Space efficiency matters • Why Robotic parking is superior solution • How the Consumer should experience parking services Jukka Riivari, Lean Park, Chief Executive Officer
13:50 From Good to Great - From Individual ITS Solutions to fully integrated mobility services • ITS already provide huge benefits to improve our transportation and mobility for people and for goods • Tendency to implement just single application solutions rather than joined up suites of ITS based services working together Richard Harris, ITS UK, International Director, UK
14:10 Road Traffic Safety and Enforcement • International best-practice framework for managing road safety risks • Transport planning, fleet management, occupational health and safety • Road Traffic Safety (RTS) Management Systems Thomas Edelmann, RoadSafetyUAE Founder and Managing Director
14:30 Afternoon Coffee & Networking 15:00 Paradigm Shift to Design Sustainable Transportation Systems • Challenges in establishing sustainable transportation systems • Solutions leading towards sustainable transportation systems Arif Mehmood, Department Of Transport Safety Planning Specialist,I ntegrated Planning Division, UAE
15:30 Panel Discussion - Role of Railways in reducing the cost of doing business • Challenges facing the Middle East railway sector • Future outlook & strategic objectives • Framework for joint project implementation Panelists: Mike Shears, UK Trade and Investment UKTI Specialist – Railway Adel Alghaberi, UN ESCWA First Economic Affairs Officer Harj Dhaliwal, Parsons Vice President Dan Athol, Network Rail General Manager Saudi Arabia & Dubai
16:00 Closing Remarks from the Event Chair 16:05 Afternoon Coffee & Networking & Expo Tour
15:20 The Silky Route towards sustainable mobility • Connecting business and diplomacy • The planet as a business case: how non polluting- and renewable resources can be implemented and ecology becomes economy • Diplomatic Council creates a platform of purchasing professionals, ready for the Paris Declaration Steef Korfker, The Diplomatic Council Director E Mobility
15:40 Smartening Cities with Innovative and Integrated Mobility Solutions: • keep cities moving during mega transportation projects execution • Derive mobility insights through big data analytics • Be ready to the next big things in connected/ integrated mobility Dr. Fethi Filali, QMIC (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center) Head of Technology Development & Applied Research, Qatar
16:00 Closing Remarks from the Event Chair
Day 2 | 26 October 2015 - Plenary for ALL Delegates 8:15 Registration and Coffee 9:10 Opening remarks from the chair 9:15
PLANERY PANEL SESSION – Effective Interoperability among the Transport systems of the Middle East • How can interoperability increase road safety and support achieving the Vision 2021 road safety targets? • Pre-requisite of Interoperability are well educated logistics forces – Shouldn’t road safety play a relevant role in all educational approaches? • Development of an integrated and coherent transport system for the Middle East • Fostering the economic regional and national development agenda, supporting growth and • strengthening national capacity integration within the GCC Panelists: Dr. Zain Tahboub, Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects, Director of Operational Services Senior Representative, Urban Planning Council Mohamed Hage, Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chairman Stefan Schnitzler, MAN Truck & Bus Middle East and Africa FZE, Centre Middle East, Importer / Dealer Support Manager
10:00 Coffee Break
STREAM A: 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities 10:30 Slot Reserved for Esi Rail Leslie Buzzell, ESI Rail, Chief Executive Officer
STREAM B: Middle East Maritime Conference 10:30 Increasing terminal capacity and performance by centralised berth planning, automated yard and vessel planning and equipment control
• Railway Communication Systems
• Modernizing ports to cope with rapid increase in cargo • Improving the efficiency of the back-land operations to help throttle that controls the velocity of the entire system.
• Monitoring and controlling railway systems using the latest
Hussein Khansaheb, RTA, Acting Marine Director, UAE
11:00 Passenger Information Systems
technology • Meeting the passenger needs and delivering an all new experience Mohammed Serroukh, ITS Arab, Director General
11:30 Presentation by TERAM 12:00 The presentation will focus on our vision on Hyperloop, the crowdsourcing platform of HTT, and the ground-breaking proje in Quay Valley California 2016 Dirk Ahlborn, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies CEO
12:30 Prayer Break & Lunch
11:10
Developing and operating a world class port and cruise terminal as integrated parts of a cosmopolitan city Gem Beemsterboer, Port of Amsterdam International B.V. Project Manager
11:50 Investment opportunities in ports development and terminal operations in the Middle East • Long-term terminal lease deals enable attractive returns on investment • Multi-modal aspect of a port and its facilities; Major selling point to the shipping lines and win over local authorities • Legal complexity in many of the terminal ventures embarked upon Angelo De Jong, Abu Dhabi Terminals Senior Manager Projects, UAE
12:30 Lunch
Day 2 | 26 October 2015 - Plenary for ALL Delegates STREAM A: 6th Middle East Rail Opportunities 13:30 The importance of Transit Oriented Development to Successful metropolitan rail outcomes. Case study from Wolli Creek (near the Sydney International Airport):
STREAM B: Middle East Maritime Conference 13:30 Maqta Gateway Enabling Efficient Supply Chain for UAE Traders
• Analysing the opportunities of a large brownfield site 9 km from the centre of Sydney; • Planning a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) with a new metro rail line and station; and • Appraising the outcome: Discovery Point at Wolli Creek, the award winning multi-storey, mixed use, development
ADPorts with the strategic partnership of Barcelona Port
E. Stephen Goldie, Al Ain City Municipality, Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs RFD, BTP, MPIA, CPP, City Planning Advisor
automation of the different process, that are taking part at the
14:00 How to build a successful, safe and sustainable future of railway network • Evolving models for delivering rail services • Addressing the long term challenges (Funding rail, Competition and rail & etc.) • The opportunity for the rail industry • Rail’s contribution to economic growth Essam Selim, Egyptian National Railways, Ex Chairman & M D
is currently developing the MAQTA GATEWAY PROJECT. The MAQTA GATEWAY Platform will highly contribute to the highest level of productivity and efficient through the
Port. Javier Gallardo, Port of Barcelona, Project Director Noura Al Dhaheri, Abu Dhabi Ports Maqta Gateway, Ports Community System Manager
14:00 Round Table discussion B) Role of automation in efficient port operations
14:30 Afternoon Coffee & Networking
C) Ship operation and security
15:00 Challenges of a Rail Project and Smart Asset Management
D) Regional ports and regulatory considerations
• The challenges whilst implementing CBTC on the Jubilee Upgrade Project through its ‘V’ cycle. • Smart Asset Management once the Jubilee Line Upgrade Project delivered. • Whole life cost and the issue of Obsolescence Graham Lawrence, XRail Solutions Director – Saudi Operations
15:25 Developing a Workforce to Operate and Maintain a 21st Century Railway • Identifying the skills required and the numbers of personnel • Training the workforce • Accrediting the Training Organisations and Trainers Gil Howarth, Howarth & Co CEO UK National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering, UK Founder
15:40 WRAP UP PANEL - Localization and Skill Development • Importance of localization and skill development to help build a community • Overcoming skills shortage to ensure infrastructure delivery • Preserving and creating jobs within the region Moderator: Gil Howarth, Chief Executive, Howarth & Co Founder, UK National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering, UK
Panelists: Mohamed Hage, Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry Chairman
16:00 Closing Remarks from the Event Chair
16:05 Afternoon Coffee & Networking & Expo Tour
E) Port incentives for greener ships F) Use of LNG as a fuel and its availability in the region
Panelists Hamid Al Kathiri, Salalah Port Authority Deputy General Manager, Oman Angelo De Jong, Abu Dhabi Terminals Senior Manager Projects, UAE Hussein Khansaheb, RTA, Acting Marine Director, UAE
14:30 Coffee Break 15:00 Presentation by Port of Sohar Marc Evertise, Port of Sohar Executive Commercial Manager
15:30 Providing fuel bunkering facilities & infrastructure • Dealing with regulations that affect operations within the bunkering industry • Technology involved • Operational risk involved and middle east fuel bunkering infrastructure assessment
16:00 Chairman’s summary and end of conference
MEET OUR SPEAKERS CHAIRMAN - RAIL SESSION John Greaves, UKTI
He was the founding chair of the US RFID standards group, led the European Spectrum Initiative, was the leader of the GTAG program for EAN.UCC, and is a founding member of the original AIM RFID Group, the Industry Association. John has served with distinction in the standards and equipment regulation bodies, ETSI, CEPT, CEN, ISO as well as addressing, and being a member of, many of the leading industry bodies, Institute of Logistics, CIES, ICSC, IATA and as a representative to Auto ID Center at MIT. He is a Director and Board Member of the LPRA (Low Power Radio Association), A Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He was recently appointed Secretary – General of the LMC (Last Mile Consortia) which is a body of expertise involving leading rail contractors and developers in achieving cost effective solutions for Sovereign and corporate world rail investment. The LMC, and John, is based in Dubai. John Greaves has been actively involved in AIDC (Bar Code, Radio Frequency technology, Biometrics) for nearly 35 years. His pioneering work in the area of Global Rail Technology ranging from the security of infrastructure to the operational stability and advanced, innovative solutions has seen him contribute to the overall efficiency of rail investment from Chile, to South Africa to the BNSF network in the USA. His most recent engagement, leading the team involved in the consideration of technology for Etihad Rail resulting in an in depth analysis of the most suited deliverables for the GCC member railroad. This study and solution matrix provides for Inventory Management, employee safety, trackside monitoring, locomotive and rolling stock maintenance along with passenger and freight facilities design.
MEET OUR SPEAKERS Adel Abdaullah Alghaberi, First Economic Affairs Officer, Infrastracture & Trade
Logistic, Regional Integration Section , Economic Development & Globlization Divison, ESCWA, UAE Mr Alghaberi worked for around ten years in private business mainly trading and banking. He joined the government body as an investment promotion officer within the investment authority for five years. He was part of the negotiations team of Yemen’s accession to the WTO for around seven years covering various international trade issues and solely reasonable for services trade. He then headed a trade development unit for four years responsible for implementing an internationally funded projects aiming to improve exports of Yemen and increase its participation in international trade. Mr Alghaberi then joined the UN ESCWA in 2012 as a First Economic Affairs Officer within the Regional Integration Section covering issues of regional trade integration, trade logistics, WTO issues, transport and trade facilitation issues.
Adel Mohammed Al-Roumi, President, Kuwait Authority of Partnership Projects
(KAPP), Kuwait, Adel Mohammed Al-Roumi is the President of Kuwait Authority of Partnership Projects (KAPP) that involves operating Kuwait’s PPP program. Al-Roumi completed his bachelor’s degree in the US; He started his career in New York, where he worked for the Kuwait Investment Authority. He was later called to the Kuwait Investment Office in London. AL Roumi has been a board member of prestigious Asian financial institutes like Dao Hang Bank , First capital corp. and Sassoon holding. Also he joined the board of Arab African investment bank for 7years and locally he was the Vice Chairman of the Board and the Managing director of Kuwait Small projects Development Co, and he was a board member of Kuwait cement. He is currently a member in Kuwait Foreign Investment Bureau. In addition to the Higher Committee since 2009.
Dr. Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni, UAE Governor for OPEC, CEO- Abu Dhabi National Tanker Company (ADNATCO) & National Gas Shipping Company Ltd (NGSCO), UAE Dr. Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni has worked in the ADNOC Group of Companies since 1992 in a wide range of senior positions. From 1998-2007 he was Head of the Marketing Research and Analysis Department before being appointed Manager for Planning and Group Coordination in April 2007. In November 2007 he became General Manager of National Gas Shipping Company Ltd (NGSCO). From January 2009 to date he has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of both Abu Dhabi National Tanker Company (ADNATCO) and NGSCO. He has been involved in OPEC affairs since 1999 and is currently UAE Governor for OPEC. He is also a Board Member of Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER); Chairman of TAKREER Board Advisory Committee. Dr. Al-Yabhouni is Chairman, UAE Shipping Association and Chairman of DNV GL Technical Meetings UAE as well as the Lloyd’s Register Middle East and Africa Advisory Technical Committee. Alen Nikolovski, Executive Principal, Aedas
Alen is an Executive Principal at Aedas and has accumulated extensive design and project experiences in the field of architecture. Over the years, Alen has focused on the infrastructure and transport sectors and has been actively involved in the development of design concepts to the implementation of these projects. His portfolio of infrastructure projects includes a number of Mass Rapid Transit stations in Singapore and the Dubai Light Rail Transit Project in United Arab Emirates. In addition, Alen’s experience extends to commercial, office, retail and residential projects in various cities worldwide. He has overseen projects such as the design implementation and construction administration of 26 Chanel international boutiques and was a part of the team that developed the winning scheme for Palm Beach Opera House, West Palm Beach of Florida in the United States of America.
Dr. Ani Atanasova, CEO, Pixelhunters, UAE Dr. Ani Atanasova has a PhD on quantum and optoelectronics and a master degree in visual and optical communications. She is the CEO of Pixelhunters – an award winning company that supports clients all over the world and specializes in 3D animation, virtual reality and gamification.
Capt. Eng. Marzouq Saeed Al Zaabi, Abu Dhabi Police, Traffic Engineering and
Road Safety Department, UAE Capt Eng. Marzouq Saeed Al Zaabi is currently working on different projects such as Red light and speed violation systems, intelligent transportation systems, and designing and developing Smart Traffic Centre. Capt. Eng. Marzouq graduated from the American University Of Sharjah (2005-2009) with Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.34) . After that he proceed his education at Cranfield University, (2010-2011), Bedfordshire, UK with MSc by Research in the School of Applied Science with a thesis about Adopting Open Innovation Model for the Transportation Organizations of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. He participated and Won 2nd place in IEEE Myron Zucker Industry Applications Student Design Awards 2009.
Deon Bender, Project Manager and Acting Director of, Walker Parking Consultants, UAE J. Deon Bender, P.E. is a Project Manager and Acting Director of Operations in the Dubai office of Walker Parking Consultants, the largest consulting firm devoted solely to parking. His focus is on assisting developers and municipalities improve the parking experience within all types of developments. With over 15 years of professional experience, he has been involved in various phases of many projects including, structural design and functional design for both new design and retrofit projects. His experience as a consultant includes evaluating, planning, and recommending solutions to parking issues around the country and abroad. Dr. Fethi Filali, Head of Technology Development & Applied Research , Qatar
Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Doha, Qatar Dr. Fethi Filali is the Head of Technology Development & Applied Research at Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC). He is leading a group of about 20 scientists at QMIC in charge of the technology development of QMIC’s Masarak and Hawaa’k solutions, Labeeb IoT platform, WaveTraf sensor, and Connected Vehicles technologies. He holds a Ph.D. and Habilitation degree in Computer Science from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. He is the Ph.D. Supervisor of ten Ph.D. students and published more than 120 research papers and several patents. He is a senior member of IEEE and active member of IEEE ITS and IEEE Communications Societies.
Essam Mohamed Amin Selim, Consultant for Railways, oil, Gas & Energy
Mr Selim has a total of 40 years as follows: 15 years in oil production fields AMOCO; 4.5 years in gas processing plants; STANDARD 3.5 years in crude oil refinery BP. 8 years as General Manager of Maintenance and Modification Contracting AIBEL General Manager, 5 years as Chairman and Managing Director for Egyptian Railways Maintenance & Services Company Electro Motive.
Ezra Kramer, CPP, AICP, Project Manager, Walker Parking Consultants, UAE
Ezra Kramer, CPP, AICP, is a Project Manager in the Abu Dhabi office of Walker Parking Consultants, the largest consulting firm in the world devoted solely to parking. Ezra is part of the “study” side of Walker’s consultancy which provides innovative solutions for projects related to planning, strategy, financial feasibility, shared parking analyses, parking management and operations consulting, public-private partnerships, etc. He has managed over 200 projects in the US and abroad during his 13 year career with Walker. The solutions provided within studies he completed has saved developers millions of dollars through shared parking analyses, and helped government agencies streamline, adjust management policies and strategies, and introduce innovative technology to better serve the public.
Francis Sykes, Sales & Marketing Director, IXXI, France
Francis Sykes is a graduate from Ecole Polytechnique, Telecom Paristech, France, and Sheffield University, England. After 3 years in applied research, he worked for 10 years in the mobile phone industry, in research and development, product marketing and finally in product strategy. Francis joined RATP in 2003 where he has held various management positions in ITS including 8 years as head of engineering, ticketing. Since 2013, he is seconded to Ixxi, an RATP subsidiary specialised in ticketing and passenger information where he is Sales and Marketing director He is the author of 10 international patents.
Gil Howarth BSc CEng FICE FCILT FRSA, CEO, Howarth & CoFounder, UK
National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering Gil graduated from the University of Sheffield with an honors degree in Chemical Engineering and then joined British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) at Sellafield where he worked for 14 years, mainly in project management. In 1989, Gil joined British Rail as Project Director for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL; now High Speed 1). In 1992 he was appointed Managing Director of Union Railways Limited, the company formed to take the project into the private sector. At the onset of privatisation of the railways, he was appointed Director, Major Projects of Railtrack Plc. Gil left Railtrack in 1998 to form his own management company, and has since worked on railway projects in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Far East. In 2009, Gil co-founded the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering where he was CEO from January 2011 to June 2015
MEET OUR SPEAKERS Graham Lawrence – Director – Saudi Operations, XRAIL Solutions, Saudi Arabia
E. Stephen Goldie, City Planning Advisor, Al Ain Municipality, Department of Municipal Affairs Stephen Goldie has over thirty-five years’ experience in town planning and urban design, more than twenty years of this at executive level. His urban planning and design experience ranges from regional and metropolitan strategy to complex inner-city design, from high-level policy and legislation to seemingly intractable local disputes, and from detailed urban design to complex management issues. Many of these projects have been distinguished by awards, but more importantly, more than fifty of the projects that he has led, or for which he was the senior planner, are either built or being implemented. Currently, Stephen is employed by the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs to facilitate the development and maintenance of Al Ain as a livable and sustainable city.
Mr. Javier Gallardo Martinez, Managing Director, PORTIC BARCELONA SA (PORTIC) Javier joined PORTIC as Chief Technical Officer in 2001 and promoted to Deputy Managing Director assuming the general management of the company in 2005. Also having a long experience in managing and leading consultancy PCS project in different countries. He has directly contributed into European R+D projects related to Port Community System and Port Logistic Like ( Cassandra, CORE, B2MOS ..) He is member of the Executive Committee of the INTERNATIONAL PORT COMMUNITY SYSTEM ASSOCIATION (IPCSA) and coleads the Business Application Committee and the Track & Trace Initiative.
Stephen Lambert, Abu Dhabi Municipality, Road Safety Advisor, UAE Stephen Lambert is road safety engineer and has been the Road Safety Audit Team Leader at the City of Abu Dhabi Municipality since April 2014 with responsibility for overseeing the RSA procedure and advising on other road safety related policies and strategies. Since graduating from University of Ulster, in Ireland in 1995 he has worked almost exclusively in road safety engineering and has contributed at many conferences in Ireland, Britain and Europe covering a wide range of topics relating to road safety engineering. Stephen is a Chartered Engineer, (CEng) and Member of the Institute of Engineers in Ireland (MIEI) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation, (FCIHT). Stephen has additional qualifications in Forensic Collision Investigation, Road Design, Traffic, junction and signal design and analysis and Road Safety Audit, (CoC). Prior to joining the ADM Stephen worked for the National Roads Authority in Ireland as a Regional Road Safety Engineer from 1996. During this period he pioneered and developed many initiatives to improve road safety in Ireland, including the development of the National Collision Database and the Collision Remedial Measures programmes, the development of the Traffic and Transport Assessment Guidelines and Road Safety Audit System.
Graham is a Senior Engineering Contracts Manager, experienced in the implementation of large and small railway signalling and control system projects. With over 30 years’ experience in the rail industry, he has been involved in the majority of signalling and control systems upgrade programmes on the London Underground in the U.K. His career has taken him from signalling testing, installation management and centralised control implementation for the Central Line Project during the 1990s; running the site operation for Westinghouse Rail Systems Limited to deliver enhancements to the Jubilee Line; to delivering CBTC Communication Based Train Control on the Jubilee and Northern Line Upgrade Project, where he led the contract engineering management team for Tube Lines Limited.
Jukka Riivari, CEO, LeanPark
Jukka has had over 20 years’ experience which has included working with ICT companies like ICL, Fujitsu and Nokia. Jukka has been actively involved in creation of commercial Internet working closely with Netscape in 1990’s, creation of mobile internet devices working in Nokia in early 2000 and mobile banking services ten years ago. The last 10 years Jukka has held CEO and Board positions in SMEs. Jukka is a big believer that Internet of things when applied to intelligent parking infrastructure opens yet another great opportunity to improve people’s lives with an order of magnitude.
Loay Ghazaleh, Ministry of Works, Advisor to H.E. Under-secretary, Bahrain
Loay Ghazaleh, a 1986 Texas A & M Civil Engineer with MBA 2000 Finance from Thunderbird – Arizona, is backed by over 22 years diverse experience in government and private businesses spanning several sectors and several regions. Loay is currently serving as the Advisor to H.E. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Works in the Kingdom of Bahrain with primary focus on major infrastructure and PPP. Earlier Loay have led several mega mix use green coastal developments in RAK Properties and with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank / Burooj Properties in UAE and implemented wide variety of industrial projects with Zamil Steel Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi National Industrial Projects (ADNIP) in addition to wide spectrum of Management Consultancy works earlier.
Marc G.E. Evertse, Executive Commercial Manager, SOHAR Industrial Port
Company After working for eight years as a civil engineer in developing countries in Africa and Southeast Asia across a variety of drainage and land reclamation projects, Marc joined Port of Rotterdam in 1991. He became an all-round consultant and project manager in the Training and Consultancy Department of the Port, and also contributed to the formation of the initial joint venture to create the Port of SOHAR. After three-years as Business Development Manager for the Chemical Industry Department, Marc became Area Manager for a large part of the world, in which marketing was his main focus. As Senior Project Manager, he successfully conducted a major project to coordinate the business plans of the 12 major ports in India; he developed and implemented Port of Rotterdam’s strategy for Brazil; and initiated and managed the Porto Central project, which became Rotterdam’s second foreign joint venture in 2014.
Mohammed Hage, NSW Chairman, Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce &
Industry In his role at CPG Research and Advisory Mohamed is responsible for investment management and research strategies for multiple classes of assets to Australian pension funds, government institutions and also private investment firms. Prior to joining CPG, Mohamed built more than 10 years’ experience in many aspects of professional investment management, with leadership responsibility taken for multiple investment management and investment consulting roles. These included senior advisory roles at AXA Asia Pacific, Commonwealth Bank and Superfund. Mohamed is NSW chairman of the Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the peak body of foreign investment and trade between Australian and the MENA region, with a focus on trade, mergers & acquisitions across a broad range of industries.
Sonal Ahuja, Regional Director- MENA and India, PTV Group
Sonal Ahuja has over 19 years’ experience in the design and management of Intelligent Transport Infrastructure, ITS, transport planning, modelling and research projects for clients in the EU, Middle East and India. He has extensive experience of work and delivery and managing projects and clients in USA, U.K., UAE, Europe, South Africa, France, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Qatar, Bahrain, China & Hong Kong. He worked on designing and delivering several ITS and Road Safety systems across the world. Sonal coordinate’s delivery excellence in all transport infrastructures for the MENAI region and is responsible for overseas business development in the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. He has delivered research projects involving traffic simulation, road safety and strategic modeling and transport economics. He developed multi-objective optimization for Traffic Signal Control for Urban networks with a focus on optimizing networks for pedestrian and environmental benefits using Evolutionary Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic. This was his PhD topic at Imperial College London.
Thomas Edelmann, Founder and Managing Director, RoadSafetyUAE.com
Thomas is the Founder and Managing Director of RoadSafetyUAE.com – a holistic platform aimed at increasing the awareness for road safety in the UAE, by leveraging the key stakeholders governmental entities, corporate supporters, the media and the individual traffic participants of the UAE. Prior to the launch of RoadSafetyUAE.com in Q4/2013, Thomas worked initially for Tyrolia (skiing industry) in global product management in 1990/1991. Mid 1991 he started to work for Coca-Cola’s Central European Region and later for Coca-Cola Beverages in the fields of Trade Marketing, Key Account Group Management and Brand Group Management. In the year 2000, Thomas and his family moved to Dubai, UAE and worked until 2010 for MasterCard MENA and SAMEA as Head of Marketing, Head of Alliances & Acceptance and in Strategic Business Development. From 2011 to 2013 Thomas worked as GM for an IT training company specialized in Cisco and NetApp training. Thomas won the prestigious MEAN GEMAS / Effie awards 2 times for projects with Virgin Megastore and the Hilton group, while working for MasterCard.
NATRANS Conference 25 - 27 October 2015, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre
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