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EPC EXPERT FORUM TURNKEY PROJECTS

IN THE GULF STATES

20 - 21 May 2014

Shangri La Hotel Dubai

Event Guide

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Supporters

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AHK Media Partner:

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Welcome Dear Delegates,

Welcome to the EPC Expert Forum in Dubai, where over the next

two days prominent industry experts, practitioners and decision

makers out of the plant manufacturing and the building sector, EPC

Contractors, Sub-Contractors, Sub-Suppliers including important

contract entities and customers will discuss the challenges,

opportunities, best practices, pitfalls and formats of participating in

mega-projects in the GCC-Region. The market for infrastructure and

construction projects in the GCC is dynamic and booming with a

project volume of well over 1 trillion USD. Most of these projects,

especially mega-infrastructure projects are executed on a turnkey and EPC basis (EPC: Engineering,

Procurement and Construction). Especially successful in winning these projects have been

companies from Korea and China, often in collaboration with big regional or local companies.

In contrast to this, many companies from Europe, including Germany have not been so successful as

main contractor in mega projects and have been rather confined to the role of sub-contractor or

sub-supplier. One of the reasons for this may be that especially in recent years most projects in the

Gulf Region were awarded as lump sum turnkey contracts. It seems that the trend towards lump sum

turnkey contracts and high project volume favors the structure of Asian consortia with their integrated

value chain. And whilst in the past, some Asian countries compensated the lower quality of their

products with corresponding low prices, today they have built up their leeway in technologically

demanding sectors, improved quality and supply loyalty, complemented by attractive financial

packages and very often strong political endorsement. On top of this they were accepting liability

clauses which are often considered as a “no go” by the legal departments of German and other

international companies. On the other hand, recent project statistics and balance sheets of some

companies indicate that too much of a cut-throat approach came at a cost and rendered some of the

biggest groups nursing hefty losses. It seems that a balanced and responsible approach is the order

of the day.

This might create a window of opportunity for regaining market shares and winning projects, partly

also by forming new successful and sustainable alliances with local partners or even with former

competitors.

So the EPC Expert Forum will hopefully be a good platform for exchanging ideas, getting to know

each other, networking and making new partnerships.

Best regards

Dr. Peter Goepfrich

CEO

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Day 1 Agenda 08:30-09:00 Registration

9:00-09:30 Opening & Greeting Messages

Opening

Dr. Peter Goepfrich, CEO of AHK, UAE

Dirk Demtroeder, Chairman of the AHK Construction & Infrastructure Committee,

UAE

Greeting Messages

H.E. Saeed Al Fahim, Chairman of Al Fahim Group & Chairman of AHK Board of

Directors, UAE

H.E. Nikolai von Schoepff, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, UAE

Abdulaziz Al-Mikhlafi, Secretary General of Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of

Commerce and Industry, Germany

09:30-10:15

1. Project Market in the Gulf Region

What projects are currently in the pipeline? Which projects are yet to be awarded?

What are the future perspectives?

We will discuss the recent history of EPC awards as well as trends and future

outlook of the EPC projects of industrial plants and the relevance of EPC in the Gulf

region.

Moderator: Dr. Dalia Abu Samra-Rohte, Deputy CEO & Regional Coordinator

Business Development at AHK, UAE

Panelists: Dr. Anis Ben Brik, Managing Director, ABB Management Consultants, UAE

Robert Espey, Director at Germany Trade & Invest, UAE

Klaus Gottwald, Senior Market Information Manager, VDMA, Germany

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Day 1 Agenda

10:15-11:15

2. The owner’s engineers’ point of view: Criteria for the selection of the “best”

EPC Partner/Technology Partner/ etc.

It is an ongoing practice in the Gulf Region that owners involve consultants as their

representatives in the preparation of the tendering phase. We will discuss the most

important criteria under which the owners’ engineers evaluate and recommend po-

tential EPC contractors.

Moderator: Olaf Hoffmann, CEO of Dorsch Consultants, Germany

Panelists: Fahad Al Jahrami, Project Director at Astad Project Management, Qatar

Wael Allan, Group COO & Chairman-Middle East of Hyder Consulting Middle East

Limited, UAE

11:15-11:45 Coffee break

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Day 1 Agenda 11:45-12:30

3. The Customer’s point of view

EPC as practical solution, not a trend anymore, does the customer prefer EPC and

why?

Over the last decades the customers in the Gulf Region have invested and realized

significant capacity increase/amount of plants in industrial production. They learned

a lot about the performance of worldwide EPC bidders and gained knowledge about

the strengths and weaknesses of world renowned EPC companies. We will discuss

with them about their main selection criteria.

There is also an increasing tendency in the Gulf countries to request more „local

content“ in the projects, which directs the focus on local and or regional companies

as partners, sub-contractors, suppliers and service providers. We will discuss what

the criteria are for choosing and shaping local companies, how to build strong and

competitive alliances and how to create long-term and sustainable partnerships.

Moderator: Dr. Peter Goepfrich, CEO of AHK, UAE

Panelists: Hassan Al Suwaidi, Operations Manager at ADCO - Abu Dhabi Company

for Onshore Oil Operations, UAE

Naser Al Hai, Chairman of Dynamic Engineering Consultants, UAE

Abdulmohsen Ibrahim Younes, CEO of Strategy & Corporate

Governance Sector at Roads & Transport Authority, UAE

Majid Al-Thobaiti, Deputy Managing Director at Takamul Project Management Co.,

KSA

12:30-13:45 Networking Luncheon

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13:45-15:15

4. EPC companies’ point of view of and their expectations of the market and

their partners

EPC projects increased by size and complexity and with it the risk for EPC contrac-

tors. Simultaneously competition became more fierce and aggressive.

How do EPC companies deal with this and become successful in such a challenging

environment?

To what extent can proprietary technology (T-EPC) help to maintain reasonable

margins?

Moderator: Dietger Schroers, Vice President Intl. Sales of SMS Meer GmbH,

Germany

Panelists: Jamal M. Wadi, Vice President- EPC of alfanar Construction, KSA

Uday Mitra, Vice President & Head – International Business at Larsen & Toubro,

India/UAE

Ebubekir Koyuncu, Managing Director of Linde Engineering ME LLC (Linde AG),

UAE

Dr. Moo Hoon Kim, Regional Head of Investment/ Power/ Water/

Metallurgy in GCC/Africa at Samsung Engineering, Korea/UAE

Sanel Vranes, Head of Siemens Power Transmission Middle East, Siemens LLC

Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:15-15:45 Coffee break

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15:45-16:45

5. Beyond EPC

After sales, maintenance, upgrades (extended aftersales, EPC +operation & mainte-

nance)

In order to improve the lifetime feasibility of industrial plants and to realize synergies

by combining construction, operation and maintenance of industrial plants, EPC

companies can not only improve their competitiveness but customers can also lift

economic values. We will discuss how service companies benefit from their add-on

service for EPC business.

Moderator: Dirk Demtroeder, Chairman of the AHK Construction & Infrastructure

Commitee, UAE

Panelists: Clemens Wolters, COO, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock, UAE

Wael Allan, Group COO & Chairman –ME, Hyder Consulting Middle East Limited,

UAE

Dr. Marc Hübbers, Head of Spare Parts Service Quotation + Order Handling at SMS

Meer GmbH, Germany

16:45 Summary and open discussion, Q&A

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DR. ANIS BEN BRIK, Managing Director, ABB Management

Consultants

Dr. Anis Ben Brik graduated in Public Policy and Economics from LSE. Dr. Brik served as advisor to many government entities in the GCC. He is the President Middle East at Eneref Institute, an advisory and research organization based in Philadelphia. He is the founder and MD of ABB Consulting Group and the Middle East Public Policy Advisory (MEPPAD), a regulatory consulting firm based in Dubai. He has taught business and economics at UAE University and is a frequent speaker at local and international professional conferences.

JAMAL M. WADI, Vice President- EPC, alfanar Construction

Jamal M. Wadi is responsible for managing and leading the entire operations for the EPC disciplines in alfanar Group of Companies involved in Combined and Simple Cycle Power Plants, Transmission Projects, High Infrastructure Civil Works and MEP Contracts. Jamal Wadi has been instrumental and is one of the main driving forces behind alfanar Construction’s position as one of the top ranked EPC companies in the region. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from King Abdul Aziz Uni-versity, Jeddah, completed his Masters in Power Systems from King Saud University, Riyadh, and has an experience of 26+ years in Power sector. Jamal with his Engineering background is a key expert in Power & Trans-mission Projects in Saudi Arabia. He is knowledgeable and a proven business leader with an entrepreneurial intellect responsible for leading the EPC operations, laying the strategies of proposals and new business generation.

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CLEMENS WOLTERS, COO, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East

Clemens Wolters is Chief Operations Officer of Bilfinger Deutsche

Babcock Middle East FZE which is part of the Bilfinger SE – Piping

Systems Division with a presence in the Gulf since 1968. Mr. Wolters has

been with the group since 2003. During his 15 years of experience, he has

worked mainly for operators of power and desalination plants in the Middle

East and Spain. Initially he started as project engineer for service and

maintenance contracts of power plants before he became Bilfinger

Deutsche Babcock’s key person for the integration of the Ansaldo MSF

desalination technology and was then responsible for the development of

technology services to improve existing desalination plants. Being part of

the R&D team, he is the co-inventor of Deutsche Babcock’s patented

“MSF Flue Gas Desulphurization Link”. Mr. Wolters is still overseeing

major RO, MED and MSF technology projects today.

FAHAD ABDULLATIF AL-JAHRAMI, Project Director, ASTAD Project

Management, Qatar Economic Zones Projects

Fahad Al Jahrami graduated in Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engi-neering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004 followed by Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Houston, U.S.A in 2012. He started his career in 2004 with Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Limited as an Electrical Engineer and was involved in various pro-jects in Offshore Qatar in the design, procurement, technical and commer-cial evaluation as well as factory testing of the electrical and mechanical packages. Since September 2013, Fahad Al Jahrami is Project Director at ASTAD Project Management mainly responsible for the Qatar Economic Zones Projects and its program to develop three world class economic zones in Qatar.

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OLAF HOFFMANN, CEO, Dorsch Group

Olaf Hoffmann is a Graduate Engineer, Architect and Urban Planner.

He studied Architecture at the Technical University of Braunschweig,

Architecture and Urbanism, Politechnico diMilao/Italy, Study of Urbanism,

École d’Architecture de Paris La Vilette Study of Architecture, Columbia

University, New York. From 2005 to date he is the CEO and President of

Dorsch Holding and Shareholder of Dorsch Group. Since 2009 he also is

Board Member of the Arab German Chamber of Commerce. Olaf Hoffmann

is also a member of Board of Directors Societé Agerienne d'Etudes

d’Infrastructures, Algiers Associations a.o and Ghorfa, Arab-German Cham-

ber of Commerce and Industry, Germany.

NASER AL HAI, Chairman, Dynamic Engineering Consultants

Naser Al Hai is an accomplished Civil Engineer Professional with over ten

years of construction experience gained from a respected Multi Disciplinary

Global Architectural Organization, Government Authority and Regulatory

Organization. With his extensive professional experience he has acquired

knowledge of many forms of building structures including residential,

educational, commercial and industrial, in addition, an in-depth

experience in Consultancy, Post – Contract, Site and Project Management.

His pragmatic management skills, along with his holistic approach in engi-

neering are contributing factors to being a very valuable member of the

team.

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DIRK DEMTROEDER, AHK Board of Trustees, Chairman of AHK

Construction and Infrastructure Committee

Dirk Demtroeder has been working with EPC Companies for 30 years , mainly with ThyssenKrupp (Uhde) and Ferrostaal. He served in Project execution, business and project development and services after commis-sioning of industrial plants, the last 20 years mainly in the function of MD. Petrochemical, power plants as well as biofuels and oil and gas related projects have been the technological focus of his activities, while working in Europe, North and South America, MENA and Far East. Since 2008 he lives and works in Abu Dhabi.

ROBERT ESPEY, Country/Regional Director, Germany Trade & Invest

(GTAI)

Robert Espey holds a Masters Degree in Economics, Social Sciences

and History. In the past, he worked as a researcher in Syria and as Dep-

uty Managing Director of the German Arab Chamber of Commerce in

Cairo. Since 1992 he has been with Germany Trade & Invest

(former German Foreign Trade Office) as Country/Regional Director in

Tehran, Washington D.C and now Dubai.

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WAEL ALLAN, Group COO & Chairman-Middle East,

Hyder Consulting Middle East Limited

Wael Allan fluent in Arabic, has international experience in running global

businesses in Japan, China, Germany, the UK and USA. Wael holds a

M.Sc. In Biochemical Engineering and B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering

from the University of Swansea in the UK. He is a fellow of the Institute of

Chemical Engineers (FIChemE), a chartered engineer and scientist with

over 25 years experience in the industry. Wael has also received executive

education and development programs from Harvard, Wharton and INSEAD

business schools. He specializes in project delivery, project & programme

management, risk management, quality and documentation as well as

engineering, construction management and commissioning.

UDAY MITRA, Vice President & Head—International Business,

Larsen & Toubro Limited

Uday Mitra graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and Master in Business

Administration from premier institutes in India. He joined Larsen & Toubro

Limited and has since worked for 28 years in the field of Design &

Engineering, Sales & Marketing of Metallurgical & Material Handling

business segment. Mr. Mitra has had a long association with Indian Iron &

Steel industry and had implemented many mega projects in this sector. For

the last four years he is in charge of building metallurgical and material han-

dling business for Larsen & Toubro Limited in GCC countries and Africa.

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EBUBEKIR KOYUNCU, Managing Director, Linde Engineering UAE

Ebubekir Koyuncu has been in the Middle East for 5 years and is the

Managing Director of Linde Engineering in UAE, the regional HQ for the

MENA region. Linde is a world-leading gas and engineering company with

its divisions "Linde Gas" and "Linde Engineering". The Gases Division of-

fers a wide range of compressed and liquefied gases as well as chemicals,

and is the partner of choice across a huge variety of industries. The

Engineering Division is successful throughout the world with its focus on

market segments such as olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen and

synthesis gas plants.

ABDULMOHSIN IBRAHIM YOUNES, CEO Strategy and Corporate

Governance, RTA

AbdulMohsin Younes is the Chief Executive Officer for Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector (SCG) of the Road and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai. He has over 20 years of senior leadership experience in the Public Sector. As CEO, SCG, he oversees the Commercial & Investment, Development & Corporate Performance, Safety, Risk, Regulation & Planning, Legal Affairs, and Strategic Planning Departments of RTA. Being fully committed to RTA’s vision, “Safe and smooth transport for all”, his corporate role allows him to define and direct RTA’s strategic direction towards a total-integrated transportation solution in support of Dubai’s long-term Strategic Development Plan. Mr. Younes participated in establishing the RTA’s strategic direction of Dubai for the next 5 years to move from private cars to public transport. He has also demonstrated the ability to build, motivate and manage cohesive teams focused on transport solutions to grow and develop issues related to transportation planning. He has also applied innovation to monitor the implementation of roads and transportation plans.

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DR. MOO HOON KIM, Regional Head of Investment/Power/Water/

Metallurgy GCC/Africa, Samsung Engineering

Dr. Moo Hoon Kim graduated as MS from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in USA. & received his Ph. D from Rensselaer Poly-technic Institute (RPI), USA for Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Since then, he joined Samsung Engineering and has worked for more than 20 years in the field of R&D, business development, sales and mar-keting of Power/Water/Infrastructure/Investment. He is responsible for a project in Muharraq Wastewater Treatment (BOO/BOT) for Water and Saudi Aramco Cogen (IPP) for Power in Middle East, American Region in HQ. He is now Regional Head for Power/Water/Infrastructure including Metallurgy in GCC/Africa Region in Dubai Branch Office. He is now a board member of Muharraq STP Company.

SANEL VRANES, Senior Project Manager, Siemens LLC Abu Dhabi

Sanel Vranes began his career at Siemens AG in 2001. For the last 13

years, he has been an integral part of various Siemens Power Generation,

Distribution and Transmission projects. As a Project Engineer of multiple

projects for Power Generation across seven countries, he has been re-

sponsible for a considerable portfolio within Siemens. Since 2007, Sanel

Vranes has been based in UAE, serving as a Senior Project Manager for

various Turn Key Substations and Grid Stations within UAE, where he

holds overall responsibility of the project management, engineering, civil

and site operation functions.

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DR. MARC HUEBBERS, Head of Spare Parts Service Quotation +

Order Handling, SMS Meer GmbH

Dr.-Ing. Marc Huebbers has been working in the field of service

management for 8 years now. Alongside his doctoral studies, he gained

a variety of first hand practical experience working as a consultant in

machine and plant manufacturing industries, aviation and logistics.

In 2011 Dr. Huebbers joined the service unit of SMS Meer GMBH.

Following his initial activities as a project manager responsible for ware-

house solutions and his interim mandate as Managing Director of SMS

Meer Middle East SPC., Manama (Bahrain), today he is responsible for

the international spare part business at SMS Meer HQ in

Mönchengladbach, Germany.

DIETGER SCHROERS, Vice President International Sales, SMS Meer,

GmbH

Dietger Schroers has worked for more than 30 years in the field of busi-ness development , sales and marketing of metallurgical plants and equip-ment. Following earlier assignments in the Middle East, Korea and Singa-pore for the South East Asian markets, he was heading SMS Meer region-al office in Dubai, UAE. Starting Feb 2013 he is Head of Intl Sales at SMS Meer HQ in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Within the SMS group, SMS operates in the field of Steel Works & Continuous Casting for long prod-ucts, Tubes & pipe making technologies, long products rolling mills, Forg-ing and aluminium & copper plants as well as Heating technology. SMS Meer is a division of the SMS group, world market leader in plant and ma-chine engineering for the industrial processing of steel, aluminium and non-ferrous (NF) metals.

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MAJID AL-THOBAITI, Deputy Managing Director, Takamul

Projectmanagement Co.

Majid Al-Thobaiti joined the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)

in 2000 where he was involved in various assignments and projects of var-

ying scales and complexities including the SATORP’s joint venture 400,000

barrels per day oil refinery project between Saudi Aramco and

Total (of France) in Jubail. In 2011, he cofounded Takamul Project

Management Company (one of the first Saudi companies specialized in

providing project management consultancy to private and public clients

throughout the Kingdom) and was assigned as a Project Manager at King

Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy’s (KACARE) mega project in

Riyadh. He holds the title of Deputy Managing Director at Takamul and

is responsible for several projects.

KLAUS GOTTWALD, Senior Market Information Manager - Large

Industrial Plant Manufacturer´s Group, VDMA

Klaus Gottwald graduated in economics from Gießen (Germany) and Nottingham (UK). Since August 2000 he is employed as senior market information manager for the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturer´s Group (AGAB). His primary areas of responsibility are market- and competition analysis, statistics as well as public relations. He is responsible for the AGAB status report (“Lagebericht”) and publishes regularly in the trade press about topics related to large industrial plant manufacturing. He is currently engaged with the organisation of the 3. Engineering Summit, which will take place in Mannheim on July 1st and 2nd 2014 (details see www.engineering-summit.de).

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Day 2 Agenda 08:30-09:00 Registration

09:00-09:15 Opening & Welcome Remarks

Dr. Peter Goepfrich, CEO of AHK, UAE

Dietger Schroers, Vice President Intl. Sales of SMS Meer GmbH, Germany

09:15-10:15

1. The importance of finance

Project Finance, ECA models, Local Finance, OECD-Rules, Benchmarking

The importance of finance is given by the fact that competitive finance models may

have a higher impact on EPC awards than the technical and commercial EPC itself

offer. We will learn from major project finance providers about how the “financial

engineering” developed in the gulf region within the last years.

Moderator: Sylvie Leclercq, Managing Director - Structured Export at

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, France

Panelists: Thomas Schroeder, Director at BHF Bank, Germany

Dr. Tillmann Rudolf Braun, North Africa, Near and Middle East Federal Ministry for

Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany

Peter Purkl, Director - Team Head Power, Renewables and Water at KfW Bank,

Germany

10:15-10:45 Coffee break

Wednesday, 21 May

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2. Suppliers’ and sub-contractors’ point of view

While in the past suppliers and subcontractors have been bound to their “national”

EPC partner, globalization has led to a more independent and nation neutral supply

of first class equipment and supplies. We will address how international suppliers po-

sition themselves in a competitive EPC environment.

Moderator: Burkhard Thost, Director at Thost Project Management, Germany

Panelists: Toenjes Cerovsky , Senior Vice President & Managing Director, KSB Middle East FZE, UAE Stephan Traber, Region Director - Middle East, India and Asia Pacific at MEVA Schalungs-Systeme GmbH, Germany Juergen Viethen, General Manager at Siemens LLC Abu Dhabi, UAE Moritz Kerler, General Manager of Quarry & Mining, UAE

11:45-12:45

3. Legal perspective

Legal constraints often have a negative impact on pricing. This panel will discuss

specific regional risks, risk allocation strategies of employers and contractors, and

recent trends in this field:

Types and specific risks of EPC-Contracts – regional examples

Limitation of liability

Allocation of responsibility

Contract and liability management issues

Specific issues for sub-contractors

Conflict management and dispute resolution – regional specifics

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Day 2 Agenda

12:45-13:00 Summary and End of Discussion, Q&A

13:00-14:00 Networking Luncheon

14:30-16:00 Visit to Nakheel Sales Center

Nakheel Projects Presentation & Boat Tour around Palm Jumeirah

(boat trip is subject to weather conditions)

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13:45-14:30 Transportation from Shangri La Hotel to Nakheel Sales Center

Moderator: Dr. Florian Amereller, Senior Partner at Amereller Legal Consultants,

UAE

Panelists: Roger Button, Head of Middle East Construction at Amereller Legal

Consultants, UAE

Ravinder Bhullar, Special Counsel at Baker Botts, UAE

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DR. FLORIAN AMERELLER, Senior Partner and Founder,

Amereller Legal Consultants

Florian Amereller is the senior partner and founder of Amereller Legal

Consultants, a specialist Middle Eastern practice with a team of more than

50 lawyers and offices in Dubai, Munich, Berlin, Cairo, Damascus, Tripoli,

Baghdad, Erbil and Basra. He has spent the last 25 years in the Middle East,

working with many leading EPC contractors in the region but also

representing governments and leading families. He has also worked on ma-

jor arbitrations, acting as chairman and party-appointed arbitrator in

construction, distribution, energy, and M&A. Florian holds a Master Degree

and a Ph.D. in Islamic Law and is the author of several publications on Arab

business law; he is a frequent lecturer at national and international

conferences.

ROGER BUTTON, Head of Middle East Construction,

Amereller Legal Consultants

Roger Button is the Head of Middle East Construction at Amereller Legal

Consultants. Roger qualified as a solicitor in England in 1971, having studied

law at Oriel College, Oxford. Since then he has specialised in providing legal

support for construction and engineering projects in the Middle East and

throughout the world. His work involves both the preparation and negotiation

of contracts as well as claims resolution. Roger has represented all partici-

pants in EPC projects including employers, contractors, subcontractors and

consultants. Roger is a member of the Contracts Committee of the Institution

of Chemical Engineers (UK) (IChemE) which is responsible for the

preparation and updating of the IChemE suite of contracts for process plant

projects.

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Ravinder Bhullar has substantial experience in international arbitration

concerning disputes in the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors.

He has advised owners, contractors, governments, professionals and

insurers on a diverse range of projects, including railways, roads, high rise

developments, marine structures, land reclamation, power generation,

petrochemicals, oil and gas (onshore and offshore) and mining. In

addition, Mr. Bhullar has significant experience of commercial disputes

involving real estate, international trade, insurance and financial

institutions. He has represented clients in arbitrations seated around the

world conducted under the rules of many of the prominent

arbitral institutes, including the ICC, SCC, LCIA, DIFCLCIA and DIAC, as

well as ad hoc and UNICITRAL rules. Such disputes have been resolved

under a variety of national laws. Aside from representing parties in arbitra-

tion proceedings, Mr. Bhullar sits as an arbitrator. Since 2006, he has held

the position of Treasurer of the Society of Construction Law.

RAVINDER BHULLAR, Special Counsel, Baker Botts

THOMAS SCHROEDER, Team Head Structured Export/ Finance

Director, BHF Bank

Thomas Schröder joined BHF-BANK in 1984 as a management trainee and started his career in Corporate Banking. In 1987 he moved to BHF-BANK’s Export Finance Department and was responsible for several customers in Southern Germany as well as customers in Latin America. In 1995 Mr. Schröder became team head, leading a team with responsibilities for exporters in some selected regions in Germany as well as for Luxemburg and Switzerland. This entailed a certain focus on the steel industry. In addition the team covers Latin America, Near and Middle East. Since 2007 Mr Schröder is concentrating on Export Finance in the MENA Region. Thomas Schröder holds a Masters Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main (Germany).

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STEFAN TRABER, Region Director - Middle East, India and Asia

Pacific, MEVA Schalungs-Systeme GmbH International

Stefan Traber, 48, is a Swiss National with extensive experience in the

Construction Materials Industry. Stefan held various technical, sales,

marketing and general management positions in the construction

materials industry and earned his MBA from IMD, Lausanne. Previously,

Stefan spent six years in Shanghai heading the roofing business for

Sika in China and Asia Pacific. In his current function, he is leading the

effort to develop the business of MEVA formwork systems in the Middle

East, India and Asia Pacific to the next level. MEVA is a leading

producer of high-end formwork systems with headquarters in the black

forest region south of Stuttgart. MEVA formwork contributes to the

success of many high-profile projects around the world, such as

Europe’s largest hydropower plant – the Linth Limmern 2015 in

Switzerland, or the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

DR. TILLMANN RUDOLF BRAUN, North Africa, Near and Middle East,

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Germany

Dr. Tillmann Rudolf Braun is from Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, ‘North Africa, Near and Middle East’, Directorate-General for External Economic Policy, Berlin, Germany. Previously, he worked at the Directorates-General for Political Co-ordination, for External Economic Policy and for Economic Policy, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; at the Coordination Unit (Economic and External Economic Policy), Federal Foreign Office, Berlin; as Adviser to a Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, Berlin; as Personal Assistant to the Special Representative of the German Chancellor for negotiations on compensation to former forced labourers, Count Lambsdorff, Bonn, Ber-lin, Washington, USA. He graduated the First State Exam in Law, Heidel-berg University, and Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court Munich; his Master of Public Administration, Kennedy School of Govern-ment, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; Dr. iur.; and Fellow from Gov-ernment, New York University School of Law, New York, USA.

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PETER PURKL, Director, KfW IPEX Bank GmbH

Peter Purkl is Director with global responsibility for KfW IPEX Bank GmbH’s

activities in the thermal power sector: The bank’s lending activities concen-

trate on structured, export and project finance to support the German and

European industry worldwide. Peter joined KfW IPEX Bank GmbH in 2001

from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s global debt unit where he was re-

sponsible for the arranging and advising on various internationally recog-

nized project financings. Prior to joining Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in

1999 Peter worked as a consulting engineer in the private power depart-

ment of Lahmeyer International, a leading German engineering consulting

company. Peter holds a Master’s degree (mech. Eng.) from the Technical

University of Darmstadt, Germany and a Master’s degree (mech. Eng.) from

Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.

BURKHARD THOST, President, IHK Chamber of Industry and

Commerce Northern Black Forest/THOST Projektmanagement

Burkhard Thost is Vice President BWIHK, Chamber of Industry and

Commerce of Association Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart, and Member

of the Presidential Council, German – Russian Chamber of Foreign Trade

in Moscow. Mr. Thost is also an Industrial Engineer and CEO of THOST

Projektmanagement. THOST Projektmanagement coordinates and con-

trols the development, design, engineering and realisation of complex pro-

jects in the fields of real estate, mobility, industrial plants and energy. With

300 engineers in Germany, U.A.E., Russia, Switzerland, India and further

international project locations it serves clients in industry, trade commerce

and the public sector with both proficiency and unique performance

spectrum.

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JUERGEN VIETHEN, General Manager, IC LMV - Low & Medium Voltage Division, Siemens LLC Abu Dhabi

Juergen Viethen was born, 29th May 1960 in Cologne/Germany. He Studied Sports and Sinology in Cologne and Bonn and later completed his MBA from Warwick Business School/UK. Between 1983 and 1993 he worked as a Journalist with WDR , later in Management in Automotive and Business Aviation in Canada, Germany and UK. Since 2001 he works in Energy Distribution. Since 2005 with Siemens in China, Germany and the UAE. Since 2011 he is the Head of LMV division in Abu Dhabi. Between 2003 and 2006 Mr Viethen was a Board Member of the AHK in China.

TOENJES CEROVSKY, Senior Vice President – Region Middle East

& Africa, KSB

Toenjes Cerovsky has been working for KSB since 33 years. During this time he held different managerial positions in KSB’s overseas companies. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Univer-sity of Cologne in Germany and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Business School of the University of Birmingham, UK. He is Senior Vice President – Region Middle East & Africa for KSB and Managing Director KSB Middle East FZE Dubai. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of KSB Pakistan.

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SYLVIE LECLERCQ, Managing Director - Structured Export at

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

Sylvie Leclercq is a Managing Director in the Export Finance team based in Paris. Sylvie joined the Project Export Finance Group of the Export Finance Department in 1999 and currently leads a group of six people dedicated to advise on and structure Export Financing within Project Finance transactions. She has more than 20 years experience in ECA/MLA finance. In the recent years, she has been involved in the structuring of many Energy and Mining Projects. She has been directly involved as team member in numerous major Oil & Gas Projects, Power Projects, Mining Projects and Telecom transactions mainly in emerging markets but also in developed countries. Sylvie is directly responsible for the negotiation with Insurers and Agencies in the context of Project Financing.

MORITZ KERLER, General Manager, QUARRY & MINING (RAK) LLC

Moritz Kerler is the General Manager and founder of QUARRY & MINING

(RAK) LLC, owned by the Government of RAK and the Kerler family,

based in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE with subsidiaries in Riyadh, KSA and

Biberach, FRG, specialized in Industrial Plants, mainly for the Quarry, Min-

ing and Building Industry. He has spent 39 years in Middle East, out of

which 16 years in Riyadh and started his career as an entrepreneur from

scratch, as an agent and distributor of major German manufacturers of In-

dustrial Plants. At the beginning the company was mainly responsible for

installation, commissioning and maintenance, however because of tough

competition, he started his own Fabrication facility and Engineering & De-

sign office 12 years ago and added several installation crews, while key

machinery and components are supplied by long time German business

partners. His qualified team of 145 staff are executing projects as EPC

contractor all over the MENA region.

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Gold Sponsors

alfanar Construction is a 'Grade A ' Engineering Procurement &

Construction (EPC) company with an impressive track record of

consistent growth. It has emerged as a strong EPC contractor in

the Energy, Infrastructure as well as Engineering Services sectors

in Saudi Arabia.

alfanar Construction

Oman Cables Industry Oman Cables Industry (SAOG) develops, manufactures, markets a totally

integrated variety of electrical products, which include medium voltage

power cables, low voltage power & control cables, instrumentation cables,

pilot cables, overhead power transmission line conductors and building

wires. Oman Cables Industry is a well known and popular cable manufac-

turer in Oman with offices in UAE, Qatar, KSA, Asia and Europe. OCI was

established in 1984 by the current Chairman, Mr Mustafa Mukhtar Al

Lawati and Managing Director Mr Hussain Salman Al Lawati.

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Linde Group Linde is a world-leading gas and engineering company with its

divisions "Linde Gas" and "Linde Engineering". The Gases Division

offers a wide range of compressed and liquefied gases as well as

chemicals, and is the partner of choice across a huge variety of

industries. The Engineering Division is successful throughout the

world with its focus on market segments such as olefin, natural

gas, air separation, hydrogen and synthesis gas plants. In contrast to virtually all

competitors, Linde Engineering can rely on its own extensive process engineering know-

how in the planning, project development and construction of turnkey industrial plants.

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Silver Sponsors

AMERELLER Legal Consultants in Dubai coordinates the

Middle East Practice of the entire firm and advises on a

broad range of corporate and commercial matters in the

GCC Parts, including the development and implementation of real estate projects, interna-

tional tenders and matters of project finance in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar,

Oman, Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Amereller

Knipex is an independently-owned family enterprise steeped in

tradition and specializing in the manufacturing of high quality

pliers. Based on its high level of performance and reliability, it maintains

good and long-term relations with the customers. Knipex is committed to

its production location in Germany but its mentality, strategy and activi-

ties is internationally oriented to best serve its customers worldwide.

Knipex Tools Middle East FZE

Thost Projektmanagement coordinates the development,

engineering, design and realisation of complex projects

worldwide - independently and result oriented. With its unique

service and the coverage of a broad spectrum of industries it is one of the leading

companies in the sector of project management and serves the private sector of industry

and economy as well as the public sector.

Thost Projektmanagement

Neumo company founded 1947 in Germany, soon

became a leading component supplier to the food

processing industry. Today, NEUMO is a technology

leader in fittings, assemblies, containers and

equipment made of stainless steel and special materials which are used for fluid handling in

the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, semiconductor and solar industries.

Neumo

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Supporters

Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry

e.v., founded in 1976, is the official representative of Arab

chambers of industry and trade in the Federal Republic of

Germany. It promotes the cooperation between German and

Arab companies in the domains of industry and trade, finances

and investments and understanding among nations and is a

well-known reference for consulting in economic issues.

Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and

Industry

Nakheel is one of the world’s largest real estate developers. Driven by

the desire to become an influential part of realising Dubai’s vision for the

21st century − creating a world-class destination for living, business and

tourism, Nakheel has built up an iconic portfolio of innovative landmark

projects.

Nakheel

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Hoelscher Wasserbau was founded in 1959 and since then its

ongoing specialization in the area of Dewatering and

continuous technological developments in the areas of Well

drilling, Enviro Engineering and Groundwater-Management have

provided it with outstanding resources and successful positioning

in the marketplace.

Hoelscher Middle East

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Supporters

SMS group and its business areas SMS Siemag, Paul Wurth and

SMS Meer have a unique know-how and extensive project

experience as a provider of the entire production chain - from blast

furnaces to final material handling. The services on offer range from

maintenance planning to the supply of warehousing services and

competent advisory and implementation of overhaul and modernization measures.

SMS Group

VDMA is one of the most important representatives in the engineering

industry and is at the same time the largest association in Europe in this

domain. The VDMA covers the entire process chain- from components

and plant manufacturers, system suppliers and system integrators to

service providers.

VDMA - German Engineering Association

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Participating Companies

ABB Management Consultants, Dr. Anis Ben Brik, Managing Director, UAE ADCO - Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations, Hassan Al Suwaidi, Operations Manager, UAE AHK Chairman of the Construction & Infrastructure Committee, Dirk Demtroeder,

Chairman, UAE/Germany

Al Fahim Group (Mercedes), H.E. Saeed Al Fahim, Chairman, UAE

Al Rostamani Pegel LLC, Paul Schneider, General Manager, UAE

Alexander & Partner, Britta Spahn, Attorney at Law, Qatar

alfanar Construction, Abdul Salam Al Mutlaq, CEO, KSA

alfanar Construction, Jamal M. Wadi, Vice President- EPC, KSA

alfanar Construction, Wasim Malouhi, Executive Manager, KSA

Amereller Legal Consultants, Dr. Florian Amereller, Senior Partner, UAE

Amereller Legal Consultants, Roger Button, Head of Middle East Construction, UAE

Astad Project Management, Fahad Al Jahrami, Project Director, Qatar

AUDAX-Keck GmbH, Guenther Keck, Managing Director, Germany

AWRostamani Building Industries, Rizkallah Abed, General Manager, UAE

Baker Botts, Ravinder Bhullar, Special Counsel, UAE

Bank of Sharjah P.S.C., Marko Klein, Senior Manager Head of Private Banking Wealth

Management, UAE

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH- Dubai Branch, Ulrich Emmer, Branch Manager, UAE

BHF Bank, Thomas Schroeder, Director Structured Export Finance, Germany

BHF Bank, Birgitta Heinze, Head of Structured Export Finance, Germany

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Participating Companies Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East FZE, Clemens Wolters, Managing Director - COO,

UAE

BMC Gulf Trading L.L.C., Bryan Chan, Sales & Technical Engineer, UAE

Commerzbank, Ralph Nitzgen, Senior Executive Officer, UAE

COMMODORE CONTRACTING CO., Gerhard Tegtmeyer, Business Development Manager,

UAE

Departer FZC, Marie-Christin Gabel, HR Consultant, UAE

Deutsch Emiratische Industrie- und Handelskammer (AHK), Dr. Peter Goepfrich, CEO, UAE

Deutsch Emiratische Industrie- und Handelskammer (AHK), Dr. Dalia Abu Samra-Rohte,

Deputy CEO, UAE

DHL Industrial Projects, Jason Hoey, Regional Business Development Manager Middle East,

North Africa and and Turkey, UAE

Dorsch Consultants, Olaf Hoffmann, CEO, Germany

Dynamic Engineering Consultants, Naser Al Hai, Chairman, UAE

ED.Zublin.AG, Kris Wiume, Managing Director, UAE

ED.Zublin.AG, Jens Nagel, Project Director, UAE

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Abu Dhabi, H.E. Nikolai von Schoepff,

Ambassador , UAE

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Abu Dhabi, Raimund Kamp, Counsellor, UAE

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Abu Dhabi, Ralf Schroer, Deputy Head of

Mission, UAE

Endress+Hauser (UAE) LLC, Anton Abadir, Key Accounts Manager - Sales, UAE

Endress+Hauser (UAE) LLC, Hasanain Al-Attar, Key Accounts Manager - Sales, UAE

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Participating Companies

Evonik Gulf FZE, Dr. Mohannad Marashdeh, Senior Manager - Investment Projects

Development, UAE

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Germany, Dr. Tillmann Rudolf Braun,

North Africa, Near and Middle East, Germany

FRACHT ME, Carsten Jens Weisner, Delegate & Representative Manager, UAE

Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Abdulaziz Al-Mikhlafi, Secretary

General, Germany

Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Rafaela Aguilera Alvarez, Director

Marketing/ Events/ Member Services, Germany

Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), Robert Espey, Director, UAE

Haver Middle East FZE, Johannes Fahrendorf, General Manager, UAE

HDI -Gerling IndustrieVersicherung AG, Bahrain Branch, Shanmugasundaram Selvaraj,

Senior Underwriter Engineering & Property, Bahrain

Heitmann GmbH & Co. KG, Bernd Sprenger, Managing Partner, Germany

Heitmann GmbH & Co. KG, Thomas Böhlecke, Managing Partner, Germany

Hilti Middle East, Mohamed Thoraia, Regional Business Developer, UAE

Hyder Consulting Middle East Limited, Wael Allan, Group COO & Chairman-Middle East,

UAE

Hyder Consulting Middle East Limited, Peter Steinhorst, Director Special Projects, UAE

IHK Nordschwarzwald, Elke Moench, Team Leader - International Economics, Germany

IHK Nordschwarzwald, Martin Keppler, CEO, Germany

Institute of International Finance, Wolfgang Engel, General Manager & Chief

Representative, UAE

Isatron GmbH & Co.KG, Timo Dietrich, Managing Director, Germany

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Participating Companies

KfW IPEX Bank GmbH, Peter Purkl, Director, Team Head Power, Renewables and Water,

Germany

KfW IPEX Bank GmbH, Sebastian Fenk, Vice President, UAE

Kharafi National Co. LLC, Claudio Palmieri, Business Development Director, UAE

KN International Architects and Engineers LLC, Christian Peters, Projects Manager, UAE

Knipex Tools Middle East FZE, Eckhard Schirm, General Manager, UAE

KSB Middle East FZE, Toenjes Cerovsky, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, UAE

Kunststoffe Lauing Nachf. GmbH, Arijana Malushaga, Marketing Manager, Germany

Lahmeyer International GmbH, Ingolff Hoffmann, Head of Department - Privately Financed

Projects, UAE

Larsen & Toubro, Uday Mitra, Vice President & Head – International Business, India/UAE

Linde Engineering Middle East LLC, Ebubekir Koyuncu, Managing Director, UAE

Linde Engineering Middle East LLC, Ali Vezvaei, Senior Vice President Sales and

Execution (MENA), UAE

Linde Engineering Middle East LLC, Muhammad Muhammadieh, Business Development

Manager, UAE

MEVA Schalungssysteme GmbH, Stefan Traber, Region Director - Middle East, India and

Asia Pacific, Germany

Namariq Arabian Services Co., Hussein Hamed Fayez, Managing Director, KSA

NEUMO Armaturenfabrik-Apparatebau-Metallgießerei GmbH + Co KG., Harry Jost,

Global Business Development, Germany

Novatec Solar GmbH, Thomas Mehlitz, Project Manager, Germany

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Participating Companies

Oman Cables Industry (SAOG), Louis Du Preez, General Manager - Sales & Marketing,

Oman

Oman Cables Industry (SAOG), Benjamin Brandt, Sales Account Manager, Oman

Oman Cables Industry (SAOG), Swee Keong Lim, Regional Manager - International, Oman

Outotec Abu Dhabi, Thomas Schwalm, Managing Director, UAE

Outotec Abu Dhabi, Petri Kiljunen, Sales Director, UAE

Outotec Abu Dhabi, Cemil Celik, Maintenance Manager, UAE

ProfessorPfeiferandPartner - German Engineering Consultancy, Guido Noelle,

General Manager, Germany

PUK-WERKE Middle East, Katharina Kollack, Business Development Manager, UAE

Qatar First Bank, Eva Steinhaus, Senior Manager - Commercial Banking, Qatar

Qcon - Qatar Engineering & Construction Co. LLC, Yasser G. Hussein, Regional Business

Development Manager, UAE

Quarry & Mining (RAK) LLC, Moritz Kerler, General Manager, UAE

RAK German Engineering FZC, Andreas Hangarter, Managing Partner, UAE

Robert Bosch Middle East FZE, Stefano Mazzocca, Cross-selling Coordinator and RLR

Steering, UAE

Roads & Transport Authority, AbdulMohsin Ibrahim Younes, CEO of Strategy & Corporate

Governance Sector, UAE

RWE Power International Middle East LLC, Dr. Andreas Stoerzel, CEO, UAE

Samsung Engineering, Dr. Moo Hoon Kim, Regional Head in Investment /Power/Water/

Metallurgy in GCC/.Africa, Korea/UAE

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Participating Companies

Schueco International KG, Andreas Brockschmidt, Head of Sales and Marketing Middle

East, Republic of Korea, UAE

Schueco International KG, Ian Lord, General Manager, UAE

Siemens AG, Mahschid Aghadavoodijolfaie, Energy Sector Fossil Power Generation

Division, Germany

Siemens LLC Abu Dhabi, Sanel Vranes, Senior Project Manager, UAE

Siemens LLC Abu Dhabi, Juergen Viethen, General Manager, UAE

SMS Meer, Dietger Schroers, Vice President Intl. Sales, Germany

SMS Meer, Dr. Marc Huebbers, Head of Spare Parts Service Quotation + Order Handling,

Germany

SMS Meer Middle East S.P.C, Siegfried Gruber, Managing Director, KSA

Société Générale, Sylvie Leclercq, Managing Director - Structured Export, France

Société Générale, Martine Jany, Director Export Finance, Germany

Société Générale, Charles-Emmanuel De Beauregard, Director – Structured Export Finance

– Gulf & Middle East, France

Specialist Oilfield Services K.S.C, Asad Baig, Machine Shop Manager, Kuwait

Specialist Oilfield Services K.S.C, Abdul Latif Ali Al-Mehaini, General Manager, Kuwait

Specialist Oilfield Services K.S.C, Mohammed Abdullah, Contract Manager, Kuwait

SSI SCHÄFER - Fritz Schäfer GmbH, Dr. Armin Vogel, Chairman, Germany

SSI SCHÄFER - Fritz Schäfer GmbH, Stephan Weissenbacher, Export Manager –

Waste Management& Recycling, Germany

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Participating Companies

Takamul Project Management Co., Majid Al-Thobaiti, Deputy Managing Director, KSA

Thost Project Management, Burkhard Thost, Director, Germany

Thost Project Management, Renate Thost-Stetzler, Germany

TIP TOP Oberflächenschutz Elbe GmbH, Markus Wolfgang Hoffmann, Head of Projects

Middle East, Germany

TIP TOP Oberflächenschutz Elbe GmbH, Faruk Egel, Site Manager, Germany

Toto S.p.A. Costruzioni Generali, Robert William Muench, Technical Director, Italy

UNii Engineering Consultancy L.L.C, Ashraf Gad, Managing Director / Partner, UAE

UNii Engineering Consultancy L.L.C, Zaky Abdelrahman, General Manager / Partner, UAE

Unitechnik FZE, Hans Christian Ettengruber, Managing Director, UAE

VDMA - German Engineering Association, Klaus Gottwald, Senior Market Information

Manager, Germany

Vossloh Middle East, Frederic Milliet, Regional Director Middle East, UAE

we-ef Leuchten, Sebastian Winnig, Project Manager Middle East, Germany

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