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26- 27 November 2024 | ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Amna Bin Abdullah Al Dahak

Minister

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

H.E. Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri

Cabinet Member & UAE Minister of Economy

Ministry of Economy

Dr. AbdulHakim Elwaer

Assistant Director- General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa

FAO

HRH Princess Basma bint Ali

Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa

FAO

H.E. Ambassador Berik Aryn

Director General

IOFS

H.E. Dr. Obaid Hamad Saif Al Zaabi

Chairman of Board

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development

H.E. Fahed Al Qassim

Director General

Awqaf Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Dr. Majid Sultan Al Qassimi

Sub Regional Office for the GCC States and Yemen

FAO

H.E. Maria Hanif Al Qassim

Assistant Undersecretary of Economic Policies and Studies

UAE Ministry of Economy

Dr. Tarifa Alzaabi

Director General

International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

Alexander Lotsch

Senior Climate Finance Specialist, Global Department for Agriculture and Food

The World Bank

Dr. Kayan Akram Jaff

Adviser and Head of Mission of the Sub Regional

Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Katherine Dybdal-Grasberger

Co-Founder

Nola

Alevizos Theofilos

Senior Director of Sustainability & HSE

Agthia

Mohamad Khachab

Co-founder

BMB Group

Davron Ishnazarov

Researcher

SESRIC

Nadine Gbossa

Director Food Systems Coordination, IFAD

IFAD

Seifallah Rabie

Managing Partner

LOGIC UAE

Sylvia Vitale Rotta

CEO

Team Creatif

Sabri Hamade

Partner - Energy and Natural Resources Practice

Oliver Wyman

Amath Pathe Sene

Managing Director

Africaā€™s Food Systems Forum (AGRF)

Harun Lone

CEO

Swiss Bio Shield

Simona Grande

Researcher, Department of Management

University of Turin

Dr Shamal Mohammed

Director - AgriTech

Silal

Olaf Abi Aad

CEO

AGZIA

Yousef Saleem

Managing Director

Al Barakah Dates Factory

Milena Corredig

Professor, Department of Food Science - Food Technology

Aarhus University

Gian Luca Bagnara

Chairman

AIFE

Sake Kolhoff

Project Coordinator

FoodvalleyNL

Mahmoud Adham

Founder

Munchbox

Fatima Al Dhaheri

Head of the AGWA Cluster

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

Josef Schmidhuber

Chief Sustainability Officer

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Dr. Mahamadou Tounkara

Director

ODG Division

Emre Yuksek

Humanitarian Affairs Manager

IOFS

Dr Patrick Noack

Executive Director - Future, Foresight and Imagination

Dubai Future Foundation

Dr. Ismail Abdelhamid

Director of Projects Department

IOFS

Dr. Abdelaziz Hajjaji

Program Manager in-Charge of Climate Smart Agriculture

IOFS

Gustavo Burger

CEO

Believer Meats

Daniel Khachab

CEO

Choco

Dr. Mirjana Prica

Managing Director

Food Innovation

Bakytzhan Arystanbek

Program Manager in-Charge of Food Bank Related Issues

IOFS

Dr Ahmad Mukhtar

FAO Senior Economist

FAO Regional Representative for Near East and North Africa

Yazen Al Kodmani

General Manager

Emirates Bio Farm

Hassan Halawy

CEO

Elite Agro Projects

Fernando Marquez

Cluster Senior Advisor

UAE Ministry of Economy

Dr Giorgi Shuradze

Founding Member

Cinsoil

JosƩ Francisco FernƔndez Serna

CEO

E-motion Foods & Lead Mentor EIT Food / Innovator Fellowship

Prof. Ahmed Al Raessi

Acting Vice Chancellor

UAE University

Dr Marios Roccaro

Senior Programme Manager Education

EIT Food

Dr. Stefan Schmitz

Executive Director

Global Crop Diversity Trust

Malachy Mitchell

Co-founder and Managing Director

Farelly Mitchell

Abdula Manafi Gulamo Mutualo

Chief Multilateral Affairs Officer

Islamic Organization for Food Security

Gian Luca Bagnaro

Chairman

AIFE

Paola Giavedoni

Lead Global Collaborations

FoodValley, NL

Dr. Abdelbagi M. Ismail

Director for Africa

International Rice Research Institute

Sophia Ngugi

Gender Officer

FAORNE

Adj. Prof. Dr. Hildegard Lingnau

Executive Secretary

Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

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