ADDRESSING THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS

THROUGH INTEGRATED APPROACHES & REGIONAL COOPERATION

1ST EU-GCC REGIONA L WORK SHOP

24 - 25 A PRIL 2019

M USCA T, OM A N

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ENERGY-WATER NEXUS

AGENDA

AGENDA Wednesday 24 April 2019

08:30-09:00 Regist rat ion and Networking

09:00-09:20 Opening Remarks

Eng. Zaher Al Sulaimani, President of the Oman Water Society

H.E. Laet it ia van Asch, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Sultanate of Oman

Ms Remedios Romeo, Head of the Economic & Trade, Economic & Trade Office Spanish Embassy in Muscat

Dr. Mustapha Taoumi, Energy Technology Expert, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

09:20-09:25 Short break

09:25-10:00 Introductory session: Overview of the Energy - Water Nexus

Moderator: Prof. Vincenzo Naddeo, Director of the Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED), University of Salerno, Italy. Representative of European Water Association (EWA)

Mr. Omar Saif , Senior Economic & Policy Officer, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UAE

?Why we need a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach in the Gulf Region?

Dr. Jauad El Kharraz, Head of Research, Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC)

?Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Regional efforts of implementation ? where are we??

10:00-10:15 Networking Break

10:15:-11:45 Session I: Technology Opt ions for the Energy-Water Nexus including decoupl ing power from water

Moderator: Dr. Mustapha Taoumi, Energy Technology Expert, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

Keynote speakers:

Prof. Vincenzo Naddeo, Director of the Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED), University of Salerno, Italy. Representative of European Water Association (EWA)

"On the critical role of the technological innovation in the Water-Energy Nexus to achieve Sustainable Development Goals: novel needs in the water circular economy?

Prof. Abdulaziz Alturbak, Department College of Engineering King Saud University, KSA

''The Water - Energy Nexus in the GCC countries''

Speakers:

Dr. Najib Dandachi, CEO Al Usul Ltd & Senior Expert, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

?Efficient Energy for Water: Technologies and Innovative Operational Opportunities?

Prof. Ahmed Mushtaque Ph.D., College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

?Green Desalination: Reality or Pipe dream?

Dr. Hassan A. Arafat , Director, Center for Membrane and Advanced Water Technology & Professor of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, UAE

?Options for sustainable desalination: A water-energy nexus approach?

Dr. Al i Karnib, Professor, Lebanese University

?Technology-Oriented Approach to Water, Energy and Food Nexus?

Q&A Session

AGENDA Wednesday 24 April 2019

11:45-13:00 Session II: Governance, regulat ions and integrated approaches including promot ion mechanisms

Moderator: Mr. Omar Saif , Senior Economic & Policy Officer, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UAE

Keynote speaker: Mr. Ziad Khayat , Economic Affairs Officer, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Speakers:

Dr. Hammou Laamrani, Senior Expert, Water, Energy, Food Security and Climate Change Nexus, Economic Sector, League of Arab States

"Nexus WEF governance: What institutional frameworks could work"

Dr. Sl im Zekri, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Natural Resource Economics, College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University

"Domestic Water Governance and Policy"

Mrs. Mart ine Kubler Mamlouk, High level advisor ENGIE-MESCA&T, Founding Member of GCWDA and member of GCWDA Board

?A blueprint for clean desalination tendering?

Q&A Session

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:30 Session III: Water and energy in the city of the future: the role of technology innovat ion and smart technologies

Moderator: Eng. Ahmed bin Nasser al Abri, Oman Water Society board member

Keynote speaker: Dr. Mustapha Taoumi, Energy Technology Expert, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

?Building a Smart and Sustainable City: The Energy-Water Nexus?

Speakers:

Mr. Luca Pol izzi, Research Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation

?The Solar-Water nexus, Horizon 2020 international science cooperation opportunities for people wellbeing?

Dr. Ahmed Al Busaidi, Researcher, College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University

?Water ? Energy Saving with Integrated Approach of Crop Production Using Aquaponics (Smart) System?

Mr. Ap Verheggen, Director of Communications, SunGlacier Technologies B.V.

?SunGlacier: A new and efficient technology to harvest Water from Air?

Mr. Daniël W. Dussel jee MSc, Managing Director, Witteveen+Bos EMEA DMCC

?Design of the Dutch pavilion for Dubai EXPO 2020?

Q&A Session

15:30-16:30 Session IV: Panel discussion on country init iat ives and regional cooperat ion

Moderator: Dr. Hammou Laamrani, Senior Expert, Water, Energy, Food Security and Climate Change Nexus, Economic Sector, League of Arab States

Panel ists:

Mr. Omar Saif , Senior Economic & Policy Officer, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UAE

Mr. Luca Pol izzi, Research Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation

Mr. Ziad Khayat , Economic Affairs Officer, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Prof. Vincenzo Naddeo, Director of the Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED), University of Salerno, Italy. Representative of European Water Association (EWA)

Dr. Sl im Zekri, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Natural Resource Economics, College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University

Q&A Session

AGENDA Thursday 25 April 2019

08:30-09.00 Regist rat ion and Networking

09:00-09:30 Introductory session: Wrap Up of day 1 and object ives of the t raining

Mr. Omar Saif , Senior Economic & Policy Officer, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United Arab Emirates

Dr. Mustapha Taoumi, Energy Technology Expert, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

09:30-11:30 Session I: Towards implement ing and monitoring water-energy-food nexus approach

Moderator: Dr. Jauad El Kharraz, Head of Research, Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC)

Dr. Najib Dandachi, CEO Al Usul Ltd & Senior Expert, EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

"The Power & Water Nexus: GCC Perspective Concept and Practices"

Dr. Al i Karnib, Professor, Lebanese University, Lebanon

"Introduction to qualitative & quantitative Nexus Assessment & modeling"

Dr. Hammou Laamrani, Senior Expert, Water, Energy, Food Security and Climate Change Nexus, Economic Sector, League of Arab States

"Solar Power Irrigation systems : Current status, challenges and opportunities"

Dr. Hassan A. Arafat , Director, Center for Membrane and Advanced Water Technology & Professor of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, UAE

"Harnessing Renewable Technology to Reduce the Energy Footprint of Water"

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-13:15 Session II: Industry Insights - Various industries offer advanced and eff icient technologies proposit ions w ith dif ferent concepts and innovat ive solut ions

Moderator: Mr. G. André Vreman, Managing Partner, EIN enterprise / Dutch Energy Solutions

Mr. Niels Bos, Partner, Dynaflow Research Group

?Waterhammer Analysis using BOSfluids?

Eng. Michael A. Katz, Managing Director, Deep Sea Solutions LLC

?Deep Ocean Water solutions?

Mr. Robert-Jan Vos MSc, Engineer Sustainable Energy, Strukton International

?The Green house by Strukton: A case study on a circular hospitality building in Utrecht?

Dr Alexandros Stefanakis, Tender Manager ? Constructed Wetlands Specialist, Bauer Nimr LLC / Bauer Resources GmbH

?Adapting circular economy in the Oman industry: reuse of oilfield produced water ecologically treated in a Constructed Wetland for biosaline irrigation in the desert?

13:15-13:30 Wrap up & conclusions

13:30-15:00 Networking Lunch

Dr. Must apha Taoumi

Energy Technology Expert EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Net work

Dr. Mustapha Taoumi is the Energy Technology Expert of the EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network project since January 2016.

Dr. Taoumi has been leading Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects and technology deployment for over 30 years. He has worked with US AID, GIZ (Germany), JICA (Japan) and EU (DGXII) as Project and Programme Manager. He has conducted numerous feasibility and planning studies, building programs and has implemented projects on the ground. He assisted local institutions to develop strategic plans in sustainable energy. He managed numerous seminars and training workshops concerning the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Dr. Taoumi was also involved in several initiatives and projects with a regional scope particularly in MENA and Mediterranean regions including the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP). As a Regional Programme Officer for North Africa and the Middle East region (MENA) within the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the first global intergovernmental organisation dedicated to all renewables, Dr. Taoumi managed several projects and initiatives across MENA region including Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA), assessment of local manufacturing potential in the Arab region and recently the Pan Arab Clean Energy initiative (PACE).

Dr. Taoumi held several key positions including Secretary General and Interim Executive Director within the National Renewable Energy Centre (CDER) in Morocco - now transformed on a National dedicated Agency (ADEREE) as well as Executive Secretary of the Mediterranean Association of the National Agencies for Energy Conservation (MEDENER- Network). Before joining IRENA in 2010, he was nominated by the Ministry of Energy in Morocco as IRENA?s focal point and member of the IRENA?s Headquarters Selection Committee.

Among other positions, Dr. Taoumi is an active member on several organisations, conferences and networks around the world including the MENAREC Conference International Steering Committee. Dr. Taoumi holds a PhD in Electrochemistry from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) in France and master's degrees in Electrochemical Engineering and Management Science, he is fluent in English, French, Spanish as well as Arabic.

Eng. Zaher Al Sulaimani

President of t he Oman Water Societ y

Mr. Zaher Khaled Al Sulaimani (Omani), BSc & MSc in earth science & physics. Country Technical Representative in the Middle East Desalination Research Center, board member of public authority for water he was Director General water resources in ministry of regional municipality and water resources and then DG of projects in the public authority of electricity and water (total 19 years) . Before that he served in the ministry of petroleum and minerals for 11 years.

He is founder member and president of the Oman water society, member of the Historical Association of Oman, founder member of the Geological Society of Oman, member of the Water science technology Association, member of the Environment Society of Oman, international water association and international Desalination association.

His current interests focus on enhancing the principle of the integrated water resources managements and its applications, monitoring the climate change and its impact on the water resources and environmental systems.

Dr. Najib Dandachi

CEO Al Usul Lt d Senior Expert , EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Net work

Dr. Najib is a recognized technical and business Executive in the field of utility strategic and master planning, asset management and capital investment. Through Al Usul, Dr. Dandachi is actively engaged in offering consultancy services to power & water utilit ies, regulators and governmental departments across the GCC.

He has 30 years of international experience gained in England and the GCC and is a thought leader on Energy and Water systems and its transformation through privatization, liberalization and regulation. He occupied a number of executive roles in Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority over 18 years. In this role, Dr. Najib worked closely with Board of Directors and Governmental Authorities to set and direct company strategy and business plans. He has led a business transformation process which led to achieving the ISO 55000 asset management accreditations.

In the UAE, he chaired strategic and technical committees and provided expert advice under Governmental forums on energy and water strategy. He led the UAE Team that played a key role in the GCC Interconnection Authority, which connected the GCC Power Grid. He was, for a number of years the GCC convener of the EU?GCC Clean Energy Network on ?Electricity Interconnections and Market?.

He is regular speaker at the International Water Summit in UAE and has published more than 30 technical papers. Dr. Dandachi chaired International symposia, meetings and presented technical talks covering subjects such as ?Impact of privatization, economic modelling, the commercial environment? and ?Water Systems, Renewable Energy, and the Smart Grid?.

Prof. Ahmed Musht aque Ph.D.

Col l ege of Agricul t ural & Marine SciencesSul t an Qaboos Universit y

Prof. Mushtaque Ahmed obtained his PhD from Iowa State University, USA in 1988 and MSc from University of Hawaii in 1984 (Civil Engineering). He is currently a Professor of the Department of Soils, Water and Agricultural Engineering of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. He joined SQU in 1996 and has held different positions including Head of the Department, Assistant Dean and Director of the SQU Environmental Studies and Research Center (CESAR). Prior to joining SQU, he worked with CSIRO and New South Wales State Government in Australia. His current research interests are biosaline agriculture, managed aquifer recharge, climate change and adaptability, desalination in agriculture, wastewater treatment and reuse. He has published more than 240 scientific papers in peer reviewed refereed journals, book chapters, conference proceedings, and manuals, as well as serving as Editor of various publications. He is a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia and a member of the International Desalination Association (IDA). He has worked as consultant for UN organizations such as UNEP, IAEA, UNOPS and UNESCO. He has supervised large number of postgraduate students and has been an external examiner for graduate students of SQU, Curtin University (Australia), RMIT (Australia), Univ of South Australia (Australia) and Rhodes University (South Africa). Currently he is a member of the International Scientific Evaluation Panel for the PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area), Barcelona. He has reviewed for 40 international refereed journals and 5 international research and funding organisations.

Prof. Vincenzo Naddeo

Director of t he Sanit ary Environment al Engineering Division (SEED)Universit y of Salerno, It aly

Represent at ive of European Water Associat ion (EWA)

Dr. Naddeo is professor at Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Salerno (Italy) where he drives research activities as Director of the Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED).

His research focuses on advanced water/ wastewater treatment, characterization and control of environmental odours and environmental impact assessment (EIA). He recently developed advanced biotechnologies for wastewater reuse with simultaneous energy saving and production.

He holds 4 patents on water and wastewater treatments by sonolysis and 1 patent on novel electronic nose (e.Nose). From January 2018 Dr. Naddeo is CEO and co-founder of Sponge s.r.l., a Spin-Off of the University of Salerno working on Green Environmental Technologies. Dr. Naddeo has (co-)authored over 200 refereed publications in ISI journals, congress proceedings and book volumes.

Omar Saif

Senior Economic & Pol icy Of f icerEmbassy of t he Kingdom of t he Net herl ands in t he UAE

Omar Saif is a multi-disciplinary professional currently working for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a regional expert on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus.

Omar graduated with an M.Eng. in Engineering & Public Policy from McMaster University in Canada ? focusing on sustainable desalination in the Gulf region. For the past 6 years, Omar has been based in the Middle East, where he worked as a Research Engineer at Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi focusing on research in the power and water sectors. Omar later joined the Climate Change & Sustainability Services team at Ernst & Young, managing and delivering a wide range of sustainability and energy management projects to clients across the MENA region. Omar?s core interest lies in bringing various stakeholders together to tackle the Middle East region's various sustainability challenges through a holistic and integrated approach.

Ap Verheggen (The Netherlands, 1964) inventor and designer. Former cultural Ambassador for UNESCO-IHE (2010 - 2015) , Ambassador for National Water Traineeship program and Ambassador for the Wetskills Foundation. Founder of the SunGlacier Project (since 2010).

Ap Verheggen

DirectorSunGlacier Technologies b.v.

Dr. Jauad El Kharraz

Head of ResearchMiddle East Desal inat ion Research Center (MEDRC)

Dr. Jauad El Kharraz is head of Research at the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) where he manages its research programs dealing with sustainable desalination technologies, water-energy-food nexus and other water related topics. He has more than 18 years of international experience (Spain, France, Oman, Euro-Mediterranean region) in water management issues: Water Information Systems, Remote Sensing applied to environment, drought monitoring, desalination technologies, water-energy-food nexus, environmental issues, and also scientific research. He has been chair of evaluation of water projects proposals for the Euro-Mediterranean program PRIMA, apart from chairing the evaluation of Jordanian-Palestinian MEDRC scholarships and the Palestinian-Dutch Academic Cooperation Program on Water (PADUCO), among other programs.

He has been information and projects manager at the Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System (EMWIS) based in Sophia Antipolis (France) before joining MEDRC for the 11 years and half. He was also co-leader of water panel at WANA Institute (Jordan). He has published and contributed to hundreds of conferences in more than 50 countries, journals and reports in the fields of water management, desalination, agriculture, water information systems, remote sensing applications and scientific research. He co-authored the last UNESCO science report (Arab countries chapter). Dr. Jauad contributed to numerous projects funded by the European Commission, ESA, USAID, and other regional programs (FP5-FP7, H2020, ENPI NGO, ENPI CBC-Med, LIFE, SMAP?).

He got MSc & PhD degrees in Physics from the University of Valencia, Spain. He also got a Diploma in Enterprises Management & Strategy from SKEMA European Business School, France.

Prof. Abdulaziz Al t urbak

Col l ege of EngineeringKing Saud Universit y

Prof. Abdulaziz obtained his master and Ph.D. from civil Eng. Dept. at Colorado State University. He spent the last 35 years teaching courses for undergraduate and graduate students at King Saud University in addition to supervising many graduate studies research. Prof. Abdulaziz currently holds the academic position of Emeritus professor, civil Engineering Department, King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia and he was dean of College of Engineering, KSU for six years (1995-2005). He also served as Chairman, Civil Engineering Department, KSU 1988-1992, and Member of board of Journal of Engineering Sciences, KSU 1995-1999 and Member of KSU Scientific Council and Member of College of Engineering Council 1996-1999.

He served as member of many past and present technical committees (working on water related problems), he also worked as consultant to Ministry of Agriculture & water 1984-1988, Consultant to Ministry of Economy and Planning from 1993-2005 while participated in many consultative works to governmental and non-governmental organization and institution. At the present time, he works as consultant to Municipality of Riyadh on floods and Stormwater problems. He is also a council member of prince Sultan International Prize for water and member of the board of WSTA.

Prof. Abdulaziz has participated in a number of scientific and research activities such as principal investigator and co-investigator in many research projects funded by KACST (King Abdulaziz City and Technology), published more than 100 articles and lectures in local, regional and international journals and conferences, review many articles submitted to refereed regional and international journals and review of promotional papers.

Prof. Hassan A. Arafat

Director, Center for Membrane and Advanced Water Technology Professor of Chemical Engineering, Khal ifa Universit y, UAE

Prof. Arafat is the director of the Center for Membrane and Advanced Water Technology and professor of chemical engineering at Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE. His current research expertise is in membrane-based desalination, with focus on third-generation desalination technologies such as membrane distillation (MD) and the development of novel membranes thereof. He initiated a new research trend on sustainable desalination, which integrates multiple multidisciplinary tools to enhance the prospects of deploying desalination, with the aim of achieving national water and food security. The concepts behind this trend are captured in his book: Desalination Sustainability: A Technical, Socioeconomic and Environmental Approach. Prof. Arafat received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA) in 2000 and a BSc in Chem. Eng. From the Univ. of Jordan. From 2000 to 2003, he worked at Argonne National Laboratory (Illinois, USA) as a postdoc then as a research scientist, developing processes for nuclear waste treatment at the United States Department of Energy (DOE) sites. Between 2003 and 2010, he was a faculty member of the Chem. Eng. Dept. at An-Najah University (Palestinian Territory). Between 2009 and 2012, he served as an adjunct associate professor of the Biological Eng. Dept. at Utah State Univ. (Utah, USA) and in 2010, he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts, USA) as a visiting professor. He is a recipient of four research fellowships by the US National Academy of Science (USA), the Open Society Foundation (USA) and DAAD (Germany). Through his career thus far, he supervised more than 30 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students and received 23 research grants, exceeding $13 Million in funding. His research was published in 230 book chapters, journal papers and conference presentations, in addition to two US patents and 50+ keynote and invited talks worldwide. Among other honors, Prof. Arafat received the Khalifa Award for Education, presented by the President of UAE, the Mohammad Bin Rashid Medal for Scientific Excellence, presented by the Prime Minister of UAE, the United States Department of Energy Secretarial Honor Award, the Mondialogo Engineering Award by Daimler AG and UNESCO, and the Univ. of Cincinnati Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship.

Dr. Al i Karnib

Professor Lebanese Universit y

Prof. Ali Karnib is working extensively in a wide range of areas in sustainable water resources management in the Arab region, such as studies on water-energy-food security nexus, assessment of the impact of climate change on water resources and water supply and sanitation. His experience is a combination of strong academic credentials (Full Professor of Engineering at the Lebanese University and strong publications and scientific modeling record) as well as wide experience from projects and programmes management and consultancy services both at policy level as well as from the field. In addition, he provided research results, technical advisory services and expertise to assist Arab countries to prepare for the formulation and follow-up to the water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Prof. Ali Karnib holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Artois University, France. He has a BE in Civil Engineering from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon. He has published over 50 scientific articles, international working papers, reports and technical manuals. He is member of the Editorial Board of the International Water Utility Journal published by EWRA and member of the international scientific committee of the WORLD CONGRESS OF EWRA on Water Resources and Environment and reviewer for several international water journals.

Dr. Sl im Zekri

Head of t he Depart ment of Nat ural Resource EconomicsSul t an Qaboos Universit y; Col l ege of Agricul t ural & Marine Sciences

Dr Slim Zekri is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Natural Resource Economics at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman. He earned his PhD in Agricultural Economics and Quantitative Methods from the University of Cordoba, Spain. He is Associate Editor of the journal of Water Economics and Policy. Dr. Zekri has worked as a consultant for a range of national and international agencies on natural resource economics, policy and governance, agriculture, and water economics in the Middle East and North Africa. He is member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the FAO?s Globally Interesting Agricultural Heritage Systems. His main research interests are in Water Economics & Policy and Environmental Economics. In 2017 he was awarded the Research and Innovation Award in Water Science from the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture & Science in the Scientific Publications Category.

Mart ine Kubler Mamlouk

High l evel advisor ENGIE-MESCA&T Founding Member of GCWDA and member of GCWDA Board

Martine Mamlouk is high level advisor for prospective and stakeholder?s management at ENGIE MESCAT. She joined ENGIE in 2017 after having served several years at the French Embassy to the UAE where she was Deputy Permanent Representative of France to IRENA and involved in the preparation of COP21 and a number of climate initiatives. She combines a diversified and long governmental experience in international affairs at bilateral, European and multilateral level, in management of projects and programs, evaluation of policies and account auditing at French Cour des Comptes as well as trading in the private sector.

Before coming to the UAE, she was at France?s ministry in charge of environment, energy and environment, Deputy Director for protection against terrorism for all modes and infrastructures of Transport, Energy, Water, Environment, Urban and Land Planning. Earlier on she was for several years managing French participation to European RD projects of transport, space and cities and Galileo ? Europe?s satellite navigation system- project leader for France. Previously, she has been for several years seconded to the United Nations, where she successively worked as deputy UN permanent representative in Uganda and covered regional support to Eastern and Central European and CIS countries. She formerly served as economic and commercial counselor at the French Embassies in Canada and in Syria. In the initial years of her career, she had successively responsibilit ies in the field of transport and technical and economic cooperation with Maghreb and Machrek. She graduated from ENA in 1976 after completion of Master in law and Diploma of political science (Sciences Po).

Ziad Khayat

Economic Af fairs Of f icerEconomic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Ziad Khayat is Economic Affairs Officer at the Water Resources Section of the Sustainable Development Policies Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Wester Asia (ESCWA). Mr. Khayat joined ESCWA in 2015 focusing on water related sustainable development issues within the context of a nexus approach and on shared water resources opportunities and challenges in the Arab region. He has also been involved in the United Nations-League of Arab States Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) exploring climate change effects on groundwater. He previously worked with UNDP in Lebanon on a national groundwater assessment and with Dar Al-Handasah Consultants on various hydrogeological assessments and groundwater management issues in the Arab region. He has also taught Hydrogeology graduate courses at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He holds degrees from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and from the American University in Beirut with a focus on hydrogeology.

Dr. Hammou Laamrani

Senior Expert , Water, Energy, Food Securit y and Cl imate Change Nexus Economic Sector, League of Arab St ates

Dr. Hammou Laamrani holds a PhD in Environmental Impact on Community Development Copenhagen University, Denmark, a Master in Environment Sciences, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco and a BSc in Natural Sciences, Hydrogeology, Faculty of Science Fez, Morocco.

He served as a Research Associate at National Institute For Agronomic Research and agronomic Institute, Rabat Morocco, a Researcher at The International Water Management Institute in Ghana/ Sri Lanka, www.iwmi.org, a Senior Program Officer The International Development Research Centre (www.idrc.ca) Cairo Office, Egypt and an Advisor to GIZ (www.giz.de) Program Adaptation to Climate Change in Water Sector in the MENA Region (www.accwam.com), (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH).

Currently he is a Senior Expert at the Centre for International Migration and Development (GIZ and German Federal Employment Agency), Eschborn, Germany, a Policy Advisor Water, Energy, Food Security and Climate Change Nexus, Senior Expert Economic Affairs, League of Arab States (www.las.org), Cairo, Egypt and Coordinator of the regional initiative on the Nexus Water, Energy and Food security in the Arab region, League of Arab States, Economic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.

Dr. Ahmed Al Busaid i

ResearcherCol l ege of Agricul t ural & Marine Sciences, Sul t an Qaboos Universit y

Dr. Ahmed Al-Busaidi is a Researcher in Department of Soils, Water and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

- 2007 PhD. in Bioenvironmental Science, Tottori University, Japan.

- 2001 M.Sc. in Soil and Water Management, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

- 1996 B.Sc. in Soil and Water Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

Act as Principle Investigator (PI), Co-PI, Co-Investigator on national and international funded projects.Invited Researcher in some international universities and organizations (ex: Tottori University, Japan, 2011), Invited Lecturer in some international universities and organizations (ex: University of Applied Science, Rottenburg, Germany, 2014), Invited Instructor in some local universities and colleges (ex: Oman Tourism College, Oman, 2011), Fulbright Fellowship Scholar in 2016: University of Florida, USA, Invited Speaker in Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas, USA (2016), Involved in some international exchange programs (Japan and Netherlands), Authoring and publishing scientific work and attend scientific meetings, workshops, symposiums and conferences. A member in different scientific committees, Conduct Researches in soil, water and plant system: Waste reuse and management, Water conservation, saline agriculture.

Daniël W. Dussel jee MSc

Managing Director Wit t eveen+Bos EMEA DMCC

Mr Dusseljee received his MSc degree from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands in 2009 and started his professional career at Witteveen+Bos as a water modelling expert and hydraulic consultant. Since then, he has carried out many hydraulic studies, including environmental impact and risk and safety assessments, using a variety of state-of-the-art numerical models and dedicated in-house software, for clients all over the world. He has working experience in Russia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Australia, Oman, UAE, Ghana, the UK, The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

Since 2018, he manages the office of Witteveen+Bos in Dubai, UAE, which focuses on improving the regions' major challenges in dealing with water shortages, environmental pollution and rapid urbanisation, as well as in securing energy supplies and providing an adequate transport infrastructure. He is responsible for the business development in the Middle East region and the daily management of operations in Dubai. He acts as project director and manager in various projects, ranging from the development of concept designs for water distribution networks in Oman to the design of an eco-resort on the Seychelles.

Luca Pol izzi

Research Pol icy Of f icerDirectorate General for Research and Innovat ion, European Commission

Luca Polizzi is Research Policy Officer at the European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation responsible for scientific cooperation with GCC countries, Eastern Partnership Countries, and Innovation Pilot Actions in Africa with focus on public health, industrial technologies, and renewable energies.

Between 2014 and 2016, he worked at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in Saudi Arabia, for the administration of various research Funding Programmes with the USA. He moved to KAUST after 8 years in Brussels (2006-2014), where he was Senior Policy and Funding Executive for Research and Education at the European Union (EU) Office of Scottish Enterprise/ Scotland Europa, the Scottish Government Agency for innovation and growth. He is lecturer and guest speaker on EU Policy and Funding in different organisations; e.g. College of Europe, University of Sassari, University Cattolica of Milan, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), University of Glasgow, Edinburgh, St. Andrews and Aberdeen, among others. Between 2004 and 2006 he was Professor in European Law at the University Marconi, in Rome. Graduated from ?La Sapienza? and earned his MA at the Katholieke University of Leuven (BE) in EU policies and administration, he is currently working on his PhD at the VUB on public health and research funding programmes for science diplomacy.

Eng. Ahmed bin Nasser al Abri

Board MemberOman Water Societ y

He is the member of Board of Director at Oman Water Society. He holds a master degree (MSc.) in Water and Waste Engineering from United Kingdom, currently he is working with Public Authority for Water as projects manager since January 2010, he got a wide experience in water sector since he joint the work with Ministry of Electricity and Water in June 24th 1990, during his carrier he been involved with all the water supply services management process in addition to his wide experience with operation and maintenance processes. As part of his works Ahmed is also Chairing the tender technical committee at PAEW.

Dr Alexandros Stefanakis

Tender Manager ? Const ructed Wet lands Special istBauer Nimr LLC / Bauer Resources GmbH

Dr. Stefanakis is a professional Environmental Engineer, active Researcher and academic Lecturer with more than 13 years of experience in designing and implementing natural waste treatment systems and research projects in many countries (Greece, Germany, UK, Portugal, Brazil, Oman). His expertise in constructed wetland systems covers the treatment of various industrial wastewater sources, municipal wastewater and sludge dewatering. In Oman he is employed by Bauer Nimr LLC, while he is also a visiting Lecturer at the German University of Technology.

Eng. Michael A. Kat z

Managing DirectorDeep Sea Solut ions LLC

Mr. Katz has over 45 years working experience, 29 years in the Middle East (living & working in the GCC & expediting projects in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Qatar, and Bahrain 1975-1990, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, & Manila 1991-2006, Kuwait 2006-2008, & Oman 2008-Present.

Mr. Katz holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a M.Sc. Master of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, He is a Certified Environment Professional, professional Diver and a Fixed Wing & Helicopter Pilot. A Canadian national, he has proficiency in English, French, and Tagalog. Investor Residence status in the Sultanate of Oman and a Member of the Oman Water Society. He has extensive broad scope experience in environmental engineering design/ impact statements, feasibility studies, risk management, Desalination, Sea Water Intake systems, Aquaculture, Agriculture Utilit ies/ infrastructure design and financial/ commercial packaging of diverse projects, successfully expediting complex assignments ranging from the 1 million USD. design/ project development of a state of the art Bio-genetic drug production facility, Bio Mass Energy, Solar PV & C. Solar Thermal & Wind Power to highways, hospital facilit ies, irrigation and sewage systems, Aqua Marine projects, 3-6 Star Hotels, High Rise Buildings & Luxury Palaces to the USD Shk. Isa Military Airbase & the new 12.8 Billion USD Kuwait University City Project. Complete Design for the new Seawater Intake system, Laboratory Quarantine room & RAS systems for all wet labs for the Aquaculture Center & Aquariums for the Marine Science Center, Al Roudha Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Complete Architectural & Engineering Design & Supervision for the new Dhofar Oman Aqua Science state-of-the-Art Abalone Hatchery, Visitor center, Aquariums, Laboratories, Nurseries, Land & sea-based grow-out including Deep Ocean Seawater Intake system, Laboratory Quarantine room & RAS systems Dhofar region, Sultanate of Oman. He has prepared & implemented environmental impact Statements/ assessments & environmental compliance certificates for a wide variety of projects in diverse industries Asia & the Middle East.

I am an engineer and architect with a passion for sustainability. I have travelled to many countries and seen lots of beautiful cultures and people, but also many missed opportunities and potential treats created by global warming. I want to do something about that and I believe in the motto of Mahatma Gandhi: ?The Future Depends on what we do in the Present?. That is why I joint the department of sustainable energy at Strukton, Strukton and its partners offer practical real solutions to environmental challenges. I and my colleges believe we can improve the world. The solutions we offer to improve the world are:

- Need for (clean) energy (Solar plants/ roofs/ facades/ roads)

- Reducing energy water consumption (Offices/ compounds/ public buildings/ existing/ new build)

- More cost effective O&M (digital monitoring program)

- Affordable water storage (Water bags)

- Waste water treatment (modular & future proof)

Or company can offer consultancy, design, construction and O&M. I would love to tell you more about our success and hope we can help you to.

Robert -Jan Vos

Sust ainable Engineer St rukton Int ernat ional

G. André Vreman

Managing Part ner EIN enterprise / Dut ch Energy Solut ions

Mr Vreman is heading the EIN enterprise group, which is a high level and innovative niche player in energy and healthcare in North-Western Europe and the Middle East. Since 2009 the company has among other things been entrusted with the implementation of the Dutch Energy Solutions programme, a cooperation between the main industry associations in The Netherlands in this industry, actively supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economy and Climate Change. This programme has seen growing influence in the Middle East, in close alignment with Royal and Ministerial visits to the region. He attended Twente University of Technology where he graduated in Mechanical Engineering (MSc). His thesis was awarded with a Unilever Research Prize, a yearly prestigious award for work judged to be scientifically relevant in the field of biology, chemistry and engineering.

He completed his Minor in International Development Cooperation, and worked in disaster management assignments at Médécins Sans Frontières. During his period at DSM, the leading petrochemical firm in The Netherlands at the time, he combined his industrial engineering capability with the enhancement of Health, Safety and Environment, while obtaining his post graduate qualifications in the latter field. He completed his Master of Business Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management, with focus in Strategy.

Under his coordination EIN also achieved regional leadership in mobile healthcare, like cancer screening solutions, and disaster management, as state-of-the-art CBNRE solutions.

It is in the ambition of Mr Vreman to enhance the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through different mechanisms, among which sustainability, health and safety in industry. Further, digitalisation will take an important role, fostering better possibilit ies for predictive modelling, deep learning (AI) and embedded security. Entrepreneurship is key, both within the corporate environment and in new ventures.

Niel s Erik Bos

Part nerDynaf l ow Research Group

Niels Bos is a Partner at Dynaflow Research Group since January 2008 after several years of experience as Sr. Engineer and Project Engineer at Dynaflow. He has worked on a range of different type of projects within the office. Examples are the following:

- General Engineering - Surge analysis, static analysis and FEM analysis performed for many different systems. Niels helped several clients solving vibration problems on their plant. Through the analysis of the Eigen-frequencies of the system and the performance of a root-cause analysis he was able to help clients to solve their problems and increase the plant.

- Training - Niels has given several training sessions over the years on different software packages such as FE/ Pipe, CAESAR II, and BOSfluids.

- Fiberglass ? Niels has been a technical consultant to several clients on fiberglass project all around the world. He has an extensive experience in fiberglass analysis, installation, design and testing.

Before joining Dynaflow Research Group, Niels worked for a pipe manufacturer, for Shell in Buenos Aires, Argentina and several years as a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. Niels holds both a Bachelor and a Masters degree in Applied Physics from Delft University of Technology (1996). He received his MBA cum laude from Columbia Business School, New York, USA (2001).

In his spare time, Niels likes to be active outdoors such as skiing, playing basketball and field-hockey. Windsurfing and chess are also activities of which Niels is very passionate about.

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