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APRIL 9 - 10,2025
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MARRIOTT HOTEL AL JADDAF, DUBAI, UAE
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NET ZERO MEA - Solar & Energy Storage
As the sun-bathed city of Dubai hosts this summit, it's only fitting that we bask in the brilliance of solar energy. Delegates will delve into the latest advancements in solar power generation, photovoltaic technologies, smart grids, and the integration of solar power, so as to better play the role of source-grid-load-storage integration and multi-energy complementarity in ensuring energy security, and actively explore its implementation path.
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Focus Topics
  • topicSolar
  • topicEnergy Storage
Speakers
Ministers & Senior Speakers 2025
    speaker
    Avanthika Satheesh
    Director- Emerging Technologies- MENA
    Customized Energy Solutions
    speaker
    Faisal Ali Al Rashid
    Senior Director - Demand Side Management
    Supreme Council of Energy
    speaker
    Rami Hamati
    Projects Development Manager
    Emerge
    speaker
    Mohamed Saady
    Head of Technical Services - MENA
    Jinko Solar
    speaker
    Khalid Salmi
    Senior Expert – Sustainable Energy Management
    Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
    speaker
    Eng. Mohammed Al Ta'ani
    Secretary General
    Arab Renewable Energy Commission
    speaker
    Adly Kafafy
    VP Africa & New ventures
    TAQA Arabia
    speaker
    Romain Riche
    Head of Asset Management, Operations & Maintenance
    EDF Renewables Middle East
    speaker
    Mohamed Elsammaa
    Chief Development Officer
    KarmSolar
    speaker
    Abdullatif Albitawi
    Vice Chair
    Energy Institute Middle East Branch
    speaker
    Avanthika Satheesh
    Director- Emerging Technologies- MENA
    Customized Energy Solutions
    speaker
    Faisal Ali Al Rashid
    Senior Director - Demand Side Management
    Supreme Council of Energy
    speaker
    Rami Hamati
    Projects Development Manager
    Emerge
    speaker
    Mohamed Saady
    Head of Technical Services - MENA
    Jinko Solar
    speaker
    Khalid Salmi
    Senior Expert – Sustainable Energy Management
    Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
    speaker
    Eng. Mohammed Al Ta'ani
    Secretary General
    Arab Renewable Energy Commission
    speaker
    Adly Kafafy
    VP Africa & New ventures
    TAQA Arabia
    speaker
    Romain Riche
    Head of Asset Management, Operations & Maintenance
    EDF Renewables Middle East
    speaker
    Mohamed Elsammaa
    Chief Development Officer
    KarmSolar
    speaker
    Abdullatif Albitawi
    Vice Chair
    Energy Institute Middle East Branch
Previous Ministers & Senior Speakers
    speaker
    Aissatou Sophie Gladima
    Minister
    Petroleum and Energies, Senegal
    speaker
    Aminu Umar-Sadiq
    MD/CEO
    Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
    speaker
    Ashok Thangavel
    CEO of MENA
    Evolve Energy Group
    speaker
    James Jin
    President of Middle East Africa Division
    LONGi
    speaker
    Bruno Jean Richard Itoua
    Minister
    Hydrocarbons, Republic of Congo
    speaker
    Chinnan Maclean Dikwal
    Vice Chair Board of Directors
    African Energy Council
    speaker
    Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
    Minister
    Energy at Government of Ghana
    speaker
    Dr. Phindile Masangane
    CEO
    Petroleum Agency South Africa
    speaker
    Emelia Akumah
    Founder & President
    African Energy Technology Centre
    speaker
    Dr. CHERRADI Nabih
    Partner, Chief Technology Officer
    Desert Technologies
    speaker
    Foday Mansaray
    Director General
    Petroleum Directorate Sierra Leone
    speaker
    Frans Kalenga
    Technical Advisor on Green Hydrogen
    Ministry of Mines and Energy, Namibia
    speaker
    Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi
    Minister
    Ministry of Environment in Nigeria
    speaker
    Nany Chrougha
    Chairman of the Regulatory Authority
    Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania
    speaker
    Keith Tuffley
    Vice Chairman, Global Co-Head, Sustainability & Corporate Transitions
    Citi
    speaker
    Osam lyahen
    Senior Director
    Africa Finance Corporation
    speaker
    Olayinka Fayomi
    Chairman
    Foreign Investment Network, Africa
    speaker
    Hemant Nandanpawar
    Senior Director - Climate Finance & Policy | Clean Energy, Climate Change & Sustainability Expert
    Global Carbon Council
    speaker
    Salisu Dahiru
    Director General NCCC
    Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria
    speaker
    Samaila Zubairu
    President & CEO
    Africa Finance Corporation
    speaker
    Vito Saluto
    Head of ESG
    AMEA Power
    speaker
    Youssef Ammar
    VP of Product Development
    Yellow Door Energy
    speaker
    Mohammed Alzaidi
    Business Development & Sustainability Manager MENA
    Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
    speaker
    Yusuf Umar
    Head of NSIA
    Renewable Energy of Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
    speaker
    Mohamed Saady
    Head of Technical Services & Product Management MENA
    Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
    speaker
    Mohamed Osman Saeed
    Director General of MOEM
    Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the Republic of Somaliland
    speaker
    Semih Ozkan
    Executive Director, EMEA Energy, Power, Renewables, Metals & Mining, J.P. Morgan Payments
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    speaker
    Thomas Feng
    Senior Energy Storage Analyst
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Vincent Yan
    New Energy Consulting Director
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Yikwan Guo
    Technical Advisor on Green Hydrogen
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Xiaolei Liu
    Director of Big Data Department
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Rosalinde van der Vlies
    Clean Planet Director
    European Commission
    speaker
    Eng Nawal Alhanaee
    Director of Future Energy department at Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
    Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure - UAE
    speaker
    Majid Ideisan
    Project Manager
    Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure - UAE
    speaker
    Ryan McPherson
    Regional Director, Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS at The EIC
    EIC
    speaker
    Aditya Saraswat
    VP Middle East Analysis
    Rystad Energy
    speaker
    Nadia Ibrahim
    Middle East Director of Sustainablity
    RICARDO
    speaker
    Julio de la Rosa
    ME BD Director, Water
    Acciona
    speaker
    Marcel Kooter
    Co-Founder
    Holland Hydrogen Hub
    speaker
    Mohammed Aldalbahi
    Investment/Mega Project Expert
    Saudi Arabia
    speaker
    Rabih Baroud
    Power & Utility Director - Middle East Region
    Bureau Veritas
    speaker
    Mohammed Ali Khan
    Senior Vice President Business
    Energy Internet Corporation
    speaker
    Dr. Badrinath Veluri
    President
    Rare Earth Industry Association
    speaker
    Talal Eskandar
    Middle East executive director
    Reactive Technologies
    speaker
    LK Verma
    Founder and MD
    Power n Sun
    speaker
    Zia ul Rab Siddiqui
    Acting Chief Investment Officer
    APICORP
    speaker
    Tadhg O'Donovan
    Chief Scientist – Green Technology
    Heriot-Watt University
    speaker
    Ahmad Alkhufash
    Sales Director,MENA
    ASTRONERGY
    speaker
    Rana Humbatova
    Head of Hydrogen and green technology
    Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency
    speaker
    Iven Liu
    MEA BESS Solution Manager
    Sungrow
    speaker
    Aissatou Sophie Gladima
    Minister
    Petroleum and Energies, Senegal
    speaker
    Aminu Umar-Sadiq
    MD/CEO
    Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
    speaker
    Ashok Thangavel
    CEO of MENA
    Evolve Energy Group
    speaker
    James Jin
    President of Middle East Africa Division
    LONGi
    speaker
    Bruno Jean Richard Itoua
    Minister
    Hydrocarbons, Republic of Congo
    speaker
    Chinnan Maclean Dikwal
    Vice Chair Board of Directors
    African Energy Council
    speaker
    Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
    Minister
    Energy at Government of Ghana
    speaker
    Dr. Phindile Masangane
    CEO
    Petroleum Agency South Africa
    speaker
    Emelia Akumah
    Founder & President
    African Energy Technology Centre
    speaker
    Dr. CHERRADI Nabih
    Partner, Chief Technology Officer
    Desert Technologies
    speaker
    Foday Mansaray
    Director General
    Petroleum Directorate Sierra Leone
    speaker
    Frans Kalenga
    Technical Advisor on Green Hydrogen
    Ministry of Mines and Energy, Namibia
    speaker
    Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi
    Minister
    Ministry of Environment in Nigeria
    speaker
    Nany Chrougha
    Chairman of the Regulatory Authority
    Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Mauritania
    speaker
    Keith Tuffley
    Vice Chairman, Global Co-Head, Sustainability & Corporate Transitions
    Citi
    speaker
    Osam lyahen
    Senior Director
    Africa Finance Corporation
    speaker
    Olayinka Fayomi
    Chairman
    Foreign Investment Network, Africa
    speaker
    Hemant Nandanpawar
    Senior Director - Climate Finance & Policy | Clean Energy, Climate Change & Sustainability Expert
    Global Carbon Council
    speaker
    Salisu Dahiru
    Director General NCCC
    Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria
    speaker
    Samaila Zubairu
    President & CEO
    Africa Finance Corporation
    speaker
    Vito Saluto
    Head of ESG
    AMEA Power
    speaker
    Youssef Ammar
    VP of Product Development
    Yellow Door Energy
    speaker
    Mohammed Alzaidi
    Business Development & Sustainability Manager MENA
    Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
    speaker
    Yusuf Umar
    Head of NSIA
    Renewable Energy of Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
    speaker
    Mohamed Saady
    Head of Technical Services & Product Management MENA
    Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
    speaker
    Mohamed Osman Saeed
    Director General of MOEM
    Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the Republic of Somaliland
    speaker
    Semih Ozkan
    Executive Director, EMEA Energy, Power, Renewables, Metals & Mining, J.P. Morgan Payments
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    speaker
    Thomas Feng
    Senior Energy Storage Analyst
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Vincent Yan
    New Energy Consulting Director
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Yikwan Guo
    Technical Advisor on Green Hydrogen
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Xiaolei Liu
    Director of Big Data Department
    Shanghai Metals Market
    speaker
    Rosalinde van der Vlies
    Clean Planet Director
    European Commission
    speaker
    Eng Nawal Alhanaee
    Director of Future Energy department at Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
    Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure - UAE
    speaker
    Majid Ideisan
    Project Manager
    Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure - UAE
    speaker
    Ryan McPherson
    Regional Director, Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS at The EIC
    EIC
    speaker
    Aditya Saraswat
    VP Middle East Analysis
    Rystad Energy
    speaker
    Nadia Ibrahim
    Middle East Director of Sustainablity
    RICARDO
    speaker
    Julio de la Rosa
    ME BD Director, Water
    Acciona
    speaker
    Marcel Kooter
    Co-Founder
    Holland Hydrogen Hub
    speaker
    Mohammed Aldalbahi
    Investment/Mega Project Expert
    Saudi Arabia
    speaker
    Rabih Baroud
    Power & Utility Director - Middle East Region
    Bureau Veritas
    speaker
    Mohammed Ali Khan
    Senior Vice President Business
    Energy Internet Corporation
    speaker
    Dr. Badrinath Veluri
    President
    Rare Earth Industry Association
    speaker
    Talal Eskandar
    Middle East executive director
    Reactive Technologies
    speaker
    LK Verma
    Founder and MD
    Power n Sun
    speaker
    Zia ul Rab Siddiqui
    Acting Chief Investment Officer
    APICORP
    speaker
    Tadhg O'Donovan
    Chief Scientist – Green Technology
    Heriot-Watt University
    speaker
    Ahmad Alkhufash
    Sales Director,MENA
    ASTRONERGY
    speaker
    Rana Humbatova
    Head of Hydrogen and green technology
    Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency
    speaker
    Iven Liu
    MEA BESS Solution Manager
    Sungrow
Previous Government Attendees 2023
      Government Attendee
      Sustainability Partner
      Academic Partner
      Media Partner
      Association Partner
      Honoured Attendee