Eng.Ahmed Nasseral-Naser Manager – Electricity Projects Department Kahramaa
IanClarke Managing Director - Middle East Mott MacDonald
AngusHindley Research Editor MEED
Ed James
EdmundO’Sullivan Chairman MEED Events
MohammadSiddiqui Director - Treasury & Planning Nakilat
RobertHager Managing Partner Patton Boggs LLP
Abdulsattaral Rashid Chief Executive Officer Ras Abu Fontas Qatar Electricity & Water Company
EnricoGrino Group Senior Credit Officer Qatar National Bank
MartinBay Vice-Chairman Qatar Railways Development Company
Eng.Saad Ahmed Ibrahimal Mohanadi Chief Executive Officer Qatar Railways Company
GeoffMee Deputy Chief Executive Officer Qatar Railways Company
Khalifa Al Sowaidi
MonjidAbdelmajeed, Managing Director REDCO Construction Almana
MEED headlines
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Testimonials
"The event is a very strategic and effective platform to meet, hear and network with key players in the Qatari projects sector."
George Nasra,
Managing Director, IBQ
“An excellent, must-attend event for doing business in Qatar. We met key Qatari decision makers!” Robert Hager,
Managing Partner, Patton Boggs
"This comprehensive annual forum is ‘ground zero’ where business leaders and Qatar State agency officials gather and work out how Qatar’s major projects are shaping up, their ramifications and critical path for the year ahead… often serving as the launch pad for major projects coming up." Rick Russell,
Vice President Aviation Services, Inter VISTAS Consulting, USA
‘Qatar Projects 2011 is a must attend event for anyone who wants to do business in Qatar, or who is currently doing some business and wants to do more. It is a great venue to gain valuable insights into the fast-changing Qatari market.’ Blair Hagkull,
Chairman,Jones Lang LaSalle MENA
"MEED conferences are always informative and provide excellent opportunities to meet key individuals in the projects’ world. I strongly recommend attendance of new comers into the region."
Ahmed Al-Kowsi,
Projects / NFS Manager, Qatar Navigation
Qatar Facts
The International Monetary Fund predicts Qatar’s economy to grow by 18.5% in 2010 Source – MEED
There is a forecast of a nominal GDB for 2010 of US$ 115.9bn, a rise of 36% on 2009. For 2011 its forecast is for a further 16% rise to US$ 134.6bn. Source - The Central Bank
Much of Doha’s wealth is to be channeled into three main areas: funding infrastructure projects, the activities of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, and to support the acquisitions of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Source – MEED
LNG capacity in Qatar will be more than 77 million t/y in 2010, giving it a 29% share of the global market by 2012 Source – MEED
Some 40% of budgets are being dedicated to infrastructure expansion projects, with expenditure also going to the private sector to create jobs. This amounts to more than US$ 66bn – worth of infrastructure projects either planned or under way in Qatar at present Source – MEED
Speakers
BIO
NAME
JOB TITLE
COMPANY
H.E Mohammed bin Salah Al-Sada
Minister of Energy & Industry and Chairman & Managing Director
Qatar Petroleum
H.E. Abdulla Bin Saoud al-Thani
Governor
Qatar Central Bank
Dr. Khaled Alderbesti
Director, Investment Promotion Department
Ministry of Business & Trade
Eng. Nasser Ali al-Mawlawi
President
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal)
Hassan Al Thawadi
Secretary General
Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee
Remy Rowhani
Director General
Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Mohamed Adbah
Director of Transportation & Infrastructure Planning Department
Ministry of Municipality & Urban Planning (MUUP)
Thomas Topolski
Vice President, Transportation Middle East
AECOM
Osama Hadid
Managing Director
Al Jaber Engineering
Gordon Lindsay
Project Director and Head of Rail, Qatar
Atkins
Ali Nasser M N al-Khalifa
Chief Executive Officer
ASTAD
Ivan Bravo
Director General
ASPIRE
Khaldoon Tabari
Chief Executive Officer
Drake & Scull
Campbell Gray
Director
Faithful+Gould
Alistair Lenczner
Partner
Foster + Partners
Markus Pfisterer
Architect
GMP Architekten
George Nasra
Managing Director
IBQ
Eng. Ahmed Nasser al-Naser
Manager – Electricity Projects Department
Kahramaa
Eng. Mansoor Saleh Bu Mattar al-Muhannadi
Manager, Waste Treatment Centre
Ministry of Environment
Angus Hindley
Research Editor
MEED
Edmund O’Sullivan
Chairman
MEED Events
Ian Clarke
Managing Director - Middle East and Chairman
Mott MacDonald and Association of Consulting Engineers, Middle East Group
Mohammad Siddiqui
Director - Treasury & Planning
Nakilat
Bernardo Gogna
SC Director
New Doha International Airport (NDIA)
Robert Hager
Managing Partner
Patton Boggs LLP
Ian Lyne
Director of Development Strategy
Place Dynamix
Enrico Grino
Group Senior Credit Officer
Qatar National Bank
Eng. Saad Ahmed Ibrahim al Mohanadi
Chief Executive Officer
Qatar Railways Company
Geoff Mee
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Qatar Railways Company
Martin Bay
Vice-Chairman
Qatar Railways Development Company
Abdulsattar al Rashid
Chief Executive Officer Ras Abu Fontas
Qatar Electricity & Water Company
Senior Representative
Qatar Petroleum
Shashank Srivastava
Acting Chief Executive Officer
QFC Authority
Monjid Abdelmajeed
Managing Director
REDCO Construction Almana
Ben Veenbrink
Specialist Operations Consultant
Stadium Consultancy
Gerrit-Jan Smitskamp
Vice President - Finance
Shell Qatar
John-Kelly Quinn
General Manager
The Maintainers
Eng. Jalal Yousef al-Salihi
Director, Infrastructure Affairs
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal)
Tahir Sharif
Managing Director
Tekla Middle East
Geene Alhady
General Manager
Meridien Systems
Nigel Rushman
Founder
Rushmans
Ahmed Jassim al-Jolo
Chairman
Qatar Society of Engineers
Omar Smad
Executive Director of Credit Management
Qatar Development Bank
Jason Majid
Partner
Clyde & Co
J R J Parrish
Global Director Sports
AECOM
Mika Sulin
General Secretary
2012 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship
John Barrow
Senior Principal
Populous
Andre Went
Chief Executive Officer
Qatar Exchange
Ahmed Meshari
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Qatar Islamic Bank
Farid Chedid
Chief Executive Officer
SEIB Insurance
Yusuf Akcayoglu
Regional Director
TAV Middle East
Stephane Michel
Managing Director
Total EP Qatar
Ibrahim Jaidah
Managing Director
Arab Engineering Bureau
Gavin Witcombe
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
Fahad Badar
Executive General Manager, Government and International Banking