A galaxy of speakers from across the world will be on hand at the Saudi Water & Power Forum in Jeddah.

These include the Saudi Minister of Water and Electricity, Abdullah Al-Husayen, the Deputy Minister of Electricity, Dr Saleh Alawaji, the Deputy Minister of Water Affairs, Ali Al Tokhais, and the Deputy Minister of Finance, Osama Al Rabia.
Also scheduled to speak are Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz, advisor, Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals, Fahied Fahad Al Shareef, governor, SWCC, and Dr Fareed Zedan, governor, Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority, Saudi Arabia
Among other speakers will be Dr Jeffrey Goldmeer, fuel flexibility platform leader, Power Generation, GE-Energy; Ali ben Haj Hamida, commercial development leader, Mena, GE Water & Process Technologies; Daniel Hofmann, director, innovative plant concepts and R&D management, Siemens AG Energy;  Dr Bashar Sinokrot, regional manager, Jeddah, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies; Vesa Tapio Riihimaki, vice president, Power Plant Technology Department, Wartsila, Finland; Paddy Padmanathan, president and CEO, Acwa International; Mahmoud Fallatah, director, corporate projects, National Water Company, and  Paul Rathbone, vice president, CRA International.
The speakers’ list also includes Dr Adil Bushnak, chairman, Bushnak Group, Graeme Sims, director, regulation, United Utilities; Ramon Masip Oliva, international expansions director, Agbar; Bob Smith, business manager, Metito Utilities; Steven Stanish, international business development manager, Severn Trent Services; Takaya Watanabe, deputy general manager, power systems international operations, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; Dr Corrado Sommariva, divisional director, Mott Macdonald; Chris Mendis, CFO, Sete Energy; Henry Cabrera, executive vice president, Arabian Bemco Contracting; Dr Fareed Al Yagout, president, National Power Company; Mohammed Abunayyan, chairman, Acwa Power International; Omar Al Ghamdi, president, Water & Electricity Co.
Other speakers are Ronald Heyselaar, head of projects, Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company; Jonathan Barnes, director, corporate finance, KPMG; Usha Rao-Monari, senior manager, infrastructure, International Finance Corpn;  Shaikh Mohammed Al Khalifa, director of privatisation and outsourcing, Ministry of Finance, Bahrain; Ahmed Saif  Al-Darmaki, director of planning & development, Adwea; Dr Jack Elliott, chief operations office, Pure Technologies Group; Christopher Gasson, publisher, Global Water Intelligence, and Timothy Arnheim, partner, Allen & Overy LLP.
 Also to speak are Dr Ghassan Ejjeh, senior advisor and director, Besix-Sanotec; Ibrahim Aljomaih, CEO, Aljomaih Group;  Mamdouh Raslan, deputy vice chairman, holding company for Water & Waste Water, Egypt; Lisa Henthorne, vice president CH2M Hill International and president, IDA; Leon Awerbuch, president, Leading Edge Technologies and past president and programme chairman, IDA; Dr Abdulmajeed Al Awadi, CEO, Ewa Bahrain; Mohammed Ali Al Sofi, vice chairman, Arabian Consulting Engineering Centre; Dr Bakr Khosahaim, power consultant and member, Majlis Ash’shura; Wah Yuen Long, director, water reclamation (plants), Public Utilities Board, Singapore, and Dr Hayat Sindi, visiting scholar, Harvard University.