26 - 27 May 2027
Dubai, UAE

Speakers

Conference Chairman Day One

Senior Manager – Geotechnical Engineering
Dubai Development Authority

Conference Chairman Day Two

Senior Geotechnical and Tunnel Consultant
INFRA Design & Consulting Engineers CO / SALFO S.A.

President
International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG)Associate Professor of Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics
National Technical University of Athens

Dr. Anil Joseph

President, Indian Geotechnical Society, Vice President Elect of Asia
ISSMGE

Dr. Eng. Afifa bin Hammad

Assistant Undersecretary for Federal Infrastructure Projects Sec Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure

Prof. Ghanim Kashwani

President
Geotechnical and Materials Engineering Committee (GEO-SOE)

VP – Infrastructure
Sobha Siniya Island

Finlay Leibrick

Practice Director, Ground Engineering MEA
Aecom

Geophysics Manager
FUGRO

Dr. Hossam Ali

Geotechnical Director
ATM, a Geosyntec Company

Dr. Álvaro Casasús Acevedo

Chief Technical Principal – Tunnels
SJ Group

Regional Geotechnical Director (AMECA)
Robert Bird Group an SJ company

Dr. Robert Thurner

Engineering Director for Keller Europe and Middle East
Keller Grundbau GmbH

Head of Ground Engineering – Senior Technical Director
WSP

Padraig Nagle

Chief Executive Officer
ACTION International Services LLC

Dr. Tarek Abdoun

Head Civil & Urban Engineering
New York University Abu Dhabi

Head of product management – Drilling Systems
BAUER Maschinen GmbH

Consortium Engineering Director MLCC Dubai Metro Blue Line Project

Dr Raj Sivakumar

Technical Director Geotechnics & Tunnels
SJ Group

Omar Alaoui

Lead Maritime Specialist / Engineering Manager
ADNOC L&S

Thanawat Chuleekiat

ISMA Geotechnical Practice Leader
Mott MacDonald

Rahul Sai Nambiar

Geotechnical Director
Pinnacle Piling Foundation LLC

Georgios Chrysovitsiotis

Head of Engineering
Binladin Contracting Group

Dr. Mohammad Abu Hassan

Geotechnical Department Manager Abu Dhabi Branch
ACES

Hadi Koloot

Director of Ground Engineering – Middle East
Jacobs

Dr. Mohamed Maghazy

Tunnel & Geotechnical Manager SYSTRA

Sotiris Psomas

Consortium Geotechnical & Underground Works Technical Manager
MLCC Dubai Metro Blue Line Project

Khalid Salman Ansari

Managing Director
Terra Melius

Hamzah M. B. Al-Hashemi

CEO & Technical Director
GeoStruXer

Hamed Pournaki

Principal Engineer
FUGRO

Dr. Ahmed Ali Ghareeb

Chief Specialist

Savithri Devi Thirunahari

Principal Geotechnical Engineer Qualiconsult & Tasareeh Abu Dhabi

Shabir Hamadani

Projects Executive Director
Saudi Real Estate Infrastructure Co. (Binyah)

Keith Ryan

General Manager
BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH

Bryan Alesna

Senior Geotechnical | Research and Development Engineer APEC Industries for Composite Polymeric Materials

Dr.Konni.G.R.

Technical Specialist-Geotechnical Engineering
Petrofac- Onshore Engineering & Construction

Reuben Grobler

Principal Hydrogeologist
Jacobs

Oliver Higgins

Managing Partner
Aquageo International

Omar Mahdy

Senior Consultant – Ground Engineering
WSP