January 26th, 2016
10:00 am
Registration - distribution of badges and welcome kits
11:00 am Board meeting & General Assembly of AUE
07:30 pm
Welcome cocktail
January 27th, 2016
08:00 am
Registration - Distribution of badges and welcome kits
09:00 am
Welcome speech
Mr. Essa Bin Hilal Al Kuwari, President of Arab Union of Electricity (AUE)-Qatar
Mr. Ali Fassi Fihri, CEO, Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau potable (ONEE), Morocco
09:20 am
Opening remarks
Mr. Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Morocco
09:30 am
Opening session
Keynote Speaker : Dr. Hisham El khatib, Former Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jordan
10:00 am
Exhibition hall opening and booths visit
10:30 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am
Session 1 : Trends, visions and challenges for the power sector « Plenary room »
Chair and Moderator : Eng. Fawzi Kharbat, Secretary General, Arab Union of Electricity (AUE)
Keynote Speaker : Dr. Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, Under secretary - Ministry of Energy - UAE
Mrs. Jamila Matar, Head of Energy Department, League of Arab States (LAS)
Dr. Hafez Abdel Aal El Salmawy, President of «Mediterranean Energy Regulators» (MEDREG)
Dr. Walid Al Deghaili, Consultant in Energy ESCWA
Mr. Tarik Hamane, Power Generation Projects & Programs Director (ONEE), Morocco
Mrs. Houda Allal, Managing Director, Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie (OME)
Questions & Answers
12:45 pm
Lunch
02:00 pm
Parallel Session 2 : Renewables integration « Plenary room »
Chair and Moderator : Dr. Walid Al Deghaili, Consultant in Energy ESCWA
Keynote Speaker : Sheikh Nawaf Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, CEO Electricity & water Authority - Kingdom of Bahrain
Mr. Mohamed Mustapha Khayat, Director, New & Renewables Energy Autority (NREA) - Egypt
Mr. Brahim Oumounah, Renewables Director, Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau potable (ONEE), Morocco
Mr. Roberto Vigotti, Secretary General (RES4MED), Italy
Mr. Mohamed Sahri, Senior project manager - MASEN - Morocco
Mr. El-Habib El Andaloussi - Expert in Renewable Energy - Algeria
Mr. Vincent Dewulf - Commercial Director - ACWA POWER - Belgium
Questions & Answers
02:00 pm
Parallel Session 3 : The future of fossil Power Generation « workshop space »
Chair and Moderator : Ms. Amani Al Azzam, (NEPCO) - Jordan
Keynote Speaker : Mr. Khalid Jolo, CEO, Nebras Power - Qatar
Dr. Abdallah Al Shehri, Governor, Electricity & Co-Generation Regulatory Authority, Saudi Arabia
Mr. Hamdi Khadraoui, Head of Service of Electrical Studies , Société Tunisienne d’Electricité et de Gaz (STEG), Tunisia
Mr. Khaled Nouasri, Strategy and System Director (Sonelgaz), Algeria
Mr. Tawfik LAABI, Strategy Director, Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau potable (ONEE), Morocco
Questions & Answers
03:45 pm
Coffee Break
04:00 pm
Panel debate : the power sector situation in the MENA region « Plenary room »
Mr. Essa Bin Hilal Al Kuwari, President, Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahrama), Qatar
Mr. Ali Fassi Fihri, CEO, Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau potable (ONEE), Morocco
Mr. Ali Abbas Naki, secretary general, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), Kuwait
Mr. André Bouffioux - CEO of Siemens Belgium-Luxembourg, responsible for North, West and Central Africa
Mr. Kacem Arous - Deputy General Manager, Société Tunisienne d’Electricité et de Gaz (STEG), Tunisia
Mr. Nabil Kafi, Managing Director, Société Algérienne de Production de l’Electricité (SPE), Algeria
05:00 pm
End of the Day 1
08:30 pm
Gala dinner
January 28th, 2016
09:00 am
Session 4 : the place of Nuclear Energy in the power system mix « Plenary room »
Chair and Moderator : Mr. Lakhdar Chouireb, Secretary General - COMELEC
Dr. Mahjoub Abdelmajid, General Manager, Arab Atomic Energy Agency
Mr. Patrick Zak - Project Director - EDF - France
Eng. Ali Alnuaimi - Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation - UAE
Mr. MEHDAOUI Ahmed, Electro nuclear project manager, Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau potable (ONEE), Morocco
Questions & Answers
09:00 am
Parallel Session 5 : Transmission and interconnection role « workshop space »
Chair and Moderator : Mr. Tawfik LAABI, Strategy Director, Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau potable (ONEE), Morocco
Keynote Speaker : Mr. Ahmad Ali Al Ibraheem - CEO, The GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA), Saudi Arabia
Mr. Bruno Cova, Head of power sytems , Markets and Regulatory studies , CESI - ITALY
Mr. Jean Kowal, Vice President, MEDGRID
Ms. Amani Al Azzam (NEPCO) - Jordan
Questions & Answers
10:45 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am
Closing panel debate : What mid and long term electric power mix for the Arab countries?
« Plenary room »
Chair and Moderator : Mr. Roberto Vigottti, Secretary General, RES4MED - Italy
Dr. Matar Hamed AL Neyadi - Undersecretary / Ministry of Energy, UAE
Mr. Ali Ben Saleh Al Barrak, Former president of Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ahmad Elsewedy, CEO Elsewedy Electric, Qatar
Dr. Hassan Youness, Former minister of electricity in Egypt
Dr. Hisham El khatib, Former Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jordan
12:00 am
Closing statement and recommendations
Eng. Fawzi Kharbat, Secretary General, Arab Union of Electricity (AUE)
End of the Conference
01:00 pm
Lunch