Green Growth Knowledge Sharing Workshop...

Green Growth Knowledge Sharing Workshop Program

Realizing Quick Wins and

Unlocking Market Opportunities for Green Growth

24-25 November 2014

GGGI Abu Dhabi Office

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

in partnership with

The Green Growth Opportunity for the UAE

“Our goal from this national initiative is clear, that is, to build an economy that protects the environment as well as an environment that

supports the growth of the economy. We in the UAE... are striving to build a diversified economy based on knowledge and innovation, through which

we can provide excellent employment opportunities to our citizens. Through this, we can protect our natural and environmental resources, and strengthen our competitive position in global markets, especially in the areas of renewable energy products and technologies on the green

economy”

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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“We have come a long way in the United Arab Emirates for the past few years to meet the challenges of energy and climate change, within the framework of the ambitious national vision and clear strategic plans

depends increasingly on knowledge, innovation and creativity,based on the diversification of energy sources and promote energy

efficiency and conservation. To this end, the UAE adopted a variety of policies and initiatives such as: the development of the oil

industry to minimize negative impacts by adoption of modern technology and best practices, options for renewable energy, alternative energy, carbon capture and storage techniques, adopting criteria for green buildings and sustainable transport, national standards to promote energy efficiency, promoting awareness of the importance of energy

conservation and reduction of carbon footprint resulting from various types of activities, and finally [this] green economy

approach is a holistic framework for all stakeholder and initiatives relating to sustainable development in the UAE.”

H.E. Dr. Rashid Bin Fahad, UAEMINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER

The Green Growth Opportunity for the UAE

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Table of Contents

Realizing Quick Wins and Unlocking Market Opportunities

for Green Growth

• Green Growth Context 5

• Workshop Program 6

• Speakers’ Biographies 9

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Global Green Growth InstituteIs an international, treaty-based organization, working with partners in the public and private sector in emerging and developing countries. The Institute has been established by several forward-thinking governments to maximize the opportunity for “bottom-up” (i.e. country – and business-led) progress on responses to climate change and other environmental challenges within core public and economic policies and business strategies.

Established in 2010 with the support of like-minded Green Growth pioneers such as governments of Republic of Korea, Denmark, the United Arab Emirates and later in 2012, turned into a treaty-based international organization of which signatories and members are 22 countries. GGGI currently operates 36 projects in developing countries all over the world.

Green Growth Context in the UAE

The UAE Vision 2021, which was adopted in February 2010 by Their Highnesses the Rulers of the Emirates, has been a vital compass for the nation to steer a course among diverse future challenges including those to family ties, economic competitiveness, national identities, health, education, environment and well-being. Building upon the Vision 2021, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched in January 2012 a long-term national initiative to build green economy in the UAE under the name “UAE Green Growth Strategy” with a slogan “Green Economy for Sustainable Development”. Under this initiative underpinned by the Vision 2021, the UAE seeks to become a global hub and a successful model for the green economy so as to enhance the country’s competitiveness and sustainability of its development and preserve its environment for future generations.

As the first step of this initiative, Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW), in collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and with the technical support from Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), led the development of Implementation plan for UAE Green Growth Strategy which outlines a pathway for the UAE’s development incorporating economic, environmental and social long-term goals. The outcomes from the developed implementation plan was a range of concrete programs and projects and clear a roadmap for actions formed. The three federal entities, plan to move forward this process by facilitating knowledge sharing and capacity enhancement of stakeholders. In this context, building on the two successful workshops on Green Growth Knowledge Sharing (one in November 2012 and the other March 2013), the third workshop is now offered with the aim to advance “how to” knowledge and its application by learning from stakeholders.

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• The third Green Growth Knowledge Sharing Workshop aims to provide an opportunity to advance “how to” knowledge and its application by practitioners who will carry forward the Green Growth agenda. The third workshop focuses on two prioritized aspects of Green Growth implementation; “realizing quick win opportunities ” and “unlocking market opportunities”. Both the themes will provide a balanced perspective between policies and market responses so that participants can be enlightened on the linkage between policies, technologies and the emergence of green business models; and how policies and public support could assist green value creation.

• Participants will learn about promising Green Growth solutions with particular focus on “quick wins” from clean energy deployment, sustainable water management, waste to resources, green transportation and buildings (Day One: “Realizing Quick Wins”). Participants will also learn about how to leverage technology and innovation to build distinctive competencies at firm level, sustainable business management, successful green business models applicable to the UAE, various modes of green entrepreneurship and SME financing emerging in the UAE, and how to profit from socially responsible business practices (Day Two: “Unlocking Green Growth Opportunities for Business”). While concluding the workshop, all participants will come together and discuss the results from key discussions throughout the two days.

• The workshop will employ: i) systemic training by global and local experts; ii) knowledge exchange among peer groups; and iii) cross-cultivation across policy makers, business leaders and experts over the intensive two-day gathering.

Overall lessons learnt from the workshop by participants are expected as:

o Inter-linkages between policies, technologies and the emergence of green business models; how policies and public support lead to innovative green business models and value creation

o In-depth understanding of key tools and solutions and their applications

o Exposure to practical examples on key tools and solutions and their case studies on why some were successful while others experienced difficulties

o Learning from peers through exchange of views and group exercises

o General understanding of each selected topics

Workshop Program

Realizing Quick Wins and Unlocking Market Opportunities for Green Growth

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DAY 1 –Time Agenda item Speakers

&Facilitators9:00 –9:30

Registration and welcoming reception All

9:30 –9:45

Opening ceremony

• High level representatives from hosting ministries give opening remarks

• Introduced by MC‐Ms. Taif Al Amiri, MoFA

H.E. Dr. Rashid Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment & Water

H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi,Permanent Representative of the UAE to IRENA, Director of DECC at Ministry of Foreign Affairs

9:45 –10:25

Green Growth for the UAE

Presentation 1: Green Growth – Global trends and its relevance for the UAE

• Global agenda on Green Growth: Rio+20, Climate Change, PAGE, GGGI

• Its relevance and applicability for the UAE and the Region

Presentation 2: UAE Green Growth Initiative

• Overview of the National Green Growth Strategy and its consultation

process

• Implementation process: 2015 onwards

H.E. Mr. Rae Kwon Chung, Chief of Division, Environment & Development Division, UNESCAP

Ms. Aisha Al Abdooli, Director of Green Development, MoEW

10:25–10:30

Workshop overview Ms. Jin Young Kim, GGGI

10:30 –12:00

Panel discussion: Challenges and opportunities of Green Growth

implementation

• Panel 1: Innovation & technological challenges

• Panel 2: Regulatory & institutional challenges

• Panel 3: Green entrepreneurship & green investment

• Panel discussion: Moderated by Dr. Chanho Park

Dr. Chan Ho Park , GGGI

Dr. Sang‐Baek Chris Kang, Green Technology Center‐Korea (GTC‐K)

Dr. Hain Benno, German Federal Environment Agency

Mr. Steve Stone, UNEP

12:00 –12:50

Networking Lunch All

12:50 –14:10

Session 1: Realizing quick wins through smarter resources management –

energy and water

• Enhance understanding on ongoing and planned UAE directions for clean

energy transition and applicable policy and technology solutions

• Introduce the link between energy, water and food production and strategic

value of water in extreme climate conditions

• Enhance understanding on applicable policy and technology solutions such

as sustainable procurement, tariff reform, efficiency standards and

labelling, smart metering, etc.

Mr. Hannes Reinsch, DECC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Katarina Hasbani, Sr. Energy Analyst, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy

14:10 –14:20

Coffee break All

14:20 –15:50

Session 2: Realizing quick wins by enabling greener life – transport, buildings

and waste

• Introduce transport, buildings and waste as a critical enabler of economic

development and quality of life, along with promising policies and tools that

are immediately applicable to the UAE

• Discuss main drivers for changes in citizens’ attitude and behavior towards

greener way of mobility, living and waste management

Dr. James Seong Cheol Kang, GGGI

Mr. Saeed Alabbar, Chairman, Emirates Green Building Council

Mr. Harbinder Singh, MD ‐Waste Management, Bee'ah

15:50 –16:00

Wrap up Facilitated by Ms. Taif Al Amir, MoFA/ Mr. Nobert Maass, GGGI

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DAY 2 –Time Agenda item Speakers &Facilitators

9:00 –9:30

Arrival and networking coffee All

9:30 –10:40

Sustainable Business Leadership: Case presentations

• 4 invited top UAE business leaders will introduce best practices on

successful green business models applicable to the UAE, their benefits

and impacts, lessons learned.

• A unique combination of green business model cases in the areas of

conventional and clean energy, industry and finance, public and private

organizations, large conglomerate and SMEs

• Introduced by MC‐Ms. Taif Al Amiri

• 10m Q&A

Mr. Waleed SalmanExec. VP. Strategy & Business Development in DEWA

Dr. Nawal Al Hosany, Sustainability Director, Masdar

Mr. Michael Nates,Director, Sustainability, ACWA Power Int.

Ms. Belinda Scott, Sr. Manager, Corporate Sustainability, NBAD

10:40 –12:00

Session 3: Leveraging green technologies and innovation

• Introduce how individual firms and entrepreneurs can benefit from

emerging Green Growth opportunities: how to build technology‐based

competencies, how to manage corporate R&D and innovation

• Enhance understanding on how to attract entrepreneurs, how to utilize

intellectual property rights effectively and how to leverage partnerships

for green innovation

Dr. Colin McCormick, GGGI

Mr. Ahmad Saleh, Regional Manager of Patents & Designs, Al Tamimi

12:00 –13:00

Networking Lunch All

13:00 –14:10

Session 4: Leveraging sustainable business management

• Introduce key concepts and elements of sustainable business

management

• Guidance on how to incorporate sustainability into each of business

operations: setting up sustainable business standards; environmental

and health & safety management systems; monitoring and reporting

sustainability performance; sustainable supply chain management, etc.

Mr. Kevin Giersch, Sr. CSR Advisor, Dubai Chamber of Commerce

Ms. Vineetha Mathew,Sr. CSR Training Specialist,Dubai Chamber of Commerce

Prof.Toufic Mezher, Masdar Institute

14:10 –15:20

Session 5: Profiting from CSR and financing green businesses

• Explore sustainable business strategies and practices that can be also

profitable, covering CSR, eco‐design, cradle‐to‐cradle, new opportunities

for green products and business models

• Discuss the various modes of green entrepreneurship and how to

finance green SMEs in the UAE, including their efficacy and role in

growing the sector

Mr. Gus Schellekens, MENA Sustainability Lead, PWC

Mr. Rahim O’Neil, Strategy & Policy Manager, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group

15:20 –15:30

Coffee Break All

15:30 –16:00

Conclusions and feedback session: Interplay between policies,

technologies and green business models

• Session facilitators summarize key results from the two‐day discussions

• Discuss the linkage between policies, technologies and the emergence

of green business models

• Collect feedback and ideas on how policies and public support could

effectively support innovative green business models and value creation

f G G h S i l i

Facilitated by Mr. Sameer Assaf, MoFA & Dr. Chanho Park, GGGI

Speakers’ Biographies

H. E. Dr. Thani Al‐Zeyoudi is the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the International Renewable Energy Agency “IRENA” and the Head of the Directorate of Energy and Climate Change “DECC” within the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), where he leads the country’s development of sustainable foreign and domestic policy and acts as focal point for the UAE on issues relating to IRENA, including participation in the initial bid process

Prior to joining DECC, Dr. Al‐Zeyoudi worked at Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s initiative advancing renewable energy technologies and solutions, where he was part of the Clean Development Mechanism and ZAKUM Field for Abu Dhabi Marine Oil Company.

Dr. Al‐ Zeyoudi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Tulsa University, an MBA from New York Institute of Technology, MSc in Project Management from British University in Dubai, and a PhD in Strategy, Program & Project Management from SKEMA Business School in France.

H.E. Dr. Thani AhmedAl Zeyoudi

Permanent Representative of the UAE to IRENA and Director of Energy and

Climate Change at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Director Chung was a career diplomat of Republic of Korea specializing in global environmental negotiations attending major global environmental conferences from Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to the Copenhagen Climate Conference (COP15) in 2009. He served as Director‐General for International Economic Affairs and as Climate Change Ambassador at the level of Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea.

As Director of Environment and Development Division, UN ESCAP, he has successfully initiated the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration on Green Growth at the 5th MCED (Ministerial Conference of Environment and Development of Asia and the Pacific) held in Seoul, Korea in 2005 way before Green Economy emerged in 2009 as a response measure to revive world economy after the financial crisis in 2008.

As an input for Rio+20 Conference on Green Economy, in May 2012, he has launched an ESCAP Report titled “Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap” as a blueprint for pursuing Green Economy as a strategy to sustain economic growth necessary to poverty reduction while coping with resource constraints and climate crisis already impacting many developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

H.E. Mr. Rae Kwon Chung

Director, Environment and Development Division

UN ESCAP and Former Climate Change

Ambassador of The Republic of Korea

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With over 12 years of experience in different fields including: Green Development, Sustainable Development & Green Economy. In addition to her expertise in developing policies, strategies and regulatory framework in Air Quality, Climate Change Adaptation, Waste & Chemicals Management. Eng. Aisha had worked in managing BOOT and PPP projects in Sewerage Infrastructure, Sewage Treatment Plants and Waste Management Projects in addition to managing EPCM firms to ensure that the Construction Environmental and Social Management Plan (CESMP) is implemented in Aluminum Industry and the project construction is executed in an environmental compliance with all applicable standards.

She is appointed recently as Director of Green Development at UAE Ministry of Environment and Water. In her new role, she is responsible for developing national green development policies and strategies and regulatory framework for transformation to green economy. Also she is developing the necessary policies for the private sector contribution in green development and monitoring the transformation of country toward green economy.

Eng. Aisha Al Abdooli

Director of Green Development,

Ministry of Environment and Water

Dr. Chan Ho Park is the Regional Director of MENA. Dr. Park was the head of Global Legislation Research Centre in Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI). He was responsible for drafting “the Presidential Decree (Regulation) of Low Carbon and Green Growth” and “the Korean ETS Act and Regulation” through the collaboration with the Korean Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) and other relevant ministries. He has been actively participating in and contributing to the development of Green Growth policies and the establishment of regulations on green growth by setting up the MRV system via the joint works with Korean ministries. Dr. Park also has contributed to other Korean governmental agencies including Fair Trade Commission and Ministry of Government Legislation as advisory member for a couple of years since 2006.

Currently, Dr. Park has been actively engaging in the projects on developing green growth policies for the UAE and the advancing countries, especially for Jordan and MENA Region, and has multiple publications in the field of the cross‐national research on climate change and the legislation and governance area.

Dr. Chan Ho Park

Regional Director MENA,GGGI Abu Dhabi Office


Ms. Jin Young Kim is UAE Country Representative of GGGI and has been leading GGGI's UAE Country Program from its inception and providing technical advisory for inter‐Ministerial government team ("Green Growth Team" consisting of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Water and Prime Minister's Office) in developing the UAE National Green Growth Strategy and Green Growth policy and capacity development.

Before joining GGGI, she worked for the Presidential Committee on Green Growth of Korea and Korean National Commission on Sustainable Development primarily working on international dimension of Korea's Green Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy and related policy directions, participating in the negotiations ofUN Climate Change Convention and OECD’s Annual Meetings of Sustainable Experts(AMSDE).

She graduated from Seoul National University (B.A in Economics and Int’l Relations) and holds dual MAs from Seoul National Univ (Int’l Relations) and University of Washington(Political Science and Political Methodologies).

Ms. Jin Young Kim

UAE Country RepresentativeGGGI

Ms. Taif Al Amiri holds a bachelor degree in Mass Communication/ Public Relations from the American University of Sharjah. She has 6 years of experience in different fields such as Aviation & International relations. She is currently a diplomat at the ministry of Foreign Affairs working at the Directorate of Energy and Climate Change as a Green Growth Analyst.

Ms. Taif MohamedAl Amiri

Diplomat, Department Energy and Climate Change

Ministry of Foreign Affairs


Dr. Steven Stone is the Chief of UNEP’s Geneva‐based Economics and Trade Branch, which includes the Green Economy Initiative. Dr Stone holds a PhD in Resource Economics from Cornell University and has more than 15 years of professional experience in environmental and natural resource management.

Prior to his position with UNEP, Dr. Stone worked for the Inter‐American Development Bank in Ecuador as a Senior Environmental Specialist, and in Honduras as IADB’s Country Representative. Dr Stone has also worked in Jamaica and Brazil on large‐scale capacity‐building, technical assistance and investment projects in areas related to natural resources management.

Dr. Steven Stone

Chief, Economics & Trade Branch, Division of

Technology, Industry and Economics

Dr. Sang‐Baek Chris Kang is Director at Green Technology Center Korea (GTC‐K) in charge of global cooperation division. His major expertise areas are green technology transfer to developing countries and cooperation with international organizations.

Before joining GTC‐K, he was a General Manager of SK C&C branch office at Dubai, UAE. Furthermore, he was a researcher at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) ‐government ICT research institute in Korea. He had diverse experiences in international cooperation and business development as well as private‐public partnership.

He was an invited speaker for Philippine Ministry of ICT and also an invited member of South African e‐government council. He serves as an invited expert for Seoul Metropolitan City and had a number of publications regarding future technology adoption and international cooperation utilizing technology transfer. He holds Information Systems Ph.D. from University of Missouri at Saint Louis, and Master degree from University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign in U.S.

Dr. Sang‐Baek Chris Kang

Director of Global Cooperation Division

at Green Technology Center‐Korea (GTC‐K)


Mr. Harbinder Singh is the Managing Director, Waste Management for Bee’ah, which is the largest integrated waste management company in the UAE.

He is responsible for the regional expansion of Bee’ah’s waste management services. He is a Singaporean with over 20 years environmental services experience in developed and developing countries.

Harbinder has a Bachelor of Laws (Honors) from the University of Manchester, UK and a MBA from the University of Chicago, US.

Dr. Benno Hain is recently head of the unit Energy Strategies and Scenarios at the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA). His main tasks are national strategies for greenhouse gas emission reductions, monitoring of national implementation plan for GHG reductions, projections of future pathways to reach ambitious GHG reduction goals, EU‐reporting and international reporting on GHG projections for Germany.

Dr. Hain studied Biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt and worked as Research Assistant for Kali und Salz AG from 1990 to 1991 in Hannover as well as for the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (1991 to 1995). He received in 1995 a doctorate at the University of Hannover.

From 2010 to 2012, Dr. Hain was the coordinator for climate protection and head of the coordinating center for climate issues of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg located at the State Ministry of Urban Development and Environment. Dr. Hain has been inter alia responsible for the implementation and strategic development of the Hamburg Climate Action Plan. From 2013 to 2014, he was head of the International Environmental Protection unit at UBA. His main tasks were cooperation with middle and east European countries as well as international NGOs and other organizations, collaboration with and national contact point of the European Environment Agency and coordination of the European Network of Environmental Agencies.

Mr. Harbinder Singh

Managing Director,Waste Management,

Bee’ah

Dr. Benno Hain

Head of Unit Energy‐Strategies and Scenarios

Federal Environment Agency (UBA)

Speaker’s Biographies

Mr. Hannes Alexander Reinisch is an Advisor in the Directorate of Energy and Climate Change at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He specializes in strategy and policy development for energy diversification in MENA energy markets and sustainable development in the context of global climate change.

Based in Abu Dhabi since 2009, he brings over ten years of industry experience in renewable energy, nuclear, conventional power & utilities as well as up‐and downstream oil and gas and wider government sector work.

In his former role as Director at PWC’s energy & sustainability team, He has supported MOEW, IRENA, ENEC, Masdar, DEWA, DSCE, ADWEA, ESIA, ADNOC, KNPC, KOC, BP and others on global or regional issues. Most recently he worked with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) supporting the UAE Green Growth Strategy leading the analytical work on GHG abatement cost analysis and macro‐economic impact assessment and supporting government stakeholders in policy and strategy development.

Hannes holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Policy & Regulation and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ms. Katarina Uherova Hasbani is Senior Analyst at the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy where she is driving policy initiatives, in particular in the area of demand side management.

She previously worked for the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium where she developed energy policies for the European Union’s Member States, including as the Cabinet Member of the EU Energy Commissioner. Katarina taught energy, environment and public policy courses at universities in Beirut and Dubai.

The Stanford University, along with the Safadi Foundation, granted her the title of Scholar of the Year 2011‐2012 for her paper on electricity sector reform in Lebanon. Katarina graduated with a Master from Sciences Po (Institute of Political Sciences) in Paris, France and is currently enrolled in the Global Executive MBA Program with INSEAD.

Mr. Hannes Alexander Reinisch

Advisor DECC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Katarina Uherova Hasbani

Senior Energy Analyst,Dubai Supreme Council of

Energy


Dr. James Seong‐Cheol Kang is Principal Transport Specialist at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), where he managed the Mongolia and China country programs for green growth planning and now carries out research in transportation and quantitative analysis. Prior to joining GGGI, he served as Director of the Center for Global Transport Research at the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI). At KOTI, he conducted projects in aviation, logistics, and road transportation and led joint research activities with the World Bank, ASEAN, and the East‐West Center.

Dr. Kang received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and an M.S. degree in Transportation, both from Seoul National University in Korea. After working in the private sector for five years at a civil engineering consulting firm, he studied in the U.S. as an awardee of the Korean Government Overseas Scholarship. He received dual Master’s degrees in Transportation and Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and earned his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at Boston University. His areas of expertise and research interests include transportation planning, operations research, and systems engineering.

Mr. Saeed Alabbar is a Director at AESG, a firm specializing in the provision of energy and sustainability consultancy in the Middle East. In his role at AESG, Saeed has been involved in managing and directing a variety of sustainable design, construction and retrofit projects throughout the Middle East. These have included some of the largest and most prestigious master plan developments in the region.

Saeed has authored a number of papers on the application of sustainability in the UAE and MENA region and has consequently presented at a number of local, regional and international conferences on the topic of sustainability, with a particular focus on the application of cost effective sustainability in the MENA region. As well as presenting at industry conferences, Saeed has also presented a policy paper at the United Nations Regional Policy Dialogue in 2012 on policy measures that would be effective in tackling the regions energy and sustainability challenges.

Saeed is the current Chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council and is the Vice Chairman of the World Green Building Council MENA Network. In 2012, Saeed was named in Gulf Business’s top 30 achievers in the MENA region under the age of 30.

Dr. James Seong‐Cheol Kang

Principal Transport Specialist,Global Green Growth

Institute

Mr. Saeed Alabbar

DirectorAlabbar Energy &

Sustainability Group


Since graduating from University in 1992, Mr. Waleed Salman has gained more than 19 years of experience in the Energy Sector; specifically Electricity and Water. His career began in the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) in 1992 as an Electrical Engineer. Over 16 years, Waleed progressed through many roles including Project Manager, Manager of the Control Centre and Director of Electricity.

After many years of development, Waleed became Deputy General Manager for Technical Affairs in FEWA in the year 2007. Waleed was assigned by UAE Electricity Interconnection High Committee to handle the Emirates National Grid Project. This project interconnected all UAE Electrical networks into one single grid and was successfully completed in 2008. During the Emirates National Grid Project, Waleed was given the opportunity to work for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), as Vice President for an Electrical Transmission project. Between 2007 and 2009, Waleed was assigned to seek new business opportunities and work with the Regulation Departments. The result of this led Waleed to become Executive Vice President for Strategy & Business Development in 2009, for DEWA. The new role directed him to lead strategic projects, including DEWA's Strategic Plan. H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum decreed for the Dubai Nuclear Energy Committee in 2009 to be created; which included Waleed as the committee is responsible for all Nuclear Energy activities for the Emirate of Dubai. Furthermore and during the same year, Waleed was assigned as a member of the Supreme Council of Energy of Dubai a council which undertakes all Energy activities for the Emirate of Dubai.

In her role as the Director of Sustainability at Masdar, Dr. Nawal Al‐Hosany leads a team responsible for developing Masdar’s sustainability standards and policies. She is also mandated to oversee the processes of sustainability auditing, monitoring and reporting. In 2011, Dr. Al‐Hosany further assumed the post of Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, where she oversees the implementation of the objectives, mandate and strategic direction of the prize. Dr‐Al Hosany is a board member of Masdar Investment LLC and of the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Meteorology. She is also an Adjunct Professor and member of the External Advisory Board at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. Dr. Al‐Hosany has been published globally in international journals and newspapers, including the International Journal of Management of Environmental Quality, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Dr. Al‐Hosany has been an member the Advisory Panel for the Momentum for Change initiative of the UNFCCC, the Troika Plus of Women Leaders on Gender and Climate Change, and the Energy Efficiency Global Forum, and also served as Sherpa to the UN Secretary General High Level Group for ‘The Sustainable Energy For all’ initiative for its Principle, HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Chairman of Masdar.

In 2011, Abu Dhabi Magazine cited Dr.Al‐Hosany as one of the 40 most influential Emiratis who have helped shape the emirate. She has also received several medals and accolades for her professional achievements, including a Chevening Fellowship from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Emirates Business Women Award in the Professional and Career Achievements category.

Mr. Waleed SalmanExec. VP – Strategy & Business

Development (DEWA)Member of Dubai Supreme Council of

EnergyVice Chairman – Dubai Nuclear Energy

CommitteeDirector – Emirates National Grid Project

(UAE)Chairman – Dubai Carbon Center of

ExcellenceVice Chairman – Etihad Energy Service Co.

Vice Chairman – Mai DubaiChairman – Dubai Green Economy

Partnership

Dr. Nawal Al‐Hosany

Director of Sustainability, Masdar and

Director, Zayed Future Energy Prize


Mr. Michael Nates is a seasoned and experienced management consultant and professional with more than 20 years experience focused on team and management development, leadership and organizational change within the contexts of sustainability, asset management, corporate responsibility and HSE. His technical and managerial roles, as both client and consultant, have required him to develop teams from startup through to self sufficiency and onto performance excellence and profitability.

Trained as a Mechanical Engineer, he has since been awarded professional Engineering and Chartered Environmentalist status and is currently reading for a Doctorate of Business Administration with the University of Liverpool. Michael uses his dual technical and management competence to recognize and implement practical cost effective people centric interventions when tackling complex dynamic situations and opportunities. Michael has demonstrable international experience in a range of sectors including power and utilities, construction, real estate, transport, manufacturing and professional services. In 2007, Michael was the runner up in the annual national Strategy Consultant competition organized by the UK’s Management Consulting Association.

Ms. Belinda Scott joined National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) in October 2007 and heads the Corporate Sustainability Team. She is responsible for developing the bank’s sustainability strategy, reporting on progress and acting as sustainability adviser to the group businesses. She is also responsible for NBAD’s new Corporate Citizenship strategy which will focus on SME development and advocacy.

One of her key strengths is in building external partnerships and seeking opportunities for collaborative relationships with the purpose of creating shared value. Belinda represents NBAD as a member of the Etihad Airways Sustainability Advisory Board and as a member of the Dubai Sustainability Network Leadership Team. She is an elected member of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group Facilitation & Coordination Committee, and participated in the MENA‐OECD Investment Program Regional Taskforce on Responsible Business Conduct.

Prior to joining NBAD, Belinda was the 4th person to join the Dubai International Financial Centre in 2002, and during this time successfully brought CSR on to the agenda establishing and heading the internal and external stakeholder CSR Committee. She was a member of the taskforce established by the Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing helping to create ‘Dubai ‐ Simply Accessible‘, the first pocket guide for special needs tourists visiting the Emirate.

Belinda holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. English by birth, she now holds UAE nationality and is a mother of four.

Mr. Michael Nates

Director, Sustainability,ACWA Power International

Ms. Belinda Scott

Senior Manager,Corporate Sustainability and

Responsibility,National Bank of Abu Dhabi


Dr. Colin McCormick is the Innovation Program Lead for the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), focusing on technology innovation policy for green growth. He serves as the co‐chair of the Technology Innovation Research Committee of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP). He joins GGGI from the US Department of Energy (DOE), where he served as the Senior Advisor for R&D in the Office of the Under Secretary, coordinating applied research and development in renewable power, energy efficiency, fossil energy, electric grid, and nuclear power. He also helped develop DOE strategy on cross‐cutting R&D topics, including the energy‐water nexus, bulk energy storage for the electric grid, and international energy research collaborations.

Prior to joining DOE, Dr. McCormick was an energy and security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a professional staff member with the US House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, and a AAAS Congressional Fellow on the staff of Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts. He received his PhD in atomic and optical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and did post‐doctoral work in quantum optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Mr. Ahmad Saleh is the regional head of the patent & design practice in Al Tamimi. Ahmad is a Canadian qualified attorney and engineer, with a background in computer and electrical engineering, common law and civil law. Prior to joining Al Tamimi, Ahmad has worked for reputable Canadian and international law firms in the fields of Intellectual Property and Commercial Law.

Ahmad’s expertise extends to a wide range of IP and commercial‐related matter, including advising on regional and international patent, trade mark, design and copyright protection strategies, advising on the patentability, freedom‐to‐operate and the validity/infringement of inventions, conducting due diligences, negotiating and drafting IP related agreements including license agreements, advising in dispute resolutions, managing patent, trademark and design and trade mark applicants worldwide. Ahmad is one of the very few Arabic speaking patent attorneys in the region with both local and western experience in patent/design procurement and prosecution, which makes him highly sought after by clients.

Ahmad’s expertise extends to a wide range of areas including ICT, computer, software, mobile applications, business methods, banking, electrical/electronics, telecommunications, optics, biomedical, mechanical, transport, energy and oil & gas.

Dr. Colin McCormick

Innovation Program LeadGlobal Green Growth

Institute

Mr. Ahmad Saleh

Regional Manager of Patents & Design,Al Tamimi


Prof. Toufic Mezher is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and a Professor of Engineering Systems and Management at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST). Before Joining MIST, he was a Professor of Engineering Management at the American University of Beirut from 1992 to 2007. He earned a BS in Civil Engineering from University of Florida, and a Master and ScD in Engineering Management from George Washington University in 1988 and 1992 respectively.

In his current role, Mr. Kevin Giersch is responsible for the CSR advisory services at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce Centre for Responsible Business. His main role consists of helping organizations to take CSR/Sustainability into account when developing their strategy. He advises top management teams to integrate and implement sustainability throughout their organization. He is also heading up the Dubai Chamber CSR Label which is a management framework to help companies’ assess themselves against various CSR criteria. Kevin is also part of the Sustainability Network and specifically in charge of the task group on SMEs.

Kevin got a Specialized Master degree in Strategic Management of Sustainable Development in 2003 from SKEMA Business School in France. He has about 10 years of experience in the field of CSR consultancy and analysis with a non‐financial rating agency – COre Ratings (ex sister company of Fitch Ratings) and Business in the Community Ireland. He has worked on CSR projects in more than 25 countries and has specific expertise in emerging markets.

Prof. Toufic Mezher

Engineering Systems and Management,

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology

Mr. Kevin Giersch

Senior CSR Advisor,Dubai Chambers of

Commerce


Ms. Vineetha Mathew is currently the Senior Executive CSR Training at the Dubai Chamber Centre for Responsible Business. She has over twelve years of professional experience in the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Ethics and Fair Trade. In her current role Vineetha is responsible for the development, design and delivery of the Centre’s training services and also heads the Dubai Chamber Sustainability Network.

Prior to joining Centre for Responsible Business Vineetha worked with Emaar Properties. Vineetha has worked with one of the leading Business Schools in India, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management studies as a Faculty, and was involved in conducting management programmes on CSR and Small Enterprise Management. Vineetha made a move from the field of advertising & media to start her career in the area of Social Development and Corporate Social Responsibility at International Resources for Fairer Trade, India, where she worked as Programme Manager involved in the design, appraisal and management of donor funded projects, business assessment/analysis, training and institutional capacity building for small and medium enterprises and monitoring and evaluating the performance of producers/ manufacturers against various Ethical and Fair Trade Codes and standards. Vineetha has a Master's in Business Management with specialization in marketing.

Ms. Vineetha Mathew

Senior CSR Training SpecialistDubai Chamber of

Commerce

Mr. Gus Schellekens leads PwC’s Middle East Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy, Cleantech and Sustainability and is responsible for the delivery of all Sustainability services to clients across the region.

Building on a 25 year management consulting career that has been focused on developing and delivering large programs of work with private and public sector organizations globally, Gus has a particular interest in supporting the development of green growth initiatives and large government and private sector renewable programs and projects (especially solar PV and CSP) across North Africa and the Middle East. His key areas of expertise include the sustainability agenda for people, cities, infrastructure; International energy policy especially in MENA; Solar and Cleantech development and deployment; as well as the delivery of associated public and private sector business transformation programs.

Mr. Gus Schellekens

MENA Sustainability Lead,PricewaterhousceCoopers

(PwC)


Mr. Rahim O’Neil is the Strategy & Policy Manager in the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group (ADSG). His primary role is to develop and implement the Group's strategy and resulting policies. This includes ensuring alignment of its 40+ members' sustainability activities with Abu Dhabi Environment & Economic Visions 2030 along with UAE Vision 2021; advocating for the ADSG & sustainability at the Emirate, Federal and international level; building the ADSG network's capacity and improving ADSG member services.

Previously, Rahim worked in PwC's Middle East Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy, Cleantech and Sustainability. He also led Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council’s (UPC) Corporate Strategy Department, worked in the UPC’s Estidama (sustainability) program and was a sustainability consultant with Business in the Community Ireland among other things. Rahim has over 10 years’ experience in dealing with the public, private and NGO sectors.

Mr. Rahim O’Neil

Strategy & Policy ManagerAbu Dhabi Sustainability

Group

Mr. Assaf Sameer is a domestic policy expert at Directorate of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)‐Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for coordinating and liaising with relevant domestic stakeholders on all clean energy and climate change initiatives, support developing domestic strategy and policy framework and managing the relationship with GGGI to introduce and drive Green Growth in the UAE.

With an experience of 15 years, Mr. Assaf has worked with several entities in MENA region as energy management and sustainability advisor, covering topics: green building certification, energy management, HVAC optimization, renewable energy, energy modeling, water management, air pollution and carbon reduction.

Mr. Assaf is considered one of the first LEED accredited professionals in MENA region, holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Yarmouk University and Master's degree in Energy from Heriot Watt University.

Mr. Sameer Assaf

Domestic Expert, Department Energy and

Climate Change,Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Inquiries:

Ministry of Environment and Water, Green Development [email protected] 04 214 8513

Global Green Growth Institute, UAE Country [email protected] 02 556 4078

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