Programme
12:00 - 13:00
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Registration
13:00 - 13:30
Ministerial session
Master of ceremony
• H.E. Dr. Ahmed Abu El Ghet, Secretary General, League of Arab States
• H.E. Dr. Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt
• H.E. Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jordan
• Ambassador Hisham Badr, Assistant Minister for Strategic Partnerships, and Initiatives, and the National Coordinator for the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development
13:30- 13:45
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Group photo
13:45 - 14:00
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Cooperation framework signing ceremony
• The Energy Department- League of Arab States, Arab Union of Electricity and Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
14:00 – 14:30
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Exhibition opening
14:30 - 15:30
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Coffee break
15:30 - 17:30
High Level Political Dialogue on the Energy Transition in the Arab region
Moderator: Dr.Mohammed El Khayat, Executive Chairman, New and Renewable Energy Authority, NREA - Egypt.
• Eng. Jamila Matar, Director, Energy Department, League of Arab States
• Dr. Jauad El Kharraz, Executive Director, RCREEE
• Eng. Radia Sedaoui, Chief energy, UN-ESCWA
• Mr. Joey Dengyunjie – CEO HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER –EGYPT
17:30
Cooperation framework signing ceremony
The Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency and HUAWEI Digital Power
09:00 - 09:30
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Registration
09:30 - 10:30
Electricity network
Moderator: Eng. Jamila Matar Director, Energy Department, League of Arab States
•Dr. Mohamed Farahat, Senior Advisory Engineer, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
• Dr. Yasser Al Turki, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy for Electricity, KSA (tbc)
• Dr. Nasser Al-Shahrani, Chief Operations Officer at GCC Interconnection Authority
• Dr. Nadjib Dandachi, Executive committe member / RCREEE
10:30 - 11:30
Innovation and its role in Advancing Energy Sector
Moderator: Dr. Abderrahmane Belhout, First Secretary at League of Arab States
• Eng. Radia Sedaoui, Chief energy, UN-ESCWA (Tbc) Block chain in the Arab region
• Dr. Yosra Assaker, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank, E-mobility
• Eng. Riadh Bahr, Guidehouse, Innovation for an energy efficiency
• Eng. Saeed Balhaddad, General Manager & Commercial Director, Gulf Renewable Energy
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:15
Toward Sustainable Energy in MENA Region
• Jauad El Kharraz, Executive Director of RCREEE
12:15 - 13:15
Panel 1
International cooperation and energy diplomacy, to accelerate a global, just, and inclusive energy transition in MENA region.
Moderator: Nadia Chioukh
• Jamila Matar, Energy Department Director, League of Arab States (LAS)
• Chantal Colle, Interim Director, Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)
• Dawei Wang, Senior Manager, West Asia-North Africa Office, GEIDCO
• Jorge Mario Arango Diaz, Sector Coordinator, German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
• Marwa Mahmoud, Manager of Decarbonisation Strategies and Climate Risks, KPMG Netherlands
• Ahmed El Beltagui, Programme Manager at European Commission, Egypt
13:15 – 15:00
Lunch break
15:00 - 16:00
Panel 2 (in partnership with meetMED Project)
Financing sustainable energy, scaling up investment flows and catalysing development
Moderator: Roberta Boniotti, MEDENER
• Amany El Azzam, Secretary General, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), Jordan
• Mohamed Abdelhameed,
Managing Director,
Development Finance Advisers (DFA)
• Edoardo Pandolfi, meetMED Project
• Maged Mahmoud, Technical Director, RCREEE
16:00 - 17:00
Panel 3
Enabling Power-to-X economy, potential and readiness in the MENA region
Moderator: Khalid Salmi, RCREEE
• Ahmad Mehina, First Secretary, Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt
• Samir Rachidi, Director General, IRESEN
• Joseph Al Asad, Senior Advisor, LAS (online)
• Atef Merzouk, Senior Consultant, HUAWEI Digital Power Egypt
• Ali Zerouali, Chief Development Officer, CDP MEA for HIF Global
17:00 – 18:00
Panel 4
Addressing Water-Energy-Food Nexus, a key driver for sustainable development in the Arab region
Moderator: Jauad El Kharraz, RCREEE
• Shahira Wahbi, Director of Housing, Water Resources & DRR @ LAS
• Ayman Ayad, Water and utilities Programme Manager, European Union Delegation, Egypt
• Roula Majdalani, Senior Officer ICARDA, (online)
• Ghada Amin, Regional Technical Advisor, GIZ
• Ali Rhouma, PRIMA Senior officer, Spain (online)
• Khalid Abu Zeid, Senior Water Resources Director, CEDARE
18:00
Coffee Break – Visiting exhibition
09:00 - 09:30
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Registration
09:30 - 10:30
Panel 5
Access to clean energy in Africa: What needs to be done?
Moderator: Maha Mostafa, RCREEE
• Mohamad Moussa Omran, Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)
• Charles Diarra, Programme Officer ECREEE
• Paolo Cutrone, Programme Manager, RES4AFRICA, Italy
• Khaled El Askari, Principal Energy officer, EGFO/ONEC, AfDB
• Gihan Attia, Programme Officer, UNIDO
10:30 - 11:30
Panel 6
E-mobility in the Arab region: Challenges and perspectives
Moderator: Mohamed Sherwali, RCREEE
• Amany El Azzam, Secretary General, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), Jordan
• Sherif Zohair, Head of Central Department for Electricity Market, Egypt ERA
• Ashraf Abdelfattah, Managing Director, Misr Helwan for Import & Export, Egypt
• Ahmed Radwan - BD Manager - Sha7en
• Nour Mohamed El Sabagh - BD Manager - HUAWEI Digital Power Egypt
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00
Panel 7
COP28: The global stocktake, could it be an acceleration exercise?
Moderator: Ahmed Abdelrasoul, RCREEE
• Mahmoud Fathallah, Director, Department of Environmental, Meteorological Affairs, LAS
• Radia Sedaoui, Chief of Energy Section, UN-ESCWA
• Samir Tantawi, Member of the Task Force Bureau on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI), Egypt
• Hisham Eissa, Climate Change Director, DCarbon, Egypt
13:00 - 13:50
Panel 8
Launching the Arab Future Energy Index AFEX 2023 Edition in partnership with UNDP
Moderator: Maged Mahmoud, RCREEE
• Jauad El Kharraz, Executive Director, RCREEE
• Kishan Khoday, Regional Team Leader, Nature Climate and Energy, UNDP
• Akram Al Mohammadi, Sustainable Energy Expert, RCREEE
• Ali Habib, Energy Expert
13:50 - 15:00
Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30
Startups in CSEW
Panel 9
The start-ups and innovation, how to harness the power of innovative start-ups in the Arab region?
Moderator: Nadia Elmasry, RCREEE
• Mohamed Meatemed Eissawy, Assistant Minister for Planning, Investment & Institutional Support, Egypt.
• Maysoun Ali, Head of Sustainability E&S Systems, CIB
• Nariman Elgendy, Amideast-Boieng STEM for sustainability
• Amr Elawamry, Executive Director, Benha Biotechnology Incubator (BBI)
• The Startups in CSEW
16:30 - 17:30
Closing remarks
17:30 - 18:00
Coffee Break