16 - 20 February 2025
Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre
Muscat, Oman
Associate. Professor, Sultan Qaboos University
Dr. Mohammed Zahir Al-Abri is an Associate Professor in Petroleum & Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. In addition to his academic position, he is the Founder and Director of Nanotechnology Research Center, SQU. He completed all his tertiary education from University of Nottingham (UK) from 2003-2007. His major interest lies in cutting-edge research in nanotechnology, water treatment, hydrogen production, membrane technology and environmental engineering including applications of nanotechnology in water and petroleum industries. Dr. Al-Abri has more than 30 major research projects in different areas of water treatment and desalination, nanotechnology for environmental and renewable energy applications, and membrane technology. He has more than 85 international journal papers, 30 international conferences, 25 technical reports, 4 patent applications and 3 book chapters. Dr. Al-Abri is a member of a number of international editorial boards including being a Topic Editor in “Membranes: MDPI Journal. He organized and co-organized several international conferences in nanotechnology and water treatment.
GM Plants & Transmission Systems Projects, Nama Water Services
General Manager of Plants and Transmission System Projects at Nama Water Services Company. He holds a master’s degree in water and waste engineering from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.
He has extensive experience in the field of operation, maintenance, and management of water supply operations, spanning more than 32 years, during which he supervised the design, implementation, and management of 10’s projects, as well as contributing as one of team members of drafting the feasibility, concept design and implementation strategic projects.
In addition to his current work, he is a member of the Omani Water Association and head of the Scientific Committee. A former member of the Electricity and Water Conservation Committee of GCC countries.
Chief Executive Officer, Suez Middle East
“Jose CHEURLIN is the CEO of SUEZ Middle-east. He has more than 20 years of experience in both operations management and business development in Europe, Africa, Central-Asia and Middle-East.
He has already developed several projects in the Middle-East region related to water, waste-water and smart solutions, with a strong knowledge in contractual scheme from management contract, DBO, BOT or O&M services contract.”
Acting Master Planning Manager, Nama Water Services
The Acting Master Planning Manager in NWS with an experience of more than 12 years in water sector.
Abdulhakeem was the project manager of multiple strategic projects to enhance the system resilience.
Abdulhakeem is holding the Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from Project Management
Institute from USA, Executive MBA from University of Bedfordshire in UK, and bachelor’s degree in engineering
from Sultan Qaboos University (Oman).
Middle East Director, GS Inima
Marouan El Khattabi received a degree in Economy from Granada University in Spain. He made also several studies from different Universities as “The Climate-Energy Challenge Course from The Harvard University” and “Project Finance and PPP Course from The New York Institute of Finance”. Marouan is working in the water market for more than 15 years being his main role to develop water projects in the MENA area implementing a long-term value for the Public and Private players.
Currently he is the Middle East Business Development Director at GS Inima, participating in projects as Barka and Ghubrah in Oman, Shuweihat in Abu Dhabi, among many others. Marouan leads the company’s business development in the MENA region in both water treatment and renewable energy, a newly created line of action in the company. He is also a member of the International Desalination Association.
Marouan is very enthusiastic and has immense idea for his work, ensuring all the targets are met, and certifies that whatsoever project he is working on meets the utmost standards. He is really an innovative, achievement oriented and wise team player.