SME Conference Sessions and Speakers Announced
Sustainability Middle East (SME), a brand-new publishing arm of CBM Media, has announced the agenda for the sessions and speakers of its upcoming conference, 'Future of Sustainability: The Road to COP28'.
The new conference will see the leading voices in business, academia, governance, and media join together to tackle the sustainability crisis together via a series of roundtables, presentations, debates, and brainstorming sessions.
The conference, which is to be held in Dubai, UAE, is set to take place on March 9, 2023.
Below is the list of speakers and sessions covering the most pressing topics surrounding sustainability, climate concerns, ESG et al:
9:05 – 10:00 SESSION 1 SUSTAINABILITY TODAY: THEMES TO LOOK FOR IN 2023
Sir Malachi Hallidway, CEO & Founder, Halliday Growth
David Gatward, Chief Engineering & Technical Services Officer, AD Ports Group
Tobias Maeir, CFO, DHL
Kivanc Karayol, Market Director & Electromobility Champion, Volvo Group
10:05 – 11:00 SESSION 2 PIONEERS IN SUSTAINABILITY: HOW TO LEARN FROM THE BEST
Unilever (Speaker's name to be confirmed)
Dr Steven Wilkinson, Director Research, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong Dubai
Raji Hattar, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aramex
11:40 – 12:40 SESSION 3 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES: A WHOLE BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Maria Flouda, Founder and Managing Consultant, Sustainability Switch Consultancy
Kivanc Karayol, Market Director & Electromobility Champion, Volvo Group
Manali Desai, Chief Sustainability Officer, PepsiCo
Omar Ghaly, CEO & Founder of Egyptian Carbon Center
14:00 – 15:30 SESSION 4 SUSTAINABILITY ROUNDTABLE
Dr Steven Wilkinson, Director Research, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong Dubai
Aliyu Mohamed Ali, Founder & CEO, EHFAAZ
Manali Desai, Chief Sustainability Officer, PepsiCo
15:30 – 17:00 – Awards Networking Reception
17:00 – 18:30 Awards Presentation
The event will focus deeply on global and regional issues, specifically with a view to the upcoming COP28, as SME builds on the platform from COP27 and looks to the future.
The conference will be attended by a selection of regional VVIP’s and government officials.
SME CEO Sam Khan said: “Given CBM Media, SME’s mother-company, has extensive experience in hosting major events in the Dubai region, the team and I feel readier than ever to host a ground-breaking event on sustainable change in the region.
“We’ve already secured several key names for the region for our publication, and this leads into a natural segue to our conference, which will be very much centred around the road to COP28.
“Henceforth, we aim for the conference to become the leading light in facilitating conversations on the key themes and challenges of our era, developing as a place to define policy, business operations and thought-leadership.”
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