Speakers 2026 - Global Food Week

Held Under the Patronage of H.H Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Prof. Amal Abdullah Al-Abbadi

Professor of Agricultural Sciences

Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan

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Dr. Fouad Lamghari Ridouane

Director

Fujairah Research Centre

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Dr. Awad Hassan

Senior Scientist & Regional Director

Hive Intell Global

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Prof. Amro Zayed

York Research Chair in Genomics

York University

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Dr. M. Khaled Zakour

Trade Marketing Manager (Global Logistics)

MKZ-Jahnatal /Ostrau

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Dr. Mohamed Shebl

Professor, Department of Plant Protection

Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Egypt

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Dr. Yasser Yehia Mohamed Ibrahim

Associate Professor of Economic Entomology and Apiculture

Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

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Dr. Carlos Gustavo Parrilla

CEO

ALJAZEN LIMITED

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Alina-Felicia Váradi

Api-Nutritionist and Apitherapy specialist

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Prof. Miguel Vilas-Boas

Professor in Chemistry of Natural Products

The Agrarian School of the Polytechnic University of Bragança, Portugal

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Prof. Dr. İrfan KANDEMİR

Associate Editor

The Journal of Apicultural Research and Uludağ Bee Journal

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Dr. János Körmendy-Rácz

Chairman of the Apitherapy Scientific Commission

Apimondia

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Prof. Sobhy El-Sohaimy

Professor of Biochemistry | Director, Biotechnology Research and Innovation Center (BRIC)

Nile University, Egypt

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Dr. Gennaro Di Prisco

Chair of Bee Biology Commission

Apimondia

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Dr.James Wilkes

Founder

HiveTracks

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Nicolas Coallier

CTO & Partner

Nectar Technologies

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Prof.Dr. Banu Yücel

Professor and Chair, Department of Animal Science

Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye

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Dr.Thomas Gloger

Managing Director

Api-Zentrum Ruhr, Germany

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter KOZMUS

Acting President

Apimondia

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ASSOC. PROF. DR. ORAWAN DUANGPHAKDEE

Chairperson

Apimondia Regional Commission for Asia

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Dr. Saad Masry

Research Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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H.H Dr Majid Al Qasami

Chief Veterinary Officer of the UAE

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE

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Diane Menville

Associate Vice-President of the Financial Operations Department (FOD) and Chief Financial Officer

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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Dina Saleh

Special Envoy for the Middle East

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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Haifa Al Kaylani OBE

President & Founder

The Arab International Women’s Forum

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Navid Hanif

Assistant Secretary-General

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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Ahmad Mukhtar

Senior Economist

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Ahmed Al Suwaidi

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Al Dahra Group

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David Laborde

Director for Agrifood Economics

the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

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Dr. Josef Schmidhuber

Chief Sustainability Officer

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

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Amal Abdullah Al Hammadi

Beekeeper and Enterpreneur

Amal Honey

Leah Lizarondo

VP

Vital Voices Global Partnership

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Hamid Thani

Officer

ADAFSA

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Dr. Ihsan Farouk Abu Alrub

Lead Researcher

ADAFSA