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)

2025 SPEAKERS

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Abdulrahman AlShamsi

Member

Abu Dhabi Agricultural Club

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Dr. Aktham Sawan

Data Management & Artificial Intelligence Specialist

Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Alena Kavalchuk

Supply Chain Director

ADCOOP

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Amath Path Sene

Managing Director

AFSF

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Andrew D. Ive

Founder / Managing General Partner

Big Idea Ventures

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Dr Andrew Lee

Operations Director

National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC)

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Dr Mohamed Jabloun

Senior Scientist

James Hutton Institute

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Dr Raul Huertas

Research Leader and Deputy Head of the Plant Biochemistry and Food Quality Group

James Hutton Institute

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Dr. Afkar Hilles

Food Security Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Ahmad Mukhtar

Representative in UAE AD Interim

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Dr. Eman Soliman

Water Resource Management Advisor

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Dr. Hani Ahmed Zaher

Lead Researcher

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Maria Michela Morese

Senior Natural Resources Officer & Head of the Energy Team

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Dr. Michael Baum

Research Team Leader

ICARDA

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Dr. Mohamed Aman Mulki

Plant Breeding Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Simon Miller

Scientific and Regulatory Advisor

Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council

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Dr. Yassir Eltahir Ali

Epidemiology & Zoonosis Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Edward Hamod

CEO & Founder

Switch Foods International

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Eng. Ali Al Shrouf

Lead Researcher

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Eng. Aws Taha Ismail

Data Architecture and Artificial Intelligence Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Fadel Nasser AlSaedi

Member

Abu Dhabi Agricultural Club

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Ghada Abdel Wahab

Microbiology Specialist

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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H.E Dr Obaid Al Zaabi

Board Chairman

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development

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Hassan Halawy

CEO

Elite AgriTech

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Jeremiah Hux

Chief Financial Officer

UPSIDE Foods

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Jim Mellon

Executive Chairman

Agronomics

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Joseph Schmidhuber

Chief Sustainability Officer

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

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Karim Deen

Head of Business Development

Masdar City

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Magi El-Richani

CEO

Alpine Bio

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Mansoor Al Marar

Vice President - Industrial Business Development

KEZAD Group

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Veena Hausen

Director - Innovation Acceleration

ASPIRE

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Theofilos Alevizos

Senior Director - Sustainability

Agthia PJSC

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Melvin Woodhouse

Senior International Development Officer

James Hutton Institute

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Milana Boskovic

Director - Marketing and RD

Al Ain Farms Group

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Prof. Carine Platat

Professor

United Arab Emirates University

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Prof. Ir. Dr. Yus Aniza Yusof

Deputy Director

Halal Products Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia

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Prof. Saad Masry

Agriculture Research Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Professor Ingo Hein

Head of Potato Genetics

James Hutton Institute

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Ramin Ebrahimnejad

Business Development Manager at the APGC

James Hutton Institute

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Rana Al Omari

Project Manager & Programme Policy Officer

World Food Programme (WFP)

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Samer Kirresh

Investment Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Sean Robertson

Director of Strategic Partnerships and BD - GCC

Innovation and Insight FZ-LLC

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Sheikh Dr. Majid Sultan Al Qassimi

Founding Partner & CEO

Soma Mater

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Tanja Bogumil

CEO & Founder

New Path Bio

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Daniel Bisley

CFO

Vivici

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Chaitanya GRK

Regional Director

Farrelly Mitchell

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Fatima Al Dhaheri

Head of AGWA Cluster

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

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Dr. Marija Djekic-Ivankovic

Research Associate

McGill University

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Dr. Sonia Goel

Senior scientist

SRI

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Jose Francisco Fernandez Serna

CEO

E-motion Foods

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Mira El Ghaziri

Managing Director

HealthyPath

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Mohamad Rabih El Chaar

Managing Partner

Smarkk

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Prof. Juan Loor

Professor

University of Illinois

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Tom Harvey

General Manager

Spinneys

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Soniya Ashar

Founder & CEO

NutriCal

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Regina Schmidt

Head of SDG2 Acceleration

UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator

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Prof. Salwa Karboune

Dean

McGill University

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Dina Mongy

Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability

Nestle - MENA

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Jens Michel

CEO

Abu Dhabi Food Hub

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Dr. Daniel Annerose

CEO

Manobi Africa

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Dr. Eltigani Ahmed

Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Sami Carouba

Senior Vice President FMCG

Nikai Group of Companies

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Tristan Fischer

Founder & Group CEO

Fischer Farms

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Will Krispin

Director of Corporate Partnerships & Strategy

The EVERY Company

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Asma Abdi Mohammed

Director Biosecurity Affair Division

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Afkar Qasem

ADAFSA

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Dr. Hamad Saif Muaddad Al-Mashghouni

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H.E Dr. Tareq Al-Ameri

Director General

ADAFSA

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Peter Avram

CEO

Avani Eco Middle East FZ LLC

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Prof. Shabir Abdul Salam Kumar

Prof. of Biological Sciences

Khalifa University

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Shaker Farid Abdulrahman Zainal

Chief Business Officer & Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Emirates Development Bank

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Dr. Marcel Wubbolts

CTO

Vivici

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Khuloud Hasan Al Nuwais

Chief Sustainability Officer

Emirates Foundation

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Abhay Bhargava

Managing Director and Regional Leader

Frost & Sullivan Middle East

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Abhishek Shah

Group CEO

RSA Global

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Alessio Dantino

CEO

Forward Fooding

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Ayodeji Oludare Sotinrin

Managing Director

Bank of Agriculture Limited (Nigeria)

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Aysha Alkaabi

Section Head

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Arif Kalantar

GD Advisor

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Bernard J Faye

Emertus expert

CIRAD

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Dr. Haythem Riahi

Founder & CEO

Circa Biotech

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Dr. Markos Tibbo Dambi

Senior Livestock Development Officer

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Dr. Mazen Rizk

Founder & CEO

Infinite Roots

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Dr. Mo'ath Bataineh

Associate Professor

Dept. of Nutrition & Health - UAE University

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Dr. Sophie Von Dobschuetz

Team Lead Global COVID and other Coronaviruses Programme

WHO

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Fatema AlMulla

Development Specialist

UAE Presidential Court

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Francis Borges

Global Head Sustainable Value Chain Projects

Advanta Seeds

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Georgia Tolley

Presenter

Dubai Eye 103.8 FM

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Gustavo Burger

CEO

Believer Meats

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Hany Shalaby

Supply Chain Director

Nestle Middle East and North Africa - Costal Arabia cluster

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Hassan Safi

Group CEO

Al Ain Farms Group

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Herman Sloot

Vice President

Calysta Germany GmbH

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Justin Kolbeck

CEO

Wildtype

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Maryam Almualla

Head of Project Development

Ministry of Economy and Tourism

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Mohamed Al Kamali

Chief of Trade and Industry

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

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Olga Bezukladova

Head of Regional Innovation

Givaudan Suisse

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Sam Clever

CEO

NOSTRA UAE

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Sara Alhosani

Chief Specialist

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

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Scott Chambers

Co-CEO

Seafood Souq

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Shaikhah Alabdouli

Planning and Corporate Expert

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Dr. Ihsan Joma

Lead Researcher

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)

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Majed Halawi

Agri-Food and Water

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

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Meera Krishnadas

Food Safety Auditor

SGS Gulf Limited

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Oliver Christof

CEO

ReFarm Global Investments LLC

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Angelo Djaffardjee

Board Advisor and Member of the Strategic Alliance Committee

UAE Food & Beverage Manufacturers Group

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Darius Alexander

Managing Director

FTI Consulting

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Ajith Kamaludeen

R&D Manager

National Feed and Flour Production & Marketing

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Dr Ibtesam Saeed

Senior Food Analyst

Abu Dhabi Quality & Conformity Council (UAE)

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Dr. Mohamed Shehata

Lead Researcher

ADAFSA

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Etan Bendheim

Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer

Liberation Bio

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Nadine Gbossa

Director of Food Systems Coordination

IFAD (Benin)

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Mahdi Alhindawi

CEO & Founder

Enjazponic