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Riyadh Front Conference & Exhibition Center.
Day 1 : EV AUTO SHOW Program : 15th October 2024
Time
Sessions
09:00 - 10:00 AM Inauguration, Registration & Morning Tea & Coffee
Session 1
10:00 - 10:15 AM

Chief Guest Address - Opening Keynote

Eng. Saleh Al Khabti, Deputy Minister of MISA

Topic - Government - EV Charging Infrastructure Developments. Govt. Policies, incentives, EV Charging & Energy Supply

Keynote: Government - KSA
10:15 - 10:25 AM

Welcome Address: “Keynote by Conference Title Sponsor”

  • Topic:- eMobility - Way forward for the sustainable and eco-friendly future for business and environment
  • - EV Ecosystem, opportunities - challenges and solutions for business
  • - Broader view on scope and scale of eMobility for the future
Keynote Speaker - Kalyana Sivagnanam – CEO –Petromin (Electromin)
10:25 - 11:15 AM

Opening Ceremony - Walk around the booths… Meet & Greet

11:15 - 12:30 PM

eMobility in Saudi Arabia – Vision 2030

Pitch with the following guests– Panel Discussion

  • - Aftab Ahmed, Chief Advisor, Automotive Sector at National Industrial Development Center
  • - Mark Notkin, CEO – Electromin
  • - Karim Moussa, Senior VP eMobility, Siemens
  • - Abdulmuain AlSoufi, E-Mobility Expert, alfanar
  • - Rami Abu Hayah, CEO & Founder, CATEC Group
  • - Walt Madeira, Principal Analyst, S&P Global Automotive
12:30 - 12:45 PM Electromin - Partner Announcements (15 min)
12:45 - 01:45 PM Panel A – “Face2Face”

Topic – Accelerating Saudi Arabia’s EV Adoption

Moderator: Aadil Rashid Khan, Principal Consultant, Growth Advisory, Mobility Practice, Frost & Sullivan

Speakers

  • - James Luxbacher, Managing Director, SIXT Saudi Arabia
  • - Ahmed Samir Elbermbali, Managing Director, CharIN MENA
  • - Saeed Aljunaibi, CEO, EVS
  • - Tony Mazzone, Director of Energy & Infrastructure, Electromin
  • - Anmol Singh Jaggi, Co-Founder and CEO, BluSmart
  • - Tingting Zou, Business Dev. Expert, MEA, Schneider Electric
01:45 - 02:30 PM Lunch Break / Signing Agreements (Electric House / CATEC)
Session 2 - Panel Discussion
02:30 - 03:20 PM
  • Topic - Innovation in Charging Infrastructure, Designing new Grids, Power Stations, Infrastructure - Cost-effective ways to charge EVs and related infrastructure development (Home- , Workplace-, Destination and Public Charging)

Panel Moderator

Moderated by:Wulf Schlachter, CEO DXBe Management

  • - Abdulrahman Al-Moaigel, Chief Commercial Officer – Tawal
  • - Carlo Gozzi, Sr. Management Director, Roland Berger Dubai
  • - Mansour M Almkhalas, eMobility Expert SA, Schneider Electric
  • - Peter Bardenfleth-Hansen, External Advisor, Ex-Tesla / Ex-Zaptec CEO (via Video)
  • - Rohit Ramesh, Senior Product Manager, CITA EV
03:20 - 03:30 PM

Partner Announcements Sponsors (10 min)

Session 3 - Keynote
03:30 - 04:00 PM
  • Topic - Lucid in Saudi Arabia

Speaker: Ali Rizvi, Head of Programme Management / Middle East Operations

04:00 - 04:45 PM Tea / Coffee Break/ Networking break/ Prayer Break
04:45 - 05:00 PM Partner Announcements – Sponsors (15 min)
05:00 - 05:30 PM Keynote “Be Electric”
  • Keynote - eTrucks

Speaker - Ognjen Jovanovic, eTrucks Manager, Daimler Commercial Vehicles MENA

05:30 – 06:00 PM Keynote 2

Topic - eMobility at Red Sea Global

Speaker - Iain Macbeth, Director of Future Mobility

Session 4
05:30 – 06:00 PM

Topic – AVL - Batteries Innovation & Development

Speaker - Benjamin Langer, Head of Product Line eDrive, AVL

Session 5
06:15 – 06:45 PM Topic - Battery, Storage & more… The EV Charging EcoSystem – Resolving Complexity

Speaker(s):

  • - Nesrine Darragi, CEO Hive Electric
Session eX
06:45 - 07:15 PM

Topic – “The future is electric – crucial success factors to speed up electrification.

Matthias Venske, Managing Director, eAx solutions GmbH

Session Box
07:15 - 07:45 PM
  • Topic – Leading the Electric Vehicle - Charging Experience

Speaker : Carlos Morales, EVBox

07:45 - 08:00 PM

End of Day 1 – Closing Remark - Afterwork Networking…

Day 2 : EV AUTO SHOW Program : 17th October 2024
Time
Sessions
09:30 – 10:00 AM Electric Power Breakfast
10:00 - 10:45 AM

Keynote 3

Topic

  • - EV Charging - An emerging sector for investors
  • - Future scope and growth in EV Charging Infrastructure

Speaker - Heiko Seitz, eMobility Leader, PwC

10:45 - 11:00 AM Partner Announcements – Sponsors (15 min)
Session 6
11:00- 11:45 AM

Topic – How commercial eTrucks can have a faster market adaption.

  • - Challenges & Market entries

Speakers:

- Abdulelah Habib, Director – Center for Complex Engineering Systems

- Michael Perschke, CEO Quantron

- Kivanc Karayol, Market Director & Head of E-Mobility, Volvo Group

- Haitham Saadeh, Business Development, Juffali Industrial Products (Daimler)

- Matej Smrekar, VP Business, TAM Europe

- Gary B. Flom, CEO NTSC (Petromin Company)

11:45 – 12:00 PM

Partner Announcements – Sponsors (15 min)

12:00 - 12:30 PM

Networking / Tea / Coffee Break

Session C
12:30 – 01:30 PM

Topic - Making EVs more scalable… Pricing, Availability, Charging…

Panel Moderator - Wulf Schlachter, CEO DXBe Management

Speakers:

  • - Mark Carson, Customer Experience and Quality Director Renault
  • - James Luxbacher, Managing Director, SIXT Saudi Arabia
  • - Adeel Irshad, COO, EV Technology
  • - Mohamed Elshazely, Universal Motors Agencies, Equipment Sales
  • - Walt Madeira, Principal Analyst, S&P Global Automotive
  • - Nicolas Verneuil, Managing Director, Petromin-Stellantis, KSA
Session 7
01:30 - 02:15 PM

Topic - Smart City Canvas of Saudi Arabia

Smart City development in Saudi Arabia

Speaker:

  • - Badr Hanbazaza, Director Community Relations, ROSHN
02:15 - 03:00 PM

Lunch Break & Prayer Break

Session 8
03:00 - 03:45 PM

Topic - Charging Standards – from CCS to MCS…

Speaker: Ahmed Samir Elbermbali, Managing Director, CharIN MENA

Session 9
03:45 - 04:30 PM

Topic - EV Charging is pushing sustainable logisticsin Saudi Arabia

Speaker: Zaid Al Nabolsy Saudi Arabia E-Mobility Manager ABB

04:30 – 05:00 PM Keynote 4

Topic: eTruck & Busses powered by Quantron in Saudi

Speaker: Michael Perschke, CEO Quantron

05:00 - 05:15 PM

Partner Announcements – Sponsors (15 min)

05:15 - 05:45 PM

Tea / Coffee Break / Networking / Prayer break

Session 10
05:45 - 06:15 PM

Topic – How Telco already supports EV & EV Charging?

Speaker Abdulrahman Al-Moaigel, Chief Commercial Officer - Tawal

Session 11
06:15 – 06:45 PM

Topic - Silent Yachts – “The New Area of Yachting”

Speaker: Michael Köhler, CEO Silent-Yachts

Session 12
06:45 – 07:15 PM

Topic -How are OEMs catching up with Opportunities in Electric Mobility? Vision of the OEMs about Transformation scenarios from “Diesel to Electric”

Speaker: Kivanc Karayol, Market Director & Head of E-Mobility, Volvo Group

Session 13
07:15 – 07:45 PM

Topic – Charging 3.0

Speaker:

Raouf Ahmed, Regional Director, CITA

07:45 – 08:00 PM

Closing Remarks - Organization

Extended Networking - END OF SUMMIT