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Speakers 
Adnan Ahmed Alhammadi,
Director of Construction,
Roads and Transpot Authority, Dubai
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Mr Abdulaziz Y. Al-Babtain,
Director General – Transportation Sector,,
Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority
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Ali Saad Al-Karni,
Vice President, Technical Affairs,
Saudi Railways Organization
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Prof. Hashem Al-Masaeid,
Director General,,
Public Transport Regulatory commission
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 Paul Anderson,
CEO,
Serco
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 Sir Graham Boyce,
Chairman, Middle East Advisory Board,
Invensys Rail
After law at Cambridge and a year as a VSO teacher, joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1968. Studied Arabic in Lebanon and served in Canada, Libya, Kuwait and Sweden, as well as spells in the Foreign Office. Ambassador to Qatar, Kuwait and Egypt. Left the FCO in 2001 to concentrate on consultancy work Current positions include:
Chairman, Middle East Advisory Board, Lehman Brothers
Chairman, Middle East Advisory Board, Invensys
Middle East Adviser, Air Products
Member of International Advisory Council, Kuwait Investment Office
Vice-Chairman, Middle East Association
Joint Chairman, Windsor Energy Group
Trustee of the Dakhleh Oasis Trust (Egypt)
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Mr John Bryant,
Director,
Bentley Systems
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 Mr Giuseppe Carrella,
CEO,
TSF – Tele Sistemi Ferroviari Spa
2002 – to date: TSF
C.E.O. & Managing Director at TSF (Rome, Italy)
* With its 700 employees and a turnover of €252 mln (2005), TSF is the IT Services company owned by Telecom Italia (61%) and Ferrovie dello Stato (39%) for the management in outsourcing of FS Group companies’ IT services
* Company re-founding project, touching on all aspects of Company culture and organization
* Establishment of job rotation plan, measurement of employee performances (both top-down and bottom-up)
[2003-2005: ASPASIEL
C.E.O. & Managing Director at ASPASIEL srl (Terni, Italy)]
* With its 100 employees since 1995 Aspasiel (formerly known as Aspasia) is the Italian leading company in the Process Industry sector. Among its customers belonging to large and complex Italian and foreign enterprises, Acciai Speciali Terni (Electrical Steel). From 2001 to 2005 Aspasiel belonged to the IT Group of Telecom Italia, and developed the IT systems of Acciai Speciali Terni and ThyssenKrupp (which owned 50% of the firm shares). In 2006 Aspasiel merged into the ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni Group and every since is the IT outsourcer of the Group for its Italian and foreign subsidiaries.
* Re-engineering of company processes and
2000: B2Biscom
Delivery and Development New Technologies Director at B2Biscom (Milan, Italy)
* Company start-up in the Ebiscom Group dedicated to B2B
* Business plan and go-to-market definition
* SW development (83) companies analysis for the creation of joint ventures
* Plan definition for the integration with the mobile phone and B2C businesses
* Creation of reporting policies and procedures
In charge of a 60-person team in the areas of applications, technical and project management
Other Credentials:
2000 - 05: Speaker at several Italian and foreign seminars on issues related to the world of IT, and in particular:
* ERP systems
* Opportunities in the use of new technologies (Internet, Intranet, E-commerce, DSS)
* Changes in organization and professional skills in the IT world
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Rodrigo Fernandez,
Senior Engineer,
INECO
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 Manish Gupta,
Director- International Project Finance Group,
Ernst & Young
Manish Gupta is a Director with Ernst & Young’s International Project Finance Group, with particular responsibility for International Transport, Infrastructure and Secondary markets. Prior to joining, Manish had nine years experience of infrastructure finance, working both as a sponsor/developer as well as a banker/advisor. His most recent experience was working as in-house Financial Advisor with Bechtel Enterprises (and its affiliate Alterra Partners), the investment and development arm of the Bechtel Group, and with IL&FS, a reputed Indian financial institution with a focus on infrastructure.
Since joining EY in January 2005 Manish has focused mainly on International transport, and advised several clients on buy side advisory in Transport Sector (including Airports and Roads). In addition, he is also developing several other International Transport opportunities in roads, rail and aviation sectors.
Manish has an MBA in Strategy and Finance, and an engineering degree in Electronics & Telecommunications.
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Mr Nasir Hasan,
Director, Corporate Finance – Transportation,,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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 Mr Mohsen Hashemi,
Chairman and Managing Director,,
Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company (TUSRC)
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Mr Nobuyuki Higashi,
Chief Representative,,
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
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Mr Tien Sio Low,
Former Deputy Chief Executive,,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore
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 Mr Andrew McCusker,
Operations Director,,
MTR Corporation
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 Mr Mitsukazu Nakata,
Project Director,,
Nakheel
Mitsukazu Nakata is the Project Director of The Palm Jumeirah Transit Project. Mr. Nakata is leading the construction of the first rail transit system in Dubai United Arab Emirate. The 5.4km, US$ 400M monorail transit project runs at the center of the Palm Jumeirah, known as the 8th Wonders of the World.
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Lim Bok Ngam,
Deputy Chief Executive, Infrastructure Department,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore
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Mr Anthony Pickett,
Risk Business Manager,,
Lloyd's Register Asia
Anthony Pickett is currently Risk Business Manager for Lloyd’s Register (Europe, Middle East and Africa) responsible for development of LR’s risk business (multi-functional, cross industry), with initial focus on transportation. He has extensive involvement in the provision of risk management services to large rail transportation projects in UK, Taiwan, Netherlands, Hong Kong and Middle East and recently managed a project to establish an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, under which both safety risks and business related risks are managed, for a large rail operator in Australia.
Anthony has over 25 years experience of risk management, safety, and reliability support on multidisciplinary projects mainly in the rail industry. He has been involved in preparing and updating Risk Assessments and Safety Cases in the aerospace, transport and nuclear industries and also has experience in change management and negotiations with funding and regulatory authorities.
Anthony is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers since 1990, and a Registered European Engineer Group 1 FEANI.
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 Dr. Michael Raschbichler,
Member,,
International MagLev Board
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 Marc-Andre Roy,
Principal,
CPCS
Marc-André Roy is a Principal with CPCS. He focuses on helping clients introduce private sector participation in transport infrastructure and operations in the rail, urban transit, and ports sectors. He is currently the Project Manager of the Transaction Advisory team for the Amman-Zarqa Light Rail System (LRS) project in Jordan. Other recent assignments have included advisory services related to the concessioning of the Nigerian Railways and the greenfield development of the Trinidad Rapid Rail System, as well as financial analysis of rail projects in Brazil and Tanzania. He has completed assignments funded by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and various national governments in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America.
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Richard Sadler,
Lloyd's Register Asia
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Mr P. Takis Salpeas,
Senior Vice President,
Parsons
Mr. Salpeas is a dual degreed engineer from the University of Pennsylvania with Master Degrees in both Civil (MSCE) and Systems (MSSE) Engineering. He also holds a BS in Economics from the University of Athens, Greece. He taught transportation engineering at the Civil Engineering Department of Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, and has published more than 55 professional paper, reports and articles.
His professional experience exceeds $5 billion in rail transit construction in three of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas: Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, and Philadelphia, PA.
Mr. Salpeas is a Certified Construction Manager and a member of several professional engineering societies. He was the 2005 Chairman of the Capital Projects Committee for the American Public Transportation Association; recipient of the 2004 Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) Distinguished Leadership Award; the American Society of Civil Engineer 2003 Outstanding Civil Engineering Award for Completion of the 103-Mile Washington Metrorail System; the California Transportation Foundation 1997 Tranny Award for the BART-Colma Station Extension; 1996 American Public Works Association Project Manager of Merit for the BART-Colma Station Extension; and the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineer Award 1989 for Engineering and Construction of the Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project.
Highlights of Mr. Salpeas’ Accomplishments:
Washington, DC:
1998-2006
Deputy General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
* Completed the $3.5 billion, 4-line, 15-mile, 10-station extension program, including yards, shops, parking structures and rolling stock.
San Francisco, CA
1991-1998
Executive Manager, Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)
* Completed a $1.7 billion, 12-mile, 5-station extension to the San Francisco International Airport.
Philadelphia, PA
1985-1991
Project Manager, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
* Managed several line and station elements involved in the $600 million renovation of the Frankford elevated line.
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Mr Saad Hassan Shehata,
Chairman,,
National Authority for Tunnels (Egypt)
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 Mr Howard Smith,
Chief Operating Officer,
Transport for London
In the early 1990’s he worked on the planning of international freight services and was involved in the formation of freight marketing joint ventures between UK, Belgian and Swiss public and private sector partners. He became Managing Director of one of these joint ventures, ACI Ltd, marketing freight services between the UK, France, Spain and Italy.
Howard moved to London Rail as Chief Operating Officer at the end of 2004 where he has responsibility for DLR and for the new London Overground project, which involves the transfer to TfL of the former Silverlink Metro services and the construction of the extended East London Line as part of a £1.4 billion investment to be completed by 2010.
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