#TogetherWeAreStronger
Post Event Report / Dii Members Access
11th Annual Dii Leadership Summit 2021
"The Decade of the Acceleration of the Energy Transition in MENA"
Hybrid Event (Live & Virtual)
10-11 November 2021
W Dubai - The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
Organised by
Supported by
CleanTech Partner
Strategic Partners
Lead Partners
Associated Partners
Supporting Partners
At a Glance
In 12 years’ time Dii Desert Energy work has evolved from a rudimentary ‘Desertec Vision’ (initially mainly concentrated on power from the deserts for Europe, ‘Desertec 1.0’), then from 2015, based in Dubai, focusing on clean energy for the region (Desertec 2.0).
Videos on demand
Dii & CBC Leaders Talks
Day 1 - Dii Partners Forum
Day 2 - Summit
Presentations Download Space
Day 1 - Partners' Meeting
Cornelius Matthes
CEO, Dii Desert Energy; CBC Chair for Middle East
Valeria Aruffo
Director External Relations, Dii Desert Energy
Jan van Ooijen
Senior Vice President International & Advisor to the Board, 2G Energy
Hussein Matar
Sen. Director of Business Development, AMEA Power
Herbert Jost
General Manager Green Hydrogen Deme Concessions NV, DEME Group
Naveed Tariq
Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Group Innovation Operations, E.ON
Andreas Bieringer
Managing Director Linde Gas Middle East, Linde
Dan Feldman
Leader, Global Hydrogen Industry Team, Shearman & Sterling
Gåurāb Chatterjea
Head of Hydrogen MENA, Shell
Patrik Farkas
Market Development Manager, Middle East, Wärtsilä
Tomasz Slusarz
Founder & Visionary Streamliner, CleanTech Business Club
Dr. Manfred Schuckert
Head of Automotive Regulatory Strategy, Daimler Truck
Dr. Cetin Nazikkol
CEO Asia Pacific Africa Region, thyssenkrupp
Dr. Sausan Al-Riyami
Director, EJAAD, Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, Oman
Yusuf Macun
Managing Partner, Cranmore Partners
Christof von Branconi
CEO, Global Energy Solutions e. V.
Fadi Maalof
Chief Technology Officer, Dii Desert Energy
Day 2 - Summit
Frank Wouters
Chair, MENA Hydrogen Alliance
Andrea Lovato
Executive Vice President & Head of Renewable Development & Green Hydrogen, ACWA Power
Katherina Reiche
Chairwoman of the National Hydrogen Council and Chairwoman of the Board of Westenergie AG
Li Peng
Chief Engineer of CEPRI, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC)
Cornelius Matthes
CEO, Dii Desert Energy; CBC Chair for Middle East
Peter Terium
Managing Director, Energy, Water and Food, NEOM
Ad van Wijk
Member of Dii Desert Energy’s Advisory Board, Professor Future Energy Systems, TU Delft
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling
Director, Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer ISE
Program Day 1
CBC - The Club 2.0
Program Day 2
Dii Brochure
CBC & Dii Strategic Partnership
"CleanTech Business Club is connecting people and continents, and together we realize a common mission “No Emissions" as #TogetherWeAreStronger!"
Cornelius Matthes, CBC Chair for Middle East
CEO at Desert Energy, Investor in emission free technologies
Speakers
Ad van Wijk
Member of Dii Desert Energy’s Advisory Board, Professor Future Energy Systems, TU Delft
Anas Almathami
Head – Localization, ACWA Power
Andreas Bieringer
Managing Director Linde Gas Middle East, Linde
Chris Cantelmi
Infrastructure Investment, EMENA, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Dan Feldman
Leader, Global Hydrogen Industry Team, Shearman & Sterling
Dr Stefan Kaufmann
Innovation Commissioner for Green Hydrogen, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Dr. Cetin Nazikkol
CEO Asia Pacific Africa Region, thyssenkrupp
Dr. Sausan Al-Riyami
Director, EJAAD, Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, Oman
Gåurāb Chatterjea
Head of Hydrogen MENA, Shell
Hussein Matar
Sen. Director of Business Development, AMEA Power
Joaquín Rodríguez Jadraque
Fisterra Energy / BLACKSTONE Group
Jörg Oldorf
COO Industry Service Division, TÜV SÜD
Lew Evans
CEO, Nexus Resilience Group
Mohammed Ghazali
Secretary General, Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Morocco
Paul van Son
President, Dii Desert Energy
Saurabh Kumar
Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services, Executive Vice Chairperson, EESL
Yusuf Macun
Managing Partner, Cranmore Partners
Ali Halabi
Chief Executive Officer, Voltlines
Andrea Lovato
Executive Vice President & Head of Renewable Development & Green Hydrogen, ACWA Power
Antonio Iliceto
Chairman, CIGRE Study Committee C1, Power System Development & Economics
Christof von Branconi
CEO, Global Energy Solutions e. V.
Daniel Zywietz
Founder & CEO, Enerwhere
Dr. Ahmed Ali Al-Ebrahim
Chief Executive Officer, GCC Interconnection Authority Chaher Boulakhras, CEO, Sonelgaz
Dr. Manfred Schuckert
Head of Automotive Regulatory Strategy, Daimler Truck
Fadi Maalof
Chief Technology Officer, Dii Desert Energy
H.E. Yousif Ahmed Al Ali
Assistant Undersecretary for Electricity, Water and Future Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emiratesv
Jamila Matar
Director Energy, League of Arab States
Joop Daamen
Sales Manager, Frames
Karim Megherbi
Director – Transaction Advisory, Dii Desert Energy
Li Peng
Chief Engineer of CEPRI, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC)
Naveed Tariq
Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Group Innovation Operations, E.ON
Peter Terium
Managing Director, Energy, Water and Food, NEOM
Tomasz Slusarz
Founder & Visionary Streamliner, CleanTech Business Club
Ali Vezvaei
Chief Executive Officer, nd Group
Andreas Beckers
Country CEO, Executive Board Member, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, Egypt
Basma Bentaher
Senior Director - Project Development, AMEA Power
Cornelius Matthes
CEO, Dii Desert Energy; CBC Chair for Middle East
Dimitar Enchev
Co-founder & Director, CWP Global
Dr. Arnd Köfler
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Executive Board, thyssenkrupp
Steel Europe AG
Dr. Salim Al Huthaili
Chief Executive Officer - Alternative Energy, OQ, Oman
Frank Wouters
Chair, MENA Hydrogen Alliance
Herbert Jost
General Manager Green Hydrogen Deme Concessions NV, DEME Group
Jan van Ooijen
Senior Vice President International & Advisor to the Board, 2G Energy
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Secretary General, Hydrogen Europe
Katherina Reiche
Chairwoman of the National Hydrogen Council and Chairwoman of the Board of Westenergie AG
Mohammad Abdelqader El Ramahi
Director, Asset Management and Technical Services, Masdar Clean Energy, Masdar
Patrik Farkas
Market Development Manager, Middle East, Wärtsilä
Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling
Director, Hydrogen Technologies, Fraunhofer ISE
Valeria Aruffo
Director External Relations, Dii Desert Energy
Photo Gallery - Day 1
Photo Gallery - Day 2
