Under the esteemed patronage of His Highness 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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21- 22 October 2025 | ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi

Speakers

H.E. Dr. Amna Bin Abdullah Al Dahak

Minister

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

H.E. Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri

Cabinet Member & UAE Minister of Economy

Ministry of Economy

H.E. Khalid Al Nuaimi

Director of the Federal Youth Authority

Dr. AbdulHakim Elwaer

Assistant Director- General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa

FAO

HRH Princess Basma bint Ali

Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa

FAO

H.E. Fahed Al Qassim

Director General

Awqaf Abu Dhabi

H.E. Maria Hanif Al Qassim

Assistant Undersecretary of Economic Policies and Studies

UAE Ministry of Economy

H.E. Dr. Obaid Hamad Saif Al Zaabi

Chairman of Board

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development

Sheikh Dr. Majid Sultan Al Qassimi

Sub Regional Office for the GCC States and Yemen

FAO

Khalil Fadhel Al Mansoori

Director General

Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX)

Dr. Tarifa Alzaabi

Director General

International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

Khuloud Al Nuwais

Secretary General and Chief Sustainability Officer

ne'ma and Emirates Foundation

Aly Abousabaa

Regional Director and Director General

Central and West Asia and North Africa, GCIAR and ICARDA

H.E. Ambassador Berik Aryn

Director General

IOFS

Alexander Lotsch

Senior Climate Finance Specialist, Global Department for Agriculture and Food

The World Bank

H.E. Mr. Azar Bayramov

Director General

OIC Labour Centre

Eng. Mohamed Al Breiki

Executive Director

Sustainable Development, Masdar City

Nour El Jundi

Proposal Development Specialist

International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

Dr. Kayan Akram Jaff

Adviser and Head of Mission of the Sub Regional

Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Anas Shaikh

Agribusiness Specialist

Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development

Mohamed Yehia Chahe

Director for Programming, Coordination and Environmental Information

Ministère délégué auprès du Premier Ministre chargé de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable, Mauritanie

Huda Alsahi

Social Policy Officer, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Katherine Dybdal-Grasberger

Co-Founder

Nola

Ananya Narayan

Chief Executive Officer

Hunter Foods

Ahmed Shamieh

General Partner

Homegrown CPG

Nadia Aslan

Technical Staff

Standards and Metrology Organizations for Islamic Countries (SMIIC)

Mohamad Khachab

Co-founder

BMB Group

Davron Ishnazarov

Researcher

SESRIC

Hassan Halawy

Chief Executive Officer

Elite Agro Projects

Nadine Gbossa

Director Food Systems Coordination, IFAD

IFAD

Seifallah Rabie

Managing Partner

LOGIC UAE

Dr. Hamady Diop

CAAPD Post Malabo Process and Program Coordinator

African Union

Sylvia Vitale Rotta

CEO

Team Creatif

Sabri Hamade

Partner - Energy and Natural Resources Practice

Oliver Wyman

Amath Pathe Sene

Managing Director

Africa’s Food Systems Forum (AGRF)

Cleber Oliveira Soares

Deputy Executive Secretary

Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Brazil

Yousef Saleem

Managing Director

Al Barakah Dates Factory

Harun Lone

CEO

Swiss Bio Shield

Simona Grande

Researcher, Department of Management

University of Turin

Faisal Bin Huraiz

Presenter

Skynews Arabia

Mahmoud Adham

Brand Builder

Foodtech/FMCG

Dr Shamal Mohammed

Director - AgriTech

Silal

Olaf Abi Aad

CEO

AGZIA

Yousef Saleem

Managing Director

Al Barakah Dates Factory

Milena Corredig

Professor, Department of Food Science - Food Technology

Aarhus University

Mahmoud Adham

Founder

Munchbox

Fatima Al Dhaheri

Head of the AGWA Cluster

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

Suresh Vaidyanathan

CEO

Ghassan Aboud Group & Abu Dhabi Food Hub

Josef Schmidhuber

Chief Sustainability Officer

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Dr. Mahamadou Tounkara

Director

ODG Division

Dr Patrick Noack

Executive Director - Future, Foresight and Imagination

Dubai Future Foundation

Dr. Ismail Abdelhamid

Director of Projects Department

IOFS

Dr. Abdelaziz Hajjaji

Program Manager in-Charge of Climate Smart Agriculture

IOFS

Daniel Khachab

CEO

Choco

Dr. Mirjana Prica

Managing Director

Food Innovation

Bakytzhan Arystanbek

Program Manager in-Charge of Food Bank Related Issues

IOFS

Dr Ahmad Mukhtar

FAO Senior Economist

FAO Regional Representative for Near East and North Africa

Yazen Al Kodmani

General Manager

Emirates Bio Farm

Hassan Halawy

CEO

Elite Agro Projects

Dr Giorgi Shuradze

Founding Member

Cinsoil

José Francisco Fernández Serna

CEO

E-motion Foods & Lead Mentor EIT Food / Innovator Fellowship

Dr Marios Roccaro

Senior Programme Manager Education

EIT Food

Dr. Stefan Schmitz

Executive Director

Global Crop Diversity Trust

Malachy Mitchell

Co-founder and Managing Director

Farelly Mitchell

Abdula Manafi Gulamo Mutualo

Chief Multilateral Affairs Officer

Islamic Organization for Food Security

Paola Giavedoni

Lead Global Collaborations

FoodValley, NL

Adj. Prof. Dr. Hildegard Lingnau

Executive Secretary

Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

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