Efficiency and sustainability have been at the forefront of every industry, with automotive no exception. With the fast-changing landscape and growing trends of electrification of vehicles, climate-neutral mobility, connected mobility, autonomous driving and Mobility-as-a-Service (Maas), urban mobility is set to revolutionize by 2030.
Automechanika Dubai 2023 will launch ‘Innovation4Mobility’ as a special dedicated zone combining product showcases along with a series of keynote addresses, panel discussions and roundtable debates that will analyze the latest technologies, and trends and examine how aftermarket will change in the course of this Newer Mobility.
Alternate fuel vehicles, driving technologies, digitalization, connectivity and smart infrastructure will fall into the heart of discussions and display in this section, making this zone a must-attend to explore the New Age Mobility Ecosystem.
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Innovation4Mobility Agenda
View Agenda | 2 October 2023 | Energy4Mobility
| Timings | Session | Speaker |
| 10:45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Akin Adamson, Director – Middle East, Ricardo Gulf Technical Consultancy |
| 11:00 | UAE’s Vision of Future Mobility | Eng. Somayyah Alyammahi, Head of Productivity Projects and Demand Management section, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure |
| 11:30 | Developing GCC EV Fleet and Charging Ecosystems – Sustainably and Profitably | Heiko Seitz, Global eMobility Leader, PwC |
| 12:00 | What do EV Customers Want? What are the Different EV Customer Behaviors and What is Needed for Mass Adoption? | Hasan Nergiz, Managing Director, Al Futtaim Electric Mobility Company |
| 12:30 | Overview of the EV market scenario and growth projected in the coming years | Arvind CJ, Partner, Roland Berge |
| 13:00 | Electrifying Fleets in the GCC/KSA – What it Takes | Carsten Kwirandt, Director for Fleet Sales & Remarketing, Ceer |
| 13:30 | Panel Discussion - All Eyes on the Customer! How Digitization, Artificial Intelligence and Customer Centricity Redefine Automotive and Mobility Retail | Moderator: Heiko Seitz, Global eMobility Leader, PwC Panelists: Jan Scheidgen, Director of Sales, BMW AGMC James Luxbacher, General Manager, SIXT Middle East Anirudh Arun, Co-Founder & COO, BluSmart |
| 14:15 | Global Demand Outlook and Vehicle Sales Market in Middle East | Tatiana Hristova, Director – EMEA Light Vehicle Sales Forecast S&P Global Mobility |
| 14:45 | Case Study – Treatment and Recycling Spent Lithium-Based Batteries | Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh, Head of Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah Hoshank Ahmad Kanj, Project Engineer, Bee’ah |
| 15:15 | The Challenge and Opportunity for Electric Vehicles in the UAE | Brendan Cronin, Director, AFRY Management Consulting |
| 15:45 | Using Electric Vehicles and Charging Ethics | Abilash ET Nair, Head – Smart Mobility & Smart Buildings, Al Naboodah Group |
| 16:15 | From Theory to Track: Uniting Knowledge and Application in Electric F! Racing | Presentation by Abu Dhabi University |
View Agenda | 3 October 2023 | Tech4Mobility
| Timings | Session | Speaker |
| 10:45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Robert Snook, Director, Business Success Global |
| 11:00 | Technology in Today’s Car Parc and People Development to Meet It | Pete Jackson, International Business Development Manager, Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) |
| 11:30 | Using Microsoft Azure Cloud for testing and validation of Autonomous Vehicles | Gabriel Sallah, Autonomous Mobility HPC/AL Lead, Microsoft |
| 12:00 | Case Study – Connected and Automated Mobility: Progress in Qatar and Role of AI in Speeding Up the Adoption | Dr. Hamid Menouar, Principal R&D and Innovation Head, Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC) |
| 12:30 | Innovations for the new mobility – spotlight on IoT | Jemma Gunning, Senior Innovation Manager – Customer Engagement, DHL |
| 13:00 | Connected Infrastructure for a Sustainable Mobility Ecosystem | Ahmed Elbermbali, Sustainability Market Leader, Bureau Veritas Group |
| 13:30 | One Platform | Ib Kimose, Global Director, Autorola Solutions |
| 14:00 | Transformation with CASE (Connectivity, Electrification, Shared mobility, and Autonomous Driving) | Sameer Parab, Growth Strategy Advisory – Mobility & Transportation, Aranca |
| 14:30 | Changing the EV Charging Infrastructure: Mobile EV Charging | Aadam Zaidi, Principal Product Manager (EV), CAFU |
| 15:00 | How the UAE Creates the World’s only Decarbonized Last-Mile Delivery Network | Adam Ridgway, Founder, ONE MOTO |
| 15:30 | Panel Discussion: Role of Technology in Improving Mobility Services | Moderator: Robert Snook, Director, Business Success Global Panelists: Ib Kimose, Global Director, Autorola Solutions Adam Ridgway, Founder, ONE MOTO Ahmed Elbermbali, Sustainability Market Leader I Managing Director – Middle East , Bureau Veritas Group I CharIN Michel El Meouchi, New Verticals and Connectivity Manager, CAFU |
View Agenda | 4 October 2023 | EV Training Day
10:45 - 16:00 | Electric and alternative fuelled vehicles are here – are we ready?
- An overview of alternative fuelled vehicles, what is here now and what is planned
- FIRES – the great debate, Internal Combustion Vehicles -v- electric, are any of them really less or more likely to catch fire
- What is the risk facing responders in fire or accident?
- Can the fires be dealt with – can we predict an issue coming
- Accidents – how do we make them safe - how can we extricate trapped persons
- Just an accident, a bump – how do we recover, where to, quarantine, monitor, repair
- The workplace, car park or home – what do we need to consider with a fire risk assessment
- The risks, ARC injuries, explosion, projectiles, vapour cloud – can it get any worse
Richard Dunbar, Managing Director, Park Lodge International Ltd.
Meet our Speakers
Eng. Somayyah Alyammahi
Head of Productivity Projects and Demand Management section, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
Hasan Nergiz
Managing Director, Al Futtaim Electric Mobility Company
Ib Kimose
Global Director, Autorola Solutions
Arvind CJ
Partner, Roland Berger
Dr.Sameer Al-Asheh
Head of Chemical & Biological Engineering Department, American University of Sharjah
Brendan Cronin
Head of Management Consulting, AFRY
Carsten Kwirandt
Director for Fleet Sales & Remarketing, CEER Motors
Abilash Ethanur Thuppale
Head - Smart Building & Smart Mobility, Al Naboodah Group Enterprises
Akin Adamson
Director – Middle East, Ricardo Gulf Technical Consultancy
Heiko Seitz
Global eMobility Leader PwC
Jan Scheidgen
Director of Sales, BMW AGMC
James Luxbacher
General Manager, SIXT Middle East
Anirudh Arun
Co-Founder & COO, BluSmart
Tatiana Hristova
Director – EMEA Light Vehicle Sales Forecast S&P Global Mobility
Hoshank Ahmad Kanj
Project Engineer, Bee’ah
Richard Dunbar
Managing Director, Park Lodge International Ltd.
Gabriel Sallah
Autonomous Mobility HPC/AI Lead, Microsoft
