Day 1 - Monday, 06 May 2024

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

07:30 - Registration

08:00 - 09:00 VIPs & Guests Arrival

09:00 - 09:20 Opening Remarks from 2024 MEPEC Conference Chairman

Hall 1

Master of Ceremony
Eithne Treanor FOUNDER & CEO, E Treanor Media

Speaker
Walid Al Naeem Vice President & Chief Engineer, Aramco

09:20 - 09:40 Keynote Session: Sustainable future - Key insights into the opportunities for Middle Eastern
energy
Hall 1

Highlight Shell’s progress toward its sustainability goals, core beliefs, and its revised Energy
Transition Strategy. Provide insights and learnings from some of the changes taking place within
Shell assets

Facilitator
Eithne Treanor FOUNDER & CEO, E Treanor Media

Keynote Speaker
Elise H Nowee President, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

09:40 - 10:00 Keynote Session: Scaling Technologies for the Future: Our Approach to Collaborative
Development and Innovation
Hall 1

How the process technology development landscape has changed over time, including the specific
needs today. Need for accelerated development and deployment - how to manage risk and leverage
new approaches. Collaboration between Operators and Technology providers. Collaboration
between technology companies.

Facilitator
Eithne Treanor FOUNDER & CEO, E Treanor Media

Keynote Speaker
Bryan Glover Chief Growth Officer & CTO, Honeywell

10:00 - 11:00 Break & Exhibition Networking

11:00 - 12:00 Strategic Panel: Role of Process Excellence in Driving Sustainability

Hall 1

How to leverage the power of process excellence to cope with the upcoming storm of global climate
risks.

Moderator
Eithne Treanor FOUNDER & CEO, E Treanor Media

Speakers
 Hassan Hussain Al Hosani Senior Vice President Projects and Technical, ADNOC Refining
Ebubekir Koyuncu Chief Executive Officer, Air Products Qudra
Tim McMinn Vice President Process Engineering & Products, ExxonMobil Technology and
Engineering Company (EMTEC)
Mahdi F. Aladel Chief Executive Officer, Aramco Ventures

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break and Exhibition Networking

13:00 - 14:00 Technical Session I

Process Excellence I New Energies I Digitalization I Decarbonization & Energy

Session Room A, Hall 2 Session Room B, Hall 2 Session Room C, Hall 2 Transition VII
Session Room D, Hall 2

Moderator Moderator Moderator Moderator

Kelepile E. Meleloe Dr. Basim Abussaud Dr. Steve Hall, Dr. Nasiru M. Tukur
Process Engineer, GME Associate Professor, Dept. Independent Industry Engineering Consultant,
Operations Engineering of Chemical Engineering, Consultant P&CSD, Aramco
Solutions Department, King Fahd University of
Aramco Petroleum & Minerals
(KFUPM) End-to-End Optimization of A Plant's Sustainability By
Stabilization Columns Utilizing Flare Gas
Managing High-Risk through Advanced Process Recovery System
Transitions: How Petro Overcoming Modularisation Control
Rabigh Partnered with Challenges for Low Carbon Speakers
Grace to Deliver Refinery Hydrogen (LCH) Plants Speakers Abdulaziz Al Qubali
Value and Successfully Alaa Aljassim Process Project Engineer, Aramco
Manage Technology Speaker Engineer, Aramco Naseem Al Rashedi
Change Eric Maina Engineering Waled Bin Howiml Supervisor Engineer,
Manager, MCDERMOTT Process Engineer, Aramco Aramco
Speakers
Graeme MacAulay
Technical Service Ereact™: Production of AI-Enhanced Gasoline Incremental Approach to
Manager, W.R. Grace & Chemicals and Sustainable Blending System for Decarbonization for Steam
Co Aviation Fuels Using Refineries Crackers
Ahmed Aladwani Process Electrified Synthesis Gas
Engineer, Petro Rabigh Generation Speaker Speaker
Abdul Gani Abdul Jameel Jose De Barros Vice
Speakers Assistant Professor, King President, Ethylene
Leverage Process Aadesh Harale Research Fahd University of Business Group, Lummus
Simulation Tool for FCC Science Specialist, Aramco Petroleum & Minerals Technology
Catalyst Selection Adam Kadhim Product (KFUPM)
Line Director, Topsoe
Speaker Unlocking Sustainable
Mohammad Rakib AI Approach to Real Chemistry: Landfill Gas
Research Science Technoeconomic Study on Manufacturing World: AI Utilization for Green
Specialist, Aramco the Thermochemical Solution for an HCR Plant Chemical Production
Recycling of Waste Plastic and AI Hybrid Solution for
to Produce Dimethyl Ether a TDM Plant Speaker
Elimination of Dry-out Gas Sami Alrashidi
Flaring during Natural Gas Speaker Speaker Technology Management
Liquids Recovery Process Mohammad Awwad Chang-Ha Lee CEO & Engineer, SIRC Saudi
Start-up Master's Degree Student, Professor, DogWoodAI & Investment Recycling
KAUST Catalysis Center Yonsei University Company
Speakers
Abdulaziz Alaql
Operations Engineer ,
Aramco
Ahmed Al Ahmed
Process Engineer, Aramco

14:00 - 14:30 Break & Exhibition Networking

14:30 - 15:30 Technical Session II
Process Excellence II Decarbonization & Energy
Session Room A, Hall 2 Transition I
Session Room B, Hall 2
Moderator Moderators
Shakeel Kadri Executive Tim McMinn Vice
Director & CEO, CCPS President Process
Engineering & Products,
ExxonMobil Technology
Manage Process Safety By and Engineering Company
Making an Big Impact on (EMTEC)
Nuisance Alarm Dr. Debalina Sengupta
Management Program Director, Coastal
Resilience, Texas Sea
Speaker Grant, Texas A & M
Jai Chainani Senior University
Process Control Engineer,
Aramco
Valorizing Biomass Waste
into Activated Carbon for a
Achieving Operational Low Carbon Economy
Excellence through SSX
Speakers
Speaker Manar Al Attar Process
Mohammad Albuzaid Engineering Student,
Organizational International Maritime
Development Consultant, College of Oman
KANZ Anfal Al-Shezawi Process
Engineer (Student),
International Maritime
Evaluation of the Disposal College of Oman
of a Sour Water Stream to
Protect the Integrity of a
Flare System in an Oil and Reduction of CO2
Gas Processing Facility Emissions on the Crude
Desalting Systems: A
Speaker Focus on Fourth-
Simon Wohnsiedler Lead Generation Dual-
Process Engineer, Aramco Frequency Electrostatic
Technology
Speakers
John Philip Marshal
Process Engineer, SLB
Arun Goel Concept
Solution Engineering
Manager, SLB
Membrane Reactors for
Low Carbon Hydrogen
Production
Speaker
Alaa Albasry Associate
Engineer, Aramco
15:30 - 16:30 Technical Session III
Process Excellence III Decarbonization & Energy
Digitalization II Process Excellence XI
Session Room C, Hall 2 Session Room D, Hall 2
Moderator Moderator
Faisal Ahmad Raza Dr. Mohamed Bin Shams
Technical Expert - Chair and Associate
Process, SLB Saudi Arabia Professor, Department of
Chemical Engineering,
University of Bahrain
Enhancing Reaction
Furnaces Temperature
Monitoring through Evaluation of the Maturity
Machine Learning LEVEL of the Process
Safety Culture for OIL and
Speaker Gas Industry Workers in a
Abdullah Alhumaid Region of the Middle EAST
Associate Engineer,
Aramco
Speaker
Leonardo Cotrufo Lead
Digitization of Gas-Oil Engineer, Aramco
Separation Plant (GOSP)
Space Using an Hybrid/AI
Model Samref SRU Catalyst
Management, Retrofit and
Speakers Optimization Initiatives
Faisal Ahmad Raza during the 2023 T/A
Technical Expert -
Process, SLB Saudi Arabia Speakers
Mohamed Nassar MENA Khalid Ghazal Technical
-Tech Sales Process Twin Process Engineering
& APM, SLB (Sulfur & Amine Specialist),
Saudi Aramco Mobil
Refinery Company Ltd.
Advanced Process Control (SAMREF)
Tools Toward Plant Marc Elia Regional Sales
Optimization. Manager, Axens
Speakers
Almuhannad Basuni Consequences and
Advanced Process Control Mitigations to High Sulfur
Engineer, Saudi Aramco Condenser Inlet
Mobil Refinery Company Temperature
Ltd. (SAMREF)
Safi M. AlBuhairi Staff Speaker
Process Control Engineer, Ziyad Alshahrani Process
Saudi Aramco Mobil Engineer, Aramco
Refinery Company Ltd.
(SAMREF)
Digitalization III Digitalization VII
 Session Room A, Hall 2
Moderator
Dr. S M Zakir Hossain
Associate
Professor, Department Of
Chemical Engr., University
of Bahrain
Chevron Lummus Global's
Hydroprocessing Success
at Jazan Refinery
Speaker
Suresh Kumar Nellore
Process Design Engineer,
Chevron Lummus Global
(CLG)
An Optimal Crude Oil
Selection in a Refinery with
Lube Hydroprocessing
Capacity
Speaker
Lujayn Alsayoof
Economic Optimization
Specialist, Bapco Refining
Enhancing Safety and
Emergency Response in
Industrial Processes:
Implementation of HF Alky
Critical Operating
Parameter (COP) for
Hazard Mitigation.
Speaker
Almuhannad Basuni
Advanced Process Control
Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Mobil Refinery Company
Ltd. (SAMREF)
17:30 - 18:15 Inauguration Ceremony and VIP Exhibition Tour
Master of Ceremony
Weam Al Dakheel Journalist and TV Presenter, Saudi Arabia
Speakers
Wail A. Al Jaafari Executive Vice President Technical Services, Aramco
Dr. Darlene Schuster Executive Director & CEO, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
18:15 - 18:30 Break
18:30 - 19:00 Gala Dinner Reception
Transition II Session Room C, Hall 2 Session Room D, Hall 2
Session Room B, Hall 2
Moderators Moderator Moderator
Tim McMinn Vice Fawaz Sahan Senior Dr. Steve Hall,
President Process Engineering Consultant, Independent Industry
Engineering & Products, IIoT Leader and Chairman Consultant
ExxonMobil Technology of Instrumentation
and Engineering Company Standards, Aramco
(EMTEC) Enhancing Ethylene Steam
Dr. Debalina Sengupta Cracker Equipment Design
Program Director, Coastal Industrial Internet of Things through AI: Addressing
Resilience, Texas Sea Architecture Thermal Stresses and
Grant, Texas A & M Standardization (Benefits, Predicting Remaining
University Challenges & Useful Life in Cold Boxes
Remediations)
Speakers
Blue Hydrogen and Speakers Saravana Bhavan
Ammonia: Large Scale with Dr. Mohammed A Baskaran Engineering
Ultra Low Carbon Intensity Alsaeed Engineering Specialist, Aramco
Consultant, Aramco Prashant Kumar Senior
Speaker Omar Alabdulwahed Sr. Business System Analyst,
Jesper Poulsen Licensing Industrial Computer Aramco
Manager, Topsoe Engineer, Aramco Joud Al Jalaoud Data
Scientist, Aramco
Performance Evaluation of Physics-Informed
Membrane Reactor for Low Automated Discovery of AI Based Multi-Unit Real
Carbon H2 Production Kinetic Rate Models Time Optimizer (First
Refinery in the Middle
Speaker Speaker East)
Rakesh Kumar Lead Miguel Ángel de
Engineer, Research & Carvalho Servia PhD Speakers
Analytical Service Candidate, Imperial Othman Shamrani
Department, Aramco College London Automation & Control Sys.
Unit Yanbu Refinery
Department, Aramco
Carbon Dioxide Transport Innovative Process Raad Bassam Mulla DT &
with Impurities: Optimal Analyzer Technology for Energy Teams Leader -
Design and Operation of Measuring Gas Yanbu Refinery
Pipelines Composition Department, Aramco
Speaker Speaker
Ahmed Alhajaj Assistant Ali Aldossary Engineering Phosphate Injection
Professor, Khalifa Specialist, Aramco Prediction Tool
University
Speaker
Abdulsalam Ali Process
Engineer, Aramco
19:00 - 20:30 Gala Dinner (by invite only)
Emerald Hall
Day 2 - Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

07:30 - Registration

08:00 - 09:00 VIPs & Guests Arrival

09:00 - 09:20 Keynote Session: Innovating for Sustainability in the Emerging Low Carbon Energy
Landscape
Hall 1

Master of Ceremony
Osama Al-Ansari Master of Ceremonies, Saudi Arabia

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Khalid Al-Qahtani Senior Vice President, Engineering Services, Aramco

09:20 - 09:40 Keynote Session: A Balancing Act: Current and Future Realities in the Energy Transition
Through Process Technologies and Innovation
Hall 1

Master of Ceremony
Osama Al-Ansari Master of Ceremonies, Saudi Arabia

Keynote Speaker
Leon de Bruyn President and CEO, Lummus Technology

09:40 - 10:30 Special Featured Panel: Bridging the Learning Gap between Academia and Industries
Hall 1

Strategies for closer collaboration, curriculum alignment, and skills development between academia
and process engineering industries. Industry leaders and academic experts share insights to
prepare students for real-world challenges and enhance industry relevance in academic curricula.

Moderator
Eithne Treanor FOUNDER & CEO, E Treanor Media

Speakers
Saad H. Binmatlig President & CEO, Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refinery Co. (YASREF)
Bassam Al Bokhari CEO, EnergyTech
Dr. David Dixon Professor, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Prof. Abdulrahman Al Lily Vice President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, KFU -
King Faisal University

10:30 - 11:00 Break & Exhibition Networking

11:00 - 12:00 Strategic Panel: Accelerating the Energy Transition with Digitalization & Artificial Intelligence
Hall 1

Where are the best use cases in the field, how to connect with the right capabilities/talent, what does
success look like, etc?

Moderator
Eithne Treanor FOUNDER & CEO, E Treanor Media

Speakers
Bart Boesmans Chief Technology Officer, ACWA Power
 Norm Gilsdorf CEO, Plant.Digital
Dr. Kian Mossanen CIO and SVP, Siemens Energy
Ahmad Al-Abdrabbuh Senior Executive Vice President & Board Director, Yokogawa MEA

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break and Exhibition Networking

13:00 - 14:00 Technical Session IV

Process Excellence IV New Energies II Digitalization IV Decarbonization & Energy

Session Room A, Hall 2 Session Room B, Hall 2 Session Room C, Hall 2 Transition VIII
Session Room D, Hall 2

Moderator Moderator Moderator Moderator

Fadi Mhaini Vice Mohammad Mozahar Saifuddin Sheikh Sr. Dr. S M Zakir Hossain
President & Managing Hossain Professor, Dept. Director – Solution Associate
Director, MENA, Lummus of Chemical Engineering, Consulting, AspenTech Professor, Department Of
Technology King Fahd University of Chemical Engr., University
Petroleum & Minerals of Bahrain
(KFUPM) Refinery Energy Demand
Discover Your Plant Forecasting through Data
Potentials Analytics and Machine Techno-Economic-
Methanol to Jet: A Learning – a Case Study Environmental Analysis of
Speaker Promising Pathway for Hydrogen Production and
Mohamed Abouzid Sustainable Aviation Fuel Speakers Transportation Network in
Process Engineer, Omar Naeem Lead Saudi Arabia
TASNEE Speaker Digitalization &
Mohammed Rustom Optimization Engineer, Speaker
Market Development Aramco Fatimah Alhassan
Zero Pellet Migration to Director - ME Region - Muhammad Abbas Student, King Fahd
Waste Water Sustainable Technology Engineering Specialist, University of Petroleum &
Solutions, Honeywell UOP Aramco Minerals (KFUPM)
Speaker
Ahmad Al-Ansari Polymer
Process Manager, Simulation of Bio-Oil Saudi Aramco's Process Challenges and
YANPET Production from Fast Digital Twins: Advances & Opportunities for
Pyrolysis of Dates Waste Implementation Strategy Integration of Mixed Plastic
Biomass in Saudi Arabia to Waste and Plastic Derived
Benefits of Switching from Produce Fuels and Speaker Oil into Refineries,
Conventional High Chemicals Abdullah Alghazal Crackers and Plastic Sinks
Temperature to Low Process Optimization
Temperature Catalyst in Speaker Engineer, Aramco Speakers
the Tail Gas Treating Unit Ariel Gursida PhD Rasha Daadoush Co-
Candidate, King Fahd Lead - Aramco Sabic
Speaker University of Petroleum & Refinery Wide Process Circular Solutions
Khalid Nadhem Senior Minerals (KFUPM) Simulation Digital Twin Technology Integration
Process Engineer, Bapco (PSDT) Team, Aramco
Refining Salahdine EL Idrissi
Leveraging Digital Process Speaker Engineering Specialist,
Twins for Efficient and Majed Aldalbahi Digital Aramco
Flexible Hydrogen Transformation Lead,
Production: From Design to Aramco
Operation Methane Pyrolysis
Integration for Low Carbon
Speaker Ammonia and Urea
Taseer Seer Senior Production
Applications Engineer,
Siemens Speaker
Muhamad Reda Galih
Pangestu Master's Degree
Student, King Fahd
University of Petroleum &
Minerals (KFUPM)
14:00 - 14:30 Break & Exhibition Networking

14:30 - 15:30 Technical Session V

Process Excellence V Decarbonization & Energy Digitalization V Process Excellence XII

Session Room A, Hall 2 Transition III Session Room C, Hall 2 Session Room D, Hall 2
Session Room B, Hall 2

Moderator Moderator Moderator Moderator

Amer Saleem Advisor Dr. Gopal Juttu Nihar Gulwadi Regional Hashem Al-Hashem
SCP JCP, Saudi Chevron Engineering Consultant, Head - MENA, Ingenero Leader, GAS & ARRAZI
Phillips (S-Chem) P&CSD, Aramco Inc Project, SABIC

Correlation for Condensed Techno-Economic Analysis Artificial Intelligence Improving Air Separation
Hydrocarbon Fraction of Ammonia for Power Associated Drones Plant Energy Intensity By
Provides Better Water Dew Generation Application in Solutions for Waste Optimizing Its Operation
Point Estimation in Column the Middle East Region Disposal Management in
Overhead Systems the Process Industries Speaker
Speaker Mohammed Almutawa
Speakers Mohammed Dayili Project Speaker Process Engineer, SABIC
Fatima Janahi Associate - Engineer, Aramco Burri Harsha Vardhan
Senior Process Engineer, Reddy Senior Data
Bapco Refining Consultant, Artificial Pinch Analysis, a Retrofit
Velmurugan Venkatesan Experimental Study of Intelligence Global Approach for Process and
Superintendent RHC and Methane Pyrolysis for Company (AIGC) Energy Optimization in
Projects, Bapco Refining Hydrogen Production Crude Oil Refinery and
Downstream Processes.
Speaker Refinery Advisory Hub- a Opportunity for Reduction
Impact of Dynamic Flare Omar Behar Post Conceptual Promising Use in Emissions and Opex.
Analysis on Cost, Safety Doctoral, King Abdullah Case of Large Language
and Environment University of Science and Models (LLM) Speaker
Technology (KAUST) Syed Abbas Raza Lead
Speaker Speakers Process Engineer, Muscat
Taseer Seer Senior Arun Kumar Thalondan Engineering Consultancy
Applications Engineer, Carbon Capture and Poyithaya Business Ltd.
Siemens Storage Pilot Project System Analyst, Aramco
Raad Bassam Mulla DT &
Speaker Energy Teams Leader - Improve CDU Corrosion
Turnaround Cycle Massimo Capra Process Yanbu Refinery Mitigation Strategy through
Optimization a Trade-Off Service Manager, Aggreko Department, Aramco Cloud-Based Ionic
between Production Loss Reema Alamoudi Modelling
and Catalyst Lifetime Associate IT System
Abstract Analyst, Aramco Speaker
Cristian Spica Senior
Speaker Application Engineer, OLI
Mahmoud Elsayed Lead Surrogate Based Mixed Systems Inc.
Process Engineer, SABIC Integer Linear
Programming Model for
Decarbonization of an
Integrated Gas-Oil
Separation Network

Speaker
Abdullah Bahamdan PhD
Candidate, Imperial
College London

15:30 - 16:30 Technical Session VI

Process Excellence VI Decarbonization & Energy Digitalization VI Process Excellence XIII

Session Room A, Hall 2 Transition IV Session Room C, Hall 2 Session Room D, Hall 2
 Session Room B, Hall 2

Moderator Moderator Moderator Moderator

Claudia Janse van Dr. Gopal Juttu Dr. Rohit Patwardhan Sr. Faisal Ahmad Raza
Rensburg Regional Engineering Consultant, Engineering Consultant, Technical Expert -
Marketing Manager, FCC, P&CSD, Aramco P&CSD, Aramco Process, SLB Saudi Arabia
EMEA, W.R. Grace & Co

Evaluating the Risks and Real Time Economic Aramco Way of Managing
System Reliability and Framework for Hydrogen Performance System Advanced Process Control
Sustainability Improvement Fuel Road Transportation Portfolio
in DSG at Ethylene Plant in Bahrain Speakers
Shashikant Ramsangar Speaker
Speaker Speaker Senior Engineer, Aramco Ali Altayeb APC Engineer,
Mohammad Imran Khan Bassam Alhamad Parandhama Gudapati Aramco
Senior Production Professor, University of Lead Business System
Engineer - Ethylene Bahrain Analyst, Aramco
Cracker, Saudi Chevron Troubleshooting Vertical
Phillips (S-Chem) Reboiler Performance in a
Transition to Lower Carbon Forecasting Process Faults Stabilizer Plant By
Fuels Using Machine Learning in Leveraging Digital Aspen
Jazan Refinery Complex - a Reactive Absorption HYSYS Simulation
Pathway to Environmental Speakers Case Study
Sustainability Romain Roux Speaker
Decarbonization and Speaker Majed A. Al-Jeshi
Speaker Consulting Vice President, Yasser Al-Goufily Process Engineer, Aramco
Nidal A Samad Operations Axens Scientist, SABIC
Engineer Specialist, Joseph Ibrahim Managing
Aramco Director, Axens Optimization of ULSD
Anomaly Detection and Vacuum Drying and Thus
Time Series Analysis in Reducing Equipment
Fix Combustion Control Carbon Emissions Steam Methane Reforming Counts/Sizes; Saving
Malfunction Management and Decision System Using Isolation Steam Consumption and
Support Made Easy By Forest Energy Resulting Reducing
Speaker Digital Solution Carbon Foot Print
Emad Fallatah Staff Speaker
Engineer, Advanced Speaker Helmi Qosim Reliability Speakers
Process Control, SABIC Saifuddin Sheikh Sr. Engineer, PT Pupuk Rajib Talukder Lead
ARRAZI Director – Solution Indonesia (Persero) Engineer, Aramco
Consulting, AspenTech Prabhas Mandal
Operations Engineer
Specialist, Aramco

16:30 - 18:00 AIChE Middle East Regional Chem-E-Car Competition®

Day 3 - Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

07:30 - Registration

08:00 - 09:00 VIPs & Guests Arrival

09:00 - 09:20 Keynote Session: Commitment to Innovation and Process Excellence

Hall 1

Master of Ceremony
Osama Al-Ansari Master of Ceremonies, Saudi Arabia

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ali Abdullah Al-Meshari Senior Vice President, Technology Oversight and Coordination,
Aramco

09:20 - 09:40 Keynote Session: A Perspective on Technology Development at SABIC

Hall 1

Master of Ceremony
Osama Al-Ansari Master of Ceremonies, Saudi Arabia

Keynote Speaker
Ernesto Occhiello EVP, Technology and Innovation, SABIC

09:40 - 10:00 Keynote Session: Creation of sustainable value: Industrial Automation to Industrial
Autonomy
Hall 1

Master of Ceremony
Osama Al-Ansari Master of Ceremonies, Saudi Arabia

Keynote Speaker
Norinao Sato President and CEO - Saudi & President and CEO - Middle East and Africa,
Yokogawa

10:00 - 10:30 Break & Exhibition Networking

10:30 - 11:30 Strategic Panel: Hydrocarbon Plant of the Future

Hall 1

What does the next generation of refineries/chemical plants look like, what do they produce, where
will they be, how will they decarbonize, etc?

Moderator
Shakeel Kadri Executive Director & CEO, CCPS

Speakers
Dr. Rajesh Gattupalli VP - Energy & Sustainability, Solutions (ESS), Honeywell UOP
Menahi Al Utaibi Vice President of Manufacturing, Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company
(SASREF)
Mariano Delpozo VP, Engineering & Technical Services, SATORP
Fabien Lundy EMEA Commercial VP, Axens
Lada Kurelec General Manager Polymers Technology & Innovation, SABIC
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch Break and Exhibition Networking

12:30 - 13:30 Technical Session VII

Process Excellence VII Decarbonization & Energy Process Excellence VIII New Energies III
Session Room A, Hall 2 Transition V Session Room C, Hall 2 Session Room D, Hall 2
Session Room B, Hall 2

Moderator Moderator Moderator Moderator

Dr. Hayat Abdulla Yusuf Dr. Ranjit Kulkarni Global Shakeel Kadri Executive Dr. Anas F. Alkhani
Assistant Professor and Director – Business Director & CEO, CCPS Engineering Specialist,
PCAP Program Development, Honeywell New Energies Engineering
Coordinator, University of UOP Division, Aramco
Bahrain Novel Approach for
Increasing Gas Production
Using Low Carbon and Enhancing Photocatalytic Hydrogen
Management of Hydrogen for Olefins Controllability for Upstream Generation from Seawater
Organization Change Decarbonization: Degassing Tanks Toward Using High Performance
Versus Process Safety. Operational and Economic Process Excellence Polymeric Materials
Still Going Wrong. Considerations
Speakers Speakers
Speaker Speaker Hussain Abualsaud Ghalya Alabdulla
Hesham Alsubait Ibrahim Sedie Olefins Process Engineer, Aramco Chemical Engineer, Texas
Engineering Specialist, Process Engineer, SABIC Mohammed Alwani A&M University at Qatar
Aramco Engineer, Aramco Noora Alsubaiei
Graduate, Texas A&M
Process Results and University at Qatar
Towards Sustainable Operational Experience Design and Operation of
Desalination: Optimizing from the Dmx™ Various Gas-Liquid
Operational Parameters for Demonstrator Installed at Distributors for Trickle Bed Potential of Lcaf As a
Enhanced Efficiency, Arcelormittal‘s Steel Mill at Reactors Complementary Tool for
Reduced Power Dunkirk, France Decarbonizing the Aviation
Consumption, and Speaker Industry
Minimized CO2 Emissions Speaker Pradyut Kumar Dhar
at Ras Alkhir Desalination Peggy Chan Technology Senior Engineer - Speaker
Plant Engineer, Axens Research and Analytical Dr. Nasiru M. Tukur
Services Department, Engineering Consultant,
Speakers Aramco P&CSD, Aramco
Ahmad Al Ghamdi Senior TC2C™ - More Carbon-
Researcher, SWCC Effective Conversion of
Amr Ahmed Researcher, Crude Oil into Chemicals Plant Optimization – Accelerating Scale up of
SWCC Begins with Right Concept the Hydrogen Economy
Speakers and Effective Detailed with Systems-Level
Derek Jones Principal Design Strategic Evaluation
Heat Integration of an Technology Specialist,
Industrial Crude Plant Lummus Technology Speaker Speaker
Distillation Unit Using Mazin Tamimi Lab Saravanavel Muthiah Faisal Baksh Solution
Pinch Analysis Scientist, Aramco Ponnusamy Process Consulting, AspenTech
Engineering Manager, SLB
Speaker
Saba Alomari Student,
University of Bahrain

13:30 - 14:00 Break & Exhibition Networking

14:00 - 15:00 Technical Session VIII

Process Excellence IX Decarbonization & Energy Process Excellence X Digitalization VIII

Session Room A, Hall 2 Transition VI Session Room C, Hall 2 Session Room D, Hall 2
Session Room B, Hall 2

Moderator Moderator Moderator Moderator

 Faisal Ahmad Raza
Technical Expert -
Process, SLB Saudi Arabia
Best Practices in Design,
Operation and Data
Interpretation of Fixed Bed
Pilot Scale Units to
Overcome Scale-up
Challenges for
Hydroprocessing Catalysts
Speaker
Pradyut Kumar Dhar
Senior Engineer -
Research and Analytical
Services Department,
Aramco
Tackling the Dual
Challenge with Embedded
AI
Speaker
Nooh Isa Mualem
Principal Solution
Consultant, AspenTech
Trays in Amine Sweetening
Contactor- Process
Excellence in
Debottlenecking with the
Right Approach
Speaker
Mohamed Moinuddin
Process Engineer, SLB
15:00 - 16:00 Closing Ceremony
Hall 1
Master of Ceremony
Weam Al Dakheel Journalist and TV Presenter, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ranjit Kulkarni Global Dr. Mohamed Bin Shams Dr. Rohit Patwardhan Sr.
Director – Business Chair and Associate Engineering Consultant,
Development, Honeywell Professor, Department of P&CSD, Aramco
UOP Chemical Engineering,
University of Bahrain
SRU Incinerator Fuel Gas
Low Carbon Ammonia Intelligence Optimizer
Technology optimization – Techno-Economic
moving projects forward to Assessment of Crude Speaker
achieve Net Zero targets Oil/Water Emulsion Mohammed Aldossary
Separation Efficiency Process Engineer, Aramco
Speaker
Tim Ballai Senior Offering Speaker
Manager, Honeywell H2 & Mashhor Aljabrine Senior Harnessing Machine
CO2 Solutions , Honeywell Engineer, Aramco Learning for Precise
UOP Prediction of Fuel Gas
Consumption
The Deployment of New
Use of Spiral Tube Heat Technologies and Speaker
Exchangers in Initiatives in Samref’s SRU Abdulmohsen Alnafea
Hydroprocessing Units Associate Engineer,
Speaker Aramco
Speaker Khalid Ghazal Technical
Jan Reneteau Managing Process Engineering
Director, NECTIS (Sulfur & Amine Specialist), A Data-Driven Framework
Saudi Aramco Mobil for Monitoring the
Refinery Company Ltd. Operation of Chemical
Forced Periodic Feed- (SAMREF) Plants: Application to
Composition Switching to Monitor a Bench-Scale
Address Methane Fischer Tropsch Process
Dehydroaromatization Enrich Your Sulfur Plant
Catalyst Deactivation Two Case Studies with Speaker
Challenge High Level Oxygen Nour Basha PhD Student,
Enrichment Implemented in Texas A & M University
Speaker Sulfur Recovery Unit
Mamoun Al-Rawashdeh Revamps
Assistant Professor, Texas
A&M University at Qatar Speaker
Abdulaziz Alkhalid
Process Specialty
Engineer, Fluor
Corporation
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