Conference Programme

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Tuesday 7 February

STRATEGIC TRACK	TECHNICAL TRACK

Session 1: 08:30 - 10:00

Country Spotlights A detailed look at the opportunities and challenges presented by some established and developing regional power markets. Chair: Adnan M. Fakhro, Deputy Chief Executive Distribution & Customer Services, Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain Current and Future Status of the Energy Generation in Iraq H.E. Karim Aftan El Jumaily, Minister of Electricity, Iraq Qatar Power & Water System Overview Yousuf Ahmed Janahi, Manager of Corporate Planning & Business Development, Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation, Qatar Oman Power & Water Projects Ahmed Bin Saleh Al Jahdhami, Chief Operating Officer, Oman Power And Water Procurement Company, Sultanate of Oman Power Generation - Forecasted Growth & Opportunities Fouad Alsherebi, Executive Vice President, Generation, Saudi Electricity Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Boiler Technologies A series of valuable presentations concerning the efficient design and operation of boilers and HRSGs that will offer plant operators insight into state-of-the- art plant technology. Chair: Ridha Hamila , Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar Meeting the Challenges of a Large Once Through-HRSG Design Wiebe Wester, Project Engineer, NEM, The Netherlands Co-Author: Ton van Manen, Manager Engineering, NEM, Netherlands New Design of Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) for Solar Thermal Hybrid Power Plants Christian Daublebsky von Eichhain, Senior Engineer, KED, Germany State-of-the-art Supercritical Boiler Technology and Comparative Technical Study with Subcritical Boiler Yoshihiro Kidera, Engineer, Babcock-Hitachi K.K., Japan Co-Authors: Takanori Yano, Senior Engineer, Babcock-Hitachi K.K., Japan Kazuhiko Saito, Senior Engineer, Babcock-Hitachi K.K., Japan Yusuke Kanamura, Engineer, Babcock-Hitachi K.K., Japan Influences of Various Essential Parameters on Thermal Efficiency and Gaseous Pollutants Emission of a 150 MW Power Plant Boiler Mojtaba Moghari, R&D Dep. Researcher and Thermal Designer, Mapna Boiler Engineering & Manufacturing Company, Iran Co-Authors: Hossein Sharifi, R&D Dep. Head, Mapna Boiler Engineering & Manufacturing Company, Iran Shahryar Sherkati, Basic Design Dep. Engineer, Mapna Boiler Engineering & Manufacturing Company, Iran Reserve Presentation Review of Supercritical HFO Fired Power Plant for Application in the Middle East Market Place Stephen Mould, Chief Engineer,Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK

10:00 – 10:30 Networking Coffee Break

Session 2: 10:30 - 12:00

Emerging Trends in the IPP Market IPPs and IWPPs are now well established in the region and this session will bring delegates up-to-date with some of the latest issues and trends for these project structures. Chair: Hemmat Safwat, Segment Manager,Group P&D Projects, Consolidated Contractors Co. (CCC), Greece Introduction from the chairman The Future Fuel Mix in the MENA Region Leila Benali, Director, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, France The Future of IPPs in the GCC George Sarraf, Vice President, Booz & Company, U.A.E. Optimizing Life-Cycle Electricity Cost and its Impact on Power Prices Nauman Ahmad, COO & Head of MENA, Lanco Power International Pte Ltd, Singapore Stefan Nygård, Senior Developer, Wärtsilä Development & Financial Services Oy, U.A.E	Plant Modernization and Optimization A session looking at the vital optimization of operating power plants and the benefits that can be achieved by effective modernization. Chair: Jamal AIKhalaf, Executive Managing Director, Qatar Power Company, Q.S.C., Qatar Total Plant Automation for the Power and Water Industries Lars Abel, Marketing and Internal Sales Manager, ABB, Europe Middle East and Africa, Germany Modernization of GE 6B and 9E Gas Turbine Power Plants Bruno Monetti, 9E Product Marketing Manager, General Electric Company, France Co-Authors: Vincent Posta, Product Marketing 6B, General Electric, France Angelo Wong, Project Manager, General Electric, USA Sustainable Performance of High Voltage Gas- Insulated Switchgear (GIS) and Gas-Insulated Transmission Lines (GIL) Peter Glaubitz, Director Technical Marketing High Voltage Substations, Siemens AG, Energy Sector, Transmission Divison, High Voltage Substations, Germany Co-Author: Stefan Schedl, Director Projects GIL, Siemens AG, Germany Performance Improvement of Working at Partial Loads Gas Turbine TG50D5 for Simple Cycle Application by Altering the IGV Position Ali Darwich, Supervising Engineer in Banias Project Extension, Banias General Company for Power Generation, Syrian Arab Republic

12:00 – 13:30 Delegate Lunch

Session 3: 13:30 - 15:00

Project Issues - Encouraging Successes and Avoiding Pitfalls A session that will provide valuable lessons from both success stories and problems encountered in regional power projects. Chair: Aref Hasan Abdulla, Board Director, Deputy General Manager, ADWEA (AL Mirfa Power Co.), U.A.E. Assessing Compensation for Delay and Disruption to Major Energy Infrastructure Projects in the Middle East Jed Savager, Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons LLP, U.A.E. Sabiya Power Plant - Addressing Kuwait's Power Generation Needs Matthew Kniskern, Project Director, General Electric, USA Co-Author: Mark Digby, General Manager, Operations, General Electric, U.A.E. Mesaieed Power Plant Joaquin Sans Castello, Senior Vice President, Iberdrola Ingenieria, Spain Co-Authors: Efren Castillo, Project Manager, Iberdrola Ingenieria, Spain Sebastian Triebel, Site Manager, Iberdrola Enginieria, Spain	Technologies for Operational Flexibility An increasingly essential requirement of power plants is greater operation flexibility. This session offers several informed perspectives on how this can be effectively achieved. Chair: Gerhard Scheffer, Vice President Sales, Siemens LLC, U.A.E. Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, the Power of Flexibility - Solutions for Industrial Cogeneration & Grid Stability Applications Daniel Loero, Aero Energy Marketing Product Leader, GE Energy - Power & Water, USA Flexible Combined-cycle Power Plants for the Middle East Market Andreas Pistauer, Sales Director New Plants and Services Sales Middle East, Siemens LLC, U.A.E. Co-Author: Gero Meinecke, Product Line Manager, Siemens AG, Germany Recent Advancement in Gas Turbine Fuel Flexibility Keramat Fakhari, Senior Product Manager, GE Energy, UAE Co-Author: Bruno Monetti, Senior Product Manager, GE Energy, France Base Load to Two Shifting – Managing the Risks of Flexible Power Plants Roy Reid, Plant Manager,ESB International, Spain Co-Authors: Daniel Ahern, Project Engineer, ESB International, Ireland Tony Kirwan, Manager, Boiler & Combustion Services, ESB Power Generation, Ireland Pat O’Malley, Senior Consultant, Boiler & Combustion Services, ESB Power Generation, Ireland

15:00 – 15:30 Networking Coffee Break

Session 4: 15:30 - 17:00

The Changing Face of the Middle East Power and Water Project Market - Panel Discussion This joint session with delegates from the WaterWorld Middle East conference features leading industry experts taking part in a panel discussion to look a current project trends and developments. Chair: Robert Bryniak, Chief Executive Officer, Golden Sands Management Consulting, U.A.E. Panellists: - Mahmoud Abou-Madi, Section Head of Planning, Efficiency and System Procedure (Desal), Qatar Electricity & Water Company, Qatar - Adnan M. Fakhro, Deputy Chief Executive Distribution & Customer Services, Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain - Gerhard Scheffer, Vice President Sales, Siemens LLC, U.A.E. - Corrado Sommariva, President of International Desalination Association (IDA), Managing Director of ILF Consulting Engineers Middle East, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. - Bander Allaf ,Senior Manager, ACWA Power, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Power, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Renewables & Environmental Technologies A session jam-packed with presentation offering insights into cleaner ways towards plant operation through both emissions control technologies and green power solutions. Chair: Fouad Ahmed Al Shaikh, Act. Director, Electricity Production, Electricity & Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain A Quantitative Comparison between Integrated Solar Combined Cycles and Stand-alone Plants in the Middle East Context Geoff Miller, Senior Thermal Plant Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK Co-Author: Ewan Spence, Mechanical Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK Long-term Experiences and Developments of Seawater FGD Technology Ferdinand Grafahrend, Senior Process Engineer, Hamon Enviroserv GmbH, Germany Co-Authors: Claudia Bautsch, Process Engineer / R&D, Hamon Enviroserv GmbH, Germany Yuda Yudatomo, Section Head of Chemistry & Environment, PT. YTL Jawa Timur, Indonesia CCS Demonstrations – Steam and Gas Fired Power Plants to Support Power Industry GHG Strategies Vauhini Telikapalli, Director - Product Development-Carbon Capture and Storage Business, Alstom Power, Switzerland Meeting the Most Severe Environmental Requirement on Heavy Duty Gas Turbine: the VeLoNOx Experience Federico Bonzani, Product Development Engineering Manager, Ansaldo Energia, Italy Co-Authors: Domenico Zito, Field Engineer, Ansaldo Energia, Italy Carlo Piana, Combustion tech. Chief Engineer, Ansaldo Energia, Italy Highly Efficient and Environmentally Sustainable Solutions for Clean Fossil Power Generation Hermann Kremer, Vice President, Siemens AG, Energy Sector, Division Fossil, New Technologies CCS, Germany Co-Author: Gerhard Zimmermann, Head of Emerging Technologies, Siemens AG, Energy Sector, Division Fossil, New Technologies CCS, Germany Reserve Presentation Application of Biogas in Power Generation System Sayed Hossein Miri, Process & Chemical Expert, Mapna Group Company, Iran

Wednesday 8 February

STRATEGIC TRACK	TECHNICAL TRACK

Session 5: 09:00 - 10:30

Trends in Finance, Risk & Investment - Panel Discussion Securing investment in new power projects is still a challenge and managing risk remains key. A panel of finance and risk experts debate the challenges and solutions currently being considered. Chair: John Nolan, Regional Director Power & Utilities, Aon Risk Services, Kingdom of Bahrain Panellists: - Mazen Alsad, Director Standard Chartered Bank, U.A.E - Adrian Cole, Partner, Simmons & Simmons, U.A.E. - Simon Harvey, Partner, Pinsent Masons, U.A.E. - Loay Ghazaleh, Advisor, Undersecretary of Works Office, Ministry of Works, Bahrain - Enrico Grino, Group Credit Adviser, Qatar National Bank, Qatar - Erik Becker, Senior Investment Officer. International Finance Corporation, U.A.E.	Gas Turbines for the 60 Hz Market The latest developments in gas turbine technology are presented in this session with emphasis on those relevant to countries operating on the 60 Hz cycle. Chair: Hemmat Safwat, Segment Manager,Group P&D Projects, Consolidated Contractors Co. (CCC), Greece GE's Next 7FA 60 Hz F-class Technology Andrew Baxter, F-Technology Product Manager, GE Energy, USA Raz az Zwar, Mega Project Raz az Zwar Andreas Pistauer, Sales Director New Plants and Services Sales Middle East, Siemens LLC, U.A.E. Performance and Flexibility - the Latest GT26 Sequential Combustion Gas Turbine Pankaj Thakkar, Product Marketing Manager, Alstom, India Co-Authors: Frank Hummel, Program Manager GT26, Alstom, Switzerland Falk Ruecker, Gas Plants R&D, Alstom, Switzerland Marco Pattacini, Gas Plants R&D, Alstom, Switzerland

10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break

Session 6: 11:00 - 12:30

Rationalizing Fukushima - The Future of Nuclear in MENA The Middle East’s quest for nuclear power generation appears to be bucking the world trend. This session examines why this is happening and the progress that is being made. Chair: Hisham Khatib, Honorary Vice Chairman, World Energy Council, Jordan Contractual Building Blocks for Sucessful Nuclear New Build Robert Graham, Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons LLP, U.A.E. Nuclear after Fukushima and the Position of WEC National Committees Alessandro Clerici, Chairman,WEC Task Force on Nuclear after Fukushima, Italy Minimizing Impact of Beyond Design Basis Events Douglas McDonald,Vice President New Unit Sales, Africa, Middle East, India, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy International LLC, U.A.E.	Gas Turbines for the 50 Hz Market Leading gas turbine manufacturers share details of technology advances affecting machines available or operating in the 50 Hz market. Chair: Mohamed Bennoudi, Sales Applications Manager, GE, U.A.E. SGT5/6-8000H, Advanced Performance combined with Maximum Operational Flexibility Gerhard Scheffer, Vice President Sales, Siemens LLC, U.A.E. Technology Advancement on Combined Cycle Plants to Support Lower CO₂ Emissions and Better Operating Flexibility Marcus H. Scholz, Commercial Director, Advanced Combined Cycles, General Electric International Inc., Spain Reliable and Economical Power Supply for the Aluminium Industry - The Alstom KA13E2 Combined Cycle Power Plant Solution Christian Bohtz, Product Manager Gas Power Plant Applications, Alstom, Switzerland Co-Authors :Klaus Doebbeling, Core Team Leader GT13E2, Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd, Switzerland Wolfgang Fischer, Executive Sales Manager, Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd, Switzerland The Evolution, Design and Operational Experience of Mitsubishi’s Advanced F Class Gas Turbines Dhanushkodi Sundaravadivel, General Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India Private Limited, India Co-Authors: Takashi Kishine, Manager, Gas Turbine Design Section, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Japan, Japan Yukimasa Nakamoto, Manager, GTCC Proposal Engineering Section, Mitsusbishi Heavy Industries Japan, Japan Rajendran Ashokkumar, Lead Engineer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India Private Limited, India

12:30 – 14:00 Delegate Lunch

Session 7: 14:00 - 16:00

Strategies for Promoting Energy Efficiency & Renewables A not-to-be-missed extended final session that brings together emerging new trends in power generation and infrastructure including sustainable development and smart grid technology. Chair: Emad Ragaban, Bus Development, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Incentive Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Deployment and Economic Transformation Atif Raja, Principal, KEMA Middle East Fze, U.A.E. Development of Sustainable and Low Carbon Energy Strategies and Programmes: Supporting Risk Assessment Processes Dominic Cook, CCS Group Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK Co-Author: James Kimmance, Head of Risk Management, Parsons Brinckerhoff, UK Solar Energy – Possibility and Application in Middle East Ramesh Trikkadi Kunnath, Sales and Marketing Manager - Renewables,ABB Transmission & Distribution, U.A.E. Development of a DSM Plan for Saudi Arabia Tariq Riaz Khan, Electricity Adviser, Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Co-Author: Fahad Al Ajlaan, Electrical Engineer, Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Energy Efficiency in Power Generation – A Business Model for the Future Werner Janik, Global Head of Service and Energy Efficiency, ABB, Germany Integrating Renewable Energy in the GCC Power Grid: Legal and Policy Frameworks for the Promotion of Renewable Energy in Qatar Rudiger Tscherning, Director, Forum on Energy and Environmental Law, Qatar Reserve Presentation The Business Case for Solar Energy in the GCC Browning Rockwell, President, Emirates Solar Industry Association (ESIA), U.A.E.	Operation & Maintenance An essential extended session for all those involvement in plant operation and maintenance and those in a management role, responsible for effective plant running. Chair: Abdullah M. AlAbbas, Executive Director, Generation Operations – Central Region, Saudi Electricity Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Gas Turbine Improvement through HEPA Filtration Tajul Salman Hassan, Engineer, TNB, Malaysia Co-Author: Fazlee Ayob, Engineer, TNB, Malaysia Integration of First Principles and Empirical Modeling Technologies for Improved Plant Reliability and Efficiency Jeff Parmar, International Operations Director, General Physics, UK Co-Authors: Elmer Hansen, Principle Engineer, General Physics, USA Ron Griebenow, Director, Energy Services, General Physics, USA A Continuous Monitoring System for Predictive Maintenance and Global Service on Line Riccardo Provasi, R&D Director, SPIG S.p.A., Italy Co-Author: Andrea Toffanin, Field Test Manager, SPIG S.p.A., Italy High Efficient Peak Power on Demand Jan Beiler, Performance Engineer / Lead of Research and Development for Wet Compression, Siemens AG, Germany Co-Authors: Peter Trauner, Head Marketing Gas Turbine Modernizations - Advanced 50Hz, Siemens AG, Germany Petra Michalke, Marketing Manager Communication for Gas Turbine Modernization & Upgrades, Siemens AG, Germany Gas Turbine Inlet Conditioning Technology Michael A Sullivan, Engineering Manager, GE Total Plant Services Engineering, USA Diagen - Generator Diagnostics in Real Time Gabriele Cresta, Electrical Machines Tests Room Manager, Ansaldo Energia, Italy Co-Authors: Alessandro Oldrati, Electrical Machines Engineering Dept. Manager, Ansaldo Energia, Italy Pietro Bruzzone, Electronic Labs Manager, Ansaldo Energia, Italy Massimiliano Manarini, Generator Rotor Balancing Pit Manager, Ansaldo Energia, Italy Marco Valgimigli, Electricla Machines Test Room SW Eng., Ansaldo Energia, Italy