EXHIBITION
200+ global exhibiting companies will come together to showcase their latest technologies and innovations driving progress and shaping the future of power and water utilities.
INNOVATING FOR A NEW AGE OF UTILITIES
The World Utilities Congress, taking place from 27 - 29 May 2025 in Abu Dhabi, is the premier global platform driving the transformation of the utilities sector. As the world shifts towards a sustainable energy future, the World Utilities Congress will be pivotal in addressing the challenges and opportunities surrounding energy transition, water security, and digitalisation.
Bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators, the event offers a unique opportunity to showcase groundbreaking technologies, forge strategic partnerships, and explore investment prospects. With a focus on integrating renewable energy sources, enhancing grid resilience, and optimising water management, the exhibition & conference is at the forefront of shaping a sustainable, reliable, and inclusive future for utilities worldwide.
H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei
Minister of Energy & Infrastructure
UAE
H.E. Dr. Abdulla Humaid Saif Al Jarwan
Chairman
Department of Energy, UAE
H.E. Yaser bin Ebrahim Humaidan
Minister of Electricity & Water Affairs
Kingdom of Bahrain
H.E. Alexandre Silveira
Minister of Mines & Energy
Brazil
H.E. Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar
Minister of Energy & Natural Resources
Türkiye
H.E. Mrs. Maria Panayiotou
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development & Environment
Republic of Cyprus
H.E. Zeyad Ali Fadhil AL-Rzage
Minister of Electricity
Iraq
Hon. Eng. Kumara Jayakody
Minister of Energy
Sri Lanka
Hon. Prof. Anil Jayantha
Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development
Sri Lanka
H.E. Hon. July Moyo
Minister of Local Government & Public Works
Zimbabwe
H.E. Amal Mint Maouloud
Minister of Hydraulics & Sanitation
Mauritania
H.E. Gervasio Engonga Mba
Minister of Electricity & Renewable Energy
Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Samir Valiyev
Deputy Minister of Energy
Azerbaijan
Jasim Thabet
Group CEO & MD
TAQA
H.E. Eng Mohamed Al Hammadi
MD & CEO
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC)
H.E. Eng Saeed Ghumran Al Remeithi
Group CEO
Emsteel
H.E. Majid Al Suwaidi
CEO
Alterra
Dr. Angela Wilkinson
Secretary General & CEO
World Energy Council
Francesco La Camera
Director General
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Fabrizio Fabbri
CEO
Ansaldo Energia
Loyiso Tyabashe
Group CEO
South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)
Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, MBS, OGW
Director General
The Energy & Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA)
Farid Al Awlaqi
CEO
TAQA Generation
Bernard Fontana
Chairman & CEO
EDF Group
Sylvie Jehanno
CEO
Dalkia
J.D. Sitton
CEO
CTC Global
Dr. Sama Bilbao y León
Director General
World Nuclear Association (WNA)
Khalid Al Marzooqi
CEO
National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed)
Omar Al Hashmi
CEO
TAQA Distribution
Béatrice Buffon
Chairwoman & CEO
EDF Renewables
Dr. Afif Al Yafei
CEO
TAQA Transmission
Sumant Sinha
Founder, Chairman & CEO
ReNew Energy
Eng. Yousif Al Ali
CEO
Etihad Water & Electricity
Myrtle Dawes
CEO
Net Zero Technology Centre
Manuel Manjon
CEO, Water Business
Acciona
Eng Ahmed Al Shamsi
CEO
TAQA Water Solutions
Khalid Al Qubaisi
CEO
TAQA Energy Services
David Auriau
Group CEO
Positive Zero
Mark Blackwell
CEO
Apex Investments
Hebah Abbas
Chairwoman
Kuwait Water Association
Adri Pols
CEO
Desolenator
Helmut Von Struve
CEO
Siemens Middle East
Pierre Pauliac
CEO - Water
SUEZ
Nitin Sharma
CEO
Newen Systems
Omnia Halawani
Co-CEO & Founder
GRFN
Noel Aoun
Group Chief Strategy Officer
TAQA Group
Jan Lozek
MD & Co-Founder
Future Energy Ventures
Dusun Kim
Founder & CEO
MediSun Energy
Adam Ridgway
Founder & CEO
One moto
Sheikh Muhammad Noman
Founder & CEO
Pegasus Capital Investments
Lars Kroijer
Founder & MD
AlliedOffsets
Charles-Edouard Mellagui
CEO - Cable Business Unit
Dubai Cable Company - Ducab
Valerie Levkov
Global Industry Director for Energy, Metals & Mining, and Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Dr. Toby Ferenczi
CEO
Granular Energy
Wael Gad
CEO
UTEC
Lew Evans
CEO
Nexus Resilience Group
Dr. Jan Haizmann
CEO
ZETA Global
Dr. Nader Assad Bin Taher
COO
TAQA Water Solutions
Antonio Di Cecca
COO
National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed)
Adnan Bu Fateem
COO
Mubadala Energy
Eng. Wesam Alghazali
Executive Director & Member of Al Geemi Executive Committee
Al Geemi Energy
Naser Al Hajri
Chief Corporate Support Officer
Mubadala Energy
Dr. Fahad Al Yafei
Chief Technology Officer, Middle East & Africa
Siemens Energy
Sulaiman Rafat Turki
Chief Strategy & Development Officer
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC)
Esam Al Murawwi
Chief Projects Officer
TAQA Transmission
Mazin Khan
CFO
Masdar
Vijay Jaiswal
CTO
IFS
Kehkashan Basu
Founder & President
Green Hope Foundation
Santiago Bañales López
MD
Iberdrola Innovation Middle East
Chirag Shah
Executive Director – Sustainable Finance, AME
Standard Chartered Bank
Niko Cornelis
MD - Flexible Power GCC
Engie
Dr. Mike Roshchin
Head of AI
AIQ
Ezzeddine Jradi
Chief Transformation & Business Excellence Officer
Emicool
Rizwan Razaq
CTO | Smart PV & ESS Business
Huawei
Dave Cupit
Global COO
A1RWATER
Jon Ball
President - eVinci Microreactor Business
Westinghouse Electric Company
Karim Amin
Executive Board Member & EVP Gas Services
Siemens Energy
Andreas Feil
First Secretary on Climate, Energy & Environment
German Embassy
Amel Chadli
Gulf Countries President
Schneider Electric
Neil Wilmshurst
SVP, Chief Nuclear Strategy Officer & MD of EPRI Gulf, Chair - U.S. Member Committee, World Energy Council
EPRI Gulf
Eiman Al Hammadi
SVP, Group HC Strategy and Organization Effectiveness
ADNOC
Joel Austin
SVP & Chief Digital Officer
Oncor Electric Delivery
Eng. Awad Al Seiari
SVP – Projects
Etihad Water & Electricity
Maurizio De Stefano
SVP Energy International
Minsait
Andrei Covatariu
Co-chair – Digitalization in Energy Task Force
United Nations Economic Commission - Europe
Dr. Waheed Abbasi
SVP, Gas Services, MENA
Siemens Energy
Mark John Siddorn
SVP - Strategic Planning and Business Performance
Tadweer Group
Andrew Sutherland
SVP APJMEA
Copperleaf
Eng. Nabil Aljohani
VP - Contracts Management
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC)
Magnus Bach
VP
Atoco
Johnny Obeid
VP
Veolia Water Technologies
Jeffery Miller
VP
TerraPower
Per Johansson
VP
Bosch Middle East
Prof. Phil Hart
Chief Researcher, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Research Center
Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Sara Rashad Al Saadi
Director - Nuclear Safety Department
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR)
Sumeet Thakur
Global Head for Water, Cities, Waste & Circularity
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Frederik Beelitz
Head of Advisory for Central Europe
Aurora Energy Research
Christopher Behme
Partner & VP
IBM
Bruce Smith
Executive Director, Strategy & Planning
Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC)
Semih Ozkan
Executive Director, EMEA - Energy, Power, Renewables, Metals & Mining
JP Morgan Chase Bank
Ayesha Al Ateeqi
Executive Director
The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative
Dr. Eng. Adnan Ali Hassan Al Hosani
Director, Electricity & Energy Trade Department
Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, UAE
Dr. Hamad Odhabi
Vice Chancellor for AI & Operational Excellence
Abu Dhabi University
Salma Bin Breik
MD - Middle East
Isle Utilities
Shashi Prakash
Head - Regulation, Policy & certification
Masdar
Ahmed Samir Elbermbali
Sustainability Director – Middle East, Caspian & Africa Region
Bureau Veritas
Dr. Tariq Aslam
Hub Digital Leader - India, Middle East & Africa
ABB Energy Industries
Alexandre Eykerman
MD & Energy Business Director
Wartsila Middle East
Rob McDonald
MD
SSEN Transmission
Steve Vincent
MD, Energy & Power - Middle East
Jacobs
Allan Baker
MD, Global Head of Energy Transition
Société Générale
Christian Rugland
President Engineering & Maintenance International
Bilfinger
Zainub Noor
Director, Technology and Innovation
Halliburton Labs
Dan Murphy
Anchor & Correspondent
CNBC
John Defterios
Senior Fellow, Centre for Energy & Materials
World Economic Forum
Amandeep Bhangu
Presenter & Moderator
Voice Media London
Avin Gidwani
CEO
BNC Network
Fatima Marzouq Almehairbi
Awareness & Behavioral Change Senior Specialist
Department of Energy - Abu Dhabi
Suhail Diaz
Director of Future Energies Middle East
Wood
Nawied Jabarkhyl
Senior Director
APCO
Yannig Gourmelon
Partner
McKinsey
Hara Sidiropoulou
Partner, Power & Utilities
EY Parthenon (Strategy)
Oxana Dankova
Partner, Director & Global Lead of Energy Networks Business Segment
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Alessandro Zampieri
Partner & Associate Director
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Carl Clayton
Partner & Associate Director
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Hubert Sobora
Principal
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Danny Touma
Partner
PwC Middle East
Mohammad Ayub
Partner
McKinsey
Joerg Doerler
Partner
Deloitte
Rory Sullivan
Associate Partner
McKinsey
Patricia Bingoto
Senior Expert
McKinsey
Alexios Zachariadis
Partner
Deloitte
Anuj Agarwal
Partner
KPMG
Chris Young
Managing Director, Energy Strategy & Performance Transformation
KPMG, UK
A SELECTION OF 2025 EXHIBITORS INCLUDE
EVENT OVERVIEW
EXHIBITION
STRATEGIC CONFERENCE
STRATEGIC CONFERENCE
Hear from government ministers, policymakers and industry leaders on the latest market trends and future strategies driving growth and innovation across the utilities value chain.
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
Gain unprecedented access to the latest industry knowledge and research findings, technical expertise, new project developments, state of the art technologies and industry best practices.
UTILITIES CLUB
UTILITIES CLUB
An invitation only VIP club for government officials, policymakers, C-level executives, and business leaders offering networking opportunities within a relaxed environment.
SPONSORS
Exclusive Cooling Partner
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor
"World Utilities Congress is a perfect fit for us and we are proud to have been the Exclusive Cooling Partner again this year. It is an ideal platform for us to share our world-leading industry know-how, showcase our latest innovations and interact with stakeholders, policymakers, legislators and government leaders from all over the world. Leading industry events such as World Utilities Congress means we’re able to increase awareness of the undeniable benefits of district cooling to the widest, most diverse audience possible."
Khalid Al Marzooqi
Chief Executive Officer
Tabreed
"Attending the World Utilities Congress was an unparalleled opportunity for our Schneider Electric team to connect with industry leaders, gain strategic insights, explore groundbreaking technologies, and contribute to shaping the future of utilities on both a regional and global scale. It was promising to see an increased focus on the topic of water scarcity, and companies across the Gulf embracing energy-efficient technologies to ensure sustainable water management and a better future for all.”
Sophie Borgne
Global Segment President for Water and Waste Water
Schneider Electric
"The World Utilities Congress 2024 served as a premier platform for industry leaders to collaborate, innovate, and shape the future of sustainable utilities. The event fostered insightful discussions and strategic partnerships, driving the global transition toward cleaner energy solutions. Hydropower was honored to contribute to these critical conversations and engage with key stakeholders committed to a sustainable future."
ILIAS ABDO
Chief Executive Officer
Hydropower Energy & General Construction LLC
"GWCN is proud to support the World Utilities Congress, a world prestigious event that brings together industry leaders to address the critical challenges and opportunities in the utilities sector. At GWCN, we are dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship, and we believe that the congress provides an invaluable platform for sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and driving forward the agenda of sustainability. I am excited to see the impactful discussions and innovative solutions that will emerge from this congress, and I look forward to contributing to this important dialogue."
Dr. Roger Achkar
Founder
Global Waste Cleaning Network (GWCN)
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