MEPEC - Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition

06 - 08 May 2024   |   Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

aBOUT mepec


MEPEC is the definitive event in the Middle East for process engineering, offering a platform for leaders to engage with the dynamic challenges and promising opportunities within the field. Designed to be a forum for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas, technologies, and the sharing of experiences and best practices among peers, it's a driving force toward a more efficient, secure, and prosperous process engineering industry. Additionally, it serves as a crucial junction where industry connects with academic institutions and research and development centers, fostering collaboration under a single roof. With a core focus on pivotal industries, such as oil, gas, petrochemicals, and utilities, MEPEC is at the forefront of shaping the future of process engineering.

MEPEC 2024 Theme: 
Digitalizing Process Engineering for a Sustainable Future


MEPEC 2024 AIChE Official Announcement


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Call for Abstracts, Now Open

TOPICS:                                                          DEADLINE: 20 DEC 2023

> Process Excellence                        
Exploit opportunities to boost plant performance or safety

> Decarbonization & Energy Transition
Examine emerging technological innovations enabling reductions in carbon footprint and greater efficiency in energy use

> New Energies                                 
Address alternative energies complementing conventional sources which is the future energy landscape

> Digitalization
Deliberate digital solutions driving process industries towards a more sustainable future


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About AICHE

The Global Home of Chemical Engineers

AIChE is a professional society of more than 60,000 chemical engineers in 110 countries. Its members work in corporations, universities and government using their knowledge of chemical processes to develop safe and useful products for the benefit of society. Through its varied programs, AIChE continues to be a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers of chemical engineering research in such areas as energy, sustainability, biological and environmental engineering, nanotechnology and chemical plant safety and security. 



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Key targets

  • 10,000 sq.m of exhibition space
  • 150 exhibitors
  • 100 sponsors and partners
  • Over 5,000 unique attendees over 3 days

Conference and Education Program

  • Keynotes, plenary and panel discussions
  • Multi-track technical sessions
  • Poster Presentations
  • Workshops and training courses
  • Innovation & Commercialization zones
  • Youth Program
  • Chem-E-Car competition
  • Career Day
  • Awards and recognition ceremonies  

2019 Speakers

His Excellency Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa

Minister of Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain

His Excellency Elnur Soltanov

Deputy Minister of Energy, Republic of Azerbaijan

Ahmad A. Al Sa'adi

Senior Vice President, Technical Services, Aramco

Bassam Al Bokhari

CEO, Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic

Deborah L. Grubbe

Owner and President, Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC

Jonathan Forbes-Lane

Regional VP - Catalyst Sales, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Keith A. Couch

Senior Director Business Development, Honeywell UOP

Naji Skaf

President - Middle East, Egypt, Turkey, Air Products

Nasser A. Abanmi

Former President , SABIC - KEMYA

Saad Al-Ayedh

EVP Petrochemicals, TASNEE

Dr. Sun Xiansheng

Secretary General, International Energy Forum (IEF)

Tor Fjaeran

Manager Investment Arena, Equinor

Walt Szopiak

Vice President, Chevron

Faisal Addas

Director, SABIC

Gerardo Uria

Vice President, American Petroleum Institute

June Wispelwey

Former CEO and Executive Director (retired), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Dr. Madhukar Garg

President Refining & Petchem R&D, Reliance Industries Ltd

Mohammed Al-Habib

Regional Energy Transition Executive Director - MENATI, Baker Hughes

Norm Gilsdorf

Senior Vice President, Honeywell Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell

Dr. Pinar Yilmaz

Advisor, External Projects Upstream- Retired, Exxonmobil

Rob Howard

Senior Director - Enterprise Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Suleyman M Ozmen

Sr. Consultant, Independent

Dr. Anissa Sedjerari

R&D Portfolio Manager, KAUST Catalysis Center

Ayman Salamah

General Sales Manager , W.R. Grace & Co

Dr. Ayuba Adesina

Lead Process Engineer, SABIC

David Renolayan

Technology & Process Engineering Lead Domestic Refining & NGL Fractionation, Aramco

Gerrit Polhaar

Technology Marketing Regional Director, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Gina M. Gatto

Membership Manager , American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Hamza Alawi

Business Development Manager, Lummus Technology

Dr. Hayat Abdulla Yusuf

Assistant Professor and PCAP Program Coordinator, University of Bahrain

Hiroki Usami

General Manager - R&D Center- Process Solution Business, Yokogawa MEA

Jad Abou Charbine

Technical Services Manager, Axens

Jim Brigman

Managing Director, Ingenero Inc

Mohammad N. Al-Haji

Engineering Consultant , Aramco

Dr. Nasiru M. Tukur

Engineering Consultant, P&CSD, Aramco

Nikola Georgiev

Senior Account Manager Refinery , Topsoe

Dr. Oki Muraza

Associate Professor, Center of Research Excellence in Nano-technology, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

Dr. Pierce Riemer

Director General, WPC Energy

Saeed S. AlAlloush

Engineering Consultant, Aramco

Saifuddin Sheikh

Sr. Director – Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Shahid Azam

Chief Scientist, Functional Chemicals, SABIC

Waddah Al-Zaabi

Sales Manager, ART Hydroprocessing

Pedro Miras Salamanca

President, WPC Energy

Milton Costa Filho

Secretary General, IBP - Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute

Eithne Treanor

CEO, E Treanor Media

Abdelghani Daraiseh

Sr. Engineering Consultant, Aramco

Abdullah Al Ismail

Process Safety Manager, SABIC - KEMYA

Abdullaziz Alghanim

Operation Engineer , Aramco

Abdulrahman Ashour

Venture Manager, SABIC - IBNRUSHD

Abdullah Malki

Gas & Shipping Lead Engineer, Aramco

Abdullah Nooh

Research Engineer, Olefins & Aromatics, SABIC

Ahmed Aseeri

Founder & CEO, Gulf Advanced Process Technologies Co. (GAPTECH)

Ahmed Altarkeet

Snr Manufacturing Excellence Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Abdullah Ahmad Mandani

Sr. Eng.Process Ref., Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Anas H. Safar

Process Engineer, Aramco

Syed A. Ahmed

Process Engineer, Aramco

Ammar S. Bakhurji

Advanced Process Control Engineer, Aramco

Ayman Abu-Shameh

Instrumentation Team Lead, Aramco

Dr. Anthony Gerbino

Customer Success Leader , OLI Systems Inc.

Bernt Hiddema

Solution Consultant , Aspen Technology

Carlos Gonzalez

Lead Process Control Engineer, SABIC

Dr. Chun Han

Gasification & IGCC Specialist , Aramco

Azhari Dafaalla

Senior Staff Consultant , KBC (A Yokogawa Company)

Dhanasekar Periyasamy

Sr. Principal Solution Consultant, Aspen Technology

Dong Kyu Lee

Senior Process Engineer, Aramco

Dilipkumar Thakur

Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Edward Griffiths

Technology Manager, KBR Inc.

Dr. Enow Achuo Kima

Chemical Treatment Specialist, Aramco

Fahad Alsaad

Manager, Process Engineering, SABIC - KEMYA

Faisal Al Ashour

Process Engineer , Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

Fayyaz Karim Qureshi

RECIPs and D&IS (Retrofit) Technical Leader, Baker Hughes

Gerardo Sanchis Andreu

Senior Consultant Engineer , Process Systems Enterprise (PSE)

Hamad Al-Othman

Lead Engineer, Analyzer, SABIC - KEMYA

Hasan Ali Amin

Engineer I, Aramco

Hae Yong Noh

Senior Chemical Engineer, Aramco

Hesham Fandy

Principal Risk Management Advisory Consultant, DNV

Hussain Alibrahim

CHE Senior student, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

Ibrahim Alsugai

Senior Scientist, SABIC

Ibrahim N Nashri

Chemical Engineer, Aramco

Jacinthe Frécon

Technology Group Manager , Axens

Jatin Shah

Director, Automation & Process Technologies, KBR Inc.

Jai Prakash Jain

Sr. Scientist, SABIC Research and Technology Pvt. Ltd

Jim Brigman

Managing Director, Ingenero Inc

Jinquan Zhu

R&D Senior Engineer , Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, SINOPEC

Joy Clarke

Principal Process Engineer, Wood Plc

Dr. Julie Chabot

Chevron Fellow, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Suhaib Kaki

Process Engineer, SABIC - YANSAB

Khalid Ghazal

Technical Process Engineering (Sulfur & Amine Specialist), Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)

Koos Overwater

Vice President - Hydrogen Product Line, TechnipFMC

Krishna Chada

Senior Principal Solution Consultant, Aspen Technology

Dr. Madhukar Garg

President Refining & Petchem R&D, Reliance Industries Ltd

Majed A. Al-Jeshi

Process Engineer, Aramco

Majed Mulla

Process Engineer , Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

Mana Alowaidh

Engineering Consultant - Energy Systems, Aramco

Matt Kirchner

Marketing Director - FCC Catalysts, W.R. Grace & Co

Mohammed Alyanbaawi

Technical Support Engineer , Aramco

Mohammed AlMahmood

Process Engineer, Aramco

Mohammad Alabdullah

PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Mohammed Benchekchou

Director, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Mohammed Fahad Ajmi

Senior Operations Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Muhammad Ilyas

Technology Licensing Manager , Topsoe

Nageswararao Kesanapalli

Manager Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Narayanan Suresh

Regional Subject Matter Expert – Flow Applications, Yokogawa MEA

Nihar Gulwadi

Regional Head - MENA, Ingenero Inc

Norbert Jung

VP Product Management - Process and Simulation, AVEVA

Othman M Al-Ghamdi

Process Engineer, Sipchem

Praveen Dhote

Team Leader Process Safety, Siemens Energy

Radhi Ali Aqeeli Al

Process Engineer, SABIC - KEMYA

Rawaf Al-Rawaf

Superintendent – Process Engineering, Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

Roy Calder

Oil and Gas Industry Principal - New Energies, AVEVA

Sachin Kanade

Process Safety Lead, Siemens

Saeed Al-Shahrani

Control System Engineer , Aramco

Safi M AlBuhairi

Senior Process Control Engineer , Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)

Saifuddin Sheikh

Sr. Director – Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Saptarshi Bhowmick

PSS Department Manager, Yokogawa MEA

Satish Mantri

Process Engineer, Sipchem

Dr. Huawei Shao

Senior Engineer, SINOPEC

Shardul Shindadkar

Asst Mgr - Sales and Marketing, Ingenero Inc

Shahreyar Khan

Engineering Specialist - Process & Control Systems Department, Aramco

Simon Cackett

Licensing Technology Manager, Shell Catalysts & Technologies

Dr. Steve Hall

Independent Industry Consultant

Dr. Theo Maesen

Director CLG R&D, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Tuiana Shoinkhorova

PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Vijay Shirpurkar

Process Engineer, Sipchem

Vijayaraghavan Ganeshkumar

Process Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Vishnu Narayanan

Chartered Engineer, Wood Plc

Yazeed Homaid

Energy Engineer, Aramco

Youngghee Jang

Energy Engineer, Aramco

Dr. S M Zakir Hossain

Associate Professor, Department Of Chemical Engr., University of Bahrain

Abdul Salam Sheik

Process Engineer, Hydrocracker Unit, Aramco

Ahmed Al-Alouni

Aramco

Ahmed Altarkeet

Snr Manufacturing Excellence Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Andrew P. Bartlett

Solutions Consultant Global Solution Engineering , Sphera

Dr. Anthony Gerbino

Customer Success Leader , OLI Systems Inc.

Aurelio Ferrucci

Executive V.P., PROMETHEUS SRL

Eric Huelson

Product Manager, John Zink Hamworthy Combustion

Dr. Fernanda Tavares

Post Doctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineer, KAUST Catalysis Center

Hasan Ali Amin

Engineer I, Aramco

Hashim AlHajji

Process Engineer, Aramco

Hongli Guo

Director -Technical Marketing and Licensing Business, SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology

Ilya Simonov

CROC VR Director, NGN International

Dr. Liping Ren

Staff Engineer, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, SINOPEC

Mohammed Fahad Ajmi

Senior Operations Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Mohamed Soliman

Senior Operation Engineer, Aramco

Naif AlGhuthayf

Mechanical Engineer, Aramco

Omar Al-Rashidi

Manufacturing Excellence Engineer , Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Oussama Ould Zmirli

Manager, Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology

Pankaj Chaware

Lead Machinery Engineer, SABIC - KEMYA

Piyush Jain

Principal Solution Consultant , Aspen Technology

Roy Calder

Oil and Gas Industry Principal - New Energies, AVEVA

Dr. Sachi N. Maiti

Manager – Downstream Technology Taskforce, SNC Lavalin

Seunghan Park

Environmental Engineer, Aramco

Dr. Shikun Niu

Senior Engineer, SINOPEC

Dr. Huawei Shao

Senior Engineer, SINOPEC

Sivakumar Sankaran

Mechanical Engineer , Aramco

Suhaib Kaki

Process Engineer, SABIC - YANSAB

Dr. Theo Maesen

Director CLG R&D, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG)

Tuiana Shoinkhorova

PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Turki Hujaili

Analyzer Engineer , SABIC - KEMYA

Yousif AlDhafeery

Lead Inspection Engineer, SABIC

Dr. Zhang Bin

SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology

Zhang Long

Senior Engineer , Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, SINOPEC

2019 industry initiatives

MEPEC 2024 committee chairs

Wail A. Al Jaafari

Executive Vice President Technical Services, Aramco

Dr. Darlene Schuster

Executive Director & CEO, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Walid Al Naeem

Vice President & Chief Engineer, Aramco

Abdulaziz Al-Ghamdi

Manager, Downstream Process Engineering Division, Process & Control Systems Department, Aramco

Dr. Basim Abussaud

Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

MEPEC 2024 IN NUMBERS

10,000 sq.m Exhibition Space
5,000 Attendees
150 Exhibitors
100 Sponsors & Partners
200 Speakers
50+ Represented Countries

2019 INDUSTRY TESTIMONIALS

Barry Perlmutter

President & Managing Director, BHS Sonthofen Inc

MEPEC provided a wide range of attendees, manufacturers, operating companies and applications. The conference generated new ideas and forward-thinking for new products and improvements to existing products. We met important clients with serious interests, which is a true measure of a technical conference.

Dr. Hosni Zubeir

Head of Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain

The organizers "all committee members" were so kind, helpful and professional. Appreciated the time and the effort put by them. The technical session was very interesting and exiting to share ideas with expertise. The exhibition was organized in a professional way and gave real time appropriateness to share information and techniques. I found the workshop I attended very useful. the topics are directly applicable to our teaching and professional goals. The instructor was clear and professional. The student program was very useful and gave the students tremendous appropriates to learn and practice. In general the conference was an excellent sours of forecasting techniques and practice.

Jim Brigman

Managing Director, Ingenero Inc

MEPEC 2017 facilitated information exchange on operational excellence between companies top process engineers allowing opportunities to be discussed, goals stated, technology demonstrated, opinions expressed and paradigms exposed.

Joseph Ibrahim

Managing Director, Axens

During this MEPEC 2017 I have witnessed interesting presentations given by companies presenting for the first time in the Middle East which demonstrates that MEPEC focuses on bringing new ideas and new players.

Dr. Nasiru M. Tukur

Engineering Consultant, P&CSD, Aramco

I found the 3-day conference inspiring, enlightening & stimulating. The panel discussion sessions were excellent platforms for exchange of knowledge and experience between industry leaders and younger talents.

Nafees Ahmad

Senior Process Engineer, TASNEE

This year’s MEPEC conference is great, very interactive and thought-provoking conference. Every MEPEC is a little different but this time the specialty are fully technical sessions, interaction with industrialist, research scholars and university graduates. As a speaker, I was glad to share my knowledge, exchange experience and made new connections with visitors/delegates.

Shaalan Al Zahrani

General Manager Technical, Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)

MEPEC 17 was a remarkable success. It was impressive with its insightful key note speeches, interactive panel discussions and very informative technical sessions covering a wide spectrum of industry aspects. MEPEC has certainly become one of the most high profile conferences in the region.

Soner Tetik

Geophysical Engineer, Risk Deger

We made some business partnership agreements with the show for the ME Market.
Started already new connections for trading and consultancy services. We have learned a lot from the show exhibitors, hope that we give information from us for the visited company managers and staff in all stages. Even with fresh graduated University students shared our knowledges and we appreciate to everyone who visited us. Especially we are thankful for the Turkish Consulate of Turkey for visiting us and some turkish University teachers who are working in Bahrain University.

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