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Keynote Session Plenary Hall
Eithne Treanor
CEO, E Treanor Media
Dr. Khalid Al-Qahtani
Senior Vice President, Engineering Services, Aramco
Keynote Session: A Balancing Act: Current and Future Realities in the Energy Transition Through Process Technologies and Innovation Plenary Hall
Eithne Treanor
CEO, E Treanor Media
Leon de Bruyn
President and CEO, Lummus Technology
Panel Discussion: Bridging the Learning Gap between Academia and Industries Plenary Hall
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.
Eithne Treanor
CEO, E Treanor Media
Dr. Mamdouh A. Al Harthi
Dean of Chemicals and Materials College, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Saad H. Binmatlig
President & CEO, Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refinery Co. (YASREF)
Bassam Al Bokhari
CEO, EnergyTech
Dr. Dave Dixon
Professor, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Coffee Break & Exhibition Networking
Strategic Panel: Accelerating the Energy Transition with Digitalization & Artificial Intelligence Plenary Hall
Where are the best use cases in the field, how to connect with the right capabilities/talent, what does success look like, etc?
Eithne Treanor
CEO, E Treanor Media
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
Prayers, Lunch & Exhibition Networking
Technical Session IV
Process Excellence IV Session Room A
Fadi Mhaini
Vice President & Managing Director, MENA, Lummus Technology
Discover Your Plant Potentials
Mohamed Abouzid
Process Engineer, TASNEE
Zero Pellet Migration to Waste Water
Ahmad Al-Ansari
Polymer Process Manager, YANPET
Benefits of Switching from Conventional High Temperature to Low Temperature Catalyst in the Tail Gas Treating Unit
Khalid Nadhem
Senior Process Engineer, Bapco Refining
New Energies II Session Room B
Mohammad Mozahar Hossain
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Methanol to Jet: A Promising Pathway for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Mohammed Rustom
Market Development Director - ME Region - Sustainable Technology Solutions, Honeywell UOP (invited)
Simulation of Bio-Oil Production from Fast Pyrolysis of Dates Waste Biomass in Saudi Arabia to Produce Fuels and Chemicals
Ariel Gursida
PhD Candidate, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Leveraging Digital Process Twins for Efficient and Flexible Hydrogen Production: From Design to Operation
Taseer Seer
Senior Applications Engineer, Siemens
Digitalization IV Session Room C
Saifuddin Sheikh
Sr. Director – Solution Consulting, AspenTech
Refinery Energy Demand Forecasting through Data Analytics and Machine Learning – a Case Study
Omar Naeem
Lead Digitalization & Optimization Engineer, Aramco
Muhammad Abbas
Engineering Specialist, Aramco
Saudi Aramco's Process Digital Twins: Advances & Implementation Strategy
Abdullah Alghazal
Process Optimization Engineer, Aramco
Refinery Wide Process Simulation Digital Twin (PSDT)
Majed Aldalbahi
Digital Transformation Lead, Aramco
Decarbonization & Energy Transition VIII Session Room D
Dr. Hayat Abdulla Yusuf
Assistant Professor and PCAP Program Coordinator, University of Bahrain
Techno-Economic-Environmental Analysis of Hydrogen Production and Transportation Network in Saudi Arabia
Fatimah Alhassan
Student, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Challenges and Opportunities for Integration of Mixed Plastic Waste and Plastic Derived Oil into Refineries, Crackers and Plastic Sinks
Rasha Daadoush
Co-Lead - Aramco Sabic Circular Solutions Technology Integration Team, Aramco
Salahdine EL Idrissi
Engineering Specialist, Aramco
Methane Pyrolysis Integration for Low Carbon Ammonia and Urea Production
Muhamad Reda Galih Pangestu
Master's Degree Student, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Coffee Break & Exhibition Networking
Technical Session V
Process Excellence V Session Room A
Amer Saleem
Advisor SCP JCP, Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)
Correlation for Condensed Hydrocarbon Fraction Provides Better Water Dew Point Estimation in Column Overhead Systems
Fatima Janahi
Associate - Senior Process Engineer, Bapco Refining
Velmurugan Venkatesan
Superintendent RHC and Projects, Bapco Refining
Impact of Dynamic Flare Analysis on Cost, Safety and Environment
Taseer Seer
Senior Applications Engineer, Siemens
Turnaround Cycle Optimization a Trade-Off between Production Loss and Catalyst Lifetime Abstract
Mahmoud Elsayed
Lead Process Engineer, SABIC
Decarbonization & Energy Transition III Session Room B
Dr. Gopal Juttu
Engineering Consultant, P&CSD, Aramco
Techno-Economic Analysis of Ammonia for Power Generation Application in the Middle East Region
Mohammed Dayili
Project Engineer, Aramco
Experimental Study of Methane Pyrolysis for Hydrogen Production
Omar Behar
Post Doctoral, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Energy Optimizing of Amine Unit through Advanced Process Control
Eliot Robin Bruce
Lead Process Engineer, Kuwait Energy Basra LLC
Digitalization V Session Room C
Nihar Gulwadi
Regional Head - MENA, Ingenero Inc
Artificial Intelligence Associated Drones Solutions for Waste Disposal Management in the Process Industries
Burri Harsha Vardhan Reddy
Senior Data Consultant, Artificial Intelligence Global Company (AIGC)
Refinery Advisory Hub- a Conceptual Promising Use Case of Large Language Models (LLM)
Arun Kumar Thalondan Poyithaya
Aramco
Raad Bassam Mulla
DT & Energy Teams Leader - Yanbu Refinery Department, Aramco
Surrogate Based Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model for Decarbonization of an Integrated Gas-Oil Separation Network
Abdullah Bahamdan
PhD Candidate, Imperial College London
Process Excellence XII Session Room D
Hashem Al-Hashem
Leader, GAS & ARRAZI Project, SABIC
Improving Air Separation Plant Energy Intensity By Optimizing Its Operation
Mohammed Almutawa
Process Engineer, SABIC
Pinch Analysis, a Retrofit Approach for Process and Energy Optimization in Crude Oil Refinery and Downstream Processes. Opportunity for Reduction in Emissions and Opex.
Syed Abbas Raza
Lead Process Engineer, Muscat Engineering Consultancy Ltd.
Improve CDU Corrosion Mitigation Strategy through Cloud-Based Ionic Modelling
Cristian Spica
Senior Application Engineer, OLI Systems Inc.
Technical Session VI
Process Excellence VI Session Room A
Claudia Janse van Rensburg
Regional Marketing Manager, FCC, EMEA, W.R. Grace & Co
System Reliability and Sustainability Improvement in DSG at Ethylene Plant
Mohammad Imran Khan
Senior Production Engineer - Ethylene Cracker, Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)
Proactive Detection Methodology of Line Break Condition of the Pipeline. (US Filed Patent: 18/081,455)
Mazen Alzahrani
Aramco (invited)
Fix Combustion Control Malfunction
Emad Fallatah
Staff Engineer, Advanced Process Control, SABIC ARRAZI
Decarbonization & Energy Transition IV Session Room B
Dr. Gopal Juttu
Engineering Consultant, P&CSD, Aramco
Evaluating the Risks and Framework for Hydrogen Fuel Road Transportation in Bahrain
Bassam Alhamad
Professor, University of Bahrain
Transition to Lower Carbon Fuels
Romain Roux
Decarbonization and Consulting Vice President, Axens
Joseph Ibrahim
Managing Director, Axens (invited)
Carbon Emissions Management and Decision Support Made Easy By Digital Solution
Saifuddin Sheikh
Sr. Director – Solution Consulting, AspenTech
Digitalization VI Session Room C
Dr. Rohit Patwardhan
Sr. Engineering Consultant, P&CSD, Aramco
Real Time Economic Performance System
Shashikant Ramsangar
Senior Engineer, Aramco
Parandhama Gudapati
Lead Business System Analyst, Aramco
Forecasting Process Faults Using Machine Learning in a Reactive Absorption Case Study
Yasser Al-Goufily
Scientist, SABIC
Anomaly Detection and Time Series Analysis in Steam Methane Reforming System Using Isolation Forest
Helmi Qosim
Reliability Engineer, PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero)
Process Excellence XIII Session Room D
Faisal Ahmad Raza
Technical Expert - Process, SLB Saudi Arabia
Aramco Way of Managing Advanced Process Control Portfolio
Ali Altayeb
APC Engineer, Aramco
Troubleshooting Vertical Reboiler Performance in a Stabilizer Plant By Leveraging Digital Aspen HYSYS Simulation
Majed A. Al-Jeshi
Process Engineer, Aramco
Optimization of ULSD Vacuum Drying and Thus Reducing Equipment Counts/Sizes; Saving Steam Consumption and Energy Resulting Reducing Carbon Foot Print
Rajib Talukder
Lead Engineer, Aramco
Prabhas Mandal
Operations Engineer Specialist, Aramco
AIChE Middle East Regional Chem-E-Car Competition®