MEPEC - Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition
14 - 16 October 2019 | Kingdom of Bahrain
Under the Patronage of HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain
Under the Patronage of HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
With the flagship GDA biennial downstream event now postponed from October 2020 to September 2021, the Organizing Committee has decided to hold the next edition of MEPEC in 2022. This will maintain the current annual rotation between these two leading regional industry events, both of which historically take place in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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aBOUT mepec
MEPEC is the definitive event for process engineering; in today’s busy world the event brings together the international business community to one business hub to make the most effective use of time. MEPEC is not just a place where you can experience ground-breaking technology and listen to industry leaders, it is an environment designed for the exchange of ideas between peers.
The 5th edition of the Middle East Process Engineering Conference & Exhibition took place at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre from 14 - 16 October 2019. Co-organized by SAS-AIChE & ME3 and officially supported by AIChE.
This year's theme was Transforming Process Engineering through Innovation.
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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, Saudi 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
Head of Business Development & Integrated Projects, 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, Saudi 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 , Saudi Aramco
Dr. Nasiru Tukur
Engineering Consultant, Saudi 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, World Petroleum Council (WPC)
Saeed S. AlAlloush
Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco
Saifuddin Sheikh
Director - Business Consulting Operations, Aspen Technology
Shahid Azam
Chief Scientist, Functional Chemicals, SABIC
Waddah Al-Zaabi
Sales Manager, ART Hydroprocessing
Pedro Miras Salamanca
President, World Petroleum Council (WPC)
Milton Costa Filho
Secretary General, IBP - Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute
Eithne Treanor
CEO, E Treanor Media
Abdelghani Daraiseh
Sr. Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco
Abdullah Al Ismail
Process Safety Manager, SABIC - KEMYA
Abdullaziz Alghanim
Operation Engineer , Saudi Aramco
Abdulrahman Ashour
Venture Manager, SABIC - IBNRUSHD
Abdullah Malki
Gas & Shipping Lead Engineer, Saudi 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 Mandani
Senior Process Engineer, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Anas H. Safar
Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Syed A. Ahmed
Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Ammar S. Bakhurji
Advanced Process Control Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Ayman Abu-Shameh
Instrumentation Team Lead, Saudi 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 , Saudi Aramco
Azhari Dafaalla
Senior Staff Consultant , KBC (A Yokogawa Company)
Dhanasekar Periyasamy
Sr. Principal Solution Consultant, Aspen Technology
Dong Kyu Lee
Senior Process Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Dilipkumar Thakur
Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Edward Griffiths
Technology Manager, KBR Inc.
Dr. Enow Achuo Kima
Chemical Treatment Specialist, Saudi 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, Saudi Aramco
Hae Yong Noh
Senior Chemical Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Hesham Fandy
Principal Risk Management Advisory Consultant, DNV GL – HQ
Hussain Alibrahim
CHE Senior student, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Ibrahim Alsugai
Senior Scientist, SABIC
Ibrahim N Nashri
Chemical Engineer, Saudi 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, Saudi Aramco
Majed Mulla
Process Engineer , Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)
Mana Alowaidh
Engineering Consultant - Energy Systems, Saudi Aramco
Matt Kirchner
Marketing Director - FCC Catalysts, W.R. Grace & Co
Mohammed Alyanbaawi
Technical Support Engineer , Saudi Aramco
Mohammed AlMahmood
Process Engineer, Saudi 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
Principal Solution Consultant , 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 Alrawaf
Superintendent - Proc. Eng. SCP/JCP SPCO, 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 , Saudi Aramco
Safi M AlBuhairi
Senior Process Control Engineer , Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF)
Saifuddin Sheikh
Director - Business Consulting Operations, 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, Saudi Aramco
Simon Cackett
Licensing Technology Manager, Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Dr. Steve Hall
Director, Operational Excellence Solutions, Process Systems Enterprise (PSE)
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, Saudi Aramco
Youngghee Jang
Energy Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Dr. S M Zakir Hossain
Associate Professor, Department Of Chemical Engr., University of Bahrain
Abdul Salam Sheik
Process Engineer, Hydrocracker Unit, Saudi Aramco
Ahmed Al-Alouni
Saudi 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, Saudi Aramco
Hashim AlHajji
Process Engineer, Saudi 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, Saudi Aramco
Naif AlGhuthayf
Mechanical Engineer, Saudi 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, Saudi Aramco
Dr. Shikun Niu
Senior Engineer, SINOPEC
Dr. Huawei Shao
Senior Engineer, SINOPEC
Sivakumar Sankaran
Mechanical Engineer , Saudi 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
MEPEC 2019 Industry Leaders
Nasser A. Abanmi
Former President , SABIC - KEMYA
Ahmad A. Al Sa'adi
Senior Vice President, Technical Services, Saudi Aramco
Dr. Dafer Al-Jalahma
Chief Operating Officer, The Oil & Gas Holding Company (nogaholding)
June Wispelwey
Former CEO and Executive Director (retired), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Tor Fjaeran
Manager Investment Arena, Equinor
Tor Fjaeran
Manager Investment Arena, Equinor
Aman A. Ahmad
Vice President, Business Development - EMEA, KBR Inc.
Andre Lanning
Managing Director, ART Hydroprocessing
Craig Smith
Managing Director Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Aspen Technology
Fuad Mosa
Global Investment and Business Intelligence Leader, SABIC
Gurminder Singh
Director, Technology Licensing - MENA, Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Jean Sentenac
CEO, Axens
Mohammed Benchekchou
Director, Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Nathan Ergonul
Managing Director, ART Hydroprocessing
Nawaf Al-Humaidi Al-Anazi
President, SABIC - PETROKEMYA
Noaman M. Fudhail
General Supervisor- Downstream Process Engineering Division, Saudi Aramco
Pierre De Vuyst
President & CEO, Yokogawa MEA
Dr. Pratap Nair
President & CEO, Ingenero Inc
Rami Qasem
President & CEO, Baker Hughes
Reem Al Ghanim
HR Leader, Saudi Aramco
Rob Howard
Senior Director - Enterprise Solution Consulting, Aspen Technology
Shakeel Kadri
Executive Director & CEO, CCPS
Suleyman M Ozmen
Sr. Consultant, Independent
Tamim Al Jasir
Business Development Manager, Guardian Glass
Noaman M. Fudhail
General Supervisor- Downstream Process Engineering Division, Saudi Aramco
Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi
Process Engineering Manager, Sipchem
Dr. Abdullah Alqahtani
Director, Olefins & Aromatics, SABIC
Dr. Anissa Sedjerari
R&D Portfolio Manager, KAUST Catalysis Center
Dr. Ayuba Adesina
Lead Process Engineer, SABIC
David Renolayan
Technology & Process Engineering Lead Domestic Refining & NGL Fractionation, Saudi Aramco
Enad Al-Anazi
Process Engineering Manager , Saudi Chevron Phillips (S-Chem)
Fadi Mhaini
Managing Director - MENA, Lummus Technology
Dr. Hayat Abdulla Yusuf
Assistant Professor and PCAP Program Coordinator, University of Bahrain
Dr. Hicham El Hajj
Regional Sr Commercial Manager, Halliburton
Hiroki Usami
General Manager - R&D Center- Process Solution Business, Yokogawa MEA
Jad Abou Charbine
Technical Services Manager, Axens
Dr. Jesper Nerlov
Group Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Topsoe
Jim Brigman
Managing Director, Ingenero Inc
Kristine Chin
Senior Director, Conferences & Education, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Mohammed A Al Zahrani
Technical Support Division Head, Saudi Aramco
Mohammad N. Al-Haji
Engineering Consultant , Saudi Aramco
Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzoha
Senior Engineer, Process (Simulation), ADNOC Refining
Morgan Allen
Senior Technical Services Manager, W.R. Grace & Co
Dr. Nasiru Tukur
Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco
Nayef Enazi
Sr. Scientist, HDPE Unipol, Polyolefins Process, SABIC
Dr. Oki Muraza
Associate Professor, Center of Research Excellence in Nano-technology, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Saeed S. AlAlloush
Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco
Saifuddin Sheikh
Director - Business Consulting Operations, Aspen Technology
Sandeep Goel
Director Commercial, MCDERMOTT
Shahid Azam
Chief Scientist, Functional Chemicals, SABIC
Waddah Al-Zaabi
Sales Manager, ART Hydroprocessing
AIChE Middle East Regional Chem-E-Car Competition®
Chemical Engineering students from reputable Universities compete for the only AIChE Chem-E-Car competition in the Middle East.
ChemME - Dedicated for Students and Young Professionals
The initiative featured comprehensive program of activities that was attended by a large number of students and early career professionals from the MENA region.
Innovation & Commercialization Zone
This hands-on innovation zone featured startups and scale-ups and conducted live demonstrations of technologies at the event.
industry initiatives
PARALLEL EVENTS
WPC Downstream Conference
The WPC Downstream Conference is the global forum that brings together the strategic refining and petrochemical leadership to debate the integrated approach to optimal delivery of the building blocks for human progress.
Leadership Excellence for Women Awards & Symposium
LEWAS seeks to address the challenges and opportunities for women leaders in the Energy industry. Over the years, LEWAS has gathered women leaders and empowered and motivated women to engage in discussions and panels that address the issue.
MEPEC 2019 IN NUMBERS
2131
Unique Participants
126
Expert Speakers
479
Students & Young Professionals
510
Represented Companies
34
Represented Countries
8000
Sq.m of Exhibition Space
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, Middle East, 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 Tukur
Engineering Consultant, Saudi 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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