Conference Program
Conference Program
Day 1:
Wednesday, April 17 2024
Wednesday, April 17 2024
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and Networking
09:00 – 09:15
Opening Remarks
Ghassan H. Al-Dossary, President, AACE Saudi Arabia Section
09:15 – 09:25
Presentation
Gaith Al-Hiyari, Director, Turner & Townsend, Membership Director, AACE International
09:25 – 09:30
Introduction
09:30 – 09:40
Keynote Session
Yahya Abu Shal, Sr. VP Upstream & Downstream Project Management, Aramco
09:40 – 09:50
Keynote Session
Turki Al-Rasheed, VP PMO, Ma'aden
09:50 – 10:00
Keynote Session
Mansour S. Al Shehri, VP Liquids to Chemicals Project Management, Aramco
10:00 – 10:10
Keynote Session
TBA
10:10 – 10:55
Panel Discussion: Project Management Acceleration
Panelists:
Ahmed A. Alsulaim, CEO, Jeddah Central Development Company
Mohammed I. AlOmar, Executive Director for Projects, Projects Development Company
Abdullah A. Al Sughaiyer, VP Upstream GAS Project Management, Aramco
10:55 - 11:10
Coffee Break & Networking
11:10 – 11:55
Panel Discussion: Project Controls and Successful EPC Management
Panelists:
Mohammed A. Al Qahtani, VP Upstream Offshore Oil Project Management, Aramco
Mike Sutherland, SVP Offshore Middle East, McDermott
Abdulrahman M. As Sadlan, Sr. VP Project Development & Engineering, Ma'aden
Meshari Al Ajaji, Vice President PMO, KAFD - King Abdullah Financial District
11:55 – 12:40
AACE KSA Awards
12:40 - 13:40
Lunch, Prayer & Networking
13:40 – 14:40
Technical Presentations
13:40 - 13:56
TBA
Ali Shash, Professor, Construction Engineering & Management, KFUPM
13:56 - 14:12
A Robust Schedule Baseline for Project Success
Dr. Faramarz (Fred) Rahbar, Project Planning Specialist, Aramco Americas
14:12 - 14:28
TBA
Dr. Waleed Alnamer, Director, Middle East, AACE International
14:28 - 14:40
Q&A
Day 2:
Thursday, April 18 2024
Thursday, April 18 2024
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and Networking
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome Remarks
Tolis Chatzisymeon, CEO & Executive Sales, Nomitech
09:15 – 10:00
Panel Discussion: Future of Project Controls
Panelists:
Murad A. Al Sayed, VP Maritime, Building & Infrastructure Project Management, Aramco
Fulvio Crippa, Country Manager, Saipem
Faisal Butt, Group Head of Planning and Controls - Projects Delivery, Red Sea Global
Ahmed Alaredhi, CEO, Algihaz Construction Holding
10:00 – 11:00
Panel Discussion: Safety and Quality Excellence
Panelists:
Mohammed Al-Mubarak, CEO, Knowledge Economic City
Nicholas Cubin, Senior Vice President -US West, Worley
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee Break & Networking
11:15 – 12:15
Technical Presentations
11:15 - 11:31
TBA
Lorenzo De Fabritsi
11:31 - 11:47
TBA
Speaker to be announced
11:47 - 12:03
TBA
Speaker to be announced
12:03 - 12:15
Q&A
12:15 - 12:30
Closing Remarks
Ghassan H. Al-Dossary, President, AACE Saudi Arabia Section
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch, Prayer & Networking
