Name: MarketsandMarkets Middle East District Cooling Stakeholders Conclave
Start: 2019-12-04
End: 2019-12-05
Location: Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Waterfront

District cooling is one of the nine strategic pillars in Dubai Supreme Council of Energy’s Demand Side Management strategy, towards achieving 30% power savings in the emirate by 2030. The major steps for enhancing district cooling adoption includes planning and educating the top players in real estate firms on the advantages and guiding on the knowledge of technical know-how.

This conclave aims to provide a platform to experts from Government bodies, regulatory authorities, real estate firms, special economic zones, hotel owners and operators, free zones from UAE and rest of GCC and solution providers.

Complementing, UAE’s Vision 2021 National Agenda focusing on improving the quality of air, preserving water resources, increasing the contribution of clean energy and implementing green growth plans.

Discussing the innovations, challenges, and future aspects of District Cooling technology & approaches to optimize maximum energy efficiency

Innovative tools and approaches to optimize system design
Green Building Sustainable design considerations
Chilled water energy storage systems
Guidelines in Middle East countries
Low delta T Syndrome at Chiller Plant
AI Systems for flow control and energy efficiency

Meet global experts, industry leaders and decision makers from Government Regulatory Bodies, District Cooling EPC Contractors, Real Estate Firms & Land Developers, Consultants, Hotel Owners & Operators, District Cooling Projects, TSE suppliers, Power Plant Projects, Utility Companies and more

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Registration	08:00 - 08:50
Welcome note from Markets and Markets	08:50 - 08:55
Opening Remarks	08:55 - 09:00
Knowledge store Rajat Kumar, Chief Knowledge Officer , MarketsandMarkets	09:00 - 09:25
Promoting Sustainability, Abu Dhabi’s District Cooling Regulatory Framework Khadija Bin Braik, Director of Water Pricing and Tariffs, Department of Energy Abu Dhabi	09:25 - 09:55
Operations & Design
The District Cooling Provider to the Tallest Building in the World Fares Ahmed, General Manager, Emaar District Cooling	09:55 - 10:30
Morning Refreshments and Poster Presentation One-to-one Networking Meetings	10:30 - 11:20
Delta T syndrome and challenges Raed Al Ahmed, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Emirates District Cooling (Emicool) LLC	11:20 - 11:50
Case Study: The District Cooling Operations & Maintenance (O&M) market in Kingdom of Saudi Abdulsalam Al Mobayed , CEO , Saudi Tabreed Operation & Maintenance, Saudi Arabi	11:50 - 12:20
Government Regulations & Finance
Panel Discussion: The Government support and guidelines in Middle East countries	12:20 - 12:50
Prayer Break \| Lunch \| Networking break	12:50 - 14:10
Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) in district cooling – “Environmental Finance Thomas Bosse , Head of Programmes , Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence, U.A.E	14:10 - 14:40
Use of TSE as sustainable alternative to fresh water for district cooling Mohammed AbdulAziz Najem, Senior Director – Sewage Treatment and Irrigation Projects, Dubai Municipality, U.A.E	14:40 - 15:10
Sustainability & Energy Storage
Encaspuslated Ice Thermal Storage in DC application Hassan Chahboune, Export Sales Manager, Cryogel	15:10 - 15:40
Afternoon refreshments \| Networking break	15:40 - 16:30
Rising Expectations with District Cooling- An Exploration for further Optimization Sarfraz Dairkee, Board Secretary, EmiratesGBC	16:30 - 17:00
Sea Water Cooling Application Ahmed A. Ghani , Chairman , Allied Consultants Ltd., U.A.E	17:00 - 17:30
Closing remarks	17:30 - 17:35
Reception & Networking session	17:35 - 17:40

Registration	08:15 - 08:50
Welcome note from Markets and Markets	08:50 - 08:55
Opening Remarks	08:55 - 09:00
Advanced Control Systems
Smart HVAC Retrofit Solution H.E. Ali Al Jassim, CEO, Etihad Energy Services	09:00 - 09:30
District Cooling facing Heat Omnia Halawani, Managing Partner, Griffin Consultants, U.A.E	09:30 - 10:00
Morning Refreshments and Poster Presentation \| Networking Meetings	10:30 - 11:30
Artificial Intelligence for radical optimization of District Cooling Systems Kevin Miller, Digital Practice Leader, Middle East, Aurecon	14:10 - 14:40
Energy Storage
Case Study –District cooling overview from Egypt Tarek Zorba , General Manager , The Egyptian company for Energy & Cooling projects	11:30 - 12:00
Green Building Sustainable design considerations Deepthy K B , Regional Director , GBCI, LEED AP (BD+C), U.A.E	12:00 - 12:30
Case study – Successful implementation of ice thermal storage	12:30 - 13:00
Lunch \| Poster presentation \| Networking break	13:00 - 14:00
Future Technologies & Solutions
Panel Discussion: Challenges of DC from consumer viewpoint	14:00 - 14:30
Enhancing plant operations, audit systems by application of Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence	14:30 - 15:00
Case Study – Energy efficiency system applied in Europe countries	15:00 - 15:30
Closing Remarks from Chairperson	15:30 - 15:45
End of Conference	15:45 - 15:50