Opening Remarks: Advancing youth engagement for climate action
17 JAN 10:07 AM - 10:19 AM GST
H.E. Eng. Awaidha Murshed Ali Al Marar
Chairman, Abu Dhabi Department of Energy
Accelerating Youth Participation in Climate Action & Energy Transition Leading up to COP28
17 JAN 10:20 AM - 10:27 AM GST
How Can We Engage More Young People to Accelerate Action Toward a Greener Energy Future?
17 JAN 10:28 AM - 10:35 AM GST
H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates
Rethinking a Just Energy Transition With Youth
17 JAN 10:36 AM - 10:51 AM GST
May AlHajeri
Officer - FDI Attraction at Abu Dhabi Investment Office & Former Youth Delegate to the United Nations
H.E. Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany
The Permanent Representative of the UAE to IRENA
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy
Harnessing the Power of Youth: Advocating and leading for climate action
17 JAN 10:52 AM - 11:02 AM GST
Omar Aldhuhoori
Curator, Global Shapers Community Abu Dhabi Hub
Sheikh Dr. Majid Al Qassimi
Partner and Founder, Soma Mater
EAD’s 2022 Survey: Capturing the voices of youth on climate change - In Partnership with EAD
17 JAN 11:03 AM - 11:13 AM GST
Khansa Ibraheem Al Blouki
Director, Environmental Outreach, Environmental Information, Science & Outreach Management, EAD
Effectively Engaging in Climate Diplomacy: Turning actions into results
17 JAN 11:14 AM - 11:24 AM GST
Hager Abunahwa
Process Engineer, NPCC & Wiser Pioneer, Masdar
Moustafa Amr Bayoumi
Research Fellow - Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy
Break 10 mins
The Role of Education in Supporting Young People’s Actions in Accelerating the Energy Transition
17 JAN 11:35 AM - 11:40 AM GST
Francesco La Camera
Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Tapping Into the Power of Young People for Climate Action
17 JAN 11:41 AM - 11:56 AM GST
Mohamed Alnoaimi
Sr. Engineer, Drilling - ADNOC Onshore
Ineza Umuhoza Grace
Founder and CEO, The Green Protector & Coordinator, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition
Abigael Jerop Kiprono Kima
Climate Justice Advocate & Host and Producer, Hali Hewa Podcast
Youth Climate Advocacy and Leadership - In Partnership with UNICEF
17 JAN 11:57 AM - 12:27 PM GST
Natalie Esmail
Climate and Youth Engagement Specialist, UNICEF
Ayshka Najib
UNICEF Youth Advocate
Shravani Sharma
Urban and Transport Planner, University of Warwick
Dr. Mishari Al-Saud
Chairman, Faseel
Ahmed Abdelsattar Mohsen Eldeeb
Quality Control Chemist, Egyptian Canadian for Advanced Industry
Readiness for Climate Finance: Priority actions to increase access to climate finance for non-state actors
17 JAN 12:28 PM - 12:38 PM GST
H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin
UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27
Empowering Youth Participation in Climate Decision Making - In Partnership with TAQA
17 JAN 12:39 PM - 1:09 PM GST
Al Reem Al Ammari
TAQA Youth Council Member
Omar Al Braiki
Head of Climate Negotiations, The UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change
Azza Al Raisi
Senior Sustainability Specialist, ADNOC
Abdulla Al Remeithi
Director - Environment Policy, Regulation and Climate Change, Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi
Meera Al Mheiri
Senior Inspection Engineer, Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
Ali Al Shimmari
Asset Manager GCC, Abu Dhabi Energy Company (TAQA)
Lunch Break 1 hour
MC Note
17 JAN 02:00 PM - 02:02 PM GST
Abdelqader AlSaqqaf
UAE Youth Delegate to the United Nations & Future Sustainability Leader, Y4S
Role of Youth in Actively Shaping Pathways Toward Net Zero
17 JAN 02:03 PM - 02:10 PM GST
H.E. Mariam Al Mheiri
Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE
Building Momentum From COP27 Towards COP28: Amplifying youth voices in the climate process
17 JAN 02:11 PM - 02:31 PM GST
Joshua Amponsem
Climate Lead, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, United Nations
Zainab Al Ali
Head of Outreach & Stakeholder Relations, Masdar
Iman Ustadi
Project Manager, Hail & Ghasha Program, ADNOC
DR. Omnia El Omrani
Youth Envoy, Egypt
MC Note
17 JAN 02:42 PM - 02:45 PM GST
Abdelqader AlSaqqaf
UAE Youth Delegate to the United Nations & Future Sustainability Leader, Y4S
What’s Trending: Is green hydrogen the future of energy?
17 JAN 02:46 PM - 02:56 PM GST
Mohammad Abdelqader El Ramahi
Executive Director of Green Hydrogen, Masdar
Solving Climate Change: Why now is the best time to be a climate entrepreneur?
17 JAN 02:57 PM - 03:05 PM GST
Nelson Switzer
Managing Partner, Climate Innovation Capital
The Next-Generation Tech Innovations and Trends That Will Shape the Coming Decade
17 JAN 03:06 PM - 03:26 PM GST
Sonia Weymuller
Co-founder and General Partner, VentureSouq
Sean Dennis
CEO and Co-founder, Seafood Souq
Patricia Bubner
Founder and CEO, Orbillion Bio
Adam Filby
VP Sales, Dendra Systems
Disruptive Innovations to Shape Food Ecosystems - In Partnership with Ne'ma
17 JAN 03:27 PM - 03:37 PM GST
Butti Abdulla Almheiri
Analyst, Ne'ma Initiative
Break 10 mins
Space and Climate Action: How can we leverage space technology to accelerate climate action on Earth?
17 JAN 03:48 PM - 03:58 PM GST
Filip Novakovic
Incoming Analyst at J.P. Morgan & Future Sustainability Leader, Y4S
Carissa Bryce Christensen
Founder and CEO, BryceTech
The Role and Importance of Green Schools
17 JAN 04:10 PM - 04:30 PM GST
Lana Abuqulbain
Technical Engineer, Emirates Green Building Council
Rose Armour
Head of Sustainability, American University of Sharjah
Farah Naz
Author of NetzeroCityBook & Head of Innovation and ESG, AECOM Middle East and Africa
Samer Alhmdan
Senior Architect (LEED), dar
Digitization and Decarbonization: The new frontier - In Partnership with InvestCorp
17 JAN 04:31 PM - 04:41 PM GST
Habib Abdur-Rahman
ESG Lead, Investcorp
Beyond Digitalization: Future trends impacting the AgFood system
17 JAN 04:42 PM - 04:52 PM GST
Sara Almarzooqi
Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineer & Future Sustainability Leader, Y4S
David Rosenberg
CEO and Co-founder, AeroFarms
Rewiring the Financial Services Sector to Deliver a Net Zero Future - In Partnership with HSBC
17 JAN 04:53 PM - 05:03 PM GST
Naveen Raza
Regional Sustainability & Financial Inclusion Lead for the Chief of Staff Office, HSBC
MC Note
18 JAN 10:00 AM – 10:03 AM GST
Abdelqader AlSaqqaf
UAE Youth Delegate to the United Nations & Future Sustainability Leader, Y4S
Opening Remarks
18 JAN 10:04 AM - 10:11 AM GST
H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
President & CEO, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA)
Filling the Talent Gap: How can we attract the next generation of talent to drive the NetZero transition?
18 JAN 10:12 AM - 10:19 AM GST
H.E. Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi
Minister of State for Foreign Trade, UAE
Creativity, Music & Climate Action
18 JAN 10:31 AM - 10:46 AM GST
Elie Habib
Co-founder and CTO, Anghami
The Power of Platforms to Reskill the World
18 JAN 10:47 AM - 10:57 AM GST
Zaher Srour
Director of Partnerships in EMEA, Coursera
Partner Session - In Partnership with Mubadala Investment Company
18 JAN 10:58 AM - 11:08 AM GST
Fatima Al Marzouqi
Director of Portfolio Emirtization, Mubadala
Skills for Our Learning Future
18 JAN 11:09 AM - 11:17 AM GST
Louka Parry
Founder and CEO, The Learning Future
From Mega-event to Clean, Green Education Hub - In Partnership with Expo City Dubai
18 JAN 11:18 AM - 11:28 AM GST
Mohamed Abdelsalam
Research Engineer, Khalifa University & Future Sustainability Leader, Y4S
Anoosha AlMarzouqi
Director – Education and Culture, Expo City Dubai
Green Jobs and Youth - In Partnership with IRENA
18 JAN 11:29 AM - 11:44 AM GST
Celia García-Baños
Programme Officer - Policy, Gender and Socioeconomics, IRENA
Jane Nakasamu
CEO, Greenbelt Energy & IRENA Youth Delegate
Subah Alkhaldi
Rotating Equipment Engineer & IRENA Youth Delegate
Break 10 mins
Integrating Sustainability Competencies Into the Classroom: Moving towards solutions - In Partnership with AUS
18 JAN 11:55 AM - 12:20 PM GST
Rose Armour
Head of Sustainability, American University of Sharjah
May Zaki
Associate Professor of Linguistics, Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah
Mada Al Suwaidi
Deputy Director of Programs, Dubai Cares
Norita Ahmed
Director, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning & Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, American University of Sharjah
Haya Al-Mansoori
Student, American University of Sharjah
UAE Climate Schools - In Partnership with PepsiCo
18 JAN 12:21 PM - 12:31 PM GST
Aamer Sheikh
CEO, PepsiCo Middle East
Dr. Nabil Alyousuf
Senior Fellow at the Posterity Institute & Former Director General of the Executive Office of HH Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai
Tackling The Climate Crisis Through Social Entrepreneurship
18 JAN 12:32 PM - 12:42 PM GST
Mónica Fonseca
Climate Advocate, Journalist and Socialpreneur
Insights from COP In Partnership with ADNOC 27 and Pathway to COP28 - In Partnership with ADNOC
18 JAN 12:43 PM - 12:55 PM GST
Mohamed Alnoaimi
Sr. Engineer, Drilling - ADNOC Onshore
Intergenerational Collaboration for the Energy Transition: Case studies from around the world - In Partnership with SES 2023
18 JAN 12:56 PM - 01:16 PM GST
Beniamin Strzelecki
Global Focal Point, SDG7 Youth Constituency, FSL Member
Joyce Mendez
Climate Change Specialist, UNICEF Paraguay
Nicole Iseppi
Director of Energy, Bezos Earth Fund
How Diversity and STEM Careers Can Help Fight the Climate Change Challenge? - In Partnership with GE
18 JAN 01:17 PM - 01:32 PM GST
Belgin Ertam
Senior HR Manager MENAT and Global Organizational & Talent Development Leader, GE
Nithin Murali
Director – Data Operations, GE Gas Power
Championing Sustainability Without Sustainability Credentials - In Partnership with Etihad Airways
18 JAN 01:33 PM - 01:43 PM GST
Alanoud Saeed Alshehhi
Government Affairs Manager
Inspired by Sheikh Zayed to Lead: A case study in successful youth action - In Partnership with ZSP
18 JAN 01:44 PM - 01:51 PM GST
Toby Thorpe
Deputy Mayor, Huon Valley Council
Closing Remarks
18 JAN 01:52 PM - 02:02 PM GST
H.E. Eng. Ahmed Mohammed Al Rumaithi
Undersecretary, Abu Dhabi Department of Energy