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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:

Ill-Sam Park
Associate Partner
Foster + Partners

Richard Alexander
General Manager
The Lana

Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture

Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition

Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP

Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS

Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group

Joeri Beusen
Director Development Benelux
Accor

Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital

Rienk Oosterhof
Chief Real Estate Officer
The Student Hotel

Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU

Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group

Marc Winters
Director
Thialf

Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio

Chaim Scheepers
General Manager
The Hoxton Brussels

Teun Koek
Director
Westfiel Mall of the Netherlands

Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans

Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International

Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International

Jaap van Baar
Financial Manager
PSV

Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute

Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW

Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland

Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam

Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group

Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal
Executive Chairman
Shurooq

Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments

Irene Forte
Group Project Director
Rocco Forte Hotels

Karim Bizid
Regional Vice President Operation & General Manager
General Hotel Management Ltd

Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond

Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore

Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo

Dieter Deketelaere
Technical Director
Plopsa Group

Gurminder Sagoo
Client Director
WSP

Henri Simons
Director
Atomium

Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)

Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island

Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera

Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson

Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel

Camille Oostwegel
Founder
Oostwegel Collection

Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten

Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa

Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects

Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development

Marina Milosev
Principal Policy Planner
London Legacy Development Corporation

Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield

Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral

Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners

Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn

Gurdish Sabharwal
Technical Director
The Oberoi Dubai

Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited

Thomas Kaferle
General Manager
SeaWorld Yas Island

Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA

Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island

Stijn Bastiaens
Vice President Marketing & Loyalty
Hilton Europe, Middle East & Africa

Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects

François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection

Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot

Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton

Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW

Rudolph Schöningh
Director Hotel Development & Franchise
Accor Group

Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad

Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort

Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg

Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM

Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau

Will Plowman
Partner
Foster + Partners

Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners

Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK

Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam

Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM

Ahmed Al Salami
Head of Building System Development Unit
Dubai Municipality

Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris

Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels

Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana

Jimmy Kok
Director of F&B
Atlantis, The Palm

Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai

Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei

Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus

Tom Grymonprez
Country Manager BeLux
Kinepolis Group Belgium

Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten

Renaud Salmon
Chief Experience Officer
House of Amouage

Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux

Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco

Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA

Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group

Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten

Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa

Christine Conix
CEO
CONIX RDBM Architects

Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid

Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag

Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels

Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East

Vincent Taapken
Creative Director
nhow Rotterdam

Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa

Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands

Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah