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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:

Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands

Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development

Carolien Gehrels
European Cities Director
Arcadis

Findlay Ross
Director
Theatre Projects

Eleni Tsolakou
Cluster Hotel Manager
Hilton

Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa

Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom

Koen Claesen
CEO
Van Mossel Automotive Group

Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera

Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson

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

Paul van Bergen
Managing Director
DGMR

Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas

Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International

Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group

Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid

Jeanet van Antwerpen
Director
Schiphol Area Development Company

Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA

Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten

Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV

Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group

Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam

Amir Lababedi
Managing Director
Hilton

Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei

Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel

Marc Alofs
General Manager
Botanic Sanctuary

Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas

Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten

Marco Hueckel
Managing Partner
Facts & Fiction

Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU

Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn

Henk Markerink
Chief Executive Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA

Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield

Michiel Roelfsema
General Manager
Hotel Okura Amsterdam

Sergio Herman
Entrepreneur
Strandhotel Cadzand-Bad

Guido Gryseels
Director
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika

Samuel Sedrak
Design Director
ASGC Construction

Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture

Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International

Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East

Richard Alexander
General Manager
The Lana

Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten

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

Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital

Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort

Christine Conix
CEO
CONIX RDBM Architects

Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences

Koen Nulens
Head of Real Estate
LRM

Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group

Richard Fenne
Director
Woods Bagot

Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments

Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island

Gert Jansens
Director
Regie der Gebouwen

François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection

Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot

Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral

Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal
Executive Chairman
Shurooq

Jimmy Kok
Director of F&B
Atlantis, The Palm

Niklaas Deboutte
Partner
META Architectuurbureau

Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP

Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island

Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners

Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited

Mounir Lakkis
Director of Engineering
Burj Al Arab

Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)

Edwin de Kuiper
Executive Board Member
Ballast-Nedam

Simon Crispe
Director
WS Atkins & Partners

Chaim Scheepers
General Manager
The Hoxton Brussels

Abdullah Al Busaidi
Secretary General
Oman Society of Engineers

Julien Demonté
Director Aqualibi
Walibi Belgium

Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg

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

Kees van Casteren
Associate
OMA

Maurice Korenblik
Project Architect
Benthem Crouwel Architects

Alaa El Sonbaty
Technical Manager
DAR

Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK

Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa

Michael Koth
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten

Mubarak Al Shamisi
Director Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi

Gerbrand Borgdorff
Director
Theateradvies

Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm

Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans

Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)

Anton Vliegenthart
Director
De Doelen

Louis-Gabriel Fichet
Director
Ducasse Paris

Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel

Peter Bakkum
Head Project Management Renovation and Expansion
Paleis Het Loo

Gurkan Atasever
Area Director of Engineering
Marriott

Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana

Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore

Olga Polizzi
Director of Design
Rocco Forte Hotels

Martijn Cosijn
Head of Construction Management
URW

Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi

René van Schie
Director of Accommodations and Day Attractions
Metropoolregio Amsterdam

Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects

Joris Vrielynck
Director Project Development
Compagnie Het Zoute

Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality

Irene Forte
Group Project Director
Rocco Forte Hotels

Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects