Experts
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Here are a few of our worldclass experts:
Kristof Van Hove
Creative Director
Plopsa Group
Jim Heverin
Director
Zaha Hadid Architects
Bashar Kassab
Director of Facility Management
Burj Khalifa
Dikkie Scipio
Co-founder
KAAN Architecten
Joris Beckers
Head of Public and Government Affairs
Tomorrowland
Olivier Harnisch
CEO
Emaar Hospitality Group
Andre Naude
Managing Director
Mirage Leisure and Development
Reid Donovan
Technical Director
Aecom
Dick van Wageningen
Director
Felix Claus Dick Van Wageningen Architecten
Fleur Rossdale
Managing Director
Interior Design House Ltd
Mads Wolff
General Manager
25hours Hotel One Central
Camille Oostwegel
Founder
Oostwegel Collection
Mark Smith
Technical Director
Muvi Cinemas
Peter De Durpel
COO
Nextensa
Werner Anzinger
General Manager
The Mandarin Oriental
Ahmad Hussain
Deputy CEO
DXB Entertainments
Fadi Jabri
CEO
Nikken Sekkei
Renaud Salmon
Chief Experience Officer
House of Amouage
René van Schie
Director of Accommodations and Day Attractions
Metropoolregio Amsterdam
Patrick Fransen
Founder
NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture
Sascha Triemer
Vice President Marine and Aquaventure Waterpark
Atlantis, The Palm
Edward Leenders
Managing Director
Corinthia Hotels Limited
Niels Bouwman
General Pavilion Director The Netherlands Dubai Expo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands)
Frans Vreeke
Director
TivoliVredenburg
Amit Nayak
Asset Manager & Development Lead
WASL Hospitality
Maarten Markus
Managing Director
NH Hotel Group Benelux, France, UK, Africa
Aino Jansen
Project Director EXPO 2025 Osaka
Rijksoverheid
Richard Alexander
General Manager
The Lana
Ill-Sam Park
Associate Partner
Foster + Partners
Irene Forte
Group Project Director
Rocco Forte Hotels
Deana Taylor
Deputy General Manager
Ferrari World
Tom Roelens
COO
Wynn Al Marjan Island
Bart van Kampen
Architect-Partner
De Zwarte Hond
Abdullah Al Busaidi
Secretary General
Oman Society of Engineers
Huib Pasman
Chief Innovation Officer
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Dunia Joulani
Director
Deloitte Middle East
Martin Castle
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Raf Degens
CEO
Corda Campus
Robert Yordi
General Curator
SeaWorld Yas Island
François Delahaye
Director of Operations
Dorchester Collection
Louis Abi Abboud
Head of Middle East
Ennismore
Erik Moederscheim
Creative Director
Moederscheim Moonen Architects
Erik Vanden Berghe
General Manager Real Estate, Construction & Maintenance
Kinepolis Group Belgium
Klaas Odink
Director
Kopare Leisure Development
Keith Gavin
Design Director
Godwin Austen Johnson
Ginu Sam
Hotel Manager
Erth, Abu Dhabi
Bob Claeys
R&D Director
Kinepolis Group
Ronald Luyben
General Manager
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
Mubarak Al Shamisi
Director Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
Dayakar Reddy
Director of Engineering
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Simon Gheysens
International Real Estate Investor and Developer
Ghelamco
Cristian Fumado
Vice President
Kerzner International
Robert Platt
Vice President, Visitor Experience
Expo2020 Dubai
Jamie Vivian
Business Director
Muvi Cinemas
Stéphane Beel
Director
Stéphane Beel Architecten
Katell Bourgeois
Director Hotels & Hospitality
Cushman & Wakefield
Gijs Joosen
Leading Professional Parametric Design
Royal HaskoningDHV
Thomas Rau
Founder
RAU
Bart Leclercq
Head of Studio KSA
Brewer Smith Brewer Group
Peter Bertin
Managing Director
Ford Belux
Abdulaziz Al Khoori
Executive Director Strategy and Transformation
Miral
Jeff Brown
General Manager
La Perle
Paul Bridger
COO
Rove Hotels
Coen van Dijck
Director
D/DOCK
Marilu Sicoli
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Carolien Gehrels
European Cities Director
Arcadis
Marieke van Bommel
Director
MAS
Sydney Koster
Retail Expert & Design Manager
URW
Seppe Raaphorst
Director Urban Development
City of Apeldoorn
Jaap den Bleker
Team Lead Design & Development
Efteling
Martijn van Rheenen
CEO
Monumental Capital
Remco Groenhuijzen
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Mövenpick Netherlands
Jakub Stefan Adamowicz
Director of Engineering
The Lana
Dara Towhidi
Architect-Partner
Foster + Partners
Aleksandra Nastic
Lead Designer
Woods Bagot
Suhaila Saeed Al Munthari
Conferences & Exhibitions Affairs Unit Head
Convention and Exhibition Bureau
Joseph Fowler
Director Programming & Events
Dubai Opera
Bernard Van Oranje
Owner
Circuit Zandvoort
Yohei Arai
Deputy Director
Japan Association for 2025 World Exposition
Mohamed Hegazy
Head of Building Supervision and Senior Technical Director
WSP
Kent Cooper
Executive Commercial Director
La Perle
Michiel Riedijk
Partner
Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UN Studio
Ton Fleuren
Commercial Director & Business Development
Heijmans
Stuart Johnson
Managing Director
Brown’s Hotel
Liesbeth van der Pol
Director
Dok Architecten
Richard Johnson
General Manager
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah
Jaap van Baar
Financial Manager
PSV
Yusef Shalabi
COO
Al Habtoor Group
Janus Rostock
Vice President & Regional Director
AECOM
Khawla al Hashimi
Director of Project Development
Shurooq
Gijs Hendriks
Development Manager
Boskalis
Julien Kauffmann
CEO
Farah Experiences
Liesl Vivier
Director
BDP Rotterdam
Paul Hooper
Director-Architect
Hooper Architects
Mark Kirby
General Manager
Armani Hotel
Jan Müller
Director
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Erwin Vrijens
Head of Real Estate
Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV)
Thalita van der Valk
Sales and Marketing
Van der Valk International
Nadja Van Houten
Director
Bureau Bouwtechniek