Construction Week Middle East is thrilled to announce that Eng Thabet m Al-Swayeed, the Governor of Saudi Contractors Authority (SCA) will be the keynote speaker at the Leaders in Construction KSA summit, which will be held on 28 September 2022 at the Sheraton Riyadh Hotel in Saudi Arabia.
Held in conjunction with Construction Week Saudi, the half-day event will deep dive into the kingdom’s rapidly growing construction industry, and shine a spotlight on conversations around the country’s growth trajectory, which is underpinned by multi-billion dollar gigaprojects.
Eng Al-Swayeed’s keynote speech titled The exponential growth of construction industry in Saudi Arabia will analyse how the number and value of mega projects around the country – all of which are colossal – are set to transform the country’s construction landscape, the standard of living, and lifestyle.
As SCA’s Governor, Eng Al-Sawyeed is responsible for running all facets of the business and its operational plan. As a founding leader in 2016, he formulated the Authority’s business strategy working closely with more than 50 key strategic government and private stakeholders and has been leading the authority ever since executing its strategy resulting in achieving its planned objectives.
The Leaders KSA event will feature presentations, panel discussions, and fireside chats with esteemed members from the industry, in addition to Eng Al-Sawyeed’s keynote speech.
The Leaders KSA event will follow the below running order:
Session 1 – 09:05 – 09:20
Keynote speech: The exponential growth of construction industry in Saudi Arabia by Eng. Thabet M. Al-Sawyeed, Governor at Saudi Contractors Authority.
Session 2 – 09:20AM – 09.35AM
Presentation: Suitability as a key pillar for construction sector evolution by Tamer Shafik, Vice President for Business Development at Orascom Construction.
Session 3 – 09.35AM – 10.15AM
Panel 1: Progress report of Saudi Arabia’s gigaprojects with panel members Samer Daoud, Managing Director at KEO Infrastructure; Anthony McCarter, Country Director of Middle East at Ramboll; Darren Burke, General Manager Saudi Arabia at ALEC; and Saud Mohammed Alsulaimani, KSA Country Head at JLL.
Session 4 – 10.15AM – 10.45AM
Panel 2: Driving the growth of EPC projects with sustainability at the core with panel members Maria Deus, Legal Director at HFW; Julian Haslam-Jones, Managing Director of Middle East & Asia at CCi; Tamer Shafik, Vice President for Business Development at Orascom Construction; and Dean Ryburn, Partner at Dentons.
Session 5 – 10.45AM – 11.00AM
Fireside chat 1: Modular construction – becoming an advanced mode of construction in KSA by Waleed Khaled, Regional Director at Losberger De Boer.
Session 6 – 11.30AM – 12.00PM
Panel 3: Embedding digital transformation into construction with panel members Richard Jowett, Head of Buildings KSA at Ramboll; Ash T. Arshad, General Manager at Resa Gulf Scaffolding; and Barry McGinn, Sales Director, Capital Projects at Cyberhawk.
Session 7 – 12.00PM – 12.15PM
Fireside chat 2: The effective integration of ventilated facades with Eddy Abou Khalil, Regional Director Middle East & India at COSENTINO.
Session 8 – 12.15PM – 12.45PM
Panel 4: The art of designing and building tourism and entertainment projects with panel members Lee French, Partner & Operations Director MENA at Cundall; Marwan Abbas, Project Director at Khatib & Alami; and Garald Todd, Director – Property & Buildings at WSP Middle East.
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