THINKLIGHT Conference
Andrea Hartranft
FIALD, Principal, Hartranft Lighting Studios
Andrenna D'souza
Founder & Director, Studio Aurora
Andrew Bates
Associate Director - Lighting, Red Sea Global
Anna Magritskaya Lebedeva
Managing Director, Theatre of Digital Arts
Balint Tordai
Co-Founder, Managing Director, kanvas
Cherine Saroufim
Interior Architect - Lighting Designer, Atelier Saroufim - Idepconsult
Courtney Mark
Design Director & Founder, STUDIO MARK
Dan Lister
President, Society of Light and Lighting (SLL), Director - UK Lighting Practice Leader, Arup
David Gilbey
Founder & Creative Director, d-lighting
Dr Emrah Baki Ulas
Associate Professor, The University of Sydney & Technical Director, Steensen Varming
Eleftheria Deko
Founder, Eleftheria Deko and Associates Lighting Design
Faraz Izhar
Lead Lighting Designer, AE7
Frankie Boyle
Creative Director, Frankie Boyle Studio
Gary Thorton
Director, Nulty
Giovanni Zambri
Project Design Director, SMITH TAIT
Graham Rollins
Creative Director, Lighting Design International
Kevin Grant
Founder + Creative Director, LIGHTALLIANCE
Koert Vermeulen
Founder, ACTLD.com (ACT Lighting Design)
Konstantin Klaas
Director, Licht Kunst Licht Berlin
Kristina Zanic
CEO, Kristina Zanic Consultants
Lee Sweetman
Partner, dpa Lighting Consultants
Lisa Reed
Principal, Reed Burkett Lighting Design
Malak Adel
Course Director | The Lighting Institute
Mark Lien
Consultant, Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) & President, Augmented Illumination LLC
Myriam Patricia Lopez
Advisor, Architectural Lighting
Masa Suica
Senior Lighting Designer, Umaya Lighting Design
Maria Dautant
Senior Associate, HLB Lighting
Martin Lupton
Co-Founder, Light Collective UK
Nadia Al Badri
Lecturer –Fine Arts and Design, University of Sharjah
Nonita Sabin
Associate Director, Neolight Global
Nikos Moskofidis
Partner, dpa Lighting Consultants
Poonam Mehta
Senior Designer, Studio Lumen
Peter Veale
Design Director | FPOV
Paul Nulty
Founder, Nulty
Sharon Stammers
Co-Founder, Light Collective UK
Sarvdeep Singh Basur
Principal, Lucent Worldwide
Sophie O’Rourke
Senior Lighting Designer, AECOM
Sergio Padula
Technical Director, iGuzzini
Stephanie Hreiki
Senior Lighting Designer, WSP
Waleed Fakousa
Principal, CD+M Lighting Design Group & Founder | The Lighting Institute
Ziad Fattouh
Managing Director, Delta Lighting Design
Smart Building Summit
Abdallah Mahmoud
President, ASHRAE Falcon Chapter
Alan Jackson
Intelligent Lighting Evangelist, Business Development Specialist
Ali Al Suwaidi
Vice President, Middle East Facilities Management Association
Artur Bäcker
Marketing & Sales, Weinzierl Engineering GmbH
Ayeda Abdulla
Project Management Team Leader, Dubai Municipality
Aza Elnimah
Senior Associate Consultant -Sustainability, AESG
Azmi S. Aboulhoda
CEO, Emergy
Bashar Kassab
Vice President - Community Management, KAFD
Dr. Bhakti More
Chairperson & Professor, School of Design & Architecture, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai Campus
Casey Rutland
Chair, buildingSMART United Kingdom & Ireland
Charlotte Langthaler
Global Director Smart Building, CBRE
Chris Smeaton
Global Design Director, Hirsch Bedner Associates - HBA
Corey Gray
Chair, Smart Cities Council
Davide Levi
Export Sales Manager, Blumotix Srl
Feda Tahboub
Head of Projects, Deyaar Development PJSC
Giuseppe Pagin
Head of Smart Buildings, Dar Al Handasah Shair and Partners
Grace Najjar
CEO, Align Management Solutions
Greg Walker
CEO, ASHB
Hassan Abou Jawhar
Director for the AMCA European and Middle East regions (EMEA), AMCA International
Dr. Hassam Chaudhry
Assistant Professor at School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University
Dr. Hossam Elshenraki
Professor of Cyber Crime Investigation & Head of Police Management Department, Dubai Police Academy
Hassan Younes
Co - CEO & Founder, GRFN
Isaac Coker
Senior Technical Director - Building Services, WSP
Jose De La Uz Pardos
Mayor Laz Rozas & President, Spanish Network of Smart Cities (RECI)
Juan Tena Florez
Digital Services Director, KEO International Consultants
Dr. Jassim Al Awadhi
Senior Director - Digital Transformation Principal, Independent Expert
Jyothiradithyan Makkantheri
Marketing Manager, Can'nX
Jack Zhan
General Manager of International Sales, GVS Smart
Eng. Khaled Ahmed
Director - Development Control and Licensing Management, Al-Ahsa Municipality KSA
Kenneth Okai
Building IT Infrastructure Unit Head, Louvre Abu Dhabi
Louise Collins
Partner, Focal Middle East
Mohammed Imran Shaikh
Director of MEP – Middle East, Ramboll & Chair, CIBSE UAE
Matthew Marson
Managing Director, EMEA – Technology Advisory, JLL
Majd Fayyad
DSM Strategy & Policy Lead, Supreme Council of Energy
Marij Alberts
Account manager, xxter
Maher Al Kaabi
Independent Board Member, Al Serkal Group & Member, UAE Circular Economy Council
Mark Verheyen
Global Thought Leader, Smart Cities Council
Mohannad Salam
Regional Lead – Smart Cities Advisory Middle East | AtkinsRéalis
Mohamed Eldesouky
BIM Manager, Dewan Architects & Engineers
Mohammad Hattab
General Manager, JUNG
Mohammed Hidayath
Head of Department – Sustainability, Alpin Limited
Michał Szopa
Product Owner, SIMLAB Sp. z o.o.
Mubarik Hussain
IT Director, Distinguished Real Estate
Majeed Uz Zafer
Founder, Light Factor
Nabil Shahin
Managing Director, AHRI
Dr. Nader Ghazal
Chairman, African-Asian Council for AI & Cybersecurity
Nicky Dobreanu
Branch Director, Omnium International
Paul Drosihn
General Manager, DALI Alliance
Ramachandra Yermal
Advisor – Big Data & Data Platforms, Department of Government Enablement
Ridab Imad
Senior Specialist – Project Manager AI & Big Data, RTA
Sumith Sukumaran
General Manager, Quality Facilities Management
Said El Haouasli
CEO, Land Sterling
Snehashis Sharma
General Manager, Elsner Elektronik GmbH
Sarah Jaber
Senior Sustainability Associate, AESG
Sayantan Sarkar
Digital Advisory - Smart City, WSP
Dr. Samiullah Khan
Chief Sustainability Officer, Fakhruddin Holdings
Stephen Goldie
City Planning Advisor, Al Ain City Municipality - Department of Municipalities & Transport
Stephen Woodnutt
CEO, Delmatic
Steven Fry-Harris
Associate Director, Cundall
Steven Yule
Director of Intelligent Transformation, Jacobs - Middle East
Taj Kollara
Managing Director, TOTAL Automation
Tarek Mostafa
Sales Manager-UAE, INTERRA
Tim Shelton
Adjunct Professor of Business, Alliance Manchester Business School
Eng. Roaa Al Khatib
Chief Lightovation Officer & Specifications Engineer, Government Entity
Vladan Hasesic
Chair – Intelligent Buildings Group | CIBSE
Waqar Hasan
CEO, Ittihad Community Management
Youssef Shady
Managing Director | Leviton
Yamin Shihab
Chief Development Officer, Prestige One
InSpotLight
Alla Fillipovich
Lighting Designer, 962Light
Amardeep Dugar
Founder & Principal, Lighting Research & Design
Andy Shaw
Managing Partner, AMA & Chair, RIBA Gulf Chapter
Ayazhan Assanova
Ambassador in Kazakhstan, Women In Lighting
Andrea Hartranft
Principal, Hartranft Lighting Studios
Ahmed Bayashout
Founder and Design Director, Studio A
Brienne Willcock
Director of Education and Standards, Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
Chris Slattery
Team-Lead Project Sales and Services, Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
Cherine Saroufim
Interior Architect - Lighting Designer, Atelier Saroufim - Idepconsult
Dalal Alsharhan
CEO, DAL Studio
Dan Lister
President, Society of Light and Lighting (SLL), Director - UK Lighting Practice Leader, Arup
Emma Cogswell
Founder, TandEm
Erin Denkovska
Lighting Designer, Delta Lighting Design
Jelena Lazarevic
Associate, Foundry London
Jinane Abi Kalil
Design Director, Moonlight Architectural Squad - MASQ
Linus Lopez
Partner, Lirio Lopez Lighting Design Consultants
Maria Dautant
Senior Associate, HLB Lighting
Maryam Aghajani
Independent Lighting Designer
Mark Lien
Consultant, Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), President, Augmented Illumination LLC
Matt Waring
Editor, arc magazine
Matteo Toscan
Head of Application Street and Area, Inventronics
Nadine Baalbaki
Founder, Light The Detail
Regina Santos
Founder, Light Fusion
Randy Reid
Editor, designing lighting
Dr. Riad Saraiji
Professor and Dean, College of Architecture, Art, and Design, Ajman University
Ranjith K
Director, Veda Lighting Design, Dubai
Rupert Tait
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Smith Tait
Sergio Padula
Technical Director, iGuzzini
Sakina Dugawalla - Moeller
Founder, Light Func
Surbhi Jindal
Founder & CEO, Da Light Hub
Tad Trylski
Founder, TandEm
Tac Lion
General Manager, Media Façade
Teresa Beazley
Commercial & Training Manager, The Lighting Industry Association
Vrushali Mhatre
Program Director of Studies, Heriot Watt University
Yuliya de la Calle
Founder and Principle Designer, Station 22