Urban visionaries @2025APCS
HE Reem Al Hashimy
UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, CEO
Expo City Dubai Authority
HE Abdulla Mohammed Al Basti
Secretary General
The Executive Council, Dubai
HE Ahmad Burqibah
Chief Executive Officer
Dubai Resilience Center
HE Dawood Al Shezawi
President
Annual Investment Meeting (AIM)
HE Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
Mayor of Abuja
Nigeria
HE Issam Kazim
Chief Executive Officer
Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing
HE Eng Marwan Ahmed Bin Ghalita
Director General
Dubai Municipality
HE Dr Moza Suwaidan
Chief Executive Officer of Digital Applications & Platforms Sector
Digital Dubai Authority
HE Dr Nawal Al Hosany
Permanent Representative of the UAE
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
HE Prof Peter Anyang’ Nyong’O
Governor of Kisumu County
Kenya
HE Rasaque Manhique
Mayor of Maputo
Mozambique
HE Hon Sakaja Arthur Johnson
Governor of Nairobi
Republic of Kenya
HE Uba Sani
Executive Governor of Kaduna State
Nigeria
HE Younus Al Nasser
Chief Executive Dubai Data & Statistics
Digital Dubai Authority
Sima Ganwani Ved
Founder and Chairwoman
Apparel Group
Abdullah Al Hosani
Strategic Planning Director
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
Adam Allan
Civic Cabinet Chair - City Planning and Suburban Renewal
Brisbane City Council
Dr Abdulla Alshaikh
Head of Diplomatic and Consular Affairs Department
Dubai Police
Abdulla Lootah
Deputy Minister
Cabinet Affairs For Competitiveness And Experience Exchange
Abilio Brunini
Mayor of Cuiaba
Brazil
Abdulrahman Ibrahim
Chief Data and Innovation Officer
Al-Madinah Region Development Authority
Dr Adib El Moubadder
Chief Executive Officer
Emicool
Adrian Schrinner
Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Australia
Ahmed Al Khatib
Chief Development and Delivery Officer
Expo City Dubai
Ahmed Mukhtar
FAO Representative (a.i) to United Arab Emirates
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Aisha Ahmed
Senior Marketing Manager
Expo City Dubai
Aissata M.B. Camara
Commissioner
New York City
Dr Alix Desulme
Mayor of North Miami
United States
Dr Amy Hochadel
Vice President, Urban Lab
Expo City Dubai
Amos Garcia
Senior Director
Milken Institute
Amruthraj Arogyadas
Chief of Sustainability & Space
Exalogic Consulting
Dr Anas Al Mughairy
Director General
Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI)
André Português
President
Miguel Pereira Tur
Anthony Ryan
Chief Executive Officer
Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA)
Anuela Ristani
Deputy Mayor of Tirana
Albania
Arnoud Molenaar
Global Director Resilience and Partnerships
Square Floating City
Arnaud Ngatcha
Deputy Mayor of Paris
France
Asier Abaunza Robles
Councillor Delegate for Urban Planning, Strategic Projects and Public Space
Bilbao City Council
Asif Nawaz Shah
Head of Impact and Global Partnerships, CHAMP
C40 Cities and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
Dr Ayman Elhefnawi
GCC Representative
UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
Bakulesh Mahesh Kanakia
Chief Development Officer
Emicool
Dr Benjamin Motte-Baumvol
Senior Researcher
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Brandy Scott
Presenter of the Business Breakfast - Dubai Eye 103.8 (And Dubai One Television)
Arabian Radio Network
Bryony Hilless
Consul-General Dubai and the Northern Emirates and GM Middle East, Africa and Pakistan
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Byeong-Min Kim
Vice Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul Metropolitan Government
Republic of Korea
Dr Camille Joseph Varlack
Deputy Mayor of New York City for Administration
United States
Caroline Bos
Co-founder and Principal Urban Planner
UNStudio
Caroline Faraj
CNN Vice President and CNN Arabic Editor-in-Chief
CNN
Charles Wokabi
Vice President - Head of Sustainability, Communications and Corporate Relations
Absa Bank Kenya PLC
Dr Chinmay Hegde
Chief of Astrikos
Astrikos
Chung Sik Yun
Data Strategy Division Director, Digital City Bureau
Seoul Metropolitan Government
Clare Hart
Vice-President Of International and European Affairs
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Curtis S. Chin
Chair, Senior Fellows; Sr. Advisor, Milken Institute International; Previously Chair, MI Asia Center
Milken Institute
Dario Hrebak
Mayor of Bjelovar
Croatia
David Jidy Chitta
Special Projects Associate
Charter Cities Institute
Davison Simango
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Zotus Group
Dennis Wakabayashi
Chief Executive Officer
Team Wakabayashi
Dima Al Srouri
Urban Planning Expert and Advisor
Office of the Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Urban Planning
Edward Johnson
Former Mayor of Asbury Park
United States
Eisa Sahal Habib
Influencer and Founder
Majarah Media
Eric Huybrechts
Head of International Affairs
Institut Paris Region
Eng Fahad Bin Mohammed Al-Jubair
Mayor of the Eastern Provinces
Saudi Arabia
Evandro Leitãƒo
Mayor of Fortaleza
Brazil
Fatiha El Moudni
Mayor of Rabat
Morocco
Farah Naz
Global Climate Director
Surbana Jurong
Farid Belbouab
Group Chief Executive Officer
Gulftainer
Fatima Alhammadi
Acting Executive Director, Planning & Governance Sector
Dubai Municipality
Fatma Alawi
Head of Government Affairs
Expo City Dubai Authority
Fatma Belrehif
Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau
Knowledge & Human Development Authority
Fida Al Hammadi
Acting Executive Director, Planning & Governance Sector
Dubai Municipality
Francesesco Senese
Representative of the Mayor for Foreign Affairs
Naples
Dr Honoré Gabriel Rasamimanana
Mayor of Antsirabe
Madagascar
Ghaith Al Suwaidi
Chief AI Officer of Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment
Digital Dubai Authority
George Berbari
Chief Executive Officer
DC Pro Engineering
Gertrude Rose Gamwera Buyinga
Secretary General
East African County and Local Governments Association (EACLGA)
Giorgia Rambelli
Director Mission Innovation Urban Transitions Mission
Global Covenant of Mayors For Climate & Energy (GCoM)
Gurjit Singh
Chief Development Officer
Aldar Properties
Hamad Ali Al Shehhi
Director of Roads Department
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
Hassan Sabt
Head
Youth Council
Harpreet Kaur Babla
Mayor of Chandigarh
India
Dr Heba Chehade
Head of Foresight Research
Dubai Future Foundation
Helen Blackburn
Mayor of Bundaberg Regional Council
Australia
Hend Al Naimi
Director of Digital Products Dept
Digital Dubai Authority
Ibrahim Almajali
International Trade Expert
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Ibrahim Cloak
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
InsuranceMarket.Ae
Ila Colombo
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Deond
Imran Farooq
Chief Executive Officer
Samana Group
Isabelâ Sabadi
Managing Director
22@Network Barcelona
Jacek Sutryk
Mayor of Wroclaw
Poland
Jakub Mazur
Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw
Poland
Dr Jackeline Mejias-Fuertes
Regional Director
NJSBDC at Brookdale Community College
Jamila El Mir
Insights and Activation Lead
Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority (DECCA)
João Bosco Monte
Secretary for International Relations
Fortaleza Municipality
João Marcelo Dieguez Pereira
Mayor of Nova Lima
Brazil
Jeannie Sandoval
Mayor of Malabon
Philippines
Jeong Kee Kim
Secretary-General
WeGO (World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization)
Jessica Reid
Chief of Staff to the President
Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee
Dr John Cowie
Head Economist and General Manager Investment
Brisbane Economic Development Agency
Juanjo Rubio
Population Health, Mental Health & Wellbeing Innovation
Alkalma Holdings
Karina Soraya Lance
Associate Vice President Of Business Events
Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism
Katie Beck
Urban95 Academy Manager and Policy Fellow
LSE Cities
Khadija Mahecor Diouf
Mayor of Golf Sud
Senegal
HE Khalfan Belhoul
Chief Executive Officer
Dubai Digital Authority
Khulood Khoory
Projects and Events Department Director
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority
Eng Khulood Mustafawi
Policies and Corporate Planning Specialist
Dubai Municipality
Kweku Lisk Esq
Deputy Mayor of Freetown
Sierra Leone
Liam Proberts
Managing and Creative Director
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Lyman Tu
Chief Sales Officer, Asia, Middle East & Africa
Wilo
Magd Zoorob
Chief Technology Officer
FutureOS
Maha Gorton
Head of Women's Pavilion
Expo City Dubai
Mahir Julfar
Executive Vice President
Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC)
Dr Mahmoud Al Burai
Director of the Real Estate Policies and Innovation Department
Dubai Land Department
Mahmoud Dandashly
Chief Business Officer
Lead Development
Mannat Jaspal
Director & Fellow, Climate and Energy
Observer Research Foundation Middle East
Marjan Faraidooni
Chief HR Officer and Chief of Education and Culture
Expo City Dubai
Maria Vassilakou
Former Deputy Mayor of Vienna
Austria
Dr Mahoulouth Diakhate
Deputy Mayor of Dakar
Senegal
Maitha Alshamsi
Chief Executive Officer Social Welfare and Empowerment
Community Development Authority (CDA)
Mark Cooper
Senior Director, Thought Leadership, Asia Pacific
Urban Land Institute
Dr Martin Rama
Development Economist and Former Chief Economist - Latin America and the Caribbean
The World Bank
Martino Miraglia
SDG Localization and Local Governments Programme Manager and SDG Cities Flagship Coordinator
Un-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
Michael Kpako Allotey
Mayor of Accra
Ghana
Misha Mittal
Senior Advisory, City Advisory
Expo City Dubai
Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer
Google X
Dr Mohamed Ali
Principal Future Foresight Specialist
Dubai Municipality
Mohamed Habiboulah Fall
Project Director, Aérocity Aibd and Regional Airports
Blaise Diagne International Airport, Senegal
Mohamed Sefiani
Mayor of Chefchaouen
Morocco
Dr Montaser Hiyari
Director of Capacity Building and Training
Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI)
Moussa Beidas
Partner
PWC Middle East
Muhye Mansour
Chief Development Officer
Lead Development
Murtaza Wahab
Mayor of Karachi
Pakistan
Eng Muna Abdulrahman Al Osaimi
Chief Executive Officer of Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector
Roads & Transport Authority
Dr Mustafa Saasa
Chairman and Managing Director
RAJ Group of Companies
Dr Naim Maadad
Chairman
Australian Business Council Dubai
Naveen Kumar
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Exalogic Consulting
Navdeep Hanjra
Vice President of Planning and Development
The Royal Commission for Alula
Nemeh Qatanani
Engineering Executive Director
Greater Amman Municipality
Nicholas You
Executive Director
Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation
Nadia Verjee
Executive Director, Global Initiative and Advisory Services
Expo City Dubai
Nasra Nanda
CEO
Kenya Green Building Society
Nebahat Özge Akçizmeci Üstün
General Manager Turkey & Head of Commercial Mena
YouGov
Nicola Zanca
Mayor of Gaiba
Italy
Nuno Gouveia
Advisor to the Mayor of Braga
Portugal
Nusaiba Al Marzooqi
Manager of Prices and Cost of Living Statistics At the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment
Digital Dubai Authority
Olga Dourou
Deputy Mayor of Athens
Greece
Ozan Beser
Investment Officer
IFC - International Finance Corporation
Peter Flannery
Mayor of Moreton Bay and Deputy Chair of Council of Mayors SEQ
Australia
Prateek Bhardwaj
Chief Operating Officer
FutureOS
Dr Peter Mbah
Governor of Enugu State
Nigeria
Pasquale Gandolfi
Mayor of Treviolo
Italy
Dr Parsi Gururao Diwakar
Isro Chair Professor
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
Priyanka Chaturvedi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Parliament of India
Ranime El Skaff
Co-Founder
Prop-Ai
Reem Al Falasi
President
Dubai Youth Council
Ruaa Alshehhi
Consultant
UAE SDGS Secretariate
Ryan Dsouza
Technical Project Manager
FutureOS
Ryan Knox
Managing Director
Salar International
Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham
Founder and CEO
RME Media
Rima Semaan
Director of AI and Enterprise Solutions - UAE
Microsoft
Rishabh Shrivastava
Business Excellence and Sustainability Manager
Emicool
Rohey Malick Lowe
Mayor of Banjul
Gambia
Sasoon Sadique
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer
Exalogic Consulting
Scott Smith
CEO
Council of Mayors (South East Queensland)
Shatha Al Hashmi
Advisor
Ministry of Cabinet Affairs
Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais
Secretary-General-Elect
UN Tourism
Sheena Khan
Head of Environmental Programs for Terra
Expo City Dubai
Shermin Shali
Founder
Maavyn Consultancy
Shreyesh Desai
Technology Lead
FutureOS
Shruti Narayan
Managing Director, Regions and Mayoral Engagement, and Regional Director, South and West Asia/ C40 Representative
C40 Cities
Stuart Clarke
Associate Director - Business Development and Projects Director
ARUP
Sunil Ramesh
Global Advisor
Smart Cities Council
Svetlana Picou
Senior Partner
Gratiya Consultancy
Tamreez Inam
Head of Programme, 2025APCS, Expo City Dubai Global Initiatives & Advisory
Expo City Dubai
Tanya Milligan
Mayor of the Lockyer Valley Regional Council
Australia
Dr Tarek Oliveira Shayya
Founder & Managing Director
Gratiya Advisory
Dr Sajid Pareeth
Director, Water & Climate Solutions
Expo City Dubai
Samson Emenike Ogbu
Technical Director
Z & A Waste Management & General Transport LLC
Eng Sanaa Al Alili
Director of the Urban Planning Department
Dubai Municipality
Sara Al Zarooni
Director of Data and Statistics Strategy, Planning and Governance
Digital Dubai Authority
Dr Sarah Sabry
Global Lead - Urban; Founding Chair and Steering Committee Member
Save The Children International; Global Alliance - Cities4Children
Sarwat Nassar
Head of Business and Product Support
Wilo Mena
Shaik Hamdan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Next It
Dr Sukaina Al Nasrawi
Lead, Sustainable Urban Development Portfolio
United Nations - Economic Commission For Western Asia (UN‑ESCWA)
Sumayya Vally
Founder and Principal Designer
Counterspace
Saeed Al Falasi
Executive Director of the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence
Dubai Future Foundation
Salem Al Shamsi
Vice President of International Relations
Dubai Chambers
Salma Baghdadi
Innovation Lead
Wave Global
Salim Rouhana
Lead Urban Development Specialist, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Department For Urban Development, Resilience, and Land
World Bank
Shubhendu Sharma
Founder and Director
Afforestt
Siaka Stevens
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Sherbro Island City
Stephanie Busari
Emmy and Peabody Award-Winning Journalist
CNN
Tamer Bdran
Senior Vice President
NECD Corporation
Tatsuya Sago
Director General (Investment and New Industry Promotion, International Affairs)
Economy, Trade and Industry Bureau, Kobe City Government
Tigran Avinyan
Mayor of Yerevan
Armenia
Tushar Singhvi
Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Head of Investments
Crescent Group
Tan Chee Seng
Deputy Director, Research
Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore
Usman Tareen
Chief Financial Officer
Beeah Group
Vivek Mittal
Chief Executive Officer
Africa Infra Development Association
Dr Yasmine Alaoui
Principal
Gratiya Africa
Zubair Ali
Mayor Capital Metropolitan Government Peshawar
Pakistan
Zubin Karkaria
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
VFS Global Group
Yuriko Koike
Governer of Tokyo
Japan
Mohamed Elimam
Strategic Program Consultant
Digital Dubai Authority