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7th Global Vertical Farming Show | September, 2026 | Dubai

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GVF 2026

Speakers

GVF 2025 speaker

Ministry of Climate Change & Environment - UAE - https://www.moccae.gov.ae/en/home.aspx

His Excellency Marwan Abdulla Alzaabi

Assistant Undersecretary of Regions Sector

Ministry of Climate Change & Environment - UAE

Tariq Alsuwaidi

Economics Expert

Ministry of Economy

Talal Mohammed Akeil Wishah

Director - Investment Department

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID)

Valentina Perelli

SALES MANAGER

I.E.M.A

Mahdi Alhindawi

CEO

Enjazponic

Søren Nørrelund Kannik-Marquardsen

Minister Counsellor for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries in the MENA region

The Trade Council of Denmark in the UAE

Ahmad Mukhtar

Senior Economist/Head of Strategy and Policy Unit

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Tom Stenzel

Executive Director

CEA Alliance

Farah Chakhachiro

Vice President

Gracia Group

Giulio Caselli

CEO / Co-Founder

Wallfarm srl

Josef Schmidhuber

Chief Sustainability Officer

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Dr. Mahamadou Tounkara

Regional Director- Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

Global Green Growth Institute - GGGI

Jerome Auchere France

Senior Director

World Green Economy Organization

Habiba Al Mar'ashi

Co-Founder & Chairperson

Emirates Environmental Group EEG

Derek Oxford

CEO and Founder

Total Grow Control

Ying Hau

COO

Trolmaster Agro Instruments

Piyush Surana

Vice President

Gulf Islamic Investments

Jonathan Laperdrix

Account Manager

Körber Technologies Gmbh

Ministry of Climate Change & Environment - UAE - https://www.moccae.gov.ae/en/home.aspx

Alessandro Mori,

Business Unit Manager – Munters Italy AirTech Division x

Munters Europe AB

Giovanni Angiolini

Director Middle East & Africa

Dutch Greenhouse Delta

Bilal Ahmad Khan

Partner

EY-Parthenon

Patricia Livingston

CEO

80 Acres

Tristan Fischer

Founder and Group CEO

Fischer Farms

Kevin Higgins

Founder

GROW LOCAL LLC

Mustafa Zaffer

CEO & Co-Founder

Open Farming

Nienke Gelderloos

Agricultural Advisor, UAE

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Eng. Khaled Saeed Al Blooshi

Plant Development Lead

Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority

Shirley Shahar

General Partner

Desert Venture

Danish Aziz Hurzuk

Head of Business Development and Sales

Emirates Bustanica

Thea-Isabella Otto

Founder

Women in CEA

Deepak Pareek

Founder - HnyB, Technology Pioneer

World Economic Forum Hny B

Hamza Abuelgasim

Free Zone Specialist

Masdar City

Amit Grover

Managing Partner & General Partner

Grover & Company | Grover Impact Ventures

Umesh Chopra

Market Intelligence Manager

Sharjah Coop

Gaurav Sharma

Global Agribusiness Research Lead

Accenture

Rama Subramanian

Independent Advocate & Environmental Crusader

Vaidehi Ventures ( Partner)

Rami Harajli

Chief Investment Officer

IVI Holding