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

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GVF 2026

Speakers

Previous Year Speakers

Khuloud Hasan Al Nuwais

Chief Sustainability Officer

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HE. Eng Nourah Al Kaabi

Acting Undersecretary of the Food Diversity Sector

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE

Pure Harvest Smart Farms - https://www.pureharvestfarms.com/

Josef Schmidhuber

Chief Sustainability Officer

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

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Salvatore Lavallo

Head of Foreign Direct Investment

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)

Royal Danish Consulate General, Dubai - https://fae.um.dk/en

Esben Filt Jensen

Minister Counsellor for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Royal Danish Consulate General, Dubai

Donna Bennett

Counsellor (Agriculture)

Australian Embassy

JASA Packaging Solutions - https://www.jasapackaging.com/

Peyman Waziri

Managing Director MEA & APAC

JASA Packaging Solutions

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Zitouni Ould-Dada

Deputy Director

Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) & Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

Tristan Fischer

Founder and Group CEO

Fischer Farms

Gulf Islamic Investments - https://gii.ae/

Piyush Surana

Vice President

Gulf Islamic Investments

Nano Nord - http://www.nanonord.com

Martin Mindorf

Executive Member of the Board

NanoNord A/S

BW Global -

Timothy D Kendrick

President & Chief Designer

BW Global

Dutch Greenhouse Delta - www.dutchgreenhousedelta.com

Giovanni Angiolini

Director Middle East & Africa

Dutch Greenhouse Delta

Dürr Systems AG - www.durr.com

Marc Furmannek

Key Account Manager

Dürr Systems AG

World Green Economy Organization - www.worldgreeneconomy.org

Jerome Auchere

Senior Director

World Green Economy Organization

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Ziad Al Bawaliz

Regional President (Turkey, Middle East, and Africa)

Danfoss FZCO

Ralph Fritche

Senior Project Manager for Space Crop Production

NASA

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Olivier Taisne

Vice President - Commercial & Logistics

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

Beyond Greens -

Shadi Kassem

Managing Partner

Beyond Greens

Pedro Farms - https://www.pedrofarms.com/

Peter Irving C. Corvera

Chief Executive Officer

Pedro Farms

Zayndu - www.zayndu.com

Robert Woods

Sales Manager

Zayndu

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Mehlam Murtaza

Executive Director

Uns Farms

Global Green Growth Institute - GGGI - www.gggi.org

Dr. Mahamadou Tounkara

Regional Director, Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

Global Green Growth Institute - GGGI

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Vadim Timokhin

Founder & CEO

ELGRO

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Ilan Ofer

Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer

Grow-tec

Hyn B - http://www.hny-b.com/

Deepak Pareek

Technology Pioneer & Expert – Digital Transformation, World Economic Forum

Hny B

ams OSRAM Group - www.ams-osram.com

Thomas Grebner

Marketing Engineer for Horticulture Applications

ams OSRAM Group

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Frédéric Grimault

Head of Business Development and Regional Marketing - EMEA/APAC

Biotalys

B-farm - https://bfarm.tech/

Paolo Bertero

Project Manager

B-farm

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Aniol Salvador Soy

Urban Farming roject Leader

IKEA

Vertical Future - www.verticalfuture.com

Mark Pickering

Chief Commercial Officer

Vertical Future

Sharjah Sustainable City -

Tawheed Bashar

Sustainability Specialist

Sharjah Sustainable City

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Saurabh Gupta

Director

Simply Fresh

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands -

Nienke Gelderloos

Agricultural Advisor UAE

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Emir Ergec

Business Development Director

Gulf Perlite LLC

Grover Venture - https://www.grover.nz/

Amit Grover

Founding Partner & CEO

Grover Venture

Abu Dhabi Food Hub - www.adfoodhub.com

Armen Harutyunyan

Director-Department of Agro-Industrial Policy

Eurasian Economic Commission

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Praveen Sharma

Founder & Chief Consultant

Flora Consult

Kamal Gill

Chief Operating Officer & Director - Global Operations

DLED-Vertaag

Leo Marcelis

Head of Chair Group Horticulture

WUR

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Seta Tutundjian

CEO

Thriving Solutions

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Gaurav Shah

Founder & CIO

FarmFluence Automation

Imane Bounaga

Commercial Advisor for Agriculture

The Trade Council of Denmark in the UAE

CXC -

François Lamoureux

President and CEO

CXC

CXC -

Badal Jain

Strategic Offerings Manager

Trane

Sharjah Cooperative Society - www.shjcoop.ae

Umesh Chopra

Market Intelligence Manager

Sharjah Cooperative Society

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Dr. Jennifer Bromley

Chief Scientific Officer

Vertical Future

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Christian Zimmermann

Project Manager – Corporate Sales & Marketing

MULTIVAC SEPP Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Ville Wilkman

Sales Manager

Green Automation Group Ltd

Kari Kylä-Kaila

COO

Valoya Oy

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Dr. Silvia Piazza

Head of R&D Microalgae Cultivation

Igrox srl

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Surendra Bakshi

Vertical Head & Advisor - Agronomy & Plant Science

FarmFluence Automation

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Fadi Sbaiti

General Manager

AeroFarms

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Greg Jaeger

Founder

Cyber Farms

Greg Dunaway

Director of Marketing and Communications

AG Glide, Grow Glide

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Andrew Gardner

Associate Director of Biodiversity Conservation

Emirates Nature-WWF

Green Automation Group Ltd - www.greenautomation.com

Dr Walid Nosir

Director

Vertical Farm Academy

Muhammad Umer Rabbani

Agriculture Engineer

Al Ghurair Group

Mark Horler

Chairman

UK Urban AgriTech