RADISSON RED / DUBAI / UAE

Supporting Fleets and
delivery businesses to
be smarter operators

21 Sept 2022
MAIN HALL

09:00

Introduction
Stephen White / Head of Content / Truck & Fleet Middle East

A view on mobility for all delegates and speakers

Stephen White talks about the remarkable changes happening to the fleet and mobility sectors. The rise of e-commerce and digitalisation means these sectors have been among the few beneficiaries of the Covid pandemic with both private and end-user clients accessing services in unprecedented. Likewise, technology is powering a revolution in fleets and third-party service providers. Mobility is also opening up possibilities in adopting on-demand, leasing and rental services to keep costs down and protect your operation’s flexibility.

MAIN HALL

09:10

Keynote Address
Irfan Tansel / CEO / Al Masaood Automobiles

Preparing for the Future

Intelligence on how businesses interact with each other and how the customer experience can be managed and enhanced through new technology. The Fleet and Mobility Summit stands on the cutting edge to look at the technology that will enable the fleet of the future – and this keynote will explore the emerging solutions that will shape the transportation and mobility in the years ahead.

MAIN HALL

09:20

Presentation
Experts / A changing world and industry

Digital Trends in the Automotive Industry

Disruption in the automotive industry and customer needs have challenged the traditional approach adopted by dealerships and forced them to adopt digital technologies to ensure their survival. All the existing business applications for the Automotive Business industry do not fully address business needs and creates a bottleneck to their operations. Digital adoption is key to run a successful business especially in our rapidly changing environment. SAP has been at the forefront of innovation creating solutions that are continuously helping its automotive customers achieve their business goals, and this session will also look at autoExpress DMS on the SAP S/4HANA intelligent business suite which is designed to transform automotive businesses as well as SAP Fiori which provides a customised user experience and integrates every part of the business with accurate analysis and projections thereby augmenting business processes and user experience.

Presenters:

  • Aasif Khan / Industry Executive Advisor | Discrete Industries / SAP EMEA – South
  • Ravi Pincha / CEO / IntelliSoft

MAIN HALL

09:40

Presentation
Malik Wahaj / Sales Director GCC / UD Trucks MEENA

How technology is reshaping transport and logistics

Malik Wahaj, Sales Director, GCC UD Trucks MEENA gives an automotive OEM’s perspective on the direction of travel for transport and logistics in the region, and the possibilities for lower costs and better efficiencies for fleet operators.

MAIN HALL

10:00

Panel Discussion
Experts / The digitalisation of your fleet business

The Power of Data to improve safety, efficiency and mobility

Fuel and fleet costs are rising, but there are technological solutions already in the market that can help mitigate them as well as improve critical uptime. The use of data and the digitalisation of fleets is now crucial to improve the customer experience, but what approaches should fleet managers take to make their operations’ smarter? The panel will also discuss the pros and cons of taking on an off-the-shelf solution versus an OEM-developed system when it comes to fleet management and the management of the customer experience.

Presenters:

  • Marek Rucinski / Service Director / Scania
  • Ravi Pincha / CEO / IntelliSoft

MAIN HALL

10:30

One-to-One
Anton Bawab / Group Head of Operations / The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC)

How The Red Sea Project is setting new benchmarks in green transportation

The Red Sea Project is one of the most ambitious and cleanest tourist developments in the world. Anton Bawab, Group Head of Operations, The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) will discuss TRSDC’s aspirations to be Net Zero, and how it will meet its goal of setting world-class benchmarks for safe, smart, sustainable journeys. A special one-to-one session will explore TRSDC’s sustainable mobility journey from the creation of a blueprint for decarbonised future mobility to providing sustainable, seamless journeys for guests, employees and logistics at the flagship tourism destination.

MAIN HALL

10:50

Presentation & Panel
Experts / A changing world and industry

Artificial Intelligence and Vehicle Autonomy in action

Advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are already finding practical uses in the automotive industry but we are only at the beginning of a revolution which will see technology reshape the way that vehicles are being designed and used. The Fleet and Mobility Summit looks at how Continental, AV Living Lab and Location Solutions are using state-of-the-art technology to improve road safety through assessment of driver behaviour via the AI Driving Hub, a creation by AV Living Lab and Location Solutions. Find out how, by using artificial intelligence, the platform analyses incidents linked to tyre failure to keep road users safe and ensure accidents are avoided on the road.

Speakers:

  • Karel Kucera / Managing Director / Continental Middle East
  • Zaim Azrak / CEO / Location Solutions

MAIN HALL

11:10

Break
Break

Coffee and Networking – Demonstration and AV Living Hub Simulator


MAIN HALL

11:30

Presentation
Vishal Pandey / Director / Glasgow Research and Consulting

Growth Opportunities in Mobility led by technology adoption and new digital business models

Glasgow Research and Consulting’s automotive expert looks at the direction of travel for mobility in the market and what the current data suggests about consumer habits and future demand.

MAIN HALL

11:45

Presentation & Panel
Experts / New Mobility

A View on New Forms of Mobility

Across the globe the nature of vehicle ownership is changing. A younger generation of road-users may even consider the idea of vehicle ownership as an old fashioned and costly exercise. Even in the region, the success of cloud-based apps and on-demand transport services are making considerable strides into the market. Ekar’s Dheeraj talks about Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and the vehicles it needs. Adam Ridgeway talks the exciting moves that One-Moto and the Smart Mobility and Innovation Centre in Dubai are making while giving an overview of how vehicle ownership and mobility is changing in the region.

Speakers:

  • Dheeraj Satta / Business Development Manager / Ekar
  • Adam Ridgeway / Founder & CEO / One-Moto and Smart Mobility and Innovation Centre

MAIN HALL

12:05

Roundtable
Roundtable / The Start of an EV Industry

Electric Vehicle and infrastructure manufacturing panel

Can fleets in the region transition to electrified transport and what are the solutions that they should look for? This special panel will also look at the rise of local electric vehicles production and how it could re-shape the market. High on the agenda will be the need globally and locally for better infrastructure and expertise to keep fleets on the move. What work is being planned in the region to meet future demand? It will also examine about the capability locally for the repair and maintenance of electrified fleets, an essential requirement if the technology is going to be feasible here.

Panellists:

  • Jonathan Spear / Policy and Strategy Advisor – Transportation / Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group
  • Rasso Bartenschlager / General Manager / Al-Masaood Power Division
  • Adam Ridgeway / Founder & CEO / One-Moto and Smart Mobility and Innovation Centre

MAIN HALL

12:25

Roundtable
Roundtable / Looking at the alternatives

The case for non-electric sustainable transport

While the electrification of fleets seems inevitable given a long enough timeline, there is an array of other new mobility solutions out there, but which ones work for which application? In a special one-to-one Gary Hubbard of Neutral Fuel gives his insight into his organisation’s own work within biofuels and the need to broaden the green transportation conversation beyond electric vehicles.

Speakers:

  • Vinay D’Mello / Technical and OEMs Manager / TotalEnergies Marketing Middle East (TEMME)
  • Gary Hubbard / Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) / Neutral Fuels

MAIN HALL

13:00

Panel Discussion
Experts / The revolution of the market

Servicing the future of vehicle and fleet ownership in the region

As the nature of vehicle owernship and the vehicles we need change, The Fleet and Mobility Summit looks at the sophisticated approaches and technology that is changing aftersales and the aftermarket and revolutionising the vehicle rental market. Is it also set to change all forms of professional fleet services?

Panellists:

  • Alaa El-Huni / Chief Business Officer / CAFU
  • Gagan Kalra / Director Sales & Marketing / BG Middle East
  • Hussein Al Share / Commercial General Manager / NAZ Industries
  • Rasso Bartenschlager / General Manager / Al-Masaood Power Division

MAIN HALL

13:25

One-to-one
Paul Firth / Associate Principal / CallisonRTKL

A Revolution in Retail – The move to the Last Mile

The e-Commerce market growth within the GCC has been upscaling at a constant pace, with 64 percent of consumers in the region placing online orders at least once a week compared to 40 percent globally. Additionally, Euromonitor’s data shows that the retail mobile-commerce market of UAE is projected grow with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.9 percent until 2025. Paul Firth, CallisonRTKL discusses advances in how software engineering for online delivery platforms, as well as in urban infrastructure and logistics, have increased the efficiency and speed of deliveries with the pandemic intensifying the trend of online shopping.

MAIN HALL

14:00

Panel Discussion
Experts / Getting to Net Zero

How can we help the region to achieve its Net-Zero ambitions?

Achieving Net-Zero has become a major priority for the region’s governments and municipalities but it will require the automotive sector and professional fleets to reach it. Completing the Fleet and Mobility Summit event, this discussion brings together an expert panel of speakers and industry representatives to look at the ways in which they can help countries and cities to be greener places to live in, while ensuring that the region maintains the extraordinary growth it has enjoyed over the past half century.

Panellists:

  • Gagan Kalra / Director Sales & Marketing / BG Middle East
  • Ketan Kumar / National Sales Manager Consumer / TotalEnergies Marketing Middle East (TEMME)
  • Adam Ridgeway / Founder & CEO / One-Moto and Smart Mobility and Innovation Centre
  • Gary Hubbard / Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) / Neutral Fuels
  • Jonathan Spear / Policy and Strategy Advisor, Transportation / Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group