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H.E Mariam Almheiri
UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment
    H.E Petteri Taalas
    Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization
      H.E. Dr Abdulla Al Mandous
      Director General, the UAE’s National Center of Meteorology
        H.E Essa Ali Hashimi
        Assistant Undersecretary, Sustainable Communities Sector-Acting, Assistant Undersecretary, Green Development and Climate Change Sector
          H.E. Omran Sharaf
          Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Advanced Science and Technology, UAE
            H.E Dr. Nawal Al Hosany
            UAE’s Permanent Representative at IRENA
              Prof. Fahad Khan
              Deputy Chair of Computer Vision, MBZUAI, UAE
                Dr. Ray Johnson
                CEO of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), UAE
                  Dr. Steven Griffiths
                  Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Khalifa University
                    Prof. Enrico Natalizio
                    Vice President, Autonomous Robotics Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute (TII), UAE
                      Dr. Prashanth Marpu
                      Vice President for Research and Development, Bayanat.AI
                        Omar Al Yazeedi
                        Deputy Director General, UAE National Center of Meteorology (NCM)
                          Dr. Pakdee Chantraket
                          Director of Royal Rainmaking Technology Research and Development Division
                            Prof. Juerg Luterbacher
                            Director, Science and Innovation Department and Chief Scientist, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
                              Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud
                              Director of Water and Climate Program, Middle East Institute, Washington DC, USA
                                Dr. Deon Terblanche
                                Expert Consultant on Weather and Climate at the World Bank
                                  Dr. Richard Behnke
                                  President, SciencePrime, LLC, USA
                                    Dr. Robert Robinson
                                    Chief Scientist, SciencePrime, LLC, USA
                                      Alya Al Mazroui
                                      Director, UAEREP, UAE National Center of Meteorology (NCM)
                                        Ayman bin Mohammad Al-Bar
                                        Director, Cloud Seeding Program, KSA
                                          Prof. Maarten Ambaum
                                          Professor of Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology
                                            Dr. Linda Zou
                                            Khalifa University and UAEREP’s 1st Cycle Awardee
                                              Prof. Ali Abshaev
                                              Senior Researcher at the Hail Suppression Research Center «ANTIGRAD» and Stavropol Hail Suppression Service of Russian Hydrometeorological Service and UAEREP’s 3rd Cycle Awardee
                                                Prof. Eric W. Frew
                                                University of Colorado - Boulder and UAEREP’s 3rd Cycle Awardee
                                                  Prof. Roefol Burger
                                                  Senior Lecturer, North- West University, South Africa
                                                    Prof. Luca Delle Monache
                                                    UAEREP 4th Cycle Awardee, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA
                                                      Prof. Zhanyu YAO
                                                      Professor, Weather Modification Center, China Meteorological Administration, China
                                                        Dr. Lulin Xue
                                                        Chief Scientist at the Hua Xin Chuang Zhi Sci. & Tech. LLC and UAEREP’s 3rd Cycle Awardee
                                                          Dr. Bradley Baker
                                                          UAEREP 3rd Cycle Awardee, University of Colorado, USA
                                                            Dr. Duncan Axisa
                                                            Director of Science Programs at Droplet Measurement Technologies, and CO-Pi of UAEREP’s 3rd Cycle Awardee Prof. Eric Frew
                                                              Dr. Diana Francis
                                                              Senior Scientist, ENGEOS Lab Head at Khalifa University, UAE
                                                                Dr. Juha Tonttila
                                                                Scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute
                                                                  Dr. John Hassard
                                                                  Faculty, Imperial College London, UK
                                                                    Dr. Sagar Parajuli
                                                                    Research Scientist, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
                                                                      Dr. Joo Wan Cha
                                                                      Research Team Leader, Research Applications Department, Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), South Korea
                                                                        Sufian Farrah
                                                                        Meteorologist & Cloud Seeding Expert, NCM
                                                                          Yodahe A. Zemichael
                                                                          Technology Advisory, Office of the Prime Minister, Ethiopia
                                                                            Dr. Agniv Sengupta
                                                                            Research Scientist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, USA
                                                                              Mohamed Alwahedi
                                                                              Chairperson, Youth SDGs Council and Seismic Engineering Engineer, NCM, UAE
                                                                                Alex Hirst
                                                                                PhD Candidate, university of Colorado Boulder, USA
                                                                                  Ahmad Al Kamali
                                                                                  Cloud Seeding Executor, NCM
                                                                                    Henno Havenga
                                                                                    Senior Lecturer, North-West University, South Africa
                                                                                      Kanshaubi Malkarov
                                                                                      Research Engineer, HSRC Antigrad Moscow, Russia
                                                                                        Noor Al Shamsi
                                                                                        Numerical Forecasting specialist, NCM
                                                                                          Riccardo Toxiri
                                                                                          Program Officer, IRENA – capacity building and youth
                                                                                            Sara Alameri
                                                                                            Program Officer, UAEREP and Meteorologist, UAE National Center of Meteorology (NCM)
                                                                                              Ramia Farrage
                                                                                              Presenter and News Bulletin Editor of Emirates News on Dubai One TV