Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates

تحت رعاية صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان، رئيس دولة الامارات العربية المتحدة

Supported by

Abdulnasser Bin Kalban

CEO

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

Abdulnasser
Abdulnasser

Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban is Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2020, Mr. Bin Kalban had served as an Alternate Board Member of EGA since May 2017. He also sits on the Board of Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), EGA's bauxite mining subsidiary. As Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Bin Kalban is responsible for managing EGA’s ongoing operations and business and reports to EGA’s Managing Director. Mr. Bin Kalban joined DUBAL in 1996 and worked in both Major Projects and the Power and Desalination Department. (DUBAL merged with EMAL to form EGA in 2014). In 2014, Mr Kalban left his position as General Manager of Power and Desalination at EGA to become CEO of Dubal Holding LLC, EGA’s 50 per cent shareholder. Mr Bin Kalban is a Board Member of the International Aluminium Institute, the Gulf Aluminium Council, and Emirates Research and Development Council. In 2023, Mr Kalban was appointed as a Board Member of UAE International Investors Councils. Mr. Kalban has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Western Michigan University in the United States and has completed Strategic Management and Leadership Courses at Insead Business School, France and Harvard Business School.

Session Overview
Tuesday, 5 November
12:00
Strategic Conference ICC Hall 12:00 - 13:00
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Decarbonising the industrial manufacturing value chain

The central challenge facing heavy industry is to increase production whilst decarbonising its operations, with the latter requiring innovative technology deployment, broader electrification of the industrial base and new energy sources like green hydrogen. To effectively decarbonise heavy industrial manufacturing, it is imperative global collaboration intensifies, leveraging advanced technologies and policies such as Europe's Green Deal Industrial Act and the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. How can policy makers and heavy industry work together to leverage progressive policies and advance clean technology to accelerate the decarbonisation of the industrial value chain?

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Gain insights into the importance of fostering collaboration, leveraging progressive policies, and building trust across sectors to accelerate the decarbonisation of heavy industry.

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