Speakers of the 9th edition (2024)

Dr. Joseph M. Gebara currently is the C.E.O. of the C.A.T. Group since November 2019.
The C.A.T. Group is a world leader in the contracting industry serving a wide spectrum of sectors such as the Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities, Civil, Infrastructure and Buildings, and has branches in the Gulf and Africa.
Dr. Gebara has earned a degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 from the American University of Beirut and was granted a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.
Before joining C.A.T. Group, Dr. Gebara was the Senior Vice President – Project Delivery, Oil and Gas at SNC Lavalin.
During a career that spanned more than two decades Dr. Gebara has been involved in a diverse portfolio of projects including LNG, FLNG, Floating Production Systems and Pipeline Projects. Dr. Gebara has held various positions including Director of Engineering Services at McDermott International Inc., General Manager Offshore at Bechtel Corporation, and Vice President – Floaters Operations for Technip USA.
Dr. Gebara has also held numerous roles on industry and advisory boards including as member of Offshore Energy Safety Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Interior and as an Industry Advisory Board Member for the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Gebara is married with two children