Dr. Abdulaziz Aljodai
Dr. Abdulaziz Aljodai is the Corporate Programs Director at Technology and Innovation, SABIC Company. He held various technical and leadership positions in project management and R&D fields including the role of Research Fellow, the second highest technical position in the company. He is a named inventor of numerous patents at SABIC, mainly in plant-wide chemical process development, hydrogen, renewable energy and environmental fields. He is the technical leader for the world’s carbon capturing and utilization project at SABIC affiliates. His current role include formulating of medium and long-term strategies, developing technical roadmaps as well as managing the portfolio of various developmental programs. Besides these responsibilities, SABIC selected Dr. Aljodai to lead the Technology Early-career Development (TED) program that aims to accelerate talent development for early-career scientists and engineers. Dr. Aljodai has received many prestigious awards to recognizing his contributions in the fields of energy, carbon management and circular economy. Among these are the Golden Excellence and Innovation Recognition, Emirates Energy Award, OPEC Energy Award in Austria, Green Technology Prize in Switzerland. Dr Aljodai has represented Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in COP21 Paris, G20 Japan and other high-level events where he presented and chaired several technical sessions. Dr. Aljodai is a US UOP engineering fellow, with a PhD in chemical Engineering and MS degree in industrial management WVU USA and London Business School, Leading Change, UK