Welcome to The Gulf Nondestructive Testing EXPO DUBAI
March 2020

• David Bajula is the ASNT Chairman of the Board and very active and influential in ASNT’s 3rd party certification and ISO integration program including serving on ASNT’s Certification Management Council and on the USA ISO TAG TC-135 committees, committed to bring the USA position on 3rd party NDT certifications to future updates in ISO. David is employed by Acuren Inspection in the USA now for the past 18 years and serves as their General Manager for Advanced NDT Services and their in-house Subject Matter Expert on Nondestructive Testing. Over the past 35 years David has had a broad based experience in all aspects of Nondestructive Testing and Inspection Services working with companies such as Combustion Engineering and General Electric servicing the Oil & Gas, Nuclear Power and Aerospace industries. David is a Chartered Engineer, an ASNT Level III in 9 methods, CWI and several API credentials. His specialty area is on-stream inspections with Ultrasonic and Electromagnetic techniques. 
• David has published numerous papers and taught short courses on Advanced NDT and pioneered the application of Phased Array for in-service inspections on critical vessels and piping at temperatures up to 750F

• Ricky L. Morgan
• Ricky L. Morgan is the Vice President of FlawTech in Concord, North Carolina USA. He has over 30 years of experience in providing NDT Inspections to the Amusement Park, Construction, Infrastructure, Marine, Petro-chemical and Power Industries. He was integral to the evaluation of hundreds of Buildings in the Los Angeles area after the 1994 Earth Quake. Some of his most recent landmark projects include the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Las Vegas High Roller. He is a Past President and Chairperson of ASNT. He is currently serving on the Section Operations Council, Infrastructure Committee, Ultrasonic Committee, Technician Advisory Committee and SNT-TC-1A Review Committee. 

Marwan Basrawi is the founding Regional Director of ASNT’s Middle East Region 19 and founding President of DiTECHT Science & Technology Consultancy, specializing in inspection technology transfer. This is after he completed a career in Saudi Aramco spanning over 35 years, starting in project management, then engineering consulting services and inspection, and finally safety management where he initiated and managed many pioneering programs for each of those departments. He has served two terms on ASNT’s board of directors, been chairman of its Section Operations Council, and continues to be ASNT’s Regional Director in the Middle East since 2001, while currently chairing ASNT’s first ever Engineering Division as well as the International Ad Hoc Committee of the ASNT Board. He is also an ASNT Fellow, the founding chairman of ASNT’s Saudi Arabian Section (SAS), and is current President of the UAE Section, both sections being recipients of ASNT’s President Award for Operational Excellence. Marwan is the founding chairman of biennial regional conferences in the Middle East, starting with the 1st Middle East NDT Conference & Exhibition (MENDT) in 2001 in Bahrain and now the Gulf NDT Expo 2018.

• This will be an excellent conference for you and your industry, all set in the perfect business environment. The full schedule of events will be posted in due course. 

• Walk-in visitors are most welcome and you will have access. Come and learn first hand about the Nondestructive Testing Industry in an open and friendly environment. Should you wish to participate upon arrival, we will have day visitor passes available for purchase. 

• Exhibiting at GNDT EXPO 2018 offers a wealth of benefits. The Exhibitors area will be adjacent to the conference and workshops halls for maximum exposure of your business. Great rates and sound sponsorship opportunities means GNDT EXPO 2018 is the perfect place to get real exposure throughout the entire Gulf Region