Dr. Gordon Huang is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Energy and Environment, and Executive Director of the Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities at the University of Regina, Canada. He holds BSC from Peking University (China), MSc from Simon Fraser University (Canada) and PhD from McMaster University (Canada). Since the 1990s, Huang has led over 150 environment-related research projects, produced over 900 peer-refereed international journal papers (with an SCI-based H-index of 60 in Science Citation Index under Thomson Reuters' Web of Science), and supervised over 100 Master/PhD students. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the President of the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences. He also acts (or acted) as editor-in-chief for 2 international journals and editorial board member for over 10 journals, and was conference chair or keynote speaker at over 40 international events. He has also served the United Nations Development Programme as Chief Scientist for its Program of Rural Water Resources Management and Drinking Water Safety.

Waste management, site remediation, and risk assessment, Simulation and optimization of hydrological and environmental systems, Modeling of energy and environmental management systems, Climate modeling, impact assessment, and adaptation planning

Dr KT Tan is the Technical Director at Viridian Solar – a UK company based in Cambridge with their renowned innovative Clearline Fusion. He has been devoting his professional life for over a decade to developing products and technologies for the renewable sector. He started to work with solar thermal well before the PV became a mainstream renewable solution. He specializes in solar PV new technologies with a particular interest in roof-integrated systems, advanced cell technologies and innovative mounting solutions. He travels around the globe regularly to meet PV manufacturers, and inspect their latest facilities.

Energy,Photovoltaics,Solarenergy

Dr. Chihpin Huang is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Jiaotong, Taiwan. He is also a Vice President and chief executive of Jiaotong University. He completed BS (Eng) in Environmental Engineering at National Cheng Kung University in 1981, M.Sc. in Environmental engineering at National Cheng Kung University in 1983 and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, USA, 1990. He is very well expertise in Tap water treatment technology, Industrial wastewater treatment and recovery technology and Sludge treatment and reuse. Chihpin Huang born in June 27, 1959. He serves as the Chair of Editorial Committee of Taiwan Water Association; and a member of the National Committee of Republic of China in International Water Association (IWA). Huang's publication has been extensive. In his twenty-two years of research career, he is the co-author of over 130 refereed papers in archival journal.

Tap water treatment technology, Sludge treatment and reuse, Industrial wastewater treatment and recovery technology

Beni Lew made aliyah to Israel in 1997 and since that time he has been working on environmental treatment systems and their implementation in the agricultural sector. During his Master's and Ph.D. work at the Technion, Beni studied biological systems for domestic wastewater treatment in rural areas in the Middle East region. The systems are characterized by their low energy consumption and emphasis on the re-use of the treated effluent for irrigation. The main topic of Beni's Master's thesis dealt with engineering aspects of anaerobic systems, such as the effects of temperature and retention time. For that, he built and operated two different anaerobic laboratory scale systems- an UASB reactor and hybrid UASB integrated with an anaerobic filter. During the same time, he participated in the operation and data collection of a 5 cubic meter UASB pilot built in Sachnin as part of the International Appropriate Technology Consortium (ATC) project. The results of his Master's thesis were presented in several Israeli and international conferences (England, Turkey and South Africa) and published in established international journals in 2003 and 2004. Due to his expertise in anaerobic systems for domestic wastewater treatment, Beni was invited to be a co-chairman in a session at one of the international conferences. During his Master's degree, Beni also worked as Teaching Assistant for the major environmental courses at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering at the Technion: water and wastewater treatment, solid waste and sludge treatment and environmental management. His excellence in teaching was recognized by receiving three times the Best Teaching Assistant prize at the Technion. Results from his Master's thesis were used as the basis for his Ph.D. thesis work, "Kinetics of Domestic Wastewater Anaerobic Degradation at Different Temperatures". In this thesis, the major objective was to understand in a more comprehensive way the effect of temperature on anaerobic degradation of domestic wastewater treatment. For that, Beni built and operated several laboratory scale anaerobic reactors, which included: batch, fluidized bed and membrane bio-reactors. Moreover, bio-molecular tools (FISH) for bacteria population determination were applied. The scientific aspect of anaerobic systems was largely studied using high technological tools; moreover, engineering aspects were also taken into consideration. Using his expertise in water and domestic wastewater treatment, reactor and bio-molecular tools, Beni also cooperated on other projects at the same time including: wetlands systems for wastewater treatment using FISH tools and atrazine remediation of polluted groundwater using a biological granulated activated carbon fluidized bed reactor. During his PhD, Beni continued working as a Teaching Assistant for the major environmental courses in the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering at the Technion. He also started to lecture in English, Portuguese and Spanish at the International Management Program- Environmental Management at the Galillee College, lecturing the Extensive Domestic Wastewater Treatment. Results of his PhD thesis were presented in Israeli and international conferences, and have been submitted to two international journals. At the end of his PhD, Beni was invited to review papers for the international Biotechnology Progress journal. His excellence in study and research led Beni to be granted with the Thelma Zackin and Henrietta Zackin Excellence in Studies Prize awarded from the Grand Water Research Institute (GWRI) in Israel in 2005 and twice with the American Rieger- JNF Fellow in Environmental Studies in the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years. After his PhD, Beni worked at Tahal in the water and domestic wastewater systems group. While most of his work involved wastewater treatment plant at Tahal, Beni also studied odor treatment systems and applied the knowledge gained to two projects. Although working at Tahal was very pleasant, Beni decided to return to the academic field and at April 2007 he got a post doctoral position at the Technion with Dr. Ori Lahav, an expert in water chemistry. Beni undertook a project concerning struvite precipitation in domestic wastewater treatment plants. Serious problems of pipe clogging from struvite formation have been observed at different wastewater treatment plants in Israel and all around the world. Struvite can also be utilized as a valuable fertilizer in agriculture. Therefore, its controlled removal in a wastewater treatment plant scheme can be especially beneficial. In this study, engineering aspects, such as retention time, aeration flow, pH and sludge quality were studied and quantified in order to optimize struvite precipitation and process control. During his post doctoral time, Beni also started to lecture at the Ariel College the course of Introduction to Environmental Engineering, was accepted as an editorial board member of the journal Open Environmental & Biological Monitoring and was the co-advisor of a master student at the Technion. In April 2008 Beni got a position as researcher scientist at the ARO, The Volcani Center in the Institute of Agriculture Engineering. His main research field is environmental engineering processes related to agriculture engineering, such as: water and wastewater treatment for irrigation, fertilizer production from wastewater, odor treatment from chicken poultry and bovines, treatment of endocrine compounds from bovine wastes, etc. Nowadays, Beni applied several research proposals with partners from Israel and abroad and is waiting for the answers. Moreover, he already started to work in a project to determine the micro-organism population in denitrifying reactors with two different electron donors: acetate and methanol and will start a project in January to treat ammonia in contaminated air from poultry.

Processes and system for agricultural wastes treatment. 1. Water and Wastewater treatment; 2. Animal odor treatment; 3. Pyrolysis and Gasification of Biomass.

Dr. R.K.Trivedy former Professor and Head, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Pune, Pune (Maharashtra),India is presently Director in a National level Environmental services company. Dr. Trivedy has also held the positions of Director, Environmental Sciences and Climatology and Dean in an upcoming International University near Mumbai ,National Business Manager, Environmental Services, Intertek, a multinational company with offices in 110 countries and Associate Professor and Head, Department of Pollution Studies, Y.C.College(Shivaji University). He did Ph. D. from Rajasthan University, Jaipur in 1980. Dr. Trivedy has 36 years of experience in the field of fresh water ecology, aquatic weed ecology and management biomonitoring of water pollution ,wastewater treatment and climate change research.

Wastewater treatment,Climate Change

Alireza Noorpoor received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Mazandaran as No.1 student in all department with 17.49/20, Iran in 1998, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran at 2000 and 2006 respectively. In both MSc and PhD courses he graduated as No1 student. He was an Assistant Professor of Automotive Engineering Faculty in Iran University of Science and Technology since 2006 till 2011. Now He is an Associate Professor in Graduate Faculty of Environment in University of Tehran (UT). His field of research is Air pollution Control, Energy Systems.

Air Pollution Control,Energy Systems

Hefa Cheng is a tenured associate professor in environmental science at Collee of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Ph.D. minor in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University in 2006. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow and a consulting assistant professor at Stanford University between 2006 and 2009. He joined the State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry as a research professor, supported by the Outstanding Oversea Talent (“One Hundred Talents”) program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. In 2015, he moved to the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University as a tenured associate professor. He is the author/co-author of over 100 journal papers including in Nat. Clim. Change, Nat. Commun., Environ. Sci. Technol., Wat. Res., and contributors of two book chapters. He received the SCOPE-Zhongyu Young Scientist Award from the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) in 2012, and Hou Defeng Award from the Chinese Society of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry in 2014. He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Environmental Chemistry (China). His research focuses on understanding the mechanism of organic pollutant degradation on natural minerals, developing mineral-based treatment for destruction of organic pollutants, as well as on developing novel approaches for apportioning the sources of heavy metal pollution in surface soils.

Pollution Control

Associate Professor Dr. Chavalit Ratanatamskul is The Director of Research Unit on Waste Treatment, Faculty of Engineering and The Deputy Director of Technopreneurship and Innovation Management Program, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. He received Ph.D. and Master degree of Engineering in environmental engineering from The University of Tokyo, Japan in 1996 and 1993, respectively, and B.Eng. degree in environmental engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in 1991. His major research interests arefocused on anaerobic digestion, waste management and water reuse. He has published research works in international journals and proceedings more than 60 publications. Moreover, he is presently The Chairman of Project Committee and The Vice Chairman of Environmental Engineering Committee at The Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) under the King’s Patronage.

Waste Treatment,Water reuse

Dr.Srinivas Srimath holds a Doctorate and environmental professional with over 25 years of work experience in air, dust and odour consultancy. Previous experience in noise and water quality management.

Air Quality,Environmental Impact assessment,Air quality modelling

Gordon Huang is currently working as a professor in Environmental systems engineering at University of Regina, Canada. He is also a Canada Research Chair and Fellow at Canadian Academy of Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. at McMaster University, Canada

Waste management, site remediation, and risk assessment, Simulation and optimization of hydrological and environmental systems, Modeling of energy and environmental management systems, Climate modeling, impact assessment, and adaptation planning

Hassan Mahmud is currently working as a professor in department of Environmental Science and Management at North South University, Canada. He is also an ex-chairman at the same university. He Completed his Phd in Chemical/Environmental Engineering University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and completed his M.A.Sc in Civil Engineering at University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pollution Control, Waste Management and Environmental Management

Ron Thring is currently working as a professor in Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering at University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. He is also Chairperson for Chemistry, Environmental Science & Environmental Engineering Programs at the same University. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at University of Sherbrooke in 1990. He Completed his MSc in Chemical Engineeering at University of Saskatchewan in 1984.

-Chemicals, fuels, and biosolids from natural resources - Reaction engineering principles and catalysis applied to pulp and paper, polymer, oil and gas processes - Plastics and rubber characterization and processing - Environmental Engineering (soil remediation, green house gases control, waste & wastewater treatment) - Value-added processing and product development - Mass transfer with chemical reaction - Mixing of Floating Solids - Biodegradable Materials (production, characterization and applications)

Associate Professor Daud Hassan joined the University of Western Sydney in 2009 with considerable teaching, research and community service experience. Daud taught at five different universities in Australia and Overseas, including University of Technology Sydney and Victoria University, Melbourne. Daud holds a PhD in the Law of the Sea. He has built up a formidable international reputation in the field of ocean governance. The international stature of Daud's work has been recognised by Visiting Professorships at various universities in Asia and Europe. His research work addresses global and regional environmental issues that are of international significance. . His research spans many countries and jurisdictions including Australia, Bangladesh, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Norway and Switzerland.

Pollution Control, Law.

Meltem Sarioglu Cebeci has completed her PhD at the age of 28 years from Leeds University Faculty of Engineering Department of. Public Health Eng., England. She is the director of Environmental Engineering Department in Cumhuriyet Unıversity Sivas-TURKEY. She has published more than 20 papers in international journals and has been working as a lecturer at Cumhuriyet University

Pollution Control, Waste Management

Diego P. Ruiz completed his PhD in Physics from the University of Granada (Spain). He is currently Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Granada, where he is the director of the research lab of Physics and Environmental Acoustics. He held the PhD in Physics with honors from the University of Granada (Spain). Teaching experience. He has taught and supervised teaching undergraduate, master's and doctoral courses in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Telecommunications Engineering, Architecture, Civil Engineering and Computer Engineering degrees. Among the master course teaching, he coordinated subjects and teaching courses in the Masters of Environmental Engineering, Acoustic Engineering, Occupational Risk Prevention and Management and Integral Safety Building. Management experience: He is the coordinator of the Physics and Environmental Acoustics Research group at the University of Granada and departmental coordinator mobility programs. He is currently coordinator of the Master in Engineering Acoustics: Noise Pollution. It is worth noting the continued work in commissions for quality assurance and assessment for university bachelors and masters in national and international agencies, and the participation in research evaluation committees in national and international projects assessment agencies. Research experience: He has authored more than 140 articles in international journals (80 in JCR indexed journals) in Education, Engineering and Science topics and more than 150 publications in national and international conferences. He has been the advisor of 10 doctoral thesis with the higher marks, more than 78 or final degree / masters research projects sufficiency, and has been the main researcher of 6 research projects and member of 15 research projects. He is a member of the editorial board of scientific journals or societies such as IEEE, Elsevier, IET, and member of the scientific committee of several international and national congresses. In terms of transfer and innovation he is the director of 9 research/development contracts with companies or public institutions and collaborated in the creation of two technology-based companies at the University of Granada.

Environmental pollution and control, signal processing, pattern recognition, environmental technologies, and environmental modelling

Baghdad OUDDANE has obtained a PhD in Environmental Chemistry in 1990 and a HDR (Higher Degree by Research) in 1997 at Lille 1 University. Lecturer (1992-2003) and Full Professor at Lille University since 2003. He is the Head of the Master "Water Treatment" in Lille1 University. He has published more than 110 papers in reputed Environmental Journals and more than 120 communications in national and international conferences and co-authors of four books (two popular sciences); he is a referee in several international journals in the field of environment.

Environmental Chemistry; Water Treatment;

Pedro Vega-Marcote is a full Professor in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Coruña. Currently his research interests focus on the field of: Teacher training in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, the Ecological Footprint and reduction of emissions of Greenhouse Gases, the implementation of Agenda 21 at the University and Municipalities (A21L) and in Experimental Science Teaching.

Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, the Ecological Footprint and reduction of emissions of Greenhouse Gases

Meltem SARIOGLU CEBECİ has completed her PhD at the age of 28 years from Leeds University Faculty of Engineering Department of. Public Health Eng., England. She is the director of Environmental Engineering Department in Cumhuriyet Unıversity Sivas-TURKEY. She has published more than 20 papers in international journals and has been working as a lecturer at Cumhuriyet University.

Water pollution and control, Chemical and biological methods of wastewater treatment, Industrial Wastewater Treatment

Emine MALKOC was born in Trabzon, Turkey. Between the years 1995-2010, she worked an expert in Environmental Problems Research Center, Ataturk University. She is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering at the Ataturk University where he has been a faculty member since 2010. Malkoc completed her master and Ph.D. studies at Ataturk University. Her research interests lie in the area of wastewater treatment, adsorption method in removing heavy metals and dyestuffs, advanced oxidation methods in removing in textile wastewater. In related topics, she has published more than 18 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as scientific referee of a lot repute journals. Moreover, the Malkoc's scientific works has taken more than 1500 cited.

Wastewater treatment, adsorption method in removing heavy metals and dyestuffs, advanced oxidation methods in removing in textile wastewater

Prof. Tapas Kumar Mallick received his M.Tech and PhD in solar energy engineering from Jadavpur University, India (1998) and University of Ulster, UK (2003) respectively. He has over seventeen years of research experience in solar energy technologies. He is currently the Chair in Clean Technologies (Renewables) within the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) and Academic Lead, Renewable Energy, University of Exeter, UK. He has published over 150 research articles and holds two patents on solar technology and has been serving Editorial board of Advances of Solar Thermal Technology Journal. Recently his group has demonstrated biomimicry of white periodic butterfly wings into concentrating solar photovoltaics. Prof. Mallick successfully supervised six PhD candidates to completion and currently primary supervisor of fourteen PhD students.

Renewable energy, Concentrating solar photovoltaics, Heat transfer, optics and electrical modelling

Dr. S. Jithender Kumar Naik, is currently working as Professor of Zoology at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He did his Master Degree in Zoology from Osmania University in 1992, M. Phil in Animal Sciences from University of Hyderabad in 1994 and awarded Ph.D in Zoology from Osmania University in 2000. He has 20 years of research and 17 years of teaching experience in the fields of Toxicology and Occupational health; Reproductive Biology; Environmental Biology; Fisheries and Limnology.

Toxicology and Occupational health; Reproductive Biology; Environmental Biology; Fisheries and Limnology

: Dr Rao Ph.D worked as Professor of Micro biology, Parasitology, immunology and Epidemiology in many Universities in India, China, Nepal, Libya, and Philippines. Currently he is working at Avalon University School of Medicine, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. He has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience.

Micro biology, Parasitology & Immunology

Prof. Kunio Yoshikawa was born in 1953 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology and an associate editor of Applied Energy. His bachelor, master and doctor degrees were awarded from Tokyo Institute of Technology. His major fields are energy conversion, waste management and environmental engineering. He has been working in Tokyo Institute of Technology for more than 38 years as a research associate, an associate professor and a professor. He has published nearly 200 journal papers with the major award of AIAA Best Paper Award, ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal, JSME Environmental Technology Achievement Award and Best Educator Award of Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Waste-to-Energy

Professor Tsuyoshi Fujita is a Director of Social Environmental Systems Research Center, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan. He is also an alliance professor of Nagoya University as well as a visiting professor of United Nations University in Japan. His research fields are eco industrial development, low carbon city, urban environment simulation system, circular economy planning and spatial LCA, where he has published around seventy journal papers. He is engaged in several national research projects to develop integrative urban technology and policy simulation system for Japanese and Asian cities and regions. He is a member of the National Council of Low Carbon City Promotion of Japan. He is also engaged in academic positions such as a counselor of the International Society of Industrial Ecology, Chair of Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Systems Research, Japan Society of Civil Engineering. He received a doctor of engineering degree from the University of Tokyo in 1997 as well as a MCP (Master of City Planning) degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He was formerly an Associate Professor in Osaka University after working in the construction company as an urban planner for ten years.

Recycling

He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of the ' University of Turin in 1994. In 1996 he founded, together with other shareholders, the cooperative ERICA Soc. Coop. one of the first companies in Italy to deal with waste, both in terms of technical design and communication. By ERICA Soc. Coop. holds up to 1999 as a director only to become, in that same year, President and finally, in 2014, CEO. From 1997 to 1999 he was Minister for the Environment, Agriculture and Civil Protection of the City of Alba. In 2001 he was appointed an expert evaluator for the European Commission Directorate General Research. Since December 2002, he was appointed President of AICA (International Association for Environmental Communication). In June 2003 he joined the Board of Directors of ACR + (Association Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Management of Resources) of which he was elected vice president in November 2014. In that same year the Ministry of the Environment and the Sea appointment horse vice president of the Scientific Committee for the implementation and development of the National Plan for the Prevention of Waste in office until 2017 (Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, the Ministry decree Gian Luca Galletti, n. 185 dell ' July 8, 2014)

Recycling and waste management

Fabrizio Cumo, Nuclerar Engineer , professor in Applied Applied Physic Faculty of Architetture – University of Rome "La Sapienza . Operates in the Institute of the Valorisation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage of Italian CNR (ICVBC) –section of Rome . Member of the board of the CITERA center and director of the Master “BIM” Building Integrated Modelling. Leader of the some international research groups for the responsible use of energy in residential area and the use of renewable sources. Is author of more than 120 papers regarding the fields of energetic , environmental applied physic (IAQ, heat transfer and lightning) and architecture tecnologies

Recycling, Waste management, Sustainable Energy, Urbanism

Muscolo Adele graduated in Biological Sciences (MSc), and has completed her PhD in Food Science at the age of 26 years at the Policlinic Federico II University of Naples, Italy. In 1988 she started her professional carrier as Researcher at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria where she is still working as Professor. Since 1990 she is Reviewer for Scientific International Journals and since 2008 she is Evaluator of national and international projects for European Community and Funding Research Agencies. She is Examiner of international PhD dissertation. She published more than 170 papers in international journals with IF and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of many international journals. Additionally she is Associate Editor for JFR

Agricultural Biomass, Bioenergy, soil ecosystem, Biodiesel, Soil salinity

Takashi Nakamura completed his MA Sc in Metallurgy from Kyushu University, Japan in 1974, PhD in Metallurgy in 1979 from the same university. He became Lecturer in Kyushu Institute of Technology (1977), Associate Professor (1981) and Professor (1991). In 1998, he was appointed as a Professor at Institute for Advanced Materials Processing, Tohoku University and from 2001 to till date he is a Professor at Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University

Recycling engineering, Metallic production engineering

Hojae Shim is currently working as an Associate Professor in department of Civil Engineering at University of Macau, China. He completed his PhD in Environmental Science Engineering, Ohio State University, USA. His research interests includes Environmental Biotechnology, Biological Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Reuse, Biogas/Biodiesel Production from Waste/Wastewater, Bioremediation of Contaminated Environments, Bio filtration and Biodegradation/Biotransformation

Environmental Biotechnology, Biological Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Reuse, Biogas/Biodiesel Production from Waste/Wastewater,Bioremediation of Contaminated Environments, Biofiltration, Biodegradation/Biotransformation

M. A. Martin-Luengo, graduated in chemistry at the Autonoma University of Madrid (Spain) in 1980. In the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, Spain), she presented her Master work in 1981 and PhD in 1983 on the characterization of surfaces. Then she worked with a CSIC grant in England and Belgium till 1987. From 1987 till 1991, she was awarded a fellowship IA from the UK´s Scientific Engineering Research Council and from 1992 she is permanent research staff of the CSIC.

Nowadays she carries on with her studies on sustainable issues, applying the knowledge acquired during 34 years of career to the search for the use of renewable materials, chemical processes and energies, especially giving priority to countries with deprived economic resources.

Nour-Eddine Menad has completed his PhD from National School of geology of Nancy (France) and worked as Associate Professor at Technical University of Lulea (Sweden). He is scientific expert on process development on recycling of industrial wastes. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and conferences, 4 patents and is in the board committee of Edorium Journal of Waste Management. At the moment, he is working at BRGM (Bureau de recherché Géologique et minière) on development of separation techniques applied on the urban mine to recover stratégic metals.

recycling, waste management, urban mining, geology

Enric Vazquez is Professor Emeritus in Construction Materials on the ETS Ingenieros de Caminos of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. At present in Constructing Cycle SL. Research in eco-efficient materials and wastes for his use in construction, environmental impact by leaching, road pavements, durability of concrete and bituminous mixtures. 80 papers and books published from 1967 til today.This publications include the books Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment,Vol 8,RILEM STATE OF ART REPORTS “2013” y Guia Española de Áridos Reciclados procedentes de RCD (2012),Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y GEAR. He has oriented 22 doctor thesis and 30 master th..Invited Plenary Speaker in Spain, Japan,France,Germany,Austria,Poland,Brasil,Italy,Portugal and China. Has been Chairman from the RILEM TC-217 y TC-198 URM.Member of WG of AENOR,AIPCR and CEN.In 2011 he received the Environment Award from the Catalan Government for his profesional career.

Recycling and waste management

Gary Leeke is Chair in Chemcial Engineering and Head of the Bioenergy and Resource Management Centre at Cranfield University, UK. His research interests lie in the areas of recycling enabling technologies and resource efficiency. He has expertise in high pressure engineering and thermo-chemical processing, specifically in reaction engineering, separation technology, flow reactors, and their applications to polymer/composite processing and remanufacture, mixed plastic waste and the circular economy. He leads the EXHUME project in the UK investigating the deconstruction of fibre reinforced composites. Gary sits on the Composites Leadership Forum Sustainability Working Group for Composites UK

Recycling, waste management, Thermo chemical processing, sustainability, urbanism etc

Awf Al-Kassir, male, Professor Industrial Engineer, (Ph.D.) from Valladolid University in 1995, graduated (B.Sc.) from mechanical engineering department, Mosul University in 1978. He worked for University of Technology of Baghdad in 1979 and Institute of Technology of Ramady 1980-1988 after getting his (M.Sc.). From 1989-1994, he worked as a researcher and associate professor at the University of Valladolid in Spain. From 1995 up to date he worked as a professor at the University of Extremadura in Spain. He was invited professor at TUBITAK research center of Turkey during the academic year 2009-2010. Also he is the coordinator of Master Bioenergy Subject & lecturer at the Polytechnique Institute of Portalegre in Portugal, 2010-2012. Now he has published more than 150 papers and contributed more than 80 communications to congresses & other books. He participated in national research projects, he was a member of ASHRAE from 1989-1995, he was accepted for colligate in the engineering college of Spain since 1990.

Use of biomass residues for energy production Evaluation of combustion, pyrolysis and gasification processes Refrigeration and air conditioning Heat pumps & thermal comfort Design and optimization of thermal drying systems Energy saving & renewable energy Infrared thermography technique applications Heat transfer in manufacturing processes and heat exchangers design

Stéphane Bourg is Project Manager at the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission in the Radiochemistry and Processes Department located in the CEA Marcoule Research Center. He is in charge of projects dealing with hydrometallurgical process simulation and life cycle assessment studies. Since 2008, he has been the Coordinator of European research projects dealing with solvent extraction process develoment (ACSEPT, SACSESS) and of research infrastructure networks (ACTINET-I3, TALISMAN). He is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of PROMETIA, an international non-profit association aiming at promoting the development of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy for mining and recycling. This association, gathering academia, research and technology centers and industries, acts as a pre-consortium tank for answering industry R&D needs and fostering innovation in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy. Stéphane Bourg graduated as an Engineer from the Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris and is Doctor in Chemistry. From 1992 to 1998, he carried out research work on silicon organochemistry, applied to advanced silicon carbide material synthesis. He joined the CEA in 1999 as research engineer for developping sol-gel organo modified silica materials dedicated to liquid effluent decontamination . In the years 2000, he was involved in pyrometallurgical process development. He has been a member of expert groups regarding nuclear waste management issues (IAEA expert groups following Fukushima accident), nuclear fuel cycle research programmes (UK EPSRC), raw materials (EIP-RM working groups). He is also member of several advisory boards and international conference committees.

Nuclear waste management, Recycling, Thermal Waste recovery

Li Guangming is currently working as a professor in Tongji University, China. In 1985, East China Institute of Chemical Technology (now the East China University of Technology) Department of Chemical energy graduate, bachelor's degree in petroleum refining engineering; graduated from the school in 1988 petroleum processing, received a master's degree organic chemical disciplines; graduated from the school in 1990 the Department of Petroleum Processing PhD in organic chemical disciplines. July 1990 Tongji work played so far, worked in the Department of Chemistry (1990-1999), Higher Technical School (2000-2001) and the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering (2002 - present), he served as a lecturer (1990 ), associate professor (1994) and Professor (2000).

Pollution Prevention and Control Process, Water Management system scale, waste resource management systems and pollution control technology to achieve a low-carbon pathway Process or low-carbon society.

Sébastien Déon obtained his PhD degree from the University of South Brittany in 2007 on the modeling of transport through nanofiltration membranes. In 2008, he became Assistant Professor at the University of Franche-Comté where he has broadened his areas of expertise to electrokinetic characterizations of membrane materials and fouling cakes. Currently, he is Associate Professor and his skills are mainly dedicated to water treatment by membrane processes. He is also the Author or Co-author of one book, twenty four publications in international recognized journals, and twenty presentations in international conferences. His expertise in reviewing scientific papers led him to become an Associate Editor of International Journal of Membrane Science & Technology and an Editorial Board Member of several peer-reviewed journals such as International Journal of Chemical Engineering.

Recyclin, waste management, Waste water treatment

Lingai LUO received her Ph.D. degree (1991) in mechanic and thermal engineering from National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (INPL), Nancy, France. She worked as associate professor at University of Nancy I and at INPL, France. From 2003 until 2012 she was a full professor at University of Savoie, France. She is now senior research director of French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the laboratory of thermo-kinetics, Nantes (LTN), France

Recycling and thermal waste recovery, solar systems, heat recovery

M. Sulyman was born in 1976. He got his MSc. degree in 2008 from Academy of Graduate Studies and the B.Sc. degree in 2000 from Al-Mergheb University in the field of chemical engineering in Libya. Currently he is a PhD student at Polymer Technology Department, Gdansk University of Technology in Poland. His interests of research are environmental and polymer engineering. His main research is asphalt polymer blend using polymer waste materials. Additional interest work is wastewater treatment using green adsorbents prepared from agricultural by-products/wastes

Environmental and polymer engineering, wastewater treatment, Recycling

Francois O. Méar has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Montpellier II University and postdoctoral studies from Cambridge and Tohoku University. He is assistant professor at Lille I University and specificly in the Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry Unit. FOM is working on the formulation of glass matrices for unconventional applications (e.g. containment matrices for nuclear waste, seals glass for SOFC) and on the synthesis of self-healing glassy matrices. He has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals, 1 patent and 2 book chapters.

Innovative glass formulation, Functional glass with phosphates, Special glasses, Physical and chemical characterization – Structural investigation

Helena Maria Vieira Monteiro Soares has completed her PhD from University of Porto, Portugal. Her main research is focused on the selective recovery of metals from wastewaters and secondary resources. She has published about 70 papers in ISI journals, coordinated several national projects and has been serving as Project Evaluator of advanced fellowships and grants from the Portuguese and other international (EU, South Africa, Chile) research agencies.

Solid Waste management and Recycling

David Elena is a Graduate of Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MS-in Physics-Chemistry of Surface and Analytic Chemistry of “Babes-Bolyai” University from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He serves as a Doctor in Chemical Science, Assoc. Prof., Head of Laboratory: Carbonic Materials, Composites & Analysis Techniques, at National Research Institute of Cryogenics & Isotope Technologies-ICIT Rm.Valcea, Romania. His overall research topics approached concern to renewable energy sources; conservation of energy; energy from waste; methods and mechanisms for the reduction of pollution; methods of waste recycling and tests to determine their toxicity; development of analysis techniques with applications in energy & environment fields.

Carbonic Materials, Renewable energy, energy from waste, Recycling and waste management

Chuan Chen has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) and postdoctoral studies from University of Calgary from 2013 to 2014. He is Associate Professor of HIT at present, and has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals

Recycling and waste management

Ashraf Bakkar has obtained his PhD in Materials Engineering and Corrosion from Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany, May 2005. He conducted his scientific research and development in the field of Corrosion and Electrometallurgy in Institut für Materialprüfung und Werkstofftechnik Dr. Neubert (DN) GmbH at Clausthal, Germany (2005-08). He worked as Assistant- and Associate-professor in Metallurgical and Materials Eng. Dept., Suez University, Egypt (2008-2013). He is the Head of Environmental Eng. Dept. at Umm Alqura University, Saudi Arabia. His scientific co-operation with Prof. Neubert (Director of DN) has been continued since 2001. They are currently conducting recent research on recycling of dusts evolved from different Egyptian and German steelmaking fields. He has about 35 scientific contributions published as patents, journal papers, and conference articles.

Materials Engineering, Electrometallurgy, Recycling and Waste Management

Vasilis Fthenakis is a Director, Center for Life Cycle Analysis at Columbia University, USA. He also leads the National PV Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Research Center operating at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) under the auspices of the DOE since 1982. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the International Energy Foundation.

Life Cycle Analysis, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy Penetration in the Grid, Fluid Dynamics, Air Pollution Prevention and Control

Hesham Ali, Ph.D., P.E., CPM, came to FIU with over 21 years of civil engineering experience, mostly in pavement design, analysis and construction. Ali joined the CEE faculty in December of 2011 as Green Paving Professor of Practice and is working to advance the new Green Paving Initiative of Florida International University. Ali earned holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The City University of New York. He has spent much of his career in the transportation sector focusing on pavement evaluation, pavement engineering and consulting for various public and private employers, including a role as Highway Research Fellow for the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Additionally, Ali has participated in the delivery of hundreds of roadway and airport construction projects in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Florida. Recently, Ali served as an executive at the Florida Department of Transportation, where he worked for over a decade and participated in the delivery of $3 billion of highway construction and maintenance projects.

Recycling and Waste management

Andreas Krause has completed his PhD at the age of 32 years from Georg-August-University Göttingen. He is the Professor for wood composites and processing technology at University Hamburg. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals.

Recycling and waste management

M. A. Martin-Luengo, graduated in chemistry at the Autonoma University of Madrid (Spain) in 1980. In the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, Spain), she presented her Master work in 1981 and PhD in 1983 on the characterization of surfaces. Then she worked with a CSIC grant in England and Belgium till 1987. From 1987 till 1991, she was awarded a fellowship IA from the UK´s Scientific Engineering Research Council and from 1992 she is permanent research staff of the CSIC

Nowadays she carries on with her studies on sustainable issues, applying the knowledge acquired during 34 years of career to the search for the use of renewable materials, chemical processes and energies, especially giving priority to countries with deprived economic resources.

Miklas Scholz is a Fellow of IWA holds the Chair in Civil Engineering at The University of Salford. He is the Head of the Civil Engineering Research Group and has published two books and approximately 150 journal papers. His main research areas are wetland systems, storm water management, sustainable drainage, biological filtration, water quality and wastewater treatment. Prof. Scholz is Editor-in-Chief of the ISI Web of Science-listed journal Water (impact factor for 2012: 0.973). He has membership experience of over 30 editorial boards.

Wetlands, sustainable drainage, biological filtration, water quality, storm water management and wastewater treatment.

Muscolo Adele graduated in Biological Sciences (MSc), and has completed her PhD in Food Science at the age of 26 years at the Policlinic Federico II University of Naples, Italy. In 1988 she started her professional carrier as Researcher at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria where she is still working as Professor. Since 1990 she is Reviewer for Scientific International Journals and since 2008 she is Evaluator of national and international projects for European Community and Funding Research Agencies. She is Examiner of international PhD dissertation. She published more than 170 papers in international journals with IF and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of many international journals. Additionally she is Associate Editor for JFR

Agricultural Biomass, Bioenergy, soil ecosystem, Biodiesel, Soil salinity

Alejandro Rodríguez has completed his PhD from University of Córdoba, Spain, and started to work as lecturer in University Pablo of Olavide, Spain. He worked as “Ramón y Cajal” researcher from 2007 to 2011. He is a lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department in the University of Córdoba, Spain, from December 2011. His scholarly activity should be resumed as follow: books 1, book chapters 3, Journal Articles >80, proceedings & abstracts >50, invited talks 1 and supervisory roles (including present personnel): 9 PhD Students. He has also been serving as an Editorial Board Member of several journals

Recycling, Bioprocess Engineering and Fermentation Technology,Biomass Conversion,Biochemical Engineering

Jorge Manuel Calico Lopes de Brito is currently working as a professor in department of civil engineering at University of Lisbon, Portugal. He completed his Phd in civil engineering department in 1993. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Building Engineering and Associate Editor of European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering Editorial Board. He participated in several international conferences.

Sustainable construction (recycled aggregates in concrete and mortars),Bridge and building management systems,Buildings service life (prediction),Construction technology

Takashi Nakamura completed his MA Sc in Metallurgy from Kyushu University, Japan in 1974, PhD in Metallurgy in 1979 from the same university. He became Lecturer in Kyushu Institute of Technology (1977), Associate Professor (1981) and Professor (1991). In 1998, he was appointed as a Professor at Institute for Advanced Materials Processing, Tohoku University and from 2001 to till date he is a Professor at Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University

Recycling engineering, Metallic production engineering

Irene M. C. Lo is currently a full professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and has been joining HKUST since 1992. Prof. Lo is an elected Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). She is the first Hong Kong scholar inducted into the EASA. She is an elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE), and elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992. She is also Adjunct Professor of Tongji University, Tianjin University, Jilin University and Harbin Institute of Technology in China. She had been Visiting Professor of Technical University of Denmark and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Prof. Lo was the recipient of the 2004 ASCE James Croes Medal, the 2007 ASCE Samuel Arnold Greeley Award, the 2008 EWRI Best Practice-Oriented Paper Award, the 2009 ASCE Wesley W Horner Award, and the 2012 ASCE EWRI Best Practice-Oriented Paper Award. Prof. Lo has held 2 Patents, edited 7 technical books, and published over 260 SCI journal articles and conference papers with citation about 4500 and H-index of 35. Her research areas include remediation technologies for river sediment, contaminated soils and groundwater; magnetic nano- and microparticles for environmental pollution control; pollutant migration in soils; and waste treatment and management.

Energy, Environmental Engineering: Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Engineering: Solid/hazardous Waste Management & Recycling/reuse, Environmental Engineering: Water & Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Green Building & Sustainable Development, Infrastructure Development & Planning, Nano Technology

Hojae Shim is currently working as an Associate Professor in department of Civil Engineering at University of Macau, China. He completed his PhD in Environmental Science Engineering, Ohio State University, USA. His research interests includes Environmental Biotechnology, Biological Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Reuse, Biogas/Biodiesel Production from Waste/Wastewater, Bioremediation of Contaminated Environments, Bio filtration and Biodegradation/Biotransformation

Environmental Biotechnology, Biological Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Reuse, Biogas/Biodiesel Production from Waste/Wastewater,Bioremediation of Contaminated Environments, Biofiltration, Biodegradation/Biotransformation

M. A. Martin-Luengo, graduated in chemistry at the Autonoma University of Madrid (Spain) in 1980. In the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, Spain), she presented her Master work in 1981 and PhD in 1983 on the characterization of surfaces. Then she worked with a CSIC grant in England and Belgium till 1987. From 1987 till 1991, she was awarded a fellowship IA from the UK´s Scientific Engineering Research Council and from 1992 she is permanent research staff of the CSIC.

Nowadays she carries on with her studies on sustainable issues, applying the knowledge acquired during 34 years of career to the search for the use of renewable materials, chemical processes and energies, especially giving priority to countries with deprived economic resources.

Paul completed a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering after an MSc in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Technology from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom (UK). His first degree was in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering. He currently holds a Chair in Multi-scale & Sustainable Manufacturing and is Director of Research in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at The University of Manchester in the UK as well as Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a member of the International Academy of Production Engineering (CIRP). He has published more than 120 peer reviewed scientific papers.

He is a member of the International Academy of Production Engineering (CIRP). He has published more than 120 peer reviewed scientific papers.

Jorge Castilla is a Mining Engineer from the Madrid School of Mines (Spain) and an Occupational Health and Safety Technician. He has worked as a Demolition Engineer and further developed his career working for the International Technical Services Department in an International Mining Supplies Company. He is skilled in auditing, streamlining and optimizing mining operations, also designing new products, procedures and explosives equipment. He has applied new blasting techniques in open pit as well as underground operations, having experience both in Mining and Civil Engineering. Currently, He is working as a Lecturer, Researcher and Mining Consultant at the Madrid School of Mines & Energy in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering, a part of the Technical University of Madrid, where he have finished his Ph.D. on environmental impact of mining operations. Also, he has experience on development of applied research project on industrial application of recycled aggregates in concrete.

Environmental Impact Assessment, Mining Technology: Planning and Design, Construction and Demolition (C&D) Recycling, Recycled Aggregates,

Jonathan Wong is currently a Professor in the Department of Biology at the Hong Kong Baptist University where he has taught since 1992. He is also the Executive Director of Earth Tech Consultancy Co. Ltd. providing environmental consultancy service. He received his B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Phil. in Biology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and his Ph.D. in environmental science from Murdoch University, Western Australia. He is currently the Director of the Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre (HKORC). He is one of the founders of HKORC and has developed the first third party certification system of Hong Kong, currently providing certification for local and overseas organic farming and processing operations. He has been invited as a visiting professor of Nanjing Agriculture University, China Agriculture University and Shandong University. He has conducted research exploring the reutilization of organic wastes for energy and biomass production, developing innovative composting technology, anaerobic digestion of food waste, waste separation and recycling, and remediation of soils contaminated with PAHs, pesticides and heavy metals. He has been a principal investigator in projects worth more than HK$70 million, and is the author or co-author of over 350 SCI publication and conference proceedings. Jonathan has been active in promoting environmental protection and conservation in Hong Kong, and has been appointed as a member of a number of Government’s advisory committees including Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries, Vice Chairman of the Environmental Campaign Committee, Member of the Advisory Council on Environment, Member of the Expert Committee of the Centre for Food Safety and etc. Prof. Wong was bestowed with Medal of Honor by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2011 for his service and contribution to the Environment, and appointed as Justice of Peace.

Jonathan has been active in promoting environmental protection and conservation in Hong Kong, and has been appointed as a member of a number of Government’s advisory committees including Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries, Vice Chairman of the Environmental Campaign Committee, Member of the Advisory Council on Environment, Member of the Expert Committee of the Centre for Food Safety and etc. Prof. Wong was bestowed with Medal of Honor by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2011 for his service and contribution to the Environment, and appointed as Justice of Peace.

BK Sharma joined the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) in 2009 and is a Senior Research Engineer in the Applied Research on Industrial Environmental Systems Program (ARIES) Group at ISTC. BK's research areas are biofuels, biolubricants, and alternative fuels. In February 2016, BK was elected as fellow of Society of Tribology & Lubrication Engineers

Biofuels, Green Energy, Renewable Energy

Ximing Cai’s current research areas include coupled human-natural system analysis with an emphasis on human interferences in hydrological processes, water-energy-food system modeling especially in dry areas, and sustainable water resources management particularly in developing countries. He has authored or co-authored more than 125 peer-reviewed journal papers, three books and several monographs. He currently serves as Editor for Water Resources Research the flagship journal of water resources, published by the American Geophysical Union, and on the editorial board of other major water journals. He has received several awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award and best paper awards from Water International and the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. He has worked as a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations and other international agencies.

Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems

Dr. Sebastian Helgenberger leads the “Multiple Benefits of Renewables” project at IASS Potsdam. In their research activities and international science-policy dialogues Sebastian and his team are giving particular emphasis on the social and economic benefits of renewable energies as drivers of accelerated transitions towards sustainable energy for all. Sebastian graduated in Environmental Sciences at Leuphana University Lüneburg and conducted his master thesis at ETH Zurich on knowledge co-creation among science and society in sustainability transformations. He also holds a PhD in socio-economics. Throughout his career Sebastian Helgenberger has been committed to advancing and experimenting with the transformative potential of science and research to accompany societal change.

Transdisciplinary Panel on Energy (TPEC)

Aaron Praktiknjo has been an Assistant Professor of Energy Resource and Innovation Economics at RWTH Aachen University since 2015. Before joining RWTH Aachen, he was a team leader and lecturer at the Institute for Energy Engineering, TU Berlin, and served as a consultant for national and international agencies and companies. After studying industrial and civil engineering, he completed his PhD on the topic of energy supply security at the Chair of Energy Systems at TU Berlin, graduating in 2013 with highest honors. He has received awards for his research from the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and the European Energy Exchange (EEX).

Energy Systems Analysis, Safety of the power supply,Design and modeling of energy markets

Wolfram Sparber is currently working as chairman of the executive board of Alperia spa. Alperia spa is a company which arose from the merging of the two regional energy utilities SEL spa and AEW spa. From November 2011 till December 2015 Wolfram Sparber was chairman of the board of administration of SEL spa and of several daughter companies. Since 2011 he is Vice President of the Board of the European Technology Platform Renewable Heating and Cooling.

Sustainable energy systems for regions and cities, Integrated renewable energy concpets for buildings

Peter NOVAK completed his Ph.D. degree in Technical Sciences, University of Belgrade in 1975. Peter NOVAK was professor for HVAC, Renewable energy and Environment and dean at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. Hi is professor emeritus of Faculty for technology and systems, Novo mesto. Hi is owner of consultant company Energotech. At present is involved in preparation of energy concept of Slovenia for Slovenian government. He is associated with ASHRAE (Fellow and Life member). In the International Institute of Refrigeration served eight years as president of Commission E1 for Air Conditioning (now Honorary Member of IIR) and past Vice chairman of Scientific Committee at European Environmental Agency, Copenhagen (2012-2016). Hi is also honorary member of REHVA, SLOSE, and SITHOK. More than twelve years hi was served as member of Environmental Council of Slovenia.

Sustainable Energy, Biomass, Renewable energy resources

Dr Dansoh is a Chartered PhD qualified engineer with over 30 years’ experience in multi discipline industrial environments. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in renewable energy technologies at Kingston University in London.

Biomass and Biofuels, fuel cells and Hydrogen, wind and Solar power and ocean energy systems, such as wave and tidal power

Professor Buxing Han received Ph.D. degree at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1988, and did postdoctoral research from 1989 to 1991 at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has been a professor at Institute of Chemistry, CAS since 1993

physicochemical properties of green solvent systems, green solvents in green chemistry, green energy

Mr. Garvin is the former Technology Transfer Specialist for the University of Iowa. He designed entrepreneurial studies courses in that position. He has developed seven start-up companies in the state of Iowa, Wisconsin and Texas. True to both definition of a paradigm shift specialist, Garvin has spent the last 20 years helping to effect changes in complex systems in the economy. In the 1990s, while working with the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and later at the University of Iowa, he helped research, design and introduce technical developments to the medical industry that resulted in an overhaul of safety practices and safety equipment used in hospitals and medical facilities nationwide. He has directed a number of research projects around electric transportation and fuel cells at Iowa State University and continues to direct technology and financial analysis projects for the energy sector with student groups at the University of Iowa.

Energy

Dr. Hector M. Guevara is the founder, chairman of the board, and president of various corporations, including NuEnergy Group, Inc., previously a public company trading on the OTC in OTC and now being held inactive (operations/trading stopped). Dr. Guevara has devoted the past 35 years to the research and development of renewable energy systems. Dr. Guevara’s companies designed and or produced many of the most notable solar, wind, and hydroelectric systems deployed throughout the world. The results of his research and development have been assigned to his new Florida Corporation; NuEnergy Technologies Corp. Dr. Guevara is a patent and co-patent holder in various sustainable energy and propulsion technologies. Dr. Guevara has also been the recipient of various grants from Federal Govt. Agencies, e.g., NASA/SATOP, DOE (SBIR), United Nation’s UNICEF, and others.

Sustainable Energy

Yulin Deng is a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science, a member of ACS, AIChE and TAPPI. He is also an editorial board member for three journals.

Yulin Deng’s research interests are nanomaterial synthesis and self-assembling, biofuel and biomass materials, colloid and interface science and engineering, polymer synthesis, and papermaking and paper recycling.

Xinlei Wang is a professor in Bioenvironmental Engineering department at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Air quality and environmental control; diesel engine emission control; renewable energy systems and applications; building energy efficiency.

Gleb Yushin is a Professor of the School of Materials and Engineering at The Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined MSE in July 2007 and has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Roland B. Snow Award from the American Ceramic Society, NASA Nano 50 Award, various best poster awards from the Electrochemical Society, Materials Research Society, and North American Membrane Society meetings, and multiple awards at ceramographic competitions. His recent work was featured on the cover of Nano Letters and was covered by Nature, Science, Advanced Functional Materials, Innovation Philadelphia Newsletter, Philadelphia Business Journal, and Frost & Sullivan, among others.

Gleb Yushin's research interests include nanoporous carbide derived carbon - based materials and devices for energy, environment and bio-related applications.

Reza Nekovei is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

Reza Nekovei has been conducting research in the field of Micro/Nano scale integrated circuit design for over 15 years, including modeling of circuits for nano-electronic devices.

Jagannadh Satyavolu, is the Theme Leader for Biomass and Biofuels focused on developing renewable feed streams for green fuel processing technology.

Jagannadh Satyavolu has 25 years of experience in commercial business leadership roles, operations and capital project management, product and process technology development, industrial application research, and academia. He has lead projects in lignocellulosic biomass conversion for energy, chemicals, paper and other industrial markets; waste to energy conversion technologies and implementation; process integration and economics; water treatment and recycle; and new product/process development for chemical, food, and biotechnology industries.

Dr. T.T. Chow received his PhD from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He is currently the Associated Professor and Director of the Building Energy and Environmental Technology Research Unit at the City University of Hong Kong. He has 400 academic publications, including over 130 SCI journal articles and with over 3,000 Scopus citations. He has been serving as members of many journal editorial boards, such as the Journal of Building Performance Simulation. He also contributes to many reputable international conferences as committee members and invited speakers. He holds fellow membership in many professional institutions, such as FASHRAE and FCIBSE.

Building Energy and Environment

Meilin Liu is a professor at the School of Materials Science & Engineering and Co-director for Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Meilin Liu's research interests include developing novel materials for energy storage and conversion, for chemical sensing, and for hydrogen production and separation. In addition, he is also interested in microscopic modeling of mass and charge transport in solid electrochemical systems and polarization at interfaces.

Constantinos S. Psomopoulos is an Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Dept of TEI Piraeus,Greece. He also holds the position of Director of Electric Power Division and Vice President of WTERT – Greece & Research Associate in Earth Engineering Center Columbia University NY since 2011.

His research interests include Eco Design of EuPs and Energy Efficiency, RES, Materials & Energy Recovery from wastes, Electromechanical Installations and Apparatus, Electrical Measurements & High Field Effects, High Voltage Engineering & Power Systems.

He has extended his valuable service as a Professor at the Amar Telidji University of Laghouat- Algeria and has been a recipient of many award and grants. His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study. His research interests as a Professor reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals. He has published many papers in various journals and conference proceedings on renewable energy and has served as an editorial board for several journals and committee member for international conferences. He is a reviewer of many journals such as: Solar Energy, Conversion Energy and Management Journal, Electronics Journal, International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research, Measurement, International Journal of Electronics, Energy and Buildings and Journal of Applied Electrochemistry I was the President of the Scientific Committee at the Electrical Engineering Department- Amar Telidji University of Laghouat, Algeria.

Photovoltaic Solar Energy

Sven Erik Jørgensen is professor emeritus in environmental chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He has published 370 papers of which 256 were published in peer-reviewed international journals and he has edited or authored 79 books, of which several have been translated to other languages (Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese). He has authored a successful textbook in ecological modelling “Fundamentals of Ecological Modelling”, which was published as a fourth edition together with Brian Fath in 2011. He is the editorial board member of 20 international journals in the fields of ecology and environmental management. He is the president of ISEM and he has been elected member of the European Academy of Science’s, for which he is the chairman of the Section for Environmental Sciences. He has received the Einstein Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Science. He has in 1975 founded the journal Ecological Modelling and in 1978 ISEM (International Society of Ecological Modelling). He has received several awards, The Ruder Boskovic Medal, The Prigogine Prize, The Pascal Medal, The Einstein professorship at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Santa Chiara Prize for multidisciplinary teaching and the very prestigious Stockholm Water Prize. The Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, edited by Sven Erik Jørgensen, received in 2013 the outstanding publishing achievement, “this year’s Outstanding Academic Title”.

His expertise is in hydrology, biogeography and remote sensing.He has taught courses in ecological modelling and systems ecology in 33 different countries.