Organization: Shandong University
China

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Organization: Università degli Studi eCampus
Italy

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Barbara Marchetti graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Università Politecnica delle Marche. She received her PhD in Mechanical Measurements for Engineering from University of Padova in 2004. She has worked as Researcher at the Naval Research Laboratory of Washington DC. Her research activities are related to development and application of measurements systems for diagnostic, optimisation and control of production processes. She also studies quality management systems and environmental performances evaluations by the application of LCA methodology and supply chain management innovation.

Organization: University of Hertfordshire
United Kingdom

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Professor Hongwei Wu (FIMechE, FRAeS, FEI) is a full Professor of Thermofluids in the School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, and leads the MCI research group at University of Hertfordshire. Professor Wu is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of esteemed organisations such as the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), the Energy Institute (FEI), and the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He is a Royal Academy of Engineering Academic Champion, a visiting professor at East Kazakhstan State Technical University, and a member of the UK Turbulence Consortium. He received his BEng, PhD (Joint PhD Programme with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - HKUST) in Thermofluids all from Beihang University. He has an academic and research profile previously developed at Northumbria University, University of the West of Scotland, Birmingham University and Brunel University London in UK, as well as at the University of British Columbia & University of Alberta in Canada.

Organization: BIMTECH
India

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Arunaditya Sahay, Dean (Research) Professor of Strategic Management, Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida, U.P., India. His consulting experience includes projects sponsored by the European Union, the Government of India, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, and some leading companies. He serves on the Boards of various universities and companies. He has to his credit 8 books and over 220 research/case publications.

Organization: Kitami Institute of Technology
Japan

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Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology
United States

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Chase Wu is a professor and the associate chair in Department of Data Science. His work has been supported by various funding agencies where he is a collaborative research staff. He has published over 300 research articles in highly reputed conference proceedings, journals, and books.

Organization: University of Regina
Canada

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Professor Gordon Huang is a globally recognized expert in environmental systems engineering, specializing in the intersection of energy, environment, and sustainability. He earned his Ph.D. from McMaster University, where he was later honored with a Doctor of Science for his groundbreaking contributions to the field. He also holds a Master of Science from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Science from Peking University in China. Dr. Huang is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Saskatchewan, Canada, underscoring his technical expertise and professional standing.

Organization: University of Naples Federico II
Italy

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Organization: Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Turkey

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Organization: FEI University
Brazil

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Dr. Santos obtained a degree in chemical engineering in 2000 from the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil). He obtained both Master degree (2003) and Ph.D. (2007) in Chemical Engineering at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), studying interfacial phenomena involved in crude oil disperse systems. He had a Postdoctoral Researcher position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), working on the extraction and characterization of asphaltene subfractions (2008). He had a Senior Research Scientist position in the Center for Petroleum Studies of UNICAMP (2009-2013), leading industrial projects to the carbon dioxide – crude oil multiphasic flow. Since 2011, Dr. Santos is a staff member of the Chemical Engineering department of FEI (São Paulo, Brazil), where he has a position of Associate Professor with chair of chemical engineering thermodynamics.

Organization: CITEDEF
Argentina

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Maria Jose Lavorante is the Head of Research and Development Division of Renewable Energy at the Institution of Scientific and Technological Research for Defense (CITEDEF), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Her research interests include water electrolyzers, fuel cells, dark fermentation and conductometric titrations. She is the Head Professor at the Engineer Faculty, at the National Defense University in charge of the subjects Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Organic, Synthesis and Solids and Colloidal Chemistry. Since 2021, she is the coordinator of the ¨Electrolyzers for industrial use and storage¨ subnetwork of the CYTED network ¨Hydrogen: production and uses in transportation and the electrical sector'. 

Organization: University of Lille
France

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Belkacem OULD BOUAMAMA is full Professor in automatic control at Graduate School of Engineering Polytech Lille (France), where he has been Director of the Research for 15 years. He is in charge of a diagnosis and prognosis research team at the CRIStAL laboratory of the National Center for Scientific Research (CRIStAL, CNRS) in Lille, where his research activities concern Integrated Design for Supervision of System Engineering based on Bond Graph theory.

Organization: University of Naples Federico II
Italy

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Marilisa Botte was born in Caserta, Italy, in 1988. She received the M.Sc. degree in hydraulics and transportation systems engineering and the Ph.D. degree in civil system engineering from Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy, in 2014 and 2018 respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor with Federico II University of Naples. She has authored more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Her research interests include sustainable mobility, MaaS systems, transportation and urban planning, rail system analysis and management, and energy-saving strategies interests.

Organization: Vienna University of Technology
Austria

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Amela is an Associate Professor in Energy Economics at TU Wien. She holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (2002), a PhD (2006) and a Venia Docendi (2016) in Energy Economics from TU Wien. Amela joined the Energy Economics Group (EEG) in 2002, focusing in her research on energy related aspects in the transport sector. She was on research leave several times (e.g., as a visiting researcher at the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and at the International Energy Agency (IEA), as well as a guest lecturer at the Czech Technical University in Prague). Furthermore, she has acted as a guest editor for a special issue of the journal Energy Policy (Elsevier) on "Modelling transport (energy) demand and policies". Amela has comprehensive teaching, supervision, reviewing and examination experience of bachelor, master and PhD students. She has been involved in many topic-related national and international research projects both as a project partner and coordinator. Her main field of research in these projects focuses in sustainable energy transition analysis on the energy-transport nexus. She has also made a considerable number of scientific conference contributions worldwide and authored more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book contributions. Amela is an active member of various academic and scientific committees and associations.

Organization: Chongqing University
China

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Hui Li is a professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University. His research interests include operation and control of wind turbine generation system, analysis and control of wind power system and condition monitoring and reliability of renewable energy systems.

Organization: Nazarbayev University
Kazakhstan

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Dr. Asad Bokhari is an assistant professor of public policy and governance at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor at Dongshin University, South Korea between 2024 and 2025, research fellow with the Centre for Convergence Security and e-Governance at Inha University from September 2021 to February 2024, and from 2014 to 2017, he was a research and teaching assistant with the Ajou Business School at Ajou University.

Organization: Tongji University
China

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Tiancai Ma is a professor at Tongji University. He received a bachelor’s degree in Automation and a doctorate in Vehicle Engineering from Tongji University in 2000 and 2007, respectively. He has been engaged in the research and development of hydrogen energy and fuel cell vehicles for more than 20 years. As the person in charge, he has presided over 5 national scientific research projects, and more than 10 projects and 4 provincial and ministerial scientific research projects; presided over and participated in 16 domestic and international standards; and authorized more than 80 patents. He won a special prize for scientific and technological progress in China’s automobile industry and the first prize for Shanghai Industry-University-Research Cooperation. He is the deputy director of the National Fuel Cell Vehicle and Power System Engineering Technology Research Center and the deputy secretary-general of the China Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Industry Innovation Alliance.

Organization: Universidad de Almería
Spain

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Alfredo Alcayde-García is a Professor at the Engineering Department/Electrical Engineering, University of Almería, Spain, and the Deputy Director of Industrials at the Higher School of Engineering. He works as an engineer in a private research center and collaborates with research groups at the universities of Almería and Granada. His research interests include energy, power systems, sustainability, optimization, and genetic algorithms.

Organization: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia

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Lee Keat Teong obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2004. He is currently Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (research and postgraduate studies) at the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Up to date, he has published more than 100 research articles in various international peer-reviewed journals. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Associate Editor for American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy and editorial board member for ISRN Renewable Energy. Currently, he is working on the production of biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) from biomass (mainly oil palm biomass) using various technologies. Apart from that, he also has special interest on the social and sustainability aspects of biofuels.

Organization: Wroclaw University of Science and Techn...
Poland

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Krzysztof Czajka is an Associate Professor (DSc, PhD, Eng) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland. He is affiliated with the Department of Energy Conversion Engineering. His research focuses on thermal process kinetics, thermal analysis techniques (TGA, DSC), and the pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion of solid fuels. His work also covers gasifiers, pyrolysis reactors, and energy machinery such as steam and gas turbines, compressors, and fans, along with life cycle assessment.

Organization: University of Maryland
United States

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Weidong Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the founder and director of its Dynamic Systems and Vibrations Laboratory and Laser Vibrometry and Optical Measurement Laboratory. He received his double major BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1986, and his MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and the University of California at Berkeley in 1988 and 1994, respectively. He is a recipient of the 2004 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He has been an ASME Fellow since 2010, and has served as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics and the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, and as a Subject Editor of the Journal of Sound and Vibration and Nonlinear Dynamics. His research spans the fields of dynamics, vibration, control,  structural health monitoring,  renewable energy, and metamaterials, and involves analytical development, numerical simulation, experimental validation, and industrial application. He has published 405 journal papers in these areas and has 13 issued U.S. patents.  He received 17 best paper awards from the ASME and Society for Experimental Mechanics. He is a recipient of the 2020 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and 2024 ASME Rayleigh Lecture Award.

Organization: Karadeniz Technical University
Turkey

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Organization: American University of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Mostafa Shaaban is the Director at Energy, Water, and Sustainable Environment Research Center at the American University of Sharjah. He worked in the field of power system operation for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), as well as for Opus One Solutions smart grid consultant in Canada. Dr. Shaaban has several publications in international journals and conferences, and serves as a reviewer for several refereed journals. His teaching interests include electrical circuits, power systems and power electronics. His research interests include reliability and security of the power systems, energy management systems, microgrids, smart grids, planning and operation of renewable resources, electric vehicles and storage systems.

Organization: Mahatma Gandhi University
India

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Prof. Sabu Thomas is serving as the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences. Earlier, he served as Pro-Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala from 2017 to 2018; and as Director of School of Chemical Science from 2010 to 2013. His areas of academic research include polymer nanocomposites and cellulose nanocomposites. In 2015, he received his first Docteur Honoris Causa from University of Southern Brittany in Lorient, France. In 2016, he received his second Doctorate honoris causa from University of Lorraine, France. He was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, FRSC in 2012. He received the Bronze Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India and the MRSI Medal of the Material Research Society of India in 2013. He was the recipient of Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Award 2017. He received TRiLA Academician of the year 2018 award.

Organization: Imperial College London
United Kingdom

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Prof. Christos Markides did a PhD in Energy Technologies, at the Department of Engineering of the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Epaminondas (Nondas) Mastorakos in 2005. He worked for a short time as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) at Cambridge University Engineering Department (CUED) while also being a Fellow and Engineering Director of Studies at Robinson College. In 2006 he co-founded a spin-out of company, which was embedded in CUED, to develop a thermally powered fluid pumping technology based on a two-phase thermofluidic oscillator concept. He acted as the company's Technical Director until 2008, when he was awarded a 5-year co-current Fellowship by the Research Council's UK (RCUK) and (then) Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd (FWEL); later acquired by John Wood Group. He was appointed to the post of Lecturer in Clean Energy Processes at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Imperial College in late 2008. He became Senior Lecturer in 2014, Reader in 2016 and Professor in 2018. He now leads the Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory, coordinates the Experimental Multiphase Flow (EMF) Laboratory, which is the largest such experimental space at Imperial College London, and is a Co-Founder and Director of recent spin-out company Solar Flow.

Organization: Universidad de Córdoba
Spain

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Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology
United States

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Chase Wu is a professor and the associate chair in Department of Data Science. His work has been supported by various funding agencies where he is a collaborative research staff. He has published over 300 research articles in highly reputed conference proceedings, journals, and books.

Organization: Moulay Ismail University
Morocco

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Yousef FARHAOUI is Professor at IDMS Team, Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of sciences and Techniques, Morocco. Local Publishing and Research Coordinator, Cambridge International Academics in United Kingdom. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Security from Ibn Zohr University of Science. His research interests include learning, e-learning, computer security, big data analytics, and business intelligence. Prof. Farhaoui has three books in computer science. He is a coordinator and member of the organizing committee and also a member of the scientific committee of several international conferences, and is a member of various international associations.

Organization: Chemnitz University of Technology
Germany

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Josef Lutz studied Physics at the University of Stuttgart, from 1983 he was with Semikron Elektronik, in Nuremberg. He invented the Controlled Axial Lifetime (CAL) diode and holds several patents in the field of fast diodes. In 1999 he graduated as PhD in electrical engineering at the university of Ilmenau. Since August 2001 he is Professor for Power Electronics and Electromagnetic Compatibility at the Chemnitz University of Technology.

He is senior member of IEEE and serves in several international committees (PCIM,  EPE, ISPS, CIPS) He is member of the advisory board of the journal Microelectronics Reliability. His main publication is the book "Semiconductor Power Devices - Physics, Characteristics, Reliability", printed in German (2006, 2012), in English (2011, 2018) and in Chinese (2013). His focus of research is on power semiconductor devices, ruggedness, reliability. In 2005, he was elected as honorary professor at the North Caucasian Technical University in Stavropol.

Organization: Cornell University
United States

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Robert Hockett joined the Cornell Law Faculty in 2004. His principal teaching, research, and writing interests lie in the fields of organizational, financial, and monetary law and economics in both their positive and normative, as well as their national and transnational, dimensions. His guiding concern in these fields is with the legal and institutional prerequisites to a just, prosperous, and sustainable economic order.

A Fellow of the Century Foundation and regular commissioned author for the New America Foundation, Hockett also does regular consulting work for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the International Monetary Fund, Americans for Financial Reform, the 'Occupy' Cooperative, and a number of federal and state legislators and local governments.

Organization: Beijing Normal University
China

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Prof. Liting has been a Ph.D. student at BNU since 2021, focusing on applying Bayesian theory and machine learning to sustainability issues, particularly in water systems and renewable energy. She earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Engineering from BJTU and BNU, respectively. To date, Liting has published three SCI papers and participated in several research projects.

Organization: Morais Leitão
Portugal

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Rui Pedro de Oliveira Neves is a Partner at Morais Leitão, one of Portugal's leading law firms. He is widely recognized for his expertise in energy law, corporate law, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), capital markets, governance, ESG, and large cross-border transactions. He has advised on:

• Major mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector.
• Renewable energy investments in Europe and the United States.
• Oil & gas (upstream, midstream, and downstream).
• Electricity and natural gas regulation.
• Hydrogen, renewable gases, and battery projects.
• Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), privatizations, and takeover bids. 

Organization: Università degli Studi eCampus
Italy

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Dr. Alberto Cavallito's research centers on sustainable agriculture, a field that unites his scientific expertise with his commitment to creating systems that are both environmentally responsible and socially impactful. He welcomes collaborations and discussions with fellow researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who share a vision for a more sustainable world.

Organization: American University of Bahrain
Bahrain

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Organization: University of Huddersfield
United Kingdom

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Prof. Victor C Azubike is investigating the international environmental laws, policies, and regulations related to the present energy transition, energy security, net-zero goals, and what it means for National Oil Companies, and specifically petroleum-rich developing countries. He has always had strong interests in international Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Contract Law as he has previous experience in a commercial role where he analysed contracts at an energy company. Victor also has experience teaching Business Law at Robert Gordon University where he obtained his Doctorate in the area of energy and natural resource law with a specific interest in National Oil Companies (NOCs) roles. Victor has been a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) since 2013. Also, a Member of the Energy Institute (EI).

Organization: Chaudhary Charan Singh University
India

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Prof. Beer Pal Singh received his M.Sc. (1997), M.Phil. (1998), and Ph.D. (2002) from C.C.S. University, Meerut (UP), India. Presently, he is working as a Professor and Head in the Department of Physics, CCS University, Meerut. He worked as Visiting Professor at the Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan and Visiting Scientist (Raman Fellow) in University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, USA. He has supervised 9 Ph.D. and more than 40 M.Phil. students for their research thesis. He has published more than 60 research papers in reputed journals and serves as a reviewer of several national/international journals of repute. His research interests comprise thin films, 2D materials, nanostructured materials, metal oxides, semiconducting materials, thin film transistors, sensors, and energy storage devices.

Organization: Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden

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Maria Taljegård is Assistant Professor and Head of Unit at the Division of Energy Technology, Department of Environmental and Energy Sciences. Her research focuses on the interaction between electrified road transport and the wider electricity system, including electric vehicles, charging strategies, electric road systems, low-voltage grids, hydrogen supply and vehicle-to-grid applications.

Her work combines energy-systems modelling and techno-economic analysis with empirical data on driving and charging patterns. Current research themes include capacity constraints in Swedish low- and medium-voltage grids, smart charging and network tariffs, synthetic grid modelling, hydrogen for transport and industry, and resilient urban energy systems. Her research connects to the Chalmers Areas of Advance in Energy and Transport.

Taljegård completed her PhD in Energy and Environment at Chalmers in 2019, with a thesis on the electrification of road transportation and its implications for the electricity system. She was appointed Associated Professor in 2026.