Organization: University of Louisville, United States

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Prof. Dr. Vaclav Vetvicka, Ph.D. is a Professor at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville. He is also the President of The International Society for Glucan Research (ISGR). He graduated in 1978 from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic with a doctorate degree in biology and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1983 from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Prague. He is a member of the Czech Immunological Society, American Association of Immunologists, International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology, and American Association for Cancer Research. In 1984 he was awarded the Distinguished Young Scientist Award of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. During 1984 to 1985 and 1988 he spent 18 months as a Research Associate in Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is author or co-author of more than 150 original scientific papers, several review articles, and three patents. He is a co-author of the books Evolution of Immune Reactions, Immunology of Annelids, Aspartic Proteinases, Methods in Cellular Immunology, and Evolutionary Mechanisms of Defense Reactions, and co-editor of books Immunological Disorders in Mice and Immune System Accessory Cells.

Organization: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

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Prof. Jaroslaw Milewski is a doctor of engineering, associate professor at Power Engineering Division of Institute of Heat Engineering – Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering.He has an experience in research of fuel cell modelling (especially Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Hybrid Systems and Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Hybrid Systems), advanced power systems (hydrogen fuelled power generation cycles) and classic power generation systems (based on steam and gas turbines). He has definite experience with cooperation with power engineering industry. He is an author and a co-author of 200+ publications and holds 4 patents. He teaches students in the fields of: turbomachinery, theory of fluid flow machinery, environment protection, numerical tools in power plant simulations, hybrid systems, and others.

Organization: University of Glasgow, Australia

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Prof. Ruth Irwin is working on climate change in the public sector and is an Adjunct Professor with the Faculty of Education at RMIT University. Her research engages with indigenous thought, feminism, new materialism, and Continental philosophy. She is the author of four books, including Heidegger, Politics and Climate Change (2008), Climate Change and Philosophy (2010) and Beyond the Free Market (2014), amongst others. Currently she is writing a new monograph called Economic Futures, Climate Change and Modernity coming out with Routledge next year. With another on Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Blanchot on Nihilism and Social Change to follow.

Organization: University of Leicester, United Kingdom

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Karl Ryder is a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Leicester. Dr Ryder is a professional member of the institute of Metal Finishing and is currently theme leader for materials and nano-materials research for the College of Science and Engineering. Professor Ryder specializes in the applied study of electrodynamics and nucleation/growth processes at electrified interfaces of metals and other polymer based materials in novel ionic liquid solvents.   Dr Ryder has active interests in both knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer activities and sits on several University committees dealing with third stream engagement. He has strong collaborations with many chemistry and chemical engineering / surface finishing sectors including aerospace, through a network of SME's and larger scale electrochemical and surface science based manufacturers and commercial R&D companies. His research interests include electrochemical deposition and dissolution processes, surfaces and interfacial structure. Characterization of surfaces and interfaces using probe microscopy, acoustic impedance spectroscopy, neutron reflectivity and X-ray techniques.

Organization: Southwest University of Science and Technology, China

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Shunli Wang is a Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Academic Dean, Academic Leader of the National Electrical Safety and Quality Testing Center, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Provincial Senior Overseas Talent, Academic and Technical Leader of China Science and Technology City, who is an authoritative expert in renewable energy research. His research interests include modeling, state estimation, and safety management for energy storage systems.As the head of NELab and the new energy measurement & control research team, he closely focuses on the construction of control science and engineering disciplines, conducting the new energy measurement and control research with the collaborative battery state estimation. He has carried out the exploration and industrialization application of life cycle state measurement and control theory. 56 projects have been undertaken, including the projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Provincial Science and Technology Department. 

Organization: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Germany

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Wittwer is head of the “Power Electronics, Networks and Intelligent Systems” division at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and holds an honorary professorship at the Faculty for Environmental and Natural Resources at the University of Freiburg. He was a research assistant at the Technical University of Karlsruhe from 1995 and received his doctorate with distinction in 1999. Since 1994, he has been working in various functions at Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg. In 2003, he became the group leader “Operations Management and Control Engineering” and from 2012 he is department head of “Intelligent Energy Systems”. In 2014, he received the honorary professorship from the University of Freiburg. He is responsible for teaching the “Smart Grids” module in the “REM Renewable Energy “Engineering Systems” master’s course. Wittwer’s research focuses on intelligent power grids and energy management systems, as well as modelling and simulation. He supervises numerous master and doctoral students as part of his professorship.

Organization: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

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Prof. Dr. Manuela Tvaronavičienė holds position of professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania. She is a joint editor-in-chief of Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues, member of editorial boards of Journal of Business Economics and Management (Web of Sciences), International Journal of Trade and Global Markets (Elsevier, Cabell’s directory), Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (Akamai University, USA) etc. She is expert at Lithuanian Council of Science and expert at National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for evaluation scientific projects submitted for the EU funding.; permanent Member of Doctoral Study Committee at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University; opponent and participant of 30 dissertation defense committees; Head of scientific project, financed by the EU : “Energetically secure and sustainable restructuring of Lithuanian industry sectors in the context of world economy development tendencies” (The Research Council of Lithuania IEP-01/2012); author of more than 50 research papers , 20 of which are listed in Web of Sciences of Thomson Reuters; co-author of monograph “Innovations, Fixed Investment and Economic Growth: the EU context“. She is alumnus of IESE Business School (year 2002), raised qualifications at EFER programs held at Harvard Business School (2007), Maastricht (2010), IESE Business School 2011, and University of Cambridge (2012); has participated in conferences held in Europe, Asia, USA, Middle East and Japan.

Organization: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

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Professor Ali is a well-known researcher with more than two decades of experience in innovation, sustainability, and smart technology. Throughout her career, she has proven a strong dedication to addressing global concerns by combining cutting-edge technologies with environmentally friendly practises.Dr. Ali has a Ph.D. in Operations Research with an emphasis on sustainability, so she understands how innovation can create sustainable development. Her study focuses on interdisciplinary topics such as sustainability, circular economy, warehousing, and transportation. Dr. Ali's expertise lies in designing and implementing new solutions that enhance sustainability. Her research has focused on integrating smart technologies into urban environments, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, in order to improve resource efficiency, improve energy management, and optimize transportation systems.

Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States

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Prof. Dr. Reza Ghorbani  completed his B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology 2000; M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology 2002; Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba 2008. NSERC research fellow, JSPS research fellow. He is an assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Hawaii. He is interested in sustainability, human mind, curiosity, and problem-solving. His research interests include renewable energy device and marine hydrokinetic power systems, intelligent control of smart grid, modern electric grid architecture, system optimization, high performance elastic actuators, system dynamics, and robotics. Over 60 reviewed papers, couple of patents pending. He holds 5 international awards in robotics.

Organization: Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia

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Prof. M. S. BHASKAR (M’15-SM’20) received the bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India in 2011 and a master’s degree in power electronics and drives from the Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT University, India in 2014, and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Johannesburg, South Africa in 2019. He is with Renewable Energy Lab, Department of Communications and Networks Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was a Post-Doctoral researcher with his Ph.D. tutor in the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark in 2019. He worked as a Researcher Assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar in 2018-2019. He worked as a Research Student with Power Quality Research Group, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in Aug/Sept 2017. He has authored 150 plus scientific papers with particular reference to DC/DC and DC/AC converter, and high gain converter, and received the Best Research Paper Awards from IEEE-GPECOM’20, IEEE-CENCON’19, IEEE-ICCPCT’14, IET-CEAT’16. He is a senior member of IEEE, IEEE Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, Industrial Application, Robotics and Automation, Vehicular Technology Societies, Young Professionals, various IEEE Councils, and Technical Communities. He is a reviewer member of various international journals and conferences, including IEEE and IET.