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INVITED SPEAKER DETAILS AND THEIR ABSTRACT TITLES

Dr Abdulaziz Bin Othman Altwaijri

Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri is the

Director General of the Islamic

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization (ISESCO), and the Secretary

General of the Federation of the

Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW).

Dr Altwaijri is an accomplished academic,

a senior lecturer, and an eminent writer and

poet. Armed with a keenly holistic vision

for human civilizational development, Dr

Altwaijri played a vital role in the

development, supervision, and launch of 16

strategies approved by the Islamic Summit

Conference. He also established the

Supreme Council of Education, Science and

Culture, an alliance designated for work outside of the Islamic world. Dr Altwaijri is also

a staunch advocate of cultural dialogue and the alliance of civilizations.

Title: Leading role of ISESCO in the field of Renewable Energies and the Promotion

of the Concept of Green and Sustainable Cities in the Islamic World

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Prof Marco Sala

Marco Sala graduated with honours from University of Florence in Architecture in

1972, fonder and Director of A.B.I.T.A. Inter-

university Research Centre

http://web.taed.unifi.it/abitaweb/ . Director of

European Master ABITA in Sustainable

Architecture, has extensive experience in European

research projects and in many international

Cooperation Projects (Perù, Ecuador,

Indonesia). Visiting Professor at London

Metropolitan University, coordinator of Abitare

Mediteraneo: research, database, TestCell and new

benchmark for moderate climate condition

www.abitaremediterraneo.eu funded by Tuscany

Region. Professor Marco Sala authored some 70

scientific papers/conference reports, produced about 20 books, proceedings volumes,

and in 2013 edited the Almanacco (handbook) of Sustainable Architecture with

Renzo Piano, Massimo Mayoviecki and Federico Butera. Marco Sala organised and

chaired many International Conferences and Exhibitions on renewable energy and

sustainable architecture, as fonder member of TIA (Teaching in Architecture Energy

and Environment World Network), member of Bioclimatic Committee of ISES Italia,

WREC (World Renewable Energy Congress), Associate Member of PLEA (Passive

Low Energy Architecture).

Amongst EU funded research, Marco Sala coordinated Italian participation in

“Museums”,“Hospitals”,“PV in Schools” and “Teenergy” as buildings, “UniAid”

“Dayliht” and “Euleb” as didactic tools for sustainable architecture. His role as full

Professor of Architectural Technology in the University of Florence works in tandem

with the office research base and practice, with many realised bioclimatic buildings

and consultancies for private and public administrations. Marco Sala Associates,

Architecture and Energy Consultants, http://www.msaassociati.it/ specialises in

passive solar systems in architecture, environmental design, bioclimatic architecture:

Among projects designed by Marco Sala: Natural Museum and Speed Train rail-

station in Florence, Technology Park Offices in Lucca, Multiplex and Commercial

Centre in Prato, Public Housings, Public Winter Gardens in Padua, Le Murate and

Meyer Hospital in Florence, Multiplex and Commercial Centre in Prato. In the last

years he took part in the “Dynamic Science Association” and in the “Dynamic

Architecture Movement”, and designed in association with Arch. D.Fisher, Rotating

Towers in Dubai and other locations.

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Marco Sala is Italian citizen, speaks English, French, Spanish, married with two

children and lives in Florence.

Title: Urban Farming and Friendly City, a new alliance for a better green future

Marco Sala, ABITA, School of Architecture, University of Florence, Florence,

Italy

Dr. Lawrence L. Kazmerski

Dr. Lawrence L. Kazmerski is the Director of Science and

Technology Cooperation at The National Renewable

Energy Laboratory (NREL) up to 2015. He was at

(Electrical Engineering) of the University of Maine

before coming to SERI (NREL) in 1977. His research at

Maine included the report of the first thin-film copper-

indium-di-selenide (CIS) solar cell. He was SERI’s first

staff member in photovoltaics, hired specifically to

establish efforts in the characterization of photovoltaic

materials and devices; he led NREL efforts in

measurements and characterization for more than 20

years. He has held adjunct professorships at the

University of Colorado, Colorado School of Mines, and

the University of Denver. Dr. Kazmerski has published over 300 journal papers and

authored or edited four books, and currently serves on the editorial board of five journals—

and he has more than 160 invited presentations at international conferences, workshops,

and seminars. He was co-founder and editor of the journal SOLAR CELLS, published by

Elsevier-Sequoia (1979-1991). Kazmerski is Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal,

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. He has three R&D 100 Awards. Kazmerski

was the recipient of the Peter Mark Memorial Award of the AVS in 1981 and IEEE William

R. Cherry Award in 1993. In 2008, Kazmerski was elected as a member of the National

Academy of Engineering (NAE). He is Vice Chairman of WREN since 1992.

Title: The World’s First Solar-Powered Satellite: Vanguard 1 Revisited on its

60th Anniversary

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Lawrence L. Kazmerski, National Renewable Energy Laboratory – NREL (Emeritus),

Golden, Colorado, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute – RASEI, University

of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado USA

Prof Dr Dorota Chwieduk

Dorota Chwieduk Prof., DSc. PhD., M.Sc, Mech..Eng.

Deputy Director of the Heat Engineering Institute at Warsaw

University of Technology. Research on Energy, Buildings and

environment with focus on renewable energy, especially on solar

energy, heat pumps and energy storage. Fellow Member of the

Thermodynamics Section of Thermodynamics and Combustion

Committee, Fellow Member of the Physics of Building

Construction Section of the Civil Engineering Committee of the

Polish Academy of Sciences, Fellow Member of the Energy

Problems Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences..

President of the International Solar Energy Society – Europe 2009

– 2011 and the Past President 2012 – 2013. President of the Polish

Solar Energy Society, since 1993. Editor in Chief of the “Polish

Solar Energy” magazine. Since 1994 member of the World

Renewable Energy Network - WREN. Nominated member of the AGE – Advisory Group

on Energy for the FP7 of the European Commission 2007 - 2013. Member of the

International Management Committee of the Smart Cities EERA JP. Awarded by the

annual title of the year 2006 as „Promoter of Renewable Energy” by the “Clean Energy”

magazine. Awarded by the Ministry of Buildings in 2006 for a chapter Low energy

buildings. Renewable energy. in: Physics of Buildings, publisher Arkady. Awarded in 2008

by the World Renewable Energy Network – WREN as Pioneer of Renewable Energy.

Awarded in 2009 by The Ministry of Infrastructure for the Best DSc Dissertation

(habilitation) in Buildings and Construction discipline in 2008 in Poland. Awarded in 2010

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by the Division of Production Engineering of the Warsaw University of Live Science for

achievements and support for the Division. Awarded in 2012 by the Rector of the Warsaw

University of Technology for the Best Scientific Achievements in 2011. Author of 220

national and international papers and 9 books and different reports.

Title: Accomplishment of low energy buildings in high latitude countries through

passive

Solar systems Dorota Chwieduk Technical University of Warsaw, Institute of Heat Enginnering,

Ul. Nowoiejska 21/25, PL-00-655 Warsaw, Poland

Antonia Sônia Alves Cardoso Diniz

Antonia Sônia Alves Cardoso Diniz is currently

Coordinator of the Grupo de Estudos em Energia (GREEN

Solar Laboratory) at the Pontifical Catholic University of

Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) in Belo Horizonte, Brasil. She is

an Associate Professor in the Graduate Mechanical

Engineering Program at PUC Minas. She received her

Bachelor of Physics from the Federal University of Minas

Gerais in 1980, her Electrical Engineering degree from PUC

Minas in 1981, and Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool

in Material Science and Engineering in 1995. Before coming

to PUC Minas, Dr. Diniz was a Specialist Engineer at the

Energetic Company of Minas Gerais (CEMIG) in Belo

Horizonte for 28 years, including initiating their projects in

PV rural electrification. Dr. Diniz was a visiting research professor at the Arizona State

University Photovoltaic Reliability Laboratory in 2013. Dr. Diniz’ current research is

focused on solar thermal systems, PV module and system reliability, energy efficiency, and

distributed energy resources. She has been active in WREN, IEEE, ISES, and ABSOLAR.

Dr. Diniz is a consultant for CAPES (Brasil’s science and education agency), Associate

Editor of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), and a member of the

International Committee of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (IEEE PVSC).

Title: Evaluation of Performance Losses Caused by Degradation of Photovoltaic

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Crystalline-Si Modules Installed in Minas Gerais (Brasil) +1Antonia Sônia A. Cardoso Diniz, 1Denio A. Cassini, 2Michele C. C. de Oliveira, 2Marcelo

M. Viana, 2Vanessa de F. C. Lima, 3Lawrence L. Kazmerski 1GREEN PUCMINAS, Instituto Politécnico-IPUC, Pontificia Universidade Catolica

Minas Gerais – PUCMinas, 2Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Belo

Horizonte, Brasil 3Renewable and Sustainable Energy Instutute (RASEI), University of

Colorado Boulder and

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA,

Dr Amina Batagarawa

Amina holds a B. Sc. in Architecture from Ahmadu

Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria; an M.Sc. in

Environmental Design of Buildings from Cardiff

University, Wales; and a PhD in Architecture from

Newcastle University, England.

Currently, Amina is a lecturer at the Department of

Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her teaching

and research are focused on sustainable energy use in

the built environment. She is the author of articles

including;

Benefit of conducting energy calculations in the built environment of Nigeria, in the

4th West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, 24-26 July 2012,

Abuja, Nigeria, 389-397;

Disaggregating primary electricity consumption for office buildings in Nigeria, in the

12th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association,

Sydney, 14-16 November 2011; and

A comparison of lightweight and heavyweight construction incorporating Phase

Change Materials for Office buildings in a composite hot climate, in the 6th Annual

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conference of the West African Built Environment Research Institute, Ghana which

won Winner of best industry related paper.

She is a Global advisory board member for the Green Campus Institute

(www.greenthecampus.org), a trustee in the Board of Sustainable Energy Practitioners

Association of Nigeria where she heads the Research Support Services department of the

association (www.sepan.org.ng), and a member of the Energy Institute, UK.

Title: OPTIMIZING BUILDING FABRIC FOR INTEGRATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC IN THE DESIGN OF A TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Amina Batagarawa, Yusuf Ahmed Abdulkarim, Musa Lawal Sagada Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru,

Zaria, Nigeria.

DR. SERGEY KARABANOV

He received his Ph.D. in electronics in 1984 in

Ryazan State Radio Engineering University,

Russia, since 1996 - Doctor of Science in micro-

and nanoelectronics. Since 1986 he is dealing with

photovoltaics.

1996 - -2012 – CEO, Ryazan Metal Ceramics

Instrumentation Plant JSC

2006 – 2013 professor, head of the electronic

engineering and technology department at the

Ryazan State Radio Engineering University,

Russia

In 2012-2013 he was the deputy minister for

industry, innovation and information technologies

of Ryazan region

2013 ~present, Professor, Principal Researcher, Ryazan State Radio Engineering

University.

He is a member of international scientific societies and organizations: IEEE (The Institute

of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA), MRS (Material Research Society, USA),

ISES (International Solar Energy Society), WREN (World Renewable Energy Network,

UK) and the member of the Steering Committee of the World Renewable Energy Congress.

He is author or co-author of eighty six patents and more than 200 publications on different

aspects of solar energy and electronic in books, technical journals, conference papers,

studies and reports in 12 countries.

In 2007 Dr. Sergey Karabanov became the Laureate of Russian Federation Government

Premium in the field of science and engineering.

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He has been the leader of the projects for PV module production, development of solar

cells production technologies and new technologies for polycrystalline silicon production,

MEMS switches production.

His achievements include setting up production of solar cells and PV modules, electric

double layer capacitors, reed switches, security and level sensors for automotive industry,

relays, terminal switches.

Title: Study of the effect of magnetohydrodynamic mixing of silicon melt on the

processes of

silicon purification and crystallization

Sergey M. Karabanov1, Dmitriy V. Suvorov1, Evgeny V. Slivkin1, Dmitriy Y.

Tarabrin1,

Andrey S. Karabanov2

1- Ryazan State Radio Engineering University, 59/1 Gagarina St., Ryazan

390005, Russia

2- Helios Resource Ltd., 126 Proletarskaya St., Saransk 430001, Mordovia,

Russia

Development of an algorithm for an automatic control system of a stand-alone micro-grid for power supply of a settlement

Sergey M. Karabanov1, Pavel Bezrukikh2, Dmitriy V. Suvorov1, Andrey S. Karabanov3

1 - Ryazan State Radio Engineering University, 59/1 Gagarina St., Ryazan 390005, Russia

2 - Krzhizhanovsky Power Engineering Institute, Moscow, Russia 3 - Helios Resource Ltd., 126 Proletarskaya St., Saransk 430001, Mordovia, Russia

Ms Shreya Agarwal

Shreya Agarwal is an electrical engineer currently working on

design, engineering and

Implementation of decentralized renewable energy systems. She

has also worked with Oil & Gas EPC and electricity consulting

firms for design of distribution substations and other electrical sub-

systems. Shreya has an MS in electrical engineering from the

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a focus on Power and

Energy. Her professional interests include design of switchgear

components, power system and innovation of distributed

renewable energy systems.

Title: Role of Energy Storage systems to provide peak power support for state

Utility in the Indian context

Research Associate, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India

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Professor Neil Hewitt

Research Director – Architecture, Built Environment & Planning

Neil J Hewitt was appointed Professor of Energy in 2008

and is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Technologies

from 2008 until present. He is a Chartered Physicist and

Chartered Engineer and is a member of the Institute of

Physics, Institute of Refrigeration and the Energy Institute.

Professor Hewitt has initiated and worked on numerous

significant European and UK Research Council funded

research projects that have engaged academia, public and

private bodies.

Professor Hewitt is an acknowledged expert in the field of

heat pumps, both in their development and in their end-use,

especially with energy storage in the emerging sector of

demand side management. He has over 100 publications

and is a regular invited conference speaker both nationally and abroad.

Professor Hewitt, in addition to membership of a number of editorial boards, is the Editor-

in-Chief of the International Journal of Ambient Energy and is a UK representative of the

International Institute of Refrigeration Commission B2 Refrigerating Machinery

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Title: Domestic Demand Side Response – the Challenge for Heat Pumps in a Future

UK

Decarbonised Heating Market

Neil J Hewitt

Ulster University, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Northern Ireland, UK.

Dr Haris Doukas

Dr. Haris Doukas is an Assistant Professor in the School of

Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He has a degree

in mechanical engineering (Aristotle University of

Thessaloniki – AUTH, 2003) and a PhD degree in the area

of decision support systems for the sustainable energy

sector’s operation (ECE, NTUA, 2009). His scientific and

research expertise includes the development of models and

decision support systems for energy and environmental

policy and management. He has participated, as a scientific

coordinator / project manager/ main expert in the design of

energy policies and programs promoting renewables,

energy efficiency and rational use of energy in a local, national and European level. In

addition, he has participated in respective initiatives beyond Europe, among which in the

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countries of the Mediterranean basin and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. In

the abovementioned fields, he has more than 100 scientific publications in international

scientific journals with reviewers, one Book titled “Decision Support Policy Models for

Energy and Environmental Systems” as well as numerous presentations in international

conferences, chapters, articles in technical books and magazines respectively. In addition,

Dr. Doukas is an Associate Editor of the Operational Research International Journal (ORIJ)

of Springer, and participates as member of the Editorial Board in Journals related with

energy policy and operational research. For his work, Dr. Doukas has received awards by

the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), the NTUA, the AUTH, the Technical Chamber of

Greece (TCG) and the Hellenic Operational Research Society (HELORS).

Title: Data-driven” decision support systems for Intelligent Energy

Management in the Built Environment

Haris Doukas: National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and

Computer Engineering, Athens, Greece

Dr Arch. Ruxandra Crutescu

2013 - Trophy " Social & Economic Innovator"

2016 – Trofy „WREN Pioneer” (World Renewable Energy

Network – Brighton, Great Britain)

Ruxandra Crutescu is doctor arhitect and associate professor

external collaborator at the Faculty of Architecture, “Spiru

Haret” University, Bucharest, Romania. Her activity

consists in architectural design based on energy efficiency

of the buildings by the intelligent and efficient use of the

energy from renewables sources, especially in the area of

improving energy efficiency in buildings. Other interesting

research areas are smart cities, innovative technologies in

architecture, creativity for future sustainable development,

management in architecture and marketing in architecture. Since 2009, Ruxandra Crutescu

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holds a PhD in Architecture from “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture, Bucharest,

Romania. Between 2008-2013, manager of the Research-Development-Innovation

Department at Passivhaus EcoArchitect, Bragadiru Ilfov, Romania. She have write and

published more than 80 scientific articles and 6 books. The main subjects are the ecological

architecture, the use of renewable energies in residential and public buildings, reducing of

pollution in the context of climate change and global warming. With a continuous and

sustained activity, also as professional architectural practice experience of more than 33

years in the architectural design of public buildings and research in the field of buildings

and ecological architecture, in 2003, she designed the first passive solar house in Romania,

certified by Passivhaus Institute Dr.W. Feisst from Darmstadt, Germany , located in

Burlusi village, Ciofringeni – Arges County; and in 2007, the first passive solar office

building in Romania, the headquarters of Amvic Company, in Bragadiru – Ilfov – 2500

sqm. She is also an authorized energy auditor for buildings, authorized designer for passive

buildings, having planned and risen (together with her design team) more than 3.500

buildings (family houses, kindergartens – in Blejoi/ Prahova , schools in Covansa and

Sfantu Gheorghe, city halls in Dragalina/Calarasi and Ciofringeni/Arges, office-buildings

etc). She organizes annually symposiums and seminars like “Energy Days”, “Green Spot”

ECO-ARCHITECT” and “Active Green Architects” on similar topics. Member of the

Romanian Order of Architects, the Romanian Register of Urbanists and the Romanian

Union of Architects. She is since 2012, council member of the World Renewable Energy

Congress and World Renewable Energy Network (based in Brighton – Great Britain) and

co-chair of the World Renewable Energy Congress Bucharest in 2015. Active member in

steering committees of international scientific research organizations, like World Scientific

and Engineering Academy and Society and World Renewable Energy Network.

Titles: (1)-Climate Change requires Adaptation of the Architectural Design

(2) Renewable Energy System Integration in Sustainable Floating

Architecture

School of Architecture, Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania

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Dr Sarah McCormack

Dr Sarah McCormack is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at Trinity

College Dublin and lead PI in the Solar Energy Applications

group. She graduated from Univiersity of Ulster with a PhD

in Solar Engineering collaborating with Imperial College

London, Saint Gobain and BP-Solar. She continued her

research at the Dublin Institute of Technology as a

Research Fellow where she was involved in the

development of energy related sustainability research

programmes. She has been working in the areas of solar

energy and thermal energy research for over 15 years and has

published over 100 publications. She has supervised 13 students to

completion and her team currently consists of 3 post docs and 6 PhD researchers. She has

been awarded funding of over 3M in national and EU funded projects such as the

prestigious ERC Starter grant (PEDAL) to continue her work in LS devices for enhancing

the efficiency of solar cells.

Title: Novel plasmonic luminescent solar devices for building integrated

photovoltaic systems

Sarah J. McCormack*, Hind Ahmed, Arunima Sethi, Mehran Rafiee, Sarah Gilligan,

Subhash Chandra

Dept of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineeering, School of engineering, Trinity

College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.

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Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes

Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes is a

renewable energy expert with more

than 20 years of professional and

honorary experience. He is actively

working for and promoting enabling

policy frameworks and fair market

conditions for a fully Renewables

based energy system.

At present, he is a Vice-President of

the European Renewable Energies

Federation (EREF), after having

served as the associations President

from 2010 to 2014. He is representing

EREF as a Steering Committee

Member of the Global Policy Network

for the 21st Century (REN21).

Rainer is also a Board Member of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) and

the Chairman of BEE’s European and international affairs Committee. He is representing

both EREF and BEE at the Global100%Renewables platform.

Representing EREF or BEE, or as a senior expert, Rainer is closely working with

international institutions or association, such as the International Renewable Energy

Agency (IRENA), e.g. representing EREF in IRENA’s Coalition for Action, or with the

International Energy Agency (IEA).

Rainer has been working with the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) for more

than a decade, at present serving as the network’s Head of the Policy, Finance, Education

and Sustainability Committee. In 2016, he was appointed as a member of WREN’s

Advisory Council.

From 1998 to 2005, Rainer was a Director General in the German Federal Ministry for the

Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). On behalf of the Ministry,

he was a co-chair of the International Steering Committee (ISC) preparing the 1st

International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC), the renewables2004 conference in

Bonn, Germany. The ISC was later transformed to become REN21.

Title: Energy Policies at Crossroads – Will Europe’s 2030 Targets and Framework

be in Line with Paris Climate Agreement?

Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, K.-Niederkirchner-Str. Berlin, Germany

Vice-President, European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF), Brussels, Belgium,

Board Member, German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), Berlin, Germany

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Arch. Shaden Abusafieh

Arch. Shaden Abusafieh got her M.S from Jordan

University of Science and Technology, Jordan, in

cooperation with Argonne National Laboratory at

Chicago, USA in 1999 with First Class Honors. She has

twenty years of progressive experience in teaching and

academic field, in different Collages at different

countries. Currently, she is an Instructor at Collage of

Architecture and Design, Department of Architecture

Engineering, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman,

Jordan.

Arch. Shaden is an Architect-Chief Specialist since

2004. She received Award of Excellence after she

became certified in VTI (Vocational Training In-

services) from UNRWA/ UNESCO/ Jordan. She is a

Quality Assurance Member at Al-Ahliyya Amman

University/ Jordan. She is a member in Jordan Society of Engineering.

Arch. Shaden has published in many technical journals and conferences. Currently she is

interested in many research areas: Human Behavior Psychology in a virtual world for better

Architectural and Interior Design, Wayfinding and Signage, Sustainability at the

confluence of its three constituent parts: Social, environmental and economic, Life safety

and Human behavior during emergency cases.

Title: The Conflict between Aesthetics and Sustainability: Empowering Sustainable

Architecture with Aesthetics to Enhance People's Lifestyle and Sustainable

Behavior

Collage of Architecture and Design, Department of Architecture Engineering, Al-Ahliyya

Amman University, Amman, Jordan

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Prof. R.E. CRITOPH

Bob Critoph is a professor in the Division of Civil and

Mechanical Engineering of the University of Warwick. His first

degree was in Aeronautical Engineering, from Southampton

University but he went on to do a PhD in energy analysis also at

Southampton. As a result of this work he was awarded the

Institute of Energy Bone-Wheeler Medal.

He then worked in the Open University Energy Research Group

as a Research Fellow, responsible for the design, construction

and testing of a gas engine driven heat pump. From 1979 he has

been at Warwick lecturing in Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer

and Solar Energy.

His research is in adsorption refrigeration and heat pump

systems, with uses ranging from solar refrigeration and air conditioning to gas-fired heat

pumps. At present, his research team consists of two post-doctoral RA’s and two PhD

students and he has five active research projects worth £1.2.

Title: Contribution to Solar Thermal, Heat Pumps and Geothermal:Gas fired heat

pumps as a replacement for the condensing boiler

Prof. R.E. Critoph, Dr. S.J. Metcalf, Dr. A Rivero Pacho: School of Engineering

Coventry, UK

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Prof Riadh H. Al-Dabbagh

Prof Al-Dabbagh obtained his first degree B Sc. in

geology from Mosul University, Iraq in 1968, then his

Diploma, MSc, PhD from University College, London in

1975. He has a very colourful courier prior to his present

post in the UAE.

President of 4 universities for 21 years, Faculty member

for about 40 years in 7 universities Published

Approximately 79 scientific papers in the field of water

resources and hydrology, Environment, Pollution, Water

management, Water Engineering 25 short papers in

education and scientific contribution, Five textbooks in

the field of hydrology, water management and

engineering geology, Teaching graduate and

undergraduate courses in water resource management, hydrology, environmental

hydrology, basic ecology, environment water& energy and general geology,

hydrochemistry, ground water resources, water quality, pollution, and environment,

Attended 65 international conferences and 42 national and regional conferences,

Received approximately 44 awards from regional, Arabic and international universities and

organizations, Spent a total of 6 years as a visiting professor in 14 different universities in

10 different European, North and South American countries.

In 2003- up to the present, He is a professor at Ajman University and advisor to the

President of the University, UAE.

Title: Toward Green Building and Eco - Cities in UAE

Ajman University, Ajman, UAE

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Antonella Trombadore

Professor at the University of Florence, senior researcher,

PhD, MSc, Architect from 1999 she works at the ABITA

Interuniversity research center. PhD in Architectural

Technology in the University of Florence, MSC in Energy

Management, she works in the office research as senior

expert in the field of Project Management, Integrated

Projects, Sustainable Urban Design, Energy Conscious

Design, Low energy buildings, Communication and

dissemination strategies Specialized in sustainable

architecture and bioclimatic design. Team leader-

collaborator for the management of European Master Course “ABITA – Sustainable design

and technologies for built environment” and Post-graduate courses in Bioclimatic

Architecture and Energy Saving in Buildings at the University of Florence.

Title: Historical villages as a model of sustainable living and green circular

economy.

Antonella Trombadore, University of Florence, Architectural Department, Florence, Italy

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Dr Marta Szabo

Dr. Marta Szabo graduated in Hungary as agricultural

and mechanical engineer specialized in Building

Service engineering. She received a PhD in

engineering in 1998 in the field of energy and

renewable energy utilization in greenhouses. She

started as lecturer in 1998, then in 2004 became

Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Szent Istvan

University Hungary. In 2008 became an Associate

Professor. Her field is the utilization of renewable

energy, and energy management in buildings. In 2009

she acted as a Faculty Director for the International

Relations.

In 2006-2007 Dr Szabo was seconded as a national

expert to the Institute of Environment and

Sustainability of the Joint Research Center of the

European Commission, and in 2010-2011 has been

senior researcher in the Institute of Energy of the Joint

Research Center of the European Commission

working on the technical assessment of Renewable

Energy in the EU.

She has authored and coauthored more than 120 papers and research reports, published in

journals and international conferences. She was member of several organizing committees

for many international conferences and workshops. Dr. Szabo is member of the WREN

and has been awarded a has been chosen as the best young scientist in renewable energy

Congress, Florence, Italy in 2006.

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Title: Building-integrated Renewable Energy Progress in the EU Márta Szabó: Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Godollo, Hungary

Dr Arthur Williams

After graduating, Dr Williams worked for GEC Large

Machines in Rugby in Electrical Machine Development.

Following a period working in the voluntary sector in

Birmingham, he began research into micro-hydro systems,

often working in collaboration with the Intermediate

Technology Development Group (now "Practical Action") and

completed a PhD in this field in 1992. He has been involved in

the development and dissemination of low-cost technologies

for rural electrification, and has visited Nepal, Pakistan, Sri

Lanka and Peru in connection with this work. A project entitled

"Modelling and design of Pico propeller turbines for rural

electrification, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, was completed

in summer of 2007 before transferring from Nottingham Trent University to the University

of Nottingham. He lectures in the field of sustainable energy and is course director for the

interdisciplinary MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering as well as the part-time MSc in

Power Electronics, Machines & Drives. He is a member of WREN Council responsible for

hydropower.

Title: Storage for Community Electricity: a comparison between batteries and mini

Pumped Hydro.

Gülce Onbaşılı, Sandeep Dhundhara, Arthur Williams*.

*School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

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Dr Hussein Kazim

He Has received his BSc, MSc degrees in electrical

engineering from University of Technology

(UOT), Baghdad - Iraq also, PhD from Newcastle

University (NCL), UK. In 1995 he joined Al-

Mamon College and in 1996 he was appointed as

Assistant Lecturer in UOT, Baghdad and from 1997 to

2002 he was a Lecturer and Program Coordinator with

the Faculty of Engineering, Al Tahady University, Libya.

In 2002 he became a Lecturer, Assistant Professor and

Associate Professor with the Faculty of Engineering-

Sohar University, Sultanate of Oman. Also, he is

currently academic visitor at Newcastle University-UK

and visiting scientist in National University of Malaysia-

Malaysia.

Hussein is involved in academics and research, since the

last 22 years and is associated with

Professional organization and engineering societies such as IEEE, IEE, Elsevier, IAENG,

WREN and WSEAS. He organized and participates in many conferences, symposiums and

Workshops. He is a referee in IEEE, WSEAS, AMSE, Elsevier and IJCSER journals. Also,

He is a referee and organizer for many international conferences and editor of few

International Journals. He has authored several publications on electrical engineering,

including more than 150 papers published in scientific journals and conferences, some 40

invited talks, and six Books in Power Electronics, Electrical Machines, Photovoltaic and

Renewable Energy. Dr Hussein is the winner of Sohar University Vice Chancellor award

for Research and Industry. Also, He is the winner of some national and international

awards: Tistahil Award-Majan Electricity Company-Oman, the Golden Medal Award-

Pecipta’13 Malaysia, and Outstanding Renewable Energy Lab Award-World Renewable

Energy Congress XIII, 3 – 8th August 2014 London, United Kingdom, Renewable &

Sustainable Energy Pioneer Award-World Renewable Energy Congress VX, 19 – 23rd

September 2016; is an inventor and co-inventor of 3 patents. Hussein had supervised and

graduated more than 35 BSc, 7 MSc and 3 PhD students under his supervision in Al Tahady

University, Sohar University, Newcastle University, National University of Malaysia and

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University of Malaysia Perlis. Dr Hussein has completed three ORG and one FURAP

research projects granted as Principle Investigator and Co-Investigator by the Research

Council of Oman (TRC). His current

Researches interests are in the area of Photovoltaic, Renewable Energy, Power Electronics,

Power Quality and Electrical Power System. Hussein is chairman of the Renewable Energy

& Sustainable Technology Research Group in Oman. Dr Hussein is the team leader of

Generation & Storage taskforce in Oman Renewable Energy Strategic Program

Title: The Impact of the Dust on the electrical performance of photovoltaic module:

An Experimental Study

Hussein A Kazem, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman

Dr Ala Hasan

Ala Hasan (DSc. Tech., Helsinki University of

Technology- Finland) is a Senior Scientist in Smart

Energy and Transport Integration at VTT, the

Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

http://www.vttresearch.com/, which is the largest

research centre in North Europe. He held the Post of

Academy of Finland Research Fellow (2010-2015). Dr

Hasan worked at Aalto University

http://www.aalto.fi/en/ (formerly known as Helsinki

University of Technology) for 14 years. He has

academic experiences in carrying out research,

teaching and supervision of Master and PhD students

in universities since 1992, as well as professional

experience in Mechanical-Power Engineering since

1982.

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Dr Hasan contributed in many research projects funded by Finnish national and EU programmes.

He was able to get funding from the Academy of Finland mounted to two million euros in the past

years. Dr Hasan is currently the representative of Finland in the Executive Committee of the

Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) Programme of the International Energy Agency

(IEA) http://www.iea-ebc.org/. He is currently the Finnish National Expert in the IEA-Energy in

Buildings and Communities EBC- Annex 67 Energy Flexible Buildings (2015-2018)

http://www.annex67.org/.

Dr Hasan has more than 90 publications including international scientific journals, international

conference papers and book chapters. An overview of some publications can be found at

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ala_Hasan. He is Editorial Board Member of the

International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies – Oxford Journals UK

http://ijlct.oxfordjournals.org/. Dr Hasan initiated and was President (2011-2015) of IBPSA-

Nordic (www.ibpsa-nordic.org, the Nordic regional affiliate of IBPSA for four countries:

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden).

Title: Performance simulations of different energy flexibility sources in a building

with the electrical grid

Dr Ala Hasan, Senior Scientist

Smart Energy and Transport Solutions/Interactive Buildings, VTT Technical Research Centre of

Finland, Finland

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Professor Adel Sharif: PhD, CEng, FIChemE

Prof Adel Sharif is Professor of Water Engineering and

Process Innovation, and Founder Director of the Centre for

Osmosis Research and Applications, (CORA) at the

University of Surrey, UK. Prof. Sharif is a winner of The

Queen’s 2011 Anniversary Prize for Water Research and the

2005 UK Royal Society Brian Mercer Senior Award for

Innovation in Science and Technology. He is also the winner

of the 2008 Science Business first pan-European Academic

Enterprise Award in the category of

Energy/Environment. CORA water technologies were also

awarded the Institute of Chemical Engineers 2011 Innovation

and Excellence award in the Water Supply and Management

category. He is a founder of Modern Water plc, a London Exchange AIM Market listed company

specialized in desalination and renewable power generation. Prof. Sharif is a member of the Qatar

Foundation’s Expatriate Arab Scientists Forum. He obtained his first degree in Chemical

Engineering from Baghdad University in 1986, followed by MSc and PhD from University of

Wales Swansea in 1989 and 1992 respectively. He has over 100 publications; is an inventor and

co-inventor of more than 15 patents and has supervised over twenty PhD projects and more than

40 MSc dissertations.

Title: Overcoming the Global Challenges - Securing the World’s Food, Energy and Water

Prof Adel Sharif

Chemical & Process Engineering Department, University of Surrey, Guildford,

Surrey GU2 7XH, UK

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Dr Qahtan A Abed

He Has received his BSc, MSc degrees in Mechanical engineering

from University of Technology (UOT), Baghdad - Iraq also, PhD

from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (UPB), Romania. In

1996 he joined Military College of Engineering, Baghdad and in

2000 he was appointed as university teaching assistant in UOT,

Baghdad and from 2004 to 2008 he was a university teaching

assistant in Engineering Technical College of Najaf (ETCN)/ Al-

Furat Al- Awsat Technical University Iraq. In 2008 he became an

Assistant Lecturer in ETCN, also he become a Lecture in ETCN on

2011. He is Assistant Professor in Engineering Technical College

of Najaf (ETCN)/ Al- Furat Al- Awsat Technical University Iraq.

Qahtan is involved in academics and research, since the last 15 years. He organized and

participates in many conferences, symposiums and Workshops. He has authored several

publications on Mechanical engineering, including more than 20 papers published in scientific

journals and conferences. He was published a book chapter in solar thermal applications.

Dr. Qahtan had supervised and graduated more than 50 BSc and 1 PhD students under his

supervision in Engineering Technical College of Najaf (ETCN), Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical

University and University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. His current Research interests are in the

area of Photovoltaic, Renewable Energy, Heat transfer Power plant. Qahtan is the leader of laser

and electro optics department in ETCN.

Title: Enhancement the productivity of tubular solar still by using the phase change material

Dr Qahtan A Abed, Dhafer Manea H. Al-Shamkhee, Najaf, Iraq

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Dr Sarah Abdourraziq

Sarah Abdourraziq has a PhD, MSc and BSc in Industrial

Engineering from Sciences and Technologies Faculty in Fez,

Morocco 2011. & 2015. She is currently an authority on PV Solar

Pumping. Her PhD was awarded from the electrical engineering

department, LESSI Laboratory, at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah

University. Her research study was based on the improvement and

optimization of the efficiency of the water pumping systems

driven by the photovoltaic systems. Photovoltaic pumping has

become one of the most promising fields in photovoltaic

applications. She works in the modeling of the system, and the

improvement of the efficiency of each component of the system

(MPPT Command, Inverter, Motor-Pump group and PV panel

sizes). Dr Abdourraziq is a member of WREN Council.

Title: Photovoltaic energy employed to supply water: environmental impact

Sarah Abdourraziq, Mohamed Amine Abdourraziq Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, Département Génie électrique et Informatique, Fez-Morocco

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Prof L W Wang

2011-, Associate Professor, Institute of Refrigeration and

Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

12/2010-12/2011, Research Fellow for EU Marie Curie

International Incoming Fellowship, Newcastle University,

UK

2/2010-11/2010, Research Fellow for Royal Society

International Incoming Fellowship, University of Warwick,

UK

11/2008-2/2009, Visiting Academic in the University of

Warwick, UK

2007-2/2010, Associate professor, Institute of Refrigeration

and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2005-2007, Lecturer, Institute of Refrigeration and

Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

1999-2001, Editor, Journal of Jiangsu University, Natural

edition

1998-1999, Developer, Qingdao Haier Airconditioner

Company

Research Interests

Adsorption refrigeration and power generation Heat and mass transfer intensification

Thermodynamic cycle Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

12/2010-12/2011, Research Fellow for EU Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship,

Newcastle University, UK 2/2010-11/2010, Research Fellow for Royal Society International

Incoming Fellowship, University of Warwick, UK 11/2008-2/2009, Visiting Academic in the

University of Warwick, UK 2007-2/2010, Associate professor, Institute of Refrigeration and

Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2005-2007, Lecturer, Institute of Refrigeration and

Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 1999-2001, Editor, Journal of Jiangsu University,

Natural edition 1998-1999, Developer, Qingdao Haier Air condition Company

Research Interest

Adsorption refrigeration and power generation,Heat and mass transfer intensification,

Thermodynamic cycle, many projects and publications in the field of heating & cooling

Title: A domestic air conditioning and water heating system driven by solar energy

L.W. Wang, Y. Yu, Q.W. Pan

Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai 200240, China

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Dr Hossein Mirzaii

He is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, in Aerospace

Materials Engineering and a Programme Director for M Sc. in

Renewable Energy Engineering, since 2006. From 1999 to 2006,

Dr Mirzaii was a senior lecturer and course director for the B Sc.

(Hon.) in Aeronautical Engineering at Farnborough College of

Technology, Surrey University. In the period 1995-1999 he was

lecturing at South East Essex College as full- Time. The college

affiliated to Greenwich University. In 1990-1994 he worked at

British Aerospace and in 1995 he was a senior scientific advisor,

Ministry of Agriculture, Tehran, Iran. In the period 1986-1990 Dr

Mirzaii was a full time research assistant at Imperial College,

London, UK and prior to that from 1983 to 1986, he worked as

research assistant at City University, London, UK.

Dr Mirzaii attended several courses and seminar in various field of

engineering. He is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society

MRAeS. He published several papers in refereed journals.

Title: 1- Feasibility Study into Design, Development and Testing of a Parabolic Solar Water

Pump for use in Rural Areas of a Developing Country such as Nigeria

Dr Hossein Mirzaii, Mr Ighorodje Ejiro Sylvester

School of Aerospace & Aircraft Engineering, Kingston University London, UK

2-- Feasibility Study into Design, Development and Testing of an Indirect Multi-Rack Solar

Dryer for Agricultural Products

Dr Hossein Mirzaii, Mr Juan Pablo, Nojek Barbieri

School of Aerospace & Aircraft Engineering, Kingston University London, UK

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Prof. Dr. Ghanim K. Abdulsada

He got his Ms.c &Ph.D degree in mechanical engineering

from Birmingham University UK.

Professor, Al- Mustansiriyah University and University of

Warith Alnabiya teaching courses in postgraduate and

undergraduate levels. Conducting researches in the field of

Renewable Energy applications, hydraulics systems, heat

transfer , and thermodynamics

Professional Consulting :

- Over 32 years of outstanding experience in Design

,Engineering , Inspection, Management of large projects of

Industrial , irrigations and water supplied supervisor of

many Renewable energy projects such as wind energy

projects, Passive building with low energy consumption and

water desalination plants using solar energy or using waste heat power plants).

- Consultant Engineering for ministry of industrial, - Consultant Engineering for Baghdad

Mayoralty (inspection of pipes for water supply to Baghdad city).

- A team player, open-minded, appreciate and respect my work obligations and aim are results

oriented and believe in coherent team working and rights-based management.

Professional Associations : 1 – Member of the World Renewable Energy Council ( England UK)

2- Member of International Solar Energy Society (ISES) (Germany)

3- The National Society of Engineering Inspection & Civil Protection

(Inspection and Design Boilers).

Conferences and Exhibition Participated in many conferences and seminars inside and outside Iraq. Iraqi university

conferences relating to various facets of science and technology. Attendance of Iraqi industrial

conferences & seminars including chairing sessions and presenting papers. ISES Solar world

Congress 1987 Germany. Renewable Energies Congress Baghdad Iraq, 1992

Sharjah solar energy conference, UAE 2001.

ISES Solar world Congress 2002 Germany Mechanical Eng. Congress Kofa University 2002.

Bahrain solar energy conference, 2004. Energy conferences Maraud Australia 2007).

Clean Energy congress (8 UTEG10 ) 2010 Turkey, ISES Solar world congress ( WREF 2012)

Denver Colorado USA, ASME 13 congress 2013 Mansoura USA, Solar energy conference in

Tehran 2015, Conference smart city Kuwait 2016

Committees and boards:

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Chairman and member of various Technical committee dealing with renewable energy and

Irrigations projects. Reviewer for many International Scientific journals;

Energy and power engineering (USA)

ETASR (- Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research) (Gress)

ASME (American society mechanical Engineering) USA.

Publications

Since 1985 published many papers deal with Renewable Energy Technology ( Solar, Wind,

alternative energy systems, and energy system planning), Building –Integrated solar and natural

heating and cooling. and Power plants Technology.

Title: The Effect of Passive System in Improving the Indoor Air Quality for Residential

Buildings in Iraq

Ghanim Kadhem Abdul Sadaa, Tawfeeq Wasmi M. Salihb a Mechanical Engineering Dept. / Al Mustansiriyah University, Iraq

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Dr Shadia J. Ikhmayies

Shadia J. Ikhmayies had received the B.Sc. from the

physics department in the University of Jordan in 1983, the

M.Sc. in molecular physics from the same university in

1987 and the Ph.D. in producing CdS/CdTe thin film solar

cells from the same university in 2002. Now she works in

Isra University in Jordan as an associate professor. Her

research is focused on producing and characterizing

semiconductor thin films, and thin film CdS/CdTe solar

cells. Dr. Ikhmayies also works in characterizing quartz in

Jordan for the extraction of silicon for solar cells and

characterizing different materials by computation. She

published 46 research papers in international scientific

journals, three chapters in books, and 73 research papers in

conference proceedings. She is the author of two books for Springer Silicon for Solar Cell

Applications, and Performance Optimization of CdS/CdTe Solar Cells, which are in production,

the editor-in-chief of the book Advances in Silicon Solar Cells for Springer, the book Advances in

II-VI Compounds Suitable for Solar Cell Applications for the Research Signpost Publisher, and an

eBook series about materials for Springer Publisher, where this eBook series is in production.

Shadia is a member of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and the World Renewable

Energy Network (WREN). She is a member of the International Organizing Committee and the

International Scientific Committee of the European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems

(ECRES2015- ECRES2018). She is a field editor (Energy Materials) for the Journal of Energy

Systems the official journal of ECRES, a member of the editorial board of the International Journal

of Materials and Chemistry for Scientific & Academic Publishing. She was a technical

advisor/subject editor for JOM the member journal of TMS. She is a guest editor for three special

issues of the Journal of Electronic Materials: European Conference on Renewable Energy

Systems (2015-2017). Shadia is a reviewer in 24 international journals; she was the chair of the

TMS Materials Characterization Committee (2016–2017), and the leading organizer of more than

three symposia in TMS annual Meetings and Exhibition.

Title: Production of Diverse Morphologies of ZnO Nano/Microstructures by the Spray

Pyrolysis Method

Shadia J. Ikhmayies: Isra University, Department of Physics, Amman, Jordan.

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Prof. David Elliott

He is Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University UK, where he has developed courses and research programme on innovation policy, focusing on sustainable energy development, on which he has written extensively. His latest book, co-authored with OU visiting research fellow Terence Cook, is ‘Renewable Energy: from Europe to Africa’ (Palgrave Pivot 2018)

Terence Cook

He is based at the Open University UK, and has worked on a series of EU supported projects focused on Sustainable Energy in the EU and in Africa, most recently via his involvement with EU’s Technical Assistance Facility in Eastern and Southern Africa.

In conjunction with Prof David Elliott, his has reported on this work in ‘Renewable Energy: from Europe to Africa’ (Palgrave Pivot 2018)

Title: Renewable energy in Africa: changing support systems

Terence Cook and David Elliott*

*Department of Engineering and Innovation,

The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

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Prof. Dr. Ali Hamzeh

Prof. Dr. Ali Hamzeh obtained his PhD in Electrical Power

Engineering from Technical University of Dresden,

Germany. He is currently a full professor at the Department

of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-

Ahliyya Amman University, Jordan. Prior to that, Prof.

Hamzeh worked from 1984 to 2012 as full professor at the

Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Damascus

University, Damascus, Syria. He has been a visiting

Professor at the University of Strathclyde in 2000, and at

Erlangen-Nuernberg University, Germany many times since

1994. His main research domains include electrical power

systems and renewable energy systems. He published over

83 peer-reviwed article and conference papers. He

authored/co-authored 17 books in the area of electric power systems, renewable energy, and

computer programming.

He is member of IEEE, World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), Board of Arab Institute of

Operation & Maintenance (Saudi Arabia), and Energy Committee of Arab Engineers Fedaration.

Title: Design and construction of a small Standalone Wind Turbine using Scrap materials

Prof. Dr. Ali Hamzeh, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zakaria Al-Omari, Prof. Dr. Sadeq Hamed

Department of Electrical Engineering, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, Jordan

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Prof. Dato Dr Mohd. Yusof Hj. Othman

Prof. Mohd. Yusof Hj. Othman obtained BSc (Hons) in

Physics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, MSc in Solid

State Physics from University of London and PhD in Heat

Pump from Aston University, UK. He is currently, a

Professor at Department of Physics, Universiti Kebangsaan

Malaysia (UKM). He was the Head, Department of Physics

(1990-94); Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science and

Technology (1994-02); Director, Research and Innovation

Management Centre (2002-07); and the founding Director of

Institute of Islam Hadhari since July 2007 of the university.

Prof. Othman has been involved in renewable energy for

more than twenty five years. His main contributions are in

solar radiation, solar thermal and photovoltaic systems. His

major research efforts include designing solar collectors for

drying and hot water systems, photovoltaic water pumping,

grid connected photovoltaic systems, and currently in

Photovoltaic-thermal collector (air & water based). He was the founding member of Solar

Energy Research Group, UKM and founding Secretary General of Malaysian Institute of Energy

(1992-2005). He has been elected as council member of the World Renewable Energy Network

(WREN) since 1992, contact person for International Solar Energy Society (ISES) in Malaysia

(1990- 96). He was a visiting professor at the Department of Engineering, University of Reading,

UK (1994), Associate Editor of the International Journal of Renewable Energy since 2005,

Editorial Review Board of Scientific Journal International since July 2007. He received “WREN

Pioneer” Award from World Renewable Energy Network/Congress in 2004 for his recognition

and contribution in renewable energy activities. He has been sitting on various panels and

committee on renewable energy and education at ministry level in Malaysia. He has authored and

co-authored more than 250 articles in journals, proceedings, and seminars in the field of renewable

energy, physics and science education. He has written 21 books in the field of physics and general

interests. He received numerous awards from UKM, the Government of Malaysia and international

associations for his afford in renewable energy.

Title: Evolution of Photovoltaic –Thermal Hybrid Solar Technology for the Tropics: A Case Study of Malaysia

Mohd Yusof Hj Othman, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Mohd Hafidz & Sohif Mat Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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Dr Winfried Hoffmann

did his PhD-thesis in biophysics. He joined the just formed photovoltaic

R & D group for thin film solar cells at NUKEM (RWE) in 1979 and

took over its leadership in 1985. His focus was Applied Research

towards industrialization in the area of CdS/Cu2S – Thin-Film solar cells

and modules, amorphous Silicon as well as Dye Solar Cells. In the mid-

1980s and 90s a pilot production for MIS-inversion layer c-Si solar cells

and large area modules was put in operation. The focus on PV systems in

these years was for decentralized off-grid applications (e.g. Solar Home

Systems and water pumping in developing countries).

He initiated the Joint-Venture in the photovoltaic field between NUKEM

and Daimler-Benz Aerospace to form "Angewandte Solarenergie - ASE

GmbH" in 1994 where he served as Managing Director. In the same year

the acquisition of 100 % shares of Mobil Solar as a subsidiary company

was done with special focus on their developed ribbon EFG technology.

In the late 90s the company was renamed RWE Solar and was one of the worldwide 5 biggest production

companies. The first inline PE-CVD machines for SiN were developed and built in these years.

In October 2002 the Joint Venture between RWE Solutions and SCHOTT, the RWE SCHOTT Solar

GmbH, was formed, where he served as Chairman of the Board. Effective in 2005 SCHOTT acquired the

shares of RWE Solutions and the company was renamed SCHOTT Solar GmbH where he was Member

of the Management Committee.

In 2007 he joined Applied Materials to become Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of the Solar

Business Group and member of the Management Board of the German based Applied Materials GmbH.

From November 2010 he served with his consulting company Applied Solar Expertise - ASE to the solar

business of Applied Materials. He served many years until 2008 as member of the Board of the German

Solar Economy Association (Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft – BSW Solar), at last as president. Until

March 2014 he was for 17 years member of the board and half of this time president of the European

Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA, now SolarPower Europe). In 2010/11 he was member of the

High Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies to advise three EU-commissioners on a strategy to

strengthen particularly the European production industry.

Until 2016 he was member of the supervisory board of the company SMA Solar Technology AG as well

as chairman of the Supervisory Board of Solar-Fabrik AG.

He is currently independent consultant and member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Solar

Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), chairman of the scientific board of DLR-Institute of Networked

Energy Systems (Oldenburg) and member of the Scientific Board of the Institute for Solar Energy

Research in Hameln (ISFH).

Since 2011 he gives lectures about Renewable Energy at the universities Konstanz and Freiburg.In 2012

he received the John Bonda prize from EPIA and the prestigious “European Becquerel Prize for

Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics” from the European Commission. The World Renewable Energy

Network (WREN) awarded him as “Solar Pioneer” in 2014.

Title: Smart houses and regions as building blocks for 100% renewable energy globally

Winfried Hoffmann, Bergstrasse 48, 63456 Hanau, Germany

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DR DAVID S. RENNÉ

Dr. Renné has served as President of the International Solar Energy

Society since 2010.

From 1991 until his retirement in 2012 Dr. Renné managed the solar

resource assessment activities at the U.S. National Renewable Energy

Laboratory (NREL). Since 2012 he is a Senior Consultant to Clean

Power Research, a small U.S. Company that develops resource

assessment and analytical software tools to support large-scale grid

connected solar energy systems, and a consultant to the World Bank,

the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Asian

Development Bank, and others. He is an Associate Editor of the Solar

Energy Journal.

Title: An Overview of Pathways to 100% Renewable Energy

David S. Renné

President, International Solar Energy Society

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Dr Stan Shire Dr Stan Shire is associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems in the School's Mechanical and Process Engineering stream. His research is focused around solar energy, energy storage, phase change materials, recovery of waste heat, thermo-chemical storage and upgrading of thermal energy and thermally driven cooling technology. He has supervised several MSc and PhD student at Warwick University and published several papers in well-known journals. He is a World Renewable Energy Network Pioneer.

Title: Development of vacuum insulated flat-plate solar thermal collectors

Dr Stan Shire & Dr Roger Moss

School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

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Prof Donald Swift-Hook

After military service as a Lieutenant Royal Signals, he

obtained a degree in Maths and Electronics from Trinity

College, Cambridge followed by an MSc in Maths from

London University and a career in industrial research. After

five years in microwave research with GEC he joined the

Central Electricity Generating Board where he became head

of a Research Division. He obtained a PhD from Cambridge

University on the basis of his research publications in plasmas

and gas discharges and he has numerous other publications,

mainly in the field of renewable energy, especially in wind

power. While he was Chairman of the British Wind Energy

Association he founded the Council of the European Wind

Energy Association of which he was subsequently Honorary

Treasurer. He represented the UK in the International Energy

Agency on Wind Energy Agreements and led (as Operating

Agent) major international research projects (or Annexes) on

Off-Shore Wind Power, Wakes & Clusters, etc. He was a Visiting Professor at Kings College

London for more than 20 years and is now a Visiting Professor at Kingston University London. He

is a Director and Secretary of the World Renewable Energy Network which has organized

successive World Renewable Energy Congresses since 1990.

Title: RENEWABLES ARE COMMERCIALLY JUSTIFIED TO SAVE FUEL

AND NOT FOR STORAGE WOKING, Surrey, UK

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Prof Hassan Nfaoui

Dr Hassan Nfaoui has a M.Sc in Solar

Energy and a Ph.D in Wind Energy from the

University of Mohammed-V (Morocco) in

cooperation with the University of Reading (UK)

sponsored by British Council. Since 1982, he

has been at the Solar Energy & Environment

Laboratory, developing and managing programs

on renewable energy resource assessments and

analysis. He is currently a Professor of

Renewable Energy at University of Mohammed

– V, Morocco.

Besides his current main area of research

in wind energy, he has several projects in solar

and environmental area. Prof Nfaoui also, was

appointed as an Academic expert in Solar and

Wind energy resource assessments by the government. He has published several scientific

research papers in International peer reviewed Journals and supervised M.Sc and Ph.D

students with their research. He is currently an invited co-editor of LEF98 Journal and

reviewer in several International Journals in the Energy and Environment Sector, among

them is the Renewable Energy Journal, Solar Energy, wind Engineering, published by

Elsevier. He has also contributed in the development of the Wind Energy Volume of

Elsevier Encyclopedia for Renewable Energy.

Prof Nfaoui is also qualified in Management and a member of several domestic and

International Societies including ‘World Renewable Energy Network’ and ‘The Moroccan

Fulbright Alumni Association’.

Title : New horizons for renewable energies in Morocco and Africa

Hassan NFAOUI* & Ali SAYIGH

Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc

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Prof Runming Yao

Prof. Runming Yao is a Professor in Energy and the Built

Environment; academic lead for the Innovative and

Sustainable Technologies (IST) Research Group and

Course Director of the postgraduate programme ‘Design

and Management of Sustainable Built Environments’

within the School of Construction Management and

Engineering at the University of Reading, UK. She is a

Visiting Professor of Chongqing University and a Co-

Director of the International Centre for Low Carbon and

Green Buildings by the Ministry of Science and

Technology of China. Prior to joining the University of

Reading in 2007, she was a Senior Research Associate in

the Department of Architecture at the University of

Cambridge where she worked for six years in the field of

environmental architectural design. Prof. Yao is a

Chartered Engineer; a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE);

a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), a Member of the American Society of

Heating Ventilation, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and a Fellow of

the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Prof. Yao’s research focuses are on energy efficiency;

indoor environment and wellbeing; urban microclimates, and occupants’ thermal comfort and

adaptive behaviour. She has completed numerous research projects by a wide variety of resource.

Title: Integrated solutions to heating and cooling buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold

Winter climate in the Yangtze River region

Runming Yao1,2, Baizhan Li1, Han Wang1, Wei Yu1, Meng Liu 1 1, Joint International Laboratory of Green Buildings and Built Environments, Ministry of

Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China; 2, School of the Building Environment, University of Reading, Reading, UK

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Prof. Baizhan Li, PhD, MSc，BSc, FRICS, FCIBSE,

Professor of Built Environment, Chongqing University, P. R.

China Baizhan Li is a professor in built environment. He is

currently the Dean of The Faculty of Urban Construction and

Environmental Engineering in Chongqing University, China.

He is an Honorary Professor of Hong Kong University. He has

established the Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir

Region’s Eco-Environment under Ministry of Education in

China. He has been the founder Director since June 2004. Prof.

Li was previously a Senior Analyst at Battle McCarthy Ltd.

Responded for building simulations in 2002, Prior to that Prof.

Li was a Post Doctoral Researcher in 1999 and then Research

Associate in 2001 at Loughborough University, UK. He has

over 25 years experience in teaching, design and consultancy

in built environment, specialized in building energy, indoor

climate, low carbon and renewable energy. Prof. Li holds a Masters of Science degree in Building

Services Engineers from Chongqing University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. in Construction

Management and Engineering from School of Construction Management & Engineering in the

University of Reading in UK. Prof. Li has authored and co-authored 6 books, over 200 technical

papers and 6 Chinese National Standards and Design Guides. He holds 10 Chinese Patents. He

received “Construction Industry awards” in the Achievement through Innovation category for the

prototype software tool “the Analytical Design Planning Technique (ADePT)” in London in March

1999. He received first prize award for scientific progress awarded by the Ministry of Education

in China in 2009. Prof. Li is currently a Member of National Committee on National Climate

Change Challenge under Ministry of Science & Technology, Member of National Science

Committee (Energy, Civil, Architecture, Transportation and Environmental Engineering) under

Ministry of Education, Member of National Science Committee under Minister of Housing and

Urban-Rural Construction and Member of National Consultant Committee of Sustainable

Resource & Environment under Ministry of Construction in China. Prof. Li is a Fellow of Royal

Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRCIS), Fellow of The Chartered Institution of Building

Services Engineers (FCIBSE), and Fellow of International Society of the Built Environment in

UK, His presentation on: Building energy efficiency and assessment in China

Title: A review on climatic natural ventilation applications

Wu Xingxing1,2*, Li Baizhan1 , Emmanuel essah2,3, R.Yao2,3,

1 School of Urban Construction and Environment Engineering, Chongqing University,

Chongqing 400045, China

2 Joint International Laboratory of Green Buildings and Built Environments, Ministry of

Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400045, China; 3 School of Built Environment, University of Reading

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Dr Kamil Yousif

Dr Yousif is has a broad experience and knowledge in many

fields of Renewable energy, Environmental Sciences, Physics,

Material Science, Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering. He

worked has experience and keen interest in Thin Films

Technology and their application. He has vast experience in

teaching, research, and administrative duties.

1987-1993 (Full and part time), PhD, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, Brunel University, UK.

Area of research: A study of optical, thermal, microstructural,

and other properties of the electrodeposited molybdenum black coatings and other coatings

(for Solar Energy application). 1985-1986 English Course (Full time), University College, Cardiff,

UK. 1978-1980 MSc. (Full time) in Applied physics, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq. He

has extensive and varied experience in teaching and research since 1985.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

2012- EDITORIAL BOARD- J Journal of University of Zakho, Iraq. 1980-85 Membership in The Society of Physics and Mathematics in Iraq. 1996- Membership in WREN (World Renewable Energy Network), UK. He supervised several MSc and PhD students and published more than 40 Publications in the fields of Renewable energy, and Environmental Sciences.

Title: Low-cost solar selective absorbers by Electrodeposition technique

Kamil M. Yousif 1, and Sayran A. Abdulgafar2

Dept. of Environ. Sci., Faculty of Science, Zakho University, Iraq1.

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Ms Helvi Ilekia

She has her BSc from Namibia University and her MSc from University of

Twenty, Netherlands.

Ms Ileka works with few colleagues to run the Centre at Namibia University

of Science and Technology (NUST), which is part of Namibia Energy

Institute,

Ms Ilekia participated in several conference on renewable energy and

published several papers and reports about the subject

Title: Innovative Renewable Solutions for Off-grid electrification in Namibia

Helvi Ileka

Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Namibia Energy Institute

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Prof Nader Al- Bastaki

He is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Scientific

Research, Kingdom University in Bahrain. His education

and qualification as follow:

PhD in Polymer Engineering, June 1989, UMIST,

Manchester, United Kingdom.

MSc in Chemical Engineering, Dec. 1983, McGill

University, Montreal, Canada.

BSc in Chemical Engineering, Dec. 1981, McGill

University, Montreal, Canada.His Provisional

background is: Professor, Chemical Engineering Dept., university of

Bahrain, 2005-2016.

Dean, College of Engineering, University of

Bahrain, 2008-2014.

Director, Assessment and Accreditation Office for Colleges of Engineering and IT,

University of Bahrain, 2006-2008.

Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Bahrain, 2002-2006

Reviewer for International Journals.

He has written and published more than 50 scientific papers and reports in well-known journals

in his field. He is well-known for his work on solar desalination.

Title: Mathematical Modeling of Temperature effect on Algal Growth for Biodiesel

Application

S. M. Zakir HossainI, Nader AlbastakiII, Abdulla Mohamed A. AlnoaimiI, Husny Mohammed A.

AlzubairI, Shaikh A. RazzakIII, Mohammad M. HossainIII ǀ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bahrain, IIKingdom of BahrainI Academic

Affairs and Scientific Research, Kingdom University, Kingdom of Bahrain III Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals,

Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

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Mr Holger Schneidewindt

Holger Schneidewindt is an energy lawyer and policy

advisor. He has a decade of experience in energy

policy with particular interest and expertise in

prosumer subjects, especially related to alternative

and renewable energies. As consultant for a German

energy consumer NGO, he works on the “Birth and

Rise of Prosumers” along Germany´s pioneering

energy transition.

Holger is regularly authoring papers and articles on

prosumer related subjects in energy law and policy

journals. He has also been a long-time author for the

energy policy blog “Phasenpruefer”.

Holger holds the First State Examination in Law from

the University of Münster and the Second State

Examination in Law. He holds a degree in “European

Environment Law” from the University of Koblenz

and a degree in “European Law” from the University

of Barcelona. He is a qualified “Project Manager for

Alternative and Renewable Energies”.

Holger´s passion is in advocating a sustainable and fair energy transition. He is fascinated by the

growing diversity of players and instruments on the fast-evolving energy market. He is convinced

that prosumers and their “portfolio” will play a key role in it.

Title: Prosumer - Latest Developments, Trends and Issues

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Prof. Dr. Mohsen Aboulnaga

Dr Aboulnaga is a Professor of Sustainable Built Environment at Cairo University and

Government Strategy and Policy Advisor. He is member of The Ministry of Planning’s

task-force responsible for developing Egypt’s Strategy on Sustainable Development and

Green Economy 2030. He is an Associate Partner at Oil and Gas Skills (OGS), and an

Associate Expert at the Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.

He is an expert on Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Sustainable Built

Environment. Dr Aboulnaga obtained his PhD from University of Leeds, UK and Master

and Bachelor Degrees from Cairo University. He has over 25 years of diverse experience

(18 yrs were in the UAE) in government, senior management, consultancy and academic

positions. His areas of competency include strategy planning, policy development, low-

carbon society, green cities and sustainable building policies, as well as renewable energy

and climate change. Dr Aboulnaga is former Strategy & Policy Advisor – Environment

& Infrastructure at His Highness, the Prime Minister’s Office of the UAE (Feb 2009–April 10) responsible for

implementing and monitoring the federal Government Strategy (cycle 2008-10). Prior to that, he held a position in the

Capacity of Strategy & Policy Advisor at The Executive Council, Government of Dubai (May 2007–Jan 09) where he

developed many strategic projects, namely Dubai Government policies, and detailed policy for Dubai Sustainable

Urban Development Framework 2020 and Green Building Guidelines for UAE Ministry of Public Works, which was

presented to the States of Arab League (LAS) in Jan 2009. He founded and established the Emirates Green Building

Council in 2006 (no 8 worldwide in that year) and was elected the first chairman of the Council and Board of Directors.

Prof. Aboulnaga holds an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Green Professionals, USA. He is an Associate Partner

of the European Sustainable Development Network, Austria; and a registered expert with UNEP, UNDP, ESCWA

and UNECA. Dr Aboulnaga participated in the European Commission – JRC expert meeting in Italy to review the

guidebook on Sustainable Energy Action Plan for the ENPI South Countries (Mediterranean cities) – Dec 2013; the

UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Ad-Hoc Expert Group meeting on integrated assessment tools and

methodologies for Inclusive Green Economy in Africa from 25-26 Nov. 2014, and invited speaker at the Asian

iNstitute for Environmental Research & enerGY symposium, 20-22 Nov. 2014, Incheon National University, South

Korea; and participated in the ESDN Conference 2014 “A renewed policy framework for sustainable development -

The international SD agenda and its impact on Europe”, Rome-Italy, 6-7 November 2014. He has been also an invited

speaker to more than 120 int’l and regional conferences, seminars and workshops and training programs; and has more

than 100 int’l publications and presentations. He taught at University of Leeds, UAE University, American University

in Dubai and University of Dubai from 1986 till June 2013. He is currently teaching at Cairo University. Prof

Aboulnaga has published, more 70 Intermetal publications, including journals and conferences, and 4 books’ chapters.

He was invited keynote speaker to more than 100 international conferences, seminars, workshops and training as well

as an external PhD examiner at University of Sheffield, UK.

TITLE: Climate Change Adaptation: Prioritizing Districts for Urban Green Coverage to

Mitigate High Temperatures in Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Mohsen M. Aboulnaga1*, Mona M. Mostafa2

1 Professor of Sustainable Built Environment, Dept. of Architecture, Cairo University, Egypt,

2 Researcher, Master Programme, Dept. of Architecture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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Prof Derya Oktay

Derya Oktay holds BArch, MSc, PgDipUD and PhD from Gazi

Univ. and Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Oxford

Brookes University in Oxford, UK, and Yildiz Technical

University in Istanbul (Assoc. Research Programme: Oxford

Brookes University). She is a professor of architecture and

urban design and founding Dean/Chair of the

Faculty/Department of Architecture at Ondokuz Mayıs

University, Samsun, Turkey. Prior to her current position, she

was the Director of the MS in Urban Design Programme and a

professor at Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus,

and the Founding Director of the Urban Research &

Development Center at the same institution until August 2013.

In addition, she has served as the President of the Society for

International Development (SID) Lefkoşa Chapter in Cyprus.

Her areas of expertise include sustainable urbanism and

architecture, architectural design in urban context, cultural-spatial aspects of housing

environments, public urban spaces, and quality of urban life beside her main field of expertise

Urban Design. She was a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley, Politecnico di Milano, University of

Michigan, and Oxford Brookes University, a team member in various urban&architectural design

projects (Fiume Veneto in Italy, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France, Gorna Banya Sofia in

Bulgaria, Oxford Station Area in the UK, Fazıl Küçük Museum Complex and EMU Staff Housing

Complex in North Cyprus, … ), and jury member in a number of national and international design

competitions. She has carried out research on sustainable urbanism and architecture, and quality

of urban life funded by the EU, EC, USAID, TUBITAK, and EMU. With varied experience in

academic research, teaching and design, Professor Oktay is bridges architecture and urban

planning/design in her professional activities. She has written over 100 articles and papers in the

international refereed press; authored and edited books, has spoken at various national and

international platforms as an invited speaker. She is on the editorial board of various international

journals, i.e. Urban Design International, Urban Design and Planning, and Journal of

Architecture and Civil Engineering, the editor of the themed issues of UDP on “Quality of Life in

Cities” and “Urban Identity in the Era of Globalisation”, and serves on the scientifc committees of

various international organisations.

Title: Architectural Education for Sustainability

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Mr Pradeep Chaturvedi

FEIAP ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2013 Pradeep

Chaturvedi Member of the Council of The Institution of Engineers

(India) Born on 27 April 1946, Mr Pradeep Chaturvedi graduated in

specialty course of Automobile Engineering from Madras Institute of

Technology in 1968. His first assignment was with Premier

Automobiles Ltd -- one of the two leading automobile manufacturing

companies in India -- in their R&D Division with specialization in Auto

Engine Designs. During this assignment till 1972, Mr Chaturvedi

worked on engine design modifications and also represented the

company on the Committees of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Mr

Chaturvedi then worked as the Secretary General and later as the

Chairman of Indian Association for the Advancement of Science and implemented a large number

of national and international projects, under funding of UNFAO, UNESCO, UNDP, UNIDO,

ESCAP, EU and Commonwealth Secretariat, as Project Coordinator or International Consultant

during last four decades. Mr Chaturvedi has been actively involved with The Institution of

Engineers (India) as Chairman, Delhi State Centre of IEI (2000-2002); Chairman, Mechanical

Engineering Division of IEI (1999-2003); Chairman, Safety & Quality Forum of IEI (2003-3006)

and Member, Governing Council of IEI during 1995-2008 (except 2007) and also at present. Mr

Chaturvedi has been involved in projects related to technology development, application and

evaluation, such as, Feasibility Study for setting up a 30 MW solar thermal power station in the

State of Uttar Pradesh, India; Technology Assessment for Solar Evacuated Tube collectors for

medium temperature heat in process industries; Cost-Benefit Analysis of domestic and industrial

solar water heating systems and solar cookers; Development of solar water heater cleaning process

to avoid corrosion and chocking in operation; Wood-based gasifier systems for their field trials

and acceptability; Implementation of renewable energy system based projects in India, Nepal,

Srilanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Island, Kirbati, Tuvalu and Malaysia and

adapted the same to locally available raw materials; Development of policy framework and

technology package for introducing bio diesel programme, based on Jatropha plantation, in

Cambodia through the network and associations of small farmers. Mr Chaturvedi has been

associated with the World Energy Council since 1983, coordinating the work of its India Member

Committee. He worked on energy data base for India and other South Asian countries and prepared

the India Country Report for presentation at various World Energy Congresses being held once in

three years. He also served as resource person to the SAARC Secretariat for the Regional

Consultation at Colombo in July 1988 and also as resource person to the SAARC/WEC

consultation for South Asia Regional Renewable Energy Financing held at Colombo in June 2000.

Mr Chaturvedi also served on the Group to prepare the WEC Report entitled ‘The Challenges of

Rural Energy Poverty in Developing Countries’ published in 1999

Title: India Moving to 175 GW of Renewable Power

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Dr Nobusuke KOBAYASHI,

Associate Professor in Environment and Renewable Energy

Systems at Gifu University. He is researching on co-gasification

or/and co-carbonization of coal and biomass for the utilization of

unwanted high-moisture content biomass, such as sludge and food

waste. Developing a new waste recycling system, high efficient

energy process and energy saving process is also his current

interest. His research area is not only solid-gas reaction process,

but also solid-liquid reaction process using hydrothermal

technique for biomass pre-treatment. He has over 100

publications, including over 90 peer-reviewed journal papers. He

received award from the Japan Institute of Energy in 2014,

Outstanding Paper Award from Journal of Chemical Engineering

Japan in 2013, Symposium Award from Inverse Manufacturing

Symposium in 2011. He also received Distinguished Visiting Professor from Nanjing Normal

University in 2017, Visiting Professor from Anhui university of Science and Technology in 2012.

Currently, he has been involving a number of national projects in environmental and energy

process area with environment and energy industries, and his research innovations have developed

new biomass utilization systems, especially utilization of high moisture content waste.

Title: Efficient Sludge Drying Technic by Addition of Drying Accelerator

Nobusuke KOBAYASHI and Yoshinori ITAYA

Environmental and Renewable Systems, Gifu University

1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu, 501-1193, JAPAN

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Allan Jones MBE

Allan is President/Chair of the International Energy Advisory Council (IEAC)

and a Member of the Seoul International Energy Advisory Council (SIEAC)

advising the Seoul Metropolitan Government on its energy and climate

change policies and strategies.

The IEAC is a ‘not for profit’ company registered in the USA and provides

independent advice to governments and other organisations who want to

implement decisive steps towards a 100% renewable energy future. The

IEAC’s energy experts, analysts and consultants have collectively advised

more than 200 governments and organisations in 27 countries as well as more

than 50 international organisations.

The SIEAC provides expert advice to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on its ‘One Less

Nuclear Power Plant’ plan which was initiated by the Mayor of Seoul following the Fukushima

nuclear disaster in 2011. Phase 1 of the plan displaced 23 TWh of centralised energy generation

(equivalent to the Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant - Units 1 and 2) through a combination of energy

efficiency and decentralised energy, also saved 14 TWh of oil and liquefied natural gas

consumption and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 6 million tonnes between 2012 and 2014.

Phase 2 programme of works includes 320 MW of solar PV, 230 MW of fuel cells, 12,000

buildings energy efficiency retrofits, 8 million LED lights and 150,000 members joining the City’s

car sharing scheme. Following advice from the SIEAC the Seoul Metropolitan Government

established the Seoul Energy Corporation as a public corporation with KRW 358.4 billion

($US330 million) investment to deliver the remaining Phase 2 programme of works.

Allan was Chief Development Officer, Energy and Climate Change at the City of Sydney (2009-

2014) and a Board member of Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

(2010-2013). Prior to his Sydney appointment Allan was Chief Executive Officer of the London

Climate Change Agency (2004-2008) and prior to that Woking Borough Council’s Director of

Thameswey Ltd in the UK.

Allan’s role at the City of Sydney was to deliver the City’s Green Infrastructure Plan, including

trigeneration, renewable energy, advanced waste treatment and decentralised water master plans

for the city as a whole and major building energy efficiency retrofits, LED street lighting and solar

PV projects on the City’s own buildings and operations. During his appointment, the City reduced

Council’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 25% and the City’s local government area

emissions by 19% from 2009 to 2014 as well as setting in place the green infrastructure to supply

100% of the City’s local government area electricity, heating and cooling AJBIOG 291 2

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demands from renewable energy resources and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70%, both

by 2030.

The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) was established with

funding of $56.2 million ($US72.5 million) and is based at Griffith University studying how

Australia can adapt to the impacts of climate change such as more frequent and severe droughts,

floods and sea level rise. NCCARF comprised Australian and Queensland Governments and 8

universities bringing together 5,500 practicioners that led to over 150 research reports on every

aspect of climate change adaptation.

During his time in London Allan set up and ran the London Climate Change Agency (LCCA) and

contributed to the development of the energy and climate change elements of the London Plan,

Mayor’s Climate Change Action Plan and the Mayor’s Climate Change Statutory Duty as well as

developing and implementing decentralised energy and renewable energy projects in London.

Allan also established the London ESCO, a public/private joint venture energy services company

between the LCCA and EDF Energy to catalyse the ESCO market in London.

During his time at Woking, Allan reduced CO2 emissions by 77.5% from 1990 levels to 2004 and

undertook ground breaking work on energy and water efficiency, trigeneration and renewable

decentralised energy systems, advanced waste treatment technologies, alternative fuels for

transport and fuel cells. Under Allan, Woking installed 81 private wire decentralised energy

systems, nearly 10% (at that time) of the UK’s total installed solar PV and the first fuel cell

trigeneration system in the UK. Allan was also instrumental in establishing Thameswey Ltd and

Thameswey Energy Ltd, the Council’s energy and environmental services company and energy

services company, respectively.

Allan is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and was appointed a Member

of the British Empire in 1999 for services to energy and water efficiency and was instrumental in

Woking Borough Council gaining the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development

2001 in the development of Local Sustainable Community Energy Systems, the only local

authority ever to receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

TITLE: CITY OF SYDNEY DECENTRALISED RENEWABLE ENERGY MASTER

PLAN DECENTRALIZED ENERGY MASTER PLANNING

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Eng. Mohammed Dabbas

(B.Sc, Post Grad. Diploma (Chem. Eng), M.Sc. in Env.

Tech)-(UMIST-UK)

CEO of the Dana for Sustainable Development LLC in

Jordan.

He studied at the University of Manchester Institute for

Science & Technology (UMIST-UK), where he received a

M.Sc. degree in Environmental Technology in 1996, Post

Graduate Diploma in 1993 & B.Sc in Chemical Engineering

from the University of Jordan in 1988. He was appointed in

May 14th 2015 as the “Ministers Advisor for Energy

Affairs” at the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources in

Jordan.

Eng. Dabbas Won the “Prize of the Ideal Employee at the Civil Service Bureau for the year 2010”,

this prize was based on a competition basis at the governmental level and a warded to him from

H.E the Prime Minister on April 9th 2011 at the Royal Cultural Center.

Also, He had been chosen in Feb.16th 2010 among other governmental applicants to participate in

the Public Servant Advanced Program/ Three Phases Training Program arranged in collaboration

with the Royal Military Academy of Sand Hurst (RMAS)-UK & King Abdullah II Fund For

Development (KAFD) in Jordan. This Program is Envisioned to Provide a Team of Senior Public

Servants with a Strong Foundation of Content Knowledge, Management Talent & Skills.

Eng. Dabbas is presently the CEO of the Dana for Sustainable Development LLC in Jordan; and

an Advisor to the Balqa Applied University (BAU) for Energy Issues; and Executive Board

Member of the World Renewable Energy Council (WREC)/WREN), Brighton-UK; and was the

Chairman of Biofuel & Industrial Fuels Ministerial Committees at the Ministry of Energy until

March 19th 2017. He has been involved as an Energy & Environment Consultant to Jordan Lafarge

Cement & Al-Rajhi Saudi Cement Manufacturing Plants in Jordan, He is a member of lots of

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Committees both nationally and internationally, and was

representing the Government of Jordan as a member of the Energy Committee at the ESCWA for

around three years, as well as invited speaker for many International Conferences and Seminars

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DR OSMAN BENCHIKH

EX-HEAD OF ENERGY PROGRAMME -

UNESCO

EX-Member of UN-Energy

Expert, Energy Watch Group

Governing Board Member - International

Sustainable Energy Development Center -

UNESCO

Manager, ESMER - Ecole Supérieure des Métiers

des Energies Renouvelables -

Dr. Osman Benchikh is Doctor in Physics, graduated at “Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie

Industriel - ESPCI" in Paris.Dr. Benchikh is former Head of UNESCO Energy Programme and

Chief of the Section “Capacity Building in Science and Engineering”. He designed different

conceptual initiatives addressing the use and application of renewable energy sources at

international level. In promoting renewable energy sources at global level, he contributed to the

conceptual design and implementation of the “World Solar Programme - WSP” launched as a

United Nations framework for international cooperation and partnership in renewable energy. He

also conceptualised the “Global Renewable Energy Education and Training Programme”

(GREET Programme) launched as a United Nations conceptual framework for building human

and institutional capacities and supervised its implementation at international, regional and

national levels. Dr Benchikh initiated several “Regional Solar Councils” launched as frameworks

for international and regional cooperation in renewable energy. He is author of several energy

related publications and Learning/teaching materials. He conceptualised and supervised the

organisation of UNESCO’s “Regional Annual Summer Schools on Renewable Energy” launched

in the different world regions.

Dr Benchikh is Expert at the Energy Watch Group and Member of the Governing Board of the

International Sustainable Energy Development Center – UNESCO. He also acts as Manager of

ESMER (Ecole Supérieure des Métiers des Energies Renouvelables). His international activities

led him to act as Member and UNESCO Representative at UN-Energy, UNESCO Commissioner

at Astana Expo 2017, Secretary General of UNESCO “International Basic Science Programme”

(IBSP), Secretary General of the “Mediterranean Solar Council”; Member of the “European Solar

Council”; Chairman of the “European Solar Council Commission on Education and Training”

(Club de Paris des Energies Renouvelables); Chairman of the “Renewable Energy Commission of

the French Academy of Engineers”, Member of the “Arab Permanent Committee on Renewable

Energy sources”; Member of “GEMFOR” (International Study Group on Education Methods),

Member of the “International Advisory Council of the World Renewable Energy Technology

Congress”.

Title: Addressing the Energy Challenges: Needs and Perspectives

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Prof Bogdan Tofan

Mr. Bogdan Tofan currently serves as a professor for the

Synthesis of Architectural Design Department at the “Ion Mincu”

University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania.

He was awarded a Ph.D degree in 1999 after completing his

dissertation about the: “Architecture and the development of

human personality”. He is researcher and international expert

consultant in research programs. He served as a visiting professor

to the University of Florida’s Architecture School in Vicenza,

Italy during the 2008-2009 academic year and Aalborg

University Denmark and Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge

and Chelmsford, U.K.

His academic career numbers projects and collaborations in

Berlin, Hanover, Regensburg (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland),

Tefen (Israel), Scottsdale, Arizona and Harding University Ohio

(USA), London (United Kingdom), Marly le Roi (France) and

Rome (Italy).

As a practicing architect since 1987, and founder and owner of

Tofan Arkitect architecture office, Mr. Tofan has completed

works for prestigious clients such as: the Romanian Olympic and

Sports Committee, the Romanian Ministry of Finance, the

Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Romanian Government’s Department for European Affairs, the

Romanian Parliament – the Official Journal of Romania, the World Bank,

Citibank, Unicredit Bank, S.O.S. Kinderdorf International, theRepublic of Austria’s Embassy in Romania,

Tiriac Holding, Buftea Town Hall, Hope City, and many more.

Mr. Tofan started his professional career as part of Prof. Zoltan Tackacs’s architecture practice, in 1986,

where he worked under the guidance of architects Mihai Cocheci, Mac Popescu, Viorel Simion, Romeo

Belea and Tudor Dumitrascu. As inspiration, Mr. Tofan cites architects Tadao Ando, Shin Takamatsu,

Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel si Dominique Perault.

Mr. Tofan is a founding member on the board of the Romanian Order of Architects and, he is also a member

of the Romanian Architects’ Union. Mr. Tofan also serves as a Consultant to the European Commission as

a member of the European Network of Competent Authorities for the Architectural profession (ENACA)

and of the Internal Market Information (IMI) System.

In 2011 and 2015, Mr. Tofan was named the Romanian Architects’ Union’s Architecture Commissioner

for La Biennale di Venezia and National Commissioner of the Romanian National architectural Bienalle

2018

Title: A Positive Energy Territory – Case Study for Piteşti, Romania

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Dr Sunand Prasad

Senior Partner

Sunand Prasad is co-founder of the practice and contributes to

its overall design philosophy.

As President of the RIBA from 2007 to 2009, Sunand was

responsible for a number of projects designed to focus the

energies of the profession upon the need to address climate

change, and was voted one of the Independent’s top 100

environmentalists for his work in ‘greening the RIBA’. He

continues to highlight the profession’s actual and potential

contribution to combating climate change.

As a leading figure in architecture and construction he

continues to hold a number of key positions related to policy

development and design quality, including member of the

Mayor’s Design Advisory Panel for London and member of

the UK Government’s Green Construction Board.

Sunand was one of the founding Commissioners of CABE and

played a central part in the development of the Construction

Industry Council’s Design Quality Indicators. He is currently

a Built Environment Expert at the Design Council.

Sunand’s personal commitment to sustainable growth and ethical practice ranges from engaging

in high level policy development to participation in the annual 1,500km Cycle to Cannes charity

bike ride, current Chairmanship of the charity Article 25 and past Trusteeships for the charities

Cape Farewell and Centre for Cities.

Title: Building in the Circular Economy

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Ms Jazla Fadda

Ms. Jazla Fadda is an instructor and Coordinator of Hospital & Healthcare

Management and Insurance & Risk Management Specializations at the

College of Business Administration at the American University in the

Emirates. Ms. Fadda is a prominent public health specialist with many

credentials at national, regional and international levels. In addition to her

education in Dentistry, she got her master in Public Health, MPH, from

University of Liverpool, UK. She has vast experience working with the

Ministry of Health in various key national positions. In addition, she was

engaged as a national coordinator and researcher of various public health

issues such as Burden of Disease and Cost Effectiveness Analysis,

addressed by WHO and Harvard School of Public Health. Ms. Jazla has

also wide previous experience in teaching as a faculty member for graduate

students in Public Health, Health System Management, Hospital

Management and Health Economics at the Center for Strategic Health

Studies affiliated with UK Liverpool School of Tropical Medicines.

Ms. Fadda has worked as an international consultant with WHO for

developing a ‘Global Program for Urban Health Equity’. She also worked

with the Global Health Workforce Alliance for mapping 57 priority

countries facing critical shortages of human resources for health. Having

an innovative approach, along with presenting and communication skills, Ms. Fadda is proactively engaged in media

presenting a variety of healthcare topics on different TV channels, like MBC, Sky News Arabia, Dubai TV and Sharjah

TV, having a passion of deploying health messages to the public, helping them choose the best healthy life style

choices.

Ms. Fadda contributed in one of WHO’ book, published by WHO, Kobe Center for Health Development-

Japan. WHO, UN- HABETAT. Hidden Cities: Unmasking and Overcoming Health Inequities in Urban Settings. WHO

Centre for Health Development Publications, 2010, WHO/NMH/WKC/10.1

TITLE: CLIMATE CHANGE: AN OVEREVIEW OF POTENTIAL HEALTH IMAPCTS

ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIROENMNTAL DRIEVING FORCES

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Prof Salam Darwish

Prof Darwish is a visiting professor and lecturer at ESC La

Rochelle, Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle, La Rochelle,

France. He holds an MSc Membership in Aeronautical

Engineering from Cranfield Institute of Technology (UK)

and a PhD in Aerodynamics from the University of Reading

(UK). He holds Post Graduate Certificate in Education

(PGCE) from Huddersfield University (UK). He is also a

visiting lecturer at Loughborough University, Warrington

Collegiate, Wigan & Leigh College and other UK academic

institutions. He is a director for Phoenix renewable Energy

Centre (UK). His main Interests are the design and operation

of Solar/ wind energy Systems and is leading researches to

locate wind and solar technologies for developing countries,

Environmental Assessment techniques and strategic

Analysis. He had supervised and graduated more than 11PhD

students and 33 MSc students under his supervision at Universities in UK and Middle East. He

had published many articles related to his specialist.

Title: Advancements and Challenges Affecting Wind Turbine Implementation In The GCC

Countries

Dr Giacomo Chiesa

Name: Giacomo Chiesa

Citizenship: Italian

Place & Date of birth: Moncalieri (TO) – 16/01/1984

Permanent Address: Via Netro, 6 – 10143 Torino

E-mail address: giacomo.chiesa@polito.it

Mobile Phone number: +39 3492441016

Spoken Languages: Italian, English, French

University and Department: Politecnico di Torino, Department of

Architecture and Design

Publication url:

https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=MpDnucoAAAAJ&hl=it

a) EDUCATION Ph.D. in Technological Innovation for the Built Environment (Ottimo); Master Degree in Architecture

(110Lode with honors-the thesis was signaled); Bachelor Degree in Architecture (110Lode); IED CSP

Photography; Scientific High School (100/100).

b) FELLOWSHIPS and HONORS

Finalist Premio Giovedì Scienza for scientist under 35, Turin, Italy ed. 2016; Ph.D. fellowship 48-B.s.

3° (Fondo giovani MUR/09); Fellowship Master dei Talenti Neolaureati 2009, internship nr. 34,

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Fondazione CRT; National Art Competition “Il segno”, Man Ray price (photography) ed. 2009,

Milan, Italy, U.N.A.I. and Enciclopedia Arte Italiana.

c) TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016 visiting for a course on passive cooling of buildings at Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile;

2011-17 Tutor in 5 international and national workshops (for students and professionals); 2017 tutor

at the IEA ANNEX 62 - Ventilative Cooling - Summer School - University of Lisbon; 2015 & 2013

Lecturer at Master ABITA (Post-Master degree level), University of Florence on passive cooling of

buildings; 2008-2017 Assistant professor (from 2016) & Teaching assistant in Bachelor and Master

degree courses, Politecnico di Torino; 2009-2010 Teaching assistant Moscow Institute of Architecture,

cathedra Architecture of Industrial Buildings (АРХИТЕКТУРА ПРОМЫШЛЕННЫХ ЗДАНИЙ) and

Lanscape Architecture (ЛАНДШАФТНАЯ АРХИТЕКТУРА); supervisor and co-supervisor of Master

and Bachelor degree theses.

d) CHRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Feb 2016 – Jan 2019 Winner of a fixed term assistant professor position (Ricercatore a t.d. comma 3,

lettera a) art. 24 L. 240/2010) at Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design,

research sector ICAR/12

Feb 2014 – Jan 2016 Research Fellow (assegnista di ricerca) at Politecnico di Torino, Dep. DAD;

Jan 2011 - Dec 2013 Ph.D. Student in Technological Innovation for the Built Environment. Politecnico

di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design & Dept. DINSE; Oct 2010 – Dec 2010 Research

fellowship “SEAP action plan for the city of Turin” Politecnico di Torino, department DINSE; 2009-

10 Internship program “teaching skills and habits” - Master dei Talenti Neolaureati, Moscow Institute

of Architecture, Moscow, Russian Federation; 2009 Technical secretary for the international

conference CityFutures, Made Expo and SITdA.

e) RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Lead Guest Editor of two special issues on “Breakthrough of natural and hybrid ventilative cooling

technologies” – the International Journal of Ventilation, Taylor and Francis Vol 15(3-4) 2016, Vol

16(2) 2017; Managing guest editor of a virtual special issue on “Advances in Adaptive Comfort

Modelling and Passive/Hybrid Cooling of buildings”, Energy and Buildings, Elsevier – 1st submission

1st April 2016.

2016-2017 participant in the IEA Annex 62 – Ventilative Cooling. 2010-2016 researchers in 10

research projects (founded and not) on passive cooling of buildings (e.g. PRIME3 a co-founded

research by MATTM), sustainable design (e.g. provision of services between Dept. DAD and STEGET

srl – Tukey UNEP program), Covenant of Mayors and urban policies for low carbon strategies (e.g.

Covenant of Mayors, City of Turin, and consultant for the City of Turin, LAIKA Life+ project), smart

city, welfare and inclusion (S[m]2art, founded by MIUR in the smart city and communities and social

innovation call untill oct 2016).

Total publications: more than 65 – NOTE: architectural technology is a NON-bibliometric sector, for

this reason not all publications are indexed on WoS or Scopus. No. publication in peer-reviewed

journals: 18 (9 high impact factor); No. publication in peer-reviewed proceedings: 18; No. of

monography/book: 3 (+1 ENG translation); No. of edited book: 1 (ENG + ITA translation); No. of

book chapters: 7

Title: Geo-climatic early-design tools and indicators

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Mr Tony Book

Mr Book is JP. B.Sc., M.IDM. He is a retired Renewable Energy Business man who ran a successful

Company for over 20 years, installing Solar Hot Water and PV systems across the UK and Europe.

He won several industry accolades nationally and internationally for the innovative installations. He has presented papers across the world at WREN Conferences and other major meetings.

He is a former Chairman of the International Solar Energy Society.

Tony continues to work on innovative ideas for clients principally in Energy Storage Systems

Title: Photovoltaic Switcher as an important energy saving device

Dr Javier Remon

Dr. Javier Remón is currently a Postdoctoral Research

Associate in the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence

(GCCE), in the Chemistry Department at the University of

York (UK). His research activity is focused on the

valorisation of different biomass residues for the

production of value-added chemicals and energy using

different thermochemical processes.

As a result of his research activities, Dr. Remón has co-

authored more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers in

international Journals listed in the JCR index, numerous

peer-reviewed proceedings papers and has presented

more than 25 communications at international

conferences, some of them as an invited speaker. In

addition, Dr. Remón acts as a referee for some SCI

journals and he is also a member of the steering committee of the World Renewable Energy

Network, in the UK. As regards his teaching activities, Dr. Remón actively participated in the

teaching activities of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Zaragoza and

now is responsible for several undergraduate courses in the Chemistry Department at the

University of York. Dr. Remón is very interested in teaching innovation, a field in which he has

coordinated several teaching innovation projects, published research papers and presented

several contributions at inernational conferences. Furthermore, Dr. Remón has supervised

several Master Theses, various students internships in companies and has tutored first year

Chemical Engineering students.

Title: 1- Microwave-assisted hydrothermal valorisation of rapeseed meal for the co-production of

high purity lignin and saccharide rich aqueous solutions

Javier Remóna,b*, Avtar S. Matharua, James H. Clarka

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aGreen Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York, Department of Chemistry, Heslington, York,

YO10 5DD, UK bInstituto de Carboquímica, CSIC. Miguel Luesma Castán 4, 50018 Zarago

2- Fermentable liquid energy carriers by microwave-assisted hydrothermal

depolymerisation of several biomass carbohydrates

Javier Remóna,c, Fabio Santomaurob, Christopher J. Chuckb*, Avtar S. Matharua, James H. Clarka* aGreen Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York, Department of Chemistry, Heslington, York,

YO10 5DD, UK bDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.

cInstituto de Carboquímica, CSIC. Miguel Luesma Castán 4, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.

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Professor Despina Serghides

She is a Professor in Bioclimatic Architecture and the Urban

Environment, at the Department of Environmental Science and

Technology and she carries out research in Architecture, Energy

and Environment. She studied Architecture at the Architectural

Association School of Architecture (AA) London, UK. She

continued postgraduate studies in Planning at the Planning

Department of the AA. Also from the AA she obtained her Master

and Doctorate in “Architecture – Energy & Environment”. She is

the president of the International Solar Energy Society of Cyprus

(ISES), member of the executive Committee and member of the

Board of Directors of ISES-Europe of which she was the

president. She has acted as a consultant for the Cyprus

Government and Parliamentary committees and has been the

national scientific representative of the National Scientific and Technical Co-operations with

Greece and China. She gives lectures at National and international Universities and Institutes. She

is editor and reviewer in scientific journals and international conferences proceedings and papers.

She has a lot of publications and she was honored with a lot of scholarships, awards and offices.

She chairs and participates in organizing and scientific committees of International and National

conferences, seminars and congresses of which she is invited plenary or and keynote speaker and

presents papers. She worked for many years at the Higher Technical Institute and has been

involved in research working in the field of bioclimatic architecture and energy conscious building

design for sustainable indoor and outdoor environments, for over 25 years. The results of her

research for “Zero Energy for the Cyprus House” hit the headlines of the Cyprus press, and were

reported internationally. The architectural design and concepts of her research have been presented

and discussed at international congresses, forums and conferences and most of it has been

published in international journals and proceedings. She teaches on the undergraduate programme

the subject of “The Built Environment” and on the post-graduate programme “Management of

Renewable Sources” the subjects of “Energy Management and Sustainability in the Urban

Environment”, “Sustainability in the Built Environment” and “Energy Efficiency and Energy

Auditing”. She is the scientific coordinator of the EU programmes, IEE, EPISCOPE, RISE

SMART-GEMS, the EC MED programme, “TEENERGY- Energy Efficient Schools” and the

research project (ENAK-TEPAK, Energy Efficiency of Academic-Educational Buildings). She

participated in the Marie Curie SOLNET programme of which she is a member of the three

members Consulting Committee and gave lectures on the doctorate course “Renewable Energies

& Energy Efficiency” (SOLNET-Kassel University, Germany). She was also the scientific

coordinator of the 6th FW programme “Low Energy Hotels for Southern Europe” and of the EC

5th FW programme “Brundtland Cities Energy Network”.

Title: The Bioclimatic Approach in Developing Smart Urban Isles for Sustainable Cities

D. K. Serghides1, S. Dimitriou1, I. Kyprianou1 and C. Papanicolas1 1 The Cyprus Institute/EEWRC, Nicosia, Cyprus

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Prof. Dato Dr. Kamaruzzaman Bin Sopian

Prof. Dr. Kamaruzzaman Bin Sopian obtained his BSc in

Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-

Madison in 1985, MSc in Energy Resources from the University

of Pittsburgh in 1989 and PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from

the Dorgan Solar Laboratory, University of Miami in 1997. He

is presently the Professor in Renewable Energy at the

Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia. Currently, he is the Director of the Solar

Energy Research Institute, a center of excellence for the

research and development in solar energy technology. He has

been involved in the field of solar energy for more than twenty

years. His main contributions are in solar radiation modeling,

alternative material for solar absorber, solar water heating

system with integrated storage system, solar desalination, solar cooling, daylighting using solar

light pipes, solar assisted drying systems, grid-connected photovoltaic system, thin film silicon

solar cells, combined Photovoltaic thermal or hybrid collector and solar hydrogen production

system.

He has published over 400 research papers in journals and conferences. He has delivered keynotes

speeches at national and international conferences on renewable energy. He is the founding

member of the Malaysian Institute of Energy, member of the World Renewable Energy Network

based in the United Kingdom and is an associate editor of the Renewable Energy published by

Elsevier Ltd. He heads several national subcommittees on renewable energy by the Malaysian

government to promote awareness, market enhancement, policy studies and the applications

renewable energy. In 2011 he received the title of Dato from his King.

Title: COOLING OF PV PANELS FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF GRID-

CONNECTED SYSTEMS a, Mohd Yusof OthmanbShamani-, Ali Najah Ala, Ali H. A. Alwaelia*Kamaruzzaman Sopian

a Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), The national university of Malaysia (UKM), 43600,

Bangi, Malaysia b Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, 31003 Kufa, Iraq

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Prod Dr Helmut Mueller

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut F.O. Müller, Architect.

He is a German by birth, studied Architecture at University of

Hanover and Stuttgart (Diploma),in (1971 – 72)DAAD

scholarship at the London University College (School of

Environmental Studies / Bartlett School), while in (1972 –

82)Professional activity in design and research. In 1979, he got

his Doctor´s Degree at the University of Stuttgart (Dr.-Ing.).

From 1982 – 93, he worked as Professor at the Polytec of

Cologne, Department of Architecture. 1991 – 97,Foundation

and director of the Institute of Light and Building Technology

at the Polytec of Cologne (ILB). From 1993 – 2009 Univ.-

Professor,

Chair of Environmental Architecture,Department of Building,

University of Dortmund. 1997 – 2005, he was a General

Manager, GLB, Gesellschaft für Licht und Bautechnik mbH,

Dortmund and since 2006 Deputy chairman of FiTLicht e.V.

Development Association Innovative Daylight Utilization. Since 2008, Director of Green Building

R&D, Düsseldorf Partner of office consortium, 4greenarchitecture, Düsseldorf. He is Member of

board of directors, Schuermann Spannel AG, Bochum

Title: Efficiency of Micro-Structured Sunlighting Systems in Different Climatic Zones

Prof Mal Lushaj

He is an Albanian, Full Professor, he works as a Research

Director, at Department of Water Economy & Renewable

Energies, the Institute of Geoscience, Energy, Water and

Environment & at the same time as a Senior Lecturer at the

Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil

Engineering, and Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania. I

work within country and abroad on subjects such as: EIA,

SEA, Hydrology, Renewable Energies, Climate Change,

Monitoring, Auditing, Ecotourism, Concessions/PPP etc.

Title: Sustainable Exploration of Biomass and Bioenergy Potential of Albanian Flora: A

Conceptual Exposition

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Prof Dr Mohammad Alghoul

Dr. Mohammad Alghoul is a Professor of solar Energy. He

has Master and PhD in Solar Energy, 2nd Master in Energy

technology and Bachelor in Physics. He is presently a senior

research scientist at the Center of Research Excellence in

Renewable Energy, King Fahd University of Petroleum &

Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He involved in the field of solar

energy for about 18 years. Conduct theoretical and applied

research on: <active, passive>, <solar thermal, solar PV,

solar buildings>, <design, modeling, systems, material>. He

is researching on cooling, heating, drying, thermal storage,

solar air collectors, (PV/T) collectors, PV systems, solar

radiation modeling, daylighting, water desalination and

buildings energy efficiency. Besides his main research area

in solar energy, he involved in wind and environmental

research areas. He handled a full range of professional and

administrative responsibilities, including teaching postgraduate students, supervision of so many

postgraduate students, member of organizing committees for conferences/ workshops/ seminars,

establishing new clusters of research group and contributing to staff/ students development. He

has published over 130 research papers in International journals and conferences.

Title: 3WE- Using Annual Wind Speed as a Sufficient Input Data for Predicting the

Outstanding Wind Turbine Size to Run a Specific Load around the Globe

M.A. Alghoul, A.A. Aljaafar, S.W. Lim, W.J. Hee, F.V. Kannanaikal, Amer Ali, Mohammed

Kadhim

Professor David Worsley

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Research Director SPECIFIC

Tata Steel sponsored Professor

Vice President (Innovation) Swansea University

Professor Worsley is author and co-author of 129-refereed scientific

publications on coated product development. He has worked closely

with the coatings industry since being appointed to the Materials

Research Centre in the mid -1990s, following an industry sponsored

PhD (Johnson Matthey), an Industrial Fellowship (Astra Zeneca)

and a British Steel Fellowship.

Professor Worsley is Research Director of SPECIFIC IKC -

transforming ‘buildings into powerstations’ by harnessing the

power of solar energy. Primarily funded by ERDF, EPSRC and

Innovate UK, this collaboration is supported by 54 companies with international presence, but a

footprint in UK including Tata Steel, NSG Pilkington, Akzo Nobel and Vale INCO. Moreover,

SPECIFIC is further supported in this work by strategic collaborations with Imperial College

London (Sêr Cymru Sêr Solar), Oxford and Cambridge universities plus numerous partner projects

with a further 12 UK and international universities.

As a ‘Tata sponsored Professor’ he has set-up the Steels and Metals Institution at Swansea

University. Being the Academic Research Lead for SUNRISE (2018 GCRF project) Professor

Worsley enables Swansea University to lead the UK Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial

and Brunel and seven top Indian Institutions alongside industrial partners Tata CleanTech, NSG

and a supply chain of SMEs in the development of building integrated solar energy for rural

communities in India.

He is Vice President (Innovation) for Swansea University.

Areas of Expertise:

• Solution processed perovskite solar cells

• building integrated photovoltaics

• Coating applications and development

• Corrosion science and engineering

• Construction steel

• Coatings used for corrosion protection to renewable energy generation

In 2015, Professor Dave Worsley was awarded the prestigious Hadfield Medal and Prize by the

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), in recognition of his distinguished work in

the field of materials science and engineering and in particular, his achievements connected with

the iron and steel industries.

Title: Using building integrated PV and Solarthermal Techniques with energy storage to

turn ‘Buildings into Power Stations’ David Worsley and Paul Jones

SPECIFIC, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea,

SA1 8EN, UK, m.j.pegge@swansea.ac.uk

Prof Paul Jones

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Paul Jones works on building on the success of SPECIFIC IKC and

the roll out of Active Buildings and Technologies into the

marketplace through new programmes and delivery vehicles.

He was the founding member of SPECIFIC IKC with Dave Worsley

back in 2009 and was Technology Director until end 2017 until he

took up his new role. This includes two successful rounds of Innovate

UK / EPSRC funding totalling £15M and £15M of WEFO funding

and associated industrial contributions to the centre. Paul recently

completed an NRN Industrial Fellowship at Swansea University on

heat storage.

Paul has twenty-five years of experience in the area of functional and

sustainable coatings for construction and ten-years’ experience in

integrated heat generation and storage on buildings. This latterly

extends to key design input into ‘Buildings as Power Stations’ such as the Active Classroom and Active

Office, which are energy positive buildings generating, storing and delivering both electricity and heat.

A fan of all things automotive from classic cars of the 1970s to the latest EVs Paul’s spare time is mostly

spent holding a spanner…..

Title: Using building integrated PV and Solarthermal Techniques with energy storage to

turn ‘Buildings into Power Stations’ David Worsley and Paul Jones

SPECIFIC, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea,

SA1 8EN, UK, m.j.pegge@swansea.ac.uk

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Professor Najma LAAROUSSI

Dr Najma Laaroussi has a master's degree in Thermal

and Energy from the National Institute of Applied

Sciences (INSA), Lyon, France and a Ph.D in Energy

Systems and Thermal Processes obtained in 2008 from

the University of Paris-Est, Marne-la-Vallée, France.

She has been a Research and Development Engineer at

Socotec Industries, France, in the period (2009-

2011) and she is, currently a Researcher in Energy,

Environment and Materials Laboratory in Morocco

since 2011. Her main research interests includes

renewable energy building, thermal solar and

photovoltaic systems. She is currently also a Professor

of Renewable Energy at the High School of

Technology in Salé, Morocco. She also coordinates and

manages several co-operations with national and international organizations.

Her International scientific production includes various publications in journals and conferences

proceedings. She is a reviewer in several International Journals in the Energy building and

Environment field. She supervises and co-supervises every Ph.D. and master's degree on thermal

Solar Energy, photovoltaic systems connected to the grid and energy conservation in buildings.

She is the general secretary and an active membership of the Renewable Energy University

Network (REUNET), an association representing a new concept for the development of renewable

energy and promoting its use in Morocco through Training, Research and Innovation.

Title: 12BM- Thermal insulation and operation by photovoltaic solar energy of a

bioreactor

Mohamed Ouakarrouch1, Fatima Kifani-Sahban1, Najma Laaroussi2, Mohammed Garoum2 and

Samir Men Layakhaf1

University Mohammed V in Rabat, MSME Team, Faculty of Sciences Rabat, Morocco

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Dr David Goodfield

He started at Murdoch Uni ISTP school as a mature age student in 2004

and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Studies (Ecological

Sustainable Development). This was followed by a BSc (Hons), First

Class, within the School of Environmental Science in 2008. An

honours scholarship was provided by National Lifestyle Villages Pty

Ltd, a major lifestyle village developer, who employed me part-time

during my studies and full-time thereafter up until July, 2009. My work

as a Research and Development Analyst predominantly involved

sustainable construction and design, renewable energy and other

sustainable systems associated with residential living. I was awarded a

Commonwealth APA Scholarship and a Murdoch Award for

Excellence complete my PhD. The research contributed to a program entitled “Decarbonizing

Cities and Regions” under a joint ARC award between Curtin University Sustainability Policy

Institute and Murdoch University. My Doctorate was confirmed in April 2015.

Dr Goodfield published several papers in well-known journals and one of the main organizer of

World Renewable Energy Congress – 17 in Australia in 2017. He is also associate editor of

International Journal of “Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability” WREC Journal

Open Access published by EDP – France.

Title: PRECINCT SCALE SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: AN

OVERVIEW OF CONSIDERATIONS

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Prof. PhD Arch. Alessandra Battisti

Lecturer in the Environmental Design Laboratory and the

Architecture Technology Course for UE Master's Degree

Erasmus Scient. Coordinator Director of the 2nd lev.

Univ.Master's in Valorisation and management of minor

Historical centres Member of the Faculty Board for the PhD

in PDTA, lecturer at the 2nd lev. Univ.Master's in Sustainable

Architecture and Technology for the Environment 94-96

researcher at Technische Universitaet Muenchen Expert for

the EC-DG XXII–Energy in Building Member of the Working

Group for the Energy Efficiency of the Historical Buildings of

Culture Ministry Expert on the Roster of Consultants and

Auditors launched by the MIUR Member of the Working

Group for the Environment/Airport of Infrastructures

Ministry Scientific coordinator of nat. and internat .research activities. From 94 she has been involved in

research activities on topics concerning technological innovation for environmental architecture,

ecological and energy efficiency in buildings, bioclimatic approach in relation to design and environmental

sustainability at urban, architectural and building scale Visiting Professor at Italian and Overseas Univ.

Awarded in many international competitions, as: Europan 5, (98), Porto di Formia (2000),“Europan 6, (00),

Porto Storico di Civitavecchia (2002), Parco Cerite a Cerveteri (03), Eurosolar Italia (04), Case bioclimatiche

Roma (05), Eurosolar Internazionale (06), Marina di Latina (07), Alloggi a La Maddalena (09), Nouvelle

Comédie di Ginevra (10), Istituto ITC Radice a Roma (11), Architetture di Servizio Expò Milano 2015 (12)

Coordinator for an editorial series published by Alinea Editrice; has personally published 130 publications

and books, including: Ambiente e cultura dell’abitare (2000,12), Qualità ed ecoefficienza delle

trasformazioni urbane (02), La Qualità ambientale delle Architetture di interno (05),Green Airport (12),

Technologies for Small Buildings (12), Rinnovare le periferie (14)

Title: Plug &Play: self-sufficient technological devices for outdoor spaces to mitigate the UHI effect

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