Ralph M. Kennel received his Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Kaiserslautern in 1984. From 1983 to 1999 he worked for Robert BOSCH GmbH (Germany). From 1999 to 2008 he was Professor for Electrical Machines and Drives at Wuppertal University (Germany). Since 2008 he has been Professor for Electrical Drive Systems and Power Electronics at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany). Dr. Kennel is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Fellow of IET (former IEE) and a Chartered Engineer in the UK. Within IEEE he is Treasurer of the Germany Section. In 2018 Dr. Kennel received the Doctoral degree honoris causa from Universitatea Stefan cel Mare in Suceava (Romania). Dr. Kennel has received in 2013 the Harry Owen Distinguished Service Award from IEEE-PELS, the EPE Association Distinguished Service Award in 2015 as well as the EPE Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019. Dr. Kennel was appointed “Extraordinary Professor” by the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) from 2016 to 2019 and as “Visiting Professor” at the Haixi Institute by the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2016 to 2021. There he was appointed as "Jiaxi Lu Overseas Guest Professor" in 2017. In 2018 Dr. Kennel was appointed Guest Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, China. In 2019 Dr. Kennel was appointed "Honorary Chair Professor" ("distinguished visiting professor") at Shandong University in Jinan, China.

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Prof. C.-J. Li received his Ph.D. at McGill University 1992 and was a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University (US). He was an Assistant (1994), Professor (1998) and Full Professor (2000) at Tulane University (US). Since 2003, he has been a Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Green Chemistry and E. B. Eddy Chair Professor at McGill University. He was a pioneer in using water as a green solvent and a leader in developing Green Chemistry for chemical synthesis. He was listed as a highly cited researcher by Thomson Reuters (2014-2017). He received a US NSF’s CAREER Award (1997), US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2001), 2010 Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award, 2015 R. U. Lemieux Award and 2018 Alfred Bader Award of the Canadian Chemical Society, the 2020 Catalysis Award and the 2022 CIC Medal of CIC, the 2021 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, and the 2018 Killam Research Fellow of the Canadian Council of Arts among others. Dr. Li was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2012), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2007), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012), Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada (2013), Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) (2015), a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (2016) and a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (2020).

Dr Lee's expertise includes bioenergy recovery from waste, membrane processes, sludge treatment, and microscale heat and mass transport processes. He was the Chair Professor of National Taiwan University, the National Chair of Ministry of Education, Taiwan, and is now the Chair Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lee was the President of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers and that of International Bioprocess Association, and has engaged in editorial works for a few renown academic journals and book series. Dr. Lee has published over 1,200 papers with >60,000 citations (h=119, Google Scholar).

Richard Saykally is the Class of 1932 Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley. Born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and educated at UW-Eau Claire and UW-Madison, Saykally has been a professor at the University of California, Berkeley since 1979. A co-author of over 400 publications that have been cited over 50,000 times (H index > 100), the recipient of over 80 honors and awards from 15 different countries, Saykally is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received the E.O. Lawrence Award in Chemistry from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Hinshelwood Lectureship from Oxford University, the Inaugural International Solvay Chair in Chemistry from the Solvay Institutes of Belgium, the Peter DeBye Award in Physical Chemistry from the ACS, the J.C. Bose Lectureship from IACS-Kolkata, and the Spiers Memorial Lectureship Prize from the UK Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a UC-Berkeley Distinguished Teacher, and has been active at the national level in science education. Over 150 students and postdocs have trained under his direction, many of whom hold prominent positions in academic, government, and industrial institutions.

Professor Xudong Zhao has been working in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable heating, cooling and power systems for more than 35 years. He has led and/or participated in 68 research projects funded by the EU, EPSRC, Innovate-UK, Newton Fund, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, Ministry of Science and Technology of China and industries, including 8 multi-national, large-scale collaborative projects. These have made an accumulated fund in excess of £28 million and have led to 14 patents being granted. To date, he has supervised 41 PhD students and 31 postdoctoral research fellows (PDRFs), including 8 Marie Curie Fellows, published 322 peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals and referred conferences (with GOOGLE SCHOLAR citation number of 16,757, hi-index papers number of 65, i10-index paper number of 312). He was selected as the ‘Fellow of European Academy of Sciences’, ‘Fellow of Energy Institute’, ‘Fellow of Charted Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)’, ‘Fellow of World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET)’, being selected into the ‘2017 World Most Highly Cited Researchers List’, ‘2020/2021/2022/2023 World Top 2% Scientists list’, receiving the ‘2018 UK Rushlight Innovation Award’, and won the sole ‘Research Excellence Award’ in 2018 at the University of Hull.

Sir Ruggero M. Santilli obtained his Ph. D. in theoretical physics at the University of Torino, Italy in 1965; he then emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1967 where he was on the faculty of the University of Miami, Boston University, MIT, and Harvard University under financial support from NASA, UFOSR and DOE. In 1991 he accepted the position of President and Professor at the Institute for Basic Research in Florida. He is the author of 345 papers published in refereed journals and twenty post Ph. D. monographs in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology; he is the Editor of a number of scientific journals in mathematics and physics and was awarded twelve U. S. patents. He is internationally known for developing new mathematics (known as Lie-admissible, Lie-isotopic and isodual mathematics) for the construction of hadronic mechanics, chemistry and biology, and for the verification of the 1935 Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument that "quantum mechanics is not a complete theory." These discoveries lead to the prediction of new technologies, incompatible with quantum mechanics but fully compatible with hadronic mechanics, which he developed as Chief Scientist at various U. S. publicly traded and private companies. For more details, please see the curriculum http://www.i-b-r.org/Ruggero-Maria-Santilli.htm

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Prof. Martin Dornheim’s (H index: 55; Google Scholar) degrees are in theoretical solid-state physics (Dipl.-Phys., 1998; Göttingen) and in experimental material physics from the University of Göttingen (Ph.D., 2002; Göttingen). He has served as a postdoc in Göttingen and at the GKSS Research Center Geestacht (2002-2005), as a head of Department of Nanotechnology at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (2005-2020), and Head of the Department of Material Design at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht (2020-2022) as well as Leverhulme International Professor for Hydrogen Storage Materials and Systems at the University of Nottingham (since 2022). Prof. Dornheim has numerous awards including: The 2020 Science of Hydrogen and Energy Award from the International Symposium on hydrogen and Energy as well as Hydrogenomics, as well as the David Sanborn Scott Award 2020 for the most cited paper in the hydrogen storage and distribution category in Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2019, Acta Materialia Award for Excellence in Reviewing as well as a Scripta Materialia Top Cited Article 2007-2011 Award.

Jes Donneborg is Senior Vice President at Aalborg CSP. Mr. Donneborg is responsible for the company’s sales activities in both Germany and Austria, where his main objective is to push for the implementation of solar-thermal systems, heat pumps plants and Pit Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) projects. Mr. Donneborg joined Aalborg CSP in 2015 and has since then taken part in the development of various solar-thermal and heat pump installations. Likewise, he has played an essential role in disseminating knowledge about the company’s unique PTES technologies and the advantages that district heating plants and utility companies can achieve by integrating and combining green technologies into their energy supplies. Jes Donneborg has worked within the renewable industry for more than 20 years, developing various renewable project installations ranging from solar thermal system and PV plants over air collector systems to domestic hot water and heat pump installations. Consequently, he holds extensive knowledge of renewable energy in general and the solar industry in particular. Moreover, Mr. Donneborg has worked on senior management level for more than 30 years as CFO, CEO and COO in companies in both Denmark and within Europe.

Mark Bomberg, Technology D. (Lund U., Sweden 1974), D. Science in Engineering (Warsaw), technical coordinator of the virtual network Environmental Quality Management (EQM). Tech, U, Poland, 1965), is a Research Prof. at Mechanical Eng., Clarkson U, Potsdam NY, RD Manager of DFIE, Inc., Honorary Member of Building Enclosure Technology and Environment (BETEC) Committee of the National Institute of Building Science (NIBS) in Washington, DC. He worked at National Research Council of Canada (1975-2000) and was an Editor-in-Chief of J. Building Physics (1984-2018) He lives in Canada but works in the US and Europe. He was teaching in, the US, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Poland and China. He is a Guest Editor in Journals: Energies and Buildinngs (MPDI, Switzerland). Frontiers (Switherland), SJEE (USA) He received the highest awards in building physics in the US and Canada. His research background includes heat, air and moisture, material science and durability of construction materials. He wrote more than 220 peer reviewed papers and 7 books, has 87,000 reads, and 1,380 citations on the Research Gate.

Prof. Shunli Wang is a Doctoral Supervisor, Academic Dean, Academic Leader of the National Electrical Safety and Quality Testing Center, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Provincial Senior Overseas Talent, Academic and Technical Leader of China Science and Technology City, and top 2% of top scientists in the world, who is an authoritative expert in renewable energy research. His research interests include modeling, state estimation, and safety management for energy storage systems. 56 projects have been undertaken, including the projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Provincial Science and Technology Department. 258 research papers have been published (Research Interest Score: 11547; Citations: 3167; h-index: 29). 53 intellectual property rights have been applied, of which 23 authorizations have been approved. 7 books have been published by famous publishers such as Elsevier and IET. 23 honorary titles or awards have been achieved, such as young scholars and leading experts of innovative talent teams. Also, the team has been continuously supported by the "University & Enterprise Innovative Talent Team Support Plan" and unanimously praised by employers and peer experts.

Jeff Pieper is the incoming Chair of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. He is also a member of the APEGA Discipline Committee, involved with deciding and enforcing malpractice decisions for Professional Engineers in Alberta. Jeff Pieper has provided consulting services for a variety of Canadian companies over the past several years. These projects include dynamic systems analysis, control interfacing and design and along with full-package control systems design work for alternative energy turbines, vehicle steering systems, inertial navigation systems, and helicopter flight control systems.

Agricultural Engineer and Master in Horticulture from the University of Talca, Chile and PhD in Horticulture & Agronomy from the University of California Davis, USA. Since 2005, Karla has worked as a Head of the National Rice Breeding Program at the Agricultural Research Institute of Chile. Since 2022, she also works as INIA's National Food Safety Coordinator. Her lines of research focus on the genetic and molecular characterization of abiotic stresses that limits rice production. The increase in tolerance to cold, the study of the phenological development cycle of rice and the efficient use of water are the problems that are currently addressed through different grants such as FONTAGRO 2019-2024 (Chile, Argentina, Panamá and Venezuela), FIA 2020-2023, FIC Maule 2020-2024, Neslté (2022-2025), among others. Karla has released 5 varieties of rice to the market, Zafiro INIA, Cuarzo INIA, Esmeralda INIA, Jaspe FL-INIA (first short cycle variety that allows the cultivation of rice with 50% less water), and Ónix INIA (first Chilean black rice variety). Currently, Zafiro INIA is the most planted variety in the Chilean rice sector, occupying 70% of the surface. Also, Karla has led the development of a new rice production system, adapting principles of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to Latin American paddy rice fields and integrating new rice varieties. The Climate Smart Rice System (CSRS), is based on low seeding density (less than 70 kg/ha), drill seeding (30 cm between rows), mixed weed control (lower herbicide use combined with mechanical control), soil aeration and intermittent irrigation during the complete rice life cycle to avoid flooding and GHG emissions. Karla has been awarded by the Chilean Ministry of agriculture with the Award “Siembra Chile 2023”, which highlight people that contribute to the development of Chilean Agricultural development.

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Dr. Shanke Liu is an associate professor and doctoral supervisor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 2018, he graduated from the State Key Laboratory of Power Engineering MultiPhase Flow, Xi 'an Jiaotong University, under the supervision of Academician Liejin Guo. In 2020, he entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a postdoctoral researcher and joined the Smart Energy College of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022. He has been engaged in the research of clean energy conversion and utilization and smart energy technology for a long time, and has presided over projects such as National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and industry-university-research projects from key industries. He has published more than 20 papers in Energy conversion and management, Fuel, Energy, Int J of Hydrogen energy and other journals. He is also the Guest editor of the column "Hydrogen Energy and Energy Conversion" in the “Sustaniablity” Journal. At present, his research interests are in the cross-field of "energy-environment-information", mainly involving biomass renewable fuels, high-value utilization of waste energy, fuel cell thermal management and energy management, digital and intelligent power plants, etc., to achieving carbon neutrality in the energy field.

Yan Yang, Lecturer and master tutor, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. In 2019, he graduated from the State Key Laboratory of Power Engineering Multiphase Flow, Xi 'an Jiaotong University. In 2019, he entered the School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. He has been engaged in the research of renewable energy utilization and hydrogen energy preparation technology for a long time, focusing on the direction of improving quality and efficiency in the process of energy utilization. In 2021, he was selected into the "Yang Fan Program" of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission for Young Talents, participated in the "Key technologies and Demonstration of low-cost large-scale Solar continuous Hydrogen Production" project of National High-tech Research and Development Program (863 Program), and presided over the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Science Fund project. He has published more than 10 papers in Energy Conversion and Management, Int J of Hydrogen Energy, Solar Energy, Applied Thermal Energy and other journals, and authorized 3 invention patents.

Dr. Juliana Schultz’s degrees are in Chemistry (B.S., 2010; Brazil), Materials Engineering (MSc., 2012; Brazil) from Estate University of Ponta Grossa and Analytical chemistry (Ph.D., 2016; Brazil) Federal University of Parana. She has worked as a researcher (Federal University of Paraná, 2017-2018; SENAI Institute of Innovation in Electrochemistry, 2023), as a professor at a University (Department of Environmental Engineering/UFPR, 2019) and an international school (Positivo International School, 2020-2021), as a technical manager in an automotive fuel analysis laboratory (2022-2023). She is currently working as a researcher in the field of "Development of advanced material products for Carbon Capture by Smart Search" and chemical consultant for the R&D of the company NetZero.

Emil Roduner is a former Chair of Physical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and since his retirement a part-time professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He wrote an advanced textbook on Nanoscopic Materials: Size-Dependent Phenomena (2006/2014), and together with three coauthors one on Optical Spectroscopy – Fundamentals and Advanced Applications (2018). His broad research interests include studies on structure, size-effects, and mechanisms of elementary steps in catalysis. At the University of Pretoria, he helped building up activities on the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to liquid fuels using solar energy, which is of particular interest to South Africa.

Professor Markus Roth is a distinguished professor of physics at the Institut für Kernphysik, TU-Darmstadt since 2003. He leads international research groups with the main focus on laser fusion, dense plasma physics, advanced diagnostic methods, and particle acceleration by ultra-intense lasers. He received his Diploma in 1994 and PhD in 1997. Prof. Roth has been working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1999, and has become a visiting scientist and consultant for LLNL in the following years. Roth is serving as a reviewer for funding agencies (DFG, NSF, DOE, NNSA, CCLRC, IUF and others), has led several virtual institutes, and serves as an international lecturer on plasma and ion beam physics. Roth was honored by the 2012 and 2016 Rosen Scholar Award from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, became an APS Fellow in 2013, and received a Defense Physics Award of Excellence from DOE in 2014. His work is especially recognised in inertial confinement fusion (ICF), fast ignition, research in novel ion acceleration concepts, laser-driven neutron sources, ultra-intense lasers and their applications. Professor Roth has been the Chief Science Officer of Marvel Fusion in 2020. In 2021 he co-founded Focused Energy and serves as the Chief Science Officer and board member

Architect, originally from the Dominican Republic and based in Barcelona, Spain, she has a solid background that includes a specialization in Project Management and a master's degree in Advanced Construction in Building from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), as well as a master's degree in Landscaping of the Urban Environment at the Escuela Superior de Diseño de Barcelona (ESDesign). Her PhD in Architecture, Building and Urban Planning Technology at the UPC focuses on the creation of an evaluation system to measure the contribution of citizen initiatives to neighbourhood sustainability. As co-founder and president pro tempore of the Foro de la Arquitectura Iberoamericana (ARQUIBERAM), she stands out for her work on initiatives related to citizen participation, social innovation, nature-based solutions and energy. Her multidisciplinary approach and commitment to sustainable development characterise her work in the architectural and urban field. Her contribution to research has been reflected in scientific articles, book chapters and presentations at international conferences. In the field of teaching, she has excelled in teaching subjects in various architecture and construction programmes. In addition, she has been a juror in prestigious competitions and has made her mark internationally by participating as a juror at the Universidad Peruana Unión. Her global recognition is evidenced by her experience as a visiting scholar at universities in Mexico, Italy, Peru and Colombia. In addition, she has been a reviewer of articles in renowned international journals. Fanny is a member of several networks and commissions, such as the Sustainability Network and the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU Spain).

Shuiting Ding, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, President of Civil Aviation University of China. Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholar, the first chief scientist of National Defense 973 Project in the field of system safety, specialist receiving the special allowance of The State Council, one of Beijng Top 100 Leading Talents in science and technology, Leading Talents in civil aviation technology innovation, New Century Excellent Researcher, Distinguished Teacher of Beijing, leader of Innovation Team of Ministry of Education in the field of aero-engine safety and airworthiness, Director of Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Aero-Engine, Deputy Head of safety and airworthiness group of aero-engine and gas turbine basic research projects. Take the lead in the China-Russia intergovernmental alternative fuel project, and master the key technologies for the airworthiness of alternative fuels for general aviation. Take the lead in developing a China-EU sustainable fuel safety certification standard. Focus on the safety of aero-engine complex systems, has published 233 papers. Has been authorized for 26 patents. And has won 2 Second-class Awards for National Technology Invention; 1 Second-class Award for National Defense Technology Invention; 1 First-class, 1 Second-class and 1 Third-class Awards for Science & Technology Progress of National Defense.

Dr. Chen-Kuei Chung received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees of Materials from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 1989 and 1994. From 1994 to 2002, he worked in Industrial Technology Research Institute for further technology research and development including the process development and integration of MEMS technologies & key components such as inkjet printhead, IR sensor array and biochip. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (ME/NCKU) in August, 2002 and works till now. He has his expertise in micro-nano material science and engineering, and fabrication, characterization and process integration of MEMS/NEMS devices for sensor, actuator and LIGA application, especially in the advanced hybrid pulse anodization, characterization, SERS and application; laser processing, polymer molding and application; mechanical energy harvesting from unique microneedles-triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) .

Prof. Yang Xiaojun graduated from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) with a PhD degree in Engineering Thermophysics (2002-2007). He is the Vice President/Professor of the Institute of Aviation Environment and Sustainable Development (IASD) of Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC), an expert of the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an expert of the SAE Committee on the Testing of Aeroengine Gaseous Discharge and Particle Emissions, an expert of the Research Centre of Environment and Sustainable Development (Think Tank) of CAUC. Research Centre (Think Tank) of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Main research areas: aviation environmental protection; SAF; Sustainability Certification, etc.

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Dr Stuart So is a faculty member at the University of Exeter Business School and the Programme Director for BSc Business Analytics and MSc Business Analytics. His research includes clean energy, sustainability and climate change mitigation on the Operations Management (OM) side, and sentiment analysis and sustainability modelling underpinned by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and environmental analytics on the Data Science side. Stuart received his doctorate from Macquarie University and completed his fellowship at the City University of Hong Kong. Stuart has published over 50 research articles in major peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He received two best paper awards and a research acknowledgement prize from the IEEE Conference, ANZAM Conference, and the University of Melbourne respectively. Stuart is an editorial board member of journals at IGI-Global and Emerald and guest edited two special issues lately in information management and environmental analytics for Emeral and MDPI. Professionally, Stuart is an ISO14001 EMS auditor, ISO22000 FSMS auditor, and a Certified Carbon Auditor, and he contributes to practice as an environmental consultant.

Zelalem Nigatu holds a degree in mechanical Engineering from Addis Ababa collage in Ethiopia and has been actively involved in the renewable energy sector for over a decade. With a keen focus on sustainable energy solutions, Zelalem has spearheaded numerous initiatives aimed at revolutionizing energy storage and distribution systems in Ethiopia. As the founder of Inter Ethiopia Solution e-waste management company with circular economy Innovations, he is committed to driving positive change through technological innovation and environmental stewardship. Zelalem's dedication to advancing clean energy has earned him recognition as a leading figure in the field.

Dr. Yao Lixia completed her PhD at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Dalian Maritime University in China, and a Master’s degree from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. She has done research on the quantitative measurement of energy security, the impacts of China’s macroeconomic reforms on its energy sector, and the energy security and energy policies of Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. Her current research focuses on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, China’s energy security and energy policies, ASEAN’s energy sector, and ASEAN’s decarbonization strategies.

Professor Ganguli received his PhD from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. He has more than eight years of experience in the chemical industry and has worked across the breadth of the domain, with projects spanning computational fluid dynamics of multiphase flows, process modelling, process equipment design and optimisation, plant support for extractive systems and some commodity chemical processes. He has received a number of laurels for his work, including the Abhaynkar Award in ICT, Mumbai and the Patent Award in the Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). He has about 18 international publications in such journals as Chemical Engineering Science, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, American Insitute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and Physics of Fluids. He has already amassed 250 citations to his publications. He is also a member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Chemical Society. He began his career as a post-doctoral researcher with the University of Paderborn, Germany. There, he worked on model development for mass transfer across interfaces and droplet coalescence. Subsequently, he joined the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, Technoforce Solutions, Mumbai and SABIC R&D, Bangalore before joining Ahmedabad University. At Technoforce Solutions Ltd he worked in optimizing process equipment using computational fluid dynamics: for instance, in impeller designs for pumps, optimization of liquid-liquid extractors etc. At SABIC (a petrochemical giant) Professor Ganguli was part of a team for developing integrated process models, kinetic models and separation column models for existing processes like isomerization, dehydrogenation and etherification; as well as providing plant support.

Arbel Yaniv is a PhD candidate from the School of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her research focuses on algorithms and applied machine-learning for power and energy applications, including power system optimal operation and optimal energy management in microgrids, via optimal control of the various grid assets including legacy assets, edge devices, PV-plus-storage, EVs, and load consumption.

Enio Pontes is a full professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) in Brazil. He holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of São Paulo and Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany. Pontes has been a visiting professor at QUT in Australia and ENS/LMT in Cachan, France. Currently, Professor Pontes works as a professor and researcher in the Graduate Program in Engineering and Materials Science at UFC. He is the Head of the Laboratory for Failure Analysis (LAMEFF) at UFC. His research focuses on advanced characterization of chitosan, nanocellulose, and graphene oxide membranes for green hydrogen PEM electrolyzers, utilizing artificial intelligence techniques for optimization. Dr. Pontes' work aims to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of PEM electrolyzers by analyzing and optimizing the structural and functional properties of these membranes. With a background in materials engineering and a leadership role in failure analysis, he brings a wealth of expertise to the field of sustainable energy technologies. Pontes is actively involved in the field of Renewable Energies. He is the coordinator of the Thematic Meeting on renewable energy at the National Conference on Science, Technology, and Innovation in Fortaleza. He also organizes the International Conference on Renewable Energy Technologies (CITER) in Piauí. Additionally, Pontes is a member of the Advisory Board of FINEP (the Brazilian Innovation Agency) and holds the position of Science and Technology director at PROIFES (the Brazilian Federation of University Professors)

Mr. Faisal has around 20 years of professional experience in the energy sector (both in multinational and public sector organizations) with sound international exposure and extensive involvement in energy policy, regulatory affairs, clean energy transition, environment mitigation & adaptation, net zero carbon strategy, single buyers and multiple buyers electrcity markets, electricity market reforms & development, techno-economic valuation, competitive auctioning, bidding documents, power plants performance, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of Power Projects, risks analysis, contract administration, project finance and tariff structuring of electricity generation & infrastructure projects. Currently, he holds the position of Director at PPIB, Ministry of Energy, Govt of Pakistan. Moreover, He is a member of many national and international energy research and policy advisory forums including his role as an Associate Fellow, at Durham Energy Institute, Alumni Advisory Panel Member of Commonwealth Scholarship Commission UK, Advisory Board Member of the US-Pak Centre for Advanced Study in Energy, NUST Islamabad and Founding Member of Network on Clean Energy Transition: Research and Advocacy, SDPI, Pakistan He holds diverse academic qualifications including graduation in “Mechanical Engineering” from the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, “Master in Energy Management” from CIIT Islamabad, “Master in Business Administration” with Gold Medal from SZABIST Islamabad, Pakistan, “M.Sc. in New and Renewable Energy” with Distinction from Durham University, United Kingdom and MRes International Development with Distinction from University of Bath, United Kingdom. Besides, he attended a number of national and international trainings in the related areas. Currently, he is a UKRI-ESRC-funded Doctoral researcher at the University of Bath, UK. His research is on Climate Sustainability and Energy Transition focusing on the Socio-Political, Policy, Economic, and Justice implications of Clean Energy Transition in Pakistan. In his official role, He has supported the successful deliverance of several policies and plans of the Government of Pakistan for the energy sector including his lead role in developing the SDG7 road map in collaboration with UN-ESCAP. He also supported the completion of multi-billion dollars’ renewable and conventional energy projects, formulation, and implementation of various strategies, negotiations of concession agreements for IPPs, upfront tariffs for multiple generation technologies, ongoing energy sector’ reforms and electricity market development contributing to sustainable socio-economic development of the country. He has also participated in several community development initiatives purely in a volunteer capacity.

Lydia Maketo Core Scientist, Chair of Energy Systems, Technical University of Munich, Germany With a Ph.D. from Curtin University (Australia), Lydia specializes in technology acceptance and societal impacts. Leveraging her expertise in public attitudes, she explores actor and acceptance dynamics in hydrogen technologies. Rooted in sustainability, her research aims to foster broad hydrogen adoption, integrating innovation seamlessly into societal frameworks.

Wolfgang Theobald is a Senior Scientist at Focused Energy GmbH in Darmstadt, Germany, and an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester, USA. Wolfgang is responsible for co-leading the Science Team at Focused Energy. The team develops a target point design for a fusion pilot plant using the approach of laser direct-drive inertial confinement fusion and performs experiments to investigate the mitigation of laser-plasma instabilities and the optimization of proton production and focusing with short-pulse high intensity lasers. Before joining Focused Energy, Wolfgang was a Senior Scientist and Group Leader of the OMEGA Experiments Group at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the University of Rochester. The OMEGA Experiments Group is responsible for conducting direct-drive implosion experiments on the OMEGA laser with cryogenically layered deuterium–tritium targets and direct-drive implosion experiments on the NIF. Dr. Theobald’s interests include the development of target implosion diagnostics for X-rays, neutrons, and particles to study multidimensional effects in the hot-spot formation and inertial fusion energy reactor designs. Dr. Theobald served as Principal Investigator for many direct-drive experiments on the OMEGA and NIF lasers including the exploration of the shock-ignition and fast ignition concepts. Dr. Theobald received a fellowship of the American Physical Society in 2018 and the Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award for outstanding contributions to plasma physics in 2020. He graduated from the Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany, in 1991 with a Diploma in Physics, received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany in 1994, and received his habilitation in Experimental Physics in 2001 in the department of Physics and Astronomy at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany.

Tiago Miguel is a PhD student in Economic and Business Sciences at the University of Aveiro. In 2023, he completed his master’s degree in Finance, also at the University of Aveiro. He graduated in Business Management (2021) from the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal. He was a tutor in the financial calculus and operational research courses, during his degree, having taught them as a guest assistant in 2024, at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu.

I serve as the Managing Director at Regen Power Pty Ltd, a leading company in renewable energy solutions in Australia. With 14 years of professional experience in the renewable energy and environmental sectors, I have developed expertise in areas like Energy, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, and Energy Storage. Currently, I am pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration at Curtin University, focusing on "Transition towards Solar Energy Storage: A Multilevel Perspective." Academically, I have contributed to prestigious journals and have been an active participant in various international conferences. Notably, I received the Best Speaker award at the World Renewable Energy Conferences 2023.

Mr. Lam Hin Shun Thomas served as Research Assistant in Asian Energy Studies Centre (2020 Dec to now). He has obtained Master of Science in Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (2020 July) and obtained bachelor’s degree in building services engineering at Technological and Higher Education Institute (2019 July). He has also participated the ISDRS sustainability conference (2023) and obtained Global AI challenge for Building E&M Silver Award (2022)

Mr. Bhanudas B.Takale is a Full Time Research Scholar in Birla Institute of Technology And Science, Pilani (2021 Sept to present). He has obtained Master of Engineering degree in Heat-Power engineering (January 2017), and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (July 2013) from Shivaji university, Kolhapur, India. Prior to pursuing a PhD, Mr. Bhanudas B. Takale served as a lecturer at VTC Patgoan (August 2013- December 2015), SBGI Miraj (January 2016- April 2019 and PVPIT Budhgaon (June 2019-June 2021,) where he gained valuable teaching and research experience. His ongoing research aims to develop efficient and sustainable methods for harnessing solar energy, with a particular focus on enhancing the effectiveness of solar drying techniques and optimizing thermal energy storage systems. He has presented his research findings in three international conferences (IEEE CPERE 2023, Egypt, CONSOLFOOD 2023, Spain and ICAER 2023, IIT Bombay, India) and also expanded his professional network. Additionally, Mr. Bhanudas B.Takale has served as a reviewer for the IEEE Conference on Power Electronics And Renewable Energy, February 2023 held in Egypt, reflecting a dedication to maintaining rigorous academic standards in the field.

Dr. Ranjit S Patil did PhD (Energy) at IIT Guwahati and worked on Circulating Fluidized Bed Heat Exchangers. Further he worked as Post Doctoral fellow researcher at ENEA Nuclear Research Centre Italy. He did research in the area of Energy & Process Heat Transfer in Two Phase Flow domain of Microtubes at ENEA. During the tenure of research work related to ENEA Italy, he has visited to France (Paris), Austria, Hungary, Switzerland. Prior PhD he did ME in Mechanical Engineering (Government College of Engineering Karad, affiliated to Shivaji University) with specialization in Heat & Power Engineering (IC Engines group) and gained a research experience through project on Energy Conservation in Indian Cement Industries at National Chemical Laboratory - CSIR Lab Pune in collaboration with B. K. Birla Group of Companies - Vasavadatta Cement Plant. He received MHRD fellowship (2004-2010) during full time ME and PhD program. He did BE at Dr. BAMU Aurangabad university with an excellent academic record and as a university ranker. Since last 22 years (including the 3 years of experience gained at state Government's sponsored Walchand College of Engineering Sangli 2001-2004), last twenty-two years he is working in the field of Fluid and Thermal Engineering for research and teaching. After completing PDF at ENEA Italy, in December 2011, he joined to department of Mechanical engineering and at present, he is working as an Associate Professor in BITS Pilani - K K Birla Goa campus, Goa. He has actively worked at various administrative tasks at BITS Pilani - K K Birla Goa campus, Goa. He has developed research laboratories on CFB Boilers, I C Engines, Microchanel and Nano-fluid, Solar energy through the funds received from SERB-DST and BITS. Five doctoral students completed PhD under his guidance. He has published papers in well known - reputed international conferences held at IITs, IISc Bangalore, attended conferences held at abroad - at Imperial College London UK, Bangkok Thiland, Krakow Poland, USA, Seoul South Korea, Dubai -UAE, Cairo & Luxor - Egypt, Spain etc. He received travel support from DST, CCSTDS (former CICS Chennai), BITS to attend the international conferences. He has published his research work in the reputed Book chapters, and Journals published by Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, ASME, IMechE, Springer, Physics of Fluids etc. Also, he has worked a reviewer for research papers submitted at many reputed journals & conferences, and also worked as reviewer for research proposals submitted at UGC, IITs; and PhD thesis reviewer for various universities. He is recipient of INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship award (2014-15) by Government of India and worked as visiting Scientist in summer 2014 at IIT Guwahati. He is also recipient of OPERA (Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics) Award (2014-19) by BITS Pilani for his excellence in Teaching and Research.

Jin Seung Kim : Master degrees are in Department of Green Energy Engineering from the University of Hoseo (MS, 2023; Republic Of Korea) and Ph.D. student in Pusan National University school of Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D student., 2023~; Republic of Korea) and Clean Air Research Laboratory in Korea Institute of Energy(2023~; Republic of Korea).

Young-Hoon Noh: Master degrees are in Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering from the KOREA University (MS, 2022; Republic Of Korea) and Ph.D. student in Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, KOREA University (Ph.D student., 2022~; Republic of Korea) and Clean Air Research Laboratory in Korea Institute of Energy(2020~; Republic of Korea).

Young-Joo Lee: Ph.D. Senior Researcher are in Clean Air Research Laboratory in Korea Institute of Energy (2020~; Republic of Korea)