Rainer HINRICHS-RAHLWES

Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes is an experienced renewable

energy expert. In May 2014, he was elected Vice-

President of EREF (European Renewable Energies

Federation), the voice of independent producers of energy

from renewable sources, after serving as EREF’s

President for four years (2010 – 2014) and as a Vice-

President (2008 – 2010) and a Board Member (2006 –

2008). He also was the President of the European

Renewable Energy Council (EREC) from June 2012 until

EREC’s dissolution in March 2014. He has been a Board

Member and the spokesperson for European and

International Affairs for BEE (the German Renewable

Energy Federation) since 2006. Rainer has been actively involved in shaped the EU’s

Renewable Energies Directive and 2020 Climate and Energy Framework and he is now

focussing on advocating for stable and reliable framework for 2030.

Mr. Hinrichs-Rahlwes is representing EREF in the Steering Committee of REN21 – the global

policy network for the 21st century, and he is a Member of the Council of the World Renewable

Energy Network (WREN) and presently serving as WREN’s head of policy committee. He has

been in close contact with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the

International Energy Agency (IEA) for nearly a decade. On behalf of EREF and as a member

of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), Rainer has been closely cooperating with the

Global 100% Renewables campaign.

Before engaging with the renewable energy sector, Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes served as a

Director General and Deputy State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for the

Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety from 1999 to 2005 he was a. In the ministry

he was in charge of – among other things – financing mechanisms, renewable energies and the

national climate protection programme. He was one of the two chairmen of the International

Steering Committee preparing the Bonn renewables2004 conference. After the conference, he

engaged in the follow-up process as member of the Steering Committee and the Bureau of

REN21 (the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century), which was founded as

one of the outcomes of renewables2004.

Before being appointed Director General in the Federal Ministry of Environment, he held

several post in the government administration and as parliamentary advisor and assistant in of

the German Federal State of Lower Saxony.

Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes graduated from the University of Göttingen with a degree in French

Language and in Political Science in 1979.

His presentation: Recent Development of Renewable Energy Policies and Markets

Dr Shaker Haji

Chemical Engineer, specialized in chemical reaction engineering and

thermodynamics within the application areas of renewable energy, fuel

cell technology, wastewater treatment, and fuel processing.

He organized several Seminars in Bahrain. Presently he is the

Chemical Engineering Department Head and a member of the

Organizing and Technical Committees as well as in charge of the

exhibition in the World Renewable Energy Congress, WREC-17,

Bahrain, 3-8 December 2016.

He published more than 9 articles in well-known journals.

His presentation: Feed-in Tariff Structure Development for the Kingdom of Bahrain for

PV Electricity

Dr. Jazaer Dawody

Jazaer Dawody has MBA from Edinburgh Napier University in

UK, PhD degree in Materials Science from Chalmers University

of Technology and a M.Sc. degree in Physical Chemistry from

Gothenburg University. She is currently working as Director for

R&D laboratories at Volvo Group Trucks Technology in

Gothenburg, Sweden. In her current position, Dr Dawody is

responsible for the operation of a set of laboratories dedicated

for validation of early development of technologies for heavy-

duty applications.

Earlier, Dr Dawody has been working as manager for both

European and Swedish projects for the development of Fuel

Cell-based Auxiliary Power Units s as well as energy efficient

low emission exhaust gas after treatment systems for mobile

applications. She has also been working at Powercell Sweden as

manager for the development of fuel converter systems and as

senior researcher at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg Sweden.

Dr Dawody has a strong background in catalyst preparation, characterization, deactivation,

performance optimization, reaction kinetics and modeling and has published several scientific

papers in the field of catalysis for exhaust gas after treatment and fuel reforming for hydrogen

generation. She has a strong collaboration with academia through her role as board member for

the Competence Center for Catalysis (KCK) at Chalmers University of Technology and Centre

for Combustion science and Technology (CECOST) at Lund University of Technology.

Dr Dawody has been supporting several conferences during the last ten years through her work

as member of the scientific committees such as CAPoC (Catalysis and Automotive Pollution

Control) and WREC (World Renewable Energy Congress) conferences.

Her presentation: Renewable energy in road transport: current status and future

prospects

Dr. Hussein A Kazem

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 University Kebangsaan Malaysia -Malaysia. Hussein is

involved in academics and research, since the last 20 years and is

associated with professional organization and engineering

societies such as IEEE, IEE, Elsevier, IAENG 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 125 papers published in scientific journals and

conferences, some 40 invited talks, and four 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; is an

inventor and co-inventor of 2 patents. Hussein had supervised and graduated more than 35 BSc,

7 MSc and 2 PhD students under his supervision in Al Tahady University, Sohar University,

Newcastle University, University Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universityof Malaysia Perlis. Dr

Hussein has completed two research projects granted as Principle Investigator and Co-

Investigator by The Research Council of Oman (TRC). Also, he has new TRC-ORG grant and

TRC-FURAP projects. His current researches interests are in the areas 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 programme

His presentation: Photovoltaic Systems in Oman: Research Statusand Applications

Prof. Ahmed Ennaoui

Ahmed Ennaoui currently serves as Research Director for PV-

technology at the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute

(QEERI), part of the Qatar Foundation in Doha, Qatar. At QEERI,

Ahmed Ennaoui is leading solar energy group and directs projects for

Emerging Thin Film Photovoltaic solution. He is appointed in the

rank of professor in Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha,

Qatar, delivring courses on Solar Photovoltaic Technolgy at College

of Science and Engineering. Prior to joining QEERI, Ennaoui

conducted research for his Habilitation (from 1983 to 1987) on iron

disulfide FeS2 for solar energy conversion working with Prof.

Helmut Tributsch at “Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin , Abteilung

Solare Energetik und Materialforschung“, then he worked as Postdoc, and senior scientist

focusing on the development of highly textured 2D compounds (2H-WS2 and 2H-MoS2, EU-

project Joule II), he gains expertise in the set-up and operation of a state-of-the-art laboratory

at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute (HMI) with capabilities for low cost processing of novel

materials, none vacuum and (photo)-electrochemical methods. He is appointed as head of a

research group in the institute Heterogenious Material systems with Prof. Martha Lux-Steiner

at “Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, HZB“. His R&D activities are

focused on low cost processing of thin film solar cells. Ennaoui has served as full professor of

physics at University Mohamed V (Morocco), and was visiting Professor at Osaka University,

he taught several courses in Material sciences, Photovoltaic and (Photo) -electrochemistry.

Ennaoui was active in using scientific research as a bridge between Morocco and different

countries and helped several Moroccan graduate students to work abroad. During his career at

HZB, he managed in his group several European research projects, (JOULE II, CISLINE,

NEBULES, ATHLET, CHEETAH), as well as several projects financed by the German Federal

Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF (NEUMAS, NANOPV). He worked on several

feasibility studies with industry partners (Atotech, Avancis, Boch Solar). He invented and

patented new Cadmium free buffer layers for thin film Cu-chalcopyrite solar cell and achieving

high efficiency solar cells (above 16% efficiency for lab scale). He worked solving industry-

oriented topics and to reduce the Fab-to-Lab gap and obtained 13% for large-scale modules

(120cmx60cm). His research interests include advanced materials, non-vacuum techniques,

nanosynthesis, photoelectrochemistry, and solid-state devices. Recently, he is exploring ink

formulation of Cu-Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 and related printed solar cell and achieved in his

group printed CZTS solar cell with efficiency above 6%. He authored and co-authored more

than 200 research papers and 4 patents (with h-index 33). He is serving as president of the

scientific council of IRESEN. He is permanently serving in the Editorial Board of Solar Energy

Materials and Solar Cells, Journal of New Technology and Materials, Journal of Optics and

Photonics. He is member of EU-PVTP and served as referee for scientific evaluation and

expertise of research proposal for Technology Foundation STW (Dutch funding agency for

academic research in the field of applied sciences) and scientific evaluation and expertise of the

program “sinergia” lunched by “Schweizerische Nationalfonds(SNF)”.

His presentation: Progress in Printed Solar Cells

Prof. Ilias Belharouak

Dr. Ilias Belharouak is the Research Director of the Energy

Storage Group at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research

Institute (QEERI), and Professor at the College of Science and

Engineering at the Hamad Ben Khalifa University (HBKU),

Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar. His mission is to develop and

implement durable, efficient and affordable stationary energy

storage solutions for solar and desalination applications with a

focus on the valorization of the Qatari natural resources. Before

joining Qatar Foundation in 2013, Dr. Belharouak was a Senior

Materials Scientist and Battery Expert at the Argonne National

Laboratory, Illinois, USA, since 2001. Dr. Belharouak has

extensive experience working with multiple government agencies and industry in applying

battery research for projects ranging from medical to electric vehicles and grid applications. His

research interests deal with high power and high energy lithium ion batteries, sulfur batteries

and sodium batteries for consumer, transportation and grid applications; synthesis and design

of battery materials, electrolytes and additives; engineering and scale up of battery materials

and cells; multi-scale range characterization of battery components and interfaces; and

diagnostics and probing of aging phenomena in batteries. Dr. Belharouak was recognized with

several awards including the Oscar of Innovation (100 R&D) awards in 2012, 2009, 2008 and

2005; the U.S. Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards for excellence in technology transfer in

2008 and 2009; and Recognition Letters from the US. Secretary of State of the Department of

Energy and the US. Congress in 2009. Dr. Belharouak published more than 100 peer-reviewed

papers in international high impact journals such as Nature Materials, Advanced Energy

Materials, Nature Communications etc.; 18 US. Patents and 3 books. Dr. Belharouak received

Ph.D. Degree (1999) and Master’s degree (1996) in Materials Science and Solid State

Chemistry from the Institute for Solid State Chemistry (ICMCB), National Center for Scientific

Research, Bordeaux 1 University, Bordeaux, France; and a Bachelor’s Degree (1995) in

Inorganic Chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University,

Marrakech, Morocco.

His presentation: Lithium Storage Batteries and their Progress

James Watson

Chief Executive Officer, Solar Power Europe

James Watson is the CEO of Solar Power Europe (formerly EPIA -

European Photovoltaic Industry Association) based in Brussels. He

joined Solar Power Europe in July 2014 after 7 years of working in

the energy sector in Brussels with the consultancy Weber Shandwick.

Prior to this he worked for the European Commission, posted for 2

years as an expert in Africa working on trade and sustainable

development. Earlier in his career James worked for various UK

government bodies in London and worked as a lecturer in

Environmental Law at the University of Manchester.

His presentation: Solar Power Europe – PV Progress

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.

His presentation: Sustainable Development and Green Buildings with special reference to

the Gulf Region

Dr Arch. Ruxandra Crutescu

Ruxandra Crutescu is doctor architect associate professor at

the Faculty of Architecture in “Spiru Haret” University,

Bucharest, Romania (Europe). Since 2009, Ruxandra

Crutescu holds a PhD in Architecture from “Ion Mincu”

University of Architecture, Bucharest. Between 2008-2013,

she led the Research-Development-Innovation Department

at Passivhaus EcoArchitect, Bragadiru, whose founder she is.

Her contribution to the scientific activity consists of more

than 80 articles , published in scientific magazines or by the

occasion of national /international scientific conferences and

several books. The main subjects were the ecological

architecture, the sustainable development in architectural

matters, the use of renewable energies in buildings and urban

sites, in order to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and

protect the nature. Her activity is oriented towards the design and construction of energetically

efficient buildings, ecological and non-polluting, respecting the passive, zero energy and plus

energy building- standards. Member of Romanian Order of Architects, the Romanian Register

of Urbanists and the Romanian Union of Architects, she is involved in the research activity of

energy efficient buildings since 1997. Active participant at the life of the romanian and the

international scientific community, she is since 2012, member in the Council of the World

Renewable Energy Congress and WRE Network (based in Brighton – Great Britain) and co-

chair of the World Renewable Energy Congress Bucharest in 2015. She is also member in

steering committees of international congresses WSEAS and WREC. Amongst her design

activity’s important results, as project manager, there are the first romanian passive house, build

in 2004, at Burlusi (Arges County), certified by the Passivhaus Institute Dr. W. Feisst,

Darmstadt, Germany and the first romanian passive office-building (2500sqm), build in 2007,

in Bragadiru city (Ilfov County), which belongs now to the romanian Arcon -Amvic company.

Dr. arch. Ruxandra Crutescu has a continuous and sustained activity, with an experience of

more than 33 years in the architectural design and research in the field of buildings and

ecological architecture. She is also an authorized energy auditor for buildings, authorized in

EU thermographer for buildings, authorized designer for passive buildings, having planned and

risen (together with her design team) more than 3.500 buildings (family houses, kindergartens,

schools, city halls, office-buildings, etc). All the buildings that she designed are based on

nearly zero energy /bioclimatic concepts of the actual architecture. One of the main

achievements of her activity is implementing in Romania of a new building system for

ecological and energetically efficient buildings: Marc Insulated Concrete Forms, made of

Neopor, that are produced at Bragadiru city, Ilfov County, Romania. She organizes annual

symposiums and seminars like “Energy Days”, “Green Spot” , „ECOARCHITECT” and

“Active Green Architects” on similar topics. In 2015 she was between the organisers and co-

chair of the World Renewable Energy Congress in Bucharest Romania. In 2016, she was one

of the 5 organisers of the „Diversity in Sustainability” Symposium in Bucharest, Romania. In

may 2013 she received the SUERD award – Social & Economic Innovator.

Her presentation: Thermal envelope for plus energy buildings - holistic approach

And theoretical concepts for renewable energy systems integration

Prof Salam Darwish

He 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 11 PhD students

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

published many articles related to his specialist.

His presentation: Self-Powered and Eco-Friendly Sustainable Smart Buildings:

Evolutions and Applications in the Kingdom of Bahrain

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-diselenide (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).

His presentation: Photovoltaic Progress and Future Development

Mr. Martin Alder

Renewable energy is Martin’s main career interest and expertise.

At university he studied wind power as part of his thesis and joined

Wessex Water in 1979, where he became expert in anaerobic

digestion and bio-gas generation. In 1992 he joined a small team

that put together the UK waste joint venture, where he specialised

in technology transfer and waste-to-energy technology. In 1995 he

co-founded The Renewable Energy Company, the first supplier

dedicated to renewable electricity. In 1999 he became Operations

Director of Cinergy Renewables, developing contracts for new

renewable generation. He is Director of Optimum Energy,

specialising in renewable energy contracts, trading and renewable

market economics and MD of Wind Direct, a developer, owner and operator of on-site wind

energy generation. In addition, Martin is Vice-Chairman of the Association of Electricity

Producers and Chairman of their Renewable Energy Committee. He represents the AEP as the

UK member of the Eurelectric workgroup for Renewables and Embedded Generation. He is

also a Trustee and Chairman of the World Renewable Energy Network. In 1999 I became

Operations Director of Cinergy Renewables and concentrated on developing contracts for new

renewable generation under the RO (Renewable Energy Obligation). I have my own

consultancy company Optimum Energy Ltd. which specializes in renewable energy contracts,

trading and renewable market economics. OEL is a partner with Wind Prospect and Econnect

in the Wind Direct joint venture. He is visiting professor at Kingston University, London since

2010.

His presentation: Wind Energy Development in the UK

Prof. Siham Yousuf AlQaradawi

Prof. S. AlQaradawi is currently a Prof. of organic

Chemistry at Qatar University. She received her

undergraduate degree in Chemistry with High Honors

from Qatar University and her PhD from University

of Reading, United Kingdom in 1992. She served as

Dean for College of Arts & Sciences for five years.

During her deanship she guided the College towards

a number of significant milestones.

Prof. S. AlQaradawi has received the prestigious

William Fulbright Award as visiting Scholar at

Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA in 2010/2011

and the German Award (The German Academic

Exchange Service) DAAD in 2003. She is a member

in several prominent Associations & Societies as:

ACS & CSC and a Fellow at the RSC.

Prof. Siham AlQaradawi is the author of more than 30

academic papers in organic and nanomaterials with H

index 11. She is the Lead PI in several research grants

with more than $five million American Dollars. Her research interest is mainly about Carbon

dioxide conversion, organic Solar Cells and Lithium Battery. She is a Reviewer for several

prestigious Journals as Journal of Molecular Structure, Journal of Molecular Liquids & journal

of Spectrochimica Acta.

Prof. Siham AlQaradawi is a member in the organizing committee and Reviewer for the

International Arab Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, IACQA, under the

Association of Arab Universities, since 2011.

Her presentation: Metal/Metal Oxide Nanostructured Catalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications

Prof Dr Manuel Correia Guedes

Dept of Civil Engineering & Architecture Instituto Superior

Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Professor, Director of the Architectural Research Centre (ICIST-

N8), Portugal

He is Director of the Architectural Research Centre of the Instituto

Superior Tecnico (ICIST - Group 8). He is Responsible for several

Disciplines of the courses of Architecture, Civil Engineering and

Territorial Engineering. He is supervising several Ph D and M Sc

students.

Participation in various research projects: Chief Coordinator of a

COOPENER E.U. project (SUREAFRICA), National Coordinator

of an ASIA-LINK project,

Dr Guedes, participated in various international and national

conferences, seminars and workshops.

His Ph. D was on Environmental design in Southern European Office Buildings covering

sustainability, passive design, energy efficiency, and thermal comfort. Both his Ph D and M

Phil were done at Cambridge University, Martin Centre. The M Phil thesis was sponsored by

the E.U. "Praxis" scholarship on Environmental Design, "Aspects of Environmental design of

Office Buildings in Portugal".

Since 1985 he participated in various projects, namely the Portuguese Pavilion in Seville's

EXPO 92, two residential buildings in Vila Real, the competition for the National Assembly

building, and the building of the Agronomy Faculty (UTL). He worked as an architect in several

Portuguese architectural companies. He published many articles and papers in the fields of

bioclimatic architecture and the built environment.

His presentation: Bioclimatic Architecture in extreme hot and cold climates: comparing

contrasts

Dr Abdul Hai Alami

Currently an Assistant Professor at the Sustainable and

Renewable Energy Engineering Program at University of

Sharjah, Dr Alami has received his PhD from Queen’s

University in Kingston, Canada in 2006. Since then, he had held

the position of Assistant Professor of Mechanical

Engineering at the Hashemite University in Jordan, till he

moved to the UAE in 2010 where he worked as a Mechanical

Engineering Faculty at the Higher Colleges of Technology, Al

Ain. The current area of interest of Dr Alami is the synthesis and

analysis of mesoporous materials for third generation

photovoltaic solar cells, solar thermal energy utilization and

augmentation (selective solar absorbers, evaporative cooling of

PV modules), novel ways of mechanical energy storage

(buoyancy force), producing insulation materials from solid

(e.g. olive husk, palm tree fronds and dates pits) that are both effective and biodegradable. He

has published more than 10 papers in various journals and conferences.

His presentation: Evaporative cooling of PV Modules

Prof Adel Sharif

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 specialised 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 M.Sc 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.

His presentation: Innovative Osmotic Heat Engine for Clean Water and Power

Production.

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 he field of energy and renewable

energy utilization in greenhouses. She worked as an university teacher

and researcher at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Szent Istvan

University Hungary, from 2004 as an associate professor, from 2008 as

a habilitated 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 as well. 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 and

on the policy support of the Cost optimal methodology of energy

performance of buildings.

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

international conferences. She was member of organization committee for many international

conferences and workshops. Dr. Szabo is member of the WREN and has been awarded as young scientist

in renewable energy in 2006.

Her presentation: Achievements and gaps of Renewable Energy in the European Union

Prof. Khaled A. Al-Sallal

Khaled A. Al-Sallal is currently a professor of architectural

engineering and the director of the Daylighting Simulation

Laboratory at UAE University. His area of expertise is

sustainable design with emphasis on building energy. He has a

Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and a Master’s degree from

Arizona State University. His teaching and research has focused

on building performance and simulation, carbon-neutral design,

daylighting, and climatic responsive architecture. In 2011, he

established the state-of-the-art Daylighting Simulation

Laboratory at UAE University that runs under his technical

management. He has taken major roles in many research and

design/consulting projects that introduced new sustainable

building design ideas and technologies to the Middle East. He has been very active in soliciting

research funds; a total value of U.S. $952,000 has been granted in 16 different research projects

in the last decade. Among his innovations, he developed a novel methodology to measure and

simulate trees interception of natural lighting in architectural spaces useful for sustainable

design applications; and he created a new concept of high performance cool skylights for hot

climates; which is currently being investigated. He has supervised several Ph.D. and M.Sc.

students and helped them to complete their dissertations/theses and publish from their work in

reputable journals. He has produced numerous publications in international refereed journals

and scientific conference proceedings, and wrote several chapters in edited books by reputable

scientific publishers (Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, Hogrefe & Huber). He has given numerous

lectures and presentations in various conferences, meetings, and scientific forums. He is

currently the Editor-in-Chief of the EJER and served in the editorial board of four scientific

journals. He has been active in professional and scientific societies. He is a member of the

IBPSA Board of Directors and founder and president of IBPSA-UAE Affiliate (IBPSA-UAE)

since 2005. He is the WSSET Vice President, Middle East since 2009. He is an active full

member of ASHRAE, Vice President of ASHRAE Falcon Chapter: since 2011, and a Member

of Board of Governors since 2009. He received several awards including: Best research project

award of Engineering for 2007; Award of Excellence in Teaching 2000, UAEU.

His presentation: Learning from Vernacular Architecture

Prof Dr Derya Oktay

Prof. Dr. Derya Oktay (BArch, GU; MSc, METU; PGDipUD,

Oxford Brookes; PhD, YTU - Assoc. Research Programme:

Oxford Brookes Univ.) is currently the Dean of the Faculty 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. 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, 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. She has authored more

than 100 publications, has spoken at various national and international platforms as an invited

speaker, and has been serving on the editorial board of various refereed journals, i.e. Urban

Design International, Urban Design and Planning, Journal of Civil Engineering and

Architecture, .... She is the champion editor of the themed issues of UDP on “Quality of Life

in Cities” and “Urban Identity in the Era of Globalisation”, and the author of the book Planning

Housing Environments for Sustainability (YEM, 2001).

Her presentation: Redefining Essentials for Sustainable Architecture in Future Cities

Prof Arch Fernando Recalde

He is a Senior Research Scholar at ABITA Interuniversity

Center Headquarters in Florence. University Bachelor

“Suma Cum Laude” in Architecture & Urban Planning,

University of Florence 1983; Member Architectural

Board Florence since 1984; PhD University of Rome, “La

Sapienza” 1990; Post PhD University of Rome &

University of Grenoble, France 1994. Holds advanced

qualifications and expertise with over 20 years of robust

increasingly responsible expertise in conceptualizing,

designing and supervising the development of Urban

Planning & Green Architecture,, eco solar cities & eco

resorts design, under Environmental Architectural Design

methods, triggering education strategies for developing

countries, within Agenda 21 UN Participatory and RES +

RUE European Union Eco-efficient strategies. Supported

by a consistent curriculum of publications (Web, Cd-Rom, Video, etc), design workshops, and

teaching experience. Extensive professional & academic overseas experience: Mozambique

1990, Colombia 1993, Brazil 1994, Ecuador 1995_1999-ongoing, Peru 2004-ongoing, Chile

2009- ongoing, Colombia 2009-ongoing, China 2009-ongoing, Montenegro 2011-ongoing.

“Suma Cum Laude” in Architecture & Urban Planning University of Florence 1983; Registered

architect in Italy since 1984; Post PhD University of Rome & Grenoble, France 1994. Over 30

year’s professional & academic experience in spatial /urban planning & environmental

architectural design, fostering sustainable development within UN policy & strategy, SDG

(sustainable development goal). Expert on “Multimedia" as teaching aids, "Green "or "Eco

Technology" and "Urban & Architectural Environmental Design", in a logic of development

cooperation. Since 2005 responsible of ABITA’s International Relationships, promoting "Eco

technological” collaboration between Italy_UNASUR (Colombia, Peru Ecuador, Bolivia) &

ACP (Asia, Caribbean & the Pacific) countries. Mozambique 1990, Colombia 1993, and Brazil

1994, Ecuador 1995-1999-ongoing, Perú 2004-ongoing, Chile 2009-ongoing, Colombia 2009-

ongoing, China 2011-ongoing, and Montenegro 2012_ongoing.

CEO of ABITARGREEN enterprise since 2013 and Executive Director of IGD “Italian

Innovation Green Design” Urban and Architectural Studio Florence since 2015, with the

mission to establish ties between the European eco industry for “Eco and Renewable

Technologies" transference to Asia, Latin America & Africa. He is promoting “Green

Architecture", with the integration of renewable energy and eco technologies for the

environment. Yoga practice with Wanda Schiaravelli Florence 1979 / Tai Chi Chuan practice

with Bronwyn Hipking Cambridge England 1980. Tai Chi Chuan Master, Yang style since 1985

in Florence. Speaks English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese. Published many papers

and articles.

His presentation: Achieving Sustainable Growth Globally

Marco Sala: Florence

Marco Sala, graduated from University of

Florence in Architecture in 1972 is registred

architect since 1973, principal of Marco

Sala Associates, Architecture and Energy

Consultants, he specialises in passive solar

systems in architecture, environmental

design and energy conscious building

design.

Full Professor in Architectural Technology

at the University of Florence.

Fonder and Director of ABITA

Interuniversity Research Centre based in Florence University, Director of European

Master ABITA in Sustainable Architecture, has extensive experience in European

research projects, as group leader and coordinator (JOULE, ALTENER, SAVE, VII FW,

EIE) Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University and Lecturer in energy topics

in post-graduate Course many Italian Universities. Professor Marco Sala authored some

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

and organised and chaired many International Conferences and Exhibitions on renewable

energy and sustainable architecture such TIA-Network (Florence 1996, 98, Oxford 2000,

Krems 07, 08 WREC (Florence 1998 and 2006, Brigthon 2000). Past vice President of

Eurosolar (The European Association for Solar Energy).

Fonder member of TIA (Teaching in Architecture Energy and Environment World

Network). Member of the Bioclimatic Committee of ISES Italia, WREN (World

Renewable Energy Network) and Associate Member of PLEA (Passive and Low Energy

Architecture).

His role as a teacher 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 public administrations and international companies.

Recent projects: Technology Park in Lucca, Multiplex and Commercial Centre in Prato,

Rotating Tower in Dubai. Family status: Married with two children

Languages : Italian,English, French, Spanish

His presentation: Examples of Sustainable Buildings, in Hot Climate

Prof Issa Batarseh

Dr. Issa Batarseh is a Professor and Chair of the Department

of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the

University Central Florida (UCF). He received the Ph.D., and

M.S. in Electrical Engineering and the B.S. in Computer

Engineering and Science from the University of Illinois at

Chicago in 1983, '85 and '90, respectively. Dr. Batarseh was

a visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University, Calumet,

from 1989 to 1990 before joining UCF in 1991.

Dr. Batarseh power electronics research focuses on the

development of advanced systems for solar energy conversion to improve cost, power density,

efficiency and performance. The research includes the analysis and design of high frequency

dc-ac inverters, resonant converter topologies; low-voltage dc-dc converters, small signal

modeling and control of PWM and resonant converters; power factor correction techniques;

power electronic circuits for distributed power systems applications. His has published several

patents, and many journal and conference papers and a textbook entitled: Power Electronic

Circuits, in 2003 with John Wiley.

He is also a fellow member in AAAS, IEEE, and IEE. He served as an Associate Editor for

IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems and Transaction on Circuits and

Systems. He served as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation and several IEEE-

Transaction Journals and served on the program committees of IEEE-APEC, PESC, IECON,

IAS and ISCAS. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida. He served as the general

chair for IEEE-PESC? 07, a Chairman of the PE/AES/PEL Chapter of the Orlando IEEE

Section.

Dr. Batarseh supervised 26 Ph.D. Dissertations, 39 MS Theses, and 13 Undergraduate Honor

Theses. More than twenty U.S. patents were produced and licenses were granted to

commercialize products. He is a co-founder for two start-up companies: Advanced Power

Electronics Corp. (APECOR) and Petra Solar.

RESEARCH AREAS: Power Electronics, Energy Conversion, Grid-tied Inverters, Solar

Energy Photovoltaics

His presentation: Recent Advances on Single-phase and Three-phase Micro-inverters for

Distributed Smart Solar

Professor Hassan Nfaoui

Dr Hassan Nfaoui has a MSc in Solar Energy and a PhD 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. He 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 several MSc students with their research. He is currently reviewer in several

International Journals in the Energy and Environment Sector, among them is the Renewable

Energy Journal, Solar Energy, wind Energy. Prof Nfaoui is also a member of several domestic

and International Societies including WREN and The Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association.

His presentation: Moroccan Strategies of using Hydro-power, Wind Energy and Solar

Energy Systems to Combat Climate Change

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.

His presentation: Renewables are for saving fuels

Mr Bill Watts

He is BA MSc CEng FCIBSE, and Max Fordham Senior

Partner.

Following a university education in biological science, Bill

Watts has spent 26 years developing Max Fordham LLP’s

reputation for designing elegant buildings with a thorough

understanding of how they are put together, how the

environment affects comfort, in particular, how energy can be

used and minimised to make buildings comfortable. Bill has

worked with leading designers on a range of projects

including new and refurbished offices in mixed use

developments in the West End, refurbished and new build

social housing on large high rise estates, schools including the

new City Academy in Bermondsey, community and elite

training pools and dry sports venues, theatres and galleries.

The innovative Beaufort Court zero emissions building for RES in Kings Langley was

completed in 2003 and its carbon emissions have been monitored. This provided great lessons

on the potential of renewable energy systems and how they work. Bill has been candidly sharing

the findings at conferences on achieving zero carbon buildings. Bill has recently provided

advice on sustainable issues in the PFI schools procurement process as an assessor for Belfast

Schools and Library Board, and as a bidder for the Islington schools BSF. More recently he

advised a developer seeking planning for a large mixed use development in Stockwell Green,

setting out an energy strategy that the client was comfortable with for presentation to the

Mayor’s office to ensure the renewable energy commitments were met.

Recently, Bill carried out wider studies of how the UK could be self -sufficient for its energy

needs from local renewable energy resources and tied this into a study of the use of land to

produce food and energy and the use of waste as a resource. This has been presented at the 2006

World Renewable Energy Conference (WREC) in Florence. This informed his thinking about

how we should be moving the design of buildings and transport to accommodate this strategy.

He is currently working with commercial growers on insulated greenhouses to make vegetable

food production in the UK possible without additional heating. He has worked with the Carbon

Trust in Northern Ireland investigating methods of utilising waste to produce energy and other

resources.

His presentation: Flashing the Gulf

Prof Giuliano C Premier

Giuliano C Premier of the Faculty of Computing, Engineering

and Science, University of South Wales (USW), UK, is a

senior members of the Sustainable Environment Research

Centre (SERC) at the University of South Wales (USW) with

over 25 years of academic and industrial collaboration

experience in energy related processes; including digestion,

dark fermentative hydrogen production and

bioelectrochemical systems (BES)/microbial fuel cell (MFC);

the Hydrogen Economy dealing with several associated

technologies (http://www.southwales.ac.uk/). He contributes

expertise in mechanical and control/systems engineering,

bioelectrochemical systems, environmental and

biotechnological system modelling and design. He has

contributed to several collaborative projects with national and

international partners, ranging from EU Regional Development Funded and British Council

projects, to Carbon Trust, EPSRC, NERC, UKERC, EU Marie Curie and FP6 STREP,

invariably involving both academic and industrial partners and including elements of

Knowledge Transfer. He has participated in three UKERC SUPERGEN Consortium and

follow-on projects, the Biological Fuel Cell, in which he led Microbial theme; and the SHEC-

Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortia. He is currently a CoI on flexible funding from the

SUPERGEN H2&FC Hub, bringing expertise, knowledge and experience in bioprocess

engineering design, particularly with regard to bioelectrochemical system engineering,

optimisation, scale-up and control. He leads the USW contribution to the NERC RRfW

MeteoRR project, the IB Catalyst Innovate UK/BBSRC funded project to develop a BOD

sensor, as well as the EPSRC Lifes-CO2R Multidiciplinary fuels project (as from March 2016),

led USW efforts in the bioprocess technology modelling of the RCUK, NERC (lead) TSEC

BioSys consortium and Chairs the BBSRC NIBB ADNetwork Working Group on Modelling

and Integration and sits on the EPSRC SUPERGEN H2&FC Science Board. He has sat on

several Scientific Committees including chairing the World Renewable Energy Congress

Biomass and Waste to Energy theme, and has delivered Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.

His presentation: Microbial bioelectrochemical systems: What’s their place in bioenergy?

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.

His presentation: Feasibility Study of the use of Micro – wind turbine in electric cars.

Dr Mohamed Saied

Mohamed Saied was born in K. El-Sheikh, Egypt, on 1973. He graduated from the Electrical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, university of Alexandria, Egypt in 1995. By July 2000, he got his M.Sc. degree, and by July 2007 he received the Ph.D. degree from the same department. His PhD specialty is the direct torque control of induction machines using multilevel inverters. By April, 2010, Dr. Mohamed finished the Post Doc training matrix for PhD holders from the Faculty and Leadership Development Center, Alexandria University, Egypt. Dr. Saied has been elevated to the IEEE senior member grade in

2013, he published 13 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences, and conferred several national and international conferences and workshops. His research fields of interest cover; AC-drives, direct torque control of Induction and synchronous machines, HVDC transmission, power quality, active power filters, harmonic elimination, PWM modulation techniques, multi-level voltage source and DC/DC converters, wind and solar renewable energy, and deadbeat control. As a lecturer since 2008, Dr. Mohamed is responsible for designing and delivering several electrical power and automatic control courses in different Engineering faculties in Egypt. He is an advisor for several M.Sc. dissertations in different universities. In addition to his academic background, Dr. Mohamed is working for Abu-Qir Fertilizers &

Chemical Industries Company, Alexandria Egypt. He is now the general manager of the

Electrical Engineering Dept. He has 20 years of industrial experience, that he is a consultant for

several factories and companies science 1995. In addition, through 2013-2014 he studied for

the professional certificate of Business Administration, in the Arab Academy for Science and

Technology. Also, by the middle of 2016, he is going to finish his Master of Business

Administration MBA.

His presentation: Offshore wind technology foundations: Challenges and Opportunities

Prof Islam

Professor A.K.M Sadrul Islam did his Ph.D. in Mechanical

Engineering from University of London, UK in 1988. At present he is

the Head and Professor of Dept. of Mechanical and Chemical

Engineering of Islamic University of Technology (IUT), a subsidiary

organ of OIC. Before joining IUT he was the Professor and Head of

Mechanical Engineering Department, Bangladesh University of

Technology (BUET). He is the member of different professional

organizations like, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Bangladesh

Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Asian Congress of Fluid

Mechanics. He is currently the Secretary General of Bangladesh

Society of Mechanical Engineers and past chairman of Mechanical

Engineering Division of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. He has published more than 180

papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings and edited and contributed chapters in

several books. His research interest is Renewable Energy, CFD, and Heat Transfer.

His presentation: Solar thermal chimney technology for ventilation and power generation:

A review

Miss Sara Abdourraziq

Sarah Abdourraziq has a MSc in Industrial Engineering from

Sciences and Technologies Faculty in Fez, Morocco 2011. She

is currently a PhD in the electrical engineering department,

LESSI Laboratory, at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University.

My research study is based on the improvement and

optimization of the efficiency of the water pumping systems

driven by the photovoltaic panel. 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).

Her presentation: Photovoltaic Water Pumping Application in Morocco

Dr Hasila Jarimi

Dr Hasila is a first class Physics graduate from the

University of Manchester United Kingdom, and has

obtained her Ph.D. in Science specialising in Solar

Energy Technology (Photovoltaic/Thermal Solar

Collector) from MARA, University of Technology

Malaysia. She is also a casual researcher at The

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom from

December 2015. She has skills and knowledge essential

in any fundamental Physics area, Renewable Energy

Studies and in any area which requires computational,

and mathematical skills. She has published and

presented more than 7 articles of her four-year research

on Photovoltaic/Thermal technology in well-known

publications and has involved in many international

conferences organised by WREN.

Her presentation: Bi-Fluid photovoltaic/thermal solar collectors: Potential applications.

Mr Mohamed Amine Abdourraziq

Mohamed amine abdourraziq has a MSc in electronic air safety

and a PhD student in solar energy from the University of

Mohammed-V (Morocco). Since 2012, he has been at Power

and control Research Team at Mohammadia School of

Engineers, . He is currently an engineer at national agency for

Airport.. He is currently reviewer in energy conversion and

management journal.

His presentation: Renewable energy in Morocco: Social and environmental impact

Dr Yue ping Fang

Dr Yue ping Fang is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Sustainable

Technologies at Ulster University. He has a BEng in Electrical

Engineering and a PhD in Advanced Vacuum Glazing, member of

International Solar Energy Society and a fellow of UK Higher

Education Academy. Dr Fang has significant experience in the thermal

modelling and experimental analysis for advanced glazing systems, in

addition to a broad experience in solar energy technologies and

fenestration. He has extensive experience in the thermal evaluation of

advanced glazing and thermal insulation systems and technologies

through experimental characterisation and theoretical evaluation. His

extensive experience and excellent work in nonimaging optics area has

been recognised by his publication on top journals “Applied Optics”. He has published his

research widely in journal and conference contributions in this and related areas. He has

continuously completed Advanced Glazing projects funded by European Union, UK DTI and

Irish government and completed several KTP Innovation Projects with local companies. He has

been a reviewer for proposals by UK EPSRC, National Natural Science Foundation of China

(NSFC) and Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and a regular reviewer

for over ten international journals and a reviewer for international conferences.

His presentation is on: The effect of glass thicknesses and dimensions on the thermal

performance of triple vacuum glazing

Dr Kouzou Abdellah

He is (IEEE Senior member & IACSIT Senior member,

IFAC,IAENG & IISRO member) was born in Djelfa, Algeria in

1964. He received the State Engineer degree, the

Magister, the PhD, and the Habilitation from University of

Tiaret, Algeria, University of Boumerdes, Polytechnics

Superior National School respectively. He has been a

researcher with Technische Universität of Muenchen in

Germany form 2010, 2011 and 2012. He is a collaborator

researcher at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is an

associate professor with the faculty of Sciences and

Technology at Djelfa university in Algeria, he was the

president of the Scientific council of the faculty since June

2014. Dr. Kouzou has participated in several research

projects and has led several research projects. Currently

he is the Dean of the faculty of Sciences and Technology at

Djelfa university in Algeria.

Dr. Kouzou A is the founder of the Power Electronics and Power Quality research group at The

"Laboratoire d'Automatique appliquéé et Diagnostics Industriel (LAADI" at the University of Djelfa. He

is the supervisor of many PhD Students in Algeria. Furthermore, he is the coordinator of the research

agreement between LAADI laboratory and the of the Research Group in Automatic Control and

Industrial Electronics (GAEI) the Department of Electrical Electronic and Automatic Control Engineering

, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rovira i Virgili University,Tarragona, Spain.

Dr. Kouzou A is a member of many editorial boards for several scientific journals. He is a member of

the scientific and steering committees in several national and international conferences. He is the

Editor-In-Chief of two journals. He is the coordinator of the Algerian IEEE Power Electronics Chapter

and the chair of the sub-committee on FACTs and HVDC under the international committee PETC/IEEE-

IES. He was a plenary and an invited keynote speaker and session chair in several national and

international conferences. He is a member of Smart Grid Center (SGC) at Texas A &M University at

Doha, Qatar.

The main research interests Of Dr.Kouzou A include Active Power Filtering techniques, Power Quality

issues, Power Electronics Devices, Application of Power electronics in Renewable Energies and

Application of meta-heuristics optimization algorithms, Smart Gird, Smart buildings, Gas Turbine

modeling and diagnosis. He has published more than 130 papers in Journals and conferences within

his research domains. He was awarded at the first position of the Top ten authors at the Algerian

Universities published on July 2015 within the Scientometrics study of scientific production at the

Algerian Universities by the "Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du Développement

Technologique" of the Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research (MHESR).

His presentation: An Overview and Perspectives on Smart Building

Dr. Abdallah Abusam

He is a civil engineer specialized in Environmental

Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. from Wageningen

University, the Netherlands, in Benchmarking (Modeling

and Control) of Wastewater Treatment Plants. Dr. abusam

works currently as a Research Scientist at the Kuwait

Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). He was also the

Manager of the Wastewater Program at KISR from 2010 to

2015. Before joining KISR, Dr. Abusam had also worked at

Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Al-Tahadi

University in Libya and at the International Islamic

University in Malaysia. He has published more than 80

scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals

and conference proceedings.

His presentation: Towards Energy Positive Wastewater Treatment Plants in GCC Countries

Dr. Ravinder N. Batta,

He is a senior civil servant working as a Secretary to

the government in India handling policy and

implementation issues in renewable energy

management. Also Dr. Batta, has a strong academic

record having published three books, several book

chapters and research papers in leading international

journals. His extensive research publications cover

areas of Environment Economics, Economics of

Climate Change, Economics of Green Growth,

sustainable tourism and sustainable transport. He has

himself refereed papers for international journals and

has acted as external examiner and visiting faculty for several Universities and

Institutes.

His presentation: Mainstreaming Renewable Energy in the Development Programs: the

Economics of Inclusive Green Growth in the Himalayas

Dr Ahmed HAFAIFA He was born in MEDJEDEL, Algeria in 1974.

He received the State Engineer degree in 2000 on

Applied Automation, the Magister degree in

2004 on Applied Automation and control

systems and the PhD on Applied Automation and

Signal Processing in 2010 from the UMBB

Boumerdes University. He received the the

Habilitation from the University of Sciences and

Technology Houari Boumediene - USTHB -

Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science,

Department of Instrumentation and Automation

on 2012. He is a PhD and Associate Professor in

Industrial Process: Automation / Diagnosis and

Reliability Engineering at the Science and

Technology Faculty of the University of Djelfa, Algeria, where He is actually the president of

the scientific committee of Technical Sciences Department (CSD) since 2014 and he is pursuing

his researches as a researcher at the Applied Automation and Industrial Diagnostic Laboratory

of the University of Djelfa. Dr Ahmed HAFAIFA has participated in several international

research projects and has led several national research projects. Currently he is the Director of

the Applied Automation and Industrial Diagnostic Laboratory of the University of Djelfa.

Dr Ahmed HAFAIFA is the founder of the Applied Automation and Industrial Diagnostic

Laboratory at the University of Djelfa. He is the supervisor of many PhD Students in Algeria

and he is the coordinator of several industrial research projects within the applied automatic

and reliability of industrial systems. His research area of interests includes the modelling and

control in industrial systems, the diagnosis and new reliability engineering, fault detection and

isolation in industrials process, intelligent system based on fuzzy logic and neural networks.He

is actign as an expertert in several national and internationals commisions and collaboration

research activities. He has supervised several Master students and published many

national/international conferences and journals papers.

His presentation is about: An Improvement to the Algorithms of Maximum Power Point

Tracking (MPPT):

José G. Vargas-Hernández, M.B.A., Ph. D.

Research professor at University Center for Economic and

Managerial Sciences, University of Guadalajara. Visiting

professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canadá. Visiting

Scholar, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, Professor PhD in

managerial and organizational Sciences at Universidad Lasalle

and Universidad Cristóbal Colón. Professor of PhD programs at

Universidad Autónoma de Durango and Universidad de Durango.

Profesor Universidad Vizacaya de las Américas. Professor

Universidad de Colima. Adviser of PhD programs at Universidad

Autónoma de Aguascalientes.PhD in Public Administration

(Columbia University), PhD in Economics (Keele University,

England). Other studies in PhD in Organisational Behaviour

(Lancaster University). Master of Business Administration in

Industrial Management (Pacific States University). Marketing Certificate (The British Institute

of Marketing). Diploma in Philosophy (Universidad Panamericana). Bachelor in Commercial

Relations, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Studies of Bachelor in Law, UNAM.

He has participated in more than 200 international academic events and in more than 500

national events. Published four books and more than 200 papers in international journals and

reviews (some translated to English, French, German, Portuguese, Farsi, Chinese, etc.) and

more than 300 essays in national journals and reviews. Obtained Outstanding research Award,

The Institute for Business and Finance Research, Hawai, 2016. Outstanding International

Researcher 2015, PAIR, Hog Kong. Best Paper Award ABSRC, 2015, Italia. Best Paper

certificate 2015, TJPRC Journals Best Paper. International Journal of Economics, Commerce

and research. Trans Stellar. Award III BMAC Luca Pacioli, Istanbul, 2013. Achievement

Certificate. 2012. United States. International Business Student Collaboration Project.

University of North Carolina, AGBA Distinguished Scholar. 2011. China. Academy for Global

Business Advancement. An Award conferred at 8th World Congress held at Dongbei University

of Finance and economics (Dalian, China). 2010-2011 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research

Award for Emerging Researchers Highly Commended. 2011. Grecia. Euromed Research

Business Institute – Emerald del Best paper Award 2010 de Academic Business World

International Conference2010. En 2009 obtuvo el reconocimiento Best Paper Award de Global

Strategic Management, Inc., Washington, D.C. En 2007 el reconocimiento de la Academia de

Ciencias Administrativas por el mejor trabajo de investigación en Administración Estratégica.

En 2004 el Premio Internacional de Global Business and Economic Development, y en 2002 el

premio Allies Academies nominado por la International Business Academy. Other awards:

Sommer al mérito académico, British Council Award, Ford Foundation Award, Pacific States

University Award. Registered independent external consultant.

His presentation: Impact of Global Warming on Business Planning in Mexico

Prof John K Kaldellis

Prof John K. Kaldellis holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree

from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and

a Business Administration Diploma from the University of

Piraeus. He obtained his PhD from NTUA (Fluid Sector)

sponsored by Snecma–Dassault, France and Bodosssaki

Foundation, Greece. He is currently the Head of the

Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the

Soft Energy Applications and Environmental Protection

Laboratory of the Technological Education Institute of Piraeus.

Prof J.K. Kaldellis is also the Scientific Director (for TEI of

Piraeus) of the MSc in Energy program organized by Heriot Watt University and TEI of

Piraeus. Prof Kaldellis scientific expertise is in the fields of the energy and the environment.

His research interests include feasibility analysis of energy sector applications, technological

progress in wind, hydro and solar energy market, hybrid energy systems, energy storage issues,

social attitude towards renewable energy applications and environmental technology-

atmospheric pollution. He has participated in numerous research projects, funded by the

European Union, European/Greek Industries and the Greek State. Prof Kaldellis has up to now

published six books concerning Renewable Energy Applications and Environmental

Protection. He is also the author of more than one hundred (100) scientific / research papers in

International peer reviewed Journals and more than 300 papers in International Scientific

Conferences. During the last decade he is also a Member of the Scientific Committee of the

Hellenic Society of Mechanical-Electrical Engineers as well as member of the organizing and

scientific committee of several national and international conferences. He is currently member

of Editorial Board of the Renewable Energy International Journal and reviewer in more than

40 International Journals in the Energy and Environment Sector. He is the Editor of the book

entitled "Stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems: Technology, energy storage and

applications", Editor of the "Wind Energy" Volume of the Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Encyclopaedia by Elsevier, ISBN 978-0080878720

His presentation: Energy Storage and Demand Side Management for Increasing

Wind Energy Penetration in Electrical Grids

Dr. Noura Youssef Mansouri

Noura is a sustainable energy enthusiast from Saudi Arabia

who has been working on the subject of sustainable energy

and sustainability transition, especially in Saudi Arabia, for

over a decade. She aims to contribute to the overall energy

sustainability transition in Saudi Arabia and the region

whilst tackling the challenges of economic diversification,

human capacity development and industrial development.

Dr. Mansouri has earned her PhD from Queen Mary,

University of London, on the subject of clean energy

transition in Saudi Arabia, upon graduating she went on to

pursue a postdoctoral research fellowship at MIT, she

received an Ibn Khaldun fellowship from the Center for

Clean Water and Clean Energy, Mechanical Engineering, MIT. She is now appointed as a

Visiting Scholar on a part-time basis at MIT. Since 2013, Noura has been serving as the

manager of strategy and marketing at AREVA, the French global leader in nuclear energy, in

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributing to the establishment of the Saudi nuclear sector through

human capacity and industrial development. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in

Management Information Systems from Dar Al Hekma University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and

her Master of Business Administration degree in clean energy technology management from

Queen Mary, University of London in the UK. Dr. Mansouri published her first book based on

her PhD thesis entitled “Greening the Black Gold: Saudi Arabia’s quest for clean energy”. She

continues to research in clean energy, water desalination and sustainability topics. Noura was

recently awarded the 2015 Women Excellence Leadership Award (LEWA) under the category

“Rising Star”. She was also recently appointed an Energy Future Leader at the World Energy

Council, and a Board Member at Women in Clean Energy, Clean Energy Business Council -

MENA.

Noura has a diplomatic training from The Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy, Tufts

University. She participated in several international and local events, including: AREVA's

nuclear learning tour, presented before the Saudi and German foreign ministers on the topic of

renewable energy collaboration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and spoke at international

events at MIT, Harvard University, and the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Noura is a co-

founder of CellA+ a network for professional women in Saudi Arabia. Noura is married and a

mother of three.

Her presentation: Greening the Black Gold: Saudi Arabia’s quest for clean energy

Prof. Dr. Essam E. Khalil

Obtained his B Sc. & M Sc. From Cairo University 1973, DIC &

Ph.D. In Mechanical Engineering. London University, Imperial

College of Science and Technology, UK. 1977.

He is professor in Mechanical Engineering in June-1988, Faculty

of Engineering, Cairo University and consultant Editor of the

Arabic Program of McGraw Hill Book Company (1983 –1988).

He held many leading positions in various organizations among

them:

Chairman of National HVAC Code Committee, Ministry Of

Housing & Development, 1999 -

Coordinator for the National Energy Efficiency Code Committee

for HVAC, 2000 -

Member of Commission E2, International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris, 2004. He received

several awards of achievement: Syndicate of Egyptian engineers Award of Excellence, January

2016, Cairo University Award of Excellence, May 2015, Cairo University Award of

Excellence, April 2014, ASME Egypt Achievement Award, in April 2013,

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Distinguished Lecture Award, January 2013.

Best Paper Award, AIAA, IECEC, August 2005 and he is ASME Fellow since 2003. He

awarded 18 PhD and 80 MSc under his supervision. He published more than 600 papers, books

in conferences and reputable journals.

His presentations with others are:

1- Defects Evolution in High Efficiency Third Generation Photovoltaic Cells

2- Energy Saving in Residential Buildings

3- Sustainability and Energy Efficient Outdoor Air Conditioning: Case Study of

Open Football Stadium

Prof. Sergiy N. Lavrynenko

In June 2011, obtained his Doctor of Science (Habil.

Dr –Ing) from National Technical University "KhPI",

in Sept., 2001 he done NATO Advanced Study

Institute 'Responsive Systems for Active Vibration,

Control' in Brussels. Universite Libre de Bruxelles,

Faculte des Sciences, Appliquess, Roosevelt Av., 50,

B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, in June, 2000 more

research was carried out on NATO Advanced Study

Institute 'Physical Aspects of Fracrure' in Cargese,

Ecole Centrale Paris, Mech. Lab, Grande Voie des

Virnes, F-92295 France

In Oct., 1997 - to May 2001 studied at National

Technical University "KhPI", Ukraine, also

Preparation of the Doctor of Science degree thesis 'Physical Modelling and Quality Control of

Ultraprecision Surfaces Generation Processes'

Sept., 1992, he studied at National Technical University of Ukraine for his Ph.D. (The theme

of the thesis: 'Providing for Stability of Functional Characteristics of Optical Thermoplastic

Composites in Milling Process')

Nov., 1987 - Nov. 1990 again at Kharkov Polytechnic University doing ASPIRANTURA (PhD

student). Prof Lavrynenko did his M. Sc. In the period 1977-1983 at the same university.

In 2012 he became professor at Information Technology & Systems KGM Dept., National

Technical University "KhPI". In 1994 he was associate professor and 1992 was an assistant

professor.

He received several awards from various institutions: Swiss Montreux Business School,

Switzerland. Dir. Fabio Fusi, Professor Honorary, University College London, Optical Science

Lab., Honorary Research Fellow of the Royal Society, Otto-von-Guericke University

Magdeburg, IFQ, Universitaetsplatz 2, Magdeburg D-39106 Germany. Dir. Prof. F. Lierath

Senior Visiting Fellow of the DAAD, Shanghai University of Technology, Shanghai, China.

Prof. Zhou Jia-bao, Senior Advanced Scholarship by the SEDC, University of Miskolc,

Hungary. Dr. J. Pap, Scholarship by the Ministry of Education. He published several many

papers and attended many conferences and workshops.

His presentation: Renewable Energy in the Ukraine

Professor Dr.Mohammed Shabat

Mohammad M. Shabat, was born in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip,

Palestine in 1960. He received his B.Sc. in Physics from Al-

Aazhar University, Cairo, Egypt in 1984 and the Ph.D. degree

from the University of Salford, U.K., in 1990. He was a

Research Fellow at the University of Manchester Institute of

Science and Technology, UK, from 1989 to 1992. In April 1992,

he joined the Physics Department at the Islamic University of

Gaza (IUG) as an Assistant Professor of physics. He became an

Associate Professor in 1996 and a Professor of Physics in 2000.

In the period 2001-2005, he was the Vice President for

Administrative Affairs at IUG and the Vice President for the

Academic Affairs at the IUG between 2009-2013. He was

awarded the Shoman Prize for a Young Arab Scientist (Jordan)

in 1995, and the Humboldt Research Fellowships in 1998-99 at the Center of Semiconductor

Technology and Opto-electronics, Duisburg-Essen University, Germany. He was a visiting

scientist at Bochum University, Germany, in 1994; at the Institute National Polytechnic de

Grenoble, (INPG), France, in 1995; at Salford University, U.K, in 1997; ICTP, Trieste, Italy,

in 1996,1997 and 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004; Duisburg-Essen University, Germany, in1998,

1999 and 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006, and 2007; Technical University of Warsaw in 2012;

Frankfort University in 2012 and the Institute of Energy Research and Phyiscal Technologies

(IEPT) at the Clausthal Technical University (TUC)in 2015. From 2006-2008, Prof. Shabat was

a visiting Professor in Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden,

Germany. Professor Shabat had received "Galileo Galilei" Award of the International

Commission of Optics (affiliated to ICSU and IUPAP) in 2006. He was the Vice President for

the Research and Graduate Studies at the IUG between 2013-2015. Professor Shabat became

the first Distinguished Professor in the IUG in 2011. He was awarded the Distinguished Scholar

Award, the Arab Fund Fellowship Program, Kuwait, 2007. He had been awarded the ISESCO

Science Prize, 2010. Prof. Shabat became distinguished professor. He published more than 082

papers in international journals in Optical Science, physics, mathematics and education and

presented many papers at local and international conferences. His research interests include

nonlinear optical sensor, solar cells, Renewable Energy, opto-electronics, magneto static

surface waves, numerical techniques, mesoscopic systems, energy, and applied mathematics,

Nanotechnology and physics education. He supervised more than 25 postgraduate students

(M.Sc and PhD) in mathematics and physics at Palestinian, Sudanese, Algerian and Egyptian

universities. Recently he has established a Palestinian Optical Society (POS). He is an external

examiner for BSc examinations, Msc dissertation and PhD theses in physics and mathematics

at Palestinian and Egyptian universities. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of the Optical

Society of America and fellow of TWAS.

His presentation: Numerical modelling and optimization of waveguide structure

containing nanoparticles for solar cells.

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

Her presentation: Properties of compact expanded natural graphite treated with sulfuric

acid and its application for solid sorption refrigeration and energy storage

PROF. DATO’ DR MOHD. YUSOF HJ. OTHMAN

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

Physics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1976), MSc

in Solid State Physics from University of London (1977) and

PhD in Heat Pump from Aston University, UK (1984). 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 since early 80’s. 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, and outstanding corporation and support during

the last two decade (2010) for his recognition and contribution in renewable energy activities.

He is also Fellow of Academy of Science, Malaysia and the recipient of Top Research Scientist

of Malaysia (2013) by the academy. He is conferred with Distinguished Fellow of University of

Sultan Zainal Abidin and Islamic University of Malaysia (2013-15). 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 300 articles in journals, proceedings, and seminars in the

field of renewable energy, physics and science education. He has written 25 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. He is a WREN

Pioneer.

His presentation: PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMAL SOLAR COLLECTOR TECHNOLOGY &

DEVELOPMENT

Dr Ala Hasan

Ala Hasan (DSc. Tech., Helsinki University of

Technology- Finland) is Senior Scientist in Smart

Energy and System Integration/Interactive Buildings

at VTT, the Technical Research Centre of Finland

http://www.vttresearch.com/, the largest research

centre in North Europe. He holds the Post of Academy

of Finland Research Fellow (2010-2015). Prior to that,

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 and

teaching in universities since 1992 and professional

experience in Mechanical-Power Engineering since

1982.

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).

Dr. Hasan is the Finnish National Expert in the IEA-Energy in Buildings and Communities

EBC- Annex 67 Energy Flexible Buildings (2015-2018). He was the Finnish National Expert

in the IEA SHC Task 40 - ECBCS Annex 52: Towards Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings (2008-

2013) http://task40.iea-shc.org/.

Dr. Hasan is member of the Board of IBPSA-World, the International Building Performance

Simulation Association www.ibpsa.org since 2011. Dr. Hasan was President of IBPSA-Nordic

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

Finland, Norway and Sweden) 2011-2015. He initiated and was the leader the Research Team

on Building Simulation based Optimization at Aalto University. His Academy of Finland

project developed MOBO Software for Multi-Objective Building Performance Optimization

http://ibpsa-nordic.org/tools.html. Dr. Hasan was the leader of Task A (Definition of Net Zero

Energy Buildings) in the EECI project- the Finnish National Built Environment Innovation

Programme RYM-SY http://rym.fi/.

Dr. Hasan has been supervising many PhD students at Aalto University- Finland and the Royal

Institute of Technology-Sweden. He is Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of

Low Carbon Technologies – Oxford Journals UK http://ijlct.oxfordjournals.org/. Dr. Hasan has

more than 80 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. 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.

His presentation: GENERATION OF OPTIMUM GEOMETRY OF BUILDINGS FOR

THE MINIMIZATION OF ENERGY DEMAND USING COMBINED SIMUALTION

AND OPTIMIZATION

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.

Her presentation: The dynamic thermal modelling of Moroccan residential buildings and

the comparison with the new Moroccan thermal regulations (RTCM).

Ms Mani Dhingra

Currently, Ms. Dhingra is pursuing her PhD from Department

of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur in India

focusing on traditional Indian cities to understand how

sustainable and smart the old settlements in India are. She is a

research scholar at IIT Kharagpur since 2015 and received her

Masters of City Planning degree from the Indian Institute of

Technology in Kharagpur in the year 2014. She was also a

DAAD research scholar at the research unit ‘Urban Housing

and Development’ of the ‘Institute Entwerfen von Stadt und

Landschaft (ISEL)’ at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

(KIT), Germany in 2013. She has two years of professional

experience in the field and has worked as a Research Associate at advanced research institute,

Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) in New Delhi for a year on Climate

Change and Sustainable Development in India and across the world. Recently, her interview on

Challenges on Sustainability got published on DAAD alumni web portal.

Her presentation: Advancing Smartness of Traditional Settlements- Case Analysis of

Indian and Arab old cities

Prof Joseph J. Hobbs

Joe Hobbs is a professor of Geography at the University

of Missouri. Having grown up in Saudi Arabia and

worked for decades in the region, he is primarily a

geographer of the Middle East. His research

specialization is the lifeways of Bedouin pastoral

nomads in Middle Eastern deserts. He is also interested

in traditional environmental knowledge worldwide, and

in traditional architecture in the Arabian Gulf Region. He

recently presented the keynote speech entitled “Local

Practices as Best Practices: Heritage in Development in

Ajman, the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East and

Beyond” at the Ajman International Environment

Conference 2016. His most recent fieldwork has focused

on traditional uses of Acacia trees in the deserts of Egypt

and Sudan. His books include Bedouin Life in the

Egyptian Wilderness, Mount Sinai, The Birds of Egypt,

and Fundamentals of World Regional Geography.

His presentation: Making Buildings Work for People in the GCC Countries and Beyound

Mr RalRam Bhardwaj

Mr. BalRam Bhardwaj, Managing Director, MTPL has obtained

his M. Sc Degree in 2011 and now pursuing M. Tech. His

research spanning over 6 years has been on engineering behavior

of non-conventional energy technologies particularly in

hydrokinetics, Microbial Fuel Cells, mono

crystalline/polycrystalline Solar PV Technology, Robotics,

Kinematics, prototype manufacturing, etc. An established

technical troubleshooter, researcher and active consultant, Mr.

Bhardwaj has supervised 38 M. Tech theses, over 13000

engineering projects and 18 Industrial Projects. Presently, 12 M.

Tech students and 168 B. Tech. Students are working with him.

He has filed 5 national patents, and 2 PCT applications to safeguard his innovative and state of

the art researches. He also working with AHEC (IIT Roorkee), CES (IIT Delhi), DTRL

(DRDO), SHP (Germany), CREDA (Chhattisgarh), UJVNL (Gov’t of Uttarakhand) etc.

He is the recipient of India’s Best Innovator of the year award during INDO-US technical

Summit, India Innovation Initiative-National fair 2014, jointly organized by CII, DST, AICTE

for his Patented Innovation (Kinetic Hydro Turbine-VARUN III), Best Innovator Award by

Central University Punjab, etc. A prolific writer, Mr. Bhardwaj published 22 technical papers

in national and international journals and conferences. He has been the Associate investigator

of 3 sponsored research projects and carried out more than 1300 consultancies in the areas of

green energy, robotics, kinematics, solar incinerator and Embedded Technologies.

Mr. Bhardwaj traveled extensively and has collaborative research with Canadian, Kuwaiti, and

European Universities. He delivered several workshops and special lectures in India and abroad

on various emerging technologies such as Multi-rotor Drones, Non-Conventional Energies,

Hydrokinetics and was a guest Editor for “Jagaran Josh” magazine by Dainik Jagaran Group.

With the vision of “Redefine Engineering-Reinventing Technologies” Mr. Bhardwaj and his

research oriented company is working hard to make this world a better place to live.

His presentations: 1- Assess the possibility and efficiency to harness energy present in

surface water velocity thorough innovative State of the art

hydrokinetic turbine technology -VARUN III

2- Critically examine the conventional steam engines in order to

evolve next generation solar concentrator based steam engines

Dr Luca Finocchiaro

After a master degree in Building Engineering at the

University of Catania, Italy, Luca moved to Scotland

where he earned a Master of Architecture at the Glasgow

School of Art. He worked in Barcelona twice, first as a

visiting researcher at ETSAB in UPC (developing his

PhD thesis in environmental control and bioclimatic

design), and second as practicing architect. Luca is today

associate professor in “Climate and built forms” and

program leader of MSc in Sustainable Architecture at

NTNU. His main interest and research focus on the

analysis and understanding of climate and its

implementation into the architectural design of buildings

able to passive address their environmental performance towards comfort. Climate and

morphological parametric analyses have been, in different research projects, addressed into

design guidelines for both design of new buildings and energy retrofitting of existing ones. In

2012 Luca initiated the NTNU proposal for Solar Decathlon – 2012 and later architect of the

Living LAB and Test Cell projects at the Zero Emission Buildings research center in NTNU.

His presentation: Examples for Optimization of Environmental Performance in buildings

Professor Nader Al-Bastaki

EDUCATION: B. Eng. in Chemical

Engineering, Dec. 1981, McGill University,

Montreal, Canada. M.Eng. in Chemical

Engineering, Dec. 1983, McGill University,

Montreal, Canada, Ph.D., June, 1989, UMIST,

Manchester, U.K.

EXPERIENCE:

August 2008-2014, Dean of College of

Engineering

December 2006-present Director of

Accreditation and Assessment Office for

Colleges

of Engineering and I.T.

April 2002-April 2006 Chairman of the

Chemical Engineering Department, University

of Bahrain

March 1994-March 1996 Chairman of the

Chemical Engineering Department,

University of Bahrain

May 2005 Professor, University of Bahrain

Feb. 1999-2005 Associate Professor, University of Bahrain

Sep. 1992- March 1999 Assistant Professor, University of Bahrain

Sep.1989-Aug. 1992 Assistant Professor, Arabian Gulf University

Sep.1984-Aug. 1989 Lecturer, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain

Feb. 1983-Aug 1984 Lecturer, Gulf Polytechnic, Bahrain

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Member of Several Societies

ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING SHORT COURSES AND WORKSHOPS:

FUNDED RESEARCH: From 2007 – 2015, Several each year.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: • Water desalination and waste water treatment using various

types of membranes, such as reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration and microfiltration

membranes. • Use of UV/TiO2 for the treatment of industrial waste water • Process Safety.

• Engineering education and assessment methods.

Publications: Many full papers in various Journals

His presentation with others: Modeling the Effect of Temperature on Algal Growth for

Biodiesel Application

Dr. Salah Al-Hengari Dr. Salah Al-Hengari working as Research associate for Libyan Petroleum Institute, Tripoli – Libya (Full Time - major of Chemical Engineering) since 2000. Has more than 20 years of experience in oil and gas industry, 6 years in oil and gas production operations & maintenance (June 1985 – October 1990, Senior Oil and Gas Production Operator with Veba Oil Operations Company, Ghani and Amal Oil Field – Libya) followed by 16 years (up to date) with Libyan Petroleum institute, (LPI) as research

associate carrying technical / research Studies for the benefit of Libyan oil and gas sector in the areas of water Desalination, industrial water / waste water treatment and improving economic of Oil refineries and petrochemical plants. In addition, Dr. Al-Hengari has Academic experience as he was working as Lecturer at Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Petroleum and Natural gas Engineering, University of Zawia – Libya, for the period of March 2013 to August 2015 Teaching the undergraduate chemical engineering courses and also supervising the B.Sc. projects at the Chemical Engineering Department. Besides to that, at the present he is working as Part Time Associate Professor at Department of Environmental Sciences And engineering, The Libyan Academy for postgraduate studies, Tripoli – Libya, since April 2014 up to now teaching M.Sc. courses in the area of environmental engineering as well as supervising M.Sc. students for their thesis . Dr. Al-Hengari has authored or co-authored over 20 refereed journal and conference publications in international journals and international conferences in the area of Desalination, fuel cell and process intensification. Dr. Al-Hengari have a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials from the School Of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (June 2012). In 2 addition, he had M.Sc. in Sustainable Chemical Engineering from the mentioned school (December 2004). In 1998 he received his B.Sc. In Chemical Engineering, Tripoli University, Faculty of Engineering. In1984 Dr. Al-Hengari Have received Industrial Petroleum Diploma (Dip.) majoring in Oil and Gas processing From Petroleum Training and Qualifying Institute, (PTQI), Tripoli – Libya. Dr. Al-Hengari is a member of European Desalination Society (EDS), also a member of Society of chemical Industry, UK (SCI) and elected as Associate member of Institution of Chemical engineers, UK (AIChemE). His Presentation: Water Desalination in Libya

Prof Hazim Al-Hussaini

Academic Qualifications

1. B.Sc, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering

College, Baghdad University Iraq, 1976.

2. M.Sc, Thermodynamics and Related Studies,

Mechanical Engineering dept, Birmingham University,

UK , 1977.

3. PhD, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering

Dept, Sheffield University, UK, 1980.

4. Senior Lecturer, 1987.

5. Professor, 1991.

Experience

1. 1978-1979: Demonstrator, Mech Eng Dept, Sheffield University, UK.

2. 1980-1981: Consultant, Energy Ministry, Tehran.

3. 1982-1984: Assistant Research Scientist, Energy dept, Kuwait Institute for Scientific

Research.

4. 1985-1986: Research Scientist, Renewable Energy Dept, AEOI

5. 1987-1991: Senior Lecturer and Professor,Teaching B.Sc and M.Sc Courses,Mech.

Eng. Dept-AKUT.

6. 1992-1995: Visitor Scholar – Mech – Eng – Dept, City University, London, UK.

7. 1995-1996: Visiting Research Scientist-South Bank University,London,UK.

8. 1997-2000: Visiting Scholar-Mech-Eng Dept, University College of London

(UCL).UK.

9. 2001 -2006: Director of Kazemi Co for Solar Systems ,London-UK.

10. 2007-2008 : Visiting Scholar –South Bank University,London-UK.

11. 2007-Now :Visiting Professor , Supervision PhD students ,Teaching Msc courses

,Chemical Engineering Dept -Surrey University UK.

His presentation: Future of Solar Ponds Research and Applications.

Dr Stefan Popa

Stefan Popa studied in Bucharest, Paris and Barcelona

before joining the Architectural Association. After

graduating from the Valles School of Architecture in

Barcelona in 2009, he was awarded the Caja de los

Arquitectos scholarship and started practicing

architecture as a design team member of the Foster +

Partner Madrid-based office. His interest in theory of

architecture in relation to the practice of design led him

to join the History and Critical Thinking MA

Programme at the Architectural Association in 2014.

His current research at the Architectural Association

focuses on the narratives resulted from the various readings that the notion of sustainability can

acquire when put in an architectural context. His study object concerns the particular conditions

of the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, held in 1994, where the

implementation of the United Nations Sustainability Agenda provided the conditions for an

intense dialogue between diversity and singularity at local and global levels. Stefan is currently

completing his PhD at the Architectural Association in London.

His presentations: The conclusions of the Brundtland commission from 1987 and the Winter

Olympic Games in Lillehammer Norway leading to the first green agenda of the United Nations set

in 1992 Rio Earth Summit and recent Paris 2015.

Prof Karen Gambaryan

Professor Karen Gambaryan has completed his PhD thesis in

1988 at Yerevan State University. He has defended the

second doctorate dissertation (habilitation) and received

Doctor of Science (Physics) degree at 2013. Since 2015, he

is a Full Professor and Senior Researcher at Yerevan State

University. Teaching courses: Semiconductors materials

science and technology; Thin films growth technology;

Infrared and microwave semiconductor devices. Hi is an

author of two course-manuals for Master- and Bachelor of

Science students. Under his supervision, PhD and Master of

Science students have successfully completed and defended

their theses.

He has published more than 40 scientific papers in widely reputed journals and has been invited

and delivered invited talks in more than 20 International Conferences and Congresses. Fields

of scientific interests: Physics of semiconductors and semiconductor devices; Semiconductor

materials and devices science and technology; III-V compound semiconductors thin films

epitaxy; Infrared devices; Renewable energy sources; Thermo-photovoltaic devices;

Nanoelectronics and nanotechnology.

He has been granted three times by the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD)

Award (2007, 2010 and 2015) and performed numerous research visits to Germany. In 2014,

he was granted by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and worked as a Research Professor

in CAS Institute of Semiconductors. Hi is a member of WREN and WREC international

steering committee. He is also a member of the Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological and

Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES) since 2011.

Family status: Married, have two children. Languages: Armenian, English, Russian.

His presentation: Narrow bandgap diode heterostructures and photoconductive cells with

quantum dots for thermophotovoltaic and other mid-infrared applications

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.

His presentation: Sorption heat pump and cooling research at the University of Warwick

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, sinve 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 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.

Her presentation: Solar Energy in Buildings

Professor Dr Ravindra Pogaku

Dr. Ravindra Pogaku is Professor of Chemical and Bioprocess

Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, University Malaysia

Sabah (UMS), Sabah, Malaysia. He has diverse yet rewarding

experience in teaching, research, industry, management and

administrative fields spanning over 35 years.

Prof Ravindra was visiting scientist at Cornell University and

Visiting professor at Pennsylvania State University. Professor

Ravindra research interests is on greener processes and production

of chemicals, biomaterials, bio-wealth from waste, bioprocess

engineering, enzyme engineering, bioremediation and bioleaching.

Prof Ravindra research work has culminated 225 publications

including books and book chapters. He has delivered keynote

addresses, plenary lectures and invited talks in numerous

conferences, symposia, seminars, workshops and other events

worldwide. He is the editor-in-chief, editor, editorial board member, guest editor in referred

journals and reviewer of many peer journals. He is bestowed with the national and international

prestigious awards.

Professor Ravindra served as UNESCO energy consultant. Professor Ravindra is also industry

consultant for chemical and bioprocess industry. Professor Ravindra is a professional Engineer

and life member of the American Institution of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), USA and many

other professional bodies in other countries.

His presentation: Biomass waste to energy

Dr Joachim Pasel

Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Pasel is Head of “Chemical

Technology for Fuel Processing” at the Institute of Energy

and Climate Research - Electrochemical Process

Engineering (IEK-3) at the Forschungszentrum (Research

Center) Jülich, Germany. He studied chemistry at the Ruhr-

University in Bochum, Germany, and received his doctorate

in chemistry from the University of Leipzig, Germany. He

served for two years as a Postdoc at the University of

Leipzig and worked on projects dealing with exhaust gas

after treatment. In 1998, Dr. Pasel defected to

Forschungszentrum Jülich and in 2005 he took the position

of Head of “Chemical Technology for Fuel Processing”. The

focus of Dr. Pasel´s scientific work is the development and

experimental validation of reactors for autothermal

reforming of middle distillates (diesel fuel and kerosene),

water-gas-shift reaction and catalytic combustion for fuel

cell systems. This work has been closely connected to

research and development projects together with Airbus Deutschland GmbH. Additionally, his

scientific work covers processes for desulfurization of middle distillates in the liquid phase. Dr.

Pasel is author of a number of scientific papers about fuel processing and different processes

for desulfurization. He is a recognized reviewer for scientific papers in these areas. Dr. Pasel

has been working as Associate Editor of the scientific journal RSC Advances.

His presentation: Hydrogen production from bio-fuels using precious metal catalysts

Dr Kanzumba Kusakana

Kanzumba Kusakana holds a BSc. Eng. in Electromechanical

Engineering from the University of Lubumbashi in the Democratic

Republic of the Congo; a M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from

Tshwane University of Technology and a D.Tech in Electrical

Engineering from The Central University of Technology in South

Africa.

He is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and a member of the

South African Institute of Electrical Engineers.

He is currently a Senior lecturer, researcher and Acting Head of

the Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department

at the Central University of Technology. His research interests are

power and energy systems, energy management, renewable and

alternative energies.

His presentations: 1- Optimized scheduling of Diesel – Renewable systems with

Pumped Hydro Storage.

2- Optimal Power Flow Management of a Battery/Wind/PV/Grid

Hybrid System

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, Principle 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 electronics in books, technical journals, conference papers, studies

and reports in 11 countries.

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

Premium in the field of science and engineering.

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

production technologies and new technologies for polysilicon 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.

His presentation: Operational and energy efficiency of renewable energy

Dr Shafiqur Rehman

Dr. Shafiqur Rehman is a Research Engineer-II (Associate

Professor) at the Center for Engineering Research,

Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum

and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He obtained BS

degree in Mechanical Engineering from ZH College of

Engg. & Tech., Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India

and M.S. from KFUPM. He earned his Ph.D. degree on

wind energy from University of Pretoria, South Africa.

His research interests include meteorology, environment,

solar, wind and geothermal energy resources assessment and related power plant design. He has

published and presented more than 170 research papers in international journals and

conferences. Dr. Shafiqur Rehman was awarded Distinguished Researchers Award by the

University his Contribution in the areas of wind and solar energy in the year 2007 and 2012.

He has completed 40 client funded applied research projects and has written more than 80

technical project reports. He is the member of International Solar Energy Society (ISES), life

member of Solar Energy Society of India (SEI) and Institution of Engineers India (IEI), Saudi

Environment Society (SES), etc.

His presentation: Wind Power and Hybrid Energy Systems

Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin

Dr. Shihab-Eldin, presently he is Director General of

Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences,

(KFAS) and was a member of its Board of Directors.

Formerly, he was Acting Secretary General and Director of

Research of OPEC, He serves as Advisor to and Member

of Kuwait National Nuclear Energy Committee (KNNEC);

Energy Advisor to Schlumberger Business Consulting; a

Board Member to Al-Dorra Oil Services Company, and a

member of the Board of Trustees of the American

University of Kuwait and the Gulf Research Center

Foundation (Geneva).

From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Shihab-Eldin was Director of the

Division for Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Department

of Technical Co-operation, at the International Atomic

Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria. Prior to joining the IAEA, he served as Director

of the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology (Cairo) and as the UNESCO

Representative in Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen. From 1976 to 1986 he was the Director

General of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, serving concurrently until 1980 as

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at Kuwait University.

Dr. Shihab-Eldin graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor

of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master of Science degree, and a Doctorate in

Nuclear Engineering. Prior to his career with international organizations, Dr. Shihab-Eldin

held various lecturing and research appointments in the physical and engineering sciences,

energy economics, and technology at universities and research centers in Kuwait, the United

States and Europe, including Kuwait University, the Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory, the University of California at Berkeley, the European Nuclear Research Center

in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Energy and Environment Policy Center at Harvard

University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

His presentation: Roadmap to Optimizing the Structure of the Energy Industry – Striking

the Balance between Oil and Gas Reserves and Renewable Energy

Dr Winfried Hoffmann

Dr. Winfried Hoffmann graduated in physics and did his PhD-

thesis in biophysics. He joined the just formed photovoltaic R

& D group for thin film solar cells of NUKEM in 1979 and

took over its leadership in 1985.

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. In October 2002 the Joint Venture between RWE

Solutions and SCHOTT Glas, 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 ASE

to the solar business of Applied Materials. Since March 2012 he represents SMA Solar

Technology AG as member of the board of EPIA.

He is currently President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), member

of the Scientific Board of the Fraunhofer institute for solar energy (FhG-ISE), member of the

Supervisory Board of the institute for solar energy research in Hameln (ISFH), the Helmholtz

Centre Berlin and the company SMA Solar Technology AG as well as chairman of the

Supervisory Board of Solarfabrik AG.

His presentation: The important role Solar Photovoltaic will play for the future

Global Secondary Energy Supply

Professor Yarub Al - Douri

Prof. Dr. Yarub Al-Douri has been granted Doctorat D’Etat

in Materials Science. He worked at NUS (Singapore), TUC

(Germany), CNRS (France) and Malaysia, in addition to

Algeria and Yemen. He has more almost quarter century

experience of scientific research and university teaching,

and more than 380 publications until now including patents,

books, chapters review, papers, articles and conferences.

He has 2019 citations, h-index = 21 and i10-index = 55 for

the moment. He is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of

International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials

http://ijneam.unimap.edu.my), Editor-in-Chief of World

Journal of Nano Science and Engineering (http://www.scirp.org/journal/wjnse), editor and

peer-reviewer of different international journals, member of different international scientific

associations and has been awarded diverse medals internationally. He has initiated

Nanotechnology Engineering MSc Program and established Nano Computing laboratory in

Malaysia. His research interests are Modeling & Simulation, Semiconductors, Optical studies,

Nanoelectronics, Nanomaterials and Renewable Energy.

His presentation: Nanoelectronics for ameliorate solar cells efficiency

Dr. Shyam S. Nandwani.

Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology,

Roorkee, India in 1973 in Mossbauer Spectroscopy and Post

Doc. at International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste,

Italy, in 1974. Worked as Research Associate on solar energy, in Centre of

Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India,

during March 1977 – July 1978.

During August 1978 until January 2013, worked as a teacher,

researcher and promoter of thermal and photovoltaic

applications of Solar Energy at Universidad Nacional,

Heredia, Costa Rica.

He has published nearly 110 articles on different aspects of

solar energy in technical journals, encyclopedia, and Congress

proceedings, in 38 countries, a book on solar cooking (126

pages) and 320 articles / news informative in semi-technical

magazines, newspapers / internet, Radio, TV, including in

Discovery channel and BBC etc. In 1984, he got a patent on Solar Cooker in Costa Rica-the

first patent in all universities in Costa Rica. He has organized

/ coordinated 12 workshops, seminars on different aspects of solar energy at national and

regional level including International Conference on Solar Cooking in 1994.

For his work he has received the highest award given by the Universdad Nacional in 1992 and

other national and international awards including best practice award by Third World Academy

of Science (Trieste, Italy) and Energy Globe Award (Austria) two times, in 2009 and 2012.

He is a member of International Solar Energy Society (Germany), World Renewable Energy

Network (England) and Solar Cookers International (USA).

In order to reduce electric bill, promote and convince better, he uses solar water heater, cooker,

dryer and part of Photovoltaic illumination at his house. Although Dr. Nandwani retired from the University on Feb. 2013, he is continually promoting

solar energy and in special solar cooking, through lectures and exhibition etc.

His presentations: 1- Using Solar Cookers to warm food instead of Microwave.

2- Actions taken by Costa Ricans to make Costa Rica Carbon

Neutral in 2021.

Mr Ali Mohammed Hasan Al-Sabri

He works at Ministry of Oil and Minerals, Geological Survey

and Mineral Resources Board, Sana'a, Republic of Yemen, P.O.

297, Fax: 967-1-217575.

Mobile: 00967-777701663 & 00967-736628973.

E-mail: ali_alsabri2000 @YAHOO.COM

Al-Sabri

Born: - Taiz – Saber, Yemen, 1972.

1995 – Bachelor degree in geological sciences, Sana'a

University, Yemen.

Deputy of geothermal energy project In Yemen

1997- and 2014 joined many organizations dealing with

Geothermal activities in Europe and other countries.

2014 – 2015 Geothermal Exploration in Some Interest Geothermal Area in Republic of

Yemen

Member of the Yemeni - Germany Geothermal resources project.

Member of the Yemeni - Italian Geothermal resources project.

Fellowship of UNU-GTP Iceland.

Deputy of GEF project for Yemen Geothermal development.

Participated in Preparing the Progress Report and financial report of GEF project for

Yemen Geothermal development.

Participated in coauthoring some books.

Had participated in the geothermal resources management of Yemen.

His presentation with others: Geothermal Exploration in Some Interest Geothermal Area

in Republic of Yemen

Dr Ali Al-Alawi

Dr Al-Alawi has obtained his B Engineering in Mechanical from

Reading University, UK and PhD from Australia in Solar Energy.

His qualifications are: PhD: Solar Energy, MSc: Renewable

Energy, BSc. Mech. Eng. He taught for few years at University of

Sultan Caboose. He published several papers in journals and

books. We run few workshops in renewable energy in Oman. He

is an active member of WREN and a member of WREN Council.

Dr Al-Alawi attended several World Renewable Energy

Congresses and Seminars. He is a Senior Corporate

Environmental & SD Advisor at Petroleum Development

Oman. His main field of interest are: Renewable Energy

and Energy.

His presentation with co-author: A Review on the potentials of manufacturing facilities of

solar energy systems components in Sultanate of Oman.

Dr Erwin S Sadirsan

BA, Industrial Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology

1988, MBA Magister Management, The Indonesian Institute

for Management Development (IPMI) 2000, MBA Master of

Business Administration, Monash University Melbourne

Australia 2001. He had his Doctor of Business and

Management, school of Business Bogor Agricultural

University Indonesia 2014 (dissertation Policy research in

Renewable Energy in Indonesia).

2016- now : Lecturer in University of Al Azhar Indonesia – Faculty Science and Technology

2014-now :Post Graduated Renewable Energy Lecturer in Darma Persada University Indonesia

2003-now : PT. Medco Energi Internasional, Leading Energy company in Indonesia including

Renewable Energy, various management position in Medco Group

1996-2002 PT. Bahana Artha Ventura, General Manager of Venture Capital Investment and

Various positions as Director and Commissioner at investee companies

1989-1996 Bank Niaga, various positions on banking operations and marketing

1988-1989 PT. Siemens Indonesia, Production Planning Control Engineer

1988 PT Indoconsult, Junior Engineer Consultant

IRES-Indonesian Renewable Energy Society – as Chairman of Treasury

MASKEEI, Indonesian Conservations and Energy Efficiency Society as Executive Director

KADIN – Indonesian Chambers of Commerce as Vice Chairman of Renewable Energy

Member of Indonesian Power Generation Society

Indonesian Geothermal Association as member

Advisor in Alumni of Bogor Agricultural University, Treasury in Alumni of Industrial

Engineering of Bandung Institute of Technology,

Speaker in various Renewable Energy convention, conference, seminar :

RE Convention Indonesia (2005,2007,2009,2011),

World Renewable Energy (RE) Congress – WREN: Libya (2006), Florence(2008), Glasgow

(2010), Perth (2010), Abu Dhabi (2011), and Bali (2012)

UNFCCC Bali, 2007-Climate Change, Renewable Energy Seminar, Brighton UK, 2006

All Energy Congress and Exhibition, Aberdeen UK, 2007, Sustainability Agricultural Food and

Energy Seminar, Bali 2014, Speaker in 13th Asia Pacific Agricultural Program, Seoul Korea, 2014

Nong Lam University Benchmarking, Ho Chi Minh Vietnam, 2014 with Center for System - Bogor

Agricultural University team, Policy in Renewable Energy in Various Journal in Indonesia and

International, Reviewer of Elsevier Journal for RE (2006-2011)

His presentation: Case Study 10 years from 2005-2015 and How to Achieve 23% of RE in

2025 in Indonesia using Interpretative Structural Model

Dr Wael Abdelhameed

He is now associate prof at Bahrain University. He has

been working at University of Bahrain since

September 2007. His Ph.D. is in CAAD and

Architecture Education (2002) from Assiut

University, Egypt, through joint supervision with

Arizona State University, US. He held teaching and

research positions at South Valley University (Egypt),

Arizona State University (USA), and

Fulbright Commission (USA).

His main courses are: Architectural Design Studio

(through interaction of digital and manual media),

Design Methodology (trends in digital architecture),

Computer Aided Design and Animation (Revit,

AutoCAD, and 3ds max). My research areas are: 3D

Modeling Systems, Computing Architecture, Virtual Reality, Design Fundamentals (Design

Process, Conceptual Design, and Visual Design Thinking), Digital and Manual Media Interaction,

and Contemporary Vision of Islamic Architecture and Neighborhood Planning.

He published about 30 papers and articles. He has been a reviewer and a juror of some local,

regional and international conferences and competitions. He has been a member of the Technical

Committee for International Fulbright Science and Technology (IFST), Ph.D. award, and

postdoctoral award, Fulbright Commission, since 2006. He was a guest speaker of 1st, 2nd, 3rd,

4th and 5th Virtual Reality Symposiums in Japan from 2007 to 2011; and a keynote speaker of

CAD'12 conference, Canada. In addition, he has experiences as the principle architect of many

projects in areas of architecture, interior design, physical planning, construction supervision, and

preparation of tenders and specifications.

His presentation: Sustainable Design Approach: A case study of BIM use

Prof.dr. Zeljko Tomsic

Prof Tomsic got his BSc in 1981, Master degree in 1990 and his

PhD in 2001 from University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical

Engineering and Computing, Department of Energy and Power

Systems where he is teaching now.

He taught undergraduate in Economics and Managerial Decision

Making, Energy Efficiency Audit and Energy Management program

and BSc Projects. He was in charge of Graduate teaching in:

Economics of Energy, Energy Management and Energy Efficiency,

Energy-Economy Models for Developing of Energy Systems,

Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development,

Graduation Thesis, also he was in charge of Post-graduation study

in: Environmental Impact of Electric Power Systems and Long-

Term Electricity Generation Planning Uncertainty, He has published many papers and reports

recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database (CROSBI)

His presentation with others: Model for the techno-economic analysis of common work of wind

power and gas CCGT power plant to offer constant level of power in the electricity market

Dr Giuliano Grassi

Dr. Giuliano Grassi is the representative director and board

member of EUBIA. In the last decades he has strongly fought for

the development of biomass utilization like barely nobody else. He

paid attention to all thinkable usage possibilities, like bioenergy

systems either for sea water desalination or reforestation of semi-

arid or contaminated soil. He worked actively in the large biofuel

refineries as well as compact biofuel or hybrid powered town-

vehicles. Furthermore he took part in the EU-Commission

Program about Research and Development of Bioenergy. Over and

over again he used his comprehensive experience for the political

and economic development of biomass utilization, and released

various publications on the issue. Without his work the biomass

sector would not enjoy its current prospering situation."

His presentation: Technological Infra-Structure for Future City

Dr Haris Doukas

Dr. Haris Doukas is currently an Assistant Professor in the

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Dr. Doukas has a

degree on Mechanical Engineering (Aristotle University of

Thessaloniki – AUTH, 2003), and a PhD on the decision

support systems for the sustainable energy sector’s operation

(NTUA, 2009). His areas of expertise include the

development of models and decision support systems for

energy and climate policy as well as energy management. In

these fields, he has more than 80 scientific publications in international journals. Moreover, Dr.

Doukas has more than 100 announcements in international conferences, chapters in books etc. Dr.

Doukas has a working experience of 13 years as a project manager and/ senior expert in European

and national energy and environmental policy and planning projects. Currently, Dr. Doukas is the

research collaboration specialist of the EU-GCC Clean Energy Network, which aims to

catalyze partnerships between clean energy stakeholders, both in the GCC and the EU.

His presentation: Identifying Opportunities for Effective EU-GCC Clean Energy

Cooperation

Dr Mustapha Taoumi

Dr. Mustapha Taoumi is the Energy Technology Expert

of the “EU GCC Clean Energy Network II” project,

since January 2016. Dr. Taoumi has been leading

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects and

technology deployment for over 30 years. He has

worked with US AID, GIZ (Germany), JICA (Japan)

and EU (DGXII) as Project and Programme Manager.

He has conducted numerous feasibility and planning

studies, building programs and has implemented

projects on the ground. He assisted local institutions to

develop strategic plans in sustainable energy. He

managed numerous seminars and training workshops

concerning the use of renewable energy and energy

efficiency. Dr. Taoumi was also involved in several

initiatives and projects with a regional scope particularly in MENA and Mediterranean regions

including the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP). As a Regional Programme Officer for North Africa

and the Middle East region (MENA) within the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),

the first global intergovernmental organisation dedicated to all renewables, Dr. Taoumi managed

several projects and initiatives across MENA region including Renewables Readiness Assessment

(RRA), assessment of local manufacturing potential in the Arab region and recently the Pan Arab

Clean Energy initiative (PACE). Dr. Taoumi held several key positions including Secretary General

and Interim Executive Director within the National Renewable Energy Centre (CDER) in Morocco

- now transformed on a National dedicated Agency (ADEREE) as well as Executive Secretary of

the Mediterranean Association of the National Agencies for Energy Conservation (MEDENER-

Network). Before joining IRENA in 2010, he was nominated by the Ministry of Energy in Morocco

as IRENA’s focal point and member of the IRENA’s Headquarters Selection Committee. Among

other positions, Dr. Taoumi is an active member on several organisations, conferences and

networks around the world including the MENAREC Conference International Steering

Committee. Dr. Taoumi holds a PhD in Electrochemistry from the Institut National Polytechnique

de Grenoble (INPG) in France and master's degrees in Electrochemical Engineering and

Management Science, he is fluent in English, French, Spanish as well as Arabic.

His presentation: Identifying Opportunities for Effective EU-GCC Clean Energy

Cooperation

Prof Bahram Moshfegh

He studied at the Linköping University, Sweden, where he

received a Ph.D. degree in Energy Systems in 1992. He was

appointed Professor of energy systems there in 2000.

Professor Moshfegh is the Chairman of Division of Energy

Systems at the Linköping University since2000. He has been

involved as expert for Swedish parliament and funding

research council both nationally and internationally, member

of the scientific committee for the Swedish Research School

Energy Systems, member of the scientific committee and

organization committee as well as invited speaker for many

International Conferences. Referee for many international

journals and international conferences in the field of energy

and building. He is Swedish expert and Subtask leader in the

Annex 51 - Energy Efficient Communities: Case Studies and Strategic Guidance for Urban

Decision makers acting under IEA International Energy Agency, Energy Conservation in Buildings

and Community Systems Program (2009-2012). Professor Moshfegh was the Chairman for the

World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC-2011) on May 8-13, 2011 in Linköping, Sweden.

Professor Moshfegh has authored or co-authored more than 150 papers and research reports mainly

presented in international journals or at international conferences with referee.

His presentation: A holistic approach for energy renovation of non-listed buildings in a

community: Categorisation of buildings, LCC, BES, energy systems

optimisation, policy and guidelines

Dr Abdullahi Ahmed

Dr. Abdullahi AHMED is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director

for BEng. Building Services Engineering Course at Coventry

University. Dr Ahmed specialises in Building Performance

Evaluation, Building Performance Modelling and Transient

Simulation of Building Integrated Renewable Energy Systems. Dr

Ahmed is a Chartered Building Services Engineer with over 10

years academic and professional experience in the field of building

physics and sustainable design. Dr Ahmed is a principal

investigator on several funded research projects. He is leading

Coventry University’s contribution to the EU funded project

RESSEEPE, Technology Strategy Board Building Performance

Evaluation, Knowledge Transfer Partnership and ERDF

Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise Network projects. Dr Ahmed is managing a number of PhD

students in the area of BIM, Urban Resilience and Low Carbon Technologies. Dr Ahmed has

published widely in peer reviewed Journals and conferences and is a member of various academic

communities such as International Building performance Simulation Association, Chartered

Institute of Building Services Engineers Simulation Group and Water Efficiency on Building

Research Network.

His presentation with others: Application of innovative Renewable and Low Energy

Technologies for retrofitting of public buildings in Europe

Dr Hamed Saber

He is leading numerical modeling in the field of energy

efficiency in built environment as a Research Officer at

the Construction Portfolio, National Research Council of

Canada (NRC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Prior to NRC,

Dr. Saber was a Research Assistant Professor at the

Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies and

Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department,

University of New Mexico, USA. His relevant research

interest include numerical modeling, experimental

investigation of mold growth on building material,

thermal and hygro-thermal modeling of building

envelopes, high performance buildings, building

modeling simulation, day lighting using skylight devices,

thermal insulation materials for building applications,

flow in porous media, heat and mass transfer,

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), radiation heat

transfer, heat pipes & thermosyphons, electronic cooling,

thin film stability, two-phase flow, combustion, smoke

managements, fire dynamics, energy conversion systems, advanced radioisotope power systems for

space applications, and artificial intelligent control.

Dr. Saber has a PhD from the Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Dept., University of New Mexico,

USA, and M.Sc. and B.Sc. from the Mechanical Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. Dr.

Saber has received numerous awards throughout his career and is a member of the editorial board

of the Journal of Building Physics, a task group member of the National Building Code of Canada,

and member of several national and international professional organizations. Dr. Saber has written

together with other researchers 177 technical papers, book, book chapters and reports.

His presentation: Risk of Condensation and Mould Growth in Wall Systems Subjected to

different Climatic Conditions

Ms. Radia Sedaoui

Ms. Radia Sedaoui is an Energy Expert who has been appointed

as Chief Energy Section at the Sustainable Development Policies

Division of ESCWA from 1st February 2016.

Ms. Radia previously served as Head Statistics and Gas

Modeling Department at the Intergovernmental Organization of

the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Qatar, from

2010-2014. During her tenure, she managed successfully the

development of the GECF Global Gas Model, energy outlook,

monitoring the gas market and conducting studies on energy

policies, oil and gas pricing, shale gas and climate change

mitigation.

Before joining ESCWA, in 2015 Ms. Radia was a Senior

Strategy and Economy Advisor and member of the Board of

Directors of three affiliates of Sonatrach, Algeria’s National

Hydrocarbon Company, operating in the Oil & Gas Upstream &

midstream and marketing.

Between 2008-2010, she held the position of Director of Corporate Planning after heading the

Standardization and Portfolio Optimization Department, both at Sonatrach. In addition to her professional

commitments, Ms. Radia is an active member at the “Arab Energy Club”, the “Algerian Association for

Renewable Energies” and the “Algerian Gas Association”. Ms. Radia holds a Bachelor of Industrial

Engineering from the Polytechnic School of Algeria, Specialization in petroleum Economics, and an MBA

from the Robert Gordon University of Aberdeen, UK.

Her presentation: Enabling Factors supporting Renewable Energy in rural communities

within the Arab region

Dr Syham Bentouati

Dr Syham is currently the Managing Director of NAFAS

International LLC, a Technology, Innovation and Business

consultancy company focusing on Sustainable Energy and

Water, founded in October 2015.

Prior to this, Dr Syham worked for Petroleum Development

Oman (PDO) for eight years, starting as Surface Technology

Advisor then as the Technology Manager, facilitating the

introduction of all new technologies and leaning all related

processes. The last position was the R&D and Technology Lead

within the In-Country Value Directorate.

Before the the Oil and Gas sector, Dr Syham worked for Rolls-

Royce Group in the UK and in the Nordic countries for seven

years. She started in Aerospace working on the future More-Electric-Engine then moving to other sectors

such as Corporate Engineering and Technology, Marine and Business Improvement, as part of her overall

career development within the Rolls-Royce high potential pool.

As both an academic and accomplished industry professional, she is able to bridge the gaps between

academia and the real-world workplace, she understands concerns and perspectives that are overlooked by

many professionals, such as practical aspects of research and relevance at the local level.

Dr Syham obtained her PhD in the Design of Electrical Machines and Drives from the University of

Sheffield in the UK, after obtaining joint BEng (Hons) degrees from Nottingham Trent University in the

UK and de Technologie Electrique in Paris, France.

She is fluent in English, French and Arabic.

Her presentation: RENEWABLE ENRGY UTILISATION IN THE OIL AND GAS

INDUSTRY

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.

Her presentation: Assessing energy performance of a PV systems integrated with a ventilated

façade

Dr Sa’ad Al Jandal

He is a Research Scientist at the Energy & Building

Research Center (EBRC) at the Kuwait Institute for

Scientific Research (KISR). He joined KISR’s Solar

Energy Department in early 1982. Dr. Al Jandal

graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree

from NC University, USA in Mechanical Engineering

/ thermal and earned his postulation Master of

Philosophy (MPhill) degree in thermal storage energy

from University of Wales, Cardiff, UK and Doctor of

Philosophy (PhD) for his work in design and analysis

of solar thermal energy systems with latent storage,

from University of Reading, UK. He also

accomplished an executive MBA on energy

management from Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP),

France.

Dr. Al Jandal professional training and research work are diverse but focused on energy and

environmental issues and technology implementations, including energy conservation, thermal

efficiency analysis, renewable and energy storage systems. His earlier project involvements

were testing various solar thermal and electrical systems, integration of solar cooling and

heating with storage in buildings. His current lead projects cover sustainability issues, demand-

side-management investigations, assessments of global energy technology and mitigation

policies using various modeling techniques and developing national database systems. Dr. al

Jandal has Good knowledge of GCC projects and activities related to energy (upstream,

midstream and downstream sectors and sustainable development targets in the region, with also

in depth knowledge of regional and international outlooks and policies in industrial and

sustainable development, climate change, environment projections.

Dr. Al Jandal executive management responsibilities include Renewable Energy Projects

director at the Euro-Arab Environment Organization (EAEO), a nonprofit organization, based

in Germany and the Arab world. He is also an active member of a number of national and

international professional bodies and national committees with participation in numerous

consultation and technical presentations. Over the past few years he represented his country

(Kuwait) in many focal inter-governmental meetings, including almost all IRENA’s council

and annual general assembly conventions, policy and planning workshops and as a designated

person for the integration of RE resource datasets within IRENA’s global atlas. He is also

regularly invited to participate in consultation duties and given numerous technical

presentations for local and regional government institutes, the International Energy Workshop

(IEW), IEA, IRENA, OPEC, UNESCWA and the Brookings Institute (Doha).

Dr. Al Jandal is a keen technical reviewer of number of journals and conferences, and long been

a member of steering committees for World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC),

International Solar Energy Society & Conferences of Arab Section (AISES), one of the

founders Gulf Green Building Society (GGBS), founder of Kuwait Clean Energy Society

(CES), and a member of the Emirate Green Building Council (EGBC).

His presentation: The Approach for Development of net Zero Energy Building (nZEB)

for Kuwait

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Alghoul

"PhD of Solar Energy, University Putra Malaysia (UPM),

Malaysia. Master of Solar Energy, University Putra

Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. 2nd Master degree in Energy

technology, the National University of Malaysia,

Malaysia. B.Sc. Major: Physics, Minor: Mathematics,

Yarmouk Univ, Jordan. He is presently senior research

scientist at Kuwait institute for scientific research. He has

been involved in the field of solar energy for more than

15 years. His main contributions are in active/passive

solar {Thermal/ Photovoltaic} in terms of

systems/applications/materials/modelling i.e. PV power

systems, desalination, heating, cooling, drying, (PV/T)

collectors, solar radiation modeling, daylighting and

energy efficiency. He has published over 125 research papers in journals and

conferences. He has delivered many keynote speeches at international and regional

conferences on solar and renewable energy aspects."

His presentations with others: 1- Experimental power output on data analysis for effects

of shading of different PV panels of with different number of bypass diode

2- Effect of Different Solar Radiation Data Sources on the Variation of Techno-

Economic Feasibility of PV Power System

3- Concise Approach for Determining the Optimal Annual Capacity Shortage using

Techno-Economic Feasibility Parameters of PV Power System

4- Optimum Parameters of Box Window DSF Office Building using Different Glazing

Types under Intermediate Sky Condition (20-40 klux)

Dr Abdul Sattar Al-Taie

Executive Director, Qatar National Research Fund

Dr Abdul Sattar Al-Taie holds a PhD, MSc, and BSc (Honors) in

Chemical Engineering, in addition to a DIC and ACGI, from

Imperial College London.

Prior to his work at QNRF, Dr Al-Taie held key positions in Iraq

with the Ministry of Oil, the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission,

the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, and the National

Committee for Technology Transfer. He was also a key player in

a number of strategic projects and science and technology

initiatives in Iraq, has taught at a number of Iraqi universities and

supervised six PhD and MSc students, and has published more

than 40 scientific papers and authored over 50 technical reports.

Over his 37-year career, Dr Al-Taie has accumulated diverse experience in the planning,

design and development of chemical plants. He has headed research work in a number of

fields, including chemical reaction engineering, environment, water treatment and alternatives

refrigerants. He was also involved in the development of the Science and Technology

Strategy for the Republic of Iraq, as well as the management of a number of mega research

projects.

Dr Al-Taie has received numerous awards and decorations throughout his career, including

the Jabir Bin Hayyan Medal from the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission, the Reconstruction

Medal from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, and the prestigious Science Medal of the

Republic of Iraq from the Iraqi Presidency Office.

His Presentation: Empowering Research on Energy security, sustainability and clean

environment in Qatar