Dr. Omid Akbarzadeh Pivehzhani is working with Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre since 2016. His main research area is heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering. He has spent 10 years in academic-industrial projects as a research officer and post-doctoral. Dr. Omid has worked 5 years in the oil and gas industry as a chemical engineer. He developed advanced smart catalysts, especially for the oil and gas industries. Dr. Omid has contributed to two PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd industrial catalyst projects and worked on an international Airbus R&D project in NANOCAT. Currently, he is the PI of the graphene catalyst project at Hokkaido University in Japan, project member of FRGS grant in UTP and assigned to the NANOCAT center project. Dr. Omid was the Chairman, keynote speaker and organizing committee of many international conferences. He is currently the supervisor of three Ph.D. students from different countries. He has published many ISI papers; book chapters and has two approved and granted patents. Also, he has hands-on experience and passed several pieces of training on handling different types of equipment which are being widely used for material synthesis, characterization and performance evaluation. He is in close collaboration with other departments, government agencies and universities around the world. He is visiting researcher of Jiangsu University China and Hokkaido University Japan. He is a member of the society of petroleum engineers (SPE) and Senior Member of Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society. Omid awarded a full fellowship from UTP during Ph.D. and were involved for lab demonstrator and teaching in the different courses of chemical engineering. He awarded Silver Medal in 27th International Invention & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX 2016), Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Malaysia and Silver Medal of Post Graduate Research Project in the 35th Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 35).

heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering.

Takashi Ano is a professor of Kindai University. He lives in Osaka, Japan. His bachelor, master and doctor degrees were awarded from Osaka University. His major fields are biocontrol agents, and microbial fuel cell aimed for the sustainable society, and has published many papers in the field (https://researchmap.jp/read0008399/?lang=english). He had worked in Tokyo Institute of Technology for 20 years as a research associate, and an associate professor.

Biocontrol agents, and Microbial fuel

Valery S. Petrosyan passed his PhD examination at Department of Chemistry of M.V. Lomonosov University at the age of 25, has been for the postgraduate research at Caltech (Pasadena, California) at the age of 35 and passed his D.Sc. examination at Department of Chemistry of M.V. Lomonosov University at the age of 37. He is now deputy general director for R&D at JSC “RT-Invest”, Distinguished professor at Department of Chemistry of M.V. Lomonosov University and Vice-President of Russian academy of natural sciences. He has published more than 500 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Solid Municipal Waste, Food and Vegetation residues

Mr. Muhammad Usman, Former Director General of Agricultural Research System, Govt. of Pakistan who retired from service after a spotless career of about 35 years (1974-2009) with senior level experience work on the research and development of integrated agricultural industries like livestock and dairy development, aquaculture and fishery, apiculture and poultry, on a sustainable way.

Sustainability Focus on the Future of Agriculture, Energy, Industry, Food and Nutrition.

Hiroshan Hettiarachchi is a civil engineering professor from the United States and currently serving as the Head of Unit – Waste Management at the United Nations University (UNU-FLORES) which is an integral part of the United Nations system. Before joining UNU in 2013, he previously served at Lawrence Technological University, in Michigan, USA, where he held the position of Director of Civil Engineering Graduate Programs from 2010 to 2013. His work covers multiple topics including, sustainability, circular economy, environmental resources management, waste management, and geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering.

circular economy, environmental resources management, waste management

Professor Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani (PhD) is a Full Professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, IRAN. His scientific research interests include the Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, Solid Waste and Disposal, Air Quality and Health, Water treatment, Drinking Water and Health, Air Pollution and Human Health, Environmental Toxicology and Human Risk Assessment. He is the author of various research studies published at national and international journals, conference proceedings and Head of several research project at the TUMS. He has authored 8 books and more than 150 full papers published in peer- reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member and reviewer in many internal and international journals and is member of several international science committees around the world. He has supervisor and advisor PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS.

Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, Solid Waste and Disposal, Air Quality and Health

Dr. FARES Redouanehas completed his PhD from physics Institute of Science and Technology University of Oran, Algeria . He is teacher in Ahmed ZABANA university of Relizane ans member of LIGDD resherch laboratory. He has published more than 13 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of journals and international ans local conferences.

1. Waste water traitement 2. Air & water pollution 3. Biological water traitement

Dr. Park is a professor of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering at Yonsei University in 1977 and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering at Seoul National University in 1979. He worked as a consulting engineer in Korea and Australia for two years after serving two and a half years of military service. He received a Ph.D. in Public Health Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1985. He worked as a research engineer at the Sanitary and Environmental Health Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley from 1985 to 1988. Since he joined University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988, he has taught environmental engineering courses such as water treatment plant design, wastewater treatment plant design, biological treatment, physical/chemical treatment, hazardous waste management, solids and hazardous waste engineering, industrial water pollution control, etc. His research is in the areas of water quality management and river restoration; biological treatment of toxic organic compounds; biological nutrient removal, hazardous waste treatment; mass transport in the environment; fate of organic compounds in water and wastewater treatment processes; computer-aided design of water and wastewater treatment plants; and reuse of scrap vehicle tires as a contaminant sorbent. He has published one book and over 200 journal articles. He has been a consultant to many governments, institutions, utilities, and companies from all over the world.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Gary Leeke is Chair in Chemcial Engineering and Head of the Bioenergy and Resource Management Centre at Cranfield University, UK. His research interests lie in the areas of recycling enabling technologies and resource efficiency. He has expertise in high pressure engineering and thermo-chemical processing, specifically in reaction engineering, separation technology, flow reactors, and their applications to polymer/composite processing and remanufacture, mixed plastic waste and the circular economy. He leads the EXHUME project in the UK investigating the deconstruction of fibre reinforced composites. Gary sits on the Composites Leadership Forum Sustainability Working Group for Composites UK

Recycling, waste management, Thermo chemical processing, sustainability, urbanism etc

Francois O. Méar has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Montpellier II University and postdoctoral studies from Cambridge and Tohoku University. He is assistant professor at Lille I University and specificly in the Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry Unit. FOM is working on the formulation of glass matrices for unconventional applications (e.g. containment matrices for nuclear waste, seals glass for SOFC) and on the synthesis of self-healing glassy matrices. He has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals, 1 patent and 2 book chapters.

Innovative glass formulation, Functional glass with phosphates, Special glasses, Physical and chemical characterization – Structural investigation

Dr. Fini is the Director of the International Innovation Network for Construction Materials, Methods and Management (ICM3), Senior Sustainability Scientist and, Associate professor of School of Sustainable Engineering and Built Environment at Arizona State University. She is also J. W. Fulbright Scholar of Aalborg University of Denmark

Her achievements were recognized via multiple awards including an NSF CAREER award, ASEE Gerald Seeley award, BEYA Emerald STEM Innovation award, and NC BioTech Research Excellence award.

Takashi Ano is a professor of Kindai University. He lives in Osaka, Japan. His bachelor, master and doctor degrees were awarded from Osaka University. His major fields are biocontrol agents, and microbial fuel cell aimed for the sustainable society, and has published many papers in the field (https://researchmap.jp/read0008399/?lang=english). He had worked in Tokyo Institute of Technology for 20 years as a research associate, and an associate professor.

Biocontrol agents, and Microbial fuel

Valery S. Petrosyan passed his PhD examination at Department of Chemistry of M.V. Lomonosov University at the age of 25, has been for the postgraduate research at Caltech (Pasadena, California) at the age of 35 and passed his D.Sc. examination at Department of Chemistry of M.V. Lomonosov University at the age of 37. He is now deputy general director for R&D at JSC “RT-Invest”, Distinguished professor at Department of Chemistry of M.V. Lomonosov University and Vice-President of Russian academy of natural sciences. He has published more than 500 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Solid Municipal Waste, Food and Vegetation residues

Mr. Muhammad Usman, Former Director General of Agricultural Research System, Govt. of Pakistan who retired from service after a spotless career of about 35 years (1974-2009) with senior level experience work on the research and development of integrated agricultural industries like livestock and dairy development, aquaculture and fishery, apiculture and poultry, on a sustainable way.

Sustainability Focus on the Future of Agriculture, Energy, Industry, Food and Nutrition.

Hiroshan Hettiarachchi is a civil engineering professor from the United States and currently serving as the Head of Unit – Waste Management at the United Nations University (UNU-FLORES) which is an integral part of the United Nations system. Before joining UNU in 2013, he previously served at Lawrence Technological University, in Michigan, USA, where he held the position of Director of Civil Engineering Graduate Programs from 2010 to 2013. His work covers multiple topics including, sustainability, circular economy, environmental resources management, waste management, and geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering.

circular economy, environmental resources management, waste management

Professor Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani (PhD) is a Full Professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, IRAN. His scientific research interests include the Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, Solid Waste and Disposal, Air Quality and Health, Water treatment, Drinking Water and Health, Air Pollution and Human Health, Environmental Toxicology and Human Risk Assessment. He is the author of various research studies published at national and international journals, conference proceedings and Head of several research project at the TUMS. He has authored 8 books and more than 150 full papers published in peer- reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member and reviewer in many internal and international journals and is member of several international science committees around the world. He has supervisor and advisor PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS.

Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, Solid Waste and Disposal, Air Quality and Health

Abdussamatov Habibullo Ismailovich: born October 27, 1940 in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan). Education: Samarkand State University (1962), faculty of physics and mathematics; graduate courses in Leningrad State University (1965-1967), faculty of mathematics and mechanics; postgraduate course in Pulkovo Observatory (1966-1969). Works in Pulkovo Observatory since 1964: researcher trainee (1964-1966), postgraduate (1966-1969), junior researcher (1969-1982), senior researcher (1982-1999), leading researcher (1999-2004), head of the Space Research Sector (2004-2006), head of the Space Research laboratory (2006-2010). At the present time – head of the Space Research Sector of the Sun at Pulkovo Observatory (since 2010) and the head of the Lunar Optical Observatory project. He is an expert in the area of solar physics and of the solar-terrestrial physics as well as the climate. He is independent scientist on natural climate change issues. He is featured on page 140 of the 2009 U.S. Senate Report of More Than 700 Dissenting Scientists Over Man-Made Global Warming. The European Scientific-Industrial Chamber in 2013 presented him with a gold medal for exceptional achievements (No. 0188). He is the author of some180 scientific publications, including four scientific monographs, and seven scientific patents.

Physics and Mathematics

Dr.T.S.Devaraja, Professor of Commerce and farmer Director of Post Graduate Centre, University of Mysore, Hassan, India. He received his Master of Commerce Post Graduate Degree and Ph.D., degree in Commerce from the University of Mysore. Devaraja is the Post Doctoral Fellow from the Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. He is DAAD Fellow by India and Germany international collaborative project - UGC- DAAD-PPP-2013. Dr. Devaraja worked with this collaborative project titled “An Economic Evaluation of Multi Commodity Exchange in Marketing of Carbon Credits in the framework of UNFCCC-Indian to Germany”, in collaboration with Faculty of Economics, Chair for Energy Trading and Financial Services, University of Duisburg, Essen, Germany. He is the lead collaborator for two international projects in the area of CDM and carbon credits marketing. Devaraja is a visiting research fellow, University of Presov, Faculty of Management, Presov, SLOVAKIA,(2009-2010).

Business and Management

Professor Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani (PhD) is a Full Professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, IRAN. His scientific research interests include the Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, Solid Waste and Disposal, Air Quality and Health, Water treatment, Drinking Water and Health, Air Pollution and Human Health, Environmental Toxicology and Human Risk Assessment. He is the author of various research studies published at national and international journals, conference proceedings and Head of several research project at the TUMS. He has authored 8 books and more than 150 full papers published in peer- reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member and reviewer in many internal and international journals and is member of several international science committees around the world. He has supervisor and advisor PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS.

Environmental Science and Sustainable Development,Solid Waste and Disposal,Water treatment