Dr Abhishek Asthana is the Director of Hallam Energy, the energy research group at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU). In 2009, he co-founded Hallam Energy and has since led and delivered 67 projects of industrial energy research and consultancy. He has won £9.1 million external funding, co-authored 39 scientific papers and 1 book, invented 4 patents and developed 5 commercial software packages. He is the course director for BEng Energy Engineering and MEng and BEng Chemical Engineering programs at the university. In 2015, he established a Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) in Energy to train PhD students conducting energy research. The DTA has now grown to 120 PhD students and 180 Supervisors across 15 British Universities in the University Alliance, UK, and Abhishek is currently its Deputy Director. He also recently led the alliance to success in winning €6.5 Million funding from the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND to further expand the DTA program. Abhishek is a reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals and the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Industrial Energy

Dehua Zheng has completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China in 1982 and 1987, respectively. He has also graduated another M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada in 1995. His profesional experience includes the Manitoba Hydropower Company, University of Manitoba MB Canada (he involved in the PSCAD & RTDS development teams), Saskachewan Polytech Institute SK Canada, China Goldwind Science and Technology Co., Ltd., and others. Dehua Zheng is currently a Deputy Director of China Smart Distribution System & Decentralized Generation Committee, Deputy Director of China National Wind Power Engineering Technology Research Center, Chief Scientist of Goldwind Science and Technology Co., Ltd., IEC project leader for IEC/TS 62898-3-1: Microgrids – Technical Requirements – Protection and Dynamic Control, IEEE Senior Member, and registered senior electrical engineer, PhD. professor in many universities. He is also leading the Microgrid and Energy Internet Technology and Business in China, and devotes himself to research and development of Chinese and world microgrid and energy internet technology.

A comprehensive protection and dynamic control strategy for microgrids with high renewable energy penetration

Essam Eldin Khalil Hassan Khalil is an Egyptian Mechanical Engineer. Khalil is a professor in the mechanical power department at Cairo University. He is the author and co-author of several international researches in HVAC field. He has many years of experience in delivering courses in air-conditioning to University, college students, to building managers and maintenance staff in both the industrial and commercial sectors in Egypt, the Arabian countries and worldwide. He has been selected by various universities and international organisations to lecture to graduate and post graduate level engineers, managers, supervisors and operating personnel on the subjects of HVAC design and optimisation, HVAC system management, energy utilization, waste heat recovery, plant management and other related subjects.

Thermal Power, Combustion, Environmental Engineering and Heat Transfer

Professor Niu obtained his BSc in HVAC (Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) engineering in 1983, and MSc in Thermal Engineering in 1986 from Tsinghua University, and received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University of Technology in 1994. From 1986 to 1989, he worked as an assistant professor and then lecturer at Tsinghua University, and in between also won the CBI overseas scholarship to work as an exchange R&D engineer for 6 months in UK. Since joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1994, he has been teaching subjects covering Thermofluids, Heat Transfer, Air-conditioning System Design and Analysis, and Indoor Air Quality Engineering. He has successfully supervised 7 PhD students and over 20 Master students. He has broad research interests in low-energy air-conditioning technologies and modeling of indoor air quality. He also provides consultancy services to the building management on diagnosis of indoor air quality and audit of building energy uses. He has obtained over 20 research grants from Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC), the university and other funding bodies, authoring and co-authoring nearly 200 technical papers including over 80 internationally reviewed journal papers and giving many invited technical presentations.

Energy, Audit of Building Energy Uses

Dr Terence Goh is a Deputy Director at Singapore Power, Singapore’s electrical transmission and distribution network with more than two decades of experience in energy systems related to microgrid and mobile applications. He holds a PhD, DIC from Imperial College London, a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Manchester and a Physics degree from the National University of Singapore.Previously with DNVGL, he was the Energy Storage Lead for APAC and the Centre of Excellence Leader for Energy Storage and Smart Grid for Singapore as well. He had managed several projects in rural electrifications, microgrid and on-grid energy storage projects across the Asia Pacific countries. He is an authority and thought leader on Energy Storage and has been both panel chairman and speaker at several international conferences

Microgrid, Photovoltaic

Meng N I received his PhD from The University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Young Scientist Award in 2007. He joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in July 2009 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to an Associate Professor in 2012 and a Full Professor in July 2016. His research focuses on solid oxide fuel cells. He is a Humboldt Fellow. He is an Associate Editor for Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Frontiers in Environmental Science, and Sustainable Buildings. He is also an Editorial Board member for 7 journals including International Journal of Energy Research.

Fuel cells and electrolyzers for power generation or fuel conversion, Rechargeable batteries for energy storage, Numerical heat and mass transfer, ie. Microfluidics, Energy recovery from waste treatment, Sustainable building technologies

Dr. Liang An received his Bachelor degree in Thermal and Power Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). After graduation, he worked as a visiting scholar and a postdoctoral fellow in the same research group. His research interests are in the area of clean energy-conversion technologies and renewable energy-storage technologies. He has particular research interests in fuel cells, lithium-based batteries, flow batteries, and water electrolysis.

Thermofluid; Energy conversion and storage technologies; Advanced materials

He is a lecturer of Hydrology and Hydro-technical Structures at undergraduate study programme of Environmental Engineering. Course lecturer of Hydrology of River Basins, Water Supply and Drainage and Hydro-technical structures II at graduate study programme of Environmental Engineering.Member of the committees and working groups on the faculty, member of the technical board of journal "Inženjerstvo okoliša".

Hydrology,Applied Hydrology,Environmental Hydrology

Dr Terence Goh is a Deputy Director at Singapore Power, Singapore’s electrical transmission and distribution network with more than two decades of experience in energy systems related to microgrid and mobile applications. He holds a PhD, DIC from Imperial College London, a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Manchester and a Physics degree from the National University of Singapore.Previously with DNVGL, he was the Energy Storage Lead for APAC and the Centre of Excellence Leader for Energy Storage and Smart Grid for Singapore as well. He had managed several projects in rural electrifications, microgrid and on-grid energy storage projects across the Asia Pacific countries. He is an authority and thought leader on Energy Storage and has been both panel chairman and speaker at several international conferences

Microgrid, Photovoltaic

Professor Sayma obtained BSc in Mechanical Engineering with Distinction from Birzeit University in Palestine in 1987, MSc in Energy Technology from Salford University in 1990 and PhD from UMIST in 1994. His thesis topic was Finite Element model for dense gas dispersion in the atmosphere. He joined the Aeronautics department at Imperial College London in 1994 on EPSRC funded project as a research assistant where he worked on the development of an external aerodynamic compressible flow model introducing boundary layer grids and viscous effects in the Euler solver. In 1996, he joined the Rolls Royce Vibration University Technology Centre (VUTC) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, where he stayed for about 9 years. He progressed to a Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow and then Principal Research Fellow. In 2001, he was awarded the title RolIs Royce reaserch fellow at Imperial College and in 2003 he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow co-funded by Rolls-Royce Plc. During his spell at the VUTC, he was one of two main developers for the unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelatisity code AU3D which has been the main aeroelasticity system at Rolls Royce. He also contributed to several major aero-engine projects including analysis of compressors, fans, turbines, rotating cavities, intake and bypass ducts and downstream nozzles. In 2005 he became a Senior Lecturer in Computational Mechanics at Brunel University. A year later, he was given a Chair in Computational Fluid Dynamics at the University of Sussex where he worked at the Thermo-Fluid Mechanics Research Centre (TFMRC) at the Department of Engineering and Design. He continued to lead research in unsteady compressible flow in turbomacinery, where he focused on industrial gas turbines and micro-gas turbines. He held several senior administrative positions, the last of which was the Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange for the School of Engineering and Informatics. He also introduced a new MSc in Sustainable Energy Technology. In January 2013, he joined City University London as a Professor of Energy Engineering. He is currently leading EU FP7 consortium for conducting research and demonstration of a concentrated solar power system powering a small-scale micro-gas turbine. He is also conducting research in waste heat recovery using small scale Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) in addition to continued activity in turbomachinery CFD and aeroelasticity.He has been an active member of the European Turbine Network (ETN), based in Brussels, which coordinates European industrial gas turbine activities across the whole value chain. He has been the chairman of the Cycle Efficiency Technical Committee and he is currently a member of the ETN project board.

Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroelaticity, Gas Turbines for jet propulsion, Industrial gas Turbines, Micro-gas turbines, Energy systems including solar power and waste heat recovery

BSc in Chemistry & Physics in 1995 and MSc in Catalysis in 1996 at the University of Bucharest (UB), Romania. PhD in Catalysis in 2002 at the Institute of Catalysis – University Lyon 1, France. CNRS post-doctoral researcher at the Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, France, from October 2006 to September 2007. Habilitation in Catalysis in 2013 at UB. Associate Professor at UB from 2005, currently in charge of Chemical Technology and Catalytic Materials courses. Senior Researcher at the Research Center for Catalysts and Catalytic Processes of UB from 2007. Research interests cover the field of catalysis by metal oxides. More than 70 publications including a book chapter.

Research interests cover the field of catalysis by metal oxides.

Dr. Liang An received his Bachelor degree in Thermal and Power Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). After graduation, he worked as a visiting scholar and a postdoctoral fellow in the same research group. His research interests are in the area of clean energy-conversion technologies and renewable energy-storage technologies. He has particular research interests in fuel cells, lithium-based batteries, flow batteries, and water electrolysis.

Thermofluid; Energy conversion and storage technologies; Advanced materials

Jim Witham’s career has focused on bringing new technology, like GaN Systems’ world’s best performing power transistors, to the Electronics market. Witham joined GaN Systems from Neoconix, a manufacturer of high density, miniature connectors. As CEO of Neoconix, he successfully implemented strategic changes which dramatically increased revenue and resulted in the company’s acquisition by Unimicron Technology. Prior to Neoconix, Witham was CEO of Fultec Semiconductor, where his team made circuit protection devices using high voltage silicon, silicon carbide and gallium nitride (GaN) transistors. Fultec was acquired by circuit protection market leader Bourns. Witham has also held VP Sales & Marketing positions at Aegis Semiconductor, a tunable filter semiconductor manufacturer and Genoa, a semiconductor optical amplifier manufacturer. Other notable career highlights include senior executive positions at Raychem, including General Manager of the Raychem Interconnect Division and Director of Asia Sales & Marketing, based in Japan, for the Raychem Circuit Protection Division. As an Engineering Specialist at General Dynamics’ Space System Division during the eighties, Witham designed fluid systems for the Space Shuttle and was on Mission Control for interplanetary missions. Witham holds an MBA from Harvard and both M.S. and B.S. with distinction in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford.

renewable energy storage

Dr. Gabbar is a Professor in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, and cross appointed in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. He is the recipient of the Senior Research Excellence Aware for 2016, UOIT, for his scholarly research in the areas of smart energy grids, gas-power systems, resilient transportation infrastructures, and plasma-based waste-to-energy technologies. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1988 with first class of honor from Alexandria University. In 2001, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Okayama University. In 2001, he joined Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), and from 2004, he joined Okayama University. He has been successful in attracting national and international funds where his research is widely recognized and reflected to more than 220 publications, including patents, books, chapters, and journal and conference papers. He is the founder and chair of Smart Energy Grid Engineering Annual Conference (SEGE).

Micro Energy Grids, Gas-Power Grids, Waste-to-Energy, Transportation Infrastructures, Hybrid Fuel, Flywheel-Based Energy Storage

Dehua Zheng has completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from North China Electric Power University, Baoding, China in 1982 and 1987, respectively. He has also graduated another M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada in 1995. His profesional experience includes the Manitoba Hydropower Company, University of Manitoba, China National Wind Power Engineering Technology Research center, Goldwind Science and Technology, and many others. Dehua Zheng is an IEEE Senior Member, registered senior electrical engineer of North America, deputy director of China National Wind Power Engineering Technology Research Center and IEC project leader for IEC/TS 62898-3-1: Microgrids – Technical Requirements - Protection. Currently, as the Chief Scientist and Engineer of Goldwind Science & Technology, he is leading the Microgrid Platform R&D Institute and devotes himself to research and development of Chinese and world microgrid technology

Renewable Energy, Micro Grids

Zhang Dao Hua received his MSc degree from Shandong University, and PhD degree from the University of New South Wales. He joined the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technology, Singapore in 1991 and is currently a professor, Deputy Director of Centre of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, Program Director of Photonic Nano-Structures and Applications. Professor Zhang’s main research interests include semiconductor materials, devices and technology, photonic metamaterials and applications. He has successfully completed over 20 research projects including the first $10M Competitive Research Program (CRP) of NTU as Lead PI. He has published over 470 papers in international journals (including Nature Communications, Light: Science and Application, Advanced Materials, Small, Advanced Optical Materials, ACS Photonics, Nanoscale and Scientific Reports) and international conferences, 6 books/proceedings, and 3 book chapters. He is Fellow of Institute of Physics, and Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Plasmonic structures, enhanced absorption, photocurrent.

Terry Cooke is founder of the China Partnership of Greater Philadelphia (CPGP), a 501(c)3 non-profit platform fostering collaboration between the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and China in sustainable city infrastructure. Terry Cooke is a seasoned practitioner of Asian cross-border business and investment in clean energy and related high-tech fields. For the cleantech frontier in China, Terry brings broad context, unique insight, and an unparalleled range of contacts. Across the spectrum of technology innovation, Terry has decades of Asian in-country engagement at the ministerial level of government, with the private sector’s C-suite, and with the world’s premiere multi-stakeholder organization at Davos.

Clean Energy

Majid Ghassemi is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at the K. N. Toosi University of Technology in Tehran, Iran. Professor Ghassemi has over 20 years of academic and industrial experience and served as the President of the K. N. Toosi University of Technology from 2010 through 2013. Professor Ghassemi has also served in several public and private boards and panels and supervised several undergraduate, masters and PhD students, published several books and many journal and conference papers. He is currently an Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Prevention and Treatment and Managing Editor of the American Journal of Mechanical Engineering (AJME) as well as Editorial Board member for many international journals. He also serves as member in several international conferences. Professor Ghassemi received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1993.

Proton conducting SOFC, CFD, Micro, Planar, Fuel Cell, Clean Energy.

BK Sharma joined the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) in 2009 and is a Senior Research Engineer in the Applied Research on Industrial Environmental Systems Program (ARIES) Group at ISTC. BK's research areas are biofuels, biolubricants, and alternative fuels. In February 2016, BK was elected as fellow of Society of Tribology & Lubrication Engineers

Biofuels, Green Energy, Renewable Energy

Ximing Cai’s current research areas include coupled human-natural system analysis with an emphasis on human interferences in hydrological processes, water-energy-food system modeling especially in dry areas, and sustainable water resources management particularly in developing countries. He has authored or co-authored more than 125 peer-reviewed journal papers, three books and several monographs. He currently serves as Editor for Water Resources Research the flagship journal of water resources, published by the American Geophysical Union, and on the editorial board of other major water journals. He has received several awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award and best paper awards from Water International and the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. He has worked as a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations and other international agencies.

Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems

Dr. Sebastian Helgenberger leads the “Multiple Benefits of Renewables” project at IASS Potsdam. In their research activities and international science-policy dialogues Sebastian and his team are giving particular emphasis on the social and economic benefits of renewable energies as drivers of accelerated transitions towards sustainable energy for all. Sebastian graduated in Environmental Sciences at Leuphana University Lüneburg and conducted his master thesis at ETH Zurich on knowledge co-creation among science and society in sustainability transformations. He also holds a PhD in socio-economics. Throughout his career Sebastian Helgenberger has been committed to advancing and experimenting with the transformative potential of science and research to accompany societal change.

Transdisciplinary Panel on Energy (TPEC)

Aaron Praktiknjo has been an Assistant Professor of Energy Resource and Innovation Economics at RWTH Aachen University since 2015. Before joining RWTH Aachen, he was a team leader and lecturer at the Institute for Energy Engineering, TU Berlin, and served as a consultant for national and international agencies and companies. After studying industrial and civil engineering, he completed his PhD on the topic of energy supply security at the Chair of Energy Systems at TU Berlin, graduating in 2013 with highest honors. He has received awards for his research from the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and the European Energy Exchange (EEX).

Energy Systems Analysis, Safety of the power supply,Design and modeling of energy markets

Wolfram Sparber is currently working as chairman of the executive board of Alperia spa. Alperia spa is a company which arose from the merging of the two regional energy utilities SEL spa and AEW spa. From November 2011 till December 2015 Wolfram Sparber was chairman of the board of administration of SEL spa and of several daughter companies. Since 2011 he is Vice President of the Board of the European Technology Platform Renewable Heating and Cooling.

Sustainable energy systems for regions and cities, Integrated renewable energy concpets for buildings

Peter NOVAK completed his Ph.D. degree in Technical Sciences, University of Belgrade in 1975. Peter NOVAK was professor for HVAC, Renewable energy and Environment and dean at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. Hi is professor emeritus of Faculty for technology and systems, Novo mesto. Hi is owner of consultant company Energotech. At present is involved in preparation of energy concept of Slovenia for Slovenian government. He is associated with ASHRAE (Fellow and Life member). In the International Institute of Refrigeration served eight years as president of Commission E1 for Air Conditioning (now Honorary Member of IIR) and past Vice chairman of Scientific Committee at European Environmental Agency, Copenhagen (2012-2016). Hi is also honorary member of REHVA, SLOSE, and SITHOK. More than twelve years hi was served as member of Environmental Council of Slovenia.

Sustainable Energy, Biomass, Renewable energy resources

Dr Dansoh is a Chartered PhD qualified engineer with over 30 years’ experience in multi discipline industrial environments. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in renewable energy technologies at Kingston University in London.

Biomass and Biofuels, fuel cells and Hydrogen, wind and Solar power and ocean energy systems, such as wave and tidal power

Professor Buxing Han received Ph.D. degree at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1988, and did postdoctoral research from 1989 to 1991 at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has been a professor at Institute of Chemistry, CAS since 1993

physicochemical properties of green solvent systems, green solvents in green chemistry, green energy