Amedeo Amoresano Ph.D. Associate Professor of Energy Systems at the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II. Since 2004, consultant to the Italian government on innovative energy systems. Responsible of National (Operative National Programme),and European Projects. He is currently associated partner in the EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) committee for the Concentrated Solar Power, Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes programmes and Artificial Intelligence applied to energy systems.

Dr. Amr Saleh is an Associate Professor of Economics and a Senior Economic Adviser with extensive international experience in economic policy, sustainable development, and public administration. He currently serves as a Senior Economic Adviser to the Chairman of the Economic Department in the UAE and has previously been appointed as Senior Policy Adviser to the Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, where he coordinated USAID-funded environmental projects valued at over USD 220 million. Dr. Saleh has worked closely with major international organizations, including the World Bank, UNDP, IFC, USAID, and the World Economic Forum, contributing to policy design, institutional reform, and capacity-building initiatives across the MENA region and beyond. He has taught economics, public administration, and strategic management in several Arab countries and in France at the University of Orléans. With more than 150 training programs delivered globally, his expertise spans sustainable development, governance, economic competitiveness, policy evaluation, and organizational transformation. He is also a frequent media commentator on global and regional socio-economic issues and has contributed to landmark publications such as the Egypt National Competitiveness Report and the Arab Report on Culture of Development.

Dr. Richard Navarro, CEO of Renewable Ocean Energy, Inc, and inventor, has 14 inventions, 6 patents issued, 1 pending, 160 presentations, and authored Resurrection of the Blue Planet. He holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science, cum laude from Western Michigan University, is a former professor, and serial entrepreneur with over 50 years of experience despite being severely hearing impaired. He has a passion for protecting the Earth and finding innovative solutions to common problems and leads a team of engineers and businesspeople.

Adjunct Professor Peer Schenk is a Plant Scientist and Microbiologist who is passionate about using plants, algae and beneficial bacteria to provide sustainable solutions to industry. As an Adjunct to the Centre for Bioinnovation at UniSC, and the founding Director of the Sustainable Solutions Hub, he bridges the gap between academia and industry. Adjunct Professor Schenk has over 30 years’ experience in R&D in Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, leading to five start-up companies, seven patents and >250 scientific papers with ~2,500 citations per year. He specialises in Plant-Microbe Interactions, Bioprocess Engineering and Regenerative Agriculture, and developed the emerging industries in large-scale Algae Cultivation and Plant Microbiome Engineering in Australia and overseas.

Sir Santilli is an Italian-American scientist who graduated in theoretical physics from the University of Naples, Italy, in July, 1960; obtained his Ph. D. at the University of Torino, Italy, in 1965; and then emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1967 where he was on the faculty of the University of Miami, Boston University, MIT, and Harvard University under financial support from NASA, UFOSR and DOE. In 1991 he accepted the position of President and Professor at the Institute for Basic Research in Florida. He is the author of 359 papers published in refereed journals and twenty post Ph. D. monographs in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology; he is the Editor of a number of scientific journals in mathematics and physics and was awarded twelve U. S. patents. He is internationally known for developing new mathematics (known as Santilli's Lie-admissible, Lie-isotopic and isodual mathematics) for the construction of hadronic mechanics, chemistry and biology, and for the verification of the 1935 Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument that "quantum mechanics is not a complete theory." These discoveries lead to the prediction of new environmental technologies, incompatible with quantum mechanics but fully compatible with hadronic mechanics, which he developed as Chief Scientist at various U. S. publicly traded and private companies. Ruggero Maria Santilli was knighted with the title of Sir on September 8, 2011, by the Republic of San Marino with the Membership in the Millenary Equestrian Order of Sant’Agata. Additionally, Sir R.M. Santilli has received: the Gold Medal from the Universite' d'Orleans, France, on January 6, 1982; the Nomination among the most illustrious applied mathematicians if all times by the Estonia Academy of Sciences in June 9, 1990; a dedication to his name of a lecture hall by the Australian Science and Research Center on September 9, 1992; the Scientific Prize of the Mediterranean Foundation on January 2, 2009; the Frey International Sustainability Award on November 9, 2016; and the "Stella d'Italia" (Star of Italy) with the title of "Cavaliere" from the Italian President Sergio Mattarella on May 31, 2018; and other important awards.

Dr. Jaroslav Jerz has completed his PhD from Vienna University of Technology (Austria) with dissertation dedicated to the development of aluminum foam by powder metallurgy. He is materials scientist at the Institute of Materials & Machine Mechanics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava (Slovakia). His scientific work is devoted to advanced metallic materials, development of technologies for their industrial production and transfer of knowledge gained by material research into industrial practice.

Stefano is a Mechanical Engineer with almost 30 years of experience in the energy space. He started as Project Engineer in Ansaldo Energia (large EPC contractor in CCGT market) and the he moved to Axpo Italia (at the time EGL) to start from scratch their Italian power trading business. In 2005 he founded Elettrogreen (then sold to Engie – at the time Gaz de France) and in 2012 EGO Energy (now part of Shell Group). EGO Energy is among the strongest renewable energy traders in Italy, much expert in flexibility, aggregation and optimization services – it is also the pioneer in long-term PPA, BESS tolling-agreement and VPP Italian market. Stefano is also member of the Board of Directors of the main energy trade associations in Italy (Elettricità Futura and Italia Solare).

Dr. Simmons is the Director of the Biological Systems and Engineering Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He also serves as the Chief Science and Technology Officer and Vice-President of the Deconstruction Division at the Joint BioEnergy Institute, a DOE Office of Science funded project tasked with the development and realization of advanced biofuels and bioproducts produced from sustainable, non-food lignocellulosic biomass. After spending 15 years at Sandia National Laboratories, he joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 2016. He has over 450 publications and holds more than 50 patents.

Antti Saurama is an economic geographer specialized in transportation, manufacturing, and industrial services with focus on innovations, value creation, and business models. He currently works as Director and Head of the Innovation Research Centre CCR at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland. His previous engagements include i.a. Head of research unit of the Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku. Saurama has over 25 years of research, development, and analysis expertise from the transportation sector, technology, and manufacturing industries including over 50 industry-academia R&D-projects, national and European research platforms, and corporate market insights.

Dr. Masoud Babaei is an Associate Professor of Subsurface Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester. Since 2014, he has led a research team focused on developing advanced and computationally efficient predictive tools for a wide range of energy and environmental applications. His research expertise encompasses Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs), Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs), membrane technologies for CO₂ separation, Underground Gas and Hydrogen Storage (UGS/UHS), Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS). Dr. Babaei's work also includes fluid characterization and treatment of geofluids under both isothermal and non-isothermal conditions, as well as innovative integrated energy systems. His research contributes significantly to sustainable energy technologies, particularly in the fields of subsurface energy storage, carbon management, and combined heat and power applications such as CO₂ Plume Geothermal systems, where carbon dioxide is utilized to extract geothermal energy from underground reservoirs. Through his interdisciplinary research, Dr. Babaei continues to advance solutions for global energy sustainability and decarbonization challenges.

Pedro Henrique Kool is the Executive Director of Guofuhee Brasil, a global leader in hydrogen technologies and integrated energy solutions. With a background in chemical engineering and over 18 years of experience in process engineering, industrial operations, and international business development, Pedro has been actively leading strategic initiatives in the energy transition sector. His work focuses on the development of large-scale green hydrogen, Power-to-X applications, and industrial decarbonization projects across Brazil and Latin America. He has been closely involved in partnerships with governments, research institutions, and private sector players to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen ecosystems and sustainable industrial solutions.

Yutaka Moritomo has completed his PhD in physics from University of Tokyo and postdoctoral studies from University of Tokyo. Now, he is the director of division of materials for energy storage and conversion, Tsukuba Research center of Energy Material Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba. He has published more than 200 papers (total citation is 23,000, h =63, i10 = 237.).

Laurent Calame graduated from the School of Engineering and Business of the Canton of Vaud (HEIG-VD) in Yverdon-les-Bains. He worked for 5 years at the Laboratory for Application of Physics and Emerging Technologies (MNT-LAPTE) on two new lighting technologies (LED and plasma lamps). In 2009, Laurent won a grant from HEIG-VD to start the Lumartix project. In 2010, Laurent co-founded Lumartix and won two awards at the Geneva Inventions Fair; he filed two patents on the plasma lamp and improved its design to accelerate commercialization. Laurent serves as the CEO of Lumartix and fully devotes his time to the company's growth, a role he has held for 16 years.

Tapas K. Das, PhD, PE, BCEE, FAIChE, FICS, is a Chemical and Environmental Engineer, a Fellow member of the American Institute of Engineers and Indian Chemical Society; Past Chair of the AIChE's Environmental Division; Former Chair of the Air Pollution Control Committee of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) and Board of Trustee with the Academy; former senior environmental engineer at the Washington Department of Ecology; as an Adjunct Faculty Member and Visiting Professor, since 2005 Prof. Das has been teaching over 16 different undergraduate & graduate courses in Civil, Environmental, & Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Management programs at Saint Martin's University, Washington; taught number of short courses; formerly Assistant Professor in Paper Science and Chemical Engineering Department and the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; supervised MS and PhD students; served as an external examiner for Chem. Eng. Program at the University of Surrey, UK, IIT Roorkee and Calcutta University. Prof. Das is a recipient of the Professor S. K. Sharma Medal and CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award for 2007 given by the Development Organization for Sustainable Transformation (DOST), Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE); and the recipient of the AIChE Environmental Division Service Award in 2016. Dr. Das holds a BS in Chemical Engineering (1973 Batch) from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, and PhD from Bradford University, England. Prof. Das was a postdoctoral fellow at London’s Imperial College of Science, Technology, and a visiting scientist at Princeton University. He has wide practical and theoretical experience in various areas including air toxics and aerosols, advanced industrial wastewater treatment for water reuse, solid waste management and combustion, profitable process pollution prevention, reuse, recycle, redesign, environmental process intensification, circular economy, life cycle process or product design as a tool for innovation, industrial ecology and eco-industrial park, sustainable engineering, and sustainability. Dr. Das is a registered professional engineer (PE) in the states of Washington and Wisconsin. Prof. Das serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, published by International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water. Prof. Das is the author of two books and one co-edited book: Industrial Environmental Management: Engineering, and Science and Policy, 1e (John Wiley & Sons, 2020)(Industrial Environmental Management: Engineering, Science, and Policy | Wiley); Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention (John Wiley & Sons, 2005) (Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention | Wiley); Mondal, S., Das, P., Mondal, S.P., Pandey, J.K., and Das, T.K. (eds.)(2024) “Remediation of Plastic and Microplastic Waste”, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.Remediation of Plastic and Microplastic Waste eBook : Mondal, Surajit, Das, Papita, Mondal, Arnab, Paul, Subhankar, Pandey, Jitendra Kumar, Das, Tapas K.: Books and 16 book chapters, and over 50 publications.

Huadan Zheng is a Full Professor and Director of the Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory at Jinan University, China, and currently serves as Deputy Director of the Office of Academic Affairs. His research focuses on laser and photoacoustic spectroscopy, fiber and optical sensors, and advanced sensing technologies. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, holds over 30 patents, and has received more than 4,000 citations (h-index 36). Prof. Zheng has led 12 competitive research projects as principal investigator and has been recognized with several prestigious honors, including the Young Top-Tier Talent of Guangdong Province and inclusion in Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists list.

PhD-Eng. Jose I. ROJAS is an Associate Professor from the Department of Physics – Division of Aerospace Engineering, of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC BarcelonaTECH), in Spain. After obtaining his MEng. in Aerospace Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSIA UPM), in Madrid (Spain), Dr. Rojas worked as intern in the Division of Development of the Air Navigation System (DDSNA) of Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA), in Madrid. Later, he joined UPC, where he has made research in various National and International R&D projects within the Research Group on Characterization of Materials (GCM): the viscoelastic properties of aerospace aluminium alloys, and composite material applications in the aerospace sector and in concentrated solar power, and, more recently, wind resource assessment focused mainly on thermal winds, and active flow control applications in wind turbines. To continuously improve his formation, he has been student at: the 2005 Community of Ariane Cities (CVA) Summer School, in Barcelona (Spain); the 8th Minerva Winter School, Weizmann Institute of Science, in Rehovot (Israel); and the Summer Session Program (SSP) 2007 of the International Space University (ISU)-Beihang University, in Beijing (China). He has also done a pre-doctoral research stay as Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in Vancouver (Canada), and a post-doctoral research stay at ACMM-University of Sydney (Australia). Finally, he worked as intern in the Air Transport Section (ATS), Dept. of Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO), United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY (USA), where he worked on heliport certification, and he was representative of the NGO Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC). He is also proud of his contributions to the Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Aerospace Eng. at UPC, where he has imparted lessons, co-designed and coordinated various subjects and activities, e.g., the Model Rocket Workshop (awarded twice; once with Honorific Mention from the Jury in the 10th Ed. of the Awards to Quality in University Education of the Social Council of the UPC), etc. At present day, he is the Academic Coordinator of the Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering of EETAC-UPC and Coordinator of the PhD Doctoral Program in Aerospace Science and Engineering.

Dr. Yang Hu, who obtained his PhD from Wuhan University in 2021 and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Tsinghua University in 2023, has formulated strategic plans for several companies, serving as CEO or holding corresponding positions. He focuses on the research and engineering industrialization application of new materials, with research and industrialization content covering energy catalysis (zero-carbon electrochemical ammonia synthesis, medium-high temperature fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, nano and mesoporous material preparation, atmospheric water extraction), environmental protection (high-efficiency SCR reaction using liquid ammonia instead of urea, hydrogen sulfide gas separation), and semiconductor materials (photoresist). He has participated in and completed dozens of national-level projects in China, and published nearly 30 high-level papers and patents. His current major achievements include: 1. Zero-carbon electrochemical green ammonia synthesis (Magnesium Chloride Cycle, MCC method for ammonia synthesis) - a world first; 2. Development of high-efficiency tail gas treatment system using liquid ammonia (HSCR technology) - a world first, with engineering practice and commercial implementation in China; 3. Development and industrialization of the world's first high-etching-resistant electron beam photoresist - a world first, with commercial practice. Dr. Yang Hu started his entrepreneurial journey during his PhD studies, mainly focusing on environmental protection, energy, and information data issues in social development. He aims to promote industrial upgrading and development through the research and engineering marketization application of new materials, driving high-quality green development of human society and resource environment in a coordinated manner. Dr. Yang Hu is willing to work with numerous collaborators to promote the beautiful development of society and achieve the beauty of integration.

Dr. Nivin Abdelmeguid is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt. Her research addresses the nexus of energy, environment, and sustainable development with a focus on climate policy. She earned her PhD in Euro-Mediterranean Studies, specializing in energy and environmental economics. Beyond academia, she serves as a consultant for national and international organizations, including the Egyptian Ministry of Environment, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Egypt), and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group. Dr. Abdelmeguid was a Lead Author for Egypt’s 2024 Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), contributing to key chapters on institutional arrangements and the progress tracking toward nationally determined contributions in the energy sector. In addition, she was selected as an Expert Reviewer by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the Working Group II contribution to the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities (SRCities). Her research further explores energy transitions, decarbonization, and climate adaptation and mitigation, with particular attention to how governance, policy design, and innovation align with global sustainability agendas such as the circular economy and emerging paradigms of sustainable regeneration. Her published work covers a broad spectrum of energy and environmental economics, addressing Egypt’s energy transition, the water–energy–climate nexus, and gender-responsive climate finance. She has also explored environmental justice in the Arab region and contributed to international volumes on regenerative development and innovation in the global energy sector, promoting forward-looking perspectives on equitable and net-zero transitions.

Mohammad Abuali, MSc, is an Energy Systems Engineer specializing in renewable energy, green hydrogen, and sustainability. He holds a Master's degree in Energy Systems Engineering and has hands-on experience in hydrogen production, energy research, business development, and project management. Mohammad is actively engaged in energy awareness and sustainability initiatives and is currently working toward establishing an energy-focused innovation initiative, contributing to the advancement of clean and future energy solutions.

Dr. Norazlan Hashim is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2022, and his M.Eng. and B.Eng. degrees from the University of Malaya in 2007 and 2001, respectively. His research interests include MPPT, power electronic converters, AI, PV systems and educational technology. His current research focuses on intelligent optimization-based MPPT techniques for improving the efficiency and reliability of PV energy conversion systems under partial shading and severe environmental conditions. He has led research projects related to PV systems and MPPT, published in indexed journals and conferences, and received several best paper awards and innovation recognitions.

Silvia Roscioli is a Naval Engineer specialized in environmental sustainability. Her master's thesis addressed SO₂ abatement in ship exhausts, and she is now pursuing a PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Naples “Federico II”. Her research focuses on magnetic gearboxes as an innovation for remote power-transmission applications, due to their higher efficiency and reduced maintenance needs. She applies both engineering modelling and statistical analysis, and has experience with finite-element tools and parametric studies.

Martina Barrasso is a Mechanical Engineer specialized in energy efficiency for sustainable development. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Industrial Engineering for Energy Processes at the University of Naples Federico II. Her research focuses on the development of supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques to minimize energy waste through non-invasive strategies. Her studies have been carried out within the EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) program on energy efficiency in the industrial sector. She emphasizes that innovative solutions often lie in the adopted strategy, where combining statistical methods and engineering approaches represents the first step toward reducing energy waste without structural modifications.

Dr. Stuart So is a faculty member at the University of Exeter and the Programme Director for MSc Business Analytics. His research includes clean energy, sustainability, and climate change mitigation in the area of sustainable operations management (SOM), and sentiment analysis and sustainability modelling underpinned by AI/ML specialising in NLP and environmental analytics on the side of data science. Stuart received his doctorate from Macquarie University and completed his fellowship at the City University of Hong Kong. Stuart has published over 50 research articles in major peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He received two best paper awards and a research acknowledgement prizefrom the IEEE Conference, ANZAM Conference, and the University of Melbourne respectively. Stuart is an editorial board member of journals at MDPI, IGI-Globaland Emerald and guest edited a number of special issues in information management and environmental analytics for Emerald and MDPI. Professionally, Stuart is an ISO14001 EMS auditor, ISO22000 FSMS auditor, Certified Carbon Auditor (Energy Institute) and Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (SMIEEE). He contributes to practice as an environmental consultant and a data scientist.

Rachel Asante-Owusu is the Senior Programme Coordinator for Energy and Nature at IUCN, where she leads global work at the energy–nature nexus. Her work focuses on supporting an accelerated and just transition to renewable energy while safeguarding biodiversity, ecosystem services, and natural resource–dependent communities.