12th Global Summit on Renewable Energy and Climate Change

Elisa Aracil is a Professor of Economics at Universidad Pontificia-ICADE in Madrid. She has built her career in a variety of roles related to investment banking and the academic world. Her research focuses on sustainable finance, sustainable banks, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental related innovations, digitalization and the progress towards teh Sustainable Development Goals . She has published in top scientific journals such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Ethics: A European Review, International Journal of Emerging markets and Global Policy. She has presented her work in peer-reviewed academic conferences such as the Academy of International Business (AIB), the European International Business Academy (EIBA) and the Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge Conference (ACIEK), formerly GIKA and INEKA. She is a researcher at several competitive research projects, and a member of CETIS-PhD program at Universidad Pontifica Comillas.

Marian Niesler is research worker, associate professor, Head of the Department of Primary Processes. Specialist in the field of blast furnace process, iron ore sintering, environmental protection and implementation of new fuels and reducing agents in metallurgical processes. An expert in the field of best available BAT techniques for steel iron production. Four industry guides on the application of BAT techniques for the metallurgical industry and administration were created under the order of the Ministry of the Environment.

Sulaiman Alyahya is an academic professor by by profession and works with one of the govrnment univerities in Saudi Arabia. He holds a BSc in Agricultural engineering from King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) and MSc and PhD in agricultural engineering from Iowa State University(USA). Sulaiman has 30 years of experience in education, research and administration.  Curently, his main interest is in biomass energy. Sulaiman grew up in one of the agricultural cities of Saudi Arabia

Shiva Amirkhani is a registered architect from Iran with a master’s degree from Bartlett, UCL, focusing on the impact of built environment on human health, comfort and wellbeing. Her research interests include energy analysis of the buildings and building simulation, the impact of built environment on human health and comfort and sustainable design. She started her PhD in January 2019 at UWL and her project is about the UK Government’s MEES legislation and its impact on hotel buildings. In her PhD she is focusing on energy efficiency, cost-effectiveness and occupant thermal comfort in hotel building.

Dr. Julio Terrados holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Jaén (Spain) since 2005, and Master Degrees both in Aeronautical Engineering (Madrid Polytechnics University, 1989) and in Business Administration MBA (IDEOR, 1994). He teaches and researches at University of Jaén since 1994 and serves currently as Tenured Senior Lecturer at Projects Department. He is also an External Professor at the Universidad Internacional de Andalucia and Visiting Professor at Universidad de Cartagena (Colombia). Dr. Terrados main research interests are focused on sustainable energy planning, renewable resources assessment and strategic planning. He has co-authored twenty-five peer-reviewed papers and twenty- two books and chapters. In addition, he has been main researcher or participant in more than twenty research projects funded by public institutions or private companies.

Mingxuan Mao received the Ph.D. degree in control theoryand control engineering at Chongqing University in 2017.From June 2016 to June 2017, he was a visiting scholar in University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., where he was engaged in research on advanced control theory and applications for renewable power generation and power electronics. His research interests include renewableenergy systems, power electronics converterand artificial intelligence algorithm.

Hafedh TRABELSI studied in Ecole National d’Ingénieurs de Sfax ENIS from 1983 to 1989, In 1990, M.S. degree received from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, in 1994 the PhD degree at the University of Paris XI, Orsay, France, and in 2008 the Research Management Ability degree from ENIS, All in electrical engineering. He joined the Tunisian University in 1995; He is currently a Professor of Electric Power Engineering at ENIS.

Francesca Pantaleone is a young appassionate of energy sector, with particular focus on sustainability topics. Already graduated from University of Siena and Ljubljana through Double Degree program, is currently attending the last year of Green Economy course at University of Ferrara. Currently working for a multinational energy company in Milan as analyst for B2B gas sector.

Anahita Rabii is 4th year PhD candidate in civil engineering at Ryerson University. Anahita has her proficiency in water and wastewater sectors including water and wastewater treatment technologies, pollution control and monitoring, and resource recovery through working in both industry and academia. Anahita is currently conducting her research on developing a model for anaerobic co-digestion of multi feedstocks. A range of waste materials can be utilized as feedstocks for digesters. Anaerobic digestion is able to convert waste to biogas comprised mostly of biomethane which delivers a 100 % renewable source of energy for heat and power generation.

Markus Meindl was born in Landshut, Germany, in 1993. He received the M.Sc. degree in electric engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany, in 2021, and is currently working on his PhD. degree in electrical engineering. Since 2022, he has been an PhD Student and Research Assistant with the Institute of Power Electronics on Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen Nurnberg His current research interests include sustainable hybrid-electric aircraft systems, power electronics for aircraft applications, improved utilization of electrical machines, on-ground energy supply systems for future airports, and transportation electrification in general.