Founder of Laboratory of Systems Ecology and Sustainability Science at Peking University, China. Prof. Chen has a wide spectrum of research interests including ecological health, climate change mitigation and adaption, environmental fluid dynamics, renewable energy and resources, systems ecological modelling, ecological economics, global and regional sustainability studies, systems input-output technique. With distinguished contributions as marked by around 300 publications in prestigious journals, Prof. Chen has won a series of awards and honors, including Elsevier Atlas Award, Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers Award, Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureate. He served as editor, associate editor or advisory member for 50 international journals.

Professor Ji Wang has been a Qian jiang Chair Professor of Zhejiang Province at Ningbo University since 2002. He also served as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Study, School of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Ningbo University, from 2013 to 2019. Professor Ji Wang is the founding director of the Piezoelectric Device Laboratory, a designated Key Laboratory of the Municipality of Ningbo. Professor Ji Wang was employed at SaRonix, Menlo Park, CA, as a senior engineer from 2001 to 2002; NetFront Communications, Sunnyvale, CA, as senior engineer and manager from 1999 to 2001; Epson Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, as Senior Member of Technical Staff from 1995 to 1999. Professor Ji Wang also held visiting positions at Chiba University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Argonne National Laboratory. He received his PhD and Master's degrees from Princeton University in 1996 and 1993 and a bachelor’s degree from Gansu University of Technology in 1983. Professor Wang has been working on acoustic waves, high-frequency vibrations of elastic and piezoelectric solids for resonator design and analysis, and nonlinear analysis of vibrations with several US and Chinese patents, about 240 journal papers, and frequent invited, keynote, and plenary presentations in major conferences around the world. He has been a board member, advisor, and consultant to many leading acoustic wave device industry companies. Professor Wang has been a member of many international conference committees including the IEEE UFFC Technical Program Committees of the Frequency Control and Ultrasonics Symposia, the IEEE MTT-S, and the IEC TC-49. He is also the founding chair of the Committee on Mechanics of Electronic and Magnetic Devices, CSTAM, and the SPAWDA. From 2015, Profess Wang was the editor-in-chief of Structural Longevity and a member of the editorial boards of several international journals.

Kumaran Kannaiyan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Robotics program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Academic Appointments: 07.2022-Present Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, GTIIT, China. 03.2021-07.2022 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, GTIIT, China. 01.2018-08.2020 Visiting Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar. 01.2013-08.2020 Assistant Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, TAMUQ, Qatar. 11.2009-12.2012 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, TAMUQ, Qatar. Education: 2009 Doctoral (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. 2006 Master (M.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. 2001 Bachelor (B.E.) Mechanical Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India. (with Distinction). Accomplishments: Research Interests: Sustainable alternative energy sources; Low-GWP working fluids; Multiphase thermofluidics; Nanoscale additives; Alternative fuel spray and Combustion diagnostics. External Research Grants: US $ 923,660 [4] “Multiphase flow visualization of alternative refrigerant mixtures,” Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), UREP24-209-2-064, Role: Co-PI, US $ 30,000, 10.2019 - 09.2021. [3] “Hydrocarbon-CO2 blends: An Environmentally-Benign Alternative Refrigerants,” Qatar Shell Research & Technology Center, Role: Co-PI, US $ 244,998 (Total: $ 327,500), 04.2018 - 02.2019. [2] “Effect of Nanoparticles on Alternative Fuel Sprays at High-Pressure Conditions,” QNRF, UREP21-098- 2-044, Role: PI, US $ 14,970, 01.2018 - 01.2019. [1] “In-depth Characterization of Spray and Combustion Performance of Alternative Jet Fuels at Gas Turbine Combustor Conditions,” QNRF, Role: PI, US $ 633,662 (Total: $ 854,684), 02.2015 - 06.2018. Research Mentorship: Undergraduate Students: 13 || Graduate Students: 4 Publications: 60+ Book chapters: 4 || Journal articles: 27 || International conferences: 32 || h-index: 16 || i10-index: 19 • Three papers on supersonic combustion are ranked among top 20 most cited papers in Scopus. • Two papers on nanoscale additives in jet fuels are in top 10% of most cited papers in Scopus. • One paper on Alternative jet fuels is in top 10% of most cited papers in Scopus. Honors / Awards / Recognitions: • Best Oral Presentation award, GCDEM 2023, NUS, Singapore, 2023. • High-level foreign talent by the Shantou Government, China, 2022 • National - Second place in 12th Undergraduate Research Conference, Qatar, 2020. • National - Second place in Best Representative Image Outcome (BRIO) award, Qatar, 2016. • Visiting Scholar to German Aerospace Center, Stuttgart, Germany, 10.10-5.11, 2010. • Visiting Scholar to Rolls-Royce, Indianapolis, USA, 01.05-18.06, 2010. • Visiting Scholar to Rolls-Royce, Derby, United Kingdom, 16.11-18.12, 2010. • Postdoctoral Research award from Qatar Science and Technology Park, 2009. • 96 percentile and 913 National rank in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, 2003. Professional Memberships: Associate Editor: ASME-Open Journal of Engineering || ASME Member, 2016-present || AIAA member, 2020- 2021 || Member, APS–DFD, 2010 – 2018.

Dr. Shuisen Chen is currently a full professor at Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangdong Academy of Sciences who specializes in remote sensing-based spatiotemporal analysis and modeling for coastal and water environment, precision agriculture, dual carbon big data, and is the adjunct doctoral supervisors at University of CAS & Central South University. Chen has co-authored more than 160 peer-reviewed articles. He is the Associate Editors：Frontiers in Environmental Science and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. He is Vice Chairman of the Agricultural and Rural Geographic Information Working Committee of the China Geographic Information Industry Association and member of the Digital Agriculture Special Committee of the China National Committee of the International Digital Earth Society. He was Vice Chairman of the Environmental Remote Sensing Branch of the China Remote Sensing Application Association and Vice Chairman of the Academic Committee. He gained the doctor degree in Institute of Remote Sensing Application of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Chief Expert of Guangdong Province Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Innovation Team (Remote Sensing Big Data and Precision Agriculture); the Nanling Team Leader of Shaoguan Talent Project "Double Carbon Space Big Data" of Guangdong, China; He visited multiple universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. He is also Director of Center for Engineering Technology Application Research of Remote Sensing Big Data, Guangdong Province of China and the expert in Education, Science, Culture, and Health Consultation of the Standing Committee of the 14th People's Congress of Guangdong Province, China.

Prof. Jesuk Ko received his Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering from Royal Melbourne University of Technology (RMIT) in Australia, and his M.Eng.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea, respectively. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) in Bolivia. He is also an Adjunct Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) in Tanzania. He was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Engineering at the Australian National University (ANU) from 2008 to 2009. He served as a Full-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Engineering (GSE) at RMIT. He has been involved in Paper Review Committees as an Editorial Board Member of prestigious international journals such as AJHR, AJOMIS, AJOR, APMR, IJCT, IJHSE, IJPE, JHM and SCIREA Journal of Sociology. At present, he is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science (IJITCS), and a member of Peer Reviewer Board of international journals including EAI eScripts, HIMSS21, IJERPH, IJMIT, IJREM, JAA, JAM, JBT, JSSR and MDPI Healthcare, etc. His research interests include related topics of intelligent systems, AI applications in decision analysis and problem-solving issues, healthcare management systems, health informatics, ITS, smart cities and others.

Dr. Heah Cheng Yong earned his Ph.D. from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), where he is now an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. He is also a researcher at the Center of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGeoGTech). His research focuses on materials engineering, specifically geopolymers, construction materials, materials characterization, and processing. Recognized among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for his single-year citations in 2022 and 2024, he currently holds the position of Deputy Director at the Centre for Industrial and Governmental Collaboration (CIGC), UniMAP, Malaysia.

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Professor Vladimir G. Chigrinov is Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 1999. He is an Expert in Flat Panel Technology in Russia, recognized by the World Technology Evaluation Centre, 1994, and SID Fellow since 2008. He is an author of 6 books, 31 reviews and book chapters, about 333 journal papers, more than 718 Conference presentations, and 121 patents and patent applications including 50 US patents in the field of liquid crystals since 1974. He got Excellent Research Award of HKUST School of Engineering in 2012. He obtained Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014 held at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, which was hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-22 Feb 2014. He is a Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS) since July 2017. He got A Slottow Owaki Prize of SID in 2018 https://ece.hkust.edu.hk/news/prof-vladimir-chigrinov-wins-2018-slottow-owaki-prize. He is 2019 Distinguished Fellow of IETI (International Engineering and Technology Institute).

Dr. Dimitrios Rakopoulos, born in 1980, obtained his Diploma (2002) and Ph.D. degree (2007) in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. Currently he is a Senior Researcher with the Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI) of Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), Greece, and a Research Associate with the Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) Laboratory and the Laboratory of Steam Boilers & Thermal Plants (LSBTP) of the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA. In addition to his large research experience (participation in 38 Research Projects of 9.27 m€ total budget for his Entities; Principal Investigator in 11 of them with 2.57 m€ total budget for his Entities; Coordinator in one of them with 18 International partners and 9 m€ total budget), he has also wide industrial and managerial experience in non-academic environment, both in the Public sector (Public Power Corporation S.A., Ministry of Environment and Energy) and the Private sector (freelance Mechanical Engineer since 2002 in several energy projects on Wind Farms interconnection to the Grid, biogas exploitation for Cogeneration, hybrid PVs, etc.). His research interests include: Diesel engines, power plants, CHP, District Heating, RES technologies and novel energy systems, Smart Grids, Smart Cities and propulsion engines in marine applications. His scientific record comprises: Top 1% Highly Cited Researcher & World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds for 6 consecutive years (2015 – 2020) by Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate Analytics); Top 0.5% Highly Cited Researcher (career) for the last 5 consecutive years (2020 – 2024) by Elsevier-Scopus; 105 refereed-papers in International Indexed Scientific Journals and 25 in International Conferences with full paper peer-review; over 8380 citations according to Scopus, with H-index=45; Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member in 7 International Indexed Scientific Journals and Guest co-Editor in 6 Special Issues; 1 Associate Editor Award; Scientific Committee member in 10 International Conferences with full paper peer-review; Reviewer in numerous International Scientific Indexed Journals and Conferences; 5 Outstanding Reviewer Awards.

Mihaela Popescu was born in Craiova, Romania, in 1965. She received the Engineering degree and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Craiova, Romania, in 1988 and 2001, respectively. She also received a Certificate of Habilitation in Electrical Engineering in 2016. She is currently a Professor at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Craiova, Romania and Director of Doctoral School of Electrical and Energy Engineering. Her main field of interest includes power converters, adjustable-speed drives, active power filters, and power quality, with more than 250 journal and conference papers. She is a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Industry Applications Society, a senior member of the Association of Computer Science and Information Technology and an academic member of the Electrical Engineering Research Unit in Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER).

Atallah Ouai was born in Laghouat, Algeria. He received the engineering diploma from Laghouat University, Algeria, in 2003. He obtained his Magister degree and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, in 2012 and 2020 respectively from Laghouat University, Algeria. In 2013, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department of Laghouat University, Algeria, as an Assistant Professor. Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor in the same department. In 2021, He received the Accreditation to supervise researches (HDR), from Laghouat University, Algeria. He is also a Team Member of "Control and Energy Management" of Electrical research group of LACoSERE Laboratory, Laghouat University, Algeria. His research interests include renewable energy systems control and management, fault tolerant diagnosis in power converters, power quality, integration and dynamic interaction with grid.

Tuba Hatice DOĞAN is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at a university in Turkey. Her work is more focused on alternative fuels, especially Biodiesel, which is a clean and sustainable fuel. She has many articles, papers and projects on purification of biodiesel, heterogeneous catalysts used in biodiesel production, biodiesel production from animal and vegetable waste oils, improvement of cold flow properties of biodiesel and fuel properties. She also advises graduate students on these issues. In today's world where energy and the environment are very valuable, she will continue her research on the research of environmentalist and alternative energy sources.

Professor Rachid Masrour, from Morocco, actually, is research professor in the Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah the University, Fez, Morocco. Dr. Rachid Masrour completed his Ph.D. in March 2006 at same University. His research interests lie in the area of Condensed Matter Physics, Material Sciences, Material for energy, Magnetism,…. He has 426 articles published in Web of Science and 12 book chapters published in international journal, editor of 10 Book (https://www.bookpi.org/bookstore/product/new-frontiers-in-physical-science-research /) and author of 2 books with h-index 36. He participated in more 100 Moroccan and international congress. He's a Referee of a several articles and also Editorial Board Members in different international journal. He has a lot of collaboration with laboratories from abroad. He has honored with International Association of Advanced Materials Young Scientist Medal in recognition for their contribution to “Magnetism, Electromagnetism and Spintronics” and delivered a lecture in the Advanced Materials World Congress 11 – 14 October 2022. One of the world's most cited top scientists in material physics (top 2 %, Stanford University Ranking, US, 2020, 2022 and 2023). He has the Best Oral Presentation Award for MCGPD-2021, by Indian Association for Crystal Growth & Indian Science and Technology Association International Organization for Crystal Growth, 5-8, July 2021. Outstanding Scientist Award (VDGOOD PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION, 15-02-2020, India). It was among the most critical in 2020 by Elsevier.