Organization: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

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Organization: University of Malaya, Malaysia

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Prof. Jeyraj Selvaraj is with the Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), with focus on Solar PV/T Systems. He is highly knowledgeable in the university with expertise on power engineering, electronics, renewable energy, solar energy, and energy and sustainable development.

Organization: Universidad FLACSO, Ecuador

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Organization: Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

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Organization: University of New South Wales, Australia

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The research objectives of Ashraf Uddin is to develop the fundamental science and new technology in solar cells. He has contributed significantly to the rapidly growing research capability in organic and perovskite solar cells. His research strengths are in the areas of electrical and optical characterisations of materials, mathematical modelling, and design of new OPV and perovskite devices and development of process technology for the fabrication of high efficiency and stable PV devices for commercial applications. He has world class research lab facilities for the device fabrication and characterisation in UNSW. He has supervised over 25 PhD and 100 master’s and UG thesis students. He has published over 230 research papers and produced 12 patents in UNSW.

Organization: American University, United States

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Daniel J. Fiorino is the founding Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Distinguished Executive in Residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University. A faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and Policy, he teaches environmental policy, energy and climate change, environmental sustainability, and public management. Dan is the author or co-author of seven books and some 60 articles and book chapters. According to Google Scholar, his work is cited some 5.300 times in the professional literature.

His recent books are A Good Life on a Finite Earth: The Political Economy of Green Growth (Oxford University Press, 2018), Can Democracy Handle Climate Change? (Polity Books, 2018), and Conceptual Innovation in Environmental Policy (with James Meadowcroft, MIT Press, 2017). MIT Press also published the second edition of Environmental Governance Reconsidered (with Robert F. Durant and Rosemary O’Leary) in 2017.

Organization: University of Minnesota, United States

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Massoud Amin is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States. He holds the Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership, and is the Director of the Technological Leadership Institute in Twin Cities. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 for leadership in smart grids and security of critical infrastructures. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Dr. Amin is known as the "father of the smart grid" due to his research and teaching on power grid theory. Amin has published a number of academic papers on improving the reliability, self healing, and cybersecurity of the electric grid. He has worked with government officials to drive policy around making the electric grid more resilient.

Organization: At Clave, Spain

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Organization: Macquarie University, Australia

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Professor Aman Oo is currently Dean of Engineering at Macquarie University. Previously he was the Dean and Head of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology. He was also the Dean and Head of School of Engineering at Deakin University Australia. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and has made significant research contributions in the area of electrical power engineering and renewable energy, engineering education and published more than 300 scholarly articles in the peer reviewed high impact journals, books, and conference proceedings.

Aman has research interests and expertise in Microgrid & energy storage system integration, hydrogen, smart grid communication, power system stability and control, energy management and efficiency, protection and security of smart grids, sustainable operation and control of microgrids as well as in Engineering Education.

Organization: Wuhan University of Technology, China

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Organization: Chief Executive Officer, Q Hydrogen, United States

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Mr. Irvin, CEO of Q Hydrogen since 2013, concurrently serves as COO of QuasarWave Corporation since 2010. Renowned for commercialization strategies, he leverages deep ties in commercial and equity spheres. Previously, he drove technology deployment at Raytheon and boasts financial sector experience. A Babson College alumnus, he holds a BS in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Global Business Management, alongside PMP certification.