Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Dincer 

 Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Dincer is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and an internationally recognized leader in energy systems and sustainability research. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley, UK), International Journal of Exergy, International Journal of Global Warming, and The Open Environmental Engineering Journal, and is also a member of the editorial boards of several leading international journals in energy and sustainability. His research focuses on the design, analysis, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and security of energy systems, with particular emphasis on sustainable and renewable energy technologies, hydrogen and fuel cell systems, carbon capture, and energy storage technologies. He is also the author of several books, most notable ones being Exergy, Thermal Energy Storage Systems and applications, Refrigeration Systems and Applications and Thermodynamics: A Smart Approach.

Prof. Dr. Fariborz Haghighat

 Prof. Dr. Fariborz Haghighat is a Professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Concordia University and a leading expert in the field of building environmental systems. He serves as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Building and Environment and is a member of the editorial boards of several international scientific journals, and has also acted as Honorary Theme Editor for UNESCO's Theme 1.32 on Technology, Information, and Systems Management for the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. His research focuses on indoor air quality and ventilation, building material characterization, airflow and contaminant dispersion modelling, indoor environmental control strategies, measurement techniques for airflow and indoor air quality, and advanced ventilation technologies, including hybrid ventilation systems.

Prof. Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur

 Prof. Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo and President Emeritus of the University of Waterloo. He serves as the Honorary Editor of the Canadian Energy Technology Journal (CETJ) and has held senior academic leadership roles at institutional and national levels. His research focuses on energy conversion systems and thermo-fluid sciences, with particular emphasis on fluidized bed technologies, including hydrodynamics and combustion, gas–solid two-phase flow systems, cyclone modelling, fluidized bed drying, biomass gasification, and solid oxide fuel cell technologies. He is widely recognized for his contributions to engineering research and higher education leadership, including election as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Canada.

Prof. Dr. Christos Markides

 Prof. Dr. Christos Markides is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, where he leads the Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory and coordinates the Experimental Multiphase Flow (EMF) Laboratory. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Thermal Engineering and AI Thermal Fluids. His research focuses on high-efficiency energy technologies and systems for heating, cooling, and power, with particular emphasis on renewable energy integration, waste-heat recovery, and advanced energy conversion systems, including hybrid photovoltaic–thermal technologies, solar trigeneration systems, nuclear energy thermohydraulics, and thermodynamic, heat transfer, and multiphase flow processes supported by advanced experimental and optical diagnostic techniques, trigeneration systems, nuclear energy thermohydraulics, and thermodynamic, heat transfer, and multiphase flow processes supported by advanced experimental and optical diagnostic techniques.