Prof. Zabihollah (Zabi) Rezaee is currently the Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence, tenured Professor of Accounting at the Crews School of Accountancy of the University of Memphis. He served a two-year term (2004-2006) on the Standing Advisory Group (SAG) of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and he is currently (2019-2024) the editor of the Journal of Forensic Accounting Research (JFAR), one of the 17 journals of the American Accounting Association (AAA). He is currently appointed as the Honorary Advisor of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) in Hong Kong (December 2019-September 2025).

Dariusz Jacek Jakóbczak was born in Koszalin, Poland, on December 30, 1965. He graduated in mathematics (numerical methods and programming) from the University of Gdansk, Poland in 1990. He received the Ph.D. degree in 2007 in computer science from the Polish – Japanese Institute of Information Technology, Warsaw, Poland. From 1991 to 1994 he was a civilian programmer in the High Military School in Koszalin. He was a teacher of mathematics and computer science in the Private Economic School in Koszalin from 1995 to 1999. Since March 1998 he has worked in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland and since October 2007 he has been an Assistant Professor in the Chair of Computer Science and Management in this department. His research interests connect mathematics with computer science and include computer vision, artificial intelligence, shape representation, curve interpolation, contour reconstruction and geometric modeling, numerical methods, probabilistic methods, game theory, operational research and discrete mathematics.

Mr. Hans van der Loo Systemic Thinker, Explainer, Keynote speaker, Board Member, EU Policy & Government Relations Advisor. Former Vice President at Royal Dutch Shell, with global business experience with energy/environment projects, government relation and policy shaping. The latter for Shell, WBCSD and now for the DCCI - Direct Climate Cooling Initiative, working together with scientists to offer relieve by peak-shaving the looming heat overshoot, in order to avoid HothouseEarth conditions setting in. Worked in many sectors of energy business: supply, trading, marketing, finance, strategy, business development, innovation (initiator of Shell V-Power), change management, government relations and regulatory affairs. Served as sherpa to 2 Shell CEO's in the European Roundtable of Industrialists and as member of BusinessEurope's Advisory and Support Group. - 30+ years experience in managing international and cross-functional teams in energy and government relations practices. - Experienced compromise broker, initiated innovative lobby practice of 'multi-stakeholder joint advocacy' platforms and accordingly break-through results. - Thought-leader in promoting the position of science and education in public policy to strengthen societal resilience and acceptance for increasingly technology rich solutions. - Experience in corporate, public and private foundation boards. - Comfortable working at senior corporate and government levels; in several languages - Frequently asked conference speaker on systemic change of Human Eco-System, energy & resource challenges, resource security & resilience matters. (Atlantic Strategy Group, Bilderberg, Climate Change Summit, COP21, EU Business Summit, Science Conference European Parliament, WEF, etc) - Advise & Briefings for Corporate Top Teams and Public Policy bodies/Ministries Specialties: Government Relations; Building multi stakeholder coalitions as interest representation platforms; Policy shaping; Leading Innovations (e.g. Shell V-Power); Communication & Education; Inspirational Storytelling & Public Speaking. Systemic thinking.

Masoud Taghavi is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Chung-Ang University (CAU) in Seoul, South Korea, PhD in Mechanical Engineering- Energy Conversion, and Head of Mechanical Engineering Department, at Faculty of Noshahr, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Iran. His research interests are mechanical engineering, energy engineering, hydrogen liquefaction, production, and storage, LNG, fuel cell, sustainable energies and green systems, solar energy and photovoltaic panels (PV), renewable energies and HVAC new technologies fields, low energy building, and CCUS. For more than 10 years, Masoud has worked as an HVAC engineer in buildings, a researcher, and a teacher for various universities in Iran. Masoud was introduced as the “Top Researcher” and “Top Lecturer” in the faculty of Noshahr, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Iran, respectively in 2020, and 2021, 2022.

Dr. Behzad Shahmoradi was born in Sanandaj City, Kurdistan, west of Iran in 1976. He completed his B.E. in Environmental Health Engineering from Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2000. After four year experience as environmental health inspector, he joint University of Mysore, India for M.Sc. in Environmental Science. In 2010, he awarded PhD from University of Mysore, India. Later, he joint Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. As full-time professor, he is supervising both M.Tech. and PhD students. He has published more than 145 scientific papers in reputed journals and have excellent collaboration with peer scientists throughout the world. His interest is synthesis of metal oxide doped ZnO/TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental application.

John W. Sheffield, Professor of Engineering Technology, Purdue University Dr. Sheffield served as a founding associate director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization - International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies during the first year of operation in 2005. For more than forty years, he has served as an editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. He served as the President of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy from 2019 - 2024, having previously served as the Executive Vice President. He served as a Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China teaching a graduate course on hydrogen energy technologies from 2019 - 2022. He served as a member of the Advisory Board of the "H2 JRP - Hydrogen Joint Research Platform" from 2022-2024.

Dr. Ervina Efzan is staff at Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia Universit (MMU) since December 2010. She completed her B.Eng in Materials Engineering, MSc and PhD in Materials Engineering (Advanced Materials) from the Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2005, 2006 and 2013, respectively. Dr. Ervina is responsible to a number of courses in mechanical engineering for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Her research is focused primarily to soldering, intermetallic and alloys, aluminium foam and nano-structured metal fabricated by powder metallurgy, mechanical alloying, nanomaterial and renewal energy. Dr. Ervina’s research interest also covers metal joining using friction welding, spot welding and soldering techniques. She has more than 40 international publications including chapter in books, book and one Malaysian Patent. She awarded from various International and National association such as Special Award (Morocco) and Gold EuroInvent 2016- Low temperature nano solder, Special Award by World Invention Intelectual Property Association (WiiPA) 2015 and Gold Award, IETE 2015. In year 2019, she won Gold Innovator Award and Special Recognition Award by Global Woman Inventors & Innovator Network (GWIIN) 2019, London. Currently, Dr. Ervina is actively involved as reviewer in journals including Journal of Alloys and Compound, Powder Metallurgy, Materials Science and Technology and Soldering and Mount technology. She is also actively involved in consultancy for various government institutions and private companies including conducted training courses.

Dr. Kung graduated from National Tsing Hua University 1969 and 1972 with BS and MS degree in physics, university of Alabama in Huntsville 1974 in physics and Northwestern university 1979 in material science. He is a Post doctor at Georgia Tech and research science at Lawrence laboratory, With about 6 years experiences in US industries Fairchild and National Semiconductor and he worked for ITRI (Taiwan) since 1987 and also worked for National Chung-Hsing University electric engineering department since 1991 to 2016 (retired)

Mr. Hans van der Loo Systemic Thinker, Explainer, Keynote speaker, Board Member, EU Policy & Government Relations Advisor. Former Vice President at Royal Dutch Shell, with global business experience with energy/environment projects, government relation and policy shaping. The latter for Shell, WBCSD and now for the DCCI - Direct Climate Cooling Initiative, working together with scientists to offer relieve by peak-shaving the looming heat overshoot, in order to avoid HothouseEarth conditions setting in. Worked in many sectors of energy business: supply, trading, marketing, finance, strategy, business development, innovation (initiator of Shell V-Power), change management, government relations and regulatory affairs. Served as sherpa to 2 Shell CEO's in the European Roundtable of Industrialists and as member of BusinessEurope's Advisory and Support Group. - 30+ years experience in managing international and cross-functional teams in energy and government relations practices. - Experienced compromise broker, initiated innovative lobby practice of 'multi-stakeholder joint advocacy' platforms and accordingly break-through results. - Thought-leader in promoting the position of science and education in public policy to strengthen societal resilience and acceptance for increasingly technology rich solutions. - Experience in corporate, public and private foundation boards. - Comfortable working at senior corporate and government levels; in several languages - Frequently asked conference speaker on systemic change of Human Eco-System, energy & resource challenges, resource security & resilience matters. (Atlantic Strategy Group, Bilderberg, Climate Change Summit, COP21, EU Business Summit, Science Conference European Parliament, WEF, etc) - Advise & Briefings for Corporate Top Teams and Public Policy bodies/Ministries Specialties: Government Relations; Building multi stakeholder coalitions as interest representation platforms; Policy shaping; Leading Innovations (e.g. Shell V-Power); Communication & Education; Inspirational Storytelling & Public Speaking. Systemic thinking.

Dr. Anis Bensadi, Associate Professor, earned his Ph.D. in Finance & Economics from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He has done his masters studies at Robert Gordon and Aberdeen University in Scotland and was awarded an MSc International Business. Anis Bensadi served as a research assistant and lecturer across many European universities including Rome, Luxembourg and Rotterdam teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students Quantitative Finance and Risk Management. He has an extensive professional experience as senior manager in the banking and financial sectors 12+ years across Europe in risk modelling and validation at international commercial and development banks, dealing with regional organizations such as the European Central Bank during TRIM audit missions. Dr Bensadi worked on a large number of various projects in Risk Management, developing and validating credit risk models (scorecards) applying statistical analysis, credit life cycle principles, predictive modelling, using programming languages such as SAS, and SQL, in order to conduct statistical analyses, merge, transform, and create datasets. He was also involved in developing, enhancing, and validating methods of measuring and analyzing risk and risk types including market, credit and operational. He also had experience managing model risk across model life cycle including model validation, performance evaluation and annual model reviews with country business, using modelling techniques including regressions, random forest, cluster analysis, and decision trees to develop segmentation schemes, profile analyses, and other analytic tools such as conducting analysis and create technical documentation reports for validation purposes sufficient to meet regulatory guidelines and industry standards. Finally, assess and quantify model risk due to model limitations to inform stakeholders of their risk profile and development of compensating controls. Present model validation findings to senior management and supervisory authorities.

I am currently pursuing a PhD at the ICMA Centre under the supervision of Prof. Simone Varotto, Dr. Alfonso Dufour, and Prof. Dr. Len Shaffrey (University of Reading) in the Climate Finance area. My research interests are mainly focused on how investors price climate-related information in capital markets.

“Dr. Roger Achkar is the founder of the Global Waste Clean-up Network (GWCN) and a renowned engineer and social scientist with a profound commitment to environmental sustainability. He holds advanced degrees in engineering, business, and social sciences from eminent institutions, including Harvard University, the University of Leicester, Cranfield University, and CentraleSupélec. Additionally, he is a distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Leadership in the UK. Dr. Achkar combines his technical expertise with strong leadership skills to drive impactful environmental initiatives. His work spans over two decades, during which he has collaborated with various stakeholders, including governments, NGOs, and the private sector, to implement effective waste management, waste-to-energy, and conventional and renewable energy strategies. Dr. Achkar's contributions to the field are widely recognized, and he has been a chair and keynote speaker at numerous international conferences and seminars. In addition to his professional achievements, Dr. Achkar is dedicated to community engagement, promoting awareness about the importance of sustainable energy and waste management. His visionary approach and leadership have earned him several accolades and international awards.”

Dr. Mabicka Iwangou Saint Bickolard is a specialist in Wood Sciences, and I did a thesis on the pollution of mangroves in Libreville, Gabon. So he know about the tissues and formation of wood in terrestrial ecosystems and mangroves. As a research associate at LaReVa Bois (Laboratory for Research and Development of Wood Materials) in Gabon, He is developing new knowledge on the chemical, anatomical and ecophysiological changes in mangroves exposed to mineral and organic pollution. He give courses on the science of wood at the National School of Water and Forests in Gabon; and he supervise master’s students who have themes related to mangroves. he is also a consultant for NGOs involved in preserving and restoring mangrove ecosystems, notably the Amis de la Lowé and Plurmea. Finally, he is involved in the authorization of mangrove projects.