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Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute,
Curtin University, Australia
Dora Marinova is Professor of Sustainability at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Australia which she established in 2007 and where she was Director between 2015 and 2018 and Deputy Director between 2007 and 2015. Dora started as an academic at the University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria and previously worked at Murdoch University, Australia where she was Head of School of the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP). Her areas of research interest cover sustainability, innovation and sustainometrics.
Dora has close to 400 refereed publications and has supervised 75 PhD students to successful completion. In 2023, the book Food in a Planetary Emergency which she co-authored with Diana Bogueva received “Best in the World” in the Future of Food category of the prestigious 28th Gourmand Award. Five of her papers were rated by Altmetric in the top 5% in the world for the social media attention they have received. Since 2013, Dora regularly serves as a member of different peer review panels of Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). She is an Elected Member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and Elected Fellow of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ). For the period 1975–2023, Scopus lists her as Australia’s top author and 21st in the world in the area of sustainability.
Senior Visiting Scholar, Economic Growth Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics & Business, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel, Indonesia
Dr. Siddiqui is trained in environmental economics and has more than 25 years’ experience in multi-stakeholder setup working with universities, NGOs, industries, and government agencies, promoting business cases for sustainable development since joining the Green Accounting Initiative of IUCN-World Bank as an Environmental Economist in 1997.
He led projects on transboundary pollution, ASEAN carbon market, SDG localisation, corporate sustainability, ESG due diligence, sustainable finance and climate policy with private and public sector clients and collaborators in the APAC region.
He obtained his BA (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University, MSS in Economics from National University of Singapore (NUS), MBA from Murdoch University and PhD from Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute with a thesis on investment network and sustainable financing.
He had teaching positions with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Sydney University and Curtin University; research positions with ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS) and visiting positions with Economic Growth Centre (NTU), College of Mining (MISIS, Russia), among others.
Luisa Valentim Barros is a senior professional with 19 years of experience in the energy and sustainability sectors. She specializes in strategy and low-carbon solutions for private-public sectors. Luisa has led more than 30 large and multidisciplinary projects with a focus on Latin America and the US markets. From smart grid pilots to distributed solar market entry strategies, Luisa has worked for utilities, start-ups, international agencies, and research centers focused on clean and new energy solutions. In the last 12 years, she has focused on the renewables market working as a business models advisor and market research SME. Luisa has also led consulting projects in the areas of ESG, decarbonization strategies, sustainable finance, and climate risks and adaptation.
Dr Atiq Zaman is an Associate Professor specializing in circular economy and zero waste practices at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, School of Design and the Built Environment. He is also a founding Co-director of the Global South Nexus, a research cluster dedicated to generating interdisciplinary knowledge for promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs) and fostering collaboration between the global North and South. With a Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from SUST, Bangladesh, a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure from KTH, Sweden, and a PhD from UniSA, Australia, Atiq has established himself as a multidisciplinary researcher and educator. As the Curtin Node Leader for the Australian National Environmental Science Program, funded by the Commonwealth Government on Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, he leads the Curtin team’s efforts in various national priority research areas. Atiq’s expertise lies in enabling evidence-based decision-making in energy transition, employing a comprehensive approach that integrates systems, technologies, and practices. He leads the circular economy research theme at the Curtin Institute for Energy Transition, focusing on socio-economic and environmental assessments of climate solutions through life cycle analysis and energy balance
Dr Sumit Narula is a PhD in Electronic Media and Conflict Resolution from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is presently working as the Director/Head of the Institution in Amity School of Communication at Amity School of Communication, Amity University Gurgoan. Prior to that he was the Deputy Dean Research (Publications & Citations) at Amity University Madhya Pradesh. He has got two master’s and two Postgraduate diplomas to his credit. He has published two books in Mass Communication/Journalism and edited seven books. One of his books Environmental Awareness and Role of Social Media with IGI Publications USA has recently been indexed by Clarivate’s book Citation Analysis (Web of Science).
He has also published several national and international research papers in reputed journals. He has also been to London, Dubai, Slovenia, Nepal, Singapore and Amsterdam for research and paper presentations. The core areas for his research are Media Research, Fake News Detection, Peace Building, Conflict Resolution etc. He is also the Editor in Chief of the bi-annual SCOPUS indexed Journal named Journal of Content Community and Communication. He is also the Chairman of the Centre of Excellence for Detection of Fake News and Disinformation at AUMP. He is well-versed with software like SPSS, Smart PLS, NVIVO 12, Citavi 6, and Mendeley. He has taken 400 plus workshops on the topic ‘How to catch Fake/Predatory/Cloned journals in Academics’ and has developed a course with Taylor’s University, Malaysia on it and also awarded the Innovation Research Award by them. He is the Honorary Brand Ambassador for Emerald Publishing: South Asia and also the voluntary Ambassador for Cross Ref. He has also taken many workshops with Emerald, Elsevier, Cabells, and Turnitin as their Resource Person on Academic Integrity. He has also been covered by various newspapers and the AAJTAK channel. He is also covered by YouTube Channel Integrity Matters by Turnitin. He has also spoken about Academic integrity on various platforms.
He has recently released an App named ‘Amity Quality Journal Checker’ on both Google Play Store and the IOS Platform. It has a list of all the fraud/cloned and predatory journals. He also got two major Copyright named ‘Eight Novel ways to identify Fake/Misleading Impact Factor’ and ‘Eight Novel ways to catch a Cloned Journal’.
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Head of Centre for Surface Engineering
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, India
Dr Adam Khan M is working as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Tamilnadu, India.
His thrust research areas are Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Tribology, Corrosion, and Surface Science. He has published 115 articles in the journal of international repute. Six scholars received their doctoral degrees, and seven scholars are pursuing PhD under his supervision.
His research responsibilities and achievements include:
• Guest Editor for the Special Issue: Development in materials for high-temperature corrosion and oxidation in Springer
• Lead Guest Editor for a Special Issue in the Journal of Advances in Materials Science and Engineering & International Journal of Polymer Science (Hindawi Publisher) and Coatings in MDPI.
• Lead Editor for a Book on “Innovations in Additive Manufacturing” (SpringerNature Publisher) and
• Guest Editor in Materials Today Proceeding for the International conference ICLDMM2022 (Elsevier Publisher).
• Guest Editor in Frontiers in Materials, a special call for Energy Storage and Baterial Metal Oxides.
He holds reviewer status with top leading journals in Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, IOP Sciences, Inderscience and so on. So far, he has delivered more than thirty five lecturers at different universities/colleges across the world.
Public Health Physician
Deputy Director – WHO Collaborating Centre for Climate Change and Health Impact Assessment,
Curtin University, Australia
Dr Aditya Vyas MBBS MPH FAFPHM FHEA GAICD is a public health physician and Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Climate Change and Health Impact Assessment at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He has held senior leadership roles at the Ministry of Health in Sydney, Australia and is a consultant for the World Health Organization on climate resilience and environmental sustainability for Pacific Island countries. Dr Vyas is supporting this year’s COP28 Health Programme and providing technical expertise to the UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations.
Deputy Director – Sustainable Engineering Group – Curtin University, Australia
Associate Professor Wahidul Biswas is the Deputy Director of Sustainable Engineering Group, Curtin University and a Co-Leader of Research Program 3 of HILT CRC (Heavy Industries Low Emission Technologies, Cooperative Research Centres, Australia). Wahidul was trained as a Mechanical Engineer, researching the performance of diesel engine using biogas fuel. Then, he has gradually diversified his research to engineering for sustainable development, an interdisciplinary field. He has a Master’s in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a PhD in Sustainable Futures from the University of Technology, Sydney. A/Prof Biswas teaches and coordinates a core undergraduate Engineering unit, Engineering for Sustainable Development at Curtin University. He is the author of an Engineering Textbook, “Engineering for Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice”, published by Wiley. He has so far carried out extensive life cycle assessment, climate change and sustainability related research on Australian agricultural, alternative fuels, building and construction, manufacturing, mining and water sectors for the Department of Climate Change, the Grains Research and Development Commission and Department of Agriculture and Food, Wester Australia , University of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Meat and Livestock Australia, Worley Parsons and Water Corporation, Enterprise Connect and Recom Engineering, Cedar Woods, Earth Care, and Department of State Development, FMG, South 32, Rio Tinto, Cockburn Cement Ltd, Waste Authority WA and Woodside Energy Group Ltd. A/Prof Biswas recently served as an Industrial Specialist on a funded project for the Miri (Malaysian) Government’s Master Plan (commenced in April 2022) for developing strategies for sustainable industrial development in the city of Miri.
Chief Architect and Vice President Edge AI Division Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd. (JPL) Bangalore, India
Illustrating Edge AI Techniques and Tools for Real Digital Transformation
With the astounding growth in the artificial intelligence (AI) technology ecosystem, a variety of everyday problems across industry verticals are being attempted to be automated and accelerated. Today we have a bevy of pioneering AI algorithms and models empowering business behemoths and start-ups to be right and relevant to their customers and consumers. With the ready availability of big data and greater computational power, AI-based data analytics brings forth predictive, prescriptive and personalized insights in time. The knowledge discovered gets disseminated to appropriate systems and devices to exhibit intelligent behaviour in their assignments and obligations. In this talk, I will focus on the following topics.
1. Edge Computing for enabling On-Device Data Processing
2. Edge Analytics for extracting Real-time Insights out of Edge Data
3. Edge Cloud Formation using lightweight versions of the Kubernetes Platform
4. AI Model Optimization Techniques to run AI models on Edge Devices
5. Edge AI for Real-time Intelligent Services and Applications
6. Edge AI Industry Use Cases
Technology Books: https://peterindia.net/MyBooks.html
A Portal on Digital Technologies: https://www.peterindia.net/Digital.html
Publications: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=yaDflpYAAAAJ&hl=en
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Vice President Learning and Development – Etihad Aviation Group
Andrew is a HR Professional with more than thirty years of senior Human Resources Management practice in Retail, Hospitality, Leisure and Aviation.
Prior to Abu Dhabi and Etihad Aviation Group he worked for seven years with Alshaya Group as Head of Learning supporting the career development of more than 90,000 team members in 19 countries. Before joining Alshaya Group Andrew worked with Peninsula and Orient (P&O) in the South Pacific supporting their international Cruise fleet and Hilton International Group as the People and Development Director responsible for HR delivery and Management training within Europe supporting over 500 Hotels.
In addition to my professional development work with Alshaya, Hilton, YUM and P&O, he has been an Executive industry coach for American University Dubai, Greenwich and Nottingham Universities, Rolls Royce and Bass.
People development is his passion, helping others to overcome real and imagined obstacles to achievement, whilst creating an environment of trust and the ability to avoid ambiguity.
CEO | TRUST WITH TRADE GROUP Senior Advisor Royal Family Offices, UAE
Honored with the:
“Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Award” 2021
“Mother Teresa Memorial Award 2022” by UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs 2022, UAE Ministry of Economy under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Mother of the Nation.
“Emerging Business Leader ” by the British Parliament, House of Lords 2022.
Multiple award winning Business Professional, dedicated to 15 years of professional experience in active partnerships that necessitate sub-structuring of strategic initiations, economic & political management, business & financial aid along with overall assistance for the MENA & Asia Pacific in organizations and family offices.
– CEO at Trust With Trade Group UAE, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, established as an independent and fully integrated international company across oil & gas, manufacturing, mining, waste management, Green and renewable Technology.
– Founder and CEO, Oxygenate, Sustainability initiative for Global Climate Change and Renewable Energy.
Associate Director of Counseling at NYU Abu Dhabi/ UAE Country Chapter Director Middle East Psychological Association
Dr Vedrana Mladina, PhD, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with 20+ years of experience. Originally from Bosnia, Dr Mladina obtained her undergraduate and postgraduate degree from Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria. Before joining New York University Abu Dhabi seven years ago, she spent 14 yrs in the Netherlands working for International Criminal Tribunal for Ex Yugoslavia and International Criminal Court in The Hague, providing psychological support for victims of war crimes worldwide. Dr Mladina also taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Webster University in Leiden, Netherlands and worked with expat clients in her own private practice.
She’s an experienced international workshop facilitator/ lecturer on topics of psycho-social aspects of investigative interviewing, stress management and self-care for practitioners.
Dr Mladina is trained in CBT, ACT and Schema Therapy and certified in Nutritional Psychology.
She is experienced in treating a wide range of disorders such as trauma, anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, adhd, relationship, family and identity issues, personality disorders, eating disorders (trained in CBT-E and Schema Therapy for Eating Disorders), body image and self-esteem related difficulties.
Dr Mladina currently serves as the first Middle East Psychological Association UAE Chapter Director and she was the Course Director of the inaugural Mental Health Upskilling Course for Primary Care Providers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and she’s a member of Abu Dhabi Disaster Management Mental Health Taskforce.