Fawzi Banat is a Professor& Chair of Chemical Engineering Department at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Petroleum Institute. Obtained PhD (Chemical Engineering) at McGill University, Canada, in 1995. Area of his research interests includes gas and water treatment. He received several research awards, published over 120 papers, and holds a number of international patents.

Membrane Desalination Gas Foaming Water and Wastewater Treatment Multicomponent Mass Transfer

Tatiana Morosuk is professor of Exergy-Based Methods for Refrigeration Systems at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. She studied refrigeration engineering in the Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Ukraine, and received her Diploma in 1990. She received her Ph.D. in 1994 and Professorship in 2001, all in the Ukraine. Since 2005 she is working in Germany. She is the author or co-author of 7 books and more than 250 publications, and has 10 patents. She has over twenty years of experience and related teaching experience in the fields of refrigeration and over ten years in the field of applied thermodynamics, energy engineering, exergy analysis, exergoeconomics, exergoenvironmental analysis.

Her field of scientific activities is the application of modern exergy-based methods to the analysis and improvement of energy conversion systems: development and applications of exergy-based methods to the improvement of the thermodynamic, economic, environmental performance of different power generation systems, refrigeration/cryogenic systems and chemical plants. Particular attention is given to systems associated with the liquefaction of natural gas and the regasification of LNG, alternative refrigeration processes for sustainable industrial and commercial applications, and smart energy supply and use in industrial parks, including innovative concepts of liquid air energy storage

Azlina Abd.Aziz is Associate Professor and Chair for Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources) program in the School of Social Development and Economics of University Malaysia Terengganu. She received her Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and Masters in Economics from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, in 1999 and 2002 respectively. She completed her PhD degree from University of Leicester, United Kingdom in 2007.

Energy consumption and economic growth, integrated modelling of energy-economic-environment, economic valuation on renewable energy consumption, sustainable residential energy consumption, internalization of external cost in traffic congestion, the economic valuation of flood fatalities.

Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. He is having his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), He further continued his graduate study in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at University of Alberta and earned my Ph.D. degree in Process Control. Prior to joining Memorial University he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Alberta from 2006 to 2008 and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar from 2008 to 2012. He also served as a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at BUET from 1997 to 2000. Salem Ahmed joined in Memorial University of Newfoundland in February 2012 as an Assistant. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in Process Engineering and in Oil and Gas Engineering Program.

His current research focus is on the design of early warning systems for process industries. Supported by an IgniteR&D grant from Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and labrador (RDC), the alarm system design project aims at developing a risk-based alarm system. His Ph.D. research focused on system identification; more specifically on identification of continuous-time models from sampled data. He continues to work on this topic. Other research topic of his interest includes model validation and valve distinction, Safety and Risk Engineering, Process Systems, Process Control, Modelling and Simulation, System Identification.

Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor and Director of Nanoprobe Lab for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., and Graduate Res. Faculty Advisor, Dept. of Mater. Sci.and Eng., Affiliated Faculty, Battelle Center for Science & Technology Policy, John College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University

Fundamental studies in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics with a focus on scanning probe techniques.

Dr Abbas Amini is an assistant professor at the Australian College of ACK and Western Sydney University, and the member of graduate supervisory board. After obtaining PhD, he conducted research with other Australian universities, as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash and Deakin Universities, and as a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group, and a recent published book in 2016. Abbas is the editor of ten reputed journals, and the committee member of 20 international conferences.

Bionanotech

Tatiana Morosuk is professor of Exergy-Based Methods for Refrigeration Systems at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. She studied refrigeration engineering in the Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Ukraine, and received her Diploma in 1990. She received her Ph.D. in 1994 and Professorship in 2001, all in the Ukraine. Since 2005 she is working in Germany. She is the author or co-author of 7 books and more than 250 publications, and has 10 patents. She has over twenty years of experience and related teaching experience in the fields of refrigeration and over ten years in the field of applied thermodynamics, energy engineering, exergy analysis, exergoeconomics, exergoenvironmental analysis.

Her field of scientific activities is the application of modern exergy-based methods to the analysis and improvement of energy conversion systems: development and applications of exergy-based methods to the improvement of the thermodynamic, economic, environmental performance of different power generation systems, refrigeration/cryogenic systems and chemical plants. Particular attention is given to systems associated with the liquefaction of natural gas and the regasification of LNG, alternative refrigeration processes for sustainable industrial and commercial applications, and smart energy supply and use in industrial parks, including innovative concepts of liquid air energy storage

Kashy Aminian, Professor of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering at West Virginia University, has 40 years of distinguished service in both industry and academia. He holds MS and PhD degrees both from University of Michigan. He has extensive research and teaching experience in the areas of unconventional natural gas resource development and reservoir engineering.

Natural Gas Production and Storage Reservoir Characterization and Modeling Coalbed Methane Development Improved Oil and Gas Recovery Environmental Applications

Azlina Abd.Aziz is Associate Professor and Chair for Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources) program in the School of Social Development and Economics of University Malaysia Terengganu. She received her Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and Masters in Economics from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, in 1999 and 2002 respectively. She completed her PhD degree from University of Leicester, United Kingdom in 2007. Her current research and academic duties focus on Economic disciplines. Her fields of interest are environmental and natural resource economics, particularly Energy Economics. Among her current areas of research are energy demand and economic growth, energy and the environment, energy consumer behaviour and low carbon/renewable energy economics. She has published articles in international and local refereed-journals. She also involved in reviewing articles for journal publications (e.g. Energy Policy, Energy Economics, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Ecological Indicators, International Journal of Economics and Management, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management). Azlina is the member of International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAAERE).

Energy consumption and economic growth, integrated modelling of energy-economic-environment, economic valuation on renewable energy consumption, sustainable residential energy consumption, internalization of external cost in traffic congestion, the economic valuation of flood fatalities.

Dr Taha Elhag is an associate professor in project management at Heriot Watt University. Previously he was an associate professor at UCL, University of London. Before that, he was an assistant professor at Manchester University. His teaching duties comprise undergraduate and postgraduate programmes; and course directorship. Dr. Elhag academic experience also includes the supervision of MSc dissertations and PhD research; and acting as internal and external examiner for different Universities. He is also an expert reviewer for many international journals and EPSRC research projects. His research experience incorporates his role as principal investigator of EPSRC research grants

Knowledge management and organisational learning Innovation process and management Project procurement systems Public Private Partnership (PPP) Cost modelling and tender price estimation Applications of neural networks & fuzzy logic systems Building information modelling (BIM) Infrastructure management systems

Katarzyna Jarmołowicz-Szulc (Assoc. Prof.) has been a scientific worker in Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland, Europe. In her carreer she was the head of the Petrological, Mineral Deposits Departments, the Group of Rocks and Mineral Collections, the Centre of Excellence. She co-ordinated many projects. She is an author of over 120 papers, a reviewer and an editor. She has an experience in fields of isotope studies, fluid inclusions and hydrocarbon migration in the Carpathians, in the marine deposits from the Baltic Sea, other hydrocarbon-bearing regions as well. At present she has been the head of the National Geological Archives in PGI-NRI, Poland.

Geochronology Petrography Sedimentology Isotope Geochemistry Fluid Inclusion Analysis

Dr. Mahmoud Meribout has completed his PhD at the age of 22 years from University of Technology of Compiegne in January 1995. Between 1995 and 2000 He has been working with NTT and NEC Corporation where he has been involved in several research R&D projects related to embedded systems. In 1998, he won the Best R&D company award. Dr. Meribout is now working in the Petroleum Institute (Abu Dhabi, UAE) where he has been engaged in several oil and gas related research projects in the areas of Instrumentation and Control (e.g. Multiphase Flow Metering, Water-cut device, Emulsion Layer measurement device, and actuated process control). Dr. Meribout has several US patents, in addition to more than 100 referred journal and conference papers. Dr. Mahmoud is a Senior IEEE member and an SPE member.

Instrumentation and Control (e.g. Multiphase Flow Metering, Water-cut device, Emulsion Layer measurement device, and actuated process control),embedded systems.

Vladimir Abramov has completed his PhD at the age of 26 years at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. He is a professor in technical sciences since 2007 and the head of the laboratory of ultrasonic technique and technology in his institute. He has published more than 150 papers and patents, is a member of the European society of sonochemistry and the World Assotiation for Ultrasound Applications. In 2008 he received the Russian Government Prize for achievements in the field of science and technology. He and his team has over 30 years of experience in the field of EOR.

Sonochemistry, Ultrasound Applications,Enhanced Oil Recovery

Dr. Bharat Bhushan received an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971, an M.S. in mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1973 and 1976, respectively, an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, NY in 1980, Doctor Technicae from the University of Trondheim at Trondheim, Norway in 1990, a Doctor of Technical Sciences from the Warsaw University of Technology at Warsaw, Poland in 1996, and Doctor Honouris Causa from the National Academy of Sciences at Gomel, Belarus in 2000 and University of Kragujevac, Serbia in 2011. He is a registered professional engineer. He is presently an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the College of Engineering, and the Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is also serving as an ASME/AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, House Committee on Science, Space & Technology, United States Congress, Washington, DC. He is an internationally recognized expert of bio/nanotribology and bio/nanomechanics using scanning probe microscopy, and is one of the most prolific authors. He is considered by some a pioneer of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage devices. He has authored 8 scientific books, 90+ handbook chapters, 800+ scientific papers (h-index – 74+; ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science since 2007 and in Biology and Biochemistry since 2013; ISI Top 5% Cited Authors for Journals in Chemistry since 2011), and 60+ technical reports. He has also edited 50+ books and holds 19 U.S. and foreign patents. He is co-editor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and co-editor of Microsystem Technologies, and Member of Editorial Board of PNAS. He has given more than 400 invited presentations on six continents and more than 200 keynote/plenary addresses at major international conferences. Dr. Bhushan is an accomplished organizer. He organized the Ist Symposium on Tribology and Mechanics of Magnetic Storage Systems in 1984 and the Ist Int. Symposium on Advances in Information Storage Systems in 1990, both of which are now held annually. He organized two international NATO institutes in Europe. He is the founder of an ASME Information Storage and Processing Systems Division founded in 1993 and served as the founding chair during 1993-1998. His biography has been listed in over two dozen Who's Who books including Who's Who in the World and has received more than two dozen awards for his contributions to science and technology from professional societies, industry, and U.S. government agencies. He is also the recipient of various international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists, Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists, Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, and Tribology Life Achievement Award. He is a foreign member of the International Academy of Engineering (Russia), Byelorussian Academy of Engineering and Technology and the Academy of Triboengineering of Ukraine, an honorary member of the Society of Tribologists of Belarus and STLE, a fellow of ASME, IEEE, and the New York Academy of Sciences, and a member of ASEE, Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi. Dr. Bhushan has previously worked for Mechanical Technology Inc., Latham, NY; SKF Industries Inc., King of Prussia, PA; IBM, Tucson, AZ; and IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA. He has held visiting professorship at University of California at Berkeley, University of Cambridge, UK, Technical University Vienna, Austria, University of Paris, Orsay, ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne. He is currently a visiting professor at Univ. of Southampton, UK, Univ. of Kragujevac, Serbia, Tsinghua Univ., China, Harbin Inst., China, and KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. Close OCM Member Kalachand Sain Senior Principal Scientist, Head and Professor the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research of CSIR India Biography Research Interest OCM Member Khalil Sarkarinejad Professor Shiraz University, Shiraz Iran Biography Research Interest OCM Member Hamid A. Al-Megren Professor and Assistant Director Materiales Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Saudi Arabia Biography Research Interest OCM Member Younes Noorollahi Assistant Professor, Head of Renewable Energies

His research interests include fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology, bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology, and biomimetics.

Professor Stow is a leading sedimentologist, geologist and oceanographer of international standing with an extensive record of scientific publications, including over 250 scientific papers and reports, numerous books and edited volumes. He specialises in the deep sea and on deep-sea deposits now thrown up onto land. In pursuing this scientific quest he has sailed on all the world’s major oceans, and lectured extensively throughout the world. He has had a long and close involvement with scientific ocean drilling, and has worked in and with the oil industry. He also maintains strong interest in the field of geoscience and development, especially hazard mitigation, geoscience education and marine management. His is enthusiastic to popularise ocean and earth sciences through lectures, writing and broadcast. He is currently Director of IPE and Professor of Petroleum Geoscience within the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure & Society.

Deepwater sedimentary systems: pioneer in the field with major research programme coordination and international cooperation; land-based, marine-based and subsurface interests; furthering knowledge of deep-water processes, facies and architecture. Petroleum geoscience: incorporating sedimentary genetic units, reservoir characterisation, seismic interpretation, petrophysical and geotechnical rock properties. Contourites and paleocirculation: including how these are linked with climate and past environmental change; currently Co-Chief Scientist for IODP Expedition 339 on Mediterranean Outflow. Muds and shales: including modern, ancient and subsurface fine-grained sedimentary systems, from micro-scale to basin-scale; and black shale deposition.

Professor (Munir) A F M Maniruzzaman, LLB (Honours), LLM., M.Int’L.Law (ANU), PhD (Cambridge), MCIArb, FRSA. He is Chair in International Law and International Business Law, University of Portsmouth, U.K. (since 2004) and a member of its Centre for European and International Studies Research, an interdisciplinary centre of international excellence. He is a Professorial Honorary Fellow at the Centre of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee (since 2005) and Visiting Professor of International Law (2012 -), Faculty of International Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing. He has been a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario, Canada (2007-8) and has also held honorary visiting academic positions at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Kent, and London. He is a Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Paris; Academic Council Member of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA), USA; member of ILA International Committee on International Commercial Arbitration, London; International Arbitration Institute, Paris and International Council for Commercial Arbitration, The Hague. He is a founding Member of THE IDR GROUP® (international dispute resolution specialists) based at the Lamb Chambers, London and a member of the Legal Advisory Task Force of the Energy Charter Treaty, EC Secretariat, Brussels (2014 -). He has been sometime a member of the European Court of Arbitration, Strasbourg; the Swiss Arbitration Association; and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Houston, USA. He is also a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and its Specialist Groups: Energy Law & Climate Change, Water & Wetlands, Environmental Laws and Human Rights and member of the Academic Council of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (UMSAILS), Dhaka. He has acted as an international arbitration law expert / consultant in some high-profile ICSID and ICC cases and also as an International Legal Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat (HQ), governments, state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations and multinational law firms. He has extensively published in the areas of International Business Law, International Energy, Oil and Gas Law, International Investment Law and International Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. He has been a member of the editorial boards of various internationally reputable journals such as Oil, Gas and Energy Law, Transnational Dispute Management, Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, US-China Law Review and British Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. He is listed in the WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD 2012 (29th edition) (Marquis Who’s Who, U.S.A.), the Dictionary of International Biography 2012 (37th Edition, Cambridge) and Who’s Who in Public International Law 2012.

Professor A F M Maniruzzaman’s research and consultancy interests lie in the areas of international law of energy, oil and gas; international petroleum contracts - negotiating and drafting; international energy dispute resolution and arbitration; international energy governance and diplomacy; geopolitics of international energy, international energy trade; sustainable development of oil and gas; international energy investment law and policy; international energy security and co-operation.

Dr. Berrin Tansel is Professor of Environmental Engineering and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FIU. She has been with FIU since 1990. Dr. Tansel teaches a number of undergraduate and graduate courses and is heavily involved in research. Her primary areas of interest are water treatment; hazardous and industrial waste management; landfill processes and release mechanisms; and sustainable sludge treatment and recovery. She has authored over 200 professional reports and papers on sludge management, sanitary landfill design and operation, solid waste management, and her original research results. Dr. Tansel is affiliated with the Water Environment Federation, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Tau Beta Phi and Chi Epsilon and has served on a multitude of committees for those and other organizations. She has been honored with two summer faculty research fellowships and received recognition for ‘Technology Development and Application that Benefit the NASA-KSC and Nation through the Vision of Space’ from the NASA Kennedy Space Center, among other awards and honors. She formerly directed the Drinking Water Research Center at FIU. Prior to joining FIU, Dr. Tansel served as a Project Manager for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and as Senior Project Engineer for PEER Consultants, P.C. Dr. Tansel also has extensive consulting experience, and has worked with the South Florida Water Management District, City of Pompano Beach, Florida, Soap and Detergent Association, Metcalf & Eddy and other entities in various consulting roles. Dr. Tansel received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a Minor in Chemical Engineering, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, she earned an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979 and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey in 1978.

Water treatment; hazardous and industrial waste management; landfill processes and release mechanisms; and sustainable sludge treatment and recovery

Zhangxing (John) Chen has over 30 years of oil and gas research and university appointments, from around the globe. He graduated with a PhD from Purdue University with a degree in Applied and Computational Mathematics. He was recruited to the University of Calgary with the intention to advance the understanding of the Canadian oil and gas reservoirs and expand the potential for improved recovery through computer modelling, simulation and visualization. He currently holds three prestigious chairs: NSERC/AI-EES/Foundation CMG Chair in Reservoir Simulation Albert Innovates Energy Environment Solutions Chair in Underground Coal Gasification Alberta Innovates Technology Futures iCore Chair in Reservoir Simulation Dr. Chen holds professorships and guest professorships at over a dozen universities worldwide, and has organized and chaired 22 international conferences and congresses. Each year Dr. Chen travels to promote his research and engage with others in the field, giving lectures in a variety of countries annually. Demonstrating extraordinary leadership in the field of energy and environmental modeling, Dr. Chen’s work provides laboratory data, oil and gas production technologies, and reservoir simulation software. Working closely with his 15 industry partners, and his team of 70 works to support the goals of these research programs. He is regularly consulted for projects involving oil and gas recovery with global oil producing companies such as Shell Canada, Nexen, Brion Energy, ConocoPhillips, StatoilHydro, Laricina, in Canada, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and Chinese National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), KEURIgroup (KR) in China, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in Iran, Korean Oil and Gas (KOGAS) in Korea, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) in Mexico, ExxonMobil andConocoPhillips in the USA, and Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) in Venezuela. Dr. Chen has travelled extensively to many countries with the intent to develop and promote international education and research programs in the field of energy development and environmental protection. In particular, he has done significant work in China, Iran, Mexico, USA, and Venezuela. Over time, Dr. Chen’s work has significantly contributed to the diversification and growth of these countries’ economy and quality of life through the technologies and jobs created. Dr. Chen has been the recipient of numerous awards since joining the UofC in 2007, including: Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology, Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Foundation, 2012. The Graduate Educator Award of Excellence, University of Calgary, 2012. IBM Faculty Award, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA, 2012. Overall Research Excellence Award, SSE, University of Calgary, 2009. The 2009 SSE’s Department Research Award, University of Calgary, 2009. Zi Qiang Professorship Award by Shanghai University, China 2009

His interest includes reservoir simulation for conventional and non-conventional oils and mathematical modeling.

Prof. Jiunn-Der Liao obtained Bachelor’s degree from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU, 1984 Bachelor of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering) in Taiwan, Masters’ degrees from K. U. Leuven (1990 Master of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering and 1991 Master of Biomedical Engineering) in Belgium and PhD degree from Ecole des Mines (1994 Doctor of Materials Science and Engineering) in France. He had also worked at University of Heidelberg (1995~1996), Germany as a group leader for nearly two years, at Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan as an Associate Professor from 1996~2002, and at NCKU, Taiwan as an Associate Professor and Professor from 2002. Prof. Liao is currently the (1) Distinguished Professor of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NCKU; (2) Distinguished Researcher of University-level Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, NCKU; (3) Research Excellence Award 2011~, College of Engineering, NCKU. He was the (1) Chairman of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NCKU (2009/8~2012/7); (2) Director of Institute of Nanotechnology and Micro-system Engineering (2011/5~2012/7); (3) Associate Director of Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology (2006/1~2012/7); (4) Coordinator of Taiwan Thematic Contact Point on Nanotechnologies, Materials, and new Production Techniques (NCP_NMP), National Science Council (NSC); (5) Coordinator of Promotion Center for Global Materials Research (Director: Distinguished Chair Professor M. Yoshimura), NCKU; (6) Coordinator of Distinguished Chair Professor A. Gedanken, NCKU; (7) Associate Fellow of Applied Physico-Chemistry Institute, University of Heidelberg, FR Germany (1995/4~1996/7).

His research interests include: (1) Nanofabricated surfaces, e.g., with the effect of surface enhanced Raman scattering for biomedical applications; (2) Mechanics of Biomaterials, e.g., engineering materials for tissue scaffolds, cell-surface interactions, mechanical transduction of cells; (3) Plasma Medicine, e.g., use of low-temperature, atmospheric micro-plasma system for medical applications.

Katarzyna Jarmołowicz-Szulc (Assoc. Prof.) has been a scientific worker in Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland, Europe. In her carreer she was the head of the Petrological, Mineral Deposits Departments, the Group of Rocks and Mineral Collections, the Centre of Excellence. She co-ordinated many projects. She is an author of over 120 papers, a reviewer and an editor. She has an experience in fields of isotope studies, fluid inclusions and hydrocarbon migration in the Carpathians, in the marine deposits from the Baltic Sea, other hydrocarbon-bearing regions as well. At present she has been the head of the National Geological Archives in PGI-NRI, Poland.

Geochronology Petrography Sedimentology Isotope Geochemistry Fluid Inclusion Analysis

Dr Hai GUO completed his Ph.D. study in Air Quality at Murdoch University, Australia. He did his postdoctoral research at New York University, University of California at Irvine (Nobel laureate group), Queensland University of Technology, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is currently an Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and an Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and Wuhan University, China. Dr. GUO has supervised 4 postdoctoral fellows, 6 PhD students and a number of Master students. Dr. GUO’s major research interests include atmospheric chemistry, regional and urban air pollution, source apportionment, photochemistry, acidic ultrafine particles, new particle formation and indoor and outdoor air pollution. Dr. GUO is an investigator of more than 30 highly competitive external research projects with grants over 30 million Hong Kong dollars. He has published over 159 papers in high-quality international journals and conference proceedings with over 1951 SCI citations to date. His current h-index is 24. Two of his papers are awarded as the best papers in the 'Selection of Atmospheric Environment’s Best Papers' in the 'Virtual Special Issue on Air Quality in China'. He is an editorial Board member for four international journals and Director member of Integrated Land Ecosystem- Atmosphere Processes Study（iLEAPS）of China Branch. He is also an active reviewer for more than 35 journals. Dr. GUO has given keynote and invited speech in a number of international conferences and been a member of Scientific Advisor Committee in various conferences. Dr. GUO obtained the prestigious Gary COMER Abrupt Climate Change Fellowship in 2004-2005. He is also the winner of the Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding in 2010 and in 2014, and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Publication Achievement (Category I: High Quality Publications) in 2013.

Atmospheric Chemistry, Regional and Urban Air Pollution, Source Apportionment, Photochemistry, Acidic Ultrafine Particles and New Particle Formation.

Professor A.Y. Zekri received his B.Sc., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. He has spent more than two decades in the petroleum industry. Professor Zekri worked as a consultant to the management committees of Waha Oil Co., and Agip Oil Company. He has authored and/or co-authored more than 90 papers on new developments and technical issues in the areas of improved oil recovery, flow through porous media, and environmental aspects of petroleum production, petroleum contracts, and Enhanced Oil Recovery. He has edited and refereed technical papers in widely respected journals. Prof. Zekri has completed a number of research projects in the area of IOR/EOR to UAE and International Petroleum Industries. Professor Zekri is currently working as Coordinator of Oil and Gas Technologies, Emirates Center for Energy and Environment Research and Professor of petroleum engineering at the United Arab Emirates University.

Oil recovery
Environmental aspects of petroleum production
Petroleum contracts
Enhanced Oil Recovery

Professor Dongsheng Wen is the Chair in Petroleum Engineering in the School of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Leeds. He received his DPhil from the University of Oxford, and is the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Energy Institute (FEI), and Institute of Nanotechnology (FION), a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Chartered Scientist (CSci). He has published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals, which is well received in the community (i.e. total citation >3000, and current H-index-23). His research covers a wide spectrum of nanotechnology and engineering science, centered around engineered nanomaterials for energy and medical applications. Currently he is leading a research group in Nanotechnology for oil and gas, i.e., developing multifunctional nanomaterials with tailored properties for reservoir diagnosis, characterization, enhanced oil recovery, and contaminated oil remediation. Example research topics include multifunctional nanomaterials design and transport in porous media, interfacial and rheological properties of nano-dispersions under reservoir conditions; controlled delivery of surfactants for enhanced oil recovery; functional nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery, and nanoparticle sensors (pressure, temperature, oil saturation, stress etc) for reservoir characterisation and diagnosis.

Nanotechnology for oil and gas Nanofluids technology Nanofuel technology Nanowave technology Cryogenic Energy Technology Multiscale modelling Phase change technology

Dr. Bharat Bhushan received an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971, an M.S. in mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1973 and 1976, respectively, an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, NY in 1980, Doctor Technicae from the University of Trondheim at Trondheim, Norway in 1990, a Doctor of Technical Sciences from the Warsaw University of Technology at Warsaw, Poland in 1996, and Doctor Honouris Causa from the National Academy of Sciences at Gomel, Belarus in 2000 and University of Kragujevac, Serbia in 2011. He is a registered professional engineer. He is presently an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the College of Engineering, and the Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is also serving as an ASME/AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, House Committee on Science, Space & Technology, United States Congress, Washington, DC. He is an internationally recognized expert of bio/nanotribology and bio/nanomechanics using scanning probe microscopy, and is one of the most prolific authors. He is considered by some a pioneer of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage devices. He has authored 8 scientific books, 90+ handbook chapters, 800+ scientific papers (h-index – 74+; ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science since 2007 and in Biology and Biochemistry since 2013; ISI Top 5% Cited Authors for Journals in Chemistry since 2011), and 60+ technical reports. He has also edited 50+ books and holds 19 U.S. and foreign patents. He is co-editor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and co-editor of Microsystem Technologies, and Member of Editorial Board of PNAS. He has given more than 400 invited presentations on six continents and more than 200 keynote/plenary addresses at major international conferences. Dr. Bhushan is an accomplished organizer. He organized the Ist Symposium on Tribology and Mechanics of Magnetic Storage Systems in 1984 and the Ist Int. Symposium on Advances in Information Storage Systems in 1990, both of which are now held annually. He organized two international NATO institutes in Europe. He is the founder of an ASME Information Storage and Processing Systems Division founded in 1993 and served as the founding chair during 1993-1998. His biography has been listed in over two dozen Who's Who books including Who's Who in the World and has received more than two dozen awards for his contributions to science and technology from professional societies, industry, and U.S. government agencies. He is also the recipient of various international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists, Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists, Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, and Tribology Life Achievement Award. He is a foreign member of the International Academy of Engineering (Russia), Byelorussian Academy of Engineering and Technology and the Academy of Triboengineering of Ukraine, an honorary member of the Society of Tribologists of Belarus and STLE, a fellow of ASME, IEEE, and the New York Academy of Sciences, and a member of ASEE, Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi. Dr. Bhushan has previously worked for Mechanical Technology Inc., Latham, NY; SKF Industries Inc., King of Prussia, PA; IBM, Tucson, AZ; and IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA. He has held visiting professorship at University of California at Berkeley, University of Cambridge, UK, Technical University Vienna, Austria, University of Paris, Orsay, ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne. He is currently a visiting professor at Univ. of Southampton, UK, Univ. of Kragujevac, Serbia, Tsinghua Univ., China, Harbin Inst., China, and KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.

His research interests include fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology, bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology, and biomimetics.

Kalachand Sain received his M.Sc.(Tech) in Applied Geophysics from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in 1988 and Ph.D. in Controlled Source Seismology from the Osmania University (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad. He visited Cambridge University (UK) and Rice University (USA) as a post-doctoral fellow. At present, he is the Senior Principal Scientist & Head of Gas-Hydrate Group at CSIR-NGRI, and is working on seismic attenuation, attributes, travel-time tomography, AVO modeling, full-waveform inversion, impedance inversion, rock physics modeling, prestack depth migration. His main interests include the delineation and assessment of gas-hydrates, imaging sub-volcanic sediments, and understanding the geotectonics from surface geophysical data. He has published 89 research papers in peer-review scientific journals, 62 non-SCI articles/reports, and guided for 58 dissertations as part of curriculum for M.Sc. Tech in App. Geophysics of several Indian Institutes/Universities. He has been recognized by a number of awards/fellowships; notable among them are (i) Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India; AP Academy of Sciences, (ii) AP Scientist Award; Young Scientist Award of CSIR; National Mineral Award; Best Paper Award by Int. Ass. of Gondwana Research; Best Poster Award by Int. Con. on Oil & Gas by PETROTECH; and Swarnajayanti Project Award of DST, (iii) Bureau Member of International Lithosphere Program, (iv) Raman Fellowship; BOYSCAST Fellowship, (v) Krishnan Medal and Anni Talwani Memorial Prize of IGU, (vi) Prem Bahadur Memorial Lecture of IGC etc. He is a member of numerous National Committees, and Editorial Boards of Int. Journals such as the 'Episodes', 'Jour. of Geological Soc. of India', 'Int. Jour. of Earth Sci. & Engg.', 'Geohorizons'. He served as a Guest Editor in 'Marine & Petroleum Geology' by Elsevier and as a member of Editorial Board for the second edition of 'Encyclopedia for Solid Earth Geophysics' by Springer

Current Area of Research: (i) Exploration of marine gas hydrates; (ii) Imaging sub-volcanic sediments & (iii) Understanding geo-tectonics of several provinces in offshore & on land of India, and built expertise in seismic data modeling, inversion, processing and interpretation; attenuation; attributes; traveltime tomography; AVO modeling; full-waveform inversion; Impedance inversion; pre-stack depth migration; rock physics modeling etc.

Professor Khalil Sarkarinejad is micro-structural and structural geologist graduated at Cardiff University in Wales, head of Structural Geology Group at the Department of Earth Sciences, Shiraz University with extensive publications and reseach in the hinterland, foreland of the Zagros orogenic belt, controlling factors in the inclined curved transpression deformations.

His main interest is study of the geometry and kinematics of the salt diapiric flow at the surface including finite strain, kinematic vorticity flow analyses micro-structural foliation and lineation trajectories mapping in order to detecting complexities and explore complexities of the sub-surface 2D and 3D seismic images and micro-seismic salt flow images in complex onshore and offshore oil and gas traps.

Prof. Hamid A. Almegren received his D.Phil. degree in Chemistry from University of Oxford, United Kingdom in 2002. Presently he is Professor and Assistant Director of Materiales Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). He is also Guest Professor at China University of Petroleum since 2011, and Beijing University for Chemical Technology since 2013. He is Editor-in-Chief for “Applied Petrochemical Research” Journal since 2012. He has vast experience in field of Heterogeneous Catalysis, and he is Principal Investigator for several joint research projects at KACST in cooperation with various international universities and research centers. He edited book titled “Advances in Natural Gas Technology” in 2012 and recently he editing a book titled "Petrochemical Materials, Processes, and Emerging Technologies" will be release in late 2015. He has published more than fifty research papers in various scientific journals and proceedings of international conferences. He has organized and participated in various national and international scientific conferences and chaired technical sessions and committees.

His research interest in heterogeneous catalysts meanly in hydrotreatment catalysts, mesopause materials, Zeolite, Carbide, Nitride, and Sulfide catalysts.

Dr. Younes Noorollahi has completed his PhD at the age of 36 years from Kyushu University-Japan and postdoctoral studies also from Kyushu University School of Earth Resources Engineering. He is the Head of Renewable Energies Engineering Department in University of Tehran. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and more than 100 papers in national and international conferences and has been serving as an editorial board member of more than 10 international journals.

Research Interest: Earth Resources Engineering Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Application of GIS for resources exploration Energy and Environmental Impacts Geothermal Energy Engineering Renewable Energies

Dr. Eng. Mohammed Darsi Abdulrahman Nedham from Aden - Yemen. 23 Years Experience in the Petroleum Field Industry, 2012, 2013 and 2014 World Oil Awards Finalists as Innovative Thinker. Multilingual (Arabic, English, Russian, Chinese and have a basic course in German Languages). Have Two Registered Patents (In Yemen and China), Subsurface Geology Doctor (Ph.D.- Mineralogy, Petrology and Stratigraphy) from Earth Science College of Jilin University; Institute of Geoenergy (Chang Chun; China). Doctoral Thesis Title is: A New Look to the Yemeni Geology based on New Solutions to the Most Chaotic Yemeni Geological Problems, now is an OMV- Block 2 & Block 29 Advisory Committee Member of PEPA. Owner, Founder and Manager of the Yemeni Stratigraphy and Geology Network (The YSGN) and the Global's Earth Scientist Network (The GESN) of Linkedin. Member of Arab Scientist Organization. An Editorial board Member of Journal of Environmental Studies [JES]; Sohag University (Egypt). Founding Member of the Yemen Geological Society. M.Sc. (Including B Sc) in Geology. Specialist in Geology and Exploration of Mineral Deposits (Oil and Gas Fields); Petroleum Engineer, Geologist from the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University decorated with the order of Friendship among Peoples (The Russian University, Now), Moscow, Russia, Have 24 Certificate from different Institutes, Training Centers, Clubs, …and from the Yemeni Embassy in Russia. Published more than 20 scientific paper and articles locally and internationally. Memberships (AAPG, AIPG, GAC, PEXGB, SEPM, SPE, TGL, GSA, GPF, GSP, ASO, IBC, … and the YGS) Last time received a Certificate of Appreciation from OMV Yemen for outstanding performance and lasting contributions to OMV (Yemen Block S2) Exploration GmbH achieving Habban Field 15 mn bbl production Specialties: Ph.D. in Subsurface Geology (Mineralogy, Petrology and Stratigraphy) – (Jilin University; China) Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering and Geology (Russian University; Russia)

Mineralogy, Petrology and Stratigraphy

Professor Jia is an expert of development of natural gas resource. He received his B.S. degree in Petroleum Geology from the China University of Petroleum and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED), Beijing, China. In 2005 he became a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at RIPED, PetroChina. From 1992, he has worked in the areas of oil & gas geology, reservoir modeling and engineering. He is currently director of Ordos Basin Branch Institute of RIPED, PetroChina. As a professor, he has published over 80 papers and 10 books in the oil & gas development fields.

Petroleum Geology, Natural gas, oil & gas geology.

M.E. Hossain is Associate Professor and Statoil Chair in Reservoir Engineering in the Department of Process Engineering (Oil & Gas Program) at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Memorial), Canada. He is also Visiting Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He earned a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) in 1995, and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from a collaboration between University of Alberta and BUET in 2001. Dr. Hossain completed a PhD in Petroleum Engineering in 2008 and a MBA degree in 2009 both at Dalhousie University, Canada. Prior to working at KFUPM, Dr. Hossain hold positions at Ryerson University and Dalhousie University; Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, BUET, and Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET) Bangladesh. He also worked with the petroleum industry for over nine years. In over 22 years, Dr. Hossain authored and/or co-authored more than 150 research articles focusing on reservoir modeling, reservoir simulation, reservoir characterization, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), drilling fluid, drilling waste, and environmental sustainability. Dr. Hossain wrote five books on Petroleum Engineering, and a textbook on Fundamentals of Sustainable Drilling Engineering published by Wiley and Scrivener Publishing, USA. Two additional books are in progress: two books will cover drilling issues and solutions, and one book will focus on reservoir simulation. Dr Hossain’s main contribution to the industry is the introduction for the first time of memory concept for a petroleum application. For conducting research activities on EOR, drilling waste management, and development of new sustainable drilling fluid and additives, Dr. Hossain has currently funding totaling over three million Saudi riyal from Saudi Aramco, NSTIP, and the Saudi government. As an Associate Professor at Memorial, he has funding of approximately two million dollars received from Statoil, NSERC, RDC, and Memorial. In the last six years, he completed over five million Saudi riyal projects funded by Saudi Aramco, NSTIP, and KFUPM in diverse area of petroleum engineering. In recognition of his research and teaching excellence, he has received numbers of awards. Dr. Hossain has been teaching a wide spectrum of petroleum engineering courses, such as drilling engineering, reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, petroleum economics, reservoir rock properties, etc. Designed to clients’ needs, he gives short courses, workshops, and seminars in the area of petroleum engineering. His research team include research associates, PhD students, and M.Sc. students. Dr. Hossain is the associate editor of Journal of Nature Science and Sustainable Technology (JNSST), and Journal of Characterization and Development of Novel Materials (JCDNM), Nova Science Publishers, USA. He also acts as a reviewer for several international journals including Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) journals. He has been an active member of a number of international societies, including the SPE. Dr. Hossain is the founder and Chairman of Aziza Trust (www.azizatrust.com) and was on the Board of directors of Aziza group in Bangladesh, Bright Coral in Canada.

petroleum engineering: Process Engineering (Oil & Gas Program), drilling engineering, reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, petroleum economics, reservoir rock properties, etc.

Dr Amarjit Bakshi has a Ph.D and also undergraduate degree both in Chemical Engineering from University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.Over 30 years experience in Engineering/ Consulting Management at senior level in Process Engineering, Technology, Business Development, Licensing, Acquisitions, Alliances and Project Management and Engineering, Operations Management and Process Engineering. Provided proven leadership and vision with broader perspectives and able to manage multiple tasks and personnel on mega projects. For last 7 years I have been consulting in Upstream, midstream, transfer of oil/gas by pumping, petrochemicals with NOC’s, major oil and petrochemical corporations including management consulting organizations like BCG, Bain Consulting group and so many other organizations. I have been providing consulting in operations, training of facilities engineering, technology, Catalysts, acquisitions, alliances, operations and corrosion in most of Oil and gas industry areas.

Petroleum and Chemical Engineering,Process Engineering

Hussain Ahmed has taught and conducted research in petroleum engineering for more than 20 years at British institutions such as Heriot-Watt University, Salford University, Teesside University, Liverpool JM University, Riverside College and Warrington Collegiate. He has provided training and consultancy for major oil companies such as BP, Chevron, Shell, KNPC, ADNOC, ARAMCO, PDO and Qatar Petroleum. His areas of research interest are enhanced oil recovery methods, oil well production optimization and drilling technology.

Enhanced Oil Recovery (Water injection; Gas injection)-- Drilling Engineering - drillling fluid; Uunder Balanced Drilling- CO2 flooding- MEOR Reservoir Engineering formation damage -- production- three phase separators optmisation --- Heavy Oil Recovery ---- Hydrates drilling

Russell R. Chianelli is currently Director of the Materials Research and Technology Institute at the University of Texas at El Paso and Professor of Chemistry, Materials and Environmental Science and Engineering. After receiving his PhD, he joined the Corporate Research Laboratories of Exxon Research and Engineering Co in 1974. While at this laboratory he conducted research in both fundamental and applied areas of interest to the energy industry. He is recognized worldwide for his work in Transition Metal Sulfide environmental catalytic materials. This work resulted in over 130 publications and 60 issued United States patents. During this period he was active in the Materials Research Society (MRS), serving as vice president (1989), president (1990), past president (1991) and Counselor (1992-1994). In 1996 he joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Texas at El Paso as Chairman and Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. In 2001 he resigned as Chemistry Department Chairman to head the Materials Research and Technology Institute (MRTI) at UTEP. The MRTI is dedicated to research relevant to the US/Mexico border in Materials related to energy, environment and health.

Environmental Science and Engineering

Dr. Agarwal’s public health interests include studying the impact of atmospheric and industrial pollutants (nano- to microscale particles) on human health. Some of his research involves transport of contaminants in air and water in home and work environment. His research has also focused on nanotechnology concepts related to filtration and catalysis, and has included some of the topics such as nanotoxicity, nanotechnology and environment, and nano- and micro-scale filtration. Dr. Agarwal is also interested in finding low-cost solutions and effective medical devices for populations in developing countries. He is also concerned with health education, health needs, health delivery, and health economics.

aging population health delivery, comparative effectiveness research, toxic nanoparticle exposure, dissemination & implementation research, global health, WHO effectiveness, health inequality, cost-effective health delivery, computational modeling

After graduation (BSc in Chemical Engineering from Abadan Institute of Technology, Iran), Bahman Tohidi joined National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in 1984 where he worked as Production Engineer as well as University Lecturer for seven years. He joined Heriot-Watt University in 1991 and graduated with a PhD in Petroleum Engineering in 1995 with his doctoral work on the phase behaviour of water-hydrocarbon systems and gas hydrates. He started his employment at Heriot-Watt University in January 1994 working in both Hydrate and Reservoir Fluids research projects. His research interests include gas hydrates, flow assurance (e.g., wax, asphaltene, salt, emulsion, foam, etc.), PVT, phase behaviour and properties of reservoir fluids and H2S/CO2-rich systems, production technology and EOR. Currently, he leads Hydrate, Flow Assurance and Phase Equilibria Research Group at Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University. He is the Director of International Centre for Gas Hydrate Research and the Centre for Flow Assurance Research (C-FAR) at Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University with several projects on various aspects of gas hydrates and flow assurance, and phase behaviour and properties of reservoir fluids and H2S/CO2-rich systems. His is a consultant to major oil and service companies. Bahman is Managing Director of “HYDRAFACT LIMITED” a Heriot-Watt spin-out Company formed in 2006 with Flow Assurance and PVT as its main area of activity. Hydra fact played a major role in Heriot-Watt University winning the Queen’s Anniversary Awards in 2016. His teaching activities included Petroleum Engineering and Production Technology, as well as offering several short courses to the industry (including; Flow Assurance and Gas Hydrates, PVT and Phase Behaviour of Reservoir Fluids, and Petroleum Engineering for other Disciplines). He taught Production Technology for 10 years to Heriot-Watt MSc students in Edinburgh and various Approved Learning Partners in Russia, China, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, and Angola. He has published more than 400 papers and holds 10 patents mainly in gas hydrates and PVT. He was SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2004-2005 with his talk entitled, “Gas Hydrates: Friend or Foes?”. Bahman is a Professor at the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University. Bahman is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He was member of the EPSRC (the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council) Peer Review College for 2006-2009 and 2010-2013 and former member of editorial board of Journal of Chemical Engineering Research and Design (2009-12), and former-Deputy Head of Institute of Petroleum

Gas Hydrates Flow Assurance PVT, Phase Behaviour and Properties of Reservoir Fluids and CO2-Rich Systems CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage. Current major research projects: Gas Hydrates and Flow Assurance; Evaluation of Low Dosage Hydrate Inhibitors; Hydrate Safety Margin Monitoring and Early Detection Systems; Phase Behaviour and Properties of Reservoir Fluids; Impact of Common Impurities on Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport and Storage; Producing Methane from Gas Hydrate Reservoirs; Geomechamical Properties of Hydrate Bearing Sediments; New Class of KHIs

Dr. Yunsheng Wei began his professional career at RIPED in 2006, having abundant experience in unconventional gas development about 10 years. He has made great contributions to improving reservoir engineering, especially in tight gas and shale gas. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of several gas engineering journals.

Unconventional Gas Development, Reservoir Engineering especially in tight gas and shale gas

Rahman's background in multiphase flow experiments and CFD of both academic (fundamental) and industrial (applied) research contributions have been documented in more than 50 refereed journals and conference proceedings. In recognition of his high-quality research endeavors, Rahman has been awarded several multimillion-dollar grants from organizations such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Newfoundland Research & Development Corp. He has been involved in a number of research collaborations with companies, including Intecsea, Husky Energy, Syncrude Canada, GRI simulations, C-Core and Coanda Research & Development Corp. Rahman was a postdoctoral fellow in 2012 in the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Alberta. He also worked as a postdoctoral fellow in 2011 in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 2010 and his master's degree from Dalhousie University (Canada) in 2004. Rahman has successfully supervised a number of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, research associates and undergraduate students. He is the recipient of a best teaching award from the University of Alberta in 2009. He is also involved in with a number of professional organizations, including SPE, ASME and CSME. He is a registered Profession Engineer in Alberta, Canada.

Gas/non-Newtonian liquid; shear thinning fluid; Pressure drop; Two-phase flow rates; visualization.

Professor A.Y. Zekri received his B.Sc., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. He has spent more than two decades in the petroleum industry. Professor Zekri worked as a consultant to the management committees of Waha Oil Co., and Agip Oil Company. He has authored and/or co-authored more than 90 papers on new developments and technical issues in the areas of improved oil recovery, flow through porous media, and environmental aspects of petroleum production, petroleum contracts, and Enhanced Oil Recovery. He has edited and refereed technical papers in widely respected journals. Prof. Zekri has completed a number of research projects in the area of IOR/EOR to UAE and International Petroleum Industries. Professor Zekri is currently working as Coordinator of Oil and Gas Technologies, Emirates Center for Energy and Environment Research and Professor of petroleum engineering at the United Arab Emirates University.

Oil & Gas recovery Environmental aspects of petroleum production Petroleum contracts Enhanced Oil Recovery

Department of Petroleum Eng., Kuwait University

EOR, Fluid Flow in Porous Media, Numerical Simulation, and Artificial Intelligence.

Prior to his current employment, he worked in a variety range of positions including RE, Senior Reservoir Engineer, and Consultant at UK oil and gas upstream sector. In addition, he worked as a Reader (Associate Professor) at London South Bank University, London, UK. In fact, he is the founder of the Petroleum Engineering department at this university. • He holds a First Class Honors BEng in Petroleum Engineering and a Ph.D in Steam-foam drive process in EOR from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. • He has had around 35 years of academic, industrial and research experiences mainly associated with the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry. • He is currently the EOR Cluster Leader within the Subsurface Team of the Technology Group. The job involves advanced technology screening and implementation for relevant Reservoir subsurface challenges and adopting the most efficient and economic ones to address them. • Major Area of interest: EOR, Reservoir monitoring and simulation, Uncertainty analysis, new technologies and innovation, unconventional reservoirs, and production optimization. • He has published many articles in both conferences and journals in the area of EOR, production optimization, and reservoir simulation. • Link: www.KOCKW.com

Enhanced Oil Recovery, Reservoir Simulation, Unconventional resources

Dr.-Ing. Ralph-Uwe Dietrich leads the research area Alternative Fuels at the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart. He is responsible for the research group on techno economic and ecologic evaluation of alternative fuels for aviation and global transport. He received his PhD in Engineering at the Technical University Clausthal in 2013 as a Scientific coworker at the Clausthaler Umwelttechnik Institute (CUTEC-Institut GmbH). Before that, he got 15 years of project manager experience at different enterprises (SME and Fortune 500) of the process and automation industry.

techno economic and ecologic evaluation of alternative fuels for aviation and global transport

Professor Dr. Ariffin Samsuri is a Senior Professor of the Petroleum & Renewable Energy Engineering Faculty (FPREE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He has vast experience in managing R&D projects for government funded research as well as industry sponsored research projects. He had completed 3.0 years as a Dean of the Petroleum & Renewable Energy Engineering Faculty (FPREE), 3.5 years as a Dean of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering Faculty (FKKKSA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), of 5 years as a Dean of Research Management Centre (RMC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2.5 years as a Deputy Director 1 of the RMC, 7 years as a Deputy Dean (R&D) of the Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering and 4 years as a Head of Petroleum Engineering Department. Professor Dr. Ariffin has published 102 technical papers for conferences/seminars and journals on many aspects of Petroleum Engineering development and management in international and national level, authored 5 books, 3 book chapters, translated 4 books, edited 8 books and 5 research monographs. He was awarded as a best student (science & technique) from Institute of Language & Literature Malaysia (DBP) and Malaysian Translator Association (PPM), several excellent service awards from UTM, Best Editor Award from Yayasan Pembangunan Buku Negara and Johan Setia Mahkota (JSM) from Malaysian Government. He is also a member of Board of Engineer, Malaysia, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Malaysian Translator Association, Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and Society of Engineering Education, Malaysia (SEEM).As a Professor of Petroleum Engineering, he is the head of 18 research projects and member of 14 research projects within his research interests, i.e. petroleum production optimization, rock mechanics application in petroleum engineering, wellbore stability, well stimulation, cement and cementing technology, drilling and drilling fluid technology, and biofuel. He had more than 34 years teaching and supervising experiences in petroleum engineering program for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees offer by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He also had been appointed as a visiting professor of Universiti Teknologi Petronas since 2010-2011, several expert and academic advisory panels, and peer reviewer for several journals.

Petroleum & Renewable Energy

Nour Sh El-Gendy is a Professor of Petroleum and Environmental Biotechnology and head manager of Petroleum Biotechnology Lab in Egyptian Petroleum Reserach Institute. She is the vice coordinatior of the Scientific Reserach Committee in the National Council for Women of Egypt. Authored six books in the fields of biofuels, nano-biotechnology, petroleum refinery and biotechnology and about hundred twenty five research papers in the fields of oil pollution, bioremediation, biosorption, biofuels, microbial-corrosion, green chemistry, wastewater treatment, biodesulfurization, biodenitrogenation and nano-bio-technology and its applications in petroleum industry and biofuels. She in an editor in nineteen international journals and reviewer in fourty five international journals, supervised twenty four MSc and PhD thesis. Participated in thirty international workshops and training courses, and forty four international conferences. A member in many international associations concerned with petroleum, biotechnology and environmental health and sciences.

Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology, biofuels, nano-biotechnology, petroleum refinery, biotechnology, oil pollution, bioremediation, biosorption, microbial-corrosion, green chemistry, wastewater treatment, biodesulfurization, biodenitrogenation.