Speakers
Professor Walter Leal
Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
Professor Walter Leal (PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt, FRGS, FSB, FLS) holds the Chairs of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He directs the Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainability Development and Climate Change Management".
Dr. Ibram Ganesh
ARCI (India)
Dr. Ibram Ganesh invented SLAPE solar panels, discovered a game changing electrochemical CO2 reduction over TiN thin films, and introduced ultra-low cost EPDM rubber membranes, and authored a book: “Practicable Artificial Photosynthesis: The Only Option Available Today for Humankind to Make Energy, Environment, Economy and Life Sustainable on Earth”.
Dr. Filippos Proedrou
University of South Wales (UK)
Dr. Proedrou’s areas of expertise are Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics, energy transition and geopolitics, and energy and climate policy. His monograph Energy Policy and Security under Climate Change has been named among the 20 best books of all time in the categories of Energy Policy (9th) and Renewable Energy (20th) by BookAuthority. He has secured funding from the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, and the European Commission. Dr. Proedrou has advised the Welsh Parliament on climate policy and serves as an external expert for the European Commission.
Dr. Aisha Bello-Dambatta
University College London (UK)
Dr Bello-Dambatta is a transdisciplinary researcher in water sciences and engineering with experience in the broadly related areas of IWRM, water-energy-food-environment nexus, water-gender nexus, and climate change impacts on land and water resources. She received her PhD in Engineering from Exeter University in 2010 and has over 10 years of postdoctoral research and teaching experience at Exeter, UCL, and Bangor University (2019 – 2023). She currently lectures water sciences at UCL.
Professor Maria Meirelles
University of the Azores (Portugal)
Maria Meirelles holds a Diploma in Physics from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, obtained in 1992. She pursued her Master's degree in Geophysics with a focus on Meteorology at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, graduating in 1997. In 2009, she completed her Ph.D. in Physics at the University of the Azores, Portugal. Her teaching activities encompass a wide range of subjects including meteorology, atmospheric science, climatology, general physics, and geophysics for undergraduate and master's level studies. She has supervised numerous students in both internship and thesis work. She has actively participated in several scientific conferences and has contributed to various research articles and book chapters. Additionally, she collaborates with publishers in reviewing scientific articles.
Professor Helena Cristina Vasconcelos
University of the Azores (Portugal)
Helena Cristina Vasconcelos is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Azores in Portugal. Her extensive academic background includes a 5-year bachelor's degree in Physics and Materials Engineering, which she obtained in 1990, and a PhD in Materials Engineering, which she completed in 1999. As a research member of the Laboratory for Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys), Helena's research interests primarily focus on optical materials, fluorescence, and photonics. Recently, she has also been interested in multivariate data analysis techniques and correlation studies involving meteorological parameters. Her expertise in these areas has resulted in numerous publications in reputable journals and conferences.
Dr. Efrat Eilam
Victoria University (Australia)
Efrat Eilam is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. In recent years, Efrat’s research has focused on Climate Change (CC) education. In her work, she examines CC curriculum development and implementation, CC resources, and teacher professional development. She worked as an advisor to the Israel Ministry of Education and contributed to developing their comprehensive K-12 CC curriculum, which has been mandatory since 2022.
Professor Salvatore Magazù
University of Messina (Italy)
Salvatore Magazù is full professor of Experimental Physics from the year 2002 at the Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra (MIFT) of Messina University where he chairs the research groups of experimental and environmental physics. He was awarded by the "2000 Scientia Europaea Prize" assigned by the French Academy of Sciences.