Keynote Speaker

 

Masafumi Yamaguchi

Toyota Technological Institute, Japan

Dr. Masafumi Yamaguchi is now Professor Emeritus and Invited Research Fellow at the Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan. He is the Chairman, PV R&D Review Committee under the NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization): since 2008. He was the Research Supervisor of the “Creative Clean Energy Generation using Solar Energy” under the JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency): 2009-2017. Prof. Yamaguchi has contributed to R&D for high-efficiency multi-junction, Si tandem and Si solar cells, space solar cells, defects in semiconductors, PV-powered vehicle applications. He has received numerous awards such as The Becquerel Prize from the European Commission in 2004, The William Cherry Award from the IEEE in 2008, The PVSEC Award in 2011, The WCPEC Award in 2014, The Science and Technology Award by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2015, the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Japan Society of Applied Physics in 2025 and the Purple Ribbon Medal from the Emperor in 2025 for his outstanding contributions to the development of science and technology of photovoltaics such as high-efficiency multi-junction solar cells, space solar cells, concentrator solar cells and as one of the world leaders of the development of photovoltaics and as one of the driving forces for international co-operation.

 

Hyunook Kim

University of Seoul, Korea

Prof. Hyunook Kim is a professor of the Department of Environmental Engineering at the University of Seoul (UOS). Before he joined UOS in 2002, he had worked as an Environmental Engineer at the US Dept. of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service. Currently, he is the Director of the Graduate Schools specialized in Climate Change Adaptation, and Carbon-neutrality. After having earned a B.S. degree in environmental engineering from Yonsei University, he obtained his M.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. At UOS, he has conducted research on smart water and wastewater management technologies and developed sustainable environmental and energy technologies. Prof. Kim has served the Korean government as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology. He has served a few international journals including Water-Energy Nexus, Chemosphere, Energy, Ecology, and Environment, and Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry as the Editor-in-Chief or Editor and the IWA/IAHR JUCD as a Co-Chair of International Working Group on Urban Streams (IWGUS). He is also actively involved in ISO. He is currently the Chairman of the Korean mirror committee of ISO-TC224. He is also leading as the convenor of the working group (WG) on Management of Microplastics in Water System (ISO/TC224 WG 18) and of WG on Measurement of Microplastics in Air (ISO/TC146/SC3 WG 23).
Prof. Kim has published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal papers. He has filed about 100 national and international patents and completed about 200 national and international research projects. He has received dozens of academic and professional awards and honors including the National Medal of Honor for his contribution to the national environmental science & technology advancement and environmental policy making process.

 

Fariborz HAGHIGHAT (Fellow of the ASHRAE)

Concordia University, Canada

Dr. Fariborz Haghighat is a professor at the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering – Concordia University, Canada. His current research focuses on the fundamental of heat and mass transport in the built environment, and on its applications in the design and analysis of energy-efficient, healthy/immune, and sustainable buildings/communities.
Professor Haghighat is a Fellow of the ASHRAE and an elected member of the International Academy of Indoor Air Science. He is the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Sustainable Cities and Society and the Co-Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Energy and Built Environment, and a member of the Editorial Board of several international scientific journals. He has published more than 300 journal and conference papers and presented numerous talks on selected aspects of Energy and Environment.
 

 

 

Invited Speaker

Hongyu Zhu

Inner Mongolia University of Technology

Dr. Hongyu Zhu is a recipient of the Young Talents Support Program (Doctoral Special Project) by the China Association for Science and Technology. She has long been engaged in research on the collaborative response and optimal operation of distributed flexible resources in source-grid-load-storage systems. Dr. Zhu has served as the principal investigator and participated in numerous national and provincial-level projects, including the China Association for Science and Technology's Young Talents Support Program (Ph.D. Special Project) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has published over 30 SCI-indexed papers, and has received the Second Prize in the National University Electrical Engineering Course Experimental Teaching Case Design Competition and the Baosteel Education Award.