Presentation of The Speakers

Join leading experts to explore energy, water sustainability and new technologies amidst global challenges and advancements.

Prof. AHMED ENNAOUI is a distinguished Moroccan-German materials scientist and a global leader in renewable energy and photovoltaic (PV) technology. He is widely recognized for his pioneering research on thin-film solar cells using earth-abundant, non-toxic materials. He served as a Professor of Physics at Mohammed V University in Rabat for nearly 25 years, starting in 1979. Currently: President of the scientific council of IRESEN Education: Master Degree in Solid State Electronic; Dorctor title Solid State Electronic (1979); Conducted research (Habilitation( at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute-berlin (1983-1987), Germany. Career path: Served as head of research group Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) (2000-2015). Served as Research Director at Qatar Environmental and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) and Joint Full Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Served as visiting professor at the Research Centre for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka university and taught researchseminars on Advanced Thin Film chalcogenide solar cells. Expertise : Thin film R&D and nanostructured solar cells, PV soiling solution, and O&M of the infrastructure at the STF, low CAPEX manufacturing of thin Film PV technology. Alumni Network Freie Universität Berlin –Editorial Board/ Elsevier for the journal Solar energy materials and solar cells Online Education: In 2019, he founded the Virtual Learning University (VLU), an online platform dedicated to making advanced Photovoltaics science and technology (PV-S&T) lectures accessible worldwide / web: https://www.vluplatform.com Publication and books: authored or co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles and holds several patents. He co-authored the book Simple Chemical Methods for Thin Film Deposition (Springer, 2024). He managed (as Editor) 5 special issues in Solar Energy materials and Solatr Cells (Elsevier) Global Standing: Stanford University has consistently ranked Ennaoui in the top 2% of researchers worldwide in material Sciences

Prof. SAID KHABBA is a physician and has a background in agro-climatology and modelling. PhD in Thermal transfer from Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) Morocco. Senior Lecturer at UCA since 1996. He was co-director of the Joint International Laboratory "Remote Sensing and Water Resources in the Mediterranean Semi-Arid area TREMA, 2011-2015", Project leader of the Moroccan project "Resource and eco-hydrological operation of the Tensift watershed, 2011-2015, RS/2011/09", and Moroccan PI of the SudMed program "Integrated water resources management in the Tensift watershed, Morocco 2009-2013" and ANR-TRANSMED AMETHYST project "Assessment of changes in MEdiTerranean HYdro-resources in the South: river basin Trajectories, 2013-2018". Moroccan Pl of the ERANET-MED CHAAMS project "Global Change: Assessment and Adaptation to the Mediterranean Region Water Scarcity, 2018-2020" and the PRIMA-ALTOS project “Managing water resources within Mediterranean agrosystems by accounting for spatial structures and connectivities”. His research focus on the crop water requirement, growth, development and yield in semi-arid areas. The approach used is based on the synergy between field measurement (meteorology, micrometeorology, yield, ...), simple and complex modeling (SVAT and crop operation) and satellite observations (multi-bands and multi-resolutions). In this research area, he has supervised a dozen PhDs. He published more than 85 peer-reviewed papers.

Prof. Md. K. NAZEERUDDIN is an emeritus Professor at the EPFL in Switerland. received M.Sc. and Ph. D. in inorganic chemistry from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He joined as a Lecturer in Deccan College of Engineering and Technology, Osmania University in 1986, and subsequently, moved to Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, as a Research Associate. He was awarded the Government of India’s fellowship in 1987 for study abroad. In 2014, EPFL awarded him the title of Professor. His current research at EPFL focuses on Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Perovskite Solar Cells, CO2 reduction, Hydrogen production, and Light-emitting diodes. He has published more than 509 peer-reviewed papers, ten book chapters, and he is inventor/co-inventor of over 50 patents. The high impact of his work has been recognized by invitations to speak at over 130 international conferences, and has been nominated to the OLLA International Scientific Advisory Board. He appeared in the ISI listing of most cited chemists, and has more than 49'000 citations with an h-index of 105. He is teaching "Functional Materials" course at EPFL, and Korea University; directing, and managing several industrial, national, and European Union projects. He was awarded EPFL Excellence prize in 1998 and 2006, Brazilian FAPESP Fellowship in 1999, Japanese Government Science & Technology Agency Fellowship, in 1998, Government of India National Fellowship in 1987-1988. Recently he has been appointed as World Class University (WCU) professor by the Korea University, Jochiwon, Korea (http://dses.korea.ac.kr/eng/sub01_06_2.htm), Adjunct Professor by the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Eminent Professor in Brunei.

Prof. MANUELA TVARONAVIČIENĖ, full professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Business Management Faculty and full professor at The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania; member of editorial boards of peer-reviewed international scientific journals, expert of the Research Council of Lithuania, head and member of scientific projects. She is alumnus of IESE Business School; raised qualifications at Harvard Business School (USA) and Cambridge University, Judge School (UK). She is author of more than 60 papers. Research interests: economic growth, sustainable development, innovations, investments, energy security, entrepreneurship.

Dr. TERESA POERIO achieved her Master Degree in Chemistry (1999) at the University of Calabria under the supervision of prof. Giovanni De Munno, and she achieved the PhD (2006) in Chemical and Materials Engineering at University of Calabria under the supervision of prof. Raffaele Molinari. Since 2011, she is researcher at Institute on Membrane Technology. She is Advisor of several graduate students and co-supervisor of PhD students in collaboration with the University of Calabria. She is author of more than 70 publications in international journals, 10 books chapters and more than 100 contributions to national and international Congresses.

Prof. ABDERAFI CHARKI is affilited to the engineering school Polytech Angers. After obtaining his PhD in engineering sciences in 2000 at UTC (University of Technology of Compiègne, France) and working for four years in industry, Dr. Abdérafi CHARKI became an Associate Professor at Polytech Angers (the Engineering College of Angers University, France) in 2004. Since then, he has been working as an Associate Professor in mechanical and industrial engineering. For several years, he has been contributing to the development of the engineering school's curriculum, particularly in the industrial engineering department's “Quality-Innovation-Reliability” program. Since 2020, he has also been the deputy director of the Doctoral School of Engineering and Systems Sciences(ED SIS des Pays de la Loire). 

Prof. EL KHANCHOUFI ABDESSALAM is a full Professor at the Faculty of Science Dhar El Marhaz at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco since 1988. He is Member of the Research and Cooperation Commission (2013- 2014) and Coordinator of the Research and Cooperation Commission (2010-2011). He is a head of Environmental Geoscience Research Unit (2003-2009) and the DESS in Environment, Land Planning and Society (2003-2008). He was a Director National Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Taounate, USMBA, Taounate, Morocco (2009-2015). Author of 13 sientific publications, 73 scientific presentations of which 50 were presented in seminars et 23 presented in conferences as invited Presenter (COP 21, COP22, MEDCOP 21, CEDCOP Climat, Climatic Chance …). He was organized 20 seminars (one of them was the first forum sustainable agriculture and opportunitiessustainabledevelopment), 5 contributions in books or guides.

Dr. HICHAM ABOUOUALID is a