Program

ICEPR Keynote Lecture

August 20 | 9:10 AM - 9:55 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Andriy Voronov, North Dakota State University, USA

Ecological Restoration of Degraded Peatlands in Indonesia: Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Dr. Charles Lee, The University of Newcastle, Singapore

Dr. Charles Lee is a Program Convenor and Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle (Australia) Singapore. He has more than 25 years' experience in environmental research, education and consulting in North America, and Asia-Pacific countries. His experience encompasses consulting at one of the top environmental consulting firms in the San Francisco Bay Area (California) USA, R&D at the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*Star, Singapore), and academic teaching and research at the University of Newcastle (Australia). Previously at A*STAR (Singapore) he has a patent on photocatalytic degradation of halogenated compounds. His research areas include remediation of contaminated sites, ecological rehabilitation of degraded land, uptake of metals by hyperaccumulator plants, and environmental sustainability of industries to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recently, he is actively collaborating on: the use of a hyperaccumulator plant (Sedum alfredii) to remove heavy metals in contaminated agricultural sites in Southern China; conservation of the proboscis monkey (Nasalis lavartus) in their natural mangrove habitat in South Kalimantan; restoration of damaged peatlands in Sumatra, Indonesia; and benchmarking sustainable development of key global industries.

ICERT Keynote Lecture

August 20 | 9:55 AM - 10:40 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Andriy Voronov, North Dakota State University, USA

Energy, the Great Acceleration, and the Future of Technology
Dr. John R. Schramski, University of Georgia, USA

John Schramski is a mechanical engineer and ecologist with 28 years of experience in industry and academia focusing on mechanical design and thermodynamic modeling. He currently leads the University of Georgia’s Energy Systems Modeling program where his funded research includes theoretical ecology, complex systems analysis, and the thermodynamics and energetics of the natural biosphere, civilization, and industry. He completed his BSME at the University of Florida in 1989, his MSME at the University of Cincinnati in 1993 in conjunction with General Electric’s Advanced Courses in Engineering, and his PhD in Ecology at the University of Georgia in 2006. He teaches undergraduate and graduate engineering thermodynamics and biosphere energetics.

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August 20 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Pavel Polenik, Charles University Prague, Medical Faculty Pilsen, Czech Republic

Nanomaterials, Nanodevices: Fabrication, Characterization and Application

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August 20 | 12:30 PM - 1:55 PM| Session Chair: Dr. Andriy Voronov, North Dakota State University, USA

Water Pollution and Air Pollution and Treatment

ICERT Keynote Lecture

August 21 | 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Domenico Lombardo, CNR - (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Italy

Impact of climate change on building heating and cooling energy demand
Dr. Umberto Berardi, Ryerson University, Canada

Dr. Berardi is a Professor at Ryerson University, in Toronto (Ontario, Canada), where he directs the BeTOP Center, a Building Science lab group of researchers. His main research interests are related to the study of building systems that incorporate new materials for improved performance. Dr. Berardi has a current body of funded research comprising over $1.5 M in sponsored research. Dr. Berardi has an extensive publication record, including 100 peer-reviewed journals, 100 international conference papers, and five books. His publications have received over 6000 citations in Google Scholar (h-index of 35). He serves on the editorial board of many journals dealing with energy and new materials, including Energy and Buildings, Sustainable Cities and Society, Building Simulations.

ICNFA Keynote Lecture

August 21 | 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Domenico Lombardo, CNR - (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Italy

Flexible Nanogenerators for Self-Powered Wearable and Implantable Electrostimulation Devices
Dr. Xudong Wang, University of Wisconsin, USA

Prof. Xudong Wang is the Grainger Institute for Engineering Professor in the department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Wisconsin – Madison, and the Energy & Sustainability thrust Leader at the Grainger Institute for Engineering. He is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Dr. Wang received his PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2005. His current research interests include studying the growth mechanisms and developing assembly techniques of oxide nanostructures; developing advanced nanomaterials and nanodevices for mechanical energy harvesting from human activities for biomedical applications; and understanding the coupling effect between piezoelectric polarization and semiconductor functionalities. He has won number of prestigious national and international awards, including PECASE, NSF CAREER Award, DARPA Young Faculty Award, 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, Ross Coffin Purdy Award from the American Ceramic Society, and Young Innovators Under 35 Award (TR35) from MIT Technology Review. He has published more than 130 papers on peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature, Nature Energy, Nature Communications, etc. His current h-index is 68.

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August 21 | 10:35 AM -11:00 AM| Session Chair: Dr. Mariana R. Volpini, Associacao Mineira De Reabiltacao, Brazil

Biometric and Bio-measurement

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August 21 | 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM | Session Chair: Dr. Mariana R. Volpini, Associacao Mineira De Reabiltacao, Brazil

Food and Nutrition Biotechnology

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August 21 | 11:25 AM- 12:15 PM | Session Chair: Dr. Umberto Berardi, Ryerson University, Canada

Energy

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August 21 | 12:45 PM - 1:10 PM| Session Chair: Dr. Fabiana Corami, Institute of Polar Sciences - CNR-ISP, Italy

Soil Pollution and Treatment