Fawzi Banat is a Professor & Cahir of Chemical Engineering Department at the Petroleum Institute (PI). After obtaining his chemical engineering doctorate at McGill University, Canada, in 1995, he taught at several universities before joining the PI in 2011. He has published over 120 papers in reputed journals and served in many scientific committees.

Identification and evaluation of biopolymers for contaminants removal. Desalination and water treatment. Degradation of solvents. Key words: Bio-based; Clean Tech; Biomass; Desalinaton, Water.

Dr. Ying-Ling Liu received his BS and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) in 1991 and 1996, respectively. After 2-eay army service and 2-year working as a researcher in the Chang Chun Plastic Co. (Taiwan), in 2000 he joined the faculty of Chung Yuan Christian University (Taiwan) as an assistant professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, and promoted to associate professor in 2003 and to a full professor in 2006. He moved to Department of Chemical Engineering of National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) in 2011, and currently is a Professor at the same Department. With research interests in polymer chemistry of synthesis, high performance thermosetting polymers, and polymeric membranes for separation and fuel cells, Professor Liu has authored/coauthored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles with an ISI-based H-index of 42.

Dr. Ying-Ling Liu's research interests are polymer chemistry of synthesis, high performance thermosetting polymers, and polymeric membranes for separation and fuel cells, Professor Liu has authored/coauthored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles with an ISI-based H-index of 42

Dr John Williams CSci CChem FRSC John is a Senior Partner and Board member of S’Investec LLC, a private investment company specialising in Clean Tech, Biotech and Renewables. He is responsible for identifying and valorising all proposals prior to consideration for investment. John is also a Non-Executive Director of Floreon Transform Packaging, a Hull based SME producing bioplastics, as well as a Board member and Technical Director of the Bio-Based & Biodegradable Industries Association John was for over 7 years Head of Materials at the UK’s National Centre for Biorenewable Technologies, before joining S’Investec in 2013. Previously he had spent over 15 years in senior technical roles in the polymer industry. John holds a degree in Chemistry and doctorate in polymer chemistry and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Directors, and European Chemical Society.

Identification and evaluation of Clean Tech and Renewable technologies. Translation of technical opportunities into market exploitation via active investment. Key words: Bioeconomy; Bio-based; Clean Tech; Biomass; Bioenergy: Biofuels; Biomaterials; Bioplastics; Bio-based Chemicals: Waste/End of Life

Dr. Maximilian Lackner earned his PhD in 2003 and his habilitation in 2009 from Vienna University of Technology. He has held several senior leadership positions in the polymer industry in Austria and China. Dr. Lackner has founded 5 companies, amongst them one for antimicrobial polymers and one in the area of bioplastics, Lackner Ventures & Consulting GmbH. This company collaborates with JinHui Zhaolong, one of the largest PBAT manufacturers. The research interests of Dr. Lackner include PHA and PBAT. Lackner Ventures & Consulting GmbH runs a research project to produce PHB from CO2 and sunlight using cyanobacteria. Dr. Lackner has authored more than 100 scientific articles. He teaches materials science at the University of Applied Sciences FH Technikum Wien.

Dr Maximilian Lackner's research focus in PBAT (polybutyrate adipate terephthalate, or short polybutyrate),polylactic acid (PLA),PHA,Antimicrobial polymers ,Bioplastics,Materials science

Dr. Saady received a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering and M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Technology (Iraq), and a Ph.D. from the University of Windsor (Canada). He worked as an associate researcher at Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Sherbrooke, Quebec. He received seven prestigious scholarships including three NSERC top scholarships. He published 30+ peer-reviewed articles, two book’s chapters, and served on committees for 6 international conferences in USA, Canada and Europe. He is the Editor-in-Chief for Advances in Recycling & Waste Management Journal published by OMICS International. Dr. Saady is currently a consulting biogas projects development scientist.

Dr. Saady is specialized in developing environmental biotechnologies to bioconvert organic waste biomass into biofuel and bioenergy such as hydrogen, methane, and electricity using wet and dry anaerobic digestion. Microbial fuel cell and bioelectrochemical technology. Lignocellulose hydrolysis. Biodegradation and fate of recalcitrant organic compounds and emerging contaminants. Identification and evaluation of on-farm clean and renewable technologies. Biofiltration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in livestock industry waste gases. Development of psychrophilic microbial processes.

Dr. Wolfgang Baltus has completed his PhD in Natural Products Chemistry from the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina of Braunschweig in 1987/ He has been working as consultant for several biopolymer and biorefinery projects in South-East Asia. He is a former advisor of the National Innovation Agency (NIA), responsible for the implementation of the National Bioplastic roadmap in Thailand and has worked for BASF in business development management for the coating market in Asia for 15 years. He is the founder of Wobaltexpedition Consultancy, an independent consultancy service provider. He is one of the supporting experts of the German NOVA Institute for the market study on bio-based polymers/building blocks and is part of the advisory board for the NOVA conferences in this matter. He has supported the UNEP regarding their Eco-Innovation manual.

Bio-based building blocks, bio-based Materials & renewable energy, secondary natural products from plants with focus on traditional and ethnobotanical use, marine ecology, impacts of climate change on ecosystems in Asia-Pacific, sustainable innovation

Ulrich Stottmeister (born 1939) studied chemistry at the University of Leipzig (Dr. rer. nat.: 1968, Dr. sc. nat.: 1986, Dr. habil.: 1992). Since 1992, he was department head for “Remediation Research” in the new founded Centre for Environmental Research UFZ in Leipzig. In 1995 he was appointed to the rank of a full professor of the University of Leipzig for the subject area Biotechnology and Technical Chemistry. He is appointed as full member of the Saxony Academy of Sciences since 1996 and full member of acatech, the German National Academy of Technical Sciences and Engineering since 2002. He was Vice-president and president of the International Society of Environmental Biotechnology, ISEB, from 2004 to 2008. Currently, he is a visiting scientist at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research. He is author, editor and co-editor of 10 book and author and co-author of more than 150 papers.

Microbial products for chemical syntheses (White Biotechnology),
Designed biopolymers from non-traditional feedstocks (methane),
Risk and chances of renewable feedstocks in Bioeconomy,
Enhanced bio-attenuation, Phytoremediation

Dr Abbas Amini is an associate lecturer, a registered member of Western Sydney University graduate supervisory board at the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, and the member of Work Health and Safety Committee of the same university. Before joining the Western Sydney University, he had conducted research with other Australian universities and CSIRO for a period of five years, at Monash University, Deakin University, and the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group. Abbas started his teaching, industrial and scientific journey from obtaining an associate’s degree in mathematics, BSc and MSc in mechanical engineering, and PhD in both nanotechnology and mechanical engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has also updated himself by several Australian and Canadian nationally recognized professional certificates and diplomas, e.g., FULT (Foundations of University Learning and Teaching from Western Sydney University), TAE, WHS, CNC etc., since then. With his intense schedule, he has been extensively involved in teaching for many years, and worked in industry, e.g., Magna Powertrain, Toronto, Canada, as a professional engineer and industrial designer for a period of six years. Dr Amini is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an active reviewer for and editor of several ISI journals, and a committee member of 14 international conferences to-date, including the co-chair of 8th International Conference of ICCAE 2016, Melbourne, Australia, Mar. 3-4, 2016. Dr Amini is supervising four PhD candidates at present, and is open for scientific and funding collaborations.

Dr Amini's research focus in particular covers a wide range of multidisciplinary aspects: biomedical materials, bioplastics, shape memory alloys, water treatment, drug delivery systems, piezoelectric materials, graphene, graphane, CNTs, biodegradable polymeric nano-composites, TiO2, ZnO, environmental sustainability and water efficiency, experimental analysis, multi-scale (nano to macro) modelling of multi-physics phenomena, indentation methods, 3D printing, phase transition, mechanics of materials, fabrication of modern composites, manufacturing, offshore naval structures, and ship design. Key words: Bionanotechnology; Biodegradabple polymers; 3D printing; Biomedical materails; Shape memory alloys; Bio-applications of carbon-base materials

Pr. Luc Avérous is a Group (BioTeam) Leader, Head of Polymer Research Department at ICPEES (UMR CNRS 7515) Univ. of Strasbourg (France), and former Lab Director. He started as Polymer Engineer (EAHP-Strasbourg). Then in 1995, he obtained his PhD in Polymer Science & Engineering (Ecole des Mines de Paris). In 1997, he became A/Prof. at ESIEC (Reims-Fr) after two post-doctoral positions (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, ). Then in 2003, he became a Full Professor at ECPM (Univ. of Strasbourg), where he teaches biopolymer science, biomaterials, composites, plastic processing & polymers characterization. During the last two decades, his major research projects have dealt with biobased and/or biodegradable polymers for environmental & biomedical applications. As a leading international expert in these fields, he has developed strong collaborations with several foreign labs (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Spain, ) and major companies (Total, PSA, Soprema, Tereos, ). He serves as a member of research advisory boards for different companies. He is regularly invited to co-organize Conferences, to chair Symposia, and to give plenary or keynote lectures overseas. In 2011, he was the main organizer of 2 major International Conferences in Strasbourg: BIOPOL & WoodChem 2011. He has co-edited 4 books (2 Wiley, 1 Elsevier & 1 Springer). He is a member of several Editorial Boards, and Guest Editor for scientific journals. He is a referee for many scientific journals, books and international projects. He has published hundreds of scientific communications with around 5000 citations.

Polymer science, Biobased polymers, Biodegradable polymers, Biopolymers, Biomaterials.

Dr. Tamal Ghosh recevied a PhD in Chemical (Polymer) Engineering from the École Polytechnique, Montréal, Canada, and a Masters in Technology Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA. After several years of global industrial R&D experience in sustainable packaging and materials development, he now works as an independent consultant, based in the NY City area. He serves as an “Honorary Fellow” at the newly initiated Packaging Program at the Indian Institute of Technolgy, Roorkee. Dr. Ghosh has presented extensively at several conferences around the world, authored several peer-reviewed scientific articles, and is a coinventor on several patents.

Sustainable Packaging, Bio-derived Polymers, End-of-Life Management, Plastics Recycling, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Value of Sustainable Packaging, Emerging Technologies, Nano-Composites, Coatings

Han-Yong Jeon is a Professor of geosyntheics and technical organic materials. He achieved Ph.D. from the Hanyang University, Korea (1989). As a professor, he has worked since 1982 and now works for the Inha University, Korea (South). He worked in the International Geosynthetics Society as Council member (2006-2012) and he was the 6th president of the Korean Geosynthetics Society (2011–2013). Also, he was the 32nd President of the Korean Fiber Society (2014-2015). He has published more than 782 papers in domestic and international conferences. He wrote 18 textbooks including “Geosynthetics” and also published 118 papers in domestic and international journals. He has awards of Marquis Who's Who - Science and Engineering in 2003-2015 and Top 100 Scientists in the World: 2005/2011 of IBC (International Biographical Centre, UK).

- Manufacturing, Application and Evaluation of Technical Organic Materials - Manufacturing, Evaluation, Standardization & Regulation of Geosynthetics - Polymeric Geocomposites etc.

Salah Akkal has completed his PhD at the age of 39 years from Constantine University. He was supervised on 4 M.Sc. thesis and 8 Ph-D. He is professor for natural product chemistry since 2007 in Chemistry Department, Faculty of science. He has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute and has been serving as a reviewer for many articles in her specialization. He attended more than 15 International Conferences He teaching all the organic chemistry and natural product courses for the students of Faculty of Science and Faculty of Technology in University of Constantine, Algeria.

Salah Akkal's Research interests are Medicinal Plants,Natural Product Isolation, Synthetic Organic Chemistry,Natural Products, Natural Compounds ,Chromatography, Natural Product Chemistry,Flavonoids,Aromatic Plants,Antibacterial Activity, Antioxidants, Antioxidant Activity,Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry etc.

Dr. Mohammed Kuddus has completed his PhD in Enzyme Biotechnology from SHIATS, Allahabad and joined Integral University, India in 2007. At present, he is working as an Associate Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry at University of Hail, Saudi Arabia. He has published more than 40 research articles in reputed journals along with 5 book chapters; and presented more than 35 abstracts in national/international conference/symposia. He has been serving as an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer of various international reputed journals. He has been awarded Young Scientist Projects from International Foundation for Science, Sweden, and Department of Science and Technology, India.

Dr. Kuddus’s main research area includes microbial enzymes and microbial biotechnology. Isolation and purification of novel enzymes and microbes for biodegradation of hazards waste materials. Technology development for isolation of industrial enzymes at low cost and bioremediation process. Keywords: Microbial enzymes, Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Biohazards.

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Dr. Rahul Mane is presently working as DST - Young Scientist in Department of Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. He has received a doctorate in material science from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He has published more than 45 research papers in, International Journals and 75 papers in International, National Proceedings of the Conferences. He has awarded with Departmental Research Fellowship (2006), UGC Meritorious Scholarship (2008) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur and Young Scientist Fellow by DST 2012 (Government of India). At the outset, Ministry of Science and Technology (DST-SERB,India) sanctioning Major research project under Fast Track scheme for Young Scientist. He has also published 3 books. He is Reviewers of 46 Journals. He is served on the Editorial, Associate Editor & Advisory Board member for 15 journals. He is also served on a Member of Organizing Committee, Technical Programe Committee and Scientific Advisory Board for Several International conferences. He is Member of several material science societies. His research area includes materials science, nanotechnology, Synthesis and characterization of mixed metal chalcogenide thin films for solar cell application.

Materials science, nanotechnology, Synthesis and characterization of mixed metal chalcogenide thin films for solar cell application.