Keynote Title:

Advanced Ion Assisted Deposition Technology for Industrial, Medical, and Oil Industry

Prof. Ahmed is a professor of advanced materials and nanotechnology. He received his BSc in Physics from Basrah University, Iraq, then his MSc and PhD from the University of Salford, UK. He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Environment, University of Salford, UK, from 2004-2013. He is the founder and managing director of Idvac Ltd.

He presented papers in more than 90 international conferences, has more than 95 scientific publications and a book entitled (Ion Plating Technology) published by Wiley & Sons in 1987. He has 5 patents and won 4 SMART awards from the UK Department of Trade & Industry. In March 2013, he won the UK Technology Strategy Innovation Award. In April 2013, he received the GPCA, Dubai, award for product innovation. In April 2014, he was a finalist in the 'Talents in Plastics- Best Researcher' category of GPCA Plastics Excellence Award. In December 2016 he was awarded the Excellence in Holography for product innovation from IHMA, UK.

Prof. Ahmed is a regular speaker at the International Holography conference and he regularly runs international training workshops on nano-materials using vacuum and plasma technologies. He also conducts various research and development projects for industrial companies and research institutions. His main activities are in advanced and nano-materials for security, packaging, solar and other niche markets.

Keynote Title:

The interaction between various engineering disciplines: the case of fuel applications

Professor Soyhan has been a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SU since 1992. He received his BEng (1992), MSc (1995) and PhD (2000) from Istanbul Technical University and undertook post-doctoral research in chemical kinetics at the Combustion Physics Division, Lund University, Sweden and on HCCI engines and chemical kinetics at Shell Global Solutions, Chester, UK. Currently, he is working on fuels and combustion studies in transport.

He is the Head of Fire, Combustion and Energy Research Association and Head of the Combustion Institute, Turkey. Professor Soyhan is the Founder and Director of TeamSan Co, a member of the Turkish Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Keynote Title:

The Role of Science and Technology in Securing Water, Energy and Food for the World

Adel Sharif is Professor of Water Engineering and Process Innovation, and Founder Director of the Centre for Osmosis Research and Applications, (CORA) at the University of Surrey, UK. Prof. Sharif is a winner of The Queen's 2011 Anniversary Prize for Water Research and the 2005 UK Royal Society Brian Mercer Senior Award for Innovation in Science and Technology. He is also the winner of the 2008 Science Business first pan-European Academic Enterprise Award in the category of Energy/Environment. CORA water technologies were also awarded the Institute of Chemical Engineers 2011 Innovation and Excellence award in the Water Supply and Management category.

He is a founder of Modern Water plc, a London Exchange AIM Market listed company specialised in desalination and renewable power generation. Prof. Sharif is a member of the Qatar Foundation's Expatriate Arab Scientists Forum. He obtained his first degree in Chemical Engineering from Baghdad University in 1986, followed by M.Sc and PhD from University of Wales Swansea in 1989 and 1992 respectively. He has over 100 publications; is an inventor and co-inventor of more than 15 patents and has supervised over twenty PhD projects and more than 40 M.Sc dissertations.

Keynote Title:

Advanced Energy Efficient Transceivers: Towards Green Communications and Internet of Things

RAED A. ABD-ALHAMEED is currently a Professor of electromagnetic and radiofrequency engineering with the University of Bradford, U.K. He is the Leader of radiofrequency, antennas, propagation, sensor design, and signal processing including the Communications Research Group for many years within the School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford.

He has published over 800 academic journals and conference papers; in addition, he has co-authored seven books and several book chapters including seven patents. He is a principal investigator for several funded applications to EPSRCs and the leader of several successful knowledge Transfer Programmes, such as with Arris (previously known as Pace plc), Yorkshire Water plc, Harvard Engineering plc, IETG Ltd., Seven Technologies Group, Emkay Ltd., and Two World Ltd.

He has also been a co-investigator in several funded research projects including 1) Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019-eBORDER-872878; 2) H2020 MARIE Skªodowska-CURIE ACTIONS: Innovative Training Networks; 3) European Space Agency: Satellite Network of Experts V; 4) Nonlinear and demodulation mechanisms in biological tissue from Dept. of Health, Mobile Telecommunications & Health Research Programme. His interest in computational methods and optimizations, wireless and mobile communications, sensor design, EMC, beam steering antennas, energy-efficient PAs, and RF predistorter design applications. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Engineer.