Professor Eduard Babulak, is accomplished international scholar, researcher, consultant, educator, professional engineer and polyglot, with more than thirty years of experience. He served as successfully published and his research was cited by scholars all over the world. He serves as Chair of the IEEE Vancouver Ethics, Professional and Conference Committee. He was Invited Speaker at the University of Cambridge, MIT, Purdue, Yokohama National University and University of Electro Communications in Tokyo, Japan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, Purdue, Penn State in USA, Czech Technical University in Prague, University at West Indies, Graz University of Technology, Austria, and other prestigious academic institutions worldwide. His academic and engineering work was recognized internationally by the Engineering Council in UK, the European Federation of Engineers and credited by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and APEG in British Columbia in Canada. He was awarded higher postdoctoral degree DOCENT - Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in the Czech Republic, Ph.D., M.Sc., and High National Certificate (HNC) diplomas in the United Kingdom, as well as, the M.Sc., and B.Sc. diplomas in Electrical Engineering Slovakia. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor-in-Chief, Co-Editor, and Guest-Editor. He speaks 16 languages and his biography was cited in the Cambridge Blue Book, Cambridge Index of Biographies, Stanford Who’s Who, and number of issues of Who’s Who in the World and America.

Dr. Amir H. Alavi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Alavi’s research interests include structural health monitoring, multifunctional structures, deployment of advanced sensors, low-power energy harvesting, and engineering informatics. He is the director of the Pitt’s Intelligent Structural Monitoring and Response Testing (iSMaRT) Laboratory which focuses on advancing the knowledge and technology required to create self-sustained and multifunctional sensing and structural systems. His research activities involve implementation of these systems enhanced by engineering informatics in the fields of civil infrastructure, construction, aerospace, and biomedical engineering. Dr. Alavi has worked on research projects supported by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Pennsylvania DOT, Missouri DOT, and Michigan DOT. Dr. Alavi has authored seven books and over 200 publications in archival journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has received a number of award certificates for his journal articles. He is among the Google Scholar 200 Most Cited Authors in Civil Engineering, Web of Science ESI's World Top 1% Scientific Minds in 2018, and the Stanford University list of Top 1% Scientists in the World in 2020.

Marcos A. Pimenta is professor at the Department of Physics of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and in 1992 he created the Raman spectroscopy Laboratory at UFMG. In 1997, he started the research area of carbon nanomaterials (nanotubes and graphenes) at UFMG using, mainly, Raman spectroscopy. He has won national and international awards, including the Scopus-CAPES prize in 2008 for the visibility of his scientific works, the Somyia award in 2009, delivered by the IUMRS, for the collaborative works with US, México and Japan groups. In 2010, he received the command of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit, and was ellected as a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He got the 2013 TWAS Prize in Physics and the 2014 Marcos Mares-Guia Prize (FAPEMIG) in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Brazilian Physical Society. He was the president of the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF) from 2017 to 2019. Currently, he is the director of the Brazilian Institute for Science and Technology (INCT) of Carbon Nanomaterials.

Dr.Yong-Wei ZHANG is Principal Scientist II and Deputy Executive Director (Research) at Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore. He also is Adjunct Professor at National University of Singapore and Singapore University of Technology and Design. His research interests focus on developing/employing theory, modelling and simulation as tools to study the structural, mechanical, physical and chemical properties of materials with applications in new material design, additive manufacturing, micro- and nano-electronics, energy conversion and storage et al. He has published about500 peer reviewed international journal papers with total citations of more than 26,000 and H-index of 77. He was listed as Global Highly Cited Researchers in 2018 and 2019 by Clarivate Analytics. He is Editorial Board Member for Advanced Theory and Simulation (Wiley), and International Journal of Applied Mechanics (World scientific) and ActaMechanicaSinica (Springer).

Dr.Yang Hui Ying is currently an associate professor at the Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. She studies low dimensional nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage and water treatment devices, which are centered on exploring the influence of function engineering and chemical doping on the materials synthesis and device performance. She has received a number of prestigious awards including the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, IUMRS Young Researcher Award, IPS Nanotechnology Medal IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards, Tan Kah Kee Young Inventor Award, L’Oreal Singapore for Women in Science National Fellowship, Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship, and Singapore Millennium Foundation Fellowship.She is elected to be the Fellow of Royal Chemistry Society in 2020. Her team is applying fundamental knowledge and new manufacturing methods in developing exceptional nanoscale materials and structures for efficient lithium storage and scalable water purification. Dr. Yang has published more than 260 manuscripts in top international journals with more than 12000 citations and a H-index at 61.

Prof. Jianyong Ouyang received his PhD, master and bachelor degrees from the Institute for Molecular Science in Japan, the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Science, and the Tsinghua university in Beijing, respectively. He worked as an assistant professor at the Japanese Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) before joining the National University of Singapore (NUS) as an assistant professor in 2006. He was promoted to associate professor in 2012. His research interests include flexible electronics and energy materials and devices. He invented the first polymer-nanoparticle resistive memory, the first hybrid ionic/electronic thermoelectric converter and the first adhesive intrinsically conducting polymers in the world, and continuously reported world-record conductivities and thermoelectric properties of solution-processable intrinsically conductive polymers and world-record thermoelectric properties of ionic conductors.

Dr. Abdelhafed Taleb is an associate professor at Sorbonne University in the “Institut de recherche de Chimie Paris” (IRCP / ENSCP), where he is leading the group “Elaboration and Modelling of Nanostructred Films” group. He received his PhD diploma in nanomaterials science from UPMC in Paris in 1998. During his PhD, he pointed out a new collective’s properties due to nanoparticles organization. In 2000, he joined the UPMC, where he worked on the synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrid nanomaterials and the development of new strategies to assemble them in different structures of coating. Since 2009, he leads the group focusing on the design of nanostructured films with novel architectures and their applications in different areas such as electrochemical sensing, self-cleaning (superhydrophobic) coating, photovoltaic (DSSC), batteries, anticorrosion coating, magnetic storage supports etc… He has more than 23 years of experience in nanomaterial synthesis, characterizations, the study of their physical properties and their applications. Dr. Abdelhafed TALEB coorganized several International conferences, and is on several journal Editorial Boards, including sensors and Frontiers in Energy Research: nanoenergy technologies and materials. He was awarded the Electrocorr Award in 2005 and nominated for Eni award 2017. In 2019, he was awarded a Bonus for Sorbonne scientific excellence. The research activity carried out by Dr. Abdelhafed TALEB have been cited more than 3188 times (google citations). He is also author of more than 90 presentations at National and International conferences, including plenary and keynotes.

Basma El Zein, Dean of Scientific Research, Research Scientist, Engineering Educator, Consultant and Solar Pioneer, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Scientists for dedication, achievements, and leadership in business and technology education. Dr. El Zein demonstrates proficiency in all aspects of her career and is considered an expert in nanotechnology, computer vision and data communication over power lines. Since 2017, she has served as the Dean of Scientific Research at the University of Business and Technology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She has been the Director of Research and Consultation Center at the institution since 2015. Her career in academia began in 1999, when she began as an instructor at the Jeddah International School. Throughout the years, she took on teaching and research positions at Dar Al Hekma College and the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology. Furthermore, Dr. El Zein has been an engineering consult for NASACO since 2001 and a researcher for USTL since 2008. Drawn to these fields at an early age, Dr. El Zein earned a Master of Science in engineering at Lebanese University in 1999. She completed a PhD in nano technology at the University of Sciences and Technology in Lille, France in 2012. In addition, she has become certified as a PMP, CMCS-PMI, and as a CCNA with the Chamber of Commerce in Lebanon and a Certified MTT with Microsoft New Horizon in Jeddah. In recognition of her work, she was named a Solar Pioneer by MESIA in 2015 and received an Achievement Award from Harriri Foundation. In 1993, she earned the second prize from Lebanese TV. In addition, she received two grant awards for research in nanostructures for photovoltaic applications. In 2017, Dr. El Zein was the recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. On top of these accolades, Dr. El Zein has contributed various published works in her fields. In 2013, she authored “ZnO Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Applications.” She has contributed to articles and scientific papers and her work has appeared among the pages of Nanotechnologist, Technology Transfer and Translational Researcher. She has been the WIE Chair of the IEEE since 2009 and the Programming Competition Chair for the institution since 2008. Furthermore, she has maintained professional affiliation with the Engineering Syndicate, the Project Management Institute, the Materials Research Society, the ECS, the SPIE, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants and the AUTM.

Prof. Chintakindi Sanjay, is a certified Corporate Director of World Council for Corporate Governance, UK and visited South and South East Asian Countries for research and presenting papers in International Conferences. At present working as a Full Professor in Industrial Engineering department, KSA. He has more than 27 years of experience and worked as a Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Management Department at Government University in Malaysia. He was a Keynote Speaker for 55 International and National Conference and Chair & Co-Chair for 15 International Conferences held in Asia and a Member of Advisory and Technical Committee for more than 45 International Conferences across the world. He is a Member, Editorial Board/ Reviewer for more than 14 international journals and evaluated 18 Doctoral theses in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials and Management. He has successfully completed 5 research projects at International level. He has to his credit 2 books published by reputed publishers and authored more than 51 Research Papers in Peer Reviewed, Indexed Journals and Conference Proceedings.

Alfonso M. Ponsiglione is a Postdoctoral researcher of the Department of Chemical Materials and Production Engineering at University of Naples “Federico II”. He achieved his Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2013.After working as software programmer and healthcare ICT consultant, he achieved the Ph.D. in “Industrial Product and Process Engineering” in 2019 at the University of Naples "Federico II" and at the Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare of the IstitutoItaliano di Tecnologia in Naples, where he conducted research in the field of biomaterials and nanomedicine.He is also COO and co-founder of KymeNanoImagingSrl, a biotech startup that produces medical products for Medical Imaging.His competences range from the analysis of biomedical signal and data, the design of biomaterials and nanotechnologies for medical applications, to the synthesis of nanoparticles through microfluidics, and to the business development of medical devices and biotech products.

Hoshang Kolivand is Assistant Professor in Computer Graphics. He received his MS degree in applied mathematics and computer from Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, in 1999, and his PhD from Media and Games Innovation Centre of Excellence (MaGIC-X) in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2013. He has completed a Post-Doctoral in Augmented Reality in UTM. Previously he worked as a lecturer in Shahid Beheshti University, Iran and then as a Senior Lecturer in UTM. Currently he is a Senior Lecturer in Liverpool John Moores University. He has published numerous articles in international journals, conference proceedings and technical papers, including chapters in books. He is an active member of many international conferences and journals. He has also published many books in object-oriented programming and mathematics. His research interests include Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.

Dr. David Pervan is a received his PhD, master and bachelor degrees from the University of Nottingham, UK. During his research, he developed a novel low-cost process to additively manufacture using metal nanoparticles to fabricate mutli-layered conductive objects in an air environment. Application include thermal and electric microparts and printed electronics such as sensor technology. Dr David Pervan is also a serial entrepreneur and founder of several Venture Capital-back scientific ventures focusing on the intersection of probabilistic deep learning and Bayesian optimization applied to material discovery. He is an advisor and mentor of several scientific startup companies and Silicon Valley startup accelerators."

HajnalkaJankovics received her PhD degree from the University of Szeged (SZTE), Hungary in 2003on the field of solution chemistry and solid synthesis of the complexes of organotin(IV) cations and biologically relevant ligands. As a PhD student, she gained experience on the field of crystallization of metal complexes (University of Crete, Greece), chemistry of metalloproteins (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) and organotin(IV) chemistry (SZTE and University of Camerino, Italy). As a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at DTU, she extended her scientific experience with recombinant DNA technology techniques, protein expression and purification and the synthesis of artificial metalloproteins. After returning to SZTE she took part in the establishment of a new molecular biology research laboratory. She has been working in the Bio-Nanosystems Laboratory (Research Institute of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary) since 2008. Currently she works on selecting or engineering and study of flagellin-based polymerizable binding proteins and the development of immobilizableenzymes and specific binder proteins for diagnostic applications or environmental detection.

Dr. Raul Arenal received his Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from U. Paris-Sud (France, 2005) and in 2013, he obtained his Habilitation (HDR) also at this University. He joined the Electron Microscopy Center in Argonne National Lab. (ANL, USA) as post doctoral fellow. In 2007, he became research scientist (Chargé de Recherches) at the CNRS (France; LEM, ONERA-CNRS). From 2010 to 2011, he was visiting scientist (sabbatical position) at the Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA) at the Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon (INA) of the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). Since 2012, Dr. Arenal is on leave from the CNRS, and he is currently ARAID senior research scientist at the LMA-INMA-U. Zaragoza. He has published more than 200 papers in refereed journals and edited one book (Springer) - http://www.raularenal.com . His broad area of research interest lies in electron microscopy focused on materials science and nanoscience. These studies are mainly focused on the growth mechanism, structural and physical properties of nanomaterials based on carbon, boron and nitrogen as well as other nano-structures (in particular, metallic nano-objects for plasmonic/photonic interest).

Dr. K-L. Du received the PhD in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 1998. He founded Xonlink Inc., Ningbo, China in 2014. He was Chief Scientist at Enjoyor Inc., Hangzhou, China from 2012 to 2014. He was on research staff at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada from 2001 to 2010. Prior to 2001, he was on technical staff with Huawei Technologies, China Academy of Telecommunication Technology, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. He visited Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2008. Dr. Du has authored four books (Neural Networks in a Softcomputing Framework, Springer, London, 2006; Wireless Communication Systems, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010; Neural Networks and Statistical Learning, Springer, London, 2014, and 2019 (2nd edition); Search and Optimization by Metaheuristics, Springer, 2016). He has also published over 50 papers, and has 4 issued U.S. patents and 30 Chinese patents. Currently, his research interests are signal processing, wireless communications, and machine learning. He has co-supervised 11 graduate students. Dr. Du has become a Senior Member of the IEEE since 2009. He is currently an Affiliate Associate Professor at Concordia University. He has been on Editorial Board or been Associate Editor of 10+ journals, including IET Signal Processing and Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing. He also serves on the editorial board of the Chinese edition of IEEE Spectrum. He served as member of technical / program / organizing committees of 228 international conferences. He has reviewed papers for 115 international journals, and numerous conferences, grants, theses, and qualifications. He was included in Marquis Who's Who in 2018.

Michael Holzinger started his career in the late nineties at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany in the field of the functionalization of carbon nanotubes. After two postdoc positions at the GDPC in Montpellier (Patrick Bernier) and Max Planck in Stuttgart (Siegmar Roth), he joined the BEA team at Grenoble in 2006 and became senior researcher in 2016. He works on the development of nanocarbon based biosensors and biofuel cells. He signed more than 100 publications in reputed journals, holds 9 patents, authored 9 book chapters. Furthermore, he is co-founder of the start-up company BeFC and is in the editorial board of Carbon.

M. Dammak received his MS degree in Physics in 1992 and his PhD in Physics in 1999 from the University of Monastir, Tunisia and his Habilitation HDR in 2005 from the University of Sfax, Tunisia. He arrived at University of Sfax, Tunisia in 2000 as an assistant teacher of physics in the science faculty of Sfax and since 2010 he is full professor of Physics. Pr Dammak serves as a coordinator of research Master of nanostructures and he is insuring since 2010 the quantum effects and the optical properties in nanostructures courses. He has also been a member of the physics commission since 2012. Professor Dammak's areas of research look at experimental and theoretical investigations of nanophosphors in the application areas of display, photovoltaic and biological sensors. Professor Dammak, together with his research group and collaborators, has published over 60 peer reviewed archival journal publications, he supervised ten PhD theses. He has been invited in different universities and given invited talks at several conferences. Currently He is leading a young research group “phosphors for display, biologic and photovoltaic applications”. His research interests include theoretical and experimental studies of lanthanide and transition metals doped materials used in wide range of applications, from lighting and public signaling to lasers, photovoltaic applications, biological markers and temperature sensors.

Dr. Atul Sharma received his Ph.D. in Chemistry (Biosensorsand Bio-analytical Chemistry) from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan India in 2018. His doctoral research was jointly supervised between UPVD-Perpignan, France and BITS Pilani University under ERASMUS MUNDUS PROGRAM (2013-2017). Earlier, he has completed Bachelor in Pharmacy (2009) and Master in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (2011) from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India. In 2018, he joined as Postdoctoral Fellow in Bond/Zhang group at School of Chemistry, Monash University Clayton Campus, Melbourne (2018-19) and working on the advanced Fourier Transform Alternating Current Voltammetry (FTacV) to study redox couple kinetics. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SGT College of Pharmacy, SGT University, Gurugram-Haryana. His interests and expertise are in the interdisciplinary area of the development of biosensors and bioanalytical platforms for the detection of emerging contaminants using synthetic receptors (aptamer/MIPs/nanomaterial), conceptualized on optical, electrochemical and microfluidic platforms.