Ravinder (Ravi) Khetarpal

APAARI, Thailand

Biography: • Executive Director of Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), Bangkok since 2017. • Engaged in strategic planning for institutional growth and facilitates and promotes networking, capacity building, policy interventions, knowledge management and partnerships in the region for agri-food system transformation. • Co-ordinating and executing a number of regional/ global projects sponsored by USDA, WTO, FAO, ACIAR, EU, GFAiR etc in Asia and the Pacific countries, including projects on agricultural innovation system, inclusive digital transformation, phytosanitary compliances to WTO norms, collective action on forgotten foods, strengthening sanitary and phytosanitary compliances for International seed movement, pesticide risk mitigation and so also on One Health. • Worked for National Agricultural Research System in India for three decades mainly contributing towards biosecurity, plant quarantine and germplasm health. Served for CABI – South Asia as Regional Director for seven years. Also served as Consultant for 11 projects of FAO, UNDP and World Bank on compliances of SPS Agreement of WTO. • Serving as the Chairman of Global Forum of Agricultural Research and Innovation.

Ezendu Ariwa

University of Bedfordshire, UK

Professor Ezendu Ariwa holds the position of Professor in Computer Science at University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Computer Science & Technology, with speciality in Practice in Computing. He is also a Visiting Professor at Gulf University, Bahrain, Visiting Professor in Engineering Sustainability and ICT, Anadolu University, Turkey, Visiting Professor, University of Lagos, Nigeria, Visiting Professor and Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence in Cloud Computing, IAMTECH University, Sierra Leone and Visiting Professor, Kano State Polytechnics, Nigeria as well as Visiting Affiliate of the Green IT Observatory, RIMT University, Australia and Visiting Affiliate of ICT University, USA. He also holds the position of Director – Technical and Non-Executive Director and Research Professor for Enterprise Projects at Sun Bio IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India.

Seongwoo Woo

University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dr Woo has a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, and he has obtained PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M. He majors in energy system such as HVAC and its heat transfer, optimal design and control of refrigerator, reliability design of thermal components, and failure Analysis of thermal components in marketplace using the Non-destructive such as SEM & XRAY. In 1992.03–1997 he worked in Agency for Defense Development, Chinhae, South Korea, where he has researcher in charge of Development of Naval weapon System. He was working as a Senior Reliability Engineer in Refrigerator Division, Digital Appliance, SAMSUNG Electronics. Now he is working as associate professor in mechanical department, Ethiopian Technical University.

Hayat El Baamrani

University Ibn Zohr, Morocco

Siti Hasnah Kamarudin

MARA University of Technology, Malaysia

DR. SITI HASNAH KAMARUDIN Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam

Farouk Elaidy

Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt

Hayat El Baamrani received her PhD in Thermal and Energetics in 2023 and her M.Sc. in Energy Efficiency and Building Control at Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, Morocco. His research activities focus on the numerical and experimental study of liquid film evaporation, phase change phenomena, heat and mass transfer, and energy efficiency in buildings. In addition to her research work, she has been involved in a variety of teaching activities as a part-time lecturer at Ibn Zohr University.

Tokeer Ahmad

Jamia Millia Islamia, India

Prof. Tokeer Ahmad is graduated from IIT Roorkee and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi. Presently, he is full Professor at Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi since 2019. Prof. Ahmad has supervised 16 PhD’s, 79 postgraduates, 10 projects, published 203 research papers, one patent and three books with research citation of 8100, h-index of 53 and i10-index of 163. Prof. Ahmad is active reviewer of 186 journals, delivered 180 Invited talks, evaluated 65 external doctoral theses and presented 130 conference papers. Prof. Ahmad is the recipient of CRSI Bronze Medal, MRSI Medal, SMC Bronze Medal, ISCAS Medal, Inspired Teacher’s President of India Award, DST-DFG award, Distinguished Scientist Award, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Excellence Award of Education, Teacher’s Excellence Award, Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences India and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK. Prof. Ahmad has been figured in World Top 2% Scientists for consecutive five years since 2020 in both coveted lists including career long by Stanford University, USA.