Keynote Speakers

 

Prof. Marco Abbiati

Science and Technology Counsellor Embassy of Italy to Vietnam
Professor of Ecology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Biography: Marco Abbiati, Master degree in Biology (cum laude) at the University of Pisa, PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Genoa, currently professor of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna. For more than 30 years in the academy he established innovative undergraduate and postgraduate degrees on Environmental Management, Conservation and Sustainability.
Marco Abbiati applies a multidisciplinary approach to investigate ecosystem functioning, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and resilience, impact of pollution, focusing on marine habitats. Visiting scientist at University of Sydney, UCSC, Moscow Academy of Science, University of Adelaide, Wesleyan University, coordinator of several basic and applied research projects funded by the EU Framework Programmes, Italian Ministries and private enterprises. He is author and co-author of more the 100 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and of numerous presentations to national and international conferences.
Since June 2020 he is on temporary leave to take over the position of Science and Technology Counsellor at the Embassy of Italy to Vietnam. In Vietnam he collaborates with Vietnamese Universities and Academies, Ministries and UN Agencies to promote Italian-Vietnamese and multilateral partnerships in science and technology.

Prof. Dimitrios Karamanis, University of Patras, Greece

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Biography: Professor of Alternative Energy Sources at the Department of Environmental Engineering of the University of Patras. He studied Physics at the University of Ioannina (1986-1990) where he submitted his doctoral thesis (1990-1997). With Postdoctoral Fellowships at CEN Bordeaux (Marie Curie 1999-2001) and at the University of Ioannina (Marie Curie 2001-2002 and until 2008), Prof. Karamanis has thirty years of research experience in the fields of alternative energy sources with special emphasis on wind and solar energy utilization technologies in the last decade. Participating in competitive National and International research programs as scientific coordinator and researcher, he has published over 110 scientific papers in scientific journals, patents and chapters in books with >3000 citations and h-index 35 (Scopus). Prof. Karamanis teaches courses on renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and RES applications in Departments of the Universities of Ioannina and Patras since 2006.