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Plenary speaker: Rafat Al Afif, PhD Affiliation: Institute of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Department of Natural Sciences and Sustainable Resources, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria Position: Ao. Univ. Prof. DU. and Senior Scientist E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Presentation: Bioenergy conversion technologies: Case studies
Rafat Al Afif's research focuses primarily on bioenergy and optimizing hybrid renewable energy systems. He serves on the editorial boards of two prestigious international journals. With a portfolio of over 50 peer-reviewed publications, his work has accumulated more than 609 citations, and he has an h-index of 15. In addition to his research accomplishments, he is the BOKU University Coordinator for two networks within the Central European Exchange Program. He is fluent in German, English, Russian, and Arabic. Throughout his distinguished academic career, he has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses, significantly contributing to the development of emerging scholars in the field. ORCID: 0000-0002-8818-8292
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Plenary speaker: Tatiana Atanasova PhD Affiliation: Institute of Information and Communication Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Position: Professor, Head of Department “Modelling and Optimization” E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Presentation title: Integrating AI into the energy transition towards renewable energy sources
Prof. Atanasova’s research interests lie at the cross-section of information society technologies, AI-based systems and complex control systems. Her scientific publications have accumulated more than 860 citations. She participated in numerous national scientific programs and international projects. In addition to her scientific achievements, she has lectured at several universities in Bulgaria. Prof. Atanasova has supervised doctoral research of many PhD students. She is a member of the “Information” Topical Advisory Panel and the Reviewer Board of “Symmetry”, published by MDPI. ORCID: 0000-0002-6084-3179
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Plenary speaker: Murat ŞEKER, PhD Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Türkiye Position: Prof. Dr. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Presentation: Importance of Cover Crops in Fruit Orchards
Murat ŞEKER, born in Sivas, Turkiye, is a senior lecturer since 2000 and full professor since 2014 at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture. He received his MSc. degree in 1995 and Ph.D. degree in 1999. Murat ŞEKER's research focuses primarily on fruit growing, breeding and biochemistry. His areas of expertise are fruit cultivation including citrus, olive, avocado, stone fruits like peach, cherries, apricot, plum, almond, olive oil biochemistry, genetics of fruit flavour compounds, impact of cover crops in orchards. With a portfolio of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, his work has accumulated more than 950 citations, and he has an h-index of 16. Throughout his academic career, he has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses, international and national research projects.
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