Plenary speaker
Rafat Al Afif, PhD
Institute of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Department of Natural Sciences and Sustainable Resources, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
Ao. Univ. Prof. DU. and Senior Scientist
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 international journals. With more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, his work has accumulated more than 609 citations and an h-index of 15. He is the BOKU University Coordinator for two networks within the Central European Exchange Program and is fluent in German, English, Russian, and Arabic. Throughout his academic career, he has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses.
Plenary speaker
Tatiana Atanasova PhD
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Professor, Head of Department “Modelling and Optimization”
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.