Speakers WSEDnext 2013
Andrea Accorigi
- PhD candidate in Regional Institutions, Administrations and Policies, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- part of the team of the Covenant of Mayors Office, Brussels
- was a Trainee at European Commission (DG CLIMA) and research associate and team leader at United Nations Development Program (Regional Bureau for Arab States, Cairo)
- MSc in Environmental Governance, University of Essex, UK
Juraj Beniak
- University teacher and Scientific Researcher, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
- Member of Academic Senate Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Chairman of Legislation Committee
- Member of the organising committee of International conference TOP â Engineering of Environment Protection
- PhD in Production and Environmental Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Kjell BettgenhÀuser
- Consultant at Ecofys, Germany
- PhD student, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
- Diploma thesis at Solar World, Bonn, Germany
JiĆi Bradna
- Researcher at the Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Czech Republic
- PhD student
- MSc at the Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
Stephen Brown
- MA student, Political Economy of European Integration, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
- Market Analyst and PR Assistant, juwi Bio GmbH
- lived and worked in Upper Austria as an English Language Assistant and was an active member at the Austro-American Society of Upper Austria
- BA in German Studies and BA in International Relations, College of Wooster, US
Roman BrzoĆ
- PhD student, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- co-investigator of grant projects at Brno University of Technology
- doctoral thesis on break of thermal bridge in cantilever concrete construction
- works as a designer of buildings since 2004
Darryl Croft
- Director of Abelscroft Energy Intelligence (established 2012)
- was a Senior Researcher, Association for the Conservation of Energy, UK
- MSc DIC Environmental Technology (Energy Policy), Imperial College London, UK
Marwa Dabaieh
- Assistant professor, Ain Shams University, Egypt
- Master in Environmental Design and Doctoral degree in Vernacular Architecture, Lund University, Sweden
- Practising architectural design in Egypt since 2001
- Swedish Elna Bengtssons foundation prize for scientific research in 2012 for her PhD project in the Western Desert of Egypt
Alexander Epik
- Principal engineer of Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Senior Consultant SEC âBiomassâ
- MSc in Heat Power Engineering and Thermophysics
Daniela Gold
- Trainee at Salzburg AG, Austria
- Master degree in Energy and Environmental Management, FH Pinkafeld, Austria
Miha Grilc
- Phd student and researcher on National Institute of Chemistry in Laboratory of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering, Slovenia
- Univ. Dipl. Engineer in Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- main field of research: catalytic upgrade of liquid biomass-based biofuels
Wendi Guo
- PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Lecturer of Biomass pelletization workshop on topic: Off-gassing and self-heating of stored biomass and pellets
Stephan Hausl
- PhD student, Technical University Munich, Germany
- Junior Researcher at Research Studio iSPACE
- Bachelor and Diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical University Munich, Germany
Ivana Horvat
- works as a project leader, North-west Croatia Regional Energy Agency, Croatia
- worked as an assistant for registry establishment and technical support at UNDP Croatia
- MSc in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, Croatia
Umair Hussain
- Research engineer, University of Nottingham & Biomass and Fossil Fuels Research Alliance
- Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering
Vicky Ingram
- Research Assistant & PhD student, Urban Energy Research Group, Institute of Building & Urban Design, Heriot-Watt University, UK
- MSc in Climate Change, University of East Anglia, UK
- BSc(Hons) in Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
Tatiana Ivanova
- Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
- PhD in Sustainable Technologies, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
TomĂĄĆĄ Klubal
- Co-investigator of grant projects, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- PhD student, doctoral thesis on passive cooling the indoor environment in lightweight buildings
- works as a designer of buildings since 2008
JĂŒrgen Krail
- Project manager, University of Applied Sciences Pinkafeld, Austria
- worked on the development of biomass boilers at Herz GmbH, Austria
- Degree at the University of Applied Sciences Pinkafeld, Austria
Peter KriĆŸan
- University teacher, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
- Head of Department of Production and Environmental Technology
- Founder of the International Conference for PhD students and young research workers (ERIN) and head of organising committee of ERIN conference
- PhD in Production and Environmental Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Jan Malatak
- Assoc. Professor, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
- Expert on technological equipment of buildings, technology of production processes, waste disposal technology
Lena Mamikonyan
- Researcher at "Researchers for Bio Heating Solutions"
- Master student in Agribusiness, thesis on biomass pellets in Armenia
- Bachelorâs degree in Agribusiness and Marketing, Armenian State Agrarian University, Armenia
Davide Maneschi
- PhD student, Aalborg University, Department of Development and Planning, Denmark
- MSc in Environmental Management and Policy, IIIEE, Lund University, Sweden
Lukas Mani
- BSc in Environmental Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Zurich, Switzerland
- works as a self-employed mountain guide
Mirjam Matthes
- PhD student at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig and University Leipzig, Germany
- Member of the research staff at Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ), Germany
- Degree in Energy and Environmental Technology
Milan OstrĂœ
- assistant at Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic
- PhD
- authorized designer of building structures (since 2010)
- Erasmus internship at Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany (2004)
Helmut Plank
- Scientific employee in the Department âEnergy and Environmental Managementâ, University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria
- Diplomingenieur
Ioannis Protonotarios
- MSc in Low Carbon Building Design and Modelling, Loughborough University, UK
- Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
- Member of IBSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association)
- Graduate Member of Energy Institute (GradEI)
- Member of International Passive House Association (iPHA) and Hellenic Passive House Institute
Johanna Pucker
- Research associate at Joanneum Resarch, Resources â Institute for Water, Energy and Sustainability, Austria
- Master Degrees in âUrban Technologiesâ (University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum, Austria) and in âSustainable Energy Systemsâ (University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria)
Adeline Rezeau
- Project Manager at CIRCE (Research Centre for Energy Resources and Consumption)
- PhD student, University of Zaragoza, Spain (Thesis âNumerical simulation of medium scale grate fired biomass boilersâ)
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Université de Technologie de CompiÚgne, France
- Degree in Industrial Engineering, Zaragoza University, Spain
Nina Holck Sandberg
- PhD candidate in Industrial Ecology, NTNU, Norway
- Research assistant in Industrial Ecology, NTNU, Norway
- MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Shiplu Sarker
- PhD research fellow, University of Agder, Norway
- Master in Sustainable Energy Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Irene Schmutzer-Roseneder
- Junior Researcher at Bioenergy2020+, Austria
- Diplom engineer in Material and Energetic Utilization of Renewable Resources, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Austria) and Technical University Munich (Germany)
Johannes Schrade
- Research Associate in the Department of Heat Technology of Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), Germany
- Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Civil Engineering, Karlsruher Institut fĂŒr Technologie (KIT), Germany
Michal Ć pilĂĄÄek
- PhD student, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- technical worker, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- Master's degree, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Christoffer Kirk Strandgaard
- Research assistant at Aalborg University, Department of Planning, Denmark
- MSc in Environmental Management and Sustainability Science, Aalborg University, Denmark
VlamimĂr StupavskĂœ
- part-time work as a researcher and project manager (ReStEP) in Czech Biomass Association and Czech Pellets Cluster
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
Marius Wöhler
- Junior Researcher at BIOENERGY2020+, Austria
- MSc in Sustainable Energy Competence, University of Applied Forest Science Rottenburg, Germany
- BSc in Forestry Science, University of Applied Forest Science Rottenburg, Germany
Fahimeh Yazdanpanah
- PhD student in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
- MSc in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
- BSc in Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Teheran Polytechnic, Iran
Michaela ZĂĄrybnickĂĄ
- Engineer, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- PhD student, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- Ing. in Energy Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
