General Chair

Michele Penza

Senior Researcher of Materials Science and Engineering, Sensor Devices, Environmental Measurements and Critical Raw Materials Technologies, ENEA, Italy.

Research field: sensor materials, nanomaterials, advanced materials, gas sensors, portable sensor-systems, air quality networked sensors, functional applications, environmental technologies and measurements, functional materials, materials processing and characterization, materials technologies, Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and etc.

Michele Penza is a Senior Researcher of Materials Science and Engineering, Sensor Devices, Environmental Measurements and Critical Raw Materials Technologies, at the ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Economic Sustainable Development in Brindisi, Italy.
Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in Experimental Physics of Matter (02/B1 - ASN 2021-23) valid from 6 February 2023 to 6 February 2034.
Michele Penza (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7392-7593), Degree in Physics in 1990 from University of Bari, Italy. First, he worked with CNRSM SCpA (IT S&T Park) and then joined ENEA in 2001. He currently manages research projects (regional, national, international) and teams on material science and technology, functional materials, sensors and solid-state devices at Brindisi Research Centre, Italy.
His research interests are in sensor materials, nanomaterials, advanced materials, gas sensors, portable sensor-systems, air quality networked sensors, functional applications, environmental technologies and measurements, functional materials, materials processing and characterization, materials technologies, Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and related technologies.
He was awarded with E2-Excellence ENEA 2008 for a Special Mention in Environmental Research. He co-authored 180 peer-reviewed Publications, 3 Book Chapters, 11 Special Issues, 2 International WMO Reports and other numerous communications to national/international conferences (140 Oral Communications including 37 Invited/Plenary Talks) and 3 national Patents.
Citations (July 2024): Web of Science (4340+). Scopus (5030+). ResearchGate (5900+). Google Scholar (7250+). H-index (July 2024): Web of Science (40). Scopus (42). ResearchGate (44). Google Scholar (47). Co-organizer of scientific meetings, chair of conference-sessions, member of international scientific committees (EUROSENSORS, EMRS, MRS, IEEE SENSORS, IMCS), international expert for FP7 and HORIZON projects and national research agency/council, international reviewer, research manager with SMEs partnership. Session Chair in International Workshops/Conferences and as Symposia/Meetings/Workshops Organizer. Reviewer for international journals at high impact factor, and for national/international research council/agencies to evaluate research projects. Member of Advisory Boards and Steering Committees of international conferences and research projects. Associate Editor for Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems, Journal of Sensors, Chemosensors, Sensors, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - Section Materials; Guest Editor of several special issues (Elsevier, IEEE, ASP, Hindawi, Copernicus, Beilstein Institute, MDPI, Wiley). He was Chair of COST Action TD1105 EuNetAir - European Network on New Sensing Technologies for Air-Pollution Control and Environmental Sustainability - (2012-16) including 120+ teams from 31 COST Countries and 7 Non-COST Countries (USA, Canada, Morocco, Ukraine, Russia, China, Australia). During 2014-2017, he has been Chairman of the European Sensor Systems Cluster (ESSC), launched by EC DG R&I on November 2014. In the period 2019-2022, he has been Coordinator of the EIT RawMaterials Hub - Regional Center Southern Italy (RCSI), hosted by ENEA at Brindisi Research Centre in Italy. He has been included in the 2022 list of the Top 2% most-cited Worldwide Scientists, ranked as top-1000 scientist in the field of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Physics; and as Top Italian Scientist ranked as top-100 scientist in the field of Physics - Material and Nano Sciences, as edited by Standford University using H-index and Citations reported in Scopus and Google Scholar. From 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2024, he served in ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development - as Head of Laboratory Functional Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Applications at the Department for Sustainability in the Division of Sustainable Materials at Brindisi Research Centre, Brindisi, Italy.

Shunli Wang

Professor, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China.

Research field: modeling and state estimation for energy storage systems, new energy measurement and control, optimization strategy, energy management, battery system modelling.

Wang Shunli, professor, doctoral supervisor, vice president of the Smart Energy Storage Research Institute, academic dean of the School of Electric Power of Inner Mongolia University of Technology, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, IET Fellow, IEEE Member, academic leader of the China Electrical Safety and Quality Testing Center, one of the first academic and technical leaders of China Science and Technology City, and one of the top 2% scientists in the world. He mainly focuses on the major strategic needs of the new energy and energy storage system industry, relying on the Academician Expert Workstation of Large-Scale Energy Storage Technology, the Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Large-Scale Energy Storage Technology, and the Smart Energy Storage Research Institute to focus on the research of green and low-carbon energy storage for smart grids. Professor Wang has published 258 SCI core library retrieval articles, 173 articles in JCR Q1 and TOP journals, 34 highly cited/hot articles, 52 authorized invention patents/standards/software copyrights, 7 books published in internationally renowned publishers such as Elsevier and IET, and won 7 awards at the provincial and ministerial levels, including 2 international gold awards. He has served as the chairman of international conferences 27 times, 4 editors of international journals, and won 13 scientific and technological awards such as the Gold Award at the 48th Geneva Invention Exhibition. He is also a member of the New Energy and Energy Storage System Control Committee of the Chinese Automation Society, a member of the System Simulation Professional Committee of the Chinese Automation Society, a member of the System Simulation Professional Committee of the Chinese Automation Society, a senior member of the Chinese Automation Society, and a member of the China Power Supply Society.

Steering Committee Chair

Raul Campilho, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Steering Committee Member

A. JOSHUVA, Hindustan University, India

Jemal Aliy Gobena, Vel Tech - Technical University, India

Joshuva Arockia Dhanraj, Dayananda Sagar University, India

Katarzyna Majewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Kiran Kumar Reddy Roddda, National Institute of Technology, India

Lokavarapu Bhaskara Rao, Vellore Institute of Technology, India

Merve Özcan, Toros Üniversitesi, Turkey

Pavel N. Nesterenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Yacine Abadou, University of Djelfa, Algeria

Yeswanth Paluri, Vishnu Institute Technology, India

Technical Program Chair

Sos Agaian, City University of New York, USA

Technical Committee Member

Adil Tamimi, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Arun Kumar Singh, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, India

Bikram Jit Singh, Maharishi Markandeshwar, India

Gnanasambandam Anbuchezhiyan, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, India

Gül Erkol Bayram, Sinop University, Turkey

Mazaher Ahmadi, Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran

Meichun Li, China University of Petroleum (East China), China

Michael Tribelsky, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Muhammad Usman, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Naveen Kumar, Sanjivani College of Engineering, India

Osman Adiguzel, Firat University, Turkey

Paulo Cesar de Morais, Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil

Rositsa Petkova-Slipets, VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar", Bulgaria

S. M. Anas, Jamia Millia Islamia, India

Samim Khan, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France

Tokeer Ahmad, Jamia Millia Islamia, India

Umer Younis, Peking University, China

Víctor Manuel Pérez Puyana, University of Sevilla, Spain

Virat Khanna, Chandigarh University, India

Yan Yang, Zhejiang University of Technology, China

Yogesh Shrivastava, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, India

Yongxin Pang, Teesside University, UK