iswa2023

ORAL SPEAKERS

Theme 1: Protecting Human Health & the Quality of the Environment

Arghya Ghosh

Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (India)

Dr. Amrit Chandan 

CEO & Co-Founder, Aceleron (UK, East Africa, India, Caribbean)

Dr. Deepali Sinha Khetriwal 

Co-Founder, E[co]work (India)

Dr. Fauziah Shahul Hamid

Associate Professor, Universiti Malaya (Malaysia)

Dr. Jovana Husemann

Business Development Management, Naue Group (Germany)

Dr. Suresh A. Kartha

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (India)

Ernest Kusi

Director of Monitoring and Service Quality, Zoomlion Ghana LTD (Ghana)

Fadi Mujahid

CEO & Cofounder, Green Mawared (Sultanate of Oman)

Frank Natau

Business Development, WEHRLE - WERK AG (Germany)

Gergely Hankó

Managing Director, Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises (Hungary)

Gideon Sagoe 

Research & Innovation Lead, Waste Landfills Company Limited (Ghana)

Kannika Khwamsawat

Researcher, Centre of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (Thailand)

Linda Röman

Development Engineer, Helsinki Region Environmental Services (HSY) (Finland)

Noor Al-Hinai

Environmental Biology Student, Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman)

Peter Kwei Dagadu

General Manager, Waste Landfills Company Limited (Ghana)

Philomena Arthur

District Manager, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (Ghana)

Rebecca Yandam

Senior Research Officer, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (Ghana)

Rissa Niyobuhungiro

Postdoc fellow, University of the Western Cape (South Africa)

Senam Tengey

General Manager, Medical Waste Services Limited (Ghana)

Sumaiya Al-Siyabi

Technology Research Analyst, be'ah (Sultanate of Oman)

Sushant Daga

Senior Associate, Mott MacDonald Limited (United Kingdom)

Tarik Al-Ghafri

Project Assistant, Naue Group (Germany)

Zamzam Al-Lamki

Environmental Biology Graduate, Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman)

Theme 2: Mitigating Climate Change

Alfredo Miranda-González

Deputy Director for International Methane, Clean Air Task Force (USA).

David Cooley

Senior Associate, Abt Associates (USA)

Dr. Florian Kölsch

General Manager, Dr. Kölsch Geo- und Umwelttechnik GmbH (Germany)

Juliano Ferreira

Green Areas Manager, Lipor (Portugal)

Kait Siegel

Waste Sector Manager, MPP, Clean Air Task Force (USA)

Sophia Ghanimeh

Research Associate Professor, Qatar University (Qatar)

Umesh Madhavan

Research Director, The Circulate Initiative (Singapore)

Theme 3: Driving Resource Efficiency & the Circular Economy

Ahmed Al-Aamri

GM - Digital Transformation & Cyber Security, be’ah (Sultanate of Oman)

Aleksandra Anic Vucinić

President of the Croatian Waste Management Association, University of Zagreb Faculty (Croatia)

Delila Khaled 

Founder and Principle, impaXus (Egypt)

Dr. Letícia Sarmento dos Muchangos

Assistant Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo (Japan, Mozambique)

Eng. Mohammed Hawari

Recycling Services Specialist, Chemonics International (Jordan)

Jorge Cristobal

Project Officer, European Commission - JRC (Italy)

Khadija Al-Balushi

Research & Teaching Assistant, GUtech (Sultanate of Oman)

Ligia Pinto

Associate Professor, University of Minho (Portugal)

Mohsin Al-Barwani

MSWS GM Planning and Service Optimization, be’ah (Sultanate of Oman)

Prof. Flávio Ribeiro

Professor, Universidade Catolica de Santos "Unisantos" (Brazil)

Salah Jellali

Senior Researcher, Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman)

Shafiul Azam Ahmed 

Partner in Commitment Consultants (Bangladesh)

Tania Pinto

Project Manager, LIPOR (Portugal)

Tomas Vincze

Waste Collection Management Division Director, Sensoneo (Slovakia)

Tony Clark

CEO, Avfall Sverige (Sweden)

Umesh Madhavan

Research Director, The Circulate Initiative (Singapore)

Yang Cao

Senior researcher, SUS Environment (China)

Theme 4: New Technologies Adoption & Sector Transformation Towards a Circular Economy

Abdulelah F. AlObaidi

Sector Planning, National Center for Waste Management (MWAN) (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Aymeric Huignard

Business Development Director – Major projects, Veolia Middle East (United Arab Emirates)

David Cooley

Abt Associates (USA)

Dr. Amani Maalouf 

Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford, (UK)

Dr. Antonis Zorpas

Associate Professor, Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus)

Dr. Sausan Al-Riyami

Director, Oman Hydrogen Center-German university of Technology (Sultanate of Oman)

Els van Doesburg

Vice mayor of Antwerp (Belgium)

Emanuel Boschmeier

Scientific Researcher, TU Wien (Austria)

Ferrari Riccardo

Technical Analytical Procedures for The Verification Of The Quality Of WM Services In A Metropolitan City (Italy)

Hani Tohme 

Managing Director Middle East, Head of Sustainability (MENA Region )

Iliana Papamichael

Researcher, Open University of Cyprus (Cyprus)

Jerome Viricel

General Manager of RECAPP, Veolia Middle East (United Arab Emirates)

Kadhya Al-Hinai

Landfill Operation Manager, be'ah (Sultanate of Oman)

László Uhri

Senior Government Adviser, Ministry of Energy (Hungary)

Laura Stone

Business Development Manager, Econward Tech (Spain)

Lorenzo Bertero

Digital Marketing Specialist, Impactos Ambientales (Germany)

Lucia Susana Barcia

CEO, IMPACTOS AMBIENTALES S.A. (Argentina)

Mario Grosso

Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Paul Coyne 

VP, Business Development (Industries), Envetec Sustainable Technologies (Ireland) 

Pedro Lorenzo

Strategic Projects Manager, Econward (Spain)

Pierre Samaties

Partner and Head of Web3/ Digital assets global (United Arab Emirates)

Piet Coopman

Coordinator, Interafval (Belgium)

Prof. Giulio Ferrari 

Consultant of San Marino Secretariat Environmental & Landing, GFambiente Srl (Italy)

Prof. Sahadat Hossain

Director of Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) & Professor of Civil Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Arlington (USA)

Shungu Garaba

Research Scientist, University of Oldenburg (Germany)

Tanujjal Bora

Director, Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand)

Victor Monet

Project Director - Business Development, Veolia Middle East (United Arab Emirates)

Yazeed F. AlHabdan

Investment and Business Development, MWAN (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Theme 5: Promoting Good Governance & Inclusion

Gabriela Román Méndez

Project Manager, CEGESTI (Costa Rica)

Nour El Houda Chaher

Dr.Ing in Waste management & Circular Economy, University of Rostock (Germany)

Saba Al-Subhi

Environmental Policy & Data Management Executive at be’ah (Sultanate of Oman)

Tony Clark

CEO, Avfall Sverige (Sweden)

Weine Wiqvist

Senior Advisor at Avfall Sverige – Swedish Waste Management (Sweden)

Theme 6: Occupational Health & Safety in the Waste Sector

Ana Tenreiro

Senior RH Technician, Lipor (Portugal)

Dilipkumar Arvindkumar

Associate Professor, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat (India)

Telmo Machado

Researcher and Project manager, LIPOR (Portugal)