Keynote Speakers

We are very pleased to have acquired the services of an excellent selection of keynote speakers for SEB'11. It is our aspiration that these speakers will give our delegates a view about technological and scientific activities, relating to sustainability in energy and buildings, taking place in various areas of the world.

The speakers and the titles of their talks are shown below.

Note that the list is incomplete at the moment and other speakers will be added over time.



Professor Ali Sayigh

World Renewable Energy Congress/Network (WREC/WREN), UK

Innovative Technology and Research Priority in Renewable Energy
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Dr John R Littlewood

The Ecological Built Environment Research & Enterprise group,
Cardiff School of Art & Design
University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK

Mechanisms for assessing the environmental performance of dwellings through the interaction of Universities and SMEs
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Dr Mohamed Boussak & Prof Aziz Naamane

LSIS, Marseille, France

Generators and Power Electronics for Wind Energy
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Dr Nora Cherifa Abid

Polytech Marseille, France

Thermal solar collectors and their applications
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Professor Ali Sayigh

World Renewable Energy Congress/Network (WREC/WREN), UK

Innovative Technology and Research Priority in Renewable Energy

Abstract:

There is no doubt that renewable energy technology is set to grow in all its forms by at least 20% per annum. Most countries are investing billions of US dollars into harnessing clean and sustainable renewable energies. Renewable Industries are being set up in all regions of the world. And amongst these China stands out for its large scale renewable energy investment and development despite the fact that it continues to build coal-fired power stations at the rate of one per week.

The sun supplies 170,000 TWh per day which is equivalent to 2850 times of our needs. The EU prediction is that by 2030, Renewable Energy will supply 1400 TWh, and it is likely to meet this goal given that the EU already spent €72 billion in 2010 on 460 projects.

In PV technology, organic cells and plastic cells will be the new technology of 2020. The concept of using road surfaces to generate heat and electricity will be a reality soon. LED lighting is not only more efficient than other forms of lighting but also has a longer life. Storage Batteries have been developed to work in extreme temperatures with 20 years life time. Wind technology is developing in much faster than expected providing larger machines of 5 MW with very high reliability. Solar cooling and water desalination have had their share of progress as well. Using the botanical plants as a model, A device was developed recently to utilize CO2 plus water to produce both H2 and CO which can then be used as fuel for transportation.

Prof Ali Sayigh

Biography:

Chairman and founder of World Renewable Energy Congress and Council which been held in 23 different countries up to now, Director General of World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) since 1990, Chairman, Founder of the Arab Solar Energy Society, Past Chairman of the UK Solar Energy Society, Director of Solar Seminars at ICTP- Trieste, Italy between 1977-1995, Professor and head of Solar Energy in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Reading Universities from 1969 to 1994. Presently he is professor at the University of Hertfordshire. Founding member of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF), Sharjah, UAE, Fellow of the Institute of Energy; Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; and Chartered Engineer. He published more than 400 papers and contributed and edited more than 30 books. He is editor and editor in chief of several international journals including the one which he founded in 1983 Solar and Wind Technology. This journal in 1990 is called The International Journal of Renewable Energy which is published by Elsevier Science Ltd. He is Editor-in-chief of Comprehensive Renewable Energy, will be published in March 2012, by Elsevier Company. Prof Sayigh established with Sovereign Publications the annual Renewable Energy Magazine since 2000, Co Editor-in-chief of ICPSR Journal “ISESCO Vision of Science and Technology”. Editor of International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology. He was Professor at King Saud University, Reading University and University of Hertfordshire (1978 - 2004). He graduated 32 Ph D Students in various Engineering, Building Technology and renewable Energy. Prof Sayigh is chairman of Iraq Energy Institute.

Contact

Professor Ali Sayigh
P O Box 362
Brighton
BN2 1YH, UK
E-mail: asayigh@wrenuk.co.uk




Dr John R Littlewood

The Ecological Built Environment Research & Enterprise group,
Cardiff School of Art & Design
University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK

Mechanisms for assessing the environmental performance of dwellings through the interaction of Universities and SMEs

Abstract:

This presentation commences by defining an ecological approach compared with a sustainable approach to the built environment and thus illustrates the ethos of the Ecological Built Environment Research & Enterprise group at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, in the UK. The central focus of the presentation is to discuss and present the challenges of assessing whether low carbon design solutions are translated into low carbon construction of new dwellings and improvement of existing deprived dwellings. Very often what is designed is not translated into what is constructed or what is retrofitted. The presentation will use a variety of case studies to illustrate these issues, which are part of EBERE's work on a number of UWIC/EU/industry funded applied research projects, including the Low Carbon Built Environment project. In addition, the presentation will discuss and present how Universities can engage with SMEs innovatively to investigate and solve some of the issues. One such example presented is by practioners undertaking a change project as part of an industry focused doctorate, such as the Professional Doctorate: Ecological Building Practices, a UWIC validated program, which commenced in 2009.

Dr John Littlewood

Biography:

John has worked and studied in the built environment field since 1986 in both craft and professional roles, with a particular focus on sustainable housing, architectural science, architectural technology and biodiversity. His PhD was entitled 'A study of the design and thermal performance of two-storey earth sheltered houses for the UK climate', which he completed in 2001. He is currently managing six UK & EU funded research projects valued at £750,0000 and between 1996 and 2005 at the University of Glamorgan generated £145,000 research funding. He has also generated £20,000 enterprise income at UWIC between 2008 and 2011. His current research projects focus on the assessment of the design, construction and monitoring of low carbon and existing dwellings in the UK as part of sustainable urban and rural communities; all of which are in collaboration with industrial partners. In addition, he is exploring developing a research project on a UK urban food strategy with several UK universities and as such has chaired the Biodiversity & Built Environment theme at the RICS COBRA conference since 2009. John has been a member of the Research Committee for the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists since 2003.

He is currently supervising six UK based PhD students and four UK and International Professional Doctorate students. Between 2005 and 2010 John was seconded as a Sustainability Consultant to Building Design Partnership's London and then Bristol studios (which owns Groupe-6 architectes, France) with a focus on residential development and he has been seconded to United Welsh Housing Association as a Sustainable Development Consultant since 2009. John has published over 40 peer reviewed conference and journal papers, sits on the Scientific committees of several international conferences and journals and is currently contributing to two books on Sustainable Architecture.

John is interested in developing links with southern French Universites, for research collaboration and teaching (especially for the Professional Doctorate: Ecological Building Practices); particularly as his wife used to live in Calas-Cabries and misses the sun, good food and warm clear sea for swimming!

Contact

Dr John R Littlewood
The Ecological Built Environment Research & Enterprise group,
University of Wales Institute Cardiff,
Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff,
CF5 2YB, UK
Email: jlittlewood@uwic.ac.uk




Dr Mohamed Boussak & Prof Aziz Naamane

LSIS, Marseille, France

Generators and Power Electronics for Wind Energy

Abstract:

This keynote will be dedicated to give a survey on the present state of the art for generators and power electronics and a corresponding state of the art on wind turbines.

The main objective is:

  • to give a state of the art for generators and power electronics with respect to wind turbines.
  • to present new concepts and technologies for generators and power electronics, which potentially could be used in wind turbines.
  • to analyse market needs in terms of demands to the grid connection for wind turbines and wind farms.

Dr Mohamed Boussak

Biography:

Mohamed Boussak (S’89-M’89-SM’05) received the B.S. and DEA degrees from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de l'Enseignement Technique de Tunis (ENSET), Tunisia, in 1983 and 1985 respectively, the Ph.D. degree from Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris 6), Paris, France, in 1989 and the "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" (HDR) from Aix-Marseille III University, Marseille, France in 2004, all in Electrical Engineering.

From 1990 to 1991, he was a Research Teacher in Electrical Engineering with the Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France. From 1991 to 2004, he was an Associate Professor with the Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Marseille (ESIM), France.

From 2004 to 2008, he was an Associate Professor of electrical machines with the Ecole Centrale Marseille (ECM), France, where, since 2009, he has been a Senior Professor. His research areas, in the Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systàmes (LSIS), CNRS UMR 6168, Marseille, France, are electrical machines, power conversion systems, variable-speed drives, advanced digital motion control, fault tolerant control, and fault detection and diagnosis of industrial electric system. He has authored or coauthored more than 110 papers published in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

He is currently serves as a member of the international board committee of many international conferences and scientific journals.

Dr. Boussak is a Member of IEEE Industry Application, IEEE Industrial Electronics and IEEE Power Electronics Societies.





Dr Nora Cherifa Abid

Polytech Marseille, France

Thermal solar collectors and their applications

Abstract:

This keynote will be dedicated to give a Survey of various types of solar thermal collectors and their applications. Initially, the fundamentals of thermal solar collectors. Will be presented with an analysis of the problems related to the use of this kind of source of energy and the benefits offered. This is followed by a description of the methods used to evaluate the collector's performances. Typical applications of the various types of collectors will be presented and to conclude some ideas and trends will be given for the increase of solar collector's efficiency.

Dr Mohamed Boussak

Biography:

Cherifa ABID received the B.S. and DEA degrees from the department of Physics of Constantine University in 1983 and 1984 respectively.

In 1987, she defunded the Magister thesis in collaboration between Constantine University and the french AtomicEnergy Commission (CEA Grenoble) on the subject "night radiation water cooling".

From 1984 to 1990, she was research teacher at Energetic department of Constantine University.

1990 to 1993, sheprepared her PHD at Aix-Marseille University on thermal instabilities in mixed convection. Since 1993, she is an associate Professor at Polytech' Marseille, Laboratoire IUSTI CNRS UMRN° 6595.

She defunded her "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" HDR on 2000. Her main topics are heat transfer, thermoconvective instabilities and solarenergy.

She is the author or co-author of 100 papers published in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

She is member of various international conferences and expert for many scientific journals.








  • LSIS
  • KES International
  • KES International
  • Provence University
  • Marseille Polytechnic
  • Aix Marseille University
  • World Renewable Energy Congress/Network