Martin Huber is Director Marketing of Emissions Monitoring & Reduction and works within Honeywell Process Solutions. Martin has been part of the Global Plant & Personnel Safety initiative with Honeywell since 2013 and transitioned into this new role in 2022 to support Honeywell’s sustainability initiatives. Martin is responsible for Marketing and Product Management of the continuous fugitive & process emissions as well as Burner Management & Combustion Control Systems. Key to the initiative is outcome-based programs to measure, monitor, report and reduce emissions using accurate, near real-time data at medium and large operations that are often enterprise wide. This includes, but is not limited to, refineries, pipelines, chemical plants plus on and offshore upstream facilities.
I am Saiyeed Jakaria Baksh Imran. I am an advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and at the same time I work as a lecturer at Metropolitan Law College, Sylhet. I never want to define myself with my profession and I always believe in defining my profession with my work as apart from those professions I mentioned, I also am a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) where I am conducting research in environmental issues and policies. I further am a businessman and a early stage researcher. Most recently I have completed my specialization in Maritime Law from University of Oslo and the thesis which I conducted during my study, had lad my focus in researching the International Maritime Organization's Policies regarding the decarbonization of shipping. I am a passionate person with strong will and determination to achieve my goal. I have had multiple degrees in different areas of laws. I always love challenges and want to contribute in solving one of the most critical issues today that is decarbonization of shipping and help saving our ocean from pollution.
“Only with Clean Environment & Intensions, Rises a Clean Great Nation..!” Very Purpose fully said by Dr. Pritesh M Shah, Chairman of PRIMA Group Pritesh is a dynamic & Very Optimistic personality born in Jamnagar, a small town of Gujarat, INDIA After completing graduation in the year 1990, Dr. Pritesh moved ahead towards achieving his childhood dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Being familiar with and involved in the family business of instrumentation since childhood, he was eager to start his own enterprise. With a meager cash amount of INR 140, he took on the challenge of setting up his own business and that is how PRIMA EQUIPMENT was established on October 11, 1992. When he started designing products, his first priority was the ruggedness and sustainability of our equipment so as to cope with the harsh environment. The electronic PCBs, controllers, panels, enclosures, sensors, and other such parts used in the equipment are able to withstand the toughest industrial environment. This has made PRIMA different from the other players. In 1998, he got an opportunity to develop continuous stack gas emission monitoring equipment and that sparked off a new journey in terms of design, development, and innovation. PRIMA could now provide solutions as per customers’ needs. Since then, his goal has been to provide customized solutions in the sector of pollution and environment monitoring applications to various industries. PRIMA’s USP was that we started providing solutions and not just equipment. Mr. Pritesh has not stopped yet, with a motto to provide International Testing & Calibration Facility at door step to Asian Countries, he has developed an in-house world-class Testing & Calibration Laboratory which is accredited by IAS, U.S.A. The utilization of a built-up manufacturing facility of 27,000 sq. feet in 38,000 sq. feet of land, includes a dedicated research and development department for continual innovation, a technical department for application support, a production and assembly area, and a product gallery area, showcasing the full range of products has made this group as a unique in the field of Gas Detection in its kind. Nurtured the Team of about 80 efficient Professionals who are looking after fulfilling the goal of betterment of humans. The Infrastructure has an environment-friendly atmosphere with the capacity to produce more than 300 systems and 1,000+ portable equipment. Pritesh is planning to have FAT units in 6+ countries Globally by 2023. Being a technocrat and leader in the field Dr. Pritesh M. Shah has been invited to speak at various business and technical meets and conferences. His speeches and presentation are very highly regarded at national as well as international platforms. He is not only a successful Entrepreneur but also a kind-hearted person. He has formed a charitable foundation named “Kalabharti Charitable Foundation”, with the goal to cater to Education, Entrepreneurship & Environment & Build Our Dream Nation. In the span of the last 5 years, KCF initiated a few remarkable Projects which mainly focus on Nation Building by way of Educating a future generation & providing Basic / Infrastructure Facilities for ease of Education. Distributed School Kits, Provided Scholarships for Higher Education & Sponsored Solar Energy for Schools & Colleges by donating 15KVA Solar Roof Tops. Provided Technical / Non-Technical Training & sharpened the Entrepreneurship skill sets of start-ups. Creating Environment Awareness & conservation through various programs. Pritesh visualizes Prima Group as a proud Indian manufacturer supplying equipment internationally. He would like to serve an increasing number of industries with the most affordable solutions while creating more awareness for environment conservation. His mantra is ‘if you can visualize it, you can actualize it.’
As principle scientist I am working at the Van Swinden Laboratory (VSL) the National Metrology Institute in the Netherlands. In the Chemistry group I am involved in the development, management and analysis of gaseous reference materials. Furthermore, I am coordinating the 19NRM03 SI-Hg project (metrology for traceable protocols for elemental an oxidized mercury concentrations) under the European Metrology Program for Innovation and Research (EMPIR).
Doctorate (PhD), Nuclear electronic, Politecnico of Milan, 1999
Masyìter´s Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Electronic Instrumentation, Politecnico of Milan, 1994
Researcher on Environmental monitoring Technologies
National expert in many CEN TC 264 Groups
Coordinator of UNI National Mirror on Ambient Air and Emissions group
Convenor of CEN TC 264 WG 45 and WG 41
Doctorate (PhD), Nuclear electronic, Politecnico of Milan, 1999
Masyìter´s Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Electronic Instrumentation, Politecnico of Milan, 1994
Researcher on Environmental monitoring Technologies
National expert in many CEN TC 264 Groups
Coordinator of UNI National Mirror on Ambient Air and Emissions group
Convenor of CEN TC 264 WG 45 and WG 41
AGT-PSG GmbH & Co. KG 10 years 10 months Managing Director May 2012 - Present (10 years 10 months) "If you can't measure, you can't improve it." Our solutions for sample gas handling our large and small customers around the world to reliably measure processes and emissions. As managing director of AGT-PSG GmbH & Co.KG, I see it as my mission to work together as a team on the development and production of PSG #PerfectSampleGas solutions on a daily basis. We are the only supplier on the market to be able to produce the entire sample gas preparation, from gas extraction (via gas extraction probes) to gas transport (via heated analysis lines) to gas conditioning (via gas cooler). I am convinced that emissions can only really be reduced with globally tested, recognized measurement methods - and our treatment products are the key to this.
Juergen Reinmann is Managing Director of ENVEA GmbH. ENVEA GmbH is the German company of the ENVEA Group a leading provider of environment management solutions. The German company is thereby focused on the production of mercury analyzer systems for emission, air quality and waste water, automatic long-term sampling systems for dioxins, mercury und biogenic CO2 emission monitoring and process instruments for solid flow, level and moisture measurements. Juergen is active for more than 20 years in the field of the long-term sampling of micro-pollutants like dioxins, mercury, heavy metals and biogenic CO2. He is member of the European standardization groups WG 1 for the dioxin measurement standard EN 1948 and WG 8 for mercury sampling and measurement. He received in the year 1990 his diploma degree in Physic from Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main Germany.
Stephen B. Harrison is the founder and managing director at sbh4 GmbH in Germany. His work focuses on decarbonisation and greenhouse gas emissions control. E-fuels such as Hydrogen and Ammonia are fundamental pillars of his consulting practice. He has also served as the international hydrogen expert and team leader for multiple Asian Development Bank, World Bank and IFC projects related to CCUS and renewable hydrogen deployment in Namibia, Pakistan, Palau and Viet Nam. With a background in industrial and specialty gases, including 27 years at BOC Gases, The BOC Group and Linde Gas, Stephen has intimate knowledge of CEM gas analysis, gas detection and gas sensor technologies commercial, technical, operational, regulatory and compliance perspectives. For 14 years, he was a global business leader in these FTSE100 and DAX30 companies. Stephen has extensive buy-side and sell-side M&A due diligence and investment advisory experience in the energy and clean-tech sectors. Private Equity firms and investment fund managers and green-tech start-ups are regular clients. Working with Environmental Technology Publications, Stephen is a member of the scientific committee for CEM 2023 – the leading international conference for Continuous Emissions Monitoring. He also served on the advisory boards for the International Power Summit in Munich in September 2022 and the Green Hydrogen Summit in Oman in December 2022. He is also an advisory board member to gasworld and H2 View.
Mr. Swanson graduated from Stanford University with a B.A.S. His work experience includes environmental engineering and consulting utilizing U.S. EPA Part 60, Appendix A and other reference methods for stack gas analysis. Mr. Swanson has supervised hundreds of environmental monitoring projects of various scope from CEMS and PEMS quality assurance support and training to turnkey installations of complete continuous emissions monitoring and predictive emissions monitoring systems that have been certified under U.S. EPA 40 CFR Part 60 and 40 CFR Part 75 performance standards. Mr. Swanson is the manager of the team that created the SmartCEM™ predictive emissions monitoring software and system and its core components including the SmartCEMS® Analyzer and SmartCEMS®-75 and SmartCEMS®-60. Recently, Mr. Swanson supervised the design, implementation, and certification of SmartCEMS® at several sites under U.S. EPA 40 CFR Part 75, Subpart E. These sites included certification of PEMS for compliance monitoring of gas-fired turbines and boilers.
Sanjeev K. Kanchan is a known environmental expert and consultant who has contributed in the development of various regulatory tools including Critically Polluted Areas, real time pollution monitoring systems, and new pollution norms for industrial sectors in India. Currently he is an Adviser to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW, India). He is also associated with UNEP’s Global Mercury Partnership (coal-combustion) and the International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (C&AG, Government of India). Prior to CEEW, he has served to the International Centre to Sustainable Carbon (ICSC, UK) as a Principal Associate, Adage Automation, India as a Vice President (Strategy and Environment), Knowledge Lens, India as a Chief Strategy and Development Officer and the Centre for Science and Environment, India as a Programme Manager. In the past, he has also been a member to PM-ETS Market Oversight Committee- Forest and Env. Dept. of the Govt. of Gujarat and the Management Systems Certification Scheme Committee of BIS, India. Sanjeev has been an active researcher, advocacy professional and trainer with vast expertise in resource efficiency, pollution monitoring and control technology, best practices, best technology, life cycle assessment, policies, regulations and compliance etc., He has closely worked with various government institutions, industries, leading think tanks, research institutions, professionals and civil societies in India and overseas. Sanjeev is also a published author and columnist. On real time monitoring, some of his published books include “CEMS- A Technical Guidance Manual”, “CEMS and CEQMS implementation in India: Inspection Manual” and “Status of implementation of Continuous Emission Monitoring System in Coal-fired Thermal Power Plants in India” etc. His extensive research on resource efficiency and the performance benchmarking of major Indian industrial sectors have been published as notable books- “Grain by Grain” on Urea making sector, “Heat on Power” on coal based thermal power sector, “Into the Furnace” on integrated iron and steel industries and “Best Available Techniques for Indian Iron and Steel Sector”. Whereas, he writes research articles, columns, blogs for various science magazines, research journals and print and online media platforms for advocacy, has continues to train environmental regulators, industries and consultants in India for capacity building.
Sanjeev K. Kanchan is a known environmental expert and consultant who has contributed in the development of various regulatory tools including Critically Polluted Areas, real time pollution monitoring systems, and new pollution norms for industrial sectors in India. Currently he is an Adviser to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW, India). He is also associated with UNEP’s Global Mercury Partnership (coal-combustion) and the International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (C&AG, Government of India). Prior to CEEW, he has served to the International Centre to Sustainable Carbon (ICSC, UK) as a Principal Associate, Adage Automation, India as a Vice President (Strategy and Environment), Knowledge Lens, India as a Chief Strategy and Development Officer and the Centre for Science and Environment, India as a Programme Manager. In the past, he has also been a member to PM-ETS Market Oversight Committee- Forest and Env. Dept. of the Govt. of Gujarat and the Management Systems Certification Scheme Committee of BIS, India. Sanjeev has been an active researcher, advocacy professional and trainer with vast expertise in resource efficiency, pollution monitoring and control technology, best practices, best technology, life cycle assessment, policies, regulations and compliance etc., He has closely worked with various government institutions, industries, leading think tanks, research institutions, professionals and civil societies in India and overseas. Sanjeev is also a published author and columnist. On real time monitoring, some of his published books include “CEMS- A Technical Guidance Manual”, “CEMS and CEQMS implementation in India: Inspection Manual” and “Status of implementation of Continuous Emission Monitoring System in Coal-fired Thermal Power Plants in India” etc. His extensive research on resource efficiency and the performance benchmarking of major Indian industrial sectors have been published as notable books- “Grain by Grain” on Urea making sector, “Heat on Power” on coal based thermal power sector, “Into the Furnace” on integrated iron and steel industries and “Best Available Techniques for Indian Iron and Steel Sector”. Whereas, he writes research articles, columns, blogs for various science magazines, research journals and print and online media platforms for advocacy, has continues to train environmental regulators, industries and consultants in India for capacity building.
After graduating with an engineering degree from UniLaSalle Institute and a MBA from Paris school of management, Etienne has been working for the international business development of gas analyser manufacturers since 2012. He joined AP2E in 2016, as Europe sales manager. After the acquisition of AP2E by DURAG group, Etienne became Sales & Service director of the company in 2020. AP2E is a French manufacturer of gas analysers based on OFCEAS and Low Pressure Sampling technologies, and member of the DURAG group. DURAG is an international provider of technologies for a clean a safe environment including process and environmental monitoring, combustion and safety monitoring as well as tunnel and traffic monitoring.
Alexander Schladitz‘ Biography 1. Alexander Schladitz has the role of a Technical Owner of the Particle Measurement Department at SICK (Dresden, Germany). He worked there since more than 6years. Alexander is currently working as a Systems Engineer and metrologist in the Fine Dust Emissions Monitoring project. He published 2 worldwide granted patents at his time at SICK. 2. Before joing SICK, Alexander works as head a of R&D at Grimm Aerosol Technik (Pouch, Germany) a leading company for handheld aerosol measurement devices. He was responsible for 5 employees in the R&D team. A3. lexander received a Diploma degree in Meteorology from the University of Leipzig (Germany) and a holds aPh.D. in Aerosol Physics from Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research in cooperation with University of Leipzig.
Amedeo Manuel Cefalì is graduated in Environmental and Landscape Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca. During 2019-2020 he worked as a Research Fellow at the Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group of University of Milano-Bicocca. He carried out studies concerning the monitoring of the main atmospheric pollutants in indoor and outdoor environment. Furthemore, he contribuited to the development of environmental low-cost sensors. He has been a PhD student in Chemical Sciences since 2021 at University of Milano-Bicocca. The PhD project, in collaboration with RSE S.p.A, concers the study of methodologies for the preparation of repeatable and artifact-free standards of organic pollutants (HCHO) using Proficiency Tests in synthetic Reactors Bench.
Senior Expert Researcher and Project Manager - Air Quality measurements for aerosol - Consultancy and research projects for Flemish Authorities, industry, European Commission - Transfer of scientific knowledge to policy advice - Project coordination Research - Defining and elaboration of measurement strategies - Environmental impact assessment - Development and elaboration of analytical methods for particulate matter and asbestos - Human health risk assessment of chemicals (indirect environmental exposure ) - Emission measurements (point sources, fugitive) - Occupational (indoor) environment and ambient air
Stephen Beynon is Sales Director EMEA for Optical Gas Imaging at Teledyne FLIR. Steve joined Teledyne FLIR in April 2006 as a UK Area Sales Manager before taking on the responsibility for the Sales and Business Development of the Teledyne FLIR Optical Gas Imaging range of cameras in November 2010, for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Since then, Steve has dedicated his professional life to Optical Gas Imaging, presenting at several conferences in Europe and the Middle East as well as coordinating Teledyne FLIR Product Management and Business Development activities supporting EU independent testing initiatives for Optical Gas Imaging. Prior to joining Teledyne FLIR, Steve spent 15 years in the electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry. First as an apprentice electronics engineer working for GEC Marconi, then deployed full time into the Wireless LAN development team that ultimately developed Bluetooth technology, before moving into sales in 1996, selling capital gain metrology equipment solutions across Europe to the semiconductor wafer processing and related industries.
Jerome has a technical engineer background in applied physics and instrumentation. Since 1993, he has built up strong technical and sales skills in the field of gas analysis instrumentation and complete monitoring systems through his work in different departments of ENVEA, such as the QA/QC and sales. After several years spent to develop ENVEA's business in Europe and North America, Jerome joined the PM team of ENVEA as Product Manager for gas emissions and air quality analyzers.
Since 02.2014 - Business Development Manager/Deputy Head of Process & Environmental Germany, HORIBA Europe GmbH 04.2007-01.2014 - Product & Industry Manager, ABB Automation GmbH 04.2005-03.2007 - European Innovation Coordinator, University of Heidelberg 04.2003-03.2005 - Postdoc, AK Comba, University of Heidelberg, Germany 2001 - PhD (Chemistry), Rhodes University, South Africa
Peter Blinksbjerg has 25+ years of experience with tasks and projects within measurements and flue gas cleaning on Waste-to-Energy Plants both as a consultant and employee. For more than a decade Peter was very active in European standardisation, E.g. as chairman of CEN/TC264/WG 9 that wrote the QA of AMs standard, and later on as Chairman of CEN/TC 264 Air Quality. During the early beginning of this century Peter was one of the main actors in organising the CEM conferences. Peter was one of the first in Denmark to see the possibility of CO2 capture at waste-to-energy plants and has been the main man behind ARC's activities in the area. Since summer 2022, Peter has had his own consulting company (12plus30).
Kenneth Vindum has participated in the creation of the world’s first DAHS standard, EN 17255 in CEN/TC264/WG 9 and is the founder and CEO of Olicem A/S whose primary product is the MCERTS certified DAHS system ReportLoq. The system has been delivered to +14 countries world-wide. He has for the past +20 years worked with development of IT systems as a Full-Stack developer and IT security expert. Kenneth has used the combination of knowledge within international standards and IT systems development to make one of the first web-enabled DAHS systems on the market. Despite Kenneth’s title as CEO in Olicem, he is still very active in the development of new features for DAHS systems. His current work is about CO2 data management and scoping DAHS for maritime usage
Igor Zivkovic defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "Seasonal changes in mercury speciation and the composition of the microbial community in the seawater in the central Adriatic Sea" in 2018. After completing his PhD, Igor Zivkovic worked at the Jožef Stefan Institute as an assistant with a doctorate on the MercOx project (2018 – 2021). The aim of the project was to ensure the traceable determination of elemental and oxidized mercury in the atmosphere. Igor Zivkovic worked on the development of traceable calibration for the determination of oxidized and total mercury in air and flue gases. He also worked on the development of methods for preconcentration of mercury and the determination of stable mercury isotopes in biological and atmospheric samples (lichens, particulate matter). Igor Zivkovic was also involved in the work on the iGOSP project (Integrated Global Observing Systems for Persistent Pollutants), which aimed to develop international environmental monitoring systems in accordance with European and international rules. Currently, he is working on SI-Hg (Metrology for traceable protocols for elemental and oxidised mercury concentrations) and IsoCont projects (Innovative Isotope Based Techniques for the Identification of Sources and Biochemical Cycling of Mercury in Contaminated Sites).
Rod Robinson is a principal research scientist at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK
Tuula is principal scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Her background is in emission measurements and especially on their quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC). She has been involved in standardisation work by European Standardisation Organisation CEN/TC264 for several years, being member of several working groups of CEN/TC264 and also the chairman of Finnish mirror group for CEN/TC264. Tuula has been the project manager for several capacity building projects focusing on the improvement of emission measurement capacities in countries like Chile, India, Uruguay and Baltic countries. She has contributed to several Finnish guidelines for the implementation of quality assurance procedures for emission measurements, such as Handbook for emission measurements. She has also been responsible for organising ILC (interlaboratory comparisons) for Finnish stack testing teams.
Dr Giuseppe Smirne is a Senior Research Analyst who been working at Emerson Automation Solution for nearly ten years. Educated as a physicist (University of Pisa, Italy, and University of Oxford, UK), he has joined the product development team at Emerson in 2013 contributing to various aspect of new product fevelopment, instrumetation, and applications of QCL spectroscopy for gas analysis.
Alexander Schladitz‘ Biography 1. Alexander Schladitz has the role of a Technical Owner of the Particle Measurement Department at SICK (Dresden, Germany). He worked there since more than 6years. Alexander is currently working as a Systems Engineer and metrologist in the Fine Dust Emissions Monitoring project. He published 2 worldwide granted patents at his time at SICK. 2. Before joing SICK, Alexander works as head a of R&D at Grimm Aerosol Technik (Pouch, Germany) a leading company for handheld aerosol measurement devices. He was responsible for 5 employees in the R&D team. 3. Alexander received a Diploma degree in Meteorology from the University of Leipzig (Germany) and a holds aPh.D. in Aerosol Physics from Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research in cooperation with University of Leipzig.
Roberto Parola holds a Master of Science degree in engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He has spent more than 20 years in the safety, health & environmental protection area and specialty gases product management and R&D commercialization, both in Europe and Asia. In 2007 he joined the Linde Gas headquarter, being globally responsible for product stewardship and product legislation. In 2015 he moved to a global product management position for specialty gases and equipment focusing on environmental related topics such as ambient air quality monitoring and static, automotive and marine emissions monitoring. In 2020 he joined the Linde Technology R&D team focusing on new specialty gases applications. Specialties: Ambient Air Quality regulations and Emissions regulations for vehicles (on-road and off-road), ships (MARPOL) and industrial plants (Industrial Emission Directive-IED and Medium Combustion Plant Directive-MCPD). Product Legislation such as Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), Plant Protection Products Regulation (PPPR). Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality Management Systems including Risk Assessment, Product Life-Cycle Assessment, Emergency Response, Labs Accreditation.
Dr Jean-Christophe MIFSUD is President and Founder of ELLONA, previously called RUBIX SI. He had previous experience as founder and Chief Executive Officer of ALPHA M.O.S, a worldwide leading company in Smart Sensing Systems, and headquartered in Toulouse, France. He founded this company in 1993, for which the mission is to develop instrument correlated with the human senses, particularly those of smell and the taste, developing Electronic Nose, Electronic Tongue and Eyes for the food and cosmetics industries. Dr. MIFSUD has floated ALPHA M.O.S on the Nouveau Marché of the Paris Stock exchange in 1998. Before funding Alpha-MOS, he acquired professional experiences within M & A Department of Rhone Poulenc Inc. USA, and DLJ US Investment Bank in New York . He first earns a Chemical Engineering degree from Toulouse University, then holds a MBA from the ESSEC business school in Paris and a PhD in Neurochemistry at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA. He also holds more than 25 patents in various fields.
Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Valencia, I did the Master in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry at the same university. I specialized in several techniques of chemical analysis as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy, electrophoresis, among others. I did my master internship at AIMPLAS for 7 months, during this period of time I was in the Automotive Laboratory performing different chromatography tests for the study of emissions and characterization of materials. During my studies I did two more internships, the first one at the Public Health Laboratory of Valencia where I collaborated in the analysis of water for human consumption by chromatographic techniques and the second one at the University of Valencia where I collaborated in the development of new analysis methods. Since January 2022 I am Technician of the Chromatography Laboratory of AIMPLAS, previously, from October 2021 to December 2021, I was Technician in the Automotive Laboratory of AIMPLAS.
Mr. Wilber has over 45 years of experience in research, testing, management and operations of entities dealing with the performance and supply of technologies for emissions monitoring, air and water pollution control. He has served as an expert witness in over 20 cases dealing with both thermal performance and environmental impact assessments. For the last 18 years, he has served as General Manager of Tekran Instruments Corporation, supplier of trace level mercury measurements systems and services. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering Science and Mechanics.
Juergen Reinmann is Managing Director of ENVEA GmbH, formerly known as Mercury Instruments GmbH. ENVEA GmbH is a leading manufacturer of mercury analyzer systems for emission, air quality and waste water and automatic long-term sampling systems for dioxins, mercury and biogenic CO2 emission monitoring. ENVEA GmbH is part of ENVEA, which is a global leading provider of environment management solutions for the protection of people and planet. Juergen is active for over 20 years in the field of the long-term sampling of micro-pollutants like dioxins, mercury, heavy metals and biogenic CO2. He is member of the European standardization groups WG 1 for the dioxin measurement standard EN 1948 and WG 8 for mercury sampling and measurement. He received in the year 1990 his diploma degree in Physic from Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main Germany.
Brice Berthelot received the Ph.D. degree in the field of MEMS-based indoor air quality microsensors development from the University Paris-Est. After an industrial experience as research, development and innovation project manager of industrial gas monitoring and mapping products, he joined the unit dedicated to the characterization of the air quality near sources of emissions at the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris). His work focuses on the development of innovative methods coupling drones, sensors and modelisation for air quality monitoring around industrial sites.
Electrical & Electronical engineer. MS Environmental Engineering. MS Security and Health engineering. MS Industrial and Organizational Engineering. Over 20 years teaching graduated and master degree students in the areas of: - Continuous emission monitoring design and maintenance. - Energetic auditing for Industries. - EN14181 and European regulations. - Measuring and controlling industrial contaminantion. Inspectiona and audition industrial process for over 20 years.
Director of Product Management at Gasmet Technologies.
With a career spanning over eight years at Gasmet Technologies, I have established myself as a results-driven Sales Manager with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and business growth. Based in Finland, I have been entrusted with direct sales responsibilities within the country while also providing exceptional customer support to ensure a seamless experience for our clients.
My role extends beyond Finland as I actively assist our valued partners across multiple countries, leveraging my expertise to support their sales efforts and ensure consistent brand representation. By fostering strong relationships and effective communication, I have played a vital role in enhancing the performance and market presence of Gasmet Technologies on a global scale.
Through my comprehensive understanding of our products, services, and industry trends, I have been able to provide valuable insights and strategic recommendations to drive business growth and maintain our competitive edge. I remain dedicated to delivering exceptional results, strengthening our global presence, and upholding Gasmet Technologies' reputation as an industry leader.
Researcher in the field of stationary source emissions at INERIS (French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks) for 20 years, involved in standardization at French level, in inter-laboratory comparisons organized by INERIS on a test bench, in studies at French level or with European partners.
Project engineer
INERIS, France
Characterization of atmospheric emissions
▪ Characterization of domestic and industrial emissions
▪ Decision support to the French competent authorities
Business or sector INERIS is a French public research body of an industrial and commercial character, under the aegis of the French Ministry of Ecology
Thomas is a higher research scientist with more than 10 years experience in emission monitoring. He runs the NPL stack emission proficiency testing schemes.
Benjamin Cea, I am an engineer and a doctor of science. I have been in charge of studies and research attached to the “Characterization of Atmospheric and Aqueous EMISsions” (EMIS) Unit of the “Environments and Impacts on Living Things” (MIV) Department at Ineris for 3 years. I carry out studies on the characterization of atmospheric emissions of industrial, tertiary and domestic origin for organizations such as the Ministry of the Environment, and Ademe and I intervene in research projects financed by European programs (EMPIR , Life). I recently: - published as first author a scientific article within the framework of the EMPIR program: Cea, B; Fraboulet, Isaline; Feuger, Océane; Hugony, Francesca; Morreale, Carmen; Migliavacca, Gabriele; Sig Andersen, Jes; Warming-Jespersen, Morten Gottlieb; Bäckström, Daniel; Janhäll, Sara (Accepted November 08, 2021). Development and evaluation of an innovative method based on dilution to sample solid and condensable fractions of particles emitted by residential wood combustion. Energy & Fuels. - co-wrote a note in collaboration with the Citepa (authority in charge of emission inventories on French territory) on the reassessment of emission factors for total particles (solid and condensable) from domestic wood heating (https://www.ineris.fr/fr/reevaluation-facteurs-emission-particules-totales-solide-condensable-chauffage-domestique-bois, 2022).
Mathias is Product Manager in the process and emission monitoring business unit of DURAG Group. DURAG is a manufacturer of sensors and systems for emission monitoring and control. He has always worked on the broad field of thermal energy conversion and emission control. He studied mechanical engineering with focus on thermal power plants and internal combustion engines in Hamburg, Germany. His career started in research about carbon capture in coal fired power plants and biomass to liquid processes. He has also been involved in the German contribution to the revision of the BAT Reference Document (BREF) for Large Combustion Plants. After joining DURAG in 2016 he worked as project manager in the development department.
Sebastien Dieu, technical Manager for The French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (Ineris) at Ambiant Air Characterisation Close to Source Unit. 15 years of experience in the field of emission characterization
Dr. Haydn Barros
Higher Research Scientist at the Emissions and Atmospheric Metrology Group, National Physical Laboratory, UK.
Nuclear applied physicist with more than 25 years in R&D on environment and industry, methods development and pollutants dispersion.
My name is Inaki Mugica. I am a graduate in Chemical Engineering of the University of the Basque Country. I studied a Research-Based Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering at that same university and I have worked more or less closely in the Aerosol Research Group of the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao since December 2011. I worked for two years at RAMEN, at its European trademark IONER, as a chemical engineer responsible for the design and optimization of aerosol and nanoparticle characterization equipment. In 2018 together with my partner, we formed the environmental services company SUMA from which we are mainly dedicated to specialized measurements of atmospheric pollutants and the installation and maintenance of continuous emission monitoring systems. We also carry out other advisory tasks and participate in R&D projects.
Full-Professor of Chemical Engineering at Jaume I University, in Castellón (Spain) and Researcher at Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC-AICE) in Castelló (Spain) since 1988. Co-author of 100 research papers, 17 books and 230 communications at conference and symposia on different subjects related to ceramic and environmental engineering. He has participated in more than 100 R&D projects conduced at ITC-AICE, funded by private companies as well as Public bodies.
As the Digital Lead for Measurement and Analytics in Europe at ABB AG, Henning von Hörsten, has been with the company since 1997 in various roles around the globe, from Trainee to Manager. In his current role, Henning von Hoersten is involved with developing, planning, and implementing digital solutions and products for measurement technologies in process industries and emissions monitoring across Europe, in cooperation with local sales and service teams. The role also involves introducing ABB Ability™ Genix Datalyzer, a cloud-based analyzer fleet monitoring solution for process monitoring systems that provides information and insights from the fleet level to individual device parameters.
Chris Dimopoulos is a Senior Research Scientist and technical lead within industrial emissions at the UK National Physical Laboratory. Chris holds a BSc in Environmental Science and an MSc(Eng.) in Environmental Engineering and Project Management both from the University of Leeds. He has over fifteen years’ practical experience of emissions monitoring and represents the UK as an expert on a number of CEN TC 264 and ISO TC 146. He is currently convenor of ISO TC 146/SC1 WG36 on the revision of EN ISO 16911 on the measurement of flow from stacks.
ordi Puig is a Physicist in Generalitat de Catalunya the competent Authority of one of the most industrialized region of Spain. He is in charge assuring CEMS data quality procedures and legislation fulfilment from plants that range large combustion plants, waste incinerators, petrol refinery plants and cement kilns to medium combustion plants or Solvent user industry. He is in charge of adapting national standardization on CEMs quality Assurance, Data acquisition and Treatment, and data transmission to check the fulfilment of IED and MID. Since 2009 Jordi is a member of the Spanish Standardization Association in the Air Quality Committee. On 2011 he started as member of the European Standardization Committee in CEN/TC 264 in WG 9. He has actively participated in EN 14181:2014 and the series of DAHS Standards 17255 mainly focusing on the final usability of CEMs and DAHS data to adapt to Directives specifications and needs. Holding a MSc in Meteorology from Barcelona's University Physicist faculty he has formerly hold positions on air quality improvement, urban pollution mitigation and emissions inventories calculation in Oesia group and positions on wind turbines micro sitting an operational control in Alstom Power.
Degree in Geological Sciences, at Barcelona University (1982 - 1987). Master in Environmental Engineering and Management, by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (1997 - 1999). From 1999 to 2021, technician at the Monitoring and Control Air Survey. Department of Environment - Government of Catalonia. (Environmental Authority of Catalonia, Spain). From January 2022, Head of Inspection and Control at the Territorial Services of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Barcelona. Technical Auditor in the fields of air pollution for inspection bodies (according to EN ISO/IEC 17020 standard) and testing laboratories (according to EN ISO IEC 17025 standard), qualified by the Spanish Accreditation Body (ENAC) Member committee, representing the Government of Catalunya in the working group AEN-CTN 77, SC2 air, of the Spanish Standardization Body
Dharmender Jhamb Vice President, Paytm Dharmender Jhamb is a veteran in Digital Payment and Financial Services vertical with over 15 years of experience, he is presently working as Vice President, Paytm, and He looks after Public Policy, Government Relations, and Strategic partnerships at Paytm and its companies. He has in-depth knowledge of Digital Payments and has been working on the growth of Digital payments as a Consultant, Policy Expert, and Technology Expert. He has worked in a senior management capacity in PricewaterhouseCoopers India, National Institute of Smart Government, and Tata Consultancy Services in many countries such as India, USA (NYC), Senegal, Ghana, Bangladesh, and Dubai. He is a member of the National committee of CII, FICCI, NASSCOM, ASSOCHAM and PCI. He has authored research articles in National and International Journals on Policy and Technology Landscape with a special focus on increasing trust in Digital Payments. He is post graduate in Management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Dr Deepak Kumar is presently working as Sr Manager Environment (Iron making) Tata Steel Ltd Jamshedpur, India. He has done PhD from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India
Lucas Hawkins is an Instrumental Chemist working within Tekran’s research and development group. Working over 25 years in the analytical industry, Lucas has been an analytical scientist, participated in contracted research, and currently provides sales and technical support for Tekran’s instrumental production group.
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Mrs Tuula Kajolinna professional background is in emission and biogas measurements, their quality assurance (QA) and developing new gas measurement systems. Together with my colleagues I have written several Finnish guidelines for the implementation of different quality assurance procedures for emission measurements, organising national comparison measurements for Finnish emission measurement laboratories and worked in capacity building projects focusing on the improvement of emission measurement capacities in countries like Chile, India, Uruguay, Russia and Baltic countries. I have been member of CEN/TC 264/WG 27 working group ‘Measurement of odour impact by field inspection’ and I also work as a technical expert for Finnish accreditation service FINAS in the field of odour measurements. My upcoming dissertation is related to CO2 capture processes.
Dr. Edurne Ibarrola is Scientific Director (CSO) at Kunak Technologies. She received the degree in biology at the University of Navarra (Spain) and the M.sc at the University of Tromso (Norway) in 2012 and 2014, respectively. She obtained the PhD degree in remote sensing and environmental science from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in 2019. She is responsible for innovation and development tasks in air quality sensor-based devices, such as improving sensors' behaviour, dealing with all their challenges and working on how to improve the accuracy of the data. She works on research and development projects with universities and research centers, giving support related to air quality and sensor-based instrument performance. She is, as well responsible for regulation with legislation bodies and certifications. She is a member of the CEN/TC264/WG42, which developed technical specification "UNE-CEN/TS 17660-1:2021 - Air Quality-Performance evaluation of air quality sensors" and WG41 "Emissions and ambient air – Instrumental odour monitoring".
Dr. Edurne Ibarrola is Scientific Director (CSO) at Kunak Technologies. She received the degree in biology at the University of Navarra (Spain) and the M.sc at the University of Tromso (Norway) in 2012 and 2014, respectively. She obtained the PhD degree in remote sensing and environmental science from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in 2019. She is responsible for innovation and development tasks in air quality sensor-based devices, such as improving sensors' behaviour, dealing with all their challenges and working on how to improve the accuracy of the data. She works on research and development projects with universities and research centers, giving support related to air quality and sensor-based instrument performance. She is, as well responsible for regulation with legislation bodies and certifications. She is a member of the CEN/TC264/WG42, which developed technical specification "UNE-CEN/TS 17660-1:2021 - Air Quality-Performance evaluation of air quality sensors" and WG41 "Emissions and ambient air – Instrumental odour monitoring".
M.S., Kyungpook National University, Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Korea, 2022 B.S, Kyungpook National University, Department Environmental Engineering, Korea, 2014 Researcher, Korea Testing Laboratory, Korea, 2016 - present
In 1986, Mr. Kahr started in an Austrian Research facility as Laboratory manager for measurement and testing. Aim of this laboratory was to support the development of incinerators to burn biomass, mixtures of biomass mixtures, fractions from paper industry, straw, different waste fractions in combination with wood.
From 1995 to 2000, he was the technical director of a fluidized bed incineration testing plant with 1 MW and more than 100 test burnings of different types of waste and biomass.
From 1986 to 2000 he developed a continuous dioxin Long term sampling system.
From 2001 to 2014 Mr. Kahr was general manager of the company “MonitoringSystems GmbH”. The target of this company, to reduce I-TEQ emissions based on informations received from continuous long term sampling systems.
Since 2014, the Genius5-Instruments was founded with the main target to establish long term measurement systems for CO2 in stacks, to measure the biogenic fraction. The PmCTrace was established.
Robert Baxter is a co-founder of B3 Systems and has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. Since 1991, B3 Systems has been providing key support functions to the emission testing and monitoring markets.
Robert Baxter is a co-founder of B3 Systems and has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. Since 1991, B3 Systems has been providing key support functions to the emission testing and monitoring markets.
Dr. Irina Celades López - Head of the Sustainability Area of the Instituto de Tecnologia Cerámica (Castellón, Spain) PhD in Chemical Engineering by Jaume I University (2013, Castellón-Spain). From 1996-2000 worked as Environmental technician in the Environmental Department of the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica in Castellón. Since 2000 till 2018, she has been as Head of Environmental Department of the Instituto de Tecnologia Cerámica. From 2019 till now, she is Head of the Sustainability Area of the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica. Co-author of more than 50 research papers, 2 books and approximately 80 communications at conferences and symposia on different subjects relating to ceramic technology and chemical engineering and environmental issues. She has participated in more than a hundred R&D, Consultancy projects, funded by industry, Public organisations belonging to the regional, national, and EU bodies. Expertise in topics related to environmental issues, specially related to atmospheric emissions, environmental technologies, circular economy (specially in Industrial Symbiosis) and ceramic and related processes, moreover, she has experience in ecodesign and environmental communication such as ecolabels and environmental product declarations. She has experience as a technical auditor for the Spanish National Accreditation Body (ENAC) in the field of Conformity assessment - Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection (ISO/IEC 17020:2012). Member of different National and European committees related to environmental issues (Development ecological criteria for EU Ecolabel for Coverings, Atmospheric working group at National level for standards development, member of the technical working group for BREF development/discussion process (Waste Gas Chemicals, Glass and Ceramics). Speaker at various conferences and teaching courses on industrial ecology, atmospheric emissions measurements, environmental communications tools, environmental legislation, BAT and technologies, etc.
Marc Nodorft is Co-Founder of DEUS-POLLUTRACK, the largest European emission measurement network in over 30 European major cities. He is project coordinator of the Smart City EU project "DEUS SmartAir" and formerly headed the foreign offices of the leading German SME Association in Ulaanbator and Beijing.
David Graham is a Technical Consultant with Uniper, working at their Technology Centre near Nottingham, England. He provides support to the UK power industry in relation to continuous emissions monitoring, emissions reporting and compliance issues for all plant types. This includes the development of guidance for reporting under the EU’s Emissions Trading System. Before joining Uniper, he was a gas turbine combustion engineer with Alstom for six years and, prior to that, he worked on various aspects of combustion and environmental science with British Gas. He is a past chair of the UK Source Testing Association and the VGB Technical Group: Emissions Monitoring. David is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Jeff is a Senior Scientist with EPA’s Office of Research and Development where he has been doing fundamental and applied combustion, incineration and emissions control technology research and emissions measurements for nearly 40 years. Jeff’s research focuses primarily on emissions measurement methods development research. Jeff has contributed to a multitude of EPA’s formal and informal methods including those found in 40 CFR Part 60 and SW-846. Currently, Jeff is ORD’s lead to develop PFAS emissions test methods.
Erkki Lamminen studied aerosol physics at Tampere University of Technology with a focus on particle dilution and conditioning systems for combustion aerosols. He has been with Dekati Ltd. for over 20 years working on different aspects of business development and instrument research for particulate measurements. He is currently a board member and the VP and Sales Director of Dekati Ltd.
PhD student of analytical chemistry at the working group of Sigurd Schober at the Unversity of Graz. Topic of the thesis is the impact of renewable fuels on HC exhaust emissions of small gasoline powered ICEs. Prior to this study of technical chemistry at NAWI Graz. Bachelor thesis at working group of Gregor Trimmel on bismuth-based perovskite type organic solar cells and master thesis at working group of Martin Mittelbach on catalytic fractionation of larch wood.
Qingnan Liu, Ph.D. is a physical scientist with the NIST Gas Sensing Metrology Group. At NIST he is working on the certifications of gas standards for industries under government regulations. Prior to NIST, Qingnan stayed in academia for 13 years and has experience in various of laser spectroscopy applications including Cavity Ring-Down, Photoacoustic, Laser Induced Fluorescence, Ultra-high Resolution Infrared and Ultra-fast Optical Fields. He also designed and built several instrumentations on molecular spectroscopy studies for lab and field. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry (2008) from University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests are in laser spectroscopy, atmospheric chemistry, gas sensing metrology, molecular dynamics, scientific instrument design and construction. He is the author of 16 peer-reviewed publications.
I am Currently working on the development of CEMS& CAAQMS calibration, testing and certification facility. Maintaining Primary Ozone Standard facility at CSIR-NPL and providing apex level calibration facility for surface ozone measurements in the country. I have developed a facility for performance evaluations of ozone analyzers for the ozone analyzer manufacturers, 3D scanning lidar for atmospheric studies, twilight photometer for aerosols studies etc. I have produced two Ph.D. degrees. Currently supervising three Ph.D. students in the faculty of Physical Science in AcSIR. I have published more than 25 research papers in peer reviewed journals and presented more than 30 research papers in national and international conferences.
Mr. Richard Münchmeyer is Sales Manager at OPSIS AB since 2012.
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Jeff is a Senior Scientist with EPA’s Office of Research and Development where he has been doing fundamental and applied combustion, incineration and emissions control technology research and emissions measurements for nearly 40 years. Jeff’s research focuses primarily on emissions measurement methods development research. Jeff has contributed to a multitude of EPA’s formal and informal methods including those found in 40 CFR Part 60 and SW-846. Currently, Jeff is ORD’s lead to develop PFAS emissions test methods.
Kim came to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards a little over 12 years ago and her focus is predominately CEMS and instrumental test methods. Kim has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Prior to coming to EPA she worked as a stack tester and then installed CEMS in the US's Midwest. She later worked for many years for the State of North Carolina, both at the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) and the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
Head of a team in charge of characterizing air quality around industrial facilities
Dr. Hashmonay is the Chief Innovation Scientist, responsible for scientific research and development of the fast growing line of innovative industrial products, and the in-house expert for atmospheric physics and radiative transfer. He is an international expert in developing and implementing optical remote sensing (ORS) and other advanced air monitoring methodologies. He is the co-inventor of the Radial Plume Mapping (RPM) method (EPA Other Test Method 10 [OTM-10], Optical Remote Sensing for Emission Characterization from Non-Point Sources). In R&D projects performed under Dr. Hashmonay’s direction for both public and private sector clients, advanced methods have been developed and used to measure gaseous and particulate emissions from sources as diverse as landfills, concentrated animal feeding operations, wastewater treatment plants, chlor-alkali plants, refueling stations, military aircraft, fugitive dust from military activities, open burning, barges, near-road mobile sources, agricultural operations, fertilizer manufacturing plants, oil & gas production facilities, coke oven batteries, chemical manufacturing plants and many locations and process units within petroleum refineries. These studies (performed internationally in N. America, Asia including Israel, Europe, Australia, and South America) also provided essential data for calculating emission factors for these sources. His methods have also been applied for emergency response as well as for human health and safety applications. 1996 Sc.D., Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 1990 MS, Atmospheric Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1988 BS, Physics / Atmospheric Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem See more at Dr. Hashmonay’s Google Scholar page.
Thor Anders Aarhaug obtained his master’s degree in analytical chemistry from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 1997. He joined SINTEF Chemistry shortly after to work with fluorine analysis in primary aluminium production. In 2011, Thor Anders Aarhaug defended his PhD in chemistry from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on the topic of chemical degradation of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. He has managed and worked in several EU funded projects on the topic of fuel cell durability and hydrogen fuel quality control. He is member of several ISO technical committees and is working with standardization of fuel quality for hydrogen technologies. He’s currently the convenor of work group 33 TC197 responsible for the development of a standard for sampling of hydrogen from refuelling stations.
Working on environmental sensing of indoor and outdoor spaces, using low- to high-end monitoring equipment and IoT solutions for PM, NO2, O3, BC, CO2, temperature, relative humidity,... Air quality sensor calibration, performance evaluation and spatiotemporal interpolation using traditional multilinear and AI approaches. Trying to bridge the gap between traditional (fixed-site) air quality monitoring, personal exposure assessments and physiological health responses. Jelle Hofman received the M.Sc. degree in biology and the Ph.D. degree in bioscience engineering from the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. He gained professional experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow and the Ph.D. Researcher with the Bioscience Department, University of Antwerp, Researcher with the Flanders Environmental Agency, Aalst, Belgium, R&D Expert with the Solutions for IoT Department, imec, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and R&D Researcher with the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Mol, Belgium. He works on environmental sensing using innovative approaches or emerging pollutants (e.g. UFP, PFAS), from low- to high-end monitoring equipment and IoT solutions for PM, NO2, O3, BC, CO2, temperature, relative humidity,... Air quality sensor calibration, performance evaluation and spatiotemporal interpolation using traditional multilinear and AI approaches. Trying to bridge the gap between traditional (fixed-site) air quality monitoring, personal exposure assessments and physiological health responses. Recently, he gained experience with PFAS quantification methods, stack emission monitoring and PFAS remediation strategies such as thermal destruction.
Ivan Panini, born in Reggio Emilia on 06/22/1959, after completing his academic career at the University of Modena (degree course in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies, 1978) began working as a laboratory employee until be hired in 1989 by Studio Alfa, now Alfa Solutions S.p.A. where he has held the position of Scientific Director since 2004. In his role he mainly deals with directing the Laboratory and Monitoring activities at a technical/ projectual level, prepares and coordinates the various Research Projects of the company in the role of Project Leader and deals with the planning of Investigations and Monitoring Environmental or Occupational Hygiene. It also carries out the activity of definition and validation of Analytical Protocols Relationship with Bodies (e.g., APAT, ARPA, Ministries, Service Conferences, Control Bodies), Technical Bodies (e.g., UNI, Unichim, SINAL Experimental Stations, Universities) and Company Management of Clients. Thanks to the decades of experience gained during his career, he is able to face and solve a multitude of problems in various industrial fields.
Has a PhD on electrochemical production of titanium from Norwegian university of science and technology 2010. Been working at SINTEF from 2010 first as a research scientist and now as a senior research scientist. Main fields of work are high temperature chemistry in metallurgical processes, with focus on evaluation and development of new measurement technologies, understanding emissions and how they are linked to process (chemistry) changes as well as emission reduction.
Antonio J. Jara (Chief Scientific Officer), He joined Libelium in 2022, as a result of the merge with HOPU (a start-up he founded and managed from 2014 to 2021), chair of Data Quality and IoT in IEEE and BoD member of FIWARE Foundation. He did his PhD (Cum Laude) at the University of Murcia (UMU), Spain. These PhD results present a novel way to connect objects to Internet-enabled platforms in an easy, secure and scalable way. He also carried out an MBA and entrepreneurship formation in the ENAE business school and UCAM (2012). Antonio Jara as part of Libelium is focused on the Smart Cities market with solutions for citizens engagements and environmental monitoring (air quality sensors). Antonio Jara has also participated in over 100 international events about Internet of Things as Speaker, over 100 international publications / papers (~11900 citations and impact factor h=46), he holds several patents in the IoT domain.
Iris Cuevas, studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Murcia, specializing in MBA at UCAM, and currently studying for a PhD in Computer Science (Data Quality Assessment for AI-based environmental models) by the University of Murcia. Since she was young he has been actively involved in different types of associations for more than 8 years. Her professional career began in the world of thermoplastics, working in injection and extrusion companies, in the areas of quality and innovation. Since 2018 she has been working at LIBELIUM as technical manager of the calibration laboratory (ENAC 285/LC10.250) according to ISO17025. She has several specialization courses in ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, sig sigma by Bureau Veritas, and is an expert in air quality. In addition, within the laboratory framed in the R&D Department, she has several lines of research open in suspended particles (nanoparticles), electrochemical gas sensors, PID and work with the algorithm development team in the field of pollutant dispersion, automatic identification in air pollution sources and zoning studies. She has attended numerous conferences in the ICT field (Smart cities, 5G, blockchain, etc). In addition to having collaborated in some publications, she currently has a patent of shared ownership with the company and the City Council of Madrid in the field of nanoparticles.
Alejandro Pujante is student of physics and the he is currently performing his bachelor project at Libelium. His research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence, mathematical modelling and quantum computing to develop chemistry transport models and calculate emissions fluxes, with special care in resolution and accuracy improvements.
Born in Cieza in 1996. In 2018 he obtained a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Murcia. He then studied the Master's Degree in Bioinformatics at the University of Murcia and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena obtaining the Master's Degree in 2019, achieving the Prize for the Second Best Record. He was the beneficiary of a Research Initiation grant from the University of Murcia from November 2019 to December 2019, participating in the project Development of Bioinformatics and Ontological Systems in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus, under the supervision of Dr. Jesualdo Tomás Fernández Breis. In 2019 he obtained a grant from the Seneca Foundation to perform his PhD at LIbelium and the University of Murcia, where she will participate in teaching activities in 2020 and 2021. He has presented his work in national congresses, as well as bookstores published in prestigious public repositories. He is fluent in English and has knowledge of French and German.
Philippe is Research Development and Innovation Director at ENVEA, leading provider of environment management solutions for the protection of people and the planet. He has been working all along in the exciting field of optical measurement in relation to different types of industries. He holds a Ph.D. and post-doctoral degree from a Parisian University in the field of infrared absorption spectroscopy applied to on-line measurements in the food and oil industries. He has also worked in the telecommunications and glass industries. Considered as a specialist in CEM solutions for waste to energy plants and large combustion plants, he participated at both French and European levels in the working groups in charge with EN 14181 and EN 15267-3 standards.
Serge Bays is an entrepreneur passionate about developing technology to improve air quality. Started as a university research project, he has grown Limesoft into a global leader in in emissions monitoring and compliance reporting. With a partner and customer network spanning over 20 countries including Fortune 500 companies in power generation, oil and gas, critical minerals, cement, and waste-to-energy. Limesoft empowers them to accurately track, analyze, and report emissions to comply with local regulations and improve their process. As a subject matter expert in emissions monitoring and compliance reporting, Serge actively contributes to the latest environmental regulatory updates in various jurisdictions around the world. Outside of work, Serge mentors startups at TechAlliance accelerator and MBA students at Ivey business school, enjoys reading, hiking, and participates in research on improving gut microbiome to treat various diseases such as MS and cancer.
Serge Bays is an entrepreneur passionate about developing technology to improve air quality. Started as a university research project, he has grown Limesoft into a global leader in in emissions monitoring and compliance reporting. With a partner and customer network spanning over 20 countries including Fortune 500 companies in power generation, oil and gas, critical minerals, cement, and waste-to-energy. Limesoft empowers them to accurately track, analyze, and report emissions to comply with local regulations and improve their process. As a subject matter expert in emissions monitoring and compliance reporting, Serge actively contributes to the latest environmental regulatory updates in various jurisdictions around the world. Outside of work, Serge mentors startups at TechAlliance accelerator and MBA students at Ivey business school, enjoys reading, hiking, and participates in research on improving gut microbiome to treat various diseases such as MS and cancer.
Christoph Becker is the Portfolio Manager - Continuous Gas Analyzers at ABB Measurement & Analytics. ABB Measurement & Analytics is among the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of smart instrumentation and analyzers, serving key industries such as oil & gas, chemical, power, hydrogen, batteries, and the marine industry. In this role Christoph Becker is responsible for managing ABB’s portfolio for Continuous Gas Analyzers, including Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS), the systems that measure greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants from industrial stacks across industries. Prior to this, Christoph Becker was working in R&D, Marketing & Sales, and head of Product Management for Continuous Gas Analyzers at ABB. Christoph Becker holds an electrical engineering degree from the University Darmstadt, Germany.
Christoph Becker is the Portfolio Manager - Continuous Gas Analyzers at ABB Measurement & Analytics. ABB Measurement & Analytics is among the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of smart instrumentation and analyzers, serving key industries such as oil & gas, chemical, power, hydrogen, batteries, and the marine industry. In this role Christoph Becker is responsible for managing ABB’s portfolio for Continuous Gas Analyzers, including Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS), the systems that measure greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants from industrial stacks across industries. Prior to this, Christoph Becker was working in R&D, Marketing & Sales, and head of Product Management for Continuous Gas Analyzers at ABB. Christoph Becker holds an electrical engineering degree from the University Darmstadt, Germany.
Following graduation from the University of Northumbria with a degree in Applied Chemistry he joined NWG Environmental Solutions, previously Northumbrian Water Scientific Services and AES, 30 years ago. During his time at Northumbrian Water he worked in various roles within the Air Quality department and has worked on a wide range of industrial sites, carrying out a wide range of emissions tests. In 2017 the NWG Air Quality business was acquired by Element Materials Technology, the largest test house in the UK, where Mark now works as a Technical Manager. Mark is also the previous chairman of the Source Testing Association.
Nick founded Emissions Analytics in 2011 to understand real-world emissions and fuel economy and emissions from vehicles, which evolved into understanding the holistic environmental impact of vehicles on air, soil and water, from tyre wear rates to volatile organic compound emissions. Nick is chairman of the European standardisation CEN Workshop 90 on collecting real driving tailpipe emissions data, which led to the publication of the AIR Index. He is also chairman of CEN Workshop 103 on standardising the measurement of vehicle interior air quality, and is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London.
Vahid Mirsaiidi, PE is a distinguished electrical engineer and industry leader specializing in environmental monitoring solutions. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tulsa, USA, which laid the foundation for his technical expertise and innovative approach. Over the past 14 years, Vahid has served as the Global Sales Director at Auburn, a company renowned for providing cutting-edge particulate monitoring and control solutions. Auburn offering a comprehensive range of particulate monitors has solidified its position as the global leader in this field—from straightforward filter leak detectors to high-performance instruments that comply with US EPA standards. Notably, Auburn’s breakthrough DynaCHARGE™ Particulate Monitoring Technology, was honored as the Breakthrough Product of the Year by Processing Magazine and recognized by the US EPA Region 5 office.
Prity S. Pippal is a researcher in Environmental Science, specializing in atmospheric aerosols, air pollution, and trace metal analysis at Central University of Rajasthan, India under supervision of Prof. Rajesh Kumar. Our current work focuses on source apportionment of trace elements in aerosols using the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) receptor model and assessing associated human health risks. Their recent study investigates 22 aerosol-bound trace metals through ICP-OES in Jaipur, located at the foothills of the Aravalli Range, aiming to identify pollution sources and evaluate their health implications. With expertise in remote sensing, sensor based monitoring, receptor modelling, and environmental health risk assessment, We contribute to advancing air quality monitoring and regulatory insights in urban-industrial regions.
Presenter Bio: “Only with Clean Environment & Intensions, Rises a Clean Great Nation...!” Very purposefully said by Dr. Pritesh M Shah, Chairman of PRIMA. Pritesh is a dynamic & Very Optimistic personality born in small town in Gujarat, INDIA With a meagre cash amount of INR 140, PRIMA EQUIPMENT was established on October 11, 1992. While designing Gas Detectors and Analyzers for Safety, Pollution, and Environment Monitoring products, the priority was the ruggedness and sustainability of the equipment. In 1998, got an opportunity to develop an import substitute Continuous Stack Flue Gas Emission Monitoring Equipment, and that sparked off a new journey in terms of design, development, and innovation. PRIMA could now provide solutions for Equipment as per customers’ needs of Pollution and Environment Monitoring applications to various industries. Dr. Pritesh has mentored to development of a Testing & Calibration facility as per EN & US EPA Standards for CEM Systems, CAAQM Systems, Gas Detectors, Gas Analyzer Testing & Calibration, which is currently the only facility in Asia. Being a technocrat and leader in the field, Dr. Pritesh has been invited to speak and share his innovations at various business and technical meets and conferences. His speeches and presentations are highly regarded on national as well as international platforms. He is a kind-hearted person and runs a charitable foundation named “Kalabharti Charitable Foundation”, intending to cater to Education, Entrepreneurship & Environment & Build Our Dream Developed Nation. Dr. Pritesh visualizes PRIMA as a proud Indian manufacturer providing solutions for equipment internationally. He would like to serve an increasing number of industries with the most affordable solutions while creating more awareness for environmental conservation. His mantra is ‘If You Can Dream It, You Can Do it; If you can Visualize it, you can Actualize it.’
Dr. Francis Olawale ABULUDE is a researcher and the current CEO/President of Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria's Science and Education Development Institute. He graduated from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, and the Federal University of Technology, Minna in Niger State, Nigeria, where he earned his Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Chemistry, MTech, and PhD in Analytical Chemistry. Dr. Abulude has published in reputable local and international journals in the fields of Food Chemistry, Phytochemistry, Public Health (COVID-19), and Agricultural Chemistry, as well as book chapters. His most recent study focuses on the use of low-cost sensors (LCS). All efforts are being made to encourage Nigerians to become more involved in Citizen Science and the Internet of Things (IoT). Abulude collaborates with scientists from universities in Japan, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Italy on the deployment of LCS for monitoring air quality in Nigeria. He works as an adjunct lecturer for a few private institutions. Aside from academics, he is involved in nongovernmental organization volunteer services and is a keen sportsman who coaches young football players (11-16 years). Dr. Abulude is eager to participate in any collaborative activities in Nigeria and elsewhere.
Eran Farhi is a product innovator and platform strategist at Envitech Software, where he leads the development of web and mobile systems that make air quality and emissions data transparent, accessible, and impactful. As Product Manager for Envista Web, Eran has shaped solutions that connect real-time CEM & AQM data with intuitive public and professional access—bridging the worlds of regulation, data science, and community awareness. Eran leads an international team of developers and support engineers, driving the delivery of scalable, reliable, and user-friendly platforms. His work powers environmental monitoring networks used by over 500,000 people annually, from government agencies to concerned citizens. He has been instrumental in national and regional system deployments across Israel, the UK, Finland, the US, Canada, South America, Africa, and Asia. A flagship project includes the public CEMS portal for Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, a model for citizen-facing environmental communication. He holds a BA in Business Administration and Finance from Reichman University (IDC) and cybersecurity certifications as an Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). These credentials reflect his unique combination of business insight, technical depth, and cybersecurity expertise. In addition to his product leadership, Eran also serves as Envitech Software’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), leading the company’s information security strategy. As a husband and father of two, Eran sees environmental innovation not only as a professional challenge - but as a personal mission to shape a world where data leads to cleaner air and healthier communities.
Prof. Johann Fellner is a leading expert in waste management at TU Wien and CEO of the Vienna Institute for Resources and Waste (VIRWa GmbH). For more than two decades, he has focused on determining the biomass content of waste, contributing significantly to the scientific understanding of waste composition. He is the inventor of the Balance Method, a mass- and energy-based approach that became the basis for the international standard ISO 18466. His work is widely recognized for advancing sustainable resource management practices.
Jörg Erens is Managing Director of AGT-PSG GmbH (short: PSG), where he plays a key role in shaping the company’s vision "The Planet Smiles Green" and its mission "Perfect Sample Gas." He is responsible for Product Management, including Research & Development activities, ensuring innovation and quality in all PSG solutions. Although Jörg holds a degree in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) and comes from a commercial background, he has been with PSG since 2012 and is known for his strong technical interest and understanding. His leadership bridges the gap between technical development and market needs, driving forward sustainable and efficient technologies for gas sampling and analysis.
Mr Rui Protasio is the Product Manager for the Laser Gas Detection product line at Axetris AG. With a master in micro-engineering he has more than 15 years of experience in laser gas spectroscopy. At Axetris AG he launched several innovative products to monitor trace gases in various field and applications like oil&gas, stack monitoring, livestock etc. These products support the industry to monitor GHGs efficiently and cost-effectively.
Tuula is principal scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Her background is in emission measurements and especially on their quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC). She has been involved in standardisation work by European Standardisation Organisation CEN/TC264 for several years, being member of several working groups of CEN/TC264 and also the chairman of Finnish mirror group for CEN/TC264. Tuula has been the project manager for several capacity building projects focusing on the improvement of emission measurement capacities in countries like Chile, India, Uruguay and Baltic countries. She has contributed to several Finnish guidelines for the implementation of quality assurance procedures for emission measurements, such as Handbook for emission measurements. She has also been responsible for organising ILC (interlaboratory comparisons) for Finnish stack testing teams.
Philipp Zimmel started his career in the analytical business with JCT Analysentechnik GmbH in 2008. He is a technical expert for continuous gas analysis, sample gas conditioning and continuous automated air quality monitoring systems. He also conducts frequent in-house and external training courses on both. Nowadays Philipp is president and shareholder of JCT Group GmbH. JCT Group GmbH provides Solutions You Can Trust for: Gas Sampling, Air Quality Monitoring, Liquids Sampling (SWAS, manual sampling), Process Analytics.
Philipp Zimmel started his career in the analytical business with JCT Analysentechnik GmbH in 2008. He is a technical expert for continuous gas analysis, sample gas conditioning and continuous automated air quality monitoring systems. He also conducts frequent in-house and external training courses on both. Nowadays Philipp is president and shareholder of JCT Group GmbH. JCT Group GmbH provides Solutions You Can Trust for: Gas Sampling, Air Quality Monitoring, Liquids Sampling (SWAS, manual sampling), Process Analytics.
Stephen Beynon is Sales Director (EMEA) for Optical Gas Imaging at Teledyne FLIR. Stephen joined Teledyne FLIR in April 2006 as a UK Area Sales Manager before taking on the responsibility for the Sales and Business Development of the Teledyne FLIR Optical Gas Imaging range of cameras in November 2010, for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Since November 2010, Stephen has dedicated his professional career to Optical Gas Imaging, helping industry mitigate against their fugitive emissions through the use of Optical Gas Imaging technology and presenting at many conferences in Europe and the Middle East for the same. As well as supporting end user customers Steve is also seen as the internal subject matter expert and coordinates with the Teledyne FLIR Product Management and Business Development activities supporting EU independent testing initiatives for Optical Gas Imaging and also support the EU with Regulations and Standards activities. Prior to joining Teledyne FLIR, Stephen spent 15 years in the electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry. First as an apprentice electronics engineer working for GEC Marconi, then deployed full time into the Wireless LAN development team that ultimately developed Bluetooth and WLAN technology, before moving into sales in 1996, selling capital gain metrology equipment solutions across Europe to the semiconductor wafer processing and related industries.
CEO and founder of Olicem A/S Passionate about delivering high quality solutions for emissions reporting for more than 13 years. Has a true belief that data quality is key to understanding and reducing emissions. Environmental reporting specialist participating in DS/S-154/CEN/TC 264/WG9. Full stack Java and C# developer with strong CI skills. MongoDB and SQL Server expert. Fan of clean air!
Luca Ledermann is an Environmental Engineer and Business Development Manager at Explicit, a greentech company specializing in environmental monitoring and emissions quantification. Originally from Switzerland, he earned a degree in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. He joined Explicit in 2021 bringing extensive hands-on experience in emissions monitoring to support clients in obtaining precise, actionable insights. Taking on roles as both Emissions Analyst and Project Manager, Luca has played a key role in scaling the company from a startup to a multinational growth business. Luca works closely with clients across industries to develop best-in-class emissions monitoring solutions that drive measurable impact.
Jyrki Korpela is the Director of Product Management at Gasmet Technologies Oy, a leading gas analyzer manufacturer based in Finland. Gasmet has worked 35 years in multigas analysis of different emissions monitoring, safety-related and environmental research applications. Jyrki has a master’s degree on Biomaterial Engineering from Aalto University, Finland. He is part of several European standardization groups including working groups WG1 (Dioxins and PCB), WG8 (Total mercury), WG9 (Quality assurance of AMS) and WG40 (Formaldehyde) in CEN TC 264 (Air quality). He is also involved in WG1 (CO2 Streams and Quality) and WG3 (CO2 Accounting) through CEN TC 474 (Carbon dioxide Capture, transportation, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS)).
Jyrki Korpela is the Director of Product Management at Gasmet Technologies Oy, a leading gas analyzer manufacturer based in Finland. Gasmet has worked 35 years in multigas analysis of different emissions monitoring, safety-related and environmental research applications. Jyrki has a master’s degree on Biomaterial Engineering from Aalto University, Finland. He is part of several European standardization groups including working groups WG1 (Dioxins and PCB), WG8 (Total mercury), WG9 (Quality assurance of AMS) and WG40 (Formaldehyde) in CEN TC 264 (Air quality). He is also involved in WG1 (CO2 Streams and Quality) and WG3 (CO2 Accounting) through CEN TC 474 (Carbon dioxide Capture, transportation, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS)).
Tuula Kajolinna, M.Eng., Senior Scientist, D.Sc (Tech) student with dissertation topic related to industrial CO2 capture. Her 25 years of expertise covers large scale of research activities mainly related to industrial gas emission measurement and its quality assurance, as well as CO2 capture, odours, biogas, container fumigation and capacity building.
Juergen Reinmann is the Director Regulatory and Member of the Executive Board of the ENVEA Group. ENVEA is a leading provider of environmental management solutions, including CEMs for all regulated components as e.g. dust, gases but also mercury, dioxins and biogenic CO2. Juergen is active for 25 years in the field of the long-term sampling of micropollutants like dioxins, mercury, heavy metals and biogenic CO2. He is a member of the European standardization groups TC264 WG 1 for the dioxin measurement standard EN 1948, WG 8 for mercury and heavy metal sampling and measurement and the new WG 48 for PFAS sampling and analysis. He received in the year 1990 his diploma degree in Physic from Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main Germany.
Juergen Reinmann is the Director Regulatory and Member of the Executive Board of the ENVEA Group. ENVEA is a leading provider of environmental management solutions, including CEMs for all regulated components as e.g. dust, gases but also mercury, dioxins and biogenic CO2. Juergen is active for 25 years in the field of the long-term sampling of micropollutants like dioxins, mercury, heavy metals and biogenic CO2. He is a member of the European standardization groups TC264 WG 1 for the dioxin measurement standard EN 1948, WG 8 for mercury and heavy metal sampling and measurement and the new WG 48 for PFAS sampling and analysis. He received in the year 1990 his diploma degree in Physic from Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main Germany.
Juergen Reinmann is the Director Regulatory and Member of the Executive Board of the ENVEA Group. ENVEA is a leading provider of environmental management solutions, including CEMs for all regulated components as e.g. dust, gases but also mercury, dioxins and biogenic CO2. Juergen is active for 25 years in the field of the long-term sampling of micropollutants like dioxins, mercury, heavy metals and biogenic CO2. He is a member of the European standardization groups TC264 WG 1 for the dioxin measurement standard EN 1948, WG 8 for mercury and heavy metal sampling and measurement and the new WG 48 for PFAS sampling and analysis. He received in the year 1990 his diploma degree in Physic from Goethe University in Frankfurt / Main Germany.
Ken Roberts is the EMEA Area Sales Director at DURAG GROUP, with extensive experience in the industrial emissions monitoring sector. With a very strong background in sales leadership and strategic business development, Ken has spent years guiding companies to meet regulatory and environmental challenges effectively. His expertise includes fostering client relationships, managing complex projects, and driving growth in the European, American and Middle Eastern markets. Ken is known for his ability to merge technical knowledge with market insights to support sustainable solutions in emissions monitoring and environmental compliance.
Ken Roberts is the EMEA Area Sales Director at DURAG GROUP, with extensive experience in the industrial emissions monitoring sector. With a very strong background in sales leadership and strategic business development, Ken has spent years guiding companies to meet regulatory and environmental challenges effectively. His expertise includes fostering client relationships, managing complex projects, and driving growth in the European, American and Middle Eastern markets. Ken is known for his ability to merge technical knowledge with market insights to support sustainable solutions in emissions monitoring and environmental compliance.
Dr. Markus Pesch has been a cornerstone of GRIMM Aerosol Technik, part of the DURAG GROUP, since 2008, where he initially served as Technical Director. Holding a PhD in technical environmental protection from the Technical University of Berlin (1997), Dr. Pesch is a recognized authority in air quality control and air pollutant measurement. His expertise spans the detection of particulate matter and source apportionment, supported by numerous lead-author publications in esteemed scientific journals. A dedicated member of the German Society for Aerosol Research (GAeF), he has also chaired and presented at numerous national and international aerosol conferences, solidifying his reputation as a leading voice in the field. Currently serving as Senior Expert Ambient Air, Dr. Pesch continues to shape the future of environmental monitoring through innovative research, advanced training programs, and a deep commitment to advancing aerosol science.
• Fouad Megdoubi is a senior expert with over 15 years of experience in the field of emissions monitoring systems. As an International Sales Specialist for DURAG data systems GmbH, Fouad has developed a strong reputation for his deep knowledge of emission data acquisition and handling systems (DAHS CEMS) as well as predictive emission monitoring systems (PEMS). He is highly skilled in adapting solutions to meet the diverse requirements of international regulatory frameworks and has been instrumental in delivering tailored systems to customers and authorities worldwide. • Maik Nestler the General Manager of DURAG data systems GmbH, has over a decade of experience within the DURAG GROUP. He is an authority in the field of emissions data systems, specializing in both DAHS and PEMS. Maik possesses extensive expertise in IT integration and compliance with global emissions monitoring regulations, including CEMS and PEMS frameworks. His leadership has driven innovative approaches to data transparency, security, and quality assurance, ensuring that DURAG remains at the forefront of emissions monitoring technology. Together, Fouad and Maik bring a wealth of knowledge and practical insights, making this presentation a valuable resource for understanding the evolving landscape of emissions monitoring and the implementation of advanced, reliable systems tailored to diverse industry needs.
Mr. Joel Duah is a distinguished air quality monitoring specialist with extensive expertise in emissions measurement technologies and regulatory compliance frameworks. With a comprehensive background in atmospheric pollutant analysis and monitoring systems implementation, he has contributed significantly to advancing methodologies for accurate emissions quantification across industrial sectors in Ghana. His work bridges the gap between technical monitoring solutions and practical regulatory applications, having collaborated with both industry stakeholders and regulatory bodies to develop standardized approaches to emissions monitoring. Joel focuses on optimizing continuous emissions monitoring systems to enhance data reliability while improving cost-effectiveness for operators. He is also a doctoral candidate at the Center for Ageing Studies, University of Ghana, where his research focuses on the impact of atmospheric pollutants, particularly particulate matter, on the subjective wellbeing of older adults in urban Ghanaian communities. With an interdisciplinary background spanning environmental science and public health, Joel brings a unique perspective to emissions monitoring that emphasizes the human health implications of pollution exposure. His work integrates field monitoring methodologies with community-based research approaches to quantify exposure patterns among vulnerable populations and translate technical data into practical health interventions. Joel has developed innovative approaches to community air quality monitoring in resource-constrained settings, demonstrating the critical relationship between emissions control and health outcomes in rapidly urbanizing African contexts. A committed advocate for environmental justice and evidence-based policymaking, Joel's contributions highlight the importance of culturally appropriate emissions monitoring frameworks that address the specific challenges facing developing urban centers in West Africa.
Fouad Megdoubi is a senior expert with over 15 years of experience in the field of emissions monitoring systems. As an International Sales Specialist for DURAG data systems GmbH, Fouad has developed a strong reputation for his deep knowledge of emission data acquisition and handling systems (DAHS CEMS) as well as predictive emission monitoring systems (PEMS). He is highly skilled in adapting solutions to meet the diverse requirements of international regulatory frameworks and has been instrumental in delivering tailored systems to customers and authorities worldwide. Maik Nestler, General Manager of DURAG data systems GmbH, has over a decade of experience within the DURAG GROUP. He is an authority in the field of emissions data systems, specializing in both DAHS and PEMS. Maik possesses extensive expertise in IT integration and compliance with global emissions monitoring regulations, including CEMS and PEMS frameworks. His leadership has driven innovative approaches to data transparency, security, and quality assurance, ensuring that DURAG remains at the forefront of emissions monitoring technology. Together, Fouad and Maik bring a wealth of knowledge and practical insights, making this presentation a valuable resource for understanding the evolving landscape of greenhouse gas monitoring and the implementation of advanced, reliable systems tailored to diverse industry needs.
PhD Environmental SciencePhD Scholar at Central University of South Bihar, India
Air Quality expert, Accra Technical University
Doctor of PhilosophyPhD Student at National Metrology Institute of South Africa
Anna Leino works as a Product Manager at Gasmet Technologies Oy. Having worked at Gasmet for over 6 years, she focuses on portable FTIR products and is involved in the European standardization working groups to do with periodic emission monitoring. Anna has a degree of M.Sc. (Tech) from Aalto University, Finland.
Anna Leino works as a Product Manager at Gasmet Technologies Oy. Having worked at Gasmet for over 6 years, she focuses on portable FTIR products and is involved in the European standardization working groups to do with periodic emission monitoring. Anna has a degree of M.Sc. (Tech) from Aalto University, Finland.
Matic Ivančič is a researcher at Aerosol Magee Scientific in Slovenia, specializing in atmospheric aerosol measurements, air quality monitoring and air quality modeling. His work focuses on the development and application of real-time instrumentation for carbonaceous aerosol speciation, including the Total Carbon Analyzer (TCA08) and Aethalometer.
I am an State Advisor - Environmental Policy Advisor at the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic, where I have been working since 2018. My primary responsibility is the development and oversight of legislation, particularly the decree laying down requirements for authorized technical activities such as measurement, calibration, testing, and conformity inspection. I hold a degree in Environmental Engineering, with a specialization in Environmental Protection Technology, from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology.
Founder and CEO, I have completed MBA in Global Business Management and foreign Trade from VOU(Year 2019-2020), MBA in Oil and Gas from UPES (Year 2017-19) B. Tech, Electrical Eng. from NIT (Year 2011-2015) – Bhopal (MP). Entrepreneur, Worked for ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. , Founder of OfficeBus.in, executed various domestic / industrial projects. Business Development, Project Technical and Business Management, Administration, Engineering, Project Coordination etc.
Jean-Philippe AMIET is a chemist with 20 years background in science and technology. He has a Master degree in chemistry from the Polytechnical Institute ENSCBP Bordeaux France. He integrated CHROMATOTEC® company 15 years ago in Research department and has been involved in the development of online VOCs analyzer such as online GCMS for environment applications. Then he has pursued CHROMATOTEC® experience by doing field technical service worldwide, bringing him an international experience. Progressively he has been involved in the sales process of the projects first in Asia and mainly in China with participation in developing CHROMATOTEC® Beijing branch office. Along with business development, he has been involved in several R&D projects by giving his experience collected on the field and with customers worldwide to develop new ATEX solutions which can operate in hazardous area. The expertise lead him to become sales manager in 2020 and then General Manager of CHROMATOTEC® in 2022. He continues to develop CHROMATOTEC® presence worldwide on niche markets.
Qualification: 2004 - 2009 Studies of Economical Engineering University of applied sciences Ravensburg – Weingarten and Napier University Edinburgh Degree: Dipl.- Wirtschaftsingenieur (FH) 2013 – 2021 Studies of Psychology FernUniversität Hagen Degree: Bachelor of Science Psychology Professional career: Since 2009 Product manager mercury monitoring system SICK AG Since 2016 Product manager multi component emission monitoring systems SICK AG Since 2023 Market Framework owner for continuous emission monitoring SICK AG Since 2024 Market Framework owner and product manager for continuous emission monitoring systems at EHS
Hannah is a Higher Scientist with a varied scientific background, with 6 years of metrological experience working at NPL. During those years they have worked to develop upon illustration of uncertainty through a novel practise pioneered by NPL in the form of uncertainty tree diagrams. They are currently involved in a number of net-zero target projects, in particular those involving carbon capture utilisation and storage, in addition to hydrogen centric research projects.
studies: Studied applied physics at Goethe University Frankfurt career milestones: 02/2017 - 09/2019: Physicist in technical support at SCAPS GmbH in Munich 10/2019 - 04/2021: Product manager at Pan Dacom Direkt GmbH in Dreieich 05/2021 - today: Project manager at Siempelkamp NIS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH in Alzenau
Carlo Bruno, a chemist with a passion for analytical instruments. After long time spent in the academic research at the University of Bologna, he joined Pollution Analytical Company as a product specialist and sale support. After 16 years in Pollution company, he is now responsible for the worldwide business development.
Ben Lunnon-Wood is a Royal Air Force Veteran with extensive military and commercial drone experience. Having founded Big Sky Theory in 2021, Ben and the team have remained dedicated to 'Innovation through Validation', integrating and testing a range of sensors to support fugitive and process emission detection, geolocation and measurement. Driven by remotely piloted innovation, Big Sky Theory can assist organizations, both large and small, to fully harness the potential of drone operations and the development of airborne intelligence techniques and integration doctrine. Big Sky Theory remains committed to tackling fugitive and process methane emissions through their airborne reconnaissance programme; LaunCH4 & Locate. The capability enabling Oil & Gas, landfill, agricultural and waste management companies to address emissions and climate change.
Lindi Vilakazi is a seasoned Senior scientist at Eskom Research Testing and Development, holds 15 years of experience specializing in emissions research and testing. With an MSc in Physics, she specializes in emissions control technologies and has led projects targeting point source emissions, particularly greenhouse gas and mercury emissions.
Gregor Lucic has been working with novel, real-time methods of gas monitoring for nearly 15 years. He holds a degree in Environmental Science and a PhD in real-time monitoring of greenhouse gases from volcanic centers. At Picarro, he’s overseen multiple product development efforts that have developed monitoring solutions for industrial applications. He has a passion for building simple solutions to complex problems.
Christoph Becker is the Portfolio Manager for Continuous Gas Analyzers at ABB Measurement & Analytics, a global leader in smart instrumentation and analyzer technologies. ABB serves a wide range of industries including oil & gas, chemicals, power generation, waste management, metals, minerals, and marine. In his current role, Christoph oversees the strategic development and lifecycle management of ABB’s Continuous Gas Analyzer portfolio, with a particular focus on Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems. These systems play a critical role in monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from industrial stacks, supporting regulatory compliance and sustainability goals.
Dr. Derek Wardle has the reputation of being a dedicated and respected mechanical engineer. He is a gifted product and process designer with the ability to carry projects through from conception to completion. This includes having achieved the skills and training necessary to advise, lead and supervise from the front through all manufacturing disciplines. He has a BA. MSc (with distinction) and a PhD in mechanical engineering and is a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Design (MIET). His major achievements in chronological order in recent years are as follows: Designing and supervising the manufacture of a continuous production process for fermenting ethanol using thermophilic bacteria instead of yeast. Designing and manufacturing a unique thermal wheel to capture and recycle heat from a cocoa bean tumble drying system. During the covid outbreak he designed, manufactured and achieved proof of concept of a process of inactivating viruses using a combination of UV light and ozone. The efficacy of this system was independently verified by laboratory trials at a local university. His PhD thesis supports the success of his patented electrostatic precipitator. His latest work is designing, developing and testing a cyclonic dust collector with a built-in electrostatic precipitator. Trials are ongoing and show very encouraging results. Derek has a life outside engineering; having played squash for forty years until he was eighty-two and golf for thirty years. He now plays badminton and pickleball (doubles), He shows no interest in retiring and has a number of ideas he would like to work on and finish but the outstanding and most exciting one is a totally enclosed transmission braking system that does not require discs or pads. It relies on the use of a non-Newtonian, shear thickening fluid to change the dynamics of deceleration. Derek F Wardle.
Pylyp Buntov is an Environmental Instrumentation Engineer at FluxLab, St. Francis Xavier University. With a background in biomedical engineering and a Master’s degree in Radiophysics and Electronics, he serves as the principal engineer of SIMFLEX—the Simulation Facility for Landfill Emission Experiments. SIMFLEX is the only controlled testing environment dedicated to evaluating, enhancing, and validating aerial, satellite, and other methane detection technologies for dispersed and multipoint sources.
Graduate in Geological Sciences, in Marine Geology with a basic experience in geophysics methods. 14 years’ experience at “Mario Negri” Institute as Environmental Scientist specialized in sampling industrial emissions, air quality control, managing and planning measurements campaigns; good experience in environmental data processing and data mining, exposure (environmental fate) and toxicological risk assessment. I currently have the position of senior emission specialist at TCR Tecora company, in particular about continuous monitoring of organic pollutants in stationary source emissions..
Christoph Becker is the Portfolio Manager for Continuous Gas Analyzers at ABB Measurement & Analytics, a global leader in smart instrumentation and analyzer technologies. ABB serves a wide range of industries including oil & gas, chemicals, power generation, waste management, metals, minerals, and marine. In his current role, Christoph oversees the strategic development and lifecycle management of ABB’s Continuous Gas Analyzer portfolio, with a particular focus on Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems. These systems play a critical role in monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from industrial stacks, supporting regulatory compliance and sustainability goals. With a background spanning R&D, marketing and sales, and product management within ABB, Christoph brings deep technical and market expertise to his role. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Darmstadt, Germany.
Christoph Becker is the Portfolio Manager for Continuous Gas Analyzers at ABB Measurement & Analytics, a global leader in smart instrumentation and analyzer technologies. ABB serves a wide range of in-dustries including oil & gas, chemicals, power generation, waste management, metals, minerals, and marine. In his current role, Christoph oversees the strategic development and lifecycle management of ABB’s Continuous Gas Analyzer portfolio, with a particular focus on Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems. These systems play a critical role in monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from industrial stacks, supporting regulatory compliance and sustainability goals. With a background spanning R&D, marketing and sales, and product management within ABB, Christoph brings deep technical and market expertise to his role. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Darmstadt, Germany.
Sami is a Field Product Manager at Gasmet Technologies, a Finnish company specializing in advanced gas analysis solutions. He holds a Master’s degree in Energy Technology and has been with Gasmet for about five years, working with applications ranging from emissions monitoring to industrial and occupational hygiene. In this session, he'll talk about practical approaches to measuring hazardous gases in industrial environments, with a focus on fence line monitoring and diffuse emissions.
Etienne Smith is a Sales Manager at MIRO Analytical. He holds an engineering degree from Lasalle Beauvais Institute and an MBA from the Paris School of Management. Since 2012, Etienne has specialized in international business development for gas analyser manufacturers. MIRO Analytical, a Zurich-based spinoff of EMPA, develops compact laser-based gas analyzers for climate and air quality monitoring. The company joined Bruker Optics in 2023.
My name is Martina Gianotti, and I am a PhD student in Chemical Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca. My research focuses on the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted during the combustion of emerging fuels such as biomass. I am also involved in proficiency testing to evaluate current methods and validate new approaches for distinguishing between fossil and biogenic sources of CO₂ in emissions.
Dr Marc Coleman joined the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in 2002 after completing a Fellowship at the Queen's University of Belfast. Over the last 23 years Marc has led much of the emissions research at NPL with interests ranging from measuring industrial emissions at source through to ground-based observations of the radiative balance of the atmosphere. Marc is either the convenor or UK expert to somewhere in the region of 11 CEN and ISO working groups in the emissions area. Marc also plays a pivotal role coordinating much of the emissions research carried out by European Metrology Institutes.
Dan Jones is an Technical Consultant with Uniper Power Engineering Services, based at their Technology Centre near Nottingham, England. He leads a team of engineers and technicians providing independent emissions and performance test services for industrial plant operators. As well as commercial testing, he has been involved in producing industrial sector monitoring guidance, contributes to European standards development committees and R&D projects investigating alternative test techniques. He has over 25years experience working at Uniper and the UK power industry, before this he worked in a variety of roles for environmental consultancy groups.
Dr. Khushboo Sharma joined ICIMOD as an Air Pollution Analyst in 2023. Khushboo holds a Ph.D. in Geology with a specialization in aerosol characterization from Sikkim University, India and a master’s degree in environmental science from Banaras Hindu University. She worked as a Junior Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow at Sikkim University from 2020 to 2023, contributing to the Department of Science and Technology’s Center of Excellence in Water Resources, Cryosphere, and Climate Change Studies. Her research focus included Atmospheric Aerosol, Black Carbon, and Climate Change. Beyond academia, she has worked as project coordinator, zero-waste Himalaya coordinator, and intern with organizations such as World Wildlife Fund India and Ecotourism and Conservation Society of Sikkim (ECOSS), addressing critical issues like air pollution, waste management, ecotourism, livelihood, and policymaking.
Irene Lara-Ibeas is a Product Manager at Kunak Technologies. Before joining Kunak in 2024, Irene was a postdoc at University of Michigan and Eurac Research. She holds a MSc in Environmental Analytical Chemistry and a PhD in Physical Chemistry, both from the University of Strasbourg. With +8 years of experience in several aspects related to air quality and air pollutants monitoring systems, she has been actively involved in multiple projects focused on the measurement and characterization of air pollutants, design of chemical analysis systems, development of testing protocols, as well as systems performance evaluation. She has experience in air quality campaigns, instrument design, and sensor testing and evaluation. Currently, Irene leads research projects aimed at improving the performance and usability of air quality sensors, as well as exploring new applications for sensor technology. She recently joined the standardization groups CEN/TC264 WG42 “Ambient air – Air quality sensors " and WG41 "Emissions and ambient air – Instrumental odour monitoring".
Dr. Christian Burmeister is Head of Business Development at AIRMO, a climate-tech company pioneering advanced greenhouse gas monitoring through cutting-edge LiDAR sensors and satellite technology. His work bridges the gap between breakthrough engineering and real-world impact, enabling more accurate, scalable emissions monitoring for industries under regulatory pressure. Prior to AIRMO, he was a strategy consultant at Kearney, a member of the EY Private Equity team, and worked with Invent on tech-driven innovation mandates. He holds a degree from RWTH Aachen University, where his academic focus centered on technology and innovation management, and national competitiveness. With a track record of solving complex, ambiguous challenges through a mix of analytical depth and unconventional thinking, he also brings hands-on experience as a startup founder. His approach combines strategy, corporate finance, and negotiation with a strong entrepreneurial mindset - driving value where clarity and courage are critical.
Dr. Gourab Dutta Banik, Postdoc at PTB since 2023. He did his PhD in the field of high-resolution laser spectroscopy instrument development and practical application cavity ring-down techniques in exhaled human breath and atmospheric trace gas measurement from S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Kolkata, India. At PTB he has been working in several projects that include EPM 21GRD10 quantiAGREMI, EPM 21NRM04 BiometCAP and EPM 21GRD05 Met4H2.
Postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton studying acoustic detection and quantification methodologies of marine gas leaks from underwater marine infrastructure and marine carbon capture and storage.
Personal data Name: Sebastian Decker e-mail: decker-sebastian@gmx.de Since March 2025 Deputy Head of Certification Body for QAL1 certifications of AQME o Deputy head of the first German certification body accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17065 for QAL1 certification according to DIN EN 15267-1 (2023) Since Oct 2023 Quality auditor o Auditor for DIN EN 15267-2 Since Jan. 2019 until now Project manager for air pollution control; Suitability testing division TÜV Rheinland Energy & Environment GmbH o Suitability test for data Akquisition Handling System (DAHS) EN 15267, BEP 2023, EN 17255 o Suitability testing of automatic measuring systems EN 15267-3; EN 15267-4
Jerome Louat is Atmospheric Pollutants Monitoring Application Manager at ENVEA, with over 20 years of experience in environmental and CBRN monitoring. He began his career at Thales, focusing on bioaerosol detection, before joining ENVEA in 2012 in roles spanning Asia market management to application development. Jerome now leads efforts to develop air quality monitoring solutions and address emerging pollutants. He holds a Master’s in Optical Engineering and a biomedical specialization diploma. At the conference, he will share insights into ultrafine particulate monitoring technologies.
Dr. Fabiano de Melas is Global Business Development Manager at AVL Analytical Technologies, where he leads strategic initiatives in the Process & Environment sector. With over 20 years of international experience in analytical instrumentation and environmental engineering, he has held senior roles in pioneering companies across the analytical chemistry landscape. Dr. de Melas brings deep expertise in IR spectroscopy, having directed global marketing and product development for both IR and NIR platforms in laboratory and process analytics. He holds a doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from TU Vienna and has worked as postdoctoral researcher at Georgia Tech. Passionate and forward-thinking, he thrives on tackling emerging challenges in emission monitoring and industrial analytics.
Xavier Chaucherie is the Director of the Innovation and Processes Department within SARPI-VEOLIA Group. He has over 15 years of experience in the hazardous and non hazardous waste management industry. He has been involved in several Research and Innovation projects at national and European levels in the field of methods development for characterizing emissions from various end-of-life materials treatment steps. He is the author and co-author of over 20 publications and 8 patents. He holds a Master in Aerosol Science
Sean Cronin is the Director of Field Operations at Picarro, Inc., a global leader in advanced optical spectroscopy solutions, specializing in high-precision gas concentration and stable isotope analyzers. Prior to joining Picarro, Sean was a national subject matter expert in continuous emissions monitoring (CEMS) and source testing for the largest environmental consulting firm in the United States. He has certifications in dozens of analytical monitoring technologies, including gas chromatography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), pulsed ultraviolet fluorescence, PID/FID, etc. Mr. Cronin has been heavily involved in Picarro's growth in the emissions monitoring solutions industry, primarily focusing on regulations for VOCs and HAPs. He has helped to develop a turn-key solution that has unparalleled detection limits, reliability, and stability - as well as a fully customizable and intuitive data acquisition system (DAS).
Chemical Engineer with University degree from Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) After 12 years in Cleanliness Control and Condition Monitoring in Hydraulics and 4 years in Laser Doppler measurement I am since 2014 responsible for the Emission Monitoring Portfolio in SIEMENS.
PhD student at the University of Milan - Bicocca, within the Department of Chemical, Geological, and Environmental Sciences. PhD research titled: Development of analytical techniques and models for odorigenic molecules of industrial nature.
Post-Doctorat at INRAE on livestock building emissions and uncertainties.
Ts. Dr. Noor Zaitun Yahaya is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Ocean Engineering Technology and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, and has been a faculty member since 2004. She teaches and gives instruction in an environmental subject at an undergraduate and postgraduate supervision level. Dr. Noor completed her Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, and her master’s degree University Science Malaysia, while her undergraduate studies were obtained at the Universiti Technology Malaysia in the area of Civil Engineering and Environment. She also holds an Accredited Higher Academy of United Kingdom, a professional qualification for teaching and learning which carries the letter AHEA. Dr. Noor was also appointed as a Professional Technologist from the Malaysian Board of Technologies (MBOT) in the area of Atmospheric Sciences and Environmental Technology in the year 2019, MBOT Professional Candidates Interviewer, and was appointed as an Institution Accreditation for MBOT. She is also was appointed and accredited as certified as HRDF and NIOSH Health and Safety certified trainer that able to deliver a creadited trainer needed by industries and government agencies. Dr. Noor’s research largely focuses on the development of air quality industrial and quarry-related Artificial Intelligent models, environment (urban and industrial), especially related to nano-particles, welfare and safety, and environment instrumentations. Upon successful completion search, she has successfully received various grants granted from local and international funders. Apart from being the speaker in more than in 26 local and international conferences, she published in more than 14 journals and 4 chapter in books, 10 proceedings, and 28 was keynote/invited speaker in local and international conferences since 2014. Her research project entitled My-Atmos: A Novel method with stochastic Approach to Analyse Big Data won the Gold medal during the 27th International Invention & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX 2016). In the Minggu Penyelidikan Inovasi since 2014, she and her team successfully won the Gold and Silver medals based on a similar project in various awards. Dr. Noor was selected for the Queens’ Anniversary for Higher Education for the year 2009 along with The Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom in the year 2010 at Buckingham Palace, London for her outstanding doctoral thesis research supported by EPSRC UK and presented to Her Majesty during that eremony at Buckingham Palace, London. She was also awarded more than 16 awards and appreciation from the university that highlights her significant contributions to the university. In the latest development, Dr Noor won the most prestagous Pingat Perkhidmatan Cemerlang from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for her excellent services to Malaysia education system. In the recent year, she was elected as The Anak Sarawak Legacy Award Winner of the successful event directed of the Asia's largest conference named the 10th Better Air Quality Conference, in Kuching, Sarawak. Ts. Dr Noor was the founder and first and current president of the Clean Air Forum Society of Malaysia (MyCAS) since 2014 and to date secured fundings to support events; Former Vice President 1 and committee for the Transportation Science Society for Malaysia (TSSM); was also the founder and First President for the Malaysian Postgraduate Association for the United Kingdom and Eire back in the year 2010. In addition, she is also the Chairman for several NGO in Malaysia such as Pertubuhan Aspirasi Jaringan Wanita Malaysia (AJWA) and Pengerusi, Dewan Wanita Majlis Dakwah Negara, Terengganu and member of several NGO in malaysia. At international, Dr Noor is the Country Network for the Clean Air Asia, (Association under UNEP), board member of The International Union Air Pollution Prevention and Protection Associations (IUAPPA) which office in South Korea, and currently become the Asian Aerosol esearch Assembly (AARA) President which based in Taipei, Taiwan and International Aerosol Research Assembly (IARA) which based in Athens, Greece. Dr. Noor Zaitun took many efforts to build up teams from various parties from 5 government and 15 non-government organizations to help the community during Pendemic Covid-19. These efforts have continued until today and activities to introduce awareness on environmental issues and human health are very much highlighted.
Senior Technical Lead at EPRI International, working on power generation, plant flexibility, fleet efficiency and emission reduction. Previously: 34 years as Principal Consultant and International Projects Manager for the International Centre for Sustainable Carbon (ICSC, formerly the International Energy Agency Clean Coal Centre). Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, Scotland, and Adjunct Professor and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Tsitsi Prudence Humanikwa is a dedicated Geographical Information Science (GIS) Specialist and Lecturer at Lupane State University, Zimbabwe. She holds a MSc in Population Informatics and Analytics and a BSc in Geographical Information Science and Earth Observations from the University of Zimbabwe. Her research passion focuses on leveraging geo-technologies to address critical demographic, food security and climate change issues for intervention initiatives and policy-making, thereby contributing to sustainable development. As she continues her academic journey, Ms. Humanikwa is eager to contribute to the advancement of GIS research and development through research, teaching and community engagement.
Physicist (PhD) with more than 25 years of experience in applied research focused on oil/gas industry and environment. Technical management of multidisciplinary projects. Various supervisory roles in academia and liaison between academia and industry. Expertise in the development of new sampling and analytical methods. Hands-on experience in a wide range of spectrometries. Recently focused to applied research on atmospheric emissions monitoring, mainly in two areas: post-combustion carbon capture pollutants, and fugitive hydrogen emissions.
Since 2008: R&D Project manager, Ambient Air monitoring, ENVEA, France. 2008: Doctor of physics from Ecole Polytechnique, France. 2005 : Engineering diploma from Institut d'Optique Graduate School, France.
Andy is currently an Associate Director specialising in environmental permitting and compliance. Andy has over 19 years’ experience during which he has directed the delivery and management of numerous high profile and high value consultancy projects for public and private sector clients, both domestically and internationally. These include National Government Departments, National Regulators, Agencies and Industry (individual companies, operators and trade bodies). Andy provides technical leadership in the fields of point source emissions and industrial pollution control. His expertise includes stack emissions monitoring, atmospheric dispersion modelling, abatement of air emissions, environmental permitting, Best Available Technique (BAT) assessments and compliance assessment. He has extensive experience in the quantification and assessment of emissions from a variety of releases covering point source emissions, flare emissions & fugitive emissions. Emissions compliance and permitting studies have been undertaken for clients in countries across the United Kingdom Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Singapore, Saudi Arabia (KSA), and Abu Dhabi. Andy has developed and delivered permitting & compliance training within the UK Regulatory Agencies, for industrial facilities regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) in England & Wales, the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and the Medium Combustion Plant Directive. He has also been a keynote speaker at Leeds University on Permitting, Monitoring & EU Directives, covering emissions monitoring requirements under the IED and associated Best Available Techniques (BAT) reference documents (BREFs) in the UK. Andy has previously worked for two of the UK environmental regulators - Environment Agency (EA) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) – where his duties included auditing and assessing operators industrial installation permits for compliance, and determining environmental permit applications and variations. Andy also previously worked for an emissions testing company, where he developed his knowledge of process industry during this time, including the technologies & techniques to reduce their impact on the environment.
Dr Jacob Shaw is a Senior Scientist working in the Environmental Emissions Metrology group at the UK National Physical Laboratory. Jacob works to improve the measurement of methane emissions from different sources and sectors and uses different monitoring methods to do so. He has a range of experience with different sensor types, monitoring platforms, sampling strategies, and approaches to quantifying emissions.
Jon is a Senior Scientist in the Environmental Emissions Metrology Group at the National Physical Laboratory with 13 years of experience in the testing and validation of emissions monitoring instrumentation. Jon undertakes a mixture of complementary research and commercial work to support regulators, universities and innovative businesses to both develop and implement emissions monitoring methods, with a current focus on fugitive emissions of methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. He holds a BSc in Physics with Nuclear Astrophysics from the University of Surrey, is a member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP) and an associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (AIEMA)
Carsten Röllig Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.) Chemical Engineering For more than 30 years working in the field of air pollution control (emission measurement as well as testing and certification of AMS) at TÜV Rheinland with the following fields of activity: - Carrying out emission measurements of the relevant exhaust gas components - Performance of suitability tests on CEMS, e.g. for gases, dust and mercury as well as for multi-component measuring devices. - Collaboration in national and international research projects on air pollution control (measurement components, in particular dust and Hg) - National and international standardization activities in the field of air pollution control - Auditor for DIN EN 15267-2 since 2010 - Head of the QAL1-certification body of TÜV Rheinland Energy & Environment GmbH since 2024
Andy Connor is a Senior Scientist at the Environmental Emission Metrology Group at NPL and a member of the NHyRA consortium
Dr. Woong KANG is the Head of the Thermometry and Fluid Flow Metrology Group at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), the national metrology institute of the Republic of Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2009 and joined the Division of Physical Metrology at KRISS in 2011. His primary research interests include greenhouse gas flow measurement, hydrogen flow metering, and natural gas flow measurement. Since 2023, he has been serving as the Chair of the Technical Committee for Fluid Flow within the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP).
Application manager of remote sensing products at Bruker Optics GmbH & Co. KG
I'm currently a Researcher at Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico (RSE S.p.A.). I hold a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Milano-Bicocca, earned through a research project carried out in collaboration with RSE S.p.A. Previously, I obtained a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Technology. I developed specific expertise in environmental monitoring, with a focus on industrial emissions and ambient air quality.
Will is an Engineering graduate from Cambridge University, who has spent 30 in the environmental instrumentation sector in product and business development roles. He founded and ran PCME as a specialist manufacturer of dust monitoring instruments for 20 years. He has sat on ASTM, ISO and CEN committees creating quality assurance standards for real time monitors He is currently European business development manager for Irish based Sonitus Systems who manufacture continuous air quality and noise monitoring systems.
Dr, Javis is a reasearch Scientist at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) with more that 15 years experience in laser spectroscopic measurements in a variety of areas that include emmision monitoring, quality control of energy gases (hydrogen, natural gas, biogas, and biomethane), car exhaust gas monitoring, carbon capture and storage (CCUS) as well as environmental and atmospheric measurements. He is the group head of the PTB working group 3.42 (Spectroscopic Gas Analysis and Reference data) - https://www.ptb.de/cms/ptb/fachabteilungen/abt3/fb-34/ag-342.html
Linh is a scientist in the Emissions and Atmospheric Metrology Group at the National Physical Laboratory in London. Linh has diverse experiences in emission monitoring during his postgraduate research projects in the Netherlands and in his current occupation. These include long-term monitoring of carbon-14 and methane, short-term greenhouse gas emission quantification, and building transportable systems for gas sampling and measurements.
Eric Aries is an environmental chemist who currently works for the European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau (EIPPCB), which is part of the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Sevilla (Spain).
His main activities are focusing on (i) the review of Best Available Techniques Reference documents (BREFs) for large agro-industrial installations covered under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) leading to the development of BAT conclusions (i.e. environmental norms for industry) and (ii) the setting-up of a new INnovation Centre for Industrial Transformations and Emissions (INCITE) which should become operational in 2024 after the new IED comes into force. The objective of INCITE will be to collect and analyse information on emerging techniques with high potential for pollution reduction, decarbonisation, and circular economy, particularly in energy intensive industries. Prior working for the European Commission, Eric Aries carried out research in the UK steel industry for 15 years, as part of Tata Steel Research Development and Technology, in particular on the emissions of persistent organic pollutants from steelmaking processes.
