Speakers - ASHRAE TFBD

Keynote speakers

Kent Peterson

PE, FASHRAE, ASHRAE President 2007-2008,

Vice President + COO P2S INC

Thomas Phoenix

Task-Force Co Chair, P.E., LEED AP, FASHRAE, ASHRAE President 2014-2015 , Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (MCI)

Ginger Scoggins

PE, LEED AP, CEM, CxA, FASHRAE,

ASHRAE President-Elect 2022-2023

Dr. Yousef Mohammed Al Horr

Founding Chairman and Managing Director of the Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD), Doha, Qatar.

Donald Colliver

Task-Force Co Chair, Ph.D. P.E., Professor, University of Kentucky, FASHRAE, ASHRAE President 2002-2003

All technical speakers

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Ghina Annan

Sustainability Lead, Middle East & Decarbonization Team Lead, Ottawa | Mechanical Engineer| M.Sc. Applied Energy

Dimitris Athanasiou

Civil Engineer, M.Sc., Policy Officer in DG ENER, European Commission

Costas Balaras

Mechanical Engineer, Ph.D. FASHRAE, Research Director at IERSD-NOA, Athens, Greece

Dr. Yousef Mohammed Al Horr

Founding Chairman and Managing Director of the Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD), Doha, Qatar.

Eleftherios Bourdakis

Policy Officer, Energy Efficient Buildings, European Commission, Belgium

Dimitris Charalambopoulos

Conference General Chair, M.Sc., BEAP. Mechanical Engineer, Consultant, Athens, Greece

Erich Binder

HVAC & Risk Management Consultant,

Erich Binder Consulting Limited,

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Drury B. Crawley

Ph.D., FASHRAE, BEMP, FIBPSA, AIA Director, Building Industry Development, Bentley Fellow, Bentley Systems, Inc.

Sani Dimitroulopoulou

Principal Environmental Public Health Scientist – Indoor Environments Air Quality and Public Health UK Health Security Agency, UK

Donald Colliver

Task-Force Co Chair, Ph.D. P.E., Professor, University of Kentucky, FASHRAE, ASHRAE President 2002-2003

Prof. Dr., F.ASME, F.AIAA, F.ASHRAE Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, Chairman Arab HVAC Code Committee, ASHRAE Director-At-Large (2016-2019), Member ISO TC205, Member CAG, Co-Convenor ISO TC163 WG4

Konstantinos Kontomaris

Ph.D., Chemical Engineer, Technical Fellow at Chemours Co., Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Lambros Doulos

Associate Professor, PhD, MSc, Physicist Lighting Design Laboratory, School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design, Hellenic Open University

Zaki Ahmed Mohammed

Mechanical Engineer, Director Sustainability Advisory at Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD), Doha, Qatar

Balsam Nehme

Mechanical Engineer, MS, Head of Sustainability at Dar Al Handasah (Shair and partners), Lebanon

Kent Peterson

PE, FASHRAE, ASHRAE President 2007-2008,

Vice President + COO P2S INC

Thomas Lawrence

Ph.D., P.E. and LEEED-AP, Professor of Practice, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia USA

Ginger Scoggins

PE, LEED AP, CEM, CxA, FASHRAE,

ASHRAE President-Elect 2022-2023

Lucy Sherburn

Chemical Engineer MEng, Consulting Engineer at FairHeat, London, United Kingdom

Marianna Vallejo

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Sustainability & Decarbonization Specialist, Advanced Facility Modeling & Analytics, Jacobs

Thomas Phoenix

Task-Force Co Chair, P.E., LEED AP, FASHRAE, ASHRAE President 2014-2015 , Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (MCI)

William F. McQuade

P.E, LEED AP, Fellow ASHRAE, Vice President Sector Services, Air Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI)

Carmen Segarra Ferrando

Ph.D. In Chemical Engineering, Senior Researcher and Head of the Pilot Plant at the Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC)

Argiro Dimoudi

Civil Engineer, Diploma, MSc, PhD. Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Georges Zissis

PhD, Professor Toulouse 3 University (France), MIEEE’92, SMIEEE’06

Ji Bae

Mechanical Engineer at CMTA, Inc. M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Research Assistant at University of Maryland, USA

LUKE LEUNG

PE, ASHRAE Fellow, LEED Fellow, BEMP, P Eng, ASHRAE Board of Directors, Sustainable Engineering Studio, Principle, SOM

Catherine Baxevanou

Mechanical Engineer, MSc, PhD, Researcher at Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Luis Guaita

MBA & BSc in Chemistry, Head of R&D of KERABEN GRUPO SAU

Aikaterini Drakou

Architect Engineer, M.Sc. Environmental Design and Engineering UCL, Ph.D. (c) Dept. of Architecture, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Jens Geduhn

Dr., Chemist, Senior R&D Manager, Schlagmann Poroton GmbH & Co.KG, Zeilarn, Germany (Bavaria)

Ammar MHD Bachar Khourchid

M.S. candidate in the Sustainable Energy Program, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation

Filippo Bernardello

Computer Science Engineer, Business Unit Manager at Alperia Green Future, Soave (VR), Italy

Sébastien Loreau

MSc in Architectural Engineering, PhD Candidate in Engineering and Technology at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

Emily Lorenz

BS and MS in Civil Engineering - Structural emphasis, Independent Consultant in Chicago, USA

Murdoch MacPherson

P.Eng., Mechanical Engineer, President of MacPherson Engineering

Bing Liu

P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Building Sector Manager Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, WA, USA

Susan Pierce

BSc, MEng, Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd. Research Consultant at IES, Dublin, Ireland

Chrysa Politi

MSc Mechanical Engineer, Researcher at National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Urvi Shah

B.Arch., M.Tech. (Building Energy Performance) LEED GA, IGBC AP, ICL Project Consultant at Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), Pune, India

Tien Peng

M.Arch, BE Mech Eng, LEEDap bd+c, PMP Member: ASHRAE 189.1 WG9, Sustainability Consultant

Clay Nesler

MS Mechanical Engineering, Founder and CEO, The Nesler Group

Maria Taxiarchou

Dr, Mining and Metallurgical Engineer, Professor at National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

Konstantina Papakonstantinou

MSc Chemical Engineer, Business Development Manager at Lightcoce Ike, Lavrion, Greece

José Luis Marrero Sicardo

Mechanical Engineer, Founder and President, JLMS, Consulting Engineers, PSC, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Heleni Pantelidou

Civil Engineer, PhD, CEng, MICE,

Associate Director at Arup, London, United Kingdom

Mohammad Tabarra

Mechanical Engineer, PhD,

Director at Arup, London, United Kingdom

Armand Buesa

Mechanical Engineer, CEng,

Senior Engineer at Arup, London, United Kingdom

Stratis Badogiannis

Chemical Engineer, PhD, MSc, Associate Professor, National Technical University of Athens

Ali Amiri

Dr., Sustainability Director – Head of Specialisms

David Underwood

BSc (Civil Engineering), HVAC&R Founder of Isotherm Engineering Ltd. Mississauga, Ontario Canada

RAUL SIMONETTI

HVAC/R Corporate Business Manager at CAREL Industries SpA

Antonis Peppas

Dr, MSc, Mining and Metallurgical Engineer, Assistant Professor, Energy and Carbon footprint Optimisation, National Technical University of Athens

David Handwork

PE, CEFP, BSAgE, MSME, Chief of Engineering, United Commercial Energy Partners, Frisco, TX USA

Daniel Booy

Mechanical Engineer (P.ENG.), Mechanical Engineering Technologist, AEE Certified Energy Auditor, Senior Engineer, Owner, Altum Engineering Ltd.

Kayleigh Houde

PE, Associate, Computational Community Leader Buro Happold, New York, NY

NIKOLAOS BARMPARITSAS

Mechanical Engineer, MEng, MSc, MPhil, Senior Manager at Daikin Greece, Athens, Greece

Lakisha Woods

CAE, Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer American Institute Architects (AIA)

Dan Hart

FAIA, RE, Executive Vice President of Architecture, Principal, ParkHill 2022 President, The American Institute of Architects

CHRISTOS KOSTADIMAS

Head of the Technical Dpt. of the 3rd Regional Healthcare Authority, Thessaloniki, Greece and PhD (c) at Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Twisha Raja

M.AAD, B.Arch, LEED AP (BD+C), Computational Designer at cove.tool, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Josh Jacobs

LEED AP+ BD&C, Vice Chair of ASHRAE 189.1, WAP Sustainability Director of Sustainability

Jo Norris

Materials Scientist & Engineer, M.A. Climate and Society, B.S Sustainability Studies, B.A. Economics, Co-founder and CEO at Carbon Reform, Inc.

Athanasios Giannadakis

PhD., Research fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Peloponnese, Patra, Greece

Aris Tsangrassoulis

Professor, Lab of Sustainable Design of Building Structures, Dept. of Architecture, University of Thessaly, Greece

Murdoch MacPherson

P.Eng., Mechanical Engineer, President of MacPherson Engineering

Sara M. Laudeman

M.Arch, B.A. Architecture, B.S. Mathematics; Assoc. AIA, Architectural Researcher at cove.tool, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

George Leoutsakos

Mechanical Engineer MSc, DIC, PhD, Deputy Engineering Director, Attiko Metro SA, Athens, Greece

Jim Edelson

BS; MBA, Director of Policy, New Buildings Institute

Louis Rompre

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Portfolio Leader – Trane EMEA

Costis Stambolis

AA Dip.Grad, MA ( Oxf), Chairman and Executive Director at IENE - Institute of Energy for South - East Europe

Juliusz Żach

M.Sc. Eng., Head of Research and Development Department Mostostal Warszawa S.A., Poland

George Leoutsakos

Mechanical Engineer MSc, DIC, PhD, Deputy Engineering Director, Attiko Metro SA, Athens, Greece

Chris K.W. Leung

Master of Applied Science, Building Science, Ryerson University, Associate, Cundall Hong Kong Ltd

Elena Dascalaki

Dr. Building Physicist, Research Director, Institute of Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece

Vikas Patnaik

Thermal-Mechanical Engineer, PhD, MBA, Vice President of Product Development at Modern Electron, Bothell, USA

Sonya M. Pouncy

CEM, LEED-AP, founder and principal of Building Vitals

Chrysanthi Panagiotopoulou

Ph.D. M.Sc. Chemical Engineer, Senior Researcher, school of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, National Technical University of Athens, Hellas

George Pantelides

Mechanical Engineer, NTUA, MSc, EUREM, Member ASHRAE · ASHRAE Course Instructor

Ioanna B. Deligkiozi

Chemical Engineer, NTUA Senior Manager, Axia Innovation, München, Germany

Kalliopi Droutsa

Research Associate Group Energy Conservation, Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece

Doug Cochrane

P.Eng., LEED AP, MAshrae, TFBD Training & Education Sub Committee

Stergios Vakalis

Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Environment University of the Aegean

Maria Tsianti

MEng Mechanical Engineer, M.Sc. Nuclear Engineer, Project Manager at EXELISIS, Athens, Greece