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clear: both; } .speackers-page .body-section0 { margin-bottom: -50px; } .descriotion_speker{ margin-top: 35px; } .title_sujet{ margin-top: 35px; } </style> <div id="content"> <div id="id1" class="speackers-page"> <div class="cms-sn-banner cms-sn-banner-2" style="background-image: url(source/speaker.jpg); height: 300px;" id="id2"> <div class="row"> <div class="columns small-12 small-centered"> <div class="bookmark"> <div class="bookmark-text"> <p>Plenaries</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-nature-home"> <div class="col-main" role="main"> <div id="idc" class="cms-container cms-highlight-0" style="padding-bottom: 0;"> <div class="row"> <div class="columns small-12 small-centered"> <div class="cms-grid-collection"> <h2>PLENARIES</h2>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2">Plenary 1</span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet" <p> COVID-19 and wastewater: a crisis management tool? </p> </div> <div class="color1" style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 10:30—11:00 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> Nicolas ROCHE<sup>1,2</sup>, Patrick AUGIER<sup>3</sup>, Sophie ALAIN<sup>4</sup> , Christophe DAGOT<sup>4</sup> <br><sup>1</sup>Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE <br><sup>2</sup>Mohamed VI University Polytechnic, IWRI <br><sup>3</sup>Navy Firefighters Batailion of Marseille <br><sup>4</sup>Limoges University, INSERM, RESENFIT </p> <p> As with many other pathogens, it is expected to ask ourselves about the occurence of the SARS-COV-2 virus during the water use cycle and associated risks. </p> <p> This presentation will provide an opportunity to review this essential issue and will show how monitoring SARS-COV-2 in wastewater could be a tool for monitoring and managing the pandemic. Numerous studies have been realised around the world since April 2020 with consistent results. As examples, we will have a specific focus on what has been done in Marseille by the Navy Firefighters Batailion of Marseille (BMPM) and in Limoges by the RENSEFIT laboratory (UMR INSERM 1092). </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Nicolas-ROCHE.png?v=1" title="Nicolas ROCHE" alt="Nicolas ROCHE" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Nicolas ROCHE</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Chief Editor – Track 1 <br /> Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration <br /> Aix-Marseille University, France & Mohamed VI University Polytechnic, Morocco </span> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> <strong>Nicolas ROCHE</strong> (60) is Professor (Ex.2 Class) in Chemical Engineering at Aix-Marseille University (AMU) and researcher at the European Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE). He set up and coordinated for eight years the Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Research Pole Environment of AMU (1800 researchers, including 600 PhD students). He is currently Vice-President of the French Chemical Engineering Society (SFGP), member of the High Council of Public Health (HCSP), Deputy Director of the Research Federation ECCOREV and Affiliate Professor at the Mohamed VI Polytechnic University in the International Water Research Institute (UM6P-IWRI, Morocco). His scientific expertise is in the field of Chemical Engineering applied to the treatment and reuse of wastewater and the treatment and valorisation of sludge and waste (characterised by numerous national and international, academic and industrial collaborations, more than 80 publications, more than 150 communications, the co-supervision o 25 theses (5 in progress, including 1 in Tunisia, 2 in Morocco and 1 in Brazil). </p> <p> For 35 years, he has been working on designing, improving, and optimising wastewater treatment processes. Initially (1986-2000 period) to limit the impact of urban and industrial wastewater discharges into the environment and since 2000 on the integration of wastewater treatment into a circular economy approach, the reuse of treated wastewater and the "smart use" of water in its use cycle, particularly adapted to the problems of emerging countries in terms of access to water and energy. This research work is also associated with the creation and development of university training courses and diplomas in the field of Process Engineering. </p> <p> He is Chief Editor for the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (Springer ed.), editor for PLOS One and member of the editorial board of various international scientific journals, administrator of the AquaValley and France Water Team Competitiveness Clusters and the CRITT Chimie PACA (NOVACHIM), member of the S.C. of the Parc National des Calanques, the Water Mediteranean Institue and the Institut Français des Techniques Séparatives. Finally, he has been involved in the organisation of many national and international conferences. </p> </div> <br> <br> </div>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2">Plenary 2</span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> Contribution of whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in understanding the origin, dynamics and evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic: a North African perspective </p> </div> <div class="color1" style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 11:00—11:30 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <p class="descriotion_speker"> The discovery of new and more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2 since December 2020, has raised growing concerns about the impact of the mutations, identified in these variants, on the transmission and pathogenicity of the virus. The potential ability of new mutation-carrier variants to escape immunity after a first infection or after vaccination has emphasized the need for a continuous tracking of viral variants by whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics analyses. Currently, whole genome sequences of viral variants isolated from about 930 thousand samples from all over the world, are available through GISAID (gisaid.org), and allow the analyses of infection pattern and variants dynamics and also the efficacy of currently used vaccines. </p> <p> In this plenary, we present a thorough analysis of these data by focusing on North African countries and the features of major viral variants and mutations circulating in the region. We also describe four cases of confirmed reinfection that have been recently reported in Tunisia. </p> <p><strong>Collaborators:</strong> Saba Gargouri, Nabil Abid, Amal Souissi, Hela Karray and Saber Masmoudi</p> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Ahmed-Rebai.png" title="Ahmed Rebai" alt="Ahmed Rebai" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Ahmed Rebai</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia </span> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <br> <br> </div>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2">Plenary 3</span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> Combining Earth Observations, Cloud Computing, and Machine Learning to address SDGs dealing with environmental challenges </p> </div> <div class="color1" style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 11:30—12:00 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <p class="descriotion_speker"> In September 2015, the members of United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with universal applicability of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. The SDGs are consequential for the development of the countries, which are affected by water scarcity and experiencing rapid urbanization associated with population growth. Earth Observations (EO) has become an important tool to monitor the progress and implementation of specific SDG targets through its wide accessibility and global coverage. In addition, the advancement of algorithms and tools deployed in cloud computing platforms provide an equal opportunity to use EO for developing countries with limited technological capacity. We will show how EO and cloud computing are applied in support of different SDGs dealing with life under water, clean water, climate action, access to energy and others. Multiple approaches including harmonic, time series and correlational analysis are used to assess and evaluate these indicators. </p> <p><strong>Collaborators:</strong> Wenzhao Li, Venkat Lakshmi, Thomas Piechota and Daniele Struppa</p> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Hesham-El-Askary.png" title="Hesham El-Askary" alt="Hesham El-Askary" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Hesham El-Askary</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Professor of Remote Sensing and Earth System Science <br /> Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling and Observations <br /> Director Graduate Programs in Computational and Data Sciences <br /> Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, USA </span> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> <strong>Hesham El-Askary</strong> is the 2015 recipient of the Chapman University's elite Senior Wang-Fradkin Professorship award. He served as the regional coordinator on a $3 million Euro grant from the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020. He is an Earth System Scientist with a major interest in studying natural hazards using different remote sensing technologies and data sciences. He is involved in studying extreme events, air pollution problems over mega cities, climate change and its impacts on sea level rise and coral reefs for coastal areas. He also employs earth observations in studying impact of sever dust storms causing anomalous chlorophyll outbreaks in the marine environment, hurricanes intensification as well as transport of microbes’ causing Kawasaki disease outbreaks. Recently Prof. El-Askary has been focusing on using earth observations for water resources management, precision agriculture along the sustainable development goals. He has published over a 150 refereed research publications, conferences full paper and book chapters in these research areas. Prof. El-Askary’s research has been supported by National Science Foundation, NASA, United States Department of Agriculture and European Union. Prof. El-Askary has received the Saudi Arabia award hosted by the Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO) affiliated with the League of Arab states for the best published article in Environmental Management among 150 articles in 2006. He is also member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), AGU, EGU, COSPAR, and Phi Beta Delta Honor Society. </p> </div> <br> <br> </div>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2">Plenary 4</span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> Crisis in Leadership Vs Waste Strategies in Insular Communities </p> </div> <div class="color1" style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 12:00—12:30 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> Many treaties since the treaty of Rome back to 1957 indicate to all the necessity to take actions in the framework of environmental production either in local or more centralize level. On the other hand, From East to West and from South to North, on the entire planet and without any doubt waste will continue to increase, as indicated from the projections of World Bank (2012 and 2018), Eurostat (2010 and 2017) and Economist (2018). At the same time, Paris Agreement set out the global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C and the European Commission, released a new ambition target; to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 taking into account the concept of circular economy as well. </p> <p> The main research question is how all those actions can be adopted from small countries, small municipalities if there is no any clear strategy in place. Crisis in leadership remain the only reason why the proposed strategies can not be adopted. To convince leaders is extremely difficult. Either in local Level or more centralized they don’t consider that waste strategies can be in a position to solve the complex issue of waste management. The fight between sustainability and economical choice has been a contentious matter and the world is facing environmental uncertainties today </p> <p> The role of the top management either in local level, enterprises or more centralized is vital in order to merge the commitment and abilities to environmental leadership and thus, adds a contemporary insight into how organizations can mitigate the runaway menace of environmental issues. </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <div> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Antonis-Zorpas.png" title="Antonis Zorpas" alt="Antonis Zorpas" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Antonis Zorpas</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Director of Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Sustainability <br /> Academic Coordinator in the Master Program of Environmental Conservation and Management <br /> Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus </span> </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> <strong>Antonis Zorpas</strong> is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD in Environmental Management and Engineering. He is actively engaged with several Universities and Research Institutes in Europe. He is Associate Professor at Open University of Cyprus (Faculty of Pure and Applied Science and he is the Director of the Lab of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Sustainability). He is the Academic coordinator of the Master Program of Environmental Conservation and Management. </p> <p> He has more than 400 publications (scientific books, book chapters, journal papers and international conference papers) with a h-index >36. </p> <p> For more than 20 years, he was acting as Consulting Engineer with the government and local authorities for several industrial activities. He was from 2013-2019 the President of Cyprus Environmental Engineers Council. He was active member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Office of the Cyprus Commissioner for the Environment (2013-2019). He is an Elected Member of the Senate of at Open University of Cyprus since 2018 and from 2019 he is the President of the Research Committee of the university. He was on the board of experts on the EURASHE (European Association of Institutions in Higher Education 2016-2019) Committee in Brussels and he is a Scientific Cooperator with EU. </p> <p> His research background is in the area of Strategic Planning Development in the Framework of Waste Management, Circular and Bio-Economy, Waste to energy, European Green Deal Biosolids treatment and management, hazardous waste treatment, End of Waste Criteria, waste minimization, zero waste approach, waste prevention, social behavior, city metabolism, household and solid waste management, Life Cycle Analysis and Environmental Risk analysis, United Nations SDGs etc. </p> <p> In 2019 he received the honorary distinction for his long-standing contribution to the environmental issues of Cyprus from the President of the Republic of Cyprus. Furthermore, his has recognized among the world top 2% in the list of scholars in his field in the study “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators, 2020” published recently by a research team of the Stanford University (USA) which include the list of the most influential researchers in the world. The study reflects the excellence of the University’s academics and researchers and the quality of their scientific work. </p> <p> His publication record can be found on <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=D7koX6YAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank" class="color1">Google Scholar</a>, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonis_Zorpas" target="_blank" class="color1">Research Gate</a> and <a href="https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603816522" target="_blank" class="color1">Scopus</a>. </p> </div> <br> <br> </div>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2">Plenary 5</span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> New Opportunities in Sustainable Nano Materials </p> </div> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 14:00—14:30 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> Green chemistry started for the search of benign methods for the development of nanoparticles from nature and their use in the field of antibacterial, antioxidant, and antitumor applications. Bio wastes are eco-friendly starting materials to produce typical nanoparticles with well-defined chemical composition, size, and morphology. Cellulose, starch, chitin and chitosan are the most abundant biopolymers around the world. All are under the polysaccharides family in which cellulose is one of the important structural components of the primary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_wall" target="_blank" class="color1">cell</a> wall of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_plants" target="_blank" class="color1">green plants</a>. Cellulose nanoparticles (fibers, crystals and whiskers) can be extracted from agrowaste resources such as jute, coir, bamboo, pineapple leafs, coir etc. Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, it is a characteristic component of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_wall" target="_blank" class="color1">cell walls</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi" target="_blank" class="color1">fungi</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoskeleton" target="_blank" class="color1">exoskeletons</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod" class="color1" target="_blank">arthropods</a> and nanoparticles of chitin (fibers, whiskers) can be extracted from shrimp and crab shells. Chitosan is the derivative of chitin, prepared by the removal of acetyl group from chitin (Deacetylation). Starch nano particles can be extracted from tapioca and potato wastes. These nanoparticles can be converted into smart and functional biomaterials by functionalization through chemical modifications (esterification, etherification, TEMPO oxidation, carboxylation and hydroxylation etc) due to presence of large amount of hydroxyl group on the surface. The preparation of these nanoparticles includes both series of chemical as well as mechanical treatments; crushing, grinding, alkali, bleaching and acid treatments. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) are used to investigate the morphology of nanoscale biopolymers. Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) and x ray diffraction (XRD) are being used to study the functional group changes, crystallographic texture of nanoscale biopolymers respectively. Since large quantities of bio wastes are produced annually, further utilization of cellulose, starch and chitins as functionalized materials is very much desired. The cellulose, starch and chitin nano particles are currently obtained as aqueous suspensions which are used as reinforcing additives for high performance environment-friendly biodegradable polymer materials. These nanocomposites are being used as biomedical composites for drug/gene delivery, nano scaffolds in tissue engineering and cosmetic orthodontics. The reinforcing effect of these nanoparticles results from the formation of a percolating network based on hydrogen bonding forces. The incorporation of these nano particles in several bio-based polymers have been discussed. The role of nano particle dispersion, distribution, interfacial adhesion and orientation on the properties of the ecofriendly bio nanocomposites have been carefully evaluated. </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Sabu-Thomas.png" title="Sabu Thomas" alt="Sabu Thomas" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Sabu Thomas</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Chief Editor, Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects <br /> Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India </span> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> <strong>Sabu Thomas</strong> is currently Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaim for his work in Nanoscience, Polymer Science and Engineering and Green Materials. Professor Thomas has received more than 30 national and international awards which include, FRSC UK, Distinguished Professorship from Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, MRSI medal,CRSI medal, Distinguished Faculty Award, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Scientific Excellence – 2016, Mahatma Gandhi University Award for Outstanding Contribution – 2016, Lifetime Achievement Award of the Malaysian Polymer Group, Sukumar Maithy Award, Faculty Research Award, Trila, and Academician of The Year, Fellowship of the European Academy of Sciences. He is in the list of most productive researchers in India and holds a position of No. 5. He has been conferred Honoris Causa (D.Sc) by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, Siberian Federal University, Russia and University of Lorraine, Nancy, France, awarded Senior Fulbright Fellowship, National Education Leadership Award – 2017 for Excellence in Education. Professor Thomas also won 6th contest of "mega-grants" (Russian Federation). Recently, he has been ranked 114th in the list of the world’s best scientists that has been compiled by Stanford University in the US. He figures in the list as the second-best scientist in India in the field of polymer science. Professor Thomas has published over 1200 peer reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters. He the editor of 150 books and inventor of 15 patents. The H index of Professor Thomas is 112 and has more than 61,000 citations. Professor Thomas has delivered over 350 Plenary/Inaugural and Invited lectures in national/international meetings over 40 countries. Professor Thomas has supervised 115 PhD programmes and his students occupy leading positions in academia and industry in India and abroad. </p> </div> <br> <br> </div>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2"> Plenary 6 </span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> Bioremediation and circular economy: conservation of natural resources and environmental protection </p> </div> <div class="color1" style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 14:30—15:00 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> Wide variety of natural resources is being exploited to meet the demands of growing population generating huge amount of waste and anthropogenic emissions. Concerns about clean environment is increasing in the wake of climate change. “Environmental Sustainability” is thus a subject of global concern in the contemporary world. Bioremediation is aimed at detoxification/ treatment of contaminated substrates involving biodiversity. Thus, biodiversity acts as a tool box to remove or neutralize pollutants and contaminants from the environment (air, water and soil). </p> <p> Thus, there is pressing need for pollution abatement and there is an even more pressing need to create viable value chains from contaminated substrates (air, water and soil) especially in developing economies. Prevention of pollution and resource recovery involving a wide variety of biological interventions using biodiversity is an emerging area of science i.e. bio-based economy. Bioeconomy relates to the “invention, development, production, and use of biological products and processes”. Bioeconomy has the potential to sustainably enhance the global well-being. Bioeconomy focuses on biotechnology applications for the prevention of pollution and resource recovery, production of renewable resources involving biodiversity. In this presentation, various examples of this green deal strategy towards sustainable development shall l be discussed for their role in Bioremediation boosting circular bioeconomy. </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Majeti-Narasimha-Vara-PRASAD.png" title="Majeti Narasimha Vara PRASAD" alt="Majeti Narasimha Vara PRASAD" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Majeti Narasimha Vara PRASAD</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Emeritus Professor <br /> School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (An Institution of Eminence) <br /> Hyderabad, Telangana, India </span> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> <strong>Majeti Narasimha</strong> Vara Prasad is currently Emeritus Professor at School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad in India. He received his M.Sc. (Botany) from Andhra University (1973-75) and Ph.D. (Botany) from Lucknow University (1975-79) in India. He has published over 216 papers in scholarly journals and edited 34 books. Based on an independent study by Stanford University scientists in 2020, he figured in the top 2% of scientists from India, ranked number 1 in Environmental Sciences (116 in world). The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India awarded him the Pitamber Pant National Environment Fellowship of the year 2007. He is also recipient of Excellent Scholar Award by the XIX International Botanical Congress, July 2017 in Shenzhen, China. </p> </div> <br> <br> </div>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2"> Plenary 7 </span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> Protection from tsunamis in the Eastern Mediterranean </p> </div> <div class="color1" style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 15:00—15:30 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> The presentation will commence with a brief survey of previous tsunamis associated with the still active Hellenic plate boundary. For example, as a consequence of the tsunami generated by an earthquake off the coast of Crete in 365 AD several ancient cities were destroyed in Greece, Italy and Egypt, killing some 5,000 people in Alexandria. Thousands were also killed in the Messina region in Italy due to tsunamis in 1908. We will discuss the concept of placing a porous layer on appropriate places of the bed of the Mediterranean to dampen such tsunamis before they hit the coast and cause severe damage. The best depths at which to place these layers and their optimal thickness will be outlined. In contrast to breakwaters, which need to be secure, with a hole being potentially disastrous, porous layers work in general and a (relatively small) region of inappropriate construction or content would have very little influence. Such porous layers would also be beneficial in stopping steady coastal erosion due to wind-generated surface waves. </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Herbert-E-Huppert-FRS.png" title="Dr. Herbert E. Huppert FRS" alt="Herbert E. Huppert FRS" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Herbert E. Huppert FRS</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Editor of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A <br /> Co-Editor-in-Chief of G4: Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources (Springer) <br /> Institute of Theoretical Geophysics <br /> King’s College, University of Cambridge, UK </span> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div> <p> Professor <strong>Herbert Huppert</strong> FRS is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Geophysics in the University of Cambridge, UK. His theoretical and laboratory-based work has improved our understanding of the behavior of fluids in and on the Earth’s surface, and his work on convective systems has been crucial for an improved comprehension of our planet’s response to a changing climate. Often in demand as a scientific authority, Herbert served as Chair of a Royal Society working group on bioterrorism, which prepared a report for the British Government, a European Academies working group on Carbon Capture and Storage, which prepared a report for the European Parliament and has acted as an adviser to numerous other government bodies. He has received several of awards for his work, including the Bakerian Lectureship of the Royal Society, a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship and The Australian Academy’s Selby Public Lectureship 2019. </p> </div> <br> <br> </div>  <div class="title-section"> <div class="cms-richtext"> <h3> <span class="color2"> Plenary 8 </span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="body-section"> <div class="color1 title_sujet"> <p> Energy Sustainability: A Key to Environmentally Benign Systems and Processes </p> </div> <div class="color1" style="margin-top: 35px;"> <p> 10 June 2021 <br /> 15:30—16:00 </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 10px;">About the Plenary</h4> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> Sustainability is a critically important goal for human activity and development. Sustainable energy is of great importance to any plans for overall sustainability, and a key to the sustainability of environmental systems. This is particularly important given the pervasiveness of energy use, its importance in economic development and living standards, and the significant impacts that energy processes and systems have on the environment. Many factors that need to be considered and appropriately addressed in moving towards energy sustainability are examined in this talk. These include appropriate selection of energy resources bearing in mind sustainability criteria, facilitation of the use of sustainable energy resources, enhancement of the efficiency of energy-related processes, and a holistic adoption of environmental stewardship in energy activities. In addition, other key sustainability measures are addressed, such as economics, equity, land use, lifestyle, sociopolitical factors and population. Conclusions are provided related both on options for energy sustainability and on means to enhance the sustainability of environmental systems. </p> </div> <h4 style="margin-top: 35px;margin-bottom: 45px;">About the Speaker</h4> <p> <img class="avatar" id="idc" src="source/speakers/Marc-A-Rosen.png" title="Dr. Marc A. Rosen" alt="Marc A. Rosen" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" /> </p> <blockquote> <h3>Marc A. Rosen</h3> </blockquote> <p> <span class="description--paragraph"> Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability <br /> Editor, Energy Conversion and Management <br /> Editor-in-Chief, Biofuels <br /> Editor-in-Chief, Research Journal of Environmental Sciences <br /> Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Ontario, Canada </span> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="descriotion_speker"> <p> <strong>Marc A. Rosen</strong> is a Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada, where he served as founding Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Rosen was President of the Engineering Institute of Canada. A registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of several journals and was a Director of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation. With over 60 research grants and contracts and 900 publications, Dr. Rosen is active in sustainable energy, environmental impact, and energy technology (including renewable energy and efficiency). Much of his research has been carried out for industry, and he has written numerous books. Dr. Rosen has worked for such organizations as Imatra Power Company in Finland, Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, and the Institute for Hydrogen Systems near Toronto. 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