| Prof. Baoyu GaoShandong University, China Dr Baoyu Gao is currently a distinguished professor at Shandong University, and a distinguished Taishan Scholar of Shandong Province, China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1999. Dr. Gao's research has mainly focused on the functional materials, chemicals and technologies for water and wastewater treatment. He has co-authored more than 980 peer-reviewed journal papers (h-index:102) and more than 120 patents, and has received 38 awards from international, national, ministerial and provincial government. He has published six academic monographs. Since 2014, it has been consecutively honored as the Highly-cited Scholar of China (environmental science) by Elsevier. He was included in the list of the world's top 2% of scientists for 2022-2025 and the list of the world's top 0.05% of scientists for 2024-2025. Speech Title: Development Toward Application of Polymer Materials for Water and Wastewater Treatment: Preparation, Characterization and Performance |
| Prof. Baoyou LiuHebei University of Science and Technology, China Baoyou Liu, male, born in February 1973, holds a doctoral degree and is a professor. He is also a master's supervisor in Environmental Science and Engineering at Hebei University of Science and Technology. In terms of environmental monitoring and environmental remediation, he has mainly carried out research on the remediation and treatment technology of SO2, NOx, CO2, NH3 and VOC in the atmosphere, the remediation technology of heavy metals such as copper, cadmium, lead and zinc in the soil, and the monitoring technology of typical environmental pollutants. As the first author or corresponding author, he has published more than 20 research papers in critical reviews in environmental science and technology, separation and purification technology, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Journal of Safety and Environment and other domestic and foreign journals, including 7 SCI search papers, including 2 SCI Chinese Academy of Sciences Zone 1 papers, and 6 Chinese invention patents have been authorized. Speech Title: Application of Quantum Cot Nanomaterials in Environmental Monitoring and Degradation of Emerging Pollutants |
| Prof. Shahid HussainJiangsu University, China Prof. Dr. Shahid Hussain (Pakistani) is a Full Professor at Jiangsu University, China. He earned his PhD from Chongqing University (2015), completed postdoctoral research (2015–2017), joined Jiangsu University as Associate Professor (July 2017), and was promoted to Full Professor (July 2020) with state approval. He has been a lifetime Fellow of IAAM since December 2024 and Associate Fellow FSEMS “The Society for Energy, Materials & Sustainability”, April 27, 2026. His research focuses on metal oxides, sulfides, MXenes, and metal-organic frameworks for gas sensors, supercapacitors, and Li-S batteries. He has published over 360 SCI-indexed articles (h-index 63, i10-index 260, 14,500 citations as of May 2026), plus 2 books and 9 book chapters in journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces etc. with an IF>2800. He serves as an editor for 7 SCI journals, has been a keynote speaker at 29 international conferences, and has chaired 3 conferences. He coordinates the Materials Science Society of Pakistan (MSSP) and has been a member of INSPAD-UNO since August 2020. Speech Title: Demand of Advanced Nanomaterials in Energy Storage Materials |
