VP of CSAA, Professor of NPU, Founding Member of IAGA, CSAA，NPU,

Chief Scientist, COMAC; Chief Designer, C919 Aircraft; founder, IAGA

IFAR Founder; Candidate Vice President, IAGA

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Szodruch graduated in Space Technology from the Technical University Berlin in 1971 followed by a post-graduate study at Cambridge University, England. He obtained his doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) on hypersonic waveriders at the TU Berlin followed by two years NRC Associateship at NASA Ames Research Centre

President, Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC); Candidate Vice President, IAGA

Deputy CPC Party Secretary and President of Civil Aviation University of China; Professor (Grade II post), doctoral supervisor, and Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor. A national-level leading talent and chief expert in the field of safety and airworthiness technology for China’s civil aviation system; Director and Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Education Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Aero-Engines; recipient of the State Council Special Allowance; Tianjin Outstanding Talent; “Most Beautiful Science Worker” of Tianjin; one of Beijing’s Top 100 Leading Talents; Leading Talent in Civil Aviation Science and Technology Innovation; recipient of the 6th Feng Ru Aviation Science and Technology Elite Award of the Chinese Society of Aeronautics; deputy head of the Standardization and Metrology Group under the Basic Research Plan of a national major special program; and chair of the National Committee for Civil Aviation Terminology. He is a pioneer and academic leader in the field of safety and airworthiness technology for complex aero-engine systems. He established China’s first doctoral program in airworthiness technology in a nationally urgent defense discipline, along with its undergraduate and master’s programs, and has supervised 64 doctoral students, filling a critical shortage of urgently needed professionals in the industry. His honors include one first-prize JS Science and Technology Progress Award, two first-prize Technology Invention Awards from the Chinese Society of Aeronautics, two second-prize National Technology Invention Awards, and one second-prize National Defense Technology Invention Award. He holds 65 granted invention patents, has published 6 monographs, and has authored 233 academic papers.

Partner, Royalsea Capital

Winston Hua, Partner at Royalsea Capital. With over 20 years of experience in R&D, lean manufacturing, open innovation and venture capital, he previously held core management and technical roles at Eastman Kodak, Philips and Honeywell. In his VC career, Dr. Hua has launched multiple hard-tech funds focusing on new energy, advanced materials and semiconductors. He has led investments in numerous listed enterprises. He was ranked among the Top 20 Semiconductor Investors (2023) and Top 30 Advanced Manufacturing Investors (2022) by the FOF Research Center. He also serves as a national judge for major national innovation competitions and an expert reviewer for the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University, an MBA and a Doctor of Economics from Fudan University.

Head, National Voluntary Emission Reduction Trading Center, China Certified Emission Reduction Center of China Beijing, Green Exchange; Member of the Technical Advisory Body for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)

Gao Yuan, Deputy Director of CCER Trading Center, China Beijing Green Exchange. She also serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Body for CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and a member of the Advisory Committee for VCC (Voluntary Carbon Credits) Legal Nature of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).

Chairman, Joint Sustainable Aviation Alliance (EU)

Yufang Guo is chairman of Jomec Group. With over a decade of experience integrating European aerospace resources and promoting international cooperation in sustainable aviation, Mr. Guo has led multiple programs in green transition and airworthiness innovation, facilitating technical collaboration and standard-setting for electric and hybrid-electric aviation.

Business Unit Head, Control Union Certification (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Dr. Zhiyu Liu, Business Unit Head of Control Union Certification (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., is responsible for sustainability certification services across multiple sectors, including low-carbon & ESG, energy (including biofuels such as SAF and biomass), chemicals, plastics, agriculture, feed, food, fisheries, forestry, tourism, transportation, environment, and social responsibility. Dr. Liu also leads technical research and development for low-carbon & ESG certification programs. Dr. Liu also serves as a member of Standardization Committee of the Council of China Textile Engineering Society, a technical evaluation expert for foreign-language versions of standards under the Cotton Textiles Subcommittee of National Technical Committee on Textiles Standardization, and a member of Technical Committee for International Group Standards (Environmental Footprint and Recyclable Products) of Textile Bioengineering and Information Society (TBIS).

President-Elect, International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

Scientific Director, Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI), University of São Paulo

CEO, EM-Power Aviation; Fellow of AIAA and RAeS; Former President, International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS), US

Dr. Ying is the CEO and Co-Founder of EM-Power Aviation Technologies headquartered in Shanghai, China. She has devoted over four decades to the aerospace industry, with experience at NASA, Boeing, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), and an electric aircraft start-up company based in Los Angeles, Ampaire. She was the SVP of Ampaire, responsible for technology strategy and global partnerships. Dr. Ying is currently a Board member for El-Fly (Norway), and previously she was also a Board member and elected VP-Aerospace of the SAE International, and Board member of the Lindbergh Foundation. Demonstrating success both at individual and team levels, Dr. Ying has been the recipient of many honors, starting from the 2025 AIAA Wright Brother’s Aeronautics lecture award (first time ever awarded to a woman and a Chinese-heritage individual in 100+ years), a video of her accepting this award with lecture presentation can be seen here: https://aiaa.org/awards/wright-brothers-lecture-in-aeronautics-award/, on “Emergence of Hybrid Electric aircraft”. Other prominent awards include: People’s Republic of China Friendship Award, Asian American Engineer of the Year Award, Boeing Professional Excellence Award from the CTO, NASA Group Achievement Award, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Best Paper Award, and the Professional Achievement Award for Women of Color in Technology. Dr. Ying is a past President of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS), serving on the Executive Committee which leads in shaping the agenda of this multinational professional aerospace organization. Dr. Ying is recognized as a Fellow of the AIAA and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). With a deep passion for flight, Dr. Ying holds a Commercial Pilot License and is a FAA-Certified Flight Instructor (CFI). She received her PhD and MS degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University and BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University.

Professor, Tsinghua University

Yuegang Zhang is a tenured professor at Tsinghua University since 2017. Hereceived his B.S.degree in Physics from Tsinghua University, and Ph.D. degree in Materials Sciences from the"University" of Tokyo. He had been employed as a researcher at NEC Fundamental Research'Laboratories in Japan, a senior researcher at Intel Corporation in US, a career staff scientist atLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a"researcher at Chinese Academy of Sciences. His'current research interests include nanomaterials, nanoelectronics, neuromorphic ionic devices, andelectrochemical-energy"storage technologies.

Deputy Chief Engineer, AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine

Shi Ying holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and currently serves as the Deputy Chief Engineer of AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd. and Director of the Shanghai Branch of the China Aviation Research Institute. Dr. Shi previously conducted research in combustion and fluid dynamics at the Institute of Technical Combustion, University of Hanover, and the Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Technical University of Dresden in Germany. Before joining AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd. in 2012, Dr. Shi worked at United Technologies Research Center (China) Ltd. He has since held several key positions, including Director of the Project Management Department and Deputy Director of the Design and R&D Center. Currently, Dr. Shi is responsible for preliminary power technology research and fundamental studies for the next-generation large aircraft engine program.

VP of Marketing, Commercial Aviation, Embraer China

Sean Xie is VP Marketing, Commercial Aviation, China at Embraer. His experience spans product and market strategy, airline development and industrial stakeholder engagement. Drawing on his experience at Air New Zealand, Sean brings perspectives from across the airline, aviation services and aircraft manufacturing sectors. He has also engaged industry stakeholders on green aviation initiatives and future aircraft technologies.

China Sales RGM, GE Aerospace

Zhiwei Zhang, Regional General Manager for GE Aerospace China, responsible for sales to Chinese airlines in Greater China region. Previously, he held management positions in engineering, marketing & sales, and business development at Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd., GE Aircraft Engine, Honeywell Aerospace, and Eaton Aerospace, possessing extensive experience in aviation market development and business management.

Co-founder & CMO, INFLYNC, Inflync Aviation (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Louise has over 10 years multi-dimensional experience in corporate strategy, marketing and branding across different industries. She spent her career life in Bosch China and Kering Group before entering aviation world, experienced in developing market strategy in technology innovation and high-end consumer segment with sharp business insights, strong management skills and entrepreneurship. She started her journey in eVTOL industry in 2020, founded INFLYNC in 2023. Latter became the first tilt wing ducted fan eVTOL OEM in China that achieved transition flight. She established China’s first tilt wing duct fan eVTOL brand, increased its global brand awareness and influence. She initiated strategic partnerships with key stakeholders of eVTOL ecosystem to realize prosperous development of the low-altitude economy industry. Louise holds master’s degree in international MBA from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and bachelor of science from Tongji University.

Head of Commercial & Strategy, NexAvian

Chief Scientist, Chinese Aeronautical Establishment

Prof. WU Ximing is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a leading figure in the field of helicopter technology in China and the Chief Scientist of Chinese Aeronautical Establishment. He has successively served as the deputy chief designer of helicopter models such as the Z-8, Z-9, and Z-11, and the chief designer of national major helicopter models such as the Z-10 and Z-19. He has won the First Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the honors of "National Model Worker", "National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker", National "Top Ten Outstanding Young People" and was selected as one of the first batch of candidates at the national level for the "New Century Talent Project”.

Professor, School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University

Yang Shichun is the Professor of the School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University. He has been selected as a National Leading Talent and the Principal Investigator of a National Science and Technology Innovation Team. He is also an IET Fellow and one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists. He currently serves as Chairman of the Flying Automobile Branch of the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Vice Chairman of the National Technical Committee for Product Defect and Safety Management Standardization. Professor Yang has long been engaged in research on system safety of multi-domain transportation vehicles. He has presided over more than 40 scientific research projects, including key projects of the National Key R&D Program and key programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. As the first inventor, he has obtained 117 authorized national invention patents, formulated 9 national standards, and published 6 Chinese and English textbooks and monographs. He has authored 217 SCI papers in top journals including Matter and eTransportation. His academic awards include the National Innovation Pioneer Award, two Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Rank 1), one First Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award (Rank 1t), two Special Prizes (1st recipient) and four First Prizes (Rank 1) at the provincial, ministerial and industry society levels.

Professor, Konkuk University

Professor. Lee received his Ph.D. from Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech. U.S. in 1991. Currently he is a Professor and Director, Konkuk Aerospace Design∙Airworthiness Research Institute, KADA, a Center of Excellence, Ministry of Education, Korea. He served as the president of the Korean Society of Aeronautics and Space Sciences, KSAS, a major academic society in Aerospace in Korea, and the first president of Korean Academy of Space Security, KASS from 2023. He is the corresponding author or co-author of over 600 publications including 13 patents and 74 top international journal papers. His research interests are Space Security, Urban Air Mobility, Aerospace Vehicle Design and Optimization.

Executive Director, Canadian Advanced Air Mobility（CAAM）

JR Hammond is the Founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM), Canada’s Federal Industry Association dedicated to operationalizing the country’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystem. Co-founded in 2018 with the National Research Council of Canada, CAAM serves as the driving force and unified voice for the AAM industry nationwide. Under JR’s leadership, CAAM has spearheaded transformative initiatives spanning a diverse spectrum of AAM operations, from small Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) to Zero-Emission (Electric and Hydrogen) aircraft serving urban, regional, and commercial needs. With a network of over 250 member organizations and strategic partnerships with key stakeholders like Canada’s Civil Aviation Authority, Transport Canada, and NAV CANADA, CAAM is charting a collaborative and sustainable path for AAM operations across the nation.

Professor, Institute of Chemistry of Sao Carlos of the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) ; Distinguished Professor, Hangzhou International Campus, Beihang University (China)

He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (1998), a master’s degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (2000), and a doctorate from the Fritz Haber Institut der Max Planck Gesellschaft, with a thesis defended at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (2003). He completed a Post-Doctoral internship at the Department of Experimental Physics (E19) at Technische Universität München – Germany. He was a Young Researcher supported by FAPESP between 2005 and early 2007 and has been a Full Professor at the São Carlos Institute of Chemistry (IQSC) at USP since 2017. He has experience in the area of ​​Physical Chemistry, with an emphasis on Complex Systems, Non-Linear Dynamics and Electrochemistry. He has published more than 150 articles in refereed scientific journals, five book chapters, and more than 200 contributions to scientific events. Presented more than 180 oral contributions in the form of seminars, invited lectures, and communications at national and international congresses: Brazil, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, France, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, South Korea, and China.

Professor, University of Bath

2. Carl Sangan - Current Position: Professor of Sustainable Propulsion and Power, Research Director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath, and Director of Research Strategy at the IAAPS Institute. - Research Expertise: Aerodynamics and rotating flows for ultra-high-efficiency power generation and aero gas turbines. He is a world-leading expert in the application of optical measurement techniques for turbomachinery. His recent research focuses on net-zero propulsion and energy technologies. - Academic Credentials: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Recipient of the ASME Dilip R. Ballal Award in 2016. He has secured over £8 million in research funding and published around 130 peer-reviewed papers.

Reseacher, Deputy Director, Future Propulsion General Department, AECC Hunan Aviation Powerplant Research Institute

Professor, Beihang University

Yan XIANG, Professor at Beihang University, based in the School of Energy and Power Engineering. She is also the Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Bionic Energy and Devices. Her long-standing research focuses on advanced electrochemical energy conversion materials and devices, and she enjoys high academic influence in the fuel cell field. - Research Directions Key materials and technologies for fuel cells: Her work centers on material design and device integration for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Her team has developed China’s first fully independent and controllable production line for high-temperature membrane electrode assemblies. Bionic energy conversion systems: Targeting proton transport and regulation, she constructs heterogeneous interfaces among biological, polymeric and nano-inorganic materials, and investigates new mechanisms for directional proton/water transport in bulk phases and interfaces of multi-media systems. New energy material design: Her research covers wide-temperature-range fuel cells, double-proton conductor models, bio-photovoltaic membrane protein energy conversion, and related topics.

Professor, University of Connecticut

Professor Sung is the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor in Sustainable Energy in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering at University of Connecticut. He is a Fellow of the ASME and the Combustion Institute, an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, and a member of the Editorial Board for Combustion Theory and Modelling. He received several Best Paper Awards from AIAA, the Distinguished Paper Award in Colloquium of Laminar Flames from the 31st International Symposium on Combustion in 2007, the Distinguished Engineer of the Year Award from the Hartford Section of ASME in 2020, and the 2024 AIAA Energy Systems Award. He is author or co-author of over 220 archival publications in combustion, propulsion, and sustainable energy, together with seven book chapters.

Professor Titular, University of Sao Paulo

Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva Full Professor in the Department of Mechatronics and Mechanical Systems, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil. He is also a Level 1A Senior Researcher certified by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of São Paulo, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was awarded two prestigious academic prizes during his doctoral studies. His research focuses on multiphysics topology optimization. He has published more than 80 academic works. In recent years, he has continuously published top-journal papers on topology optimization for fluid systems and compressible flows.

Director of Beijing Key Laboratory of Liquid Hydrogen Technology and Applications,, State Key Laboratory of Cryogenic Science and Technology and Beijing Key Laboratory of Liquid Hydrogen Technology and Applications, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. Xiujuan XIE She received her Bachelor of Engineering degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2001. She obtained her Ph.D. in Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in July 2006. Aug 2006 – Jul 2007: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Cryogenic Laboratory, Institute for Nuclear Physics, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Aug 2008 – Dec 2009: Assistant Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS Jan 2010 – Aug 2016: Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS Aug 2016 – present: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS; Chief Scientist for key R&D programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Dec 2025 – present: Director of Beijing Key Laboratory for Liquid Hydrogen Technology and Applications. As the principal investigator, she has led more than 20 national and provincial research projects including national key R&D programs and national major research equipment development projects, with a total funding of approximately 450 million RMB. Her research outcomes have been transferred to industrial contracts worth around 50 million RMB, applied in hydrogen energy, nuclear energy and helium extraction engineering. She has led or participated in formulating 7 national standards. As a key contributor, she has published over 80 papers and filed more than 70 Chinese patents (granted and pending). Her research achievements have been reported by CCTV, Science and Technology Daily and other media.

Full Professor, University of Naples "Federico II"

Prof. Fabrizio NICOLOSI University of Naples Federico II, Italy Academic appointments - 2021–present: Full Professor of Flight Mechanics and Aircraft Design, University of Naples Federico II. - 2011–2021: Associate Professor of Flight Mechanics and Aircraft Design, University of Naples Federico II. - 2003–2011: Assistant Professor of Flight Mechanics and Aircraft Design, University of Naples Federico II. - 1996–2003: Researcher in Flight Mechanics and Aircraft Design, University of Naples Federico II. - 1996–1997: Visiting Researcher at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), conducting research on high-performance sailplane design. Research leadership and scientific output Prof. Nicolosi coordinates the DAF (Design of Aircraft and Flight Technologies) Research Group at the University of Naples Federico II, comprising more than 12 researchers. He has authored approximately 70 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and more than 160 papers presented at international conferences, and holds two patents in renewable energy technologies. Research interests - Flight mechanics and aircraft performance. - Aircraft design, including hybrid-electric and fully electric configurations, hydrogen propulsion, and fuel-cell integration. - Aerodynamic analysis and optimization of airfoils, winglets, and fuselages. - Wind-tunnel testing and experimental aerodynamics. - Flight testing, flight dynamics, and flight simulation. Research projects and collaborations He has served as scientific lead for the University of Naples Federico II in numerous funded national and European research projects addressing aircraft design, innovative configurations, hybrid-electric and electric aircraft, aerodynamic design, and flight mechanics. His research collaborations include Airbus, DLR, MTU Aero Engines, Leonardo Aircraft, CIRA, ONERA, Tecnam, and TU Delft. Teaching His teaching activities cover Flight Mechanics, Flight Testing, and Aircraft Design.

Professor, Beihang University

Professor Xiao HAN at Beihang University focuses on aero-engine and gas turbine combustion and related application. Prof. Han works on three major topics: 1) mechanism of combustion instabilities and its passive control; 2) design and experimental validation of low emission combustors; 3) the application of machine learning in combustion science. He now holds General Program and Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China and several combustion programs about hydrogen combustion. Published 25 journal papers, including Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.

Deputy Director, National Key Lab of Aerospace Power System and Plasma Technology, Air Force Engineering University

Yu Jinlu, professor and doctoral supervisor at Air Force Engineering University, specializes in aero-engine performance evaluation and advanced combustion research. He has led 15 major projects, including national key scientific and technological programs, major research initiatives of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, frontier innovation programs, and basic strengthening plans. He received the Second Prize for Military Technology Invention (2025-1), holds 15 authorized invention patents (as first inventor), and has published over 80 academic papers. Recognized as a Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation under Shaanxi Province's Special Support Program, he serves as the leader of a young scientific and technological innovation team at Shaanxi universities. He is also the head of a national virtual teaching and research center and the principal investigator of a national first-class undergraduate course. He was awarded the Second Prize for National Teaching Achievement (2022-5), the First Prize for Outstanding Contribution to "China Heart" Initiative for Aviation Power, and named a National Young Teaching Master in Aeronautical Propulsion.

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Chief Scientist, Chair, Founding Member of IAGA, Civil Aviation Flight University of China、Health, Facilitation and Crisis Re-sponse Committee (HFCRC) of ICCAIA

Professor Weiping Li is a tenured professor at Oklahoma State University, Watson Faculty Fellow in Finance, and doctoral advisor. He is a recipient of China’s National Major Talent Program and currently serves as the Dean of the Institute of Data Science and Behavioral Science at the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (since 2020). He previously served as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Finance and Data Science (JFDS) (2015–2020), Dean of the Institute of Finance and Big Data at Southwest Jiaotong University, and Dean of the School of Mathematics at Southwest Jiaotong University (2014–2019). Professor Li received his bachelor’s degree from Dalian University of Technology and earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1992. He conducted postdoctoral research at Yale University and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in the United States before joining the Department of Mathematics at Oklahoma State University. His research in low-dimensional topology and differential geometry has produced outstanding results, solving numerous long-standing conjectures and establishing foundational methods for related fields. In addition, Professor Li conducts research in financial mathematics and is widely recognized as an expert in dynamic asset pricing, market and credit risk management for banks and other financial institutions, interest rate modeling and fixed-income collateral pricing, stochastic portfolios, and credit risk management. As a Watson Faculty Fellow in Finance at Oklahoma State University, he has led multiple research projects funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and published over 100 papers in leading international journals, including Journal of Banking & Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Research in International Business and Finance, and International Journal of Mathematics.

Delegate of Dean , Eastern Europe and Asia, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Ljiljana Medic Pejic is a Superior Industrial Engineer specialized in Energy at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Belgrade (UPM). She earned her PhD at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). She is a Professor in the Department of Energy and Fuels at UPM and a member of the Industrial Safety in ATEX research group at the Technical University of Madrid. Over the past 10 years, she has authored more than 100 scientific publications in national and international journals, conferences, and seminars. She has been a researcher on over 10 R&D projects in the last five years for national and international institutions and companies, funded through competitive grants. She is also a member of national and international working groups for developing rules and standards in industrial safety. Until 2010, she served as Secretary of the Standardization Technical Committee AEN/CTN 163, part of CEN/TC 305 on Potentially Explosive Atmospheres – Explosion Prevention and Protection.

Founder and CEO, Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association

Fabrice holds several executive positions. He is the founder and CEO of the Asia SAF Association (ASAFA), as well as the founder and CEO of Studio28, an advisory company dedicated to achieve sustainable growth. Before establishing ASAFA and Studio28, Fabrice was Airbus President and Head of Airbus Commercial Aircraft for Korea. He spearheaded Airbus strategic positioning in Korea, overseeing commercial aircraft sales and customer relations, group-wide government affairs, industrial cooperation, sustainability strategy and managing operations across various Airbus sites in the country. Fabrice has also chaired the Aerospace and Defense Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea and served as a board member of the Korean German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Chief Executive Officer, SAFPAC Ltd.

Dr. Shen Wang currently serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hong Kong Asia Green Aviation Fuel Co., Ltd. and Senior Research Fellow at the Hong Kong Green Development Research Institute. He has many years of rich practical experience in energy transition and project development, particularly in the fields of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrogen energy. Dr. Wang has a profound understanding of the integration of SAF and artificial intelligence (AI), and possesses strong capabilities in resource integration and implementation for the full-lifecycle development, operation and maintenance of SAF projects. Previously, Dr. Wang worked as a Senior Engineer at TotalEnergies (France), where he led the research and development (R&D) of full-waveform inversion in the frequency domain and high-resolution 3D seismic imaging technology. He has published over 30 academic papers and delivered presentations at international conferences in the energy technology sector. After obtaining his Texas (U.S.) Bar License in 2016, Dr. Wang served as an Attorney specializing in energy project financing and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) at White & Case LLP (U.S.). He led a number of large-scale energy M&A projects and represented leading financial institutions in providing project development financing for oil and gas companies. Since 2019, Dr. Wang has worked as Senior Director of Catastrophe Risk Management at China Reinsurance Group. He facilitated the group’s formal endorsement of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2021, and pioneered the integration of insurtech with the low-carbon transition of energy systems to achieve quantitative climate risk management. Dr. Wang earned dual Bachelor’s degrees in Applied Mathematics and Geophysics from Peking University in 2007. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Geophysics from Purdue University (U.S.) in 2012, and his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Houston (U.S.) in 2016. He also acquired his Texas (U.S.) Bar License in 2016.

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Co-founder & CEO, Carbonology Co., Ltd

Mr. Zhang Hongxi is Co-founder and CEO of Carbonology. Previously, he served as Acting Executive Director for Greater China at Carbon Engineering, one of the pioneers in direct air carbon capture (DAC). Mr. Zhang holds a Master's degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany. After graduation, he conducted scientific research at the Helmholtz Institute in Hamburg, Germany. Having returned to China in 2012, he held core R&D, technical, business development, and M&A roles at Fortune 500 companies including BASF, Evonik, and Air Liquide, building years of cross-functional industry experience. For many years, Mr. Zhang has focused on carbon capture and conversion, chemical synthesis, and emerging energy technologies. He provides distinctive insights into cutting-edge fields such as direct air carbon capture (DAC), CO₂ storage and utilization, and brings end-to-end capabilities spanning project incubation, investment and financing, commercial operations, resource integration, and strategic planning. Through founding Carbonology, he is committed to driving the commercial deployment of DAC-based projects and closing the loop of the industry ecosystem.

Head of the Clean Chemical Fuels and Energy Platform, Catalysis and Energy Research Institute, University of South Africa

Prof. Yali Yao, PhD, is a Full Professor, PhD supervisor, and Leader of the Chemical Fuel Energy Platform at the Institute for Catalysis and Energy Solutions (ICES), University of South Africa (UNISA). She is a member of the Catalysis Society of South Africa, a committee member of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology in South Africa, and a council member of the Zhejiang–Southern Africa Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Centre. Prof. Yao has extensive experience in the clean and efficient utilisation of carbon-containing resources, including coal, natural gas, biomass, and solid waste, for power generation, synthetic fuels, and high-value chemicals. Her expertise spans laboratory research, pilot-scale development, and the design, construction, and operation of industrial facilities. Her research interests include CO₂ capture and conversion, Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, integrated fuel cell and electrolysis technologies, and the design and integration of distributed energy systems for low-carbon development. She has participated in the design, construction, and operation of several industrial demonstration projects focused on producing synthetic fuels from unconventional carbon resources. She has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, co-authored one academic book, and supervised or co-supervised more than 35 Master's and PhD students.

Founder, Shanghai RGL Science and Technology Company; Former Program Director, GE Aviation C919/LEAP-1C Propulsion System Program

Dr. Xiaorong Lu holds a PhD in Engineering from Cornell University in the United States, as well as a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Engineering Mechanics (now the School of Aerospace Engineering) of Tsinghua University. Following her graduation from Tsinghua, she joined the university as a faculty member. She is a seasoned executive with Fortune Global 500 and multinational corporations, boasting 28 years of international corporate experience across GE, Eaton, Johnson Controls and Honeywell. Thirteen of these years were spent in the United States and fifteen in China. Her industry coverage spans aerospace, electrical engineering, energy, buildings and related sectors. She spent 17 years at GE.

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Yiyuan Dong holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, with years of in-depth expertise in sustainable development and carbon management. She is currently Senior Manager of the SAF Center at The Second Research Institute of CAAC, where she leads the R&D of the sustainable certification system for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and the formulation of technical specifications including SAF standards and carbon footprint accounting. Her research focuses on chain of custody management, land use change modeling, and methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of fuel production.

Deputy Director of the Combustor Research Department, AECC Hunan Aviation Powerplant Research Institute (AECC HAPRI)

Dr. Qi Zeng has dedicated her research to improving the performance of thermal-end components in aero engines and advancing the application of green aviation fuels. She served as the technical leader for the combustor components in National Major Project for Aero Engines and Gas Turbines. Additionally, Dr. Zeng was the principal investigator for a significant multi-million-yuan innovative project funded by the AECC. As a key participant, she has ontributed to various SAF-related research projects. Her research achievements have resulted in the acquisition of over 10 national invention patents.

Partner, Royalsea Capital

Winston Hua, Partner at Royalsea Capital. With over 20 years of experience in R&D, lean manufacturing, open innovation and venture capital, he previously held core management and technical roles at Eastman Kodak, Philips and Honeywell. In his VC career, Dr. Hua has launched multiple hard-tech funds focusing on new energy, advanced materials and semiconductors. He has led investments in numerous listed enterprises. He was ranked among the Top 20 Semiconductor Investors (2023) and Top 30 Advanced Manufacturing Investors (2022) by the FOF Research Center. He also serves as a national judge for major national innovation competitions and an expert reviewer for the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University, an MBA and a Doctor of Economics from Fudan University.

Regional Sustainability Director- China, Boeing China

Leads policy research on sustainable aviation and partnerships in China. Before Joining Boeing, she has over ten years of experience in macroeconomic policy research in a national think tank. Holds a master’s degree in law.

Principal of China Transportation, Clean Fuels and Clean Techs Investment, Rocky Mountain Institute

Zhe Wang is RMI’s Principal with Transportation, Hydrogen and Clean Technology Innovation. He joined RMI in 2015 and has been focusing his study on urban logistics efficiency, EVs promotion, shipping and aviation decarbonization, China green hydrogen, green methanol, green ammonia, sustainable aviation fuels acceleration and provincial carbon neutrality roadmap planning. Zhe is the leader of RMI’s hydrogen and will continue to deliver hydrogen related research and insights in whole supply chain, business model and cost effectiveness perspectives. Zhe Wang owns Master of Environmental Management at Duke University and Bachelor of Management in Environmental Economics and Management at Renmin University of China.

China Mobility Lead, World Resources Institute

Lulu Xue is Senior Associate and the Urban Mobility Lead of Sustainable Cities Program, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China. She led transport decarbonization, new energy vehicle research and projects in WRI China. She also worked as a consultant for ADB and the World Bank.

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Delegate of Dean , Eastern Europe and Asia, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Ljiljana Medic Pejic is a Superior Industrial Engineer specialized in Energy at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Belgrade (UPM). She earned her PhD at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). She is a Professor in the Department of Energy and Fuels at UPM and a member of the Industrial Safety in ATEX research group at the Technical University of Madrid. Over the past 10 years, she has authored more than 100 scientific publications in national and international journals, conferences, and seminars. She has been a researcher on over 10 R&D projects in the last five years for national and international institutions and companies, funded through competitive grants. She is also a member of national and international working groups for developing rules and standards in industrial safety. Until 2010, she served as Secretary of the Standardization Technical Committee AEN/CTN 163, part of CEN/TC 305 on Potentially Explosive Atmospheres – Explosion Prevention and Protection.

Professor, Civil Aviation University of China

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Civil Aviation University of China, Deputy Director of the Academy of Environment and Sustainable Development. His main research interests are aviation environmental protection and sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). He is currently an expert of the ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), Member of the Aviation Fuel Branch and Deputy Director of the Aviation Environmental Protection Committee of China Air Transport Association, as well as Deputy Secretary-General of the China Sustainable Aviation Fuel Industry Alliance. He also serves as Editorial Board Member of Aeronautical Science & Technology, Guest Editorial Board Member of Transactions of CSICE, and Youth Editorial Board Member of Journal of Aerospace Power.

Senior Manager, External Affairs and Sustainability, North Asia, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

DENG Liangchun is currently the Senior Manager of External Affairs and Sustainable Development of IATA North Asia. He is mainly responsible for the coordination, service, advocacy and cooperation of IATA on various issues in the field of sustainable development of civil aviation and environmental protection in the region. Previously, he worked at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, as an international consultant to the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, providing technical support to two UN Secretaries-General and their teams, specializing in climate change and international development cooperation, and supporting the project design and implementation of the "South-South Cooperation Fund for Climate Change" donated by the Chinese government to the UN Secretary-General. DENG Liangchun has also worked for a number of well-known international environmental organizations for a long time and has rich experience in addressing climate change, energy transition, biodiversity conservation and other fields. Among them, while working at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), he participated in the research and negotiation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) under the framework of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Director of Partnerships, Asia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Association(ASAFA)

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Candidate President of IAGA; Dean of School of National Elite Institue of Engineering, Chairman of Association for Science and Technology, NPU

Professor, Nagoya University

Dr.-Ing. Junji Kato is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Nagoya University, Japan. He received his Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in February 2010 from the Institute for Structural Mechanics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Following his doctoral studies, he began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tohoku University in June 2010. He was promoted to Associate Professor in January 2015 at Tohoku University and has served as a Full Professor at Nagoya University since April 2018. His research focuses on topology optimization and the optimal design of microstructures considering nonlinear mechanical behavior and advanced manufacturing processes, including additive manufacturing. He has made significant contributions to the development of design methodologies for metamaterials based on multiscale analysis and homogenization techniques. Dr.-Ing. Kato is actively involved in the international computational mechanics community. He has been a member of the Executive Council of IACM since 2024. He is also an Executive Council member of ASSMO and a General Council member of APACM. In Japan, he has been a board member of the Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES) since 2018 and the vice president of JSCES since 2026. In addition to his academic and professional service, he has been a Review Editor for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (Springer) since 2016. He has also contributed to the organization of major international conferences, including serving as Chair of the 4th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics (IWACOM-IV) in 2024 and as Deputy Secretary General of WCCM-APACM 2022 held in Yokohama, Japan.

Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Ikjin Lee is a Professor at KAIST. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. His research focuses on reliability/robust design optimization, surrogate modeling, model validation, and AI-based design optimization. He also serves as an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.

Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science & Technology

Prof. Kin Liao graduated with B.Sc. (Engineering Mechanics), M.Sc. (Engineering Mechanics), and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering Science), all from Virginia Tech, USA. He had spent two years at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Northwestern University as a visiting scientist before joining Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and served there for 13 years. He was one of the founding faculty of NTU’s Bioengineering Division and has served as the Director for NTU’s BioInformatics Research Center from 2004-2008. Prof. Liao’s research include advanced materials for aerospace/sensor/energy applications, nano-materials and nano-mechanics, and durability of composite materials. Prof. Liao's current research interests are in two-dimensional heterogeneous materials, and novel composites for aerospace applications. He has authored and coauthored more than 200 technical papers in leading international journals. Dr. Liao is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Great Bay University

Michael Y. Wang is the Dean and Chair Professor of the School of Engineering at the Great Bay University. He has numerous professional honors–National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award; Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from Society of Automotive Engineers; LaRoux K. Gillespie Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Boeing–A.D. Welliver Faculty Summer Fellow, Boeing; Chang Jiang (Cheung Kong) Scholars Award from the Ministry of Education of China and Li Ka Shing Foundation (Hong Kong); Research Excellence Award of CUHK. He was the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering. Before joining Great Bay University in 2024, he served on the engineering faculty at University of Maryland, Chinese University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Monash University. A recipient of ASME Design Automation Award, Professor Wang is a fellow of ASME, HKIE, and IEEE.

Professor, Chinese University of Hongkong (Shenzhen)

Professor Wang Xiaoping received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (NYU) in 1990. He has served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley and the University of Colorado. Since 1994, he has held various positions at the Department of Mathematics of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, including assistant professor, associate professor, professor, chair professor, and department head. He was the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. In 2007, he received the Feng Kang Prize for Scientific Computing. He was a plenary speaker at the 2016 SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science and the 2019 International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He is a Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor appointed by the Ministry of Education, a fellow of the US Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), and a fellow of China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM), and a distinguished talent of the Pearl River Talent Program in Guangdong Province. Currently, he is the Presidential Chair Professor of the School of Science and Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. Professor Wang's current research interests include modeling and simulation of interface problems and multiphase flows, image processing, topology optimization problems in intelligent manufacturing, and numerical methods for micromagnetic computation.

Professor, University of Liège

Prof. Ludovic Noels obtained his degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2000 and his Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Liège, Belgium. He subsequently held a postdoctoral position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA, from 2005 to 2006, working with Prof. Radovitzky in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Since 2008, he has been with the University of Liège, where he has progressed to Full Professor and leads the Computational and Multiscale Mechanics of Materials (CM3) Unit within the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. The CM3 Unit develops advanced multiscale numerical methods to predict the behavior, including failure, of complex engineered materials and has participated in numerous national and international projects, including the coordination of the FET-Open project MOAMMM, participation in the Horizon Europe project DIDEAROT, and several ERA-NET initiatives. The unit has established expertise in multiscale modeling of nonlinear material systems, AI-based surrogate modeling, Bayesian parameter identification, and multiphysics constitutive modeling for metals and polymers, with recent work extending to continuum mechanics simulations on quantum computing platforms.

Professor, Hanyang University

Prof. Yoon is a full professor in Hanyang University, Korea. He is currently the Edior in Chief of Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Executive member of the ISSMO (International Society of Structural Multidisiciplinary Optimization), General Member of IACM and IUTAM. Until now, he has published 174 for SCI journals and his H-index is about 41.

Associated Professor, Warsaw University of Technology

A specialist in structural optimization and dynamic analysis of engineering structures. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Warsaw and a master's degree in engineering, specializing in Theory and Computational Analysis of Structures, from the Warsaw University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Transportation Engineering for a thesis on topological optimization, material design, and archgrids (Prager strutcutres). His current research and professional activities focus on topological optimization and the modeling of lateral-torsional buckling phenomena in structural elements. He has served as an expert in technical assessments of the impact of vibration on people and buildings, and has also participated in expert opinions on the technical condition and load-bearing capacity of bridge structures.

Professor, Lab of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, INSA de Rennes

Balaji Raghavan is a tenured Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA) at Rennes in France. He conducts his research in the field of multi-scale modeling and simulation for the multi-physics characterization of materials in the Géomatériaux et Ouvrages Sous Actions compleXes (GEOSAX) research group of the Laboratoire de Genie Civil et Genie Mecanique (LGCGM EA 3913). He has obtained his Master of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in High Performance Computing from the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), PA, USA and his PhD in Advanced Mechanics from the Universite de Technologie de Compiegne (UTC) in Compiegne, France. He is currently involved in research collaborations with the Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ) in Świerk Poland and UTC, France. He currently serves as scientific reviewer for various international journals and has himself authored/co-authored over 50 peer reviewed journal articles and referenced conference papers.

Associated Professor, Warsaw University of Technology

Academic degrees: 2013 Habilitation in the field of Technical Sciences, 2004 PhD in the field of Technical Sciences, 1995 MSc in the field of Civil Engineering. Academic ranks: Warsaw University of Technology, 2017 – present Associate professor, 2014 – 2017 Assistant professor, 1995 – 2004 Teaching assistant. Research interests and achievements: My research focuses on the mathematical and computational modeling of multi-component composite materials. I am particularly interested in optimizing the microscopic layout of components to produce composites with desirable physical properties, such as mechanical strength, heat transfer, and electrical conductivity. I also investigate the bounds on such properties, i.e., the range of improvement achievable by adjusting the microstructural pattern of a composite. Mathematically, my research deals with nonconvex variational problems. From a variety of applicable solution techniques, I mainly use the “translation method”, also known as the “compensated compactness method.” This powerful approach was independently put forward in the 1980s by several mathematicians, including Professor Andrej Cherkaev (Department of Mathematics, University of Utah), with whom I have been collaborating since 2009. Using the translation method, I identified the microstructures corresponding to the bounds on the bending stiffness moduli of a two-component plate (Dzierżanowski, 2010). Together with A. Cherkaev, I addressed the problem of optimizing the microstructure of a composite made from three components, one of which was extremely weak (Cherkaev and Dzierżanowski, 2013). In both cases, solutions have been presented in a mathematically explicit form. In joint work with N. Briggs and A. Cherkaev, I wrote a computer code for optimal design of structures (Briggs, Cherkaev, and Dzierżanowski, 2015). My long-term research interests include the study of optimal microstructure problems for composites composed of more than three components.

Senior researcher, University of Liège

Dr. Ling Wu is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Liège, Belgium. She received her Ph.D. in Flight Vehicle Design from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 2006, where she previously held academic positions in the School of Aeronautics. She has also been affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel as a part-time academic. Her research focuses on computational mechanics, multiscale modeling, computational homogenization, and the mechanics of heterogeneous and composite materials. Her recent work combines advanced computational methods with machine learning, with particular emphasis on Deep Material Networks (DMNs), Interaction-based Material Networks (IMNs), stochastic homogenization, and data-driven surrogate models for nonlinear materials. Her research aims to develop efficient and physically informed computational approaches for predicting and designing the behavior of complex heterogeneous materials.

Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Dr. Xia Liang is currently a full professor and Assistant Dean at the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He pursued integrated Bachelor-Master-Doctoral degrees (elite program) in Aeronautical and Astronautic Manufacturing Engineering at Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, starting in 2006. In 2012, he was supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC) in France, graduating in 2015. After that, he continued postdoctoral research at the CNRS Robeval Mechanics Laboratory and the Laboratory of Multiscale Modeling and Simulation in France. Dr. Xia Liang joined Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2017 and was promoted to full professor in 2023. His research primarily focuses on structural optimization methods. He has led three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (including one for young scholars and two general projects), National Key Research and Development Program of China and received support from the Outstanding Youth Project of Hubei Province. He has authored one English monograph and published 66 SCI-indexed papers, with 43 as the first or corresponding author. His work has collected over 3000 SCI citations by others. Dr. Xia Liang has been honored with the Best PhD Thesis Award from the French Computational Structures Mechanics Association (CSMA) and nominated for the Best PhD Thesis Award by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS). He has also been elected in the high-level overseas talent program of Hubei Province.

Research Fellow, Institute for Risk and Reliability at the Leibniz University Hannover

Dr. Meng-Ze Lyu (born in 1994) is a Research Fellow and DFG funded Principal Investigator at Institute for Risk & Reliability, Leibniz University Hannover. He received his B.Sc. (2015), M.Eng. (2017), and Ph.D. (2022) degrees from Tongji University. His research focuses on stochastic dynamics, reliability analysis and design optimization of complex engineering systems, including the development of dimension-reduced probability density evolution equations (DR-PDEE), time-variant extreme value distributions of Markov processes, decoupled multi-probability density evolution method (M-PDEM), and their applications in seismic, wind, and geotechnical safety and fragility assessment. Dr. Lyu has authored over 60 publications, including 50 peer-reviewed English journal papers, with 1000+ citations and an H-index of 19. He has delivered 2 keynotes and 9 invited talks, and organized 15 mini-symposia at international conferences. He serves as Secretary of TC R3 of IASSAR and National Chapter of ERSA in China, and an ECEB Member of ASCE-ASME J Risk U A & B. He also acts as a reviewer for more than 40 SCI journals and independently leads research projects funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) and National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Risk and Reliability at the Leibniz University Hannover

Dr. Yi Luo received her Ph.D. from the Institute for Risk and Reliability at Leibniz University Hannover in 2025, with highest distinction. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Tongji University. Her research focuses on stochastic mechanics, uncertainty quantification, fractional dynamics, offshore systems, and engineering reliability and resilience. Specifically, she develops physics-driven analytical and computational methods for uncertainty propagation and probabilistic analysis of complex dynamical systems, with particular expertise in stochastic dynamics, dimension-reduced probability density evolution (DR-PDEE), and the treatment of combined aleatory and epistemic uncertainties. She also extended her work to applications including offshore structures, vehicle-rail-bridge systems, environmental loading and infrastructure risk.

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Dean, Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics

Xiaolu Wang is a professor and serves as the dean of the School of Aerospace Engineering at Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in 2003 and Ph.D. in 2009, both from Beihang University. Then he did 2-year postdoctoral research in the same university. From 2018 to 2019, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southampton. He currently works on UAV and general airplanes design, especially conceptual and aerodynamic design. His research interests include reconfigurable UAVs, twin-boom UAVs, as well as airfoil and wing optimization, etc. Xiaolu Wang has published 120 papers in aerospace journals and conferences, including Aerospace Science and Technology, Science China Technological Sciences, and the International Journal of Aerospace Engineering. He actively participates in aerospace community. He is a senior member of the Chinese Aerospace Society, a member of the academic committee of Lantian Laboratory (Henan Provincial Laboratory in Aeronautics). He also contributes to the community through his roles as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, a Young Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Chinese Naval Aviation University, Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee for the 8th International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering (ICASSE 2024), and Session Chair for the Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT 2023).

Associate Professor, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Director of International Cooperation Office, Beihang University

Bingjun Zhu is the associate Professor from the School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, and supported by Beihang's "Outstanding 100 Talent" program. He received his PhD from University College London, UK. He was supported by the "International Exchange Program" to conduct postdoctoral research in Peking University and awarded the honor of Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow of Peking University and Postdoctoral Fund. He has published more than 30 articles in SCI/Q1/TOP journals, where 2 of them are indexed as ESI highly cited articles.

Professor, Aeronautical Institute of Technology (ITA) of Brazil

Luiz Carlos Sandoval Góes graduated from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) in 1975 with a degree in Electronic Engineering. He earned an M.S. in Physics from the ITA in 1978 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) in 1986, where he also served as a research assistant. He has been a faculty member of the ITA Mechanical Engineering Division (IEM) since 1976 and a full professor in the Mechatronics Department since 1991. He has held various administrative positions at ITA, including Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Program in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering, Head of the Project Department (IEM), Deputy Head of the Mechanical Engineering Division (IEM), Deputy Head of the Graduate Studies Division (IEP), Head of the Mechatronics Department (IEM), and Dean of Graduate Studies. Since retiring in 2021, he has continued to engage in teaching and research activities within the ITA graduate program as a volunteer collaborator, focusing on areas such as dynamic modeling, identification and control of aerospace systems, instrumentation and measurement systems, active control of flexible structures, and the simulation and control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Professor, Dean of School of Aerospace Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics

Xiaolu Wang is a professor and serves as the dean of the School of Aerospace Engineering at Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in 2003 and Ph.D. in 2009, both from Beihang University. Then he did 2-year postdoctoral research in the same university. From 2018 to 2019, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southampton. He currently works on UAV and general airplanes design, especially conceptual and aerodynamic design. His research interests include reconfigurable UAVs, twin-boom UAVs, as well as airfoil and wing optimization, etc. Xiaolu Wang has published 120 papers in aerospace journals and conferences, including Aerospace Science and Technology, Science China Technological Sciences, and the International Journal of Aerospace Engineering. He actively participates in aerospace community. He is a senior member of the Chinese Aerospace Society, a member of the academic committee of Lantian Laboratory (Henan Provincial Laboratory in Aeronautics). He also contributes to the community through his roles as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, a Young Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Chinese Naval Aviation University, Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee for the 8th International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering (ICASSE 2024), and Session Chair for the Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT 2023).

Co-founder, R&D at Innovatank, Co-chair of the World Case Committee

Associate Professor, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University‌

Dr. Anchalee Duongthipthewa is an Associate Professor at the Hangzhou International Innovation Institute (H3I), Beihang University, and a member of the COMAC-Beihang Commercial Aircraft Innovation Center. She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China. Dr. Duongthipthewa holds a Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from RMIT University (Australia) and Kasetsart University (Thailand), a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Her research interests include multifunctional materials and smart structures, with applications spanning sensing, structural health monitoring, additive manufacturing, and the optimization of materials and structures. Her recent work integrates sensors for real-time cure monitoring and in-service damage detection in composite structures, and extends this sensing platform toward lithium-ion battery condition monitoring. She is a recipient of a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Research Fund for International Young Scientists (RFIS). She has authored papers in leading international journals, including Composites Part B: Engineering, Composites Science and Technology, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, and Composites Communications. Her expertise spans from fundamental materials characterization to advanced manufacturing processes for next-generation intelligent structures.

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Kasetsart University

She earned her Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from Kasetsart University in 1997. After graduation, she joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Kasetsart University as a lecturer, commencing a career in engineering education and research. She later received a scholarship from the French Government for graduate study in France. In 2005, she completed a Master’s degree and a Doctor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering at the aerospace engineering institution then known as ENSAE/SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, now part of ISAE-SUPAERO. Her graduate education established a foundation in structural mechanics, aerospace materials, and lightweight structural design. Her master’s research investigated the impact behaviour of composite helicopter blades, focusing on the response of composite structures to impact loading. Her doctoral thesis, entitled “Mechanical Behavior of Insert on Sandwich Structures”, examined the mechanical performance and load-transfer mechanisms of inserts in sandwich structures. This work developed her expertise in composite structures, structural integrity, and damage tolerance, all of which are central to aerospace applications. After completing her doctoral studies, she returned to Kasetsart University and continued her work in teaching, research, and academic service. Her areas of specialization include aircraft structural design, solid mechanics, composite-material design, sandwich structures, and natural-fiber composites. Her recent work includes participation in the Naval Aircraft Experimental (NAX) amphibious aircraft project for the Royal Thai Navy, where she applies aircraft structural-design principles and engineering analysis to experimental aircraft development. She also conducts research on sustainable composites reinforced with pineapple leaf fibers and coconut coir fibers. This research evaluates the mechanical properties and engineering potential of locally available natural fibers, supporting the development of environmentally responsible materials. In addition, she has contributed to the development of a small hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicle for multipurpose applications. Through these activities, she combines aerospace engineering, structural mechanics, composite technology, and sustainable materials research, while supporting Thai aerospace research.

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Kasetsart University

Dr. Narongkorn Krajangsawasdi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Kasetsart University, Thailand. He earned his PhD in Advanced Composites from the Bristol Composites Institute (ACCIS CDT) at the University of Bristol, UK, where his research focused on high-performance discontinuous fibre alignment technologies and additive manufacturing. He previously received his Bachelor’s degree with First-Class Honours and his Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Kasetsart University. He has just finished his Visiting Professor period in the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, during September 2025 - July 2026. His research interests centre on sustainable composite materials, mechanical recycling, prepreg waste management, and circular manufacturing. A key focus of his academic career involves developing closed-loop reuse schemes and reprocessing routes for reclaimed fibres, notably integrating the High-Performance Discontinuous Fibre (HiPerDiF) technology with advanced manufacturing platforms such as fused filament fabrication (FFF) to yield high-value, aligned discontinuous composite architectures. His recent work examines industrial waste management strategies for uncured thermoset and thermoplastic prepregs, alongside the mechanical upcycling of agricultural and natural fibres for structural applications in aviation and transit vehicles. Beyond laboratory-scale material processing, he leads several industry- and government-funded research initiatives spanning novel long-range aircraft, sustainable aviation strategies, carbon accreditation frameworks, and eco-friendly structural design. He has published widely in leading international journals, including Composites Part B: Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, and Materials. Through international research collaborations across Europe and Asia, he is actively working on scalable recycling processes, mechanical remanufacturing, and low-carbon materials transitions to establish viable circular economies for high-performance structural composites.

Associate professor, Institute of Unmanned System, Beihang University

Has long been engaged in research on aircraft overall design and aerodynamic layout design, with systematic research accumulation and rich engineering experience in aerodynamic optimization methods, low-Reynolds-number aerodynamic design, and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft design. The related research covers multiple aircraft configurations including large transport aircraft, UAVs, eVTOL, and VTOL aircraft, and has established a relatively complete methodology in variable-fidelity aerodynamic modeling, rotor design methods, and the design–simulation–validation closed loop.

Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Izmir Economic University

Dr. Abbasali Saboktakin is an Asst Professor of Aerospace Engineering in Izmir, Turkey, with more than 22 years of academic, industrial, and research experience in aerospace engineering, advanced composite materials, and structural mechanics. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering from the University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada. He has held visiting professorships at different Universities and his research focuses on lightweight aerospace structures in particular 3D textile composites, hypersonic systems, and Blended Wing Body aircraft technologies. His expertise integrates computational modeling, finite element analysis, composite manufacturing, experimental characterization, and aerospace structural manufacturing. He serves as a reviewer for leading international journals and conferences and has been invited as a keynote and plenary speaker at scientific events across Europe, Asia, and North America. Dr. Saboktakin is currently leading international collaborations on next-generation sustainable aviation, including the design, manufacturing, testing, and certification of Blended Wing Body aircraft. His work bridges academia and industry, advancing innovative lightweight structures, aerospace manufacturing technologies, and space engineering for future civil aviation and space transportation.

Associate Professor, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University

Ling Li, an associate professor at the School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering at Beihang University, is teaching the national level first-class undergraduate courses "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics" and "Aircraft Aerodynamics," as well as the graduate course "General Introduction to Large Passenger Aircraft." Focusing on aviation aeroacoustics and aircraft aerodynamics, the study interests include aeroacoustic wind tunnel experiments, aeroacoustic mechanisms and noise reduction techniques for aircraft airframe components, time-frequency characteristics of aeroacoustic signals, aeroacoustic control of flexible wings, wing design methods based on machine learning, aerodynamic/mechanical design and optimization of high-lift devices, etc. The research findings have been published in the internationally renowned journals such as AIAA Journal, Aerospace Science and Technology, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Applied Acoustics, etc.

Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University Of Science and Technology

Dr. Zaib Ali is Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad. He obtained his PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics from the University of Cambridge, where he specialized in advanced mesh generation and high-fidelity simulation of complex aerodynamic flows. His research focuses on fluid–structure interaction (FSI), vortex dynamics, energy harvesting from flow-induced vibrations, and data-driven reduced-order modeling. He has published extensively on flag-based piezoelectric energy harvesters, wake interactions behind bluff bodies, and computational methods for resolving nonlinear coupled flow phenomena. Building on this foundation, his recent work develops deep learning frameworks—particularly encoder–decoder architectures with hybrid physics-informed loss functions—to reconstruct high-resolution spatiotemporal wake fields from limited data. These surrogate models accurately recover transient vortex shedding and structural signatures at a fraction of the cost of full-order FSI simulations, enabling efficient real-time aeroelastic and hydrodynamic monitoring. As Principal Investigator of the HEC NRPU project on smart spraying systems for agricultural drones, Dr. Ali has further advanced the integration of artificial intelligence, IoT, remote sensing, and CFD for intelligent unmanned aerial systems. His contributions span high-fidelity Lattice Boltzmann simulations of multi-rotor downwash, AI-generated prescription maps, and dynamic variable-rate control—demonstrating practical pathways for digitalization and intelligence in aerial platforms. At the 4th International Conference on Green Aviation, Dr. Ali will present “Deep Learning-Based Wake Reconstruction for Vortex-Induced Vibrations in a Flexible Flag System.” The work illustrates how convolutional encoder–decoder networks, trained on high-resolution vorticity fields across varying gap spacings, serve as efficient surrogates for nonlinear FSI problems. This research directly supports the conference themes of aviation digitalization and intelligence by offering scalable, real-time tools for aeroelastic analysis and monitoring in next-generation green aviation systems.

A.Professor, Institute of Space Technology (IST) Islamabad

Dr Muhammad Umer Sohail is a distinguished aerospace engineer whose professional journey is marked by profound contributions to both academia and industry. Holding a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, he has established himself as a multifaceted expert with advanced degrees in mechanical engineering, power mechanical engineering, and an MBA specialising in disaster, policy, and strategic management. With over 15 years of experience in teaching and research, Dr Sohail is currently serving as an assistant professor at the Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad. His academic pursuits and professional engagements reflect a dynamic blend of innovation, leadership, and a deep commitment to advancing the frontiers of engineering education and research. Dr Sohail’s career is distinguished by his ability to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical applications. As an educator, he has consistently demonstrated excellence in teaching, mentoring, and curriculum development, earning recognition for his dedication to student success. Beyond the classroom, Dr Sohail has been at the forefront of cutting-edge research and development projects. He has collaborated extensively with industry partners and national agencies, spearheading initiatives that bridge the gap between academic research and industrial applications. His work has resulted in the successful execution of projects that address critical issues in aerospace and mechanical engineering, ranging from advanced propulsion systems to sustainable engineering solutions. These collaborations underscore his ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and drive innovation in high-stakes environments. A prolific researcher, Dr Sohail has an impressive portfolio of publications in top-tier international journals, where his work has been widely cited and recognised for its impact. His research encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, including aerodynamics, propulsion, structural analysis, and disaster management. He has also presented his findings at prestigious conferences worldwide, where his contributions have not only advanced scientific knowledge but also fostered global collaborations. As a keynote speaker, Dr Sohail has shared his insights and expertise with diverse audiences, inspiring professionals and academics alike.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University‌

Dr. Yamin did his PhD from Beihang university in 2014 where he worked on the flow topology and control of juncture flows. Later he joined Harbin Institute of Technology as Postdoc fellow. His main research interest lies with experimental fluid mechanics and flow separation control using passive control methods. He used vortex generators to lower the adverse pressure gradient in the juncture region and weakened the horseshoe vortex. He also computationally investigated the shape modifications to delay the separation around cornered bluff bodies. All this work is linked with the cooling of electronic devices on electronic circuit boards and micro pin fin design for micro heat exchangers. The aim of this research is to use various simple yet novel shape modifications to improve the heat transfer ability of electronic devices used in EVs and EVTOLs etc. with reduced structural impact. Dr. Yamin also conducted work related to non-parallel cylinders during his postdoc from 2014-2017 in HIT Shenzhen. He studied the problem of landing gear and AWACS plane mountings where two struts are connected at inclination to each other. The 3-D flow behaviour was experimentally observed and new flow physics was explored. This work was also linked with the flow around the deep-sea oil drilling risers. With diverse experience of using both experimental and computational methods to study various problems related to aerodynamics, fluid mechanics and energy harvesting, Dr. Yamin can work on any relevant problem both experimentally and computationally.

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Professor, School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University

Yang Shichun is the Professor of the School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University. He has been selected as a National Leading Talent and the Principal Investigator of a National Science and Technology Innovation Team. He is also an IET Fellow and one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists. He currently serves as Chairman of the Flying Automobile Branch of the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Vice Chairman of the National Technical Committee for Product Defect and Safety Management Standardization. Professor Yang has long been engaged in research on system safety of multi-domain transportation vehicles. He has presided over more than 40 scientific research projects, including key projects of the National Key R&D Program and key programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. As the first inventor, he has obtained 117 authorized national invention patents, formulated 9 national standards, and published 6 Chinese and English textbooks and monographs. He has authored 217 SCI papers in top journals including Matter and eTransportation. His academic awards include the National Innovation Pioneer Award, two Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Rank 1), one First Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award (Rank 1t), two Special Prizes (1st recipient) and four First Prizes (Rank 1) at the provincial, ministerial and industry society levels.

Vice Chief Engineer, AVIC Xi'an Flight Automatic Control Research Institute

Professor & Director, Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle Technology Research Center (VTRC), Seoul National University

Professor Kwanjung Yee is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University and currently serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering. He is also President of the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS). His research focuses on rotorcraft aerodynamics, aircraft design, advanced air mobility, electric and hybrid-electric aircraft, aircraft icing, and conceptual design of aerial vehicles for planetary exploration, including Mars rotorcraft. He has also been actively involved in national aerospace R&D programs and policy development related to rotorcraft, advanced air mobility, aerospace technology, and aviation safety. Before joining Seoul National University, Professor Yee worked at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, where he participated in the Korean Utility Helicopter development program. He later served as a faculty member at Pusan National University. He has also conducted research at the University of Tokyo and Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to his academic activities, he has served on numerous government advisory and evaluation committees in the fields of aviation, space, defense, and science and technology policy. His current interests include the integration of advanced computational methods, multidisciplinary aircraft design, and emerging air transportation systems.

Executive Director, Canadian Advanced Air Mobility（CAAM）

JR Hammond is the Founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM), Canada’s Federal Industry Association dedicated to operationalizing the country’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystem. Co-founded in 2018 with the National Research Council of Canada, CAAM serves as the driving force and unified voice for the AAM industry nationwide. Under JR’s leadership, CAAM has spearheaded transformative initiatives spanning a diverse spectrum of AAM operations, from small Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) to Zero-Emission (Electric and Hydrogen) aircraft serving urban, regional, and commercial needs. With a network of over 250 member organizations and strategic partnerships with key stakeholders like Canada’s Civil Aviation Authority, Transport Canada, and NAV CANADA, CAAM is charting a collaborative and sustainable path for AAM operations across the nation.

Director of General Aviation Industry Research Center of Beihang University; Advisor of ICAO AAM Study Group

Dr. Yuanyang Gao, the Director of General Aviation Industry Research Center of Beihang University, also plays roles as the vice chairman of General Aviation Committee of the China Communication and Transportation Association, Member of International Cooperation Committee of Chinese Society of Aeronautics & Astronautics, and AAM Advisory Group Member of International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations（ICCAIA）, and was the visiting scholar of University of California Berkeley. He has participated in the investigation and drafting of national major general aviation policies and standards, undertaken multiple national-level general aviation research projects and hosted the general aviation industry development master plans and airpark/airport designs for more than 50 Chinese provinces and cities. He also hosted some international and domestic general aviation forums, delivered keynote speeches on many aviation summits, and is interviewed frequently by domestic and foreign aviation media.

Professor & Director, Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle Technology Research Center (VTRC), Seoul National University

Professor Kwanjung Yee is a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University and currently serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering. He is also President of the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS). His research focuses on rotorcraft aerodynamics, aircraft design, advanced air mobility, electric and hybrid-electric aircraft, aircraft icing, and conceptual design of aerial vehicles for planetary exploration, including Mars rotorcraft. He has also been actively involved in national aerospace R&D programs and policy development related to rotorcraft, advanced air mobility, aerospace technology, and aviation safety. Before joining Seoul National University, Professor Yee worked at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, where he participated in the Korean Utility Helicopter development program. He later served as a faculty member at Pusan National University. He has also conducted research at the University of Tokyo and Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to his academic activities, he has served on numerous government advisory and evaluation committees in the fields of aviation, space, defense, and science and technology policy. His current interests include the integration of advanced computational methods, multidisciplinary aircraft design, and emerging air transportation systems.

Vice Chief Engineer, AVIC Xi'an Flight Automatic Control Research Institute

Deputy Chief Engineer and Ph.D. in Flight Control Systems at Xi'an Flight Automatic Control Research Institute. Recognized as a Special Expert of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), and awarded the First Prize of the National Defense Science and Technology Award and the First Prize of the AVIC Science and Technology Award. Serves as a member of the Expert Committee for All-Space Unmanned System Construction. Spearheaded the drafting of several strategic reports, including the "Construction Plan for All-Space Unmanned Data Centers," the "Implementation Plan for Building an Urban 3D Unmanned Transportation System," and the "Implementation Plan for a Manned/Unmanned Integrated Marine Supervision System."

Associate professor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Yuhan Li is an Associate Professor at the College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Her research focuses on human–machine interaction for advanced aircraft, pilot cognitive and physiological state assessment, safety and airworthiness of low-altitude aircraft, novel aircraft design, and artificial intelligence applications in aviation. She has led and participated in multiple research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and other national, provincial, and international collaborative programs. She has published more than ten papers in journals including Knowledge-Based Systems and IEEE Sensors Journal, and has contributed to books and technical standards related to eVTOL flight dynamics and low-altitude aircraft airworthiness.

Marketing Director, Aviage Systems

Holding a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Weiwei Mao brings over 15 years of deep expertise in civil avionics R&D and commercial management. Joining AVIAGE SYSTEMS in 2011, he was deeply involved in the core avionics development for major commercial aircraft programs, including the C919 and C929, backed by cross-border operational and program experience at COMAC and GE Aerospace. Currently overseeing the overall marketing and commercial strategy at AVIAGE SYSTEMS, Mr. Mao is dedicated to driving the commercialization and deployment of the company's mature avionics products and innovative solutions across both traditional civil aviation and the low-altitude economy.

Co-founder, R&D at Innovatank, Co-chair of the World Case Committee

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Member, Russian Academy of Engineering; Foreign Expert, COMAC; Founder, IAGA

Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering (RAE), Professor-level Senior Engineer and Ph.D. advisor. He currently serves as a Technical Expert at COMAC and Deputy Director of the Marketing Center's Science and Technology Committee. He also serves as the Director of the Digital Customer Support Technology Service Platform in Shanghai, a member of the SAE-S18 Committee in the United States, and a Fellow Member of Engineers Australia. Dr REN is recognized for pioneering the theory of mechanical fuzzy wear and corrosion reliability and has developed new models for complex system reliability. At COMAC, Dr REN led the establishment of China’s first national-level civil aircraft industrial design center and enhanced COMAC's customer service company into one of China’s top ten innovative industrial design enterprises. He has deep expertise in fault diagnosis, reliability, safety, and has served as a judge and mentor in numerous international design competitions.

Marketing Director, Montavista

Bachelor of Management and Finance from University of International Business and Economics, previously employed at Huatai Property Insurance Co., Ltd. Served as a core member providing construction and operation insurance services for the ξ1.9 billion Hub Coal-fired Power Station project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Also involved in insurance projects for numerous large state-owned enterprises at home and abroad.Currently serving as the Director of Marketing Department at Anhui Mengwei New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., taking charge of domestic and international marketing.

Professor, The HongKong University of Science and Technology

Dr. Jinglei Yang is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He also serves as Professor in the Sustainable Energy and Environment Thrust at HKUST (Guangzhou), and as Director of the HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute and the Shenzhen–Hong Kong Collaborative Innovation Research Institute. His research interests include interfacial engineering and its applications in microcapsules and green nanomaterials; sustainable composites and green intelligent manufacturing; and AI- and robotics-enabled technologies for high-throughput autonomous materials development. Professor Yang has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and holds over 20 granted patents. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He currently serves as China Associate Editor of Composites Part A and as an Editorial Board Member of Composites Communications and other international journals.

Professor, HIT

Pavel Utkin received his Bachelor’s degree (2006), Master’s degree (2008) in Applied Mathematics and Physics, and Ph.D. degree (2010) in Mathematics and Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). From 2014 to 2022, he worked as a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Computer-Aided Design of the Russian Academy of Sciences and as an Associate Professor at MIPT. Since February 2023, Pavel Utkin has been a Professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology (International Center for Applied Mechanics, School of Astronautics). He has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals and regularly contributes to international conferences. In 2019, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (IDERS) as international recognition of his work. His expertise lies in Computational Fluid Dynamics of compressible flows, two-phase flows, and reactive flows.

Professor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA)

Professor Hongli Ji is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars and the Hong Kong Scholars Program. Her research focuses on structural dynamics, smart structures, vibration and noise control, and structural health monitoring. She has published over 130 journal papers, including more than 120 SCI-indexed papers, with over 3,800 SCI citations. She has filed over 40 national invention patents, more than 30 of which have been authorized, and has authored or co-authored several books. She serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures and editorial board member of several journals, including Smart Materials and Structures, Journal of Vibration Engineering and Actuators. She has led over ten research projects and received multiple scientific and technological awards.

Post-doctoral Fellow, The HongKong University of Science and Technology

Dr. ZHANG received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2024. He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at HKUST since 2024. His research focuses on mass transfer and phase separation phenomena in complex systems, investigated through multiscale advanced characterization techniques and computational methods, including phase-field modeling and finite element modeling etc. His work has broad applications in functional materials, advanced packaging, and related emerging technologies. By integrating AI-guided prediction with rational materials and process design, Dr. ZHANG aims to uncover fundamental mechanisms and develop key methodologies and enabling technologies for high-performance complex systems and advanced applications.

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