KEYNOTE Speaker

 

 

Zongping Shao

Curtin University, Australia

 

Zongping Shao is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Australia, and also a professor at Nanjing Tech University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2000 from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China. After that, he worked as a visiting scholar at the Institut de Researches Sur La Catalyse, CNRS, France, then as a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, USA, from 2000 to 2005. His current research interests include fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, metal air batteries, solar cells, and oxygen-permeable membranes. He has been recognized as a highly-cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics since 2017.

 

 

 

David T.W. Lin

National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

David T.W. Lin is the Professor in the Department of Materials Science, Director of Center of Low Grade Energy, and the Dean of Research and Development, National University of Tainan, Taiwan. He is also the Section Editorial Board Member of Smart Science (EI), and Associate Editor of Journal of Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering (SCI).
He obtained the Excellent Scholarship, Ministry of Education 2015-2017, and Excellent Research Talent Award, National Science and Technology Council 2010-2026. He served as a Chairman on many international conferences and be invited as the Keynote Speaker. His main research interests are Geothermal Energy, Film Fabrication & Application, and Optimal Theory. He publishes over 200 papers, includes in the SCI index journal, EI index, and conference proceedings. (david@mail.nutn.edu.tw)
Professional Experience
President, International Society of Mechatronic Engineering,2016.2~2020.5
Chair, Institute of Institute of Mechatronic System Engineering, National University of Tainan, Taiwan, 2010-2016
Project Leader, National Energy Project, Branch of Geothermal Energy 2013-2018
Current Research Field
Optimization Algorithm, Film in Smart Materials, Geothermal Energy, Energy Harvesting
AI-Random Field Thermal-Hydraulic-Chemical Model of Geothermal Energy
Recycling of Industrial Waste Heat
Application and Fabrication of Piezoelectric & Thermoelectric Film

 

 

 

Shu-Yuan Pan

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

 

Shu-Yuan (Sean) Pan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, College of Bioresources and Agriculture at National Taiwan University (NTU). He also serves as the vice Chief Executive Officer of the Agricultural Net Zero Technology and Management Innovation Research Center at NTU. He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from NTU in 2016. At NTU, he leads the Green Technology Lab, where his team focuses on advancing circular bioeconomy technologies to support a net-zero future. Their work spans bench-scale experiments, pilot-scale demonstrations, thermodynamic–kinetic modeling, and economic–environmental analyses. Notable research areas include water-resource-energy recovery, CO₂ removal, anaerobic digestion, and life cycle assessment. He has authored over 130 articles in SCI-indexed journals, such as Nature Sustainability, Environmental Science & Technology, and Bioresource Technology. He holds 10 patents and is the author of the book CO₂ Mineralization and Utilization. He was recognized with several awards, including the “40 Under 40 Recognition” from AAEES USA (2026), the “Rising Stars” from ACS Engineering Au (2025), the “Ta-You Wu Memorial Award” from the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan (2024), the “Class of Influential Researchers” from I&EC Research (2023), the “ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship” (2022), and listing among the World’s Top 2% Scientists since 2020. He was also named a Green Talent by the German BMBF.