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Nassim Saneie

Electrical Sales Engineer
Lumesmart Inc.

Fadi Al-Daoud, Ph.D.

Greenhouse Vegetable Specialist
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

Saeid Mobini, Ph.D.

Adj Professor, Phytotron Manager
Dept of Biology, Queen’s University

Luke Fountain, Ph.D.

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
NASA Kennedy Space Center

Lora Field, Ph.D.

Postdoc, Polymer materials Chemistry, University of Toronto

Team Leader, Industrial Materials, Clean & Low Carbon Technologies Unit
Advanced Manufacturing Branch, Strategic Industries Division
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development Job Creation and Trade

Bryan Tyers

BASc, Toronto Metropolitan University

Executive Director, Advanced Manufacturing Invest Ontario

Boushra Barakat, Ph.D.

Construction Management, American University of Beirut

Managing Director
Clean Energy Business Council

Vienna Zhou

Executive MBA, University of Toronto

CEO & Founder of TROES

Brad Cheuk

MBA, HKU Business School

Senior Account Manager, Technology Industry
BDC

Alaa Khamis, Ph.D.

System Engineering in Industrial Automation, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

AI & Smart Mobility Technical Leader at GM Adjunct Professor at Ontario Tech University, Technical Author

Asad Lesani, Ph.D.

Civil Engineering, McGill University

VP of Infrastructure Solutions at Velodyne Lidar Working on Intelligent Transportation System Design, Multi Modal Traffic Monitoring Systems

Cara Clairman

LLB / MES, Law / Masters of Environmental Studies, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School

President and CEO of Plug’n Drive The 2017 recipient of the Women in Renewable Energy’s ‘Woman of the Year’ award The 2021 winner of the Al Cormier Leadership Award from Electric Mobility Canada

Yasmine Megahed, Ph.D.

Civil Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science

Mohsen Tayefeh

Advanced Management (AMC), M-MBA , McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management

Director Software Business , Thumbprint Solutions Inc Digital Twin
Digital Maintenance - Industrial Supervisor , Ontario Tech University

Ali Esmaeilbeygi

Master’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Management, Quality Manager

Niloofar Abdehagh, Ph.D.

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Vice President R&D at CHFour Biogas
Adjunct professor at University of Ottawa leading a renewable energy group

Sahand Iman Shayan, Ph.D.

Environmental Engineering , University of South Florida

Simulation Platform Developer for Water and Wastewater at AVEVA

Nazli Ataei

CEO at Tabiat Sabz Bespar, Leader of Yaran Zamin

CEO at Tabiat Sabz Bespar, Leader of Yaran Zamin
A proud Entrepreneur by the Vision of Only Nylon Recycling Planet
Leader of the Yaran Zamin a community group in environmental training

Amir Sasan Fazeli, Ph.D.

Civil Engineering , Concordia University

Postdoctoral Scientist at Polytechnique Montréal

Proud winner of the Philip H. Jones Award from the Canadian Association on Water Quality in 2019

Hadis Zarrin, Ph.D.

Chemical Engineering University of Waterloo

Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University), Chemical Engineering Department

Omid Alaei

Master’s Degree, Applied in Psychology, Buckinghamshire New University
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Director at QEA Tech

Anahita Rabii, Ph.D.

Civil Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

Environmental Stream at Anaergia Inc.

Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at George Brown College

Bahar Aminvaziri

M.Eng. Chemical Engineering-Environmental Option, University of Toronto

Engineering Manager at the Environmental Permissions Branch of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

Kayvan Tirdad, Ph.D.

Candidate at Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

MS.c, M.Eng, Ryerson Artificial Intelligence Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

Saeideh Rasouli, Ph.D.

Environmental Planning, University of Waterloo

Environmental Planner at AECOM

Project Coordinator-Environmental Assessment and Planning at Candevcon Limited

Environmental Planner at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) PAIE program

Elham Malzoomati

MS.c Bioengineering and Biomedical engineering

CEO at High Sense Solutions Inc. in Canada and UAE

Babak Dayani

MS.c Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

Technology Consultant at Orchid Analytics

Ehsan Dallalzadeh

Master of Law (LLM), Oil, Gas and Energy Law, Robert Gordon University

MS.c International Construction Management, Bath University

Director at Canadian Energy Ventures Int. (CEV Canada)

Michael Soeizi

MEng in Industrial Management, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

President at ARSO

Mohammadjavad Abolhassani, Ph.D.

Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Imperial College London

MSc in Digital Communication and Digital Electronics, The University of Manchester

CEO at Felix technology Inc.

Bijan Farrokhi

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

CEO at Canada Electronic Centre

Former CFO at Lumesmart Inc.

Firouz Abbasian, Ph.D.

Biotechnology, University of Newcastle

Pharmaceutical Quality Control Specialist at Piramal Pharma Solutions

Research associate at York University

Hossein Shafeghati

PMP, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University), BArch Architectural Engineering

Director – Municipal Public Works at Kativik Regional Government

Ashkan Rahimi-Kian, Ph.D.

Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University

Chief Technology Officer at I-EMS Ltd

Adjunct professor at University of Ottawa

Laura Pellegatta

Innovative Business Entrepreneur

President of RainOrShine Save Energy

Owner at Antidot-Environmental Solutions

Amitis Nouroozi

MS.c Architectural Engineering

Chair of Community Council, Jane’s walk

Planning and Design Consultant at Henry Schein Canada Inc.

Executive Program , University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management

Babak Ghodrati

MSc Electrical and Computer Engineer, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University)

Senior Project Engineer at Public Services and Procurement Canada

Key Account Consultant and Business Development, Toronto Hydro