Prof. Debra R. Reinhart:  Professor and Executive Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida.

Prof. Reinhart has been a member of the University of Central Florida faculty since 1989. She is presently the Executive Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. During the past sixteen years, she has been teaching and conducting research in the solid and hazardous waste fields.  Dr. Reinhart received her B.S. in Environmental Engineering from UCF and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.  She is a registered professional engineer in Florida and Georgia, a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, and a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.  Dr. Reinhart has authored four books and over 100 journal and proceeding articles. 

Prof. Reinhart has served on the boards of two national organizations (American Academy of Environmental Engineers and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors); a national research foundation (the Environmental Research and Education Foundation); and one state organization (Florida section of the Air and Waste Management Association).  She has also chaired two national American Society of Civil Engineer committees (Solid Waste and External Organization Coordinating Committees).  Dr. Reinhart has served as a reviewer for more than 25 journals and organizations. She has been on the editorial board of three archival journals. 

Abstract:

The Landfill's Role in Sustainable Waste Management

The modern landfill is an important component of sustainable waste management.  Much research has been conducted to create an efficient system that can reach environmental equilibrium within a few decades.  Emissions from the landfill can be controlled to ensure that minimal environmental impact occurs.  Where possible waste degradation and stabilization of organic fractions can be promoted in situ.  These processes and system components include construction and maintenance of an effective liner and leachate collection system, optimization of environmental conditions for waste stabilization through controlled liquid and air addition, in situ treatment of leachate components, efficient collection of landfill gas, placement of an active biocover in open areas to control fugitive gas emissions, and beneficial utilization of methane generation.  This presentation will provide an overview of these and other components of a modern, sustainable landfill.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Hazmi;. Manager; Environmental & Industrial Hygiene Department, SABIC  Headquaters Riyath.

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Al-Hazmi is a corporate manager in SABIC Environmental and Industrial Hygiene Department.  Some of his responsibilities include monitoring environmental regulatory activities, initiating and developing necessary programs for preventing or minimizing environmental impact and health hazards associated with business, reviewing an assessing potential risks associated with new projects and making necessary recommendations, and supervising various environmental activities such as the monitoring of hazardous wastes and providing consultancy services for petrochemical plants.

Dr. Al-Hazami is the author of many technical reports and has participated in many conference and workshops related to different  environmental issues.  He is a local advisor for WHO in the field of Chemical Safety and was identified as an expert in the Assessment of persistent Toxic Substances in the Indian Ocean region by UNEP-GEF.

Richard Hawkins: M A Barrister FCIWM FRGS FRSA

Richard Hawkins has been an international field operational lawyer advising environmental authorities on the content and enforcement of environmental management law and codes of practice in Hong Kong, the Republic of South Africa and Botswana,at the same time controllling companies financial liabilities in the UK,Israel,the UAE, and the Gulf States, through proper contractual and standard operating procedures for avoiding pollution damage.

A former official advisor for five years to the European Parliament,he was one of the Founder Membersof the United Kingdom Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board (WAMITAB)and the U K Environment Law Association (UKELA) and has authored or co-authored five books including the Concise Lexicon of Environmental Terms,1st and 2nd Editions." For 21 years I was also General Counsel in Redland and GKN, and in particular Cleanaway Ltd.

Abstract:

How true really are some of the environmental precepts we enunciate, encouraged by their feel good factor? Sustainable development is a dangerously slippery concept. Who could possibly be against something that evoked untouched wildernesses and seemingly accommodated development with degradation?
The difficulty comes in trying to reconcile the development with the sustainable. What will be made of the sustainable development criteria applied in 2006 when our grandchildren look back in 2106? Would Isambard Brunel or Henry Ford have been allowed to develop so freely, if they had been subject to the rigours of sustainable development……..and the Suez and Panama Canals been excavated at such environmental disturbance , and engineered at that human price? Perhaps so, but do we apply naturally any historical perspective? And is always the word sustainable used as shorthand for sustainable development?
Likewise honesty demands what do we really mean by recycling, for example shipping containers full of unsorted municipal waste through the Suez Canal from the E U to China or is the real truth of recycling that nobody has recycled anything until
• a manufacturer has contracted to use the particular recyclate
• as feedstock to make a product
and
• it has been successfully marketed and sold with customer satisfaction based on value for money?
What really are we now doing wrong through not examining and reflecting on our current practices? In short where is the new asbestos, which we embrace now but may well be regretted at best by the generations to come?
This Keynote Address examines whether some of the principles and practices in the world of contemporary environmental management, adopted over the last three decades, will stand the scrutiny of time.
 

Dr. Zara Khatib: Shell Exploration and Production International, Middle East/Caspian and South Asia

Dr. Zara Khatib, PhD in Chemical Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer in Texas. She works with Shell since 1984. She is technical expert in water Injection, Reservoir Souring and integrated water Management in the Oil and Gas Industry and produced more than 100 technical papers in the field. Since 2000, she was the chairwoman of the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum. In 2005, she was selected to be the only Oil and Gas industry member of the United Nation/Sigma Xi Expert Group on Climate Change. Currently, she is the Technology Marketing and Deployment Manager for the Middle East.

Abstract:

  Regional Carbon Management:
Vision, Strategy and Way forward

There is widespread scientific consensus that  concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been rising due to human activities since the industrial revolution and has contributed to the climate change.  Most of this increase is attributed to the burning of carbon-rich fossil fuels, coal, natural gas and oil.  If energy demand grows as rapidly as we expect, CO₂ emission can double by 2100.  The world and industry dilemma is how to achieve sustainable growth from carbon based feed stocks while controlling CO₂ emissions at current levels.

Prof. Leiv K. Sydnes; has got his B.Sc. , M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Oslo university 1971 - 1978.  Prof. Leiv has written more than 80 articles in national and international periodicals including book reviews of foreign  scientific books, papers about chemistry topics for non-specialists, discussion papers about teaching etc.   In Norwegian he has published 25 textbooks in chemistry at various levels.
Also he has contributed to numerous industry-related reports, most of which are written in Norwegian

He was vice president international Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (INPAC) for 2002-2003, president-Elected for 2004-2005 and past president for 2006-2007.

Prof. Leiv is Co-founder of a commercial laboratory for chemical analyses, Unilab Analyse Tromso 1988,

Member of the Board, 1988 - 1992; Chairman 1988 - 1990 and Tromso Research Park AS,  Member/Vice Chairman

of the Board, 1990 - 1999. Currently he is professor in University of Bergen.

Waste Minimization –Educational and Scientific Challenges

Sustainable chemistry and green chemistry have become popular phrases in recent years and this has contributed to increased focus on the environmental aspects of both new chemical transformations and established industrial processes. A key issue in this connection is waste minimization, which is instrumental to achieve sustainable development in the chemical enterprise and in the society and Nature at large.

Waste minimization has been and will continue to be improved through research, but in addition there are significant educational challenges to meet. In the lecture these aspects will be discussed in an industrial perspective and from a university point of view, and examples from the project portfolio of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) will be presented.

Mr. Faisal Shahin: Manager of Power & Utilities Department since 1992; He is working with Bapco for 43 years. He is working in power & utitlites department for 38 years.  In 2002 he was appointed as the refinery energy coordinator in addition to running power & utilities department.  In 2002 he become a member of Chevron Corporation Best Practice Energy Team.

Mr. Wajd Salah Ali Al-Madani: Wajd Al-Madani who earned his Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992 from Duke University in North Caronlina, USA, had graduated Cum Luada from the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington DC. Currently a member of Tau Beta Pi, the honorary society for engineers in USA and founding member of Young Arab Leaders.  Mr. Al-Madani is currently General Manager Administration at Adminstration at Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest modern smelter in the world.