Keynote Speakers

Pr. Fouad Erchiqui

"Mechanical Engineering"

Dr. Erchiqui is a full professor at the School of Engineering at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) since 2000. He obtained his degree in physics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Université Laval (1996). From 1996 to 2000, he acquired industrial experience in polymer processing at the Industrial Materials Institute (IMI) of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). He contributed to the development of an integrated modeling and optimization technology for the manufacture of thermoplastic products (particularly for the automotive and recreational sectors) for the NRC as well as its transfer to industrial partners, mainly in the USA and Canada. Since joining the UQAT School of Engineering, he has taken initiatives that have resulted in the development of centers of excellence (laboratories on biomaterials and bioplasturgy) and new engineering programs (doctorate and master’s in engineering). He has received several national and international invitations for conferences or as a guest professor (USA, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Morocco, France, Tunisia, Algeria, Senegal, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Alimentation du Québec) and for the media (Les Années-lumière (Radio Canada), Le Devoir (Journal Québecois), etc.). In addition, he participated in scientific missions to Japan (sectors of aerospace, within a Canadian delegation, and automobiles (Toyota Boshoku) with a private delegation) and academic missions (France and Morocco). He has to his credit more than 300 scientific contributions (journal and conference articles, chapters, etc.). Currently, its scientific concerns are oriented towards sustainable development and in particular the valorization of biomass in new composites performing in plastics processing (sectors: construction, energy, transport). With Morocco, Professor Erchiqui has initiated several scientific collaborations with national laboratories and acted as an expert with the Moroccan plastics federation, the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) and the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation.

Prof. Dr. İlhami ÇOLAK

"Impacts of Digital Transformation on Alternative and Green Energies"

ILHAMI COLAK was born in 1962 in Turkey. He received his diploma in Electrical Engineering from Gazi University, Turkey in 1985. Then he did his MSc in Electrical Engineering in the field of Speed Control of Wound Rotor Induction Machines Using Semiconductor Devices at Gazi University in 1991. After that he did his MPhil at Birmingham University in England by preparing a thesis on High Frequency Resonant DC Link Inverters in 1991. Finally, he did his PhD at Aston University in England on Mixed Frequency Testing of Induction Machines Using Inverters in 1994. He became an assistant professor, an associate professor and a full professor in 1995, 1999 and 2005 respectively.He has published more than 98 papers, 220 conference papers, and 7 books in different subjects including electrical machines, drive systems, machine learning, reactive power compensation, inverter, converter, artificial neural networks, distance learning automation and alternating energy sources.

Prof. Mustapha El Alami

"Phase change materials and thermal storage"

 Mustapha El Alami is a distinguished Professor of Thermal Science at Hassan 2 University in Casablanca, Morocco. His research expertise spans various fields, including thermal building, Phase Change Materials, and thermal storage. He has been a keynote speaker at numerous international conferences and has actively contributed to organizing and serving on scientific committees. With a remarkable supervisory record, he has guided more than 10 PhD students. He has led multiple national and international projects.

Prof. El Kebir Hlil

"Physics of materials"

El Kebir HLIL is a Professor of Physics of Materials in Grenoble Alpes University, France. From Teaching experience point of view, He is a lecturer of Physics of material including characterizations, physical properties and namely material for energy. He has worked in several research fields and namely on materials for storage and conversion of energy such as Metal hydrides, Thermoelectric materials, Magnetocaloric materials and Semi-conductor materials. He has participated in several International Schools as lecturer of electronic structure calculations, characterization of powders and nanomaterials as well as materials for energy. He supervised over 80 PhD students. He contributed to over 400 conferences and He published about 750  papers in international learned journals.

Prof. Mohamed BALLI

"Physics of materials : Magnetic refrigeration: past, present and future challenges "

Mohamed Balli is aiming to understand how to particularly make functional materials useful in our daily life such as clean and efficient magnetic refrigeration, gas storage, cancer treatment, solar cells, batteries and much more. M. Balli received his Master degree in Mechanics of Materials from Montpellier II University (France), a second Master degree in Magnetism from Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble 1 (France) and, a PhD degree in physics of materials specializing in magnetocaloric materials, from Joseph Fourier University, prepared at Néel Institute (CNRS). Between 2008 and 2012, he was Enseignant-Chercheur at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, before joining the University of Sherbrooke, Canada, where he worked as Senior Researcher at the Physics Department & Quantum Institute.Since 2019, he has been Professor of Physics at the International University of Rabat. He is also Associate Professor at Sherbrooke University, Canada.

Prof. Mourad Nachtane

" AI and composite materials for Hydrogen storage tank design”  

He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from ENSTA Bretagne, France, in 2019 and his M.Sc. degree in Renewable Energy and Energy Systems in 2016 from the University of Hassan II Casablanca. In 2019, he served as a temporary teaching and research assistant (ATER) at the University of Bordeaux, France, and at the Institute of Mechanics and Engineering (I2M). In December 2020, he joined ENSAM Campus Metz, where he holds a dual position. He is an Associate Professor at the LEM3 Research Lab and an R&D Engineer at CETIM Grand Est, a renowned French research and technology organization (RTO). This dual role allows him to engage in both academic research and applied scientific activities within this RTO. He is tasked with promoting scientific cooperation between CETIM Grand Est and ENSAM by developing innovative projects that focus on optimizing the behavior of recycled thermoplastic composites in relation to their process-induced microstructures. In September 2022, he assumed the role of R&D Manager at S VERTICAL Company, where he is responsible for enhancing the WoundSim software capabilities, particularly in modeling composite materials for new generations of hydrogen storage vessels. Since March 2024, he has been an Assistant Professor at UM6P. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and has presented over 12 papers at international conferences. He also serves as a reviewer for more than 20 international scientific journals, including Composite Structures and Renewable Energy. His published work has significantly advanced scientific understanding in the use of composite materials across various sectors. He has received six scientific awards, including the "IAAM Young Scientist Medal 2022" for his contributions to the "Advancement of Materials to Global Excellence," the "Peer Prize for Climate," the "French Navy, Amirale Daveluy" award, the "University Research Competition and Innovation" prize, the "Innovation in Science and Technology of the Francophonie" award, and the "Future Projects 2018 - BPGO." Additionally, he has participated in several academic and industrial projects and has supervised two Ph.D. students and six Master's students in the fields of renewable marine energy and mechanics of materials.

Prof. Hassan NAANANI

"IA for renewable energy"

Dr. Hassan Naanani obtained his Doctorate in Computer Science in 2015 from the Faculty of Science Ben M'Sik Mohammadia, Casablanca, Morocco. The title of his thesis was "Contribution to the improvement of the AODV protocol in MANET networks."

In March 2023, Nachtane Mourad, Tarfaoui Mostapha, Abichou Mohamed Amine, Vetcher Alexandre, Rouway Marwane, Aâmir Abdeouhaed, Mouadili Habib, Laaouidi Houda, and Naanani Hassan published an article titled "An Overview of the Recent Advances in Composite Materials and Artificial Intelligence for Hydrogen Storage Vessels Design" in the Journal of Composites Science (MDPI), Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 119.

In May 2022, Mouhib Ibtihal, Hadni Meryeme, El Bajta Manal, and Naanani Hassan presented an article titled "A Proposed Architecture Based on Deep Learning and Optimization Techniques for Medical Diagnostic Imaging" at the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development, published by Springer Nature Switzerland, Pages 773-784.

In February 2017, Mouhib Ibtihal, El Ouadghiri Driss, and Naanani Hassan published an article titled "Homomorphic Encryption as a Service for Outsourced Images in Mobile Cloud Computing Environment" in the International Journal of Cloud Computing and Applications (IJCAC), ACM DBLP ISI Thomson Reuter, IGI-Global USA.

In January 2017, M. Charai, A. Raihani, O. Bouattan, and H. Naanani published an article titled "Evaluation for Different Levels Multilevel Inverters Application for Renewable Energy Resources" in the Journal of Engineering Technology (ISSN: 0747-9964), Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 90-96.

In September 2016, Naanani Hassan, Farah Youness, Ouamer Mohamed, and Mouhib Ibtihal published an article titled "Enhanced AODV Routing Protocol for An Architecture V2V in VANET" in the European Journal of Scientific Research (ISSN: 1450216X, 1450202X), indexed in Scopus.

In September 2016, Mouhib Ibtihal, El Ouadghiri Driss, and Naanani Hassan published "Network as a Service for Smart Vehicles: A New Comparative Study of the Optimised Protocol QAODV and GPSR" at the ICEMIS'2016, sponsored by IEEE and IARES, in Agadir, Morocco. Access the publication here