June 18-19, 2020
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Graham T Reader

BA, BTech (Hons), PhD, psc, FEC, PEng, CEng, CMarE, Eur Ing, FIMarEst

Dr. Graham Reader is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Windsor. He served as the Dean of the Faculty from 1999 to 2010, and as Special Advisor (CEI) to the University President from 2010 to 2011. June 2011. He has earned degrees in Engineering, Arts and Management and has been involved in powertrain and related research areas since 1970 and his particular areas of interest are Diesel engines, Stirling engines and Underwater Intervention Systems. He has published  5 books and over 350 articles and has taught at Universities in the UK, Alberta and Ontario. He worked in the UK Mining Industry and was a Commander in the Royal Navy prior to coming to Canada. 

Dr. Andreas Poullikkas

BEng (Hons), MPhil, PhD, DTech, FIET

Keynote Lecture: Energy transition towards 2050

Dr. Andreas Poullikkas is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). He is currently the Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) and he was for several years the Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Strategy Council (both appointments by the President of Cyprus). In his professional career he has worked for academic institutions and for the industry, such as, a Visiting Faculty at Harvard University, USA, the Cyprus University of Technology (Professor of Power Systems and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering) and the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (founder and director of the Research and Development Department). He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Power Technologies, member of the Editorial Board of the journal Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments and the author of various peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals, book chapters, conference proceedings and the author of eight books.